The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-18
Speech of Major E. j. Hale
On Occasion of Wyatt UnyeiIino
CONTINUED FROM PAGE SIX

try. raising the enthusiasm Of the !
south TO the highest pitch, REFRESHING
disaffectiOn there, and at the same
time chilling the ardor Of their ad-
YersarieS at the North.
In the Virginia convention then in
session at Richmond, Mr.. Tyler. ex-
President of the United States. sub
United a series Of resolutions which
were unanimously adopted, e~uloglz-
ing Magruder, Hill and their officers
and men for their brilliant victory:
and, in a speech Of great e~loQuence
and force, he declared that there was
but one instance in the whole page
Of history that could be cited as a
parallel to his victory, and that was
the battle OF Buena Vista, where Mr..
Davis, with his Mississippi regimen
and Bragg, with his battery, routed
five times their number OF Mexi-
cans.
The Richmond Dispatch said: 1T
Is one of the most extraordinary VIC
tories in the annals Of war. Four
thousand thoroughly drilled and
equipped troops quite and driven
fICh ' mem ne'. 0y only The ee<ve aou nun.
and conduct of the noble sons Of h
South engaged in this battle are be-
yond all praise. They ave crowned
the name of their country with inn
perishable lustre and made their own
names immortal"
With common consent credit was
given to North Carolina as the chief
actor in the great achievement.
The Petersburg Express said: All
hail to the brave sons Of the Old
North State. whom, Providence seems
to have thrust forward in the first
pitched battle on Virginia soil in be-
half of Southern rights and indepen-
dence." The Richmond Wing said:
The North Carolina regiment cover
ed itself with glory at the battle Of
Bethel" The Richmond Examiner.
the leading paper of the C~Onfederacy,
said: Honor those to whom honor
is due. All our troops appear to have
behaved nObly at Bethel, but the hon
ors Of the day are clearly due to the
splendid regiment Of North Carolina,
whose charge Of bayOnetS decided it,
and presaged their conduct on many
q more important field. Virginia's
solemn sister is justly jealous of her
glory: her simple. honest. courageous
population are weary OF the great
silence OF their forests Of pine; they
have come out to fight with a deep
determination to make their mark
which friends and foes have yet to
fathom.'
Something Of the Debt.
The North Carolinian Of the pres
ent day, content with the fame Of his
49, ~ AN ~
them all will learn something Of tn
debt which he owes to the men Of 6
by pOndering the words Just quote
from the great Virginia newspaper.
Governor Ellis promptly recon
mended to the convention in session
at Raleigh that Colonel Hill. com
mander of the North Carolina troops
be promoted to the rank Of brigadier
and that a brigade be formed am
placed under his command. Indeed
I'LL was on all sides recognized as tn
real leader in the fight. though Col
onel Magruder. commander Of tn
troops in the Peninsula, had arrive,
on the ground Just before the battl
began, and assumed command. tn
fortitications. which were essential t
cur success, were planned by Hill an
constructed by his regiment.
on the 18th of June, Mr.. Venabl
differed a resolution in the conven
ton at Raleigh, which was unani
mously passed. as follows:
Resolved. That his convention
appreciating the valOr and good cor
duct Of the officers and men OF tn
FIRST Regiment, North Carolina Vol
unteers. do. as a testimony of tn
same, authorize the said regiment t
inscribe the word Bethel upon the
inner
The First North Carolina volur
toers-the first regiment organized b
North Carolina and sent to the from
as we'll as the first Confederate reg
ment to engage in battle-included
us ranks probably the highest ave.
age order Of men ever mustered Il
war. They contributed to other con
lnandS in the Confederate seTvit
1our general officers, seven officers
me general staff, fourteen colonel
Ten observation-disclosures. eight major
Twelve adjutants. ten other staff o
icerS, ffty-seven captains. thirt,
seven first lieutenantS and forty-thr'
second lieutenants-total 202, beir
more than the full complement r
CURED for four regiments.
The Dealt of Wyatt.
PrlEate John III. Thorpe, one of II
I'VE companions Of Wyatt. afterwar,
a Cdptain in the Ann RepjmaDt pa,