The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-03-31
THE INSCRIPTION.
A Memorial to The States Brave Soni
Who Died for Her, Which Is Also
Testimonial of South Caro-.
Iina's Daughters Devo.
tion To Them.
tion To Them,

This inscription was written by Will
nam Henry Trescott, ma live of thi:
State, who was adiplomat Of interna
tional reputation as we'll as a lItcra
teur. The hundreds of northern Jour
i4ts who stop In Columbia during the
winter admire this inscription as more
than literary production, they are
moved by the grandure Of its senti
ment, no denuniciation no wailing-
but a manly appeal for lust judg.
ment" Of the cause that was lost.
Following are these choice bits O.
English which embody so beautifully
and SO perfectly the sentiments Of the
south:
NORTH SIDE.
This Monument
PerpetuateS the memory
OF Those Who,
True to the Icstincts of their Birth
Faith to the Teachings Of theil
Fathers,
Constant in their l. We for the State
Died In the Performance Of their DUTY
Who
Have Glorifled Il Fallen Cause
BY the Simple Manhood of their Lives
the Patient Endurance OF Suffering,
and the Heroism of Death,
and who,
In the Dark Hours of imprisonment,
In the Hopelessness of the Hospital,
In the Short, Sharp Agory of the Field
Found Support al d Consolation
in the Balief
that at Home they would not be For
gptten.
SOUTH SIDE.
Let the Stranger.
Who May In Future Times
Read this Inscription,
Recognize that these were Men ID
sig sf1omS Power Gould Not Gorrupt,
Whom Death Could moi Terrify,
Whom Defeat Could not Dlshonor.
and Let their Virtues Plead
for just Judgment
OF the Cause in which they Perished
Let the South Carolinian
Of Another Generation
Remembe
That the State Taught Them
How to Live and How to Die,
And that from II r Broken Fortunes
She has Preserved far Her Children
the PRICELESS Trcn. u e OF The Memo
rieS,
Teaching al wfo May Claim
The same Blrtnlight
that Truth, @ u:age and Patriotism
EnGurc Forever.
1t Is not generally known, but Mr..
TIeicott prepared an inscription for a
third face OF the monument, hut thsr
was not room for it. This cpltaph was
as follows:
Those for whom they died
In, criDe on this Marble
The solemn record Of their sacrifice
The perpetual gratitude Of the State
they served
The UndyiDg affection Of these
Wnose lives
The separation OF death
Has shadoHed With an Everlasting
Sorrow
Scattered over the battle fields Of the
south
Buried In Remote and Alien Graves
Dying UnsGothed BY the touch
OF familiar and household hands.
iASAA AesA'So hAO dSCl
To recall
10 their Children and Kinsmen
How worthiiy they lived
How NuDly they died
AND In what tender reverence
Their memory survives
In the tirat two or three years fol
lowing the surrender OF Gen. Lee, tn,
people Of the south were face TO fac
with extreme poverty. Even then th,
women Of Columbia purposed to star
the movement Tor the erection OF thi
monument. But 1t was not until Nov
4, 1869, that the formal beginning wa
made In the chapel OF Washington
Street church. An address was deliver
cd by Gen Wade Hampton and pray
or offered by r V. VIM Martin, who's
son Is said to have en the first sol
dler or the southern cause TO yield hi
lie. The women OF Richland count,
at this meeting projected an organic
alton and sent Call TO the women O
the other coulties In the State to ioi,
them in the erection OF a suitabl
monument.
There were many difficulties In tn
way or getting a suitable site for tn
monument. The ctrpet. baggers from
the north and the renegades and eX
slav, 8 Of this State who were in charg
OF the State government could not b
appealed to for a site on the StaI
capitol grounds. In August, 1867
the aliens who composed the city gov
ernment exacted OF the commi,sior
$500 for a small spot OF earth on Al
senal Hill overlooking Sidney park.
The granite for the foundation wa
contributed by Judge Jno. S. Gree
from his quarry on the Cougarce river
ard work was commenced On Arsen:
Hill. But tie wOrKmen soon (iiAcoye,
ed that there was uuicksand near tn
surface and the spot was utterly unu
for the weight Of the monument. Th
association in its dismay at havin
spent fruitlessly money obtnine
through the mJst trying efforts wa
cheered by the cffer OF anotner site
the crest OF the lii at the entranc
to E mwood cemetery At cost {
approximately 5000 the base was RI
moved from Arsenal hill to the hin /
front OF the cemetery, not conspi,
uous place to be sure, but ths best sit
available.