Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-08-22

HuISddS ana TluaS At EaSlcy.
There was a good attendance Of vete-
rams and visitors and the occasion
was greatly enjoyed by all. A num-
ber Of addresses were made, the prin.
cipal address being made by II. +.
Jaynes, Esq. Of Walhalla. We pro-
duce below the address delivered by
Mr.. Jaynes to the members Of the
Survivors Association and others.
Mr.. Jaynes spoke as follows:
Mr.. President, Members of the Survi-
vors' Association Of Orr's Regi-
ment, South Carolina Volunteers,
Confederate States Of America,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
esteer it high privilege and
great honor to appear before you on
this occasion-the 45th reunion Of
the survivors of this gallant band Of
American heroes. 1t has fallen my
lot on two or three former occasions
to meet with you around your annual
campfire and speak to you about
those daysIhat tried mems souls. But
those meetings were held in the
tranquil days of peace. Foreign was
the thought that one Of your annual
gatherings would ever witness ano-
Their war-a world war-such a war
as has become besom Of destruc-
tion on the European continent, and
in which the American soldier Is des-
tined to become decisive factor, and
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and humanity---a victory founded
upon justice and truth and freedom
and right. that in the end must crush
the wrong out Of the world
Thoughts come trooping fast;
strong men tremble at the appalling
task; the mind is bewildered and
perplexed; and while we would fain
dwell upon the past, and review the
historic events of the s'xties, the
head, the hand, and the heart Of
every true, patriotic American by
day and by night must now serve and
sacrifice that the world may be made
safe for democracy and humanity. In
these days of stirring cvents-of
which history is made over night, we
can only pause to dwell upon the past
FOR a moment i'm order to draw les
sons for our present guidance, admo-
milton and encouragement. We can
pause only long enough to gaze with
admiration and wonder upon the
amazing spectacle OF that new order
Of State which was born in the midst
Of perilous times, which stood for
four years, sustained by great,
brave and determined people. united
in heart, whose one purpose Of high
resolve animated the whole, and
whose sacrifices. whether Of blood or
treasure, to be made, were not weigh
ed in tho balance against honor, and
right, and liberty, and equality, as
it was given to them to see it. They
may have made a mistake--a stupen-
dous mistake, If you please--but
they were honest, sincere and loyal
to truth. in and through it all. And
though that new order Of State stood
only four years; though the impos-
ing fabric was destined to fall and
crumble into ruin under the ponder
Gus tread of armed hosts, yet, II sur
vived long enough to bequeath to
humanity and to the world for all
time to come, the rich legacy OF the
Confederate Character.
After half century or more, it is,
indeed, difficult for the men and the
women Of this generation to realize
and appreciate fully the ideas, the
motives. and the sentiments which
led the men and the women Of the
sixties so freely to offer their lives
and their fortunes as Il sacrifice upon
the altar Of their country. think
we may safely take 1t for granted
that then, as now, true to the natu-
raj instincts Of man, they shrank
from it, and would gladly have
avoided both the conflict and the sac
rifce had that appeared to them pos
sible without dishonor But when it
became clear that this could not be
done and that the conflict was incvi-
table, they met it joyously, oven
'robbing both the cradle and the
grave to maintain their armies in
the held to the last, and went to their
graves as to their beds. 1t was a
great and terrible war, for four long
and distressing years. The armies
enlisted on both sides called into the
field throo million MAN. - mr.. .,,u...