Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-28
tor Haynes speech was far superior

tor Haynes speech was far superior
to that Of Daniel Webster" 'a
The greatest senator barring none
who ever sat in the halls of the United
States senate, said DIR. Lodge, was
John C. Calhoun OF South Carolina,
Yet how many people know Of him.
On questions of constitutional law and
questions of ethics this South Caroiin-
ian stood impregnable as did many 9TH
er southern men. Yet how many stu
dents in our high schools and colleges
know Of our great men 1t is important
that the truths Of history should be
taught in our schools-not hate but
truth.
People sometimes rather lament that
they are so unfortunate as to be tchild- :
rem of the south. God forbid that any
child of South Carolina should turn
his or her back upon the glorious past
of their state-when they should be-
come untrue to that glorious past:
"A real memorial, said the speaker,
is the living consciousness of the peo-
pie. We men whose hearts ought to be
fired by your activities do not take the
interest that we should. Indeed the
memories Of our southern heroes
should be cherished in the deepest
reverence. know some people object
to this. Some people have opJected 70
the influence that Confederate veterans
hay exercised. Yet as look beneath
the veil Of the present l see that the
life of today is because Of the past. So
It is worth while that you should give
yourself to historical researches.
Appealing to his audience never to
refer to the War Between the states
as the "Lost Cause" the speaker said
that the principles for which the Con-
federacy fought were the same for
which the Revolutionary war was
fought and for which the Allies fought
in the recent world war.
LET no southern man or woman
ever say Lost Cause he said. 1t was
not lost, because 1t is righteous cause
and no righteous cause was ever iost
in the sight Of God. They fought lot
the right OF self determination, the
right to govern Observation-Disclosures
states of the south determined to be
free. The principal was the same as that
which Is involved in the League OF
Nations to which every southern man
should give his adheEion. The world
has dreamed of world state but II
cannot be established on force as the
Germans tried to do. Cscsar tried ~
and he failed. Alexander the great
failed. The great Napoleon failed. IL
Is not force that will hold the nations
of the world together but they VIII be
held by the attractive power OF love.
I would propose the name Confederate
States OF the World for the states OF
the world"
a There are South Carolina names that
rank well with those of any other sec
ton of the county in connection with
the War Of the Revolution and other
wars that are equally as prominont
and great as the names in the nations
history in any other section, said the
speaker in sketchirg the career OF Con.
Hill. There were fights on southern
soil in the Revolution and IN the
other wars of the country equally as
important as those of any, other sec
ton. There were for instance the
battles Of Fort Moultrie, Cowpens and
Kings Mountain and there are In
South Carolina among the names OF
many other great warriors those ot
General Wade Hampton and Generaa
Harvey Hill. s
The speaker. reviewed the military
career of the noted Confederate gen
leral and declared that there was a
strong parallel between General Hill
and General jackson. both being men
of the strongest character with an
t... .-Ha -.
He told Of the Confederate command
ier's appointment to West Point In lS42
Of his twice being breveted in the Mex
lican war. being one Of six In the entire
army who were breveted In that war,
ii the presentation to him Of a sword
Iof honor by the South Carolina gen
eral assembly, of his career as pro-
fessor of mathematics, his brilliant
record at Big Bethel. Seven Pines,
IGaineSs Mill. Chicamauga and otner
engagements in the War Between the
States,
His was a record as good as that OF
! stonewall Jackson. says Longstreet ana
me facts bear out the truth OF the
ttatement., Possessed of the tenacity
.S,f the Scotch and the gallantry OF the
irish the record shows that wherever
sIhings were hot you might look Tor
nil. A good man, a great soldier, a
nan of principle. he still lives because
!, he death of men is not the death OF
! principles.