The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, July 06, 1904, Page 2, Image 2
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Heroes
Nashville, .June 14.--General Ste-J
nv hen I). Ijce, who succeeds tho lament- ,
cd Gordon as commander in chief of
the United Confederate Veterans,
spoke as fuilows :
"It is impossible for me to respond
to the kindly and cordial welcome so
5tly spoken to my comrades who wore
thc gray, without thinking of thc
great soldier and orator upon whom
this duty would have fallen, if he had
not been taken away from us. It was
in historic Nashville, sevcD years ago,
?that bis eloquent voice gave utterance
to the gratitude of our heartH to the
citizens of this beautiful city for the
.hospitality Tor which they arc famous,
?and which to day has laid us under
aew obligations. It was here that
'?ho placed in your hands his commis
sion as your chieftain, and sought to
retiro into private station. With an
?sutburst of loyal devotion, resistless
?8 the whirlwind, you again called
him to be your leader, and gave him
?he commission of your unmeasured
love and confidence.
?"He was true to your service to the
last. His coblo voice is hushed for
ever. He has answered the great roll
<oall. He has joined his great com
mander in the white hosts of peace.
The armies of the Confederacy have
?marched to fame's eternal camping
?ground, and we who moet to-day are
only the belated stragglers of that
? mighty host who have entered into
?their immortality.
" 'The living are bravo aud noble
Bot the dead were the bravest r>f all.' "
"AB I listened to tho eloquent and
comforting addresses of welcome, it
waB impossible for me not to remem
ber an occasion now noarly forty years
{past, when somo of us yearned to
-eDjoy the hospitality of Nashville.
Many of her citizens would at that
Hirne, have been glad to seo us, but
?not half as much so, as we "would
?have been to seo them. Between us
.-and these hospitable homes there
.stretched a wall of fire, and instead of
your cordial greeting we heard the
thunder of guns.
"This timo, however, we have kept
-our engagements bettor, and your
good will have made us more than
.conquerors. Wo have entered into
this city of great men and great memo
ries. We have beheld your educa
tional institutions, sending light and
trope into the remotest corners of our
beloved land. We have made pilgrim
ages to the graves of your mighty
dead-we have been refreshed by your
hospitality.
"The Confederate soldier does not
forget that from the bosom of this old
commonwealth, came a hundred and
fifteen thousand men, to follow the
banners of Lee and Johnston, and
.thal !DOre than thirty-thntiaand were
enlisted in tho Armies of the Union
Tennesseeass believe with ther hearts'
blood. They did not count the cost,
when the great question of State or
IV at ion had to bo settled with drawn
swords. They spent thc last drop of
(blood, the last mite of treasure, for
tho defense of Tennessee, their moth
er and their sovereign.
"We, the witnesses of that great
eaorifice, can never cease to honor
Tennessee, for tho blood of her sons,
for the tears and prayers of her daugh
ters, for the indomitable spirit which
robuilt the ruined homes, whioh sow
ed thc blasted fields, whioh has
wrenched prosperity from field and
mountain, and has made this wonder
ful land, onoo moro a thing of beauty
. and pride to every southern heart,
.-?.yoe have done well, men and women
ofTe&aesBeo. With peaceful hands
you have won back more than your
i fathers lost.
"J wonder sometimes whether, wheo
the great balances of the universe are
posted, and the great judgments of
the ancient of days are rendered,
whether even when the last human
historyvk written of thc war between
V ?he ^Slates, and the slow verdict of
"remote posterity is taken, the cause
we loved, will seem as lost as it once
?cerned to us. It may bc that in thc
providence of God, and the develop
ment of humanity, these fearful sacri
fices were neoessary for tue highest
good of this nation and of the world.
Truly in hum.au experience,without the
?bedding of blood there is no redemp
tion. Bather let us believe that the
world is richer and better, purer and
greater for the tragic story of forty
years ago, and that the shed blood hes
brought blessing, honor, glory and
power, incorruptible treasures cf
which a brave and noble people oan
never be despoiled.
"It is a source of joy to every one
..of ns, as we make onr annual pilgrim-1
vago to meei together, when we see how
.prosperous our country has grown.
At last I think we feel that the pros
perity of the land is assured. When
the savings of all previous generations
DRIES.
.'hiel ol' Veterans X)e
. dress to luirn JUS
of War.
were consumed io the common dis
aster, it seemed for a while as if the
South has to face the bitterness of
poverty for generations to come- j
statesmanship, literature, art, cul
ture, flowers of leisure and oppor
tunity, were to remain forever with
ered on the soil once so congenial;
nothing was to bc left but the hard
struggle with adversity till the bitter
end.
"I think we are convinced now that
the South is fully on its feet again.
In material prosperity we have now
not only reached, but surpassed the
achievements of our fathers; yet, when
I look about me for the men, who aro
to enter into the garden, which you,
my brave comrades, have made bloom
under suoh hard conditions, I cannot
but be sensible to the incomparable
loss which tho South sustained. The
tongues which would have commanded
the applause of Senates, were never
heard after theory of battle was over;
the genius that might have directed
the counsels of nations, breathed its
last upon some forgotten skirmish
line. The very Sower and pride of
our people perished in the battle
front, and the blood of our race lost
much of its most magnificent strain
when they went to their graves.
"I hold no view of southern degen- j
eraey, but I deplore the irreparable
loss to my country and tbe coming
generation when those splendid men,
the bravest and best the world has
ever held, went down in death. Some
one has said that every generation
must have its war. If so, in God's
name let it not be a real war. Tho
burning bouses, the wasted fields, the
ravaged cities-I could see them all
go until the wilderness was back again,
and contain my grief; but I can never
bear to think of the strength and
beauty, the manly courage, the stub
born nerve, the pure chivalry, the
peerless devotion, the unstinted faith
and loyalty, which went into the bat
tle's deadly front and never returned.
It is the loss of men like these that j
made the South poor indeed, a
IOBS that oan never be restored, not
in forty years. No! not in forty cen
turies.
"But, my comrades, it is a great
comfort to know that the South had
suoh men to lose. It was a revelation
to the world. It was a revelation to
ourselves. What a magnificent race
of men, what a splendid type of
humanity; what courage; what gran
deur of spirit; what p-iriotism; what
self-saorifioe. It was sublime. It
is wonderful beyond compare. Not
I all were conquered. Some of these
men came back. I see them before
me now. God has bountifully pro
longed their days, that they may illus
trate to the next generation the oivio
virtues, that they may tell thc won
drous story of those days, chat they i
may stir up in the hearts of youth I
the emulation of virtue, the passion
for noble achievements^ the spirit of
sacrifice.
"As ?he close of our days draw near,
and the work of upbuilding our coun
try pisses on into younger and stron
ger hands, let us make it our mission,
oomrades, to tell the story. Do not
let your children or grandchildren for
get the cause for whioh we suffered.
Tell it not in anger. Tell it not in
grief. Tell it not in revenge. Tell it
proudly as fits a soldier. There is no
shame in all the history. Dwell on
the gallant deeds, the pure motives,
the unselfish sacrifice. Tell of the
hardships endured, the battles fought,
tho men who bravely lived, the men
who nobly died. Your dear oomrades
shall livo again in your words.
"The infinite pity and glory of it
ali will awake the hearts of those who
listen, and they will never forget.
Tell them of Albert Sidney Johnston,
of Stonewall Jiokson.of Stewart with
his waving plume, of Forrest with his
scorn of death. Tell them of Wade
Hampton and Gordon, the Chevalier
Bayards of the South. Tell thom of
Zollicoffer, of Pat Cleburne and Frank
Cheatham, of Pelham, of Ashby.
Tell them of the great soldier with
the spotless sword, and the spotless
soul, who sleeps at Lexington, in the
Valley of Virginia. Tell them of the
great president, who bore upon his
sad heart, the sorrows of all his peo
ple, and upon whom fell all the blows
which passed them over.
"This, my comrades, is your Issi
commission. Do this for the dead,
that they may be loved and honored
still. Do this for the living, that
they may also become worthy of love
and honoj. Do this for your country,
[ that when the time is ripe, she may
again be' rich in heroes and in noble
deeds.
" 'Shall not the self same soil bring
forth the self same men?'
"When tho great account is taken
whioh page think you, my OOUDITV
men, will the South most^illium:.
apare? Will it be the edd page toro
and ragged, stained with hiood and
tear.*, which tell.-, thc story of seces
sion and defeat-or trill it be the new
page of her lates? census, with its
magnificent figures of wealth and ??ros
poiity? Whatever she chooses, give
us old soldier-) the old pages to read
again. This blood and those tears
mean more to us than all the world.
The cause in which they were shed,
will never be lost to us, and the love
we gave it, will not die till the last
gray jacket is folded and the last gray
head is buried beneath the sod.
My comrades, neither do I believe
our descendants will ever hesitate to
make the same choice. The people
of the South would not exchange the
story of the Confederacy for the
wealth of the world. At their moth
er's knee, the coming generation shall
learn from that tragic history what
deeds make men groat and nations
glorious. A people who do not cher
ish their past will never have a futuro
worth recording. The time is even
now, that the whole people of the
United States are proud of the ucsur
passed heroism, Belf-sacrifioes and
laithfuloess of the soldiers and people
of the Confederacy."
Story of First War Flag Raised at Alex
andria, Va.
That one of the very first Confed
erate flags of the war was raised over
the Marshall house, in Alexandria,
Va., is a fact not generally known by
the public. This was done by Charles
H. Taylor, of Company H, 17th
Virginia regiment, who not only raised
the flag but also raised subscriptions
for it and had it made. His narra
tive follows :
In the early part of 1801, war be
tween the Northern and Southern
States seemed inevitable, as about all
of the Southern States had ?eoeded.
Very soon thereafter war was declared.
I at onee concluded to get up a flag to
represent our oause. After consult
ing with many of the citizens, I
found that they approved of my
plan and would gladly subscribe to
ward;, defraying the amount the flag
would cost.
I then made the design of the flag
and submitted it to Mr. John W.
Padgett, who was in that business,
to know what such a flag would cost.
Having informed me, I said to him
that I would canvass the city and if I
succeeded in raising the amount I
would give him the order. So I got
up a list and canvassed the people of
the oity and Boon raised the required
amount, and immediately called on
Mr. Padgett and gave him tho order
to make the flag. The flag was made
of fine bunting and was eighteen feet
long by thirteen feet four ioohes wide;
was red and white with blue field
containing thirteen stars to represent
the thirteen Southern States, and it
cost $30. Mr. Jackson said to me
that he would be glad to have tho flag
float over the Marshall house, of
whioh he was proprietor, and would
give me all the assistance that I need
ed in plaoicg the pole on the hotel to
receive the flag. I told him 1 could
see no objection to the flag floating !
over the Marshall house, as I con
sidered it the best place in the city,
ana oesi?c? ii TY ou id bc u?uc? ui? ?)rv- j
teotion.
The next move was to get a pole for I
the flag. After investigation I found j
that the Democratic pole was not used
and I made application to those io
authority and they gave me permis
sion to take it for the use of the flag.
I turned this pole over to Mr. Jackson
and he had it placed on his hotel.
The pole was placed through the trap
door of the north gable end of the
hotel and on the south side of the
chimney, the foot of the pole resting
on the floor of the attic room for sup
port. The citizens of the oity were
notified as to the time the flag would
be raised, and a very large orowd was
present. On the afternoon of the
day that the flag was to be raised, I
went to Mr. Padgett's house and was
there when the last stitch? WSB taken
in the fl ig hy Mrs. John W. Padgett
and her sister, Miss Sarah M. Gra
ham; they turned the flag over to me
and we folded it up aod I took it to
the Marshall house and to the room
where the pole was placed to receive
it, and fastened the ropes to the flag,
making it ready for hoisting.
In tho meantime Mr. Jackson, the
proprietor of the Marshall house,
came io and I told him that every
thing was ready and the time about
up, and I wanted him to defend the
flag. He said that if the flag ever
came down, it would come down over
his dead body. I said, "I will now
go down and give the signal to raise
the flag."
I It was floated to the breeze, accom
panied by cheers and shouts from the
assemble! crowd and the booming of
cannon. The day was beautiful and a
brisk northwest wind was blowing and
when the 'flag was raised I never saw
one float more beautifully than the
one raised over the Marshall house in
Alexandria, Va., on the 17tb day of
! April, 1861, at 4 o'dock, to represent
1 the thirteen southern states. ,
I On the 12th day of May, 1861, the
man-of-war Pawnee steamed np the
P .ioiuao river with port-holes open.
aod anchored in front of Alexandria,
On tho - lilt ?lay of thc natue mooth a i
dcuiaud was made f',r thc surrender of
thc city, which wai refused. It waa I
very early in thc moro i og and those j
of the Seventeenth Virginia r?gi- i
meat that were there had but lit
tle time to vacate. About twenty
miles up the railroad Col. M. D.
Corae held the train for those who
failed to get out with the regiment.
My escape kept me from being cap
tured, as I afterwards learned that
the enemy were looking for the man
that had that flag raised over the
Marshall house. Thc enemy had
nearly every point guarded, as early
as it vras. and I marie my escape by
crossing Hunting creek, at which
point no guard had been picketed.
The enemy came in by land and
water and captured the city without
opposition, but whon they undertook
to capture the flag that was floating
over the Marshall house, they met
with one brave man to oppose them,
the proprietor of the Marshall house.
James W. Jackson.
The enemy captured the flag, but in
so doing lost their commanding offi
cer, who was killed by the brave Jack
son, and he in turn lost his lifo by the
enemy, having been shot down de
fending the flag.
In September, 1902, I paid a visit
to my old home in Alexandria and
while there oalled on Miss Sarah M.
Graham, at the old homestead where
the flag was made hy her and her sis
ter, Mrs. John W. Padgett, now de
ceased. It was my first visit in thir
ty-three years. Miss Graham told
me that the enemy wanted to tear her
home down and hang her, and it took
the best influence in the city to con
vince them that Miss Graham WSB in
that business for the money that was
in it, and would make a flsg for them
if they would pay her for it. After
they were convinced that the state
ments made were true they let her
alone.
The flsg floated over the Marshall <
house from the 17th day of April,
1861, to the 24th day of May, "061, at
whioh time the city was invaded by
the enemy.-Charles H. Taylor in
Atlanta Journal.
Reunited After Years.
Harrisburg 111., June 25.-James
Denny of Cairo, III., hau just succeed
ed in finding a brother whom he has
mourned as dead for the last forty
years.
He and his brother, A. ?I. Denny,
lived at Centralia, 111., at the breaking
out of the Civil War, and they both en
listed in the Union Army, in the same
company and regiment. At the close
of a hard battle in the year of 1864,
A. H. Denny failed to show np, and
James Denny believed he was among
the dead, although he was unable to
find his body. At the close of the
war, James Denny returned to his old
home in Centralia ; when his brother
did not show up he left After a few
days.
A few years after A. H Denny vis
ited the place of his birth, but not
finding his brother there oonoluded he
he was dead, and also left. Esoh sup
posed the other dead.
One day reeently a traveling sales
man was in conversation with A. H.
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to James Denny of Cairo?"
"No, I guess not,*' he replied. "I
had a brother named Jim, but we part
ed while serving in the army during
the Civil War, and I suppose some
time the Sergeant oalled the roll, and
Jim Denny didn't answer."
"You bear a remarkable resemblance
to James Denny of Cairo," the drum
mer insisted, "and if I am not mis
taken, he says he lost a brother in the
Civil War. That lost brother may he
you."
In that way the Louisville Denny's
curiosity was ezoited. Letters were
exchanged, and their identity was
soon established in the minds of oaoh
othor. James Denny immediately
went to Louisville end was reunited
to his lost brother. Both are married
and have families.
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- Matrimony is the destroyer of
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- Even if a woman ie self-made she
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Appalling Figures.
Carrol! I). Wright, the statistical
authority of this country, presents
some startling figures as to the num
ber of people killed on our railways.
for instance:
During three years ending June 30,
1900, 21,847 persons were killed on
?merio&n railways.
Think of it -21,847.
That was as many persons-lacking
about 200-as were lost by the British
during the three years of the Boer war
in South Africa. The number thus
lost in killed and by disease was 22,
000.
But here is a more frightful show
ing:
During the single year ending June
30,1900, there were 8,588 persons kill
ed on tho steam roads of this country
and 64,662 seriously injured, the to
tal casualties being 73,250. On Amer
ican streot railways during this same
year 1,218 persons were killed and 47,
423 injured, making a total of 48,647.
Now add these two aggregates to
gether:
In this year of 1900, 9,806 persons
were killed and 112,091 were injured
on the railways, making a total of 121,
897.
But you cannot appreciate these fig
urea 'Jive by comparisons:
Take the two most bloody battles of
modern history-Waterloo and Gettys
burg. In the former battles the loss
of both the French armier: and the
allies, in killed, wounded and missing
was about 50,000. At Gettysburg the
total losses of both armies was abont
the same.
More portons were killed and in
jured on our railways in one year than
the total losses in two great historio
battles-21,897 more.
These appalling figures are enough
to make the American public sit up
and think. Especially when it is re
membered that the loss of life on
European railways is insignificant in
comparison.
Many reasons for this tremendous
waste of human life might be given
laok of safety appliances, lack cf Gov
ernment supervision, carelessness of
the pubiio, desire for speed rather
than safetv-but the facts stand out
in frightful significance.
This humanitarian age ought not to
permit the locomotive to become a
Juggernaut.
Save Your Tobacco Ashes.
As overybody knows, the ash left
on burning tobacoo is considerable
and, as a matter of fact, the mineral
matter of the tobacoo left frequently
amounts to as much as a fifth of its
weight. Thus, a ton of tobacoo leaf
would yield four hundredweight of
ash, whioh represents valuable mineral I
constituents withdrawn from the soil
which have to be replaced by abundant
manuring. It has been calculated
that a ?on of tobacco withdraws over
a hundredweight of mineral constit
uents per aere of the land. In 1901
the home consumption of tobacoo in
the United Kingdom was at the rate
of two pounds per head, or a tota?
of about 40,000 tons, whioh represents
at what is now a probably low oom-,
putation, approximately 8,000 tons of
aalt "nnniillv committed te the winds
or dissipated in some way or other.
On the faoe of it there wonld seem to
ho a fortune in store for that individ
ual who oould devise a successful
means for the collection of tobaoco
ash, and it is a great pity that so
muoh valuable material should for
ever be lost to the soil without any
attempt at direot restoration being
made.-Lanoet.
- The hardest thing is to oonvinoe
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