The farmer and mechanic., 1914-02-03

any political office for he Was loo
proud and independent to be pohtl-
clan. The poet says:
"A politician, PrOteuS like. must alter
His face and habits and like water
seem
OF the same color that the vessel IS
That doth contain it, varying his form
With the chameleon at each objects
change"
Happy in the pea ceful pursuit OF
planter. his mind absorbed in the care
Of his servants in rearing live stock
and the Improvement Of his lands, he
had no ambition for political honors,
There was nothing Of the sycophant
in his nature.
"He would nor aatter Neptune Tor MS |
trident
| Or Jove for his power to thunder
When Lincoln was elected Presi- |
| dent he was for the immediate seces- |
| sion of the Southern States. He felt
| that was the only course to pursue to
! protect the honor of the South.\ He
| was then young, arden. enthusiastic,
| his feelings were thoroughly aroused,
| his whole soul seemed to be on fire,
| and he entered into the secession
| movement.
| With all the zeal
| Which young and fiery converts feel
| Within whose heated bosoms throngs
| The memory of a thousand wrongs.
differed with him in his view
about secession. for l was for the
Union. l was then at college and was
at home spending the winter vacation
Of 1860. We were all sitting at the
dinner table one Saturday about the
I~tiYne that South Carolina seeded, and
: / remarked that if Buchanan had the
pluck and nerve Of Jackson he would
quell the secession movement like
Jackson did Notification in 1888.
| | of NV q
sentiment shocked him and he left
the table. / being younger than he
was, / never afterwards talked to him
on the subject for l saw he was
thoroughly honest in his views, and
5 respected him for them. He and my
D father supported Breckenridge for
E President. While l was not old
: enough to vote, l was in favor Of
S Stephen A. Douglas, the Little
s Giant" for l regarded the Brecken
0 | ridge movement as tending to dis
s union. I looked upon secession as a
: stupendous blunder Eut then it had
Z to come, for there was no other way
: to settle the difficulty between the two
d sections except by bloodshed. No
: great event has ever happened in the
S history OF the world. for the progress
& of man, for the advancement OF
+. civilization and for the development
Il Of the principles of liberty without
d the sheddingg of blood. Christ had
It to shed his blood for the redemption
4. of poor fallen man. That seems to be
V. Gods plan. Why it is SO / can't tel
= you. AS Shakespeare says. What
"a fools these mOrtalS be- Will the diff
% ferent nations never advance high
a enough in the scale of civilization Sc
x as to settle their disputes without re
ID sorting to the barbarous method O
>r war. May God usher in 'the tel
n thousand years 'ah the endless err
Is of peace universal"
e. peace is the bounteous goddess VIII,
I'd beStOWS
er Weddings and holidays and joyou
I'd feasts
ht Relatives. friends, health, plenty
er social comforts
ii Are pleasures which alone make lif
h, a blessing.
er When the hot blast Of war burs
re- upon the South with all it's relentles
de Jury, he at once volunteered and as
ne sisted in raising a company, and wa
se elected first lieutenant. ] have ofte
lie thought OF the young men, the fiowe
Il OF Southern youth, who offered thei
Sc services to their country. Never wa
an army composed of such splendi
es material All classes were represente
er in its ranks. There were the farme
to from his plow. the lawyer from h
es desk. the proud planter from his va:
le- estate. The romantic spirit Of chi.
a With its refinement Of thought an
,le generosity OF action. (which adde
~. new radiance to the morning
~ civilization" never sent forth a MOI
" valiant band OF knights who wielde
he their swords conSecrated to the caus
NE OF virtue. truth and religion, than di
.th the youth who espouSed the SoutheI
lot cause. They Went forth to battle n
his as ignoble ssrfs and mercenary hir
I'd. lingS, but with dreams of heroisI
OF generosity. honor, virtue and trut
an. and with the unconquerable resoC
He TO rescue the helpless and defer
1ld their country against the attacks
dS. the cruel and ruthless invaders. Tn,
inc were as patriotic as dauntlesS@ as 10
ric and as true warriors as>ever feug
md beneath plInie. Applying to the
ite, ! brave men the eloquent words OF Il
immortal L. /. Prentiss. who Sa,
THE Roncesva!lc; pass where fell b
[ q fore the opposing lance the harness