The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-05-29

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mayor of Anderson, spoke as follows:
I Commander, and comrades. Mr..
Mayor aud lcitizens of Anderson,
ladies ana gentlemen:
| l esteem 1T pleasure and privilege
on behalf OF the S. G. Division u. c. v.
to give expression Of our garteful ack-
nowledgement for hecordial welcome
to Anderson. In this busy ana COM
mercial age when each community is
vieing one with the other for advnce-
ment In all branches of industry;
when each man, as well as each COM
munity is engrossed in business and
attracted only by that which produces
wealth and now that half century
has inteTvened since the Confederate
cause suffered defeat, communities are
seldom found eager to join the Con-
federate soldier In celebrating his past
history. Such diversion means sac
rifice; sacrifice of time and sacrifice
OF money. For such service we
| should be grateful.
| Like oases in the desert which serve
/ to revive and refresh the weary tray
! eler, 80 these annual reunions revive
4 in the memory of Confederate soldiers
| recoll leetiops of the past; furnishs the
principles for which they fought and
] for which so many died; and render
still more; sacred the cause which was
lost. II has hacnfne fashion tn call
| 1t the Lost Cause" but resent the
idea. The battle was indeed lost but
the principles for which we fought can
| never die. They were principles up
| on which Ale structure of our govern
ment was builded ana must survive So
long asjour government be maintained
Truth - mighty and shall prevail; IT,
| therefore, the principles for which we
fought were indeed true, then they
must live forever. Truth when click
ed, never dies, as 1t descends through
time It may be transmitted from state
to state, from monarch to common
wealth, but its life is never extinguish-
ed and never permitted to fall to the
ground. A great truth, II no existing
nation would assume its guar iianship,
has power, such is Gods Providence
to call q nation into being and life by
the life which t imparts.." So the
principles for which you fought ars
imperishable. and you are tile heroes
OF a cause that should live so iong n,
truth and justice shall triumph. Th-.
tribute paid to those who gave t:.eis
lives q sacrifice and which adorns tlc
monument both at hcul. and abEoad.
TO alter one word would mar the
whole. Permit me. therefore. to read
of those who
Perpetnates the n: emory OF
the tribute az it appears,
This n1onuT'ent
True to the instincts OF their birth
Faithful TO the teachings of their
Fathers
Constant In their love for the State,
Died in the performance or their duty;
Who
Have glorIfied fallen cause
By the simple manhood OF their lives,
the patient endurance of suffering,
and the heroiem of death,
and who
in the dark hours OF imprisonment,
II the hopelessness of the hospital,
in the short, sharp agony OF the fielG, J
found support and consolation
in the belief
that at home they would not be for |
gotten?"
But what tribute should be paid to !
those of us who have survived the |
Dark Hours of Imprisonment" the |
"Hopelessness of the Hospital" and 1
the short, Sharp 9gony of the Field 2. |
Shall we prove less worthy than they. !!
BY some 1t has been said that the Sc !
queEces we're even more trying than |
the hardships OF the war. The hum /
iliation of surrender; the return TO the
desolate and in many instances desc
late home; the reign of military rule |
and the reconstruction period were
trials more severe than the weary
march, the battlefield or even the hos
pital. BY these were tested not only |
physical courage, but the moral fibre
of the individuals. IS
In all of these the Confederate vet
eren performed his duty and dis
charged faithfully the trust imposed I
upon him. From this desoIation and
ruin We have survived and now after
the lapse OF well nigh half CEN
tpTy, are permitted to witness re-
united country: our states enjoying /
full representation fn the halls or L
congress, the south prominent in the
administration of national AFFAIRS. i
and above all prosperous, progres-
sive and happy south. But more thar
all these we are no longer branded as
TRAITORS" and rebels" but are now
honorsd even BY those against whom
wo fought as ''seif-sacrifieIng pat
riots" who win take our places by the
side of Washington. HamptoC and Sid
sey. -4
Amidst ruins, bereft of fortunes and
estates, as well as liberty, with nota4
Ing left Remaining to us but gooo
name and public character nnsullied;l
and untsrniBhed, we will In the COM
mon sfortuness still cling in our AZ
fectioaa to the "land Of memories and
find expression for our sentiment when
the past as well as our dis
tant hopes when looking 10 the fIturs,
In the grand worde OF 4 Fatfier Ryan, Il
one Of our most eminent diyines. ana
Gne OF Americas best poets:s IS
-ss;A land without ruins Is a land with