The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-03-16
ESSE GUAM viDERI.
Inc T'o'to of North caro,ins, One of
the Original States Of tn Unloa, and
On Of the Greatest In w.r ana In
Pesce-Some Facts that Prove this
Claim Good.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.

Sb0tbu oOOOs
New Orleans Times Democrat.
''To be rather than to SEEM" That
is the motto of one of the original
States OF the American Union-a
State which first of all the American
States declared it's independence of
Great Britain, in the confines ofwhich
the first "tea party" OH this i,emis-
phere was held. 1t WIS the colony
which afterward adopted this motto,
which first instructed it's delegates to
vote for Independence in the Con-
gress OF the colonies after the royalist
forces had been Defeated in a battle
at Moore's Creek.
1t il not the purpose of the article
to attempt to adjudicate the contrO-
versy which has arisen between this
State and that which proudly and
justly claims to be the mother of
Presidents. The facts alone may be
given that the public may Judge for
itself Of the difference which has arisen
between two sister States. Some
years ago there was erected On tn.
vest front of the Capitol at Ralrigh
a monument to commemorate thu.
fidelity of those SONS of the Tar He'll
State who went to tin, front hetwee,,
1861 and 1865, Oh which was in.
-.ribrd the legend: First at Brtlp'
Last at Appomattox." Later ti,-r.
WAS published, mainly through tln
pnu~ patriotism M Walter Clnrk-
wto entered the Confederate ker. il.
Al boy at the beginning Of the conflict
..li,I caiin, Out of that futeful struIgi.
after JOhntsOn's surrender still witt
nu trace of down upon his lips:
recor,! of North Caralina Regiment, !,
in that fateful struggle, which hor.
on its title page the inscription Or.
the monument. with the insertion uf
the proud statement between the two
statements, ''Farthpst to the front a,
Gettysburg and at Chickamauga.' -
No other State in the South has it's
Walter Clark. more 8 the pity land tin.
lack of such a man has resulted il,
less accurate records of the achieve
mpnts of the Sons of those States in
the greatest war of modern times.
The inscription of the title page of he
books published by the Tar Heel State
excited some feeling in Virginia, and
the United Confederate Veterans oi
that State issued pamphlet written
by Jud dge Christian of Richmond, il,
, which the statements in the books
were controverted. The result has
been the publication of Il pamphlet by
the North Carolina Literary and His
/ tOrical Society. under the auspices oi
| the indefatigable Clark, now chief JUS.
tire of that State, In which eye-wit-
nessps and participants in the fights
| in controversy cite acts bearing out
the boast of the Tar Heel State tits
not denied that there was battery
of Virginia artillery at Bethel, the
first field battle of the war and the
first battle in which blood was shed
but the fact remains that the regiment
OF Colonel, aftprward Lieutenant Gen.
eral Hill furnished 800 OF the l 200
Confe,lerates engaged in that battle
and that without these infantrymer
the battle would not have been fought
1t was Henry l.. Wyatt Tar Heel
who first gave up his life as an offer
ing to the cause OF the South. and il
was the promptness of the Tar Hee
State in placing these troops in the
field that resulted in the first repulst
Of the enemy.
There have been reams of paper
wasted on the Gettysburg contro
versy. Whether the charge should b.
called Pickett g charge orLongstreet'
makes little difference. 1t has Away
been a subject ofcontroversy whethe
the men on the right, where the Vir
ginia brigade was, or on the left, whicl
position WAS held by the Tar Heels
reached further in the charge. 1t j.
not denied that on the second day O
the fight Hikes brigade, with SOM
Louisianiams from Hays'brigade wen
further than any other troops pene
trated during the three days. Tn
highwatpr mark was thus established
really by Tar Heels and Pelicans il
conjunction. But the facts relatin,
to the charge of the third day hav
ALWAYS been in controversy. Th
pamphlet insists that the best test
, the point reached by command
where it left it's dead, anr the Federa
records show that Pettigrew's dea
were left further to the front tina
those of Pickett's division, and tha
. his men were captured wounded O
the wonder side of the wall, which Wa
several yards in advance ofthe poill
: where Armstead fell.
The pamphlet demonstrates tha
the Thirty-ninth, Fifty-eighth all
: Sixtieth Tar Heel regiments achieve
: the furthest advance made by Coz
, federates at Chickamauga, the pOiu
, bpiny now marked only by a woode
) board nailed to IA telegraph pole. A
. Appomattox it is shown that the las
voIley was fired by Cox's North Care
lima brigade, and the last charge an
last capture OF Federal guns and me
was made by the Seventh North Ia
olina cavalry which in returning fro'
the charge with the captured canno
and prisoners met the bearers Of Il
flny of truce. The concluding pap
of the pamphlet is writ by Capta1
S. A. Ashe, gallant soldier and en-
nent Mrist and journalist. 1t rec't'