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ADD? Of Col. Sam. W. Wilk federate Monume ?, ...i It is a pleasure to me to be herc to day, aud I know this audience will pardon a few person:;! r?miniscences un my part, for it was in thia city, one of the gems of this grand old State, celebrated alike for the grace, thc beauty and thc virtue of her women, the bravery and chivalry of her men, the sacredness and hospital ity of their home.-?, that I first saw thc light of day. It was upon her sacred soil that I learned the first footsteps in thc pathway of life, and beneath her sunny skies I spent the days of my early childhood. Dear to mo is this inspiring present, and dear to mo thc hope of her glorious future, but dearest to mc are the recollections of her past achievements. "Breathed thero the mau, with BOUI HO dead, Who never.to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land Whoso hesrt hath ne'er within Lim burn ed, AB homo his footsteps he; hath turned, From wandering ona foroign strand! If such thero breathes, go, mark him well, Tor him no minstrel raptures swell; High though Iiis titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as winh can claim, Despite those titles, powor and poif, Tho wretch, concentered all in soil", Living, nhall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying shall go down To the vile dust, from whoncoho sprung, Unwept, unhonored and unsung." When I can first remember Anderson us a little toddler at my mother's hide, a'' was peace and plenty, and a glo i .us and happy civilization existed nero, the result of relined training and the adherence to honorable priu ciples for generation s. There was little to disturb these happy condi tions, which gave a charin to lifo and made all mankind as kin. Families had known each other for generations, and the tender traditions which be longed to each, for which men would fight and die, were rospected and cherished alike by all as a priceless heritage. The men wero brave, tho women virtuous. A lofty tone of cul ture, high purpose and honor animated the people, which was tho admiration of tho world. Tn those days no man's word was safoly questioned, and dis grace and death was tho price of wo man's virtue. Thc mastcrand scrvautlived herein mutual depondonce upon each other, and this mutual trust and dependence often mado them more than friends. Under thc direction of the ono and by the labor of the other, the fields yielded their plenteous harvest, and tho fruits of their toil was often re garded as oommon property betwoen them. A perfect understanding as to the relativo position of the owner and the filavo oxisted, and so long as the difference between them was respect ed, there was a peaceful and amicable relation between them whioh needed not tho interference of those who would not, or could not, understand it, and by whose interference these happy conditions have passed away and are forever gone. It was in this charming ora that I was born, and thc impress of thoBo times lives with me as a delightful memory. Those were happy days for all, and many things oonnectcd with them can never be enjoyed by suc ceeding generations. For instanco, tho character cf tho old negro "mammy" of the family, who pillow ed your infant hoad upon hor loyal heart with tho tenderness and devo tion of a mother; who added to your comfort and happiness by her con itant care; was the oompanion of your waking hours aad mingled her bless ings with your childish play; who, when you were aweary, crooned her sweet lullaby, so full of tenderness that you were Boothed into repose. Can you not recall her tender solici tude at your illness, when, with ma ternal affection she watched your every symptom, and was at once your angel of mercy and the strength and eomioiler of your anxious mother, .whom, perhaps, she had nursed, aud was the first to catch the infant cry from her lips ns she was from yours; who was, indeed, the stay of the houf?e hold, and took into her heart with loving affection, every member there of. In times of trouble, she was the appellate court upon whose sympathies you could roly, and she novor failed you ia a trying ordeal, lt was her words of fonder appeal that excused the wrong and brought sunshine and joy to your heart and made you onoe again a light-hearted, happy child. She,blessed your existence with her unselfish love, which waa as boundless as light and as lasting as life. But, alas! this character is rapidly parring away, and coming generations will know her only by report. But ?ve, v ho have known and cherished lier, ? ould be remiss to duty were we not to drop in' passing an immortelle io her preoiouB memory. ?r>'recalling the days of my child* OSS e? at Unveiling of Con ;iit, .Tan. 18,1902. I hood in Anderson many persons and ' incidents stand out so plainly on thc canvas of the past that it seems but ? yesterday that 1 was? here. I remem ber the old playgrounds about the vil lage, my companions of those days, : then faces arid characteristics. Who i doe.-? not recall thc boyhood day;; of I Mike O'Neal and Mack Cochran, who kepi the town alive with their pranks? I recall the old swimming pool in 1'ocky Uiver where we all learned to 1 swim. I recall tho old churches, Sam ! Crawford's brick school house, Prof. j Hall's school, Mr. Osborne's tanyard, ! Ed Anderson and his little white ! horse "Mack," Joe Martin's harness j shop, where Joe. in his kindliness, welcomed all with a happy smile, Dr. Cater, OD his missions of mercy; Mr. Murray, thc man of God; Mr. Heed, with his gold-headed cane and broad cloth suit; Newt. Scott, the town mar shal, at once the guardian of the vil lage and thc town boys' friend; Elijah Webb, of boundless hospitality; Mr. Daniel Browu, whoso quick energy al ways made him a notable figuro; Capt. Nim Sullivan, whose jokes arc pro verbial; Davy Woodson, who was a ray of sunshine of peculiar kiud; Jep. Wilson and Stephen McCully, of sacred memory, and, last of all, Grant Kant, a true type of the town darky of ante-bellum days, a confidential friend of all thc boys, and a servant to every household. Again, thero is one wc do not for get. It is he. the knightly gentleman, the learned jurist, the broad states man, the devoted patriot, who loved his poople and loved his land. Whose philosophy would have guided them, whoso wisdom would have protected them, whose matchless eloquence did often lead them, who in every station of lifo was great. Who occupied the highest places of public trust in his State and nation, with illustrious pride to his Stute and honor to his name, and .thus is thc kingly James L. Orr enshrined forever in the hearts of his country men and tho history of this grand old common wealth. Again, can you recall a court week in Anderson in those days, when Uncle Millie Holmes, from tho iron steps of thc old court house, announ ced, "Oh, yes, oh, yes! tho court is now open," and calling different ones into court with an unotion of author ity in his voice never boforo norsinco equalled? Have you not seen tho peo ple from every section of the district greeting each othor with neighborly cordiality? nave you never bought locust and persimmon beer and ginger cake from the old, ladies whoso oover ed wagons stood on tho square with little tables on the rear from which thoy served their wares? Do you re member how palatable it was? Among tho notable characters who came to the villago every court week let mo present to you ono as I remem ber him. A short, strong-bvrilt man, somowhat gray from age, full of solf oonfidonco and much palaver, good hearted to a fault, but with an imagi nary enmity always against the town marshal, and a harmless idea that his visit to tho villago was a failure unless ho was arrested or had ongaged in a scrap Ho was a consequential broth er and would bo noticed, but his good qualities always saved him from serious trouble. Ho was tho shoe-maker, ho was "a bad man with a bad eye," he was a man with a thirst. He was Stevo Chastine of the Fork, the com panion of "Devil John Smith" and Silas Massy, of notorious fame. Peace to them ! But we pass from this happy pe riod. Hark-what is that? Thero Gecms to be an unrest amongst thc people. It is scarcely noticeable at first, there is a subdued fever in the air, a suppressed something like the terrible quiot which oft precedes thc storm at sea. Men nre unnatural ly disturbed, tho poacc and content ment scorns to havo gone out of their lives, there is an ominous commotion here and there, vague rumors of trou ble in state and national affairs had floated {out amongst thc peoplo and disquieted them. Soon meetings wore being held, and a strango excitement possessed the multitude. Stat' . men and rmen of prominence were speaking to tho populace aa to thoocauscs of theso troubles. Tho peaceful and prosperous conditions of tho Southland had aroused the envy and the jealousy of our Northern brothers. The institution of slavery so long as it4 was profitable to our Northern brethren was right and legi timate; when a failure there by rea son of the severity of tho winters, and a success in the South, it beoamo a wrong. Diffcronceo had arisen be tween the frest minds of the North and the South which was fast tending towards a disruption of this great Union and to revolution. The South ero cavalier, strong in the conviction of his rights, took the position that his properties and his States' rights were his own under acorrcot construc tion of the Constitution of thc United States, and could not bc controlled by the general government, at tbc same time conceding to thc other states thc same rights and privileges as claimed for themselves. This question grew into one of vast discussion between tho two sections, thc North claiming that each state was but a child of tho general governmental household, and denied their right of withdrawal therc I from, but claimed that they must bc subject to thc views of thc majority of thc states of thc general govern ment. Hot blooded freemon of this sunny clim ; resented thc idea that their rights, their properly, were not their own, and their freedom of gov ernment being disputed was repulsive to them, they felt that their patriot ism was clialleuged an d their liberties threatened. Never having brooked oppression, having been leaders in thc great political questions which had previously Btirred tho councils of this great nation, and, by their logic, clo quenco, and superior statesmanship had triumphed in thc causes they had espoused, they were not now ready to yield these questions which dealt so vitally with their institutions and their rights, which affected so closely their citizenship. These differences, unfortunately, could not be sottled by discussion in tho Union and under the flag, henco carno, as thc result, tho one great cause which wrought so many changes in our laud, and wiped out forever the grandest civilization the world ever saw, tho great movement of Secession. South Carolina had done what Khode Island aud Massa chusetts had threatened to do in 1812, because that war was interfering witl Now England's foreign trade. It was New England's reprcsentatir*? whe then claimed the right of sccesaiot from the Union hecausc tho commerce of those States were affected thereby but tlicy denied this right when Soutt Carolina was driven to it by oppres sive measures. If right for them ii 181", then right for us in 1SG0. Thc excitement consequent upoi this movement was widc-sprcai throughout tho land. South Carolina patriotic, brave, aud impulsive, wai first to declare her independence o her sister States, and announoo witl impassioned earnestness her frcodoc as a sovereign state, declaring he readiness to defend her action witl thc blood of her sons. Soon othe States, similarly situated and holdin. the samo viowa upon this constructioi of tho constitution, joined her, an ere long tho stars and bars were un furled by s Confederate Congress c States, and the toosiu of civil war wa sounded in our land from the moue tains to thc seaboard, calling men t rally about it in defense of the prinoi pies and oause of independent free dom. I recall how this announoemen was reoeived and celebrated. Fervi oratory awoke in the people a martie spirit and the hopo of battle. Soul stirring music lent an inspiration t the sentiment of chivalry. Banner of Confederate oolors were floated uj on tho breeze; bonfires, burned, pa metto cockades mado by tonder hand were worn above brave hearts. Patric tic songs sung by gentle voioes i kcoping with the spirit of the timei .idded a softening influenoe to tb cheers of tho volunteers, and men bolls chimed out tho glorious hope < expected war. Tho good women ( the land-God bloss thom-breathe an inspiring hope and patriotism 'whic gavo to men the proud consoiousnei of right, and the dauntless courage < heroes. But amid all those scenes of patri< tic display, there were some who wei not in a o cord with the spirit aboi them, as if fore-seeing the great trag* dy of the future. Many hold differer view?, but yielded,to tho will of tl majority, and fought for Seoessio against their judgment. Rapidly lipon these scenes came ti organization of troops; the Confode ato Government was established, ac was oalliug for an army to defend i principles. Many of you remomb tho call for volunteers; and it was conspicuous fact that many who ht boon loudest in tho advocacy of scce siou, wero tho slowest to rally in i defense. To them tho war of bullo wns a far different thing to tho war words, and when thc tost came, mai of those patriots woro not to bo foui in the ranks. Like Bob Aerea, thc courage had oozed out at their fing tips, and a olerical pen of tho govor mont was their carbine, a doctor's cc tifioate .heir breast-plate, the coi mercial opportunities of the tim their cantoon; and this is the horita they left their children. But th woro tho exceptions, for.all over tl beautiful land thoro waa many a di ground, and the steady tread of t volunteer kept stop to tho well-romoi bored command of "Left, left, left Soon regiments were boing comp ted; the gallant bands of fathe brothers, and relatives were sayi good-bye for the conflict. You member the eagerness of those untri battalions, the prido and confidence their officers, you recall tho going the light-hearted and happy lover he bade adieu to his sweetheart, ei fident of victorious laurels soon to be laid at her feet. Their sadness was only in thc separation for she shared in his confidence of vietory. Tao father bade a sad farewell to his household and with sober earnestness joined his command, thc sen received the blessing of his anxious mother and thc sweet adieu of his sister as sho spoke hopefully and proudly of his ro turo. Thc military excitement and thc stirring scones about us overshad owed the possible results of thc future as wo only saw victory on every field, aud a triumphant return to resume, as usual, the even tenor of our way, only with tbo additional honor of victors. Tbc Confederate soldier went to war proud and daring, a plenteous country furnished them everything a soldier required, and tlie hope of early victory animated them for battle. Thus equipped, I saw tho old 4th South Carolina leave home, to no thc dear est Regiment ever organized on earth. She was then tho admiration of my childish heart, sho is to-day the prido and veneration of my mature manhood. I had rather have served in her ranks, eveiTlo giving up my lifo, than to live now with her disbanded, because my father's name and that of my brilliant uncle, Warren D. Wilkes, was upon her roster. Later, I saw among oth ers to leave homo eager for the con flict, your good citizen, Clifton ?. Reed, in the full glory of his young manhood, proud of wearing the uni form of his country, tho impersona tion of gallantry, handsome, generous and brave, a true representative of the boy soldier of tho Confederacy. How well he did his part, his empty sleeve and consistent patriotism testi fies more plainly than any words that I can speak. Soon tidings came of the first great engagement. Manassas had been fought and victory perched upon the Confederate banners, and the great drama of war was ou. 1 recall bow this intelligence was received; bellt rang out in merry peals tho sound ol the triumph; the people shouted wept and laughed, and general rejoic inc was the order of the day where ever the glorious news was aunouno cd. But, alas, amid all this rejoicing and triumphant^ shouts there wen other scenes of a different nature be ing enacted; victories in war an bought at the prioe of the blood an< lives of the warriors, and mingle? with the shouts of triumph and re joicings o?' the patriotic, waB the sad ness of human sorrow and the patho of hearts bowed down in grief, fo many had fallen, and the sadness o the intelligence as to the wounded dying and dead fell as a funeral pal over tho h carts, of many. My sainte* mother was amongst those who's hearts was broken, for my father wa a gallant Confederate officer of th 4th South Carolina Volunteers. H had seen the thickest o? the fight, an had felt the shook of battle, but a the dosing of tho day, his mani heart beating high in his breast wit the joyous appreciation of the viotor wou, his chivalrous soul elated wit the proud consciousness of duty we! performed, be was suddenly calle alone into one more engagement wit the enemy, in which.' he gave up hi life upon the altar of his country i \ defense of principles which he belie11 ! ed to be light. Ee rests by the aid of my Christian mother in yot Churohyard yonder; his comrades i arms laid him there and over him fire the farewell volleys due a brave so dier, and sounded taps from the mil tary huglo as a loving requiem to hi cherished memory. As his son, am proud of his reoord. l am. pron that aa he was called to go, his bloc flowed on Southern lands, and his si ored dust rests in martial glory in tl Boil of the state he loved so well. Thi he rests in peaoe there to sleep unt the bugle call by order of the gre Captain of Salvation shall awake hi on the last great day to take his pos tion in the ranks of the brave men earth who thought it sweet to die f their country, and 1 cherish his r cord as the dearest heritage he cou have left me. Following np Manase it was one continuous victory to ? pomattox until exhausted legioi yielded to overpowering odds and tl viotor and the vanquished furled fo evor in glory upon the brightost pa in American history thcstaiuless ba nor of Lee's army, cherished forev in tho hearts of those who followed and respected and reverenced by t brave mon who fought it. Tho great tragedy has passed. T bloody epoch has olosod. And all ask at *y hands of any is tho tr statement of tho facts, and I km that when time shall have mellow all differences, then will the wisdi and justice of unborn generatio treat the war between the States a difference between brothers sett! by the abitramont of arms, in whi tho enduraneo of untold hardshi; and thi* di?pl*y cf dustless couri reaohod its subliment height. It v> live as the standard of comparison ! all future conflicts and stand Yorei I as the criterion for the highest type I obi valry. The names of Davis, L and Jackson, of Hampton, Longatre Gordon, and Johnson, of Pickett i Pelham may not now appear in t or ambling "Hall of Fame" erected tho perishable materials of earth i???: the bands of those who have not yet recovered from the spirit of exaltation at the final triumph of their arms, and who have not yet grown into the broad ness and fullness of a universal na tions i patriotism. ?.?Their names may not appear on the tablets of bronze and marble that may ornament its contracted walls, but in the great ball of deathless fame, con structed of the true accounts of their suffering, their courage, their patriot ism, their names will appear along side of those of tho greatest military chieftains known to history, and the faithful record of all their achieve ments will be thc bright and endur ing as thc diadem that orowes the night of their cloudless skies. Tho record of the private soldier in that Ila li of Famo will stand cut upon tho pages as the military history of the world in conspicuous glory, for thoro is not one ignoble memory in all the brilliant pathway of their fame, and not one shadow dims the lustre of their unapproachable achievements. We of this generation need no marble shaft to commemorate their deeds, wo can yet learn from their truthful lips the story of all their greatness. But we erect this shaft to the sentiment that cherishes them in the quiet of the bivouac, the hardships of the march, the terrible conflict of battle, where their blood poured its crimson as an imperishable reeord upon the face of the earth. To a sentiment that hon ored them in victory and glorifies them ia defeat. We erect it to a sentiment that oherishes their gray hairs, empty sleeves and crutches. Wo erect it to those of them who look baok over the -. eat drama from 1861 to 18G5 and re oall their deeds with an expression of approval on their faces, the fire of pa triotism in their hearts, and the light of battlo in their eyes. We have but love for them and erect it with their appreciation and approval, hallowed by the sacred love and sy'mpathy of good women whose hearts beat iu uni son with ours, whose gentle hands will garland it with tho bright flowers of love and loyalty and will nurture them with the tears and smiles of their perfect devotion. The touch of Time may mar its polished beauty and its smooth surface may not long reflect the beauty of thc morning's bright ness, nor the golden glory of the evening's splendor, but the sacred sentiment for which it 6tands w:ll re ina? enshrined in the hearts of Amer icans more and more exalted as the ages pass. And now, invoking the benediction of Heaven upon it, we commend it to ihe care of generations yet unborn. In coo-clusio p, I desire. 10 ? vf\ \\? ull j recognition of all past and present conditions, I say that as thc Stars and Bars no longer reflect the beauty of tho morning sunbeam nor kisses with its silken folds the genial breezes of our Southern olime, and another ban ner waves in triumph over its closed and prostrate folds, as an American, I sm glad 'that it is the Star Spangled Banner, the flag of my oouotry, the fairest that floats as a nation's ensign of honor which has never known de feat, and I olaim that to it we are the most loyal subjects of this Union, for it was a Southern man who in the late war planted it victoriously on the heights of San Juan hill while others were halting, GOD. Joe Wheeler, of Ala. It was a Southern man who raised it in viotory on the seas of San tiago harbor, Admiral Sehley, of Mary land. It was a Southern boy who, with Admiral Dewey, planned the great naval battle of Manilla Bay, Tom Brumby, of Georgia. 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