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> I K l.t , • •■ > SL' it *■ - . t.'S - nms i«. mi - r-* IBB PBXM INS 8TANSAXD, VALrEKBOBO, & C W* , MOB TWO (CoatlBMd (TMB PM* 4M) Coafedorat* loldien of Coaatjr; to tkoo* who foopht and lirod;' had thoao who foacht and dl*d;to thoao who gava atach; and then* who gara all.** Oa tha loath aid# ara thaoa words: "To tha mothors^ wlras, aistars aad daaghtara of Coilaton Coaatjr. who fOMht tha hoaia hat* tlas of 1M 1*1 S«t.** vc This BKMauaat was purehasad from the Soutbara Marble and Oran ita Companjr of Spartanburg for 91000,00. t'ootrlbwtors. * Tha following ara a portion of tha eontrlbutions racalaad oa tha moau- mant fond. Thera is no list of those who made tha first contribu tions several years ago, and none of the contributions made to tha monument company amounting to 1220.00 Old Trans Survivors Associa tion \ 9203.37 A). 8. Henderson... . ^ 25.00 t'ol. Jas. Armstrong ...... 6.00 Mrs. M. M. Crrbett . . . .\. 6 00 f*iul Lu«ss . . N 1.00 K. T. H. Shaffer 6 00 K. P. Henderson 5.00 K. H. Mlchman 5.00 O. D. May 5.00 * A Friend” 1.1.0 <’ol. Rawlins lx>wndes .... 10.00 lilts Kdl U Kasterlln 7.35 Ittv. J. M. Craven, collection 2.2- Cash from Civic l-eague. . 117.17 A. C. Sanders 7.25 Miss Edith Ware 10.00 II. G- W. Bryan ol2.35 J. Rice Godley 2.50 iliss flora l-angdale 2.00 •Vlisa Lucia Kinard 3.50 Mrs. Lucia Patrick 50 Cash "IJidy" 5 75 Mrs. R. G. W. Bryan. 3.25 Dr. Bray of Wiggins 5.00 t’apt. C. C. Roberts 1.00 Mrs. Fannie B. Henderson.. 5.uo Major 8. A. Marvin 5.00 e< tbe world; aad looked a mixture of tsamwloa gad pride to the straggles it hfi aad tha triumphs H had 4 ‘ that gran teat of war riors, la sight of tha pyramids of Egypt risiag like Mouatains into thoaa claadlsss skies, exclaimed wit* raptured eathusiaam. Soldiers from Col Hemlet-Nou's Adder**. The following is the address de livered by Col. C. G. Henderson, chairman of the monument commit tee, and commander of the local camp U. C. V.'s. Fellow Citizens and Soldiers; la dles and Gentlemen: The custom of perpetuating loved and distinguished names and events by tha erection of a suitable monu ment, has been handed down to us from the earliest period to the pres ent time. 1 acord with those who say that the noblest monument of Illustrious actions and events, is the indelible imprint of them upon the hearts of those who have been blessed by them. It Is however important, that each community should preserve tha remembrance of its own dis tinct origin and look to the glory of Its own people, with an anxious aud peculiar interest and care. Tbis erection of monuments will perpetuate the remembrance of the virtuous, the brave, and independ- ent' of a section. A feeling well suited to animate the exertions of remotest descendants; and will teach its inhabitants to look to their own country for the scene of their real glory. Listen to the words of tha gifted Byron: ”1 stood within the Coliseum's walls, Midst the chief relics of Almighty Rotaa. AU this, and cast a wide and ten der light, y Leaving that beautiful which still was so. And making that which was not, ‘till tha place Became Kellgioe. and the Heart - ran o'er, With silent worship of the dead of old, Tha dead, but aceptered sover eigns, who still rule Our spirits from their Crns ” 4 . Who can trace the Godlike as pirings, or who can count the deeds of hreolc value, among Grecians, arising from a survey of that mon ument erected at Thermopylae bear ing this inscription ”Go Stranger, Tell It at I^icedaemo, tnhat we died here in obedience to her pre cepts. sre told that the Statesmen of Athens when they wished to arouse that fickle people to ^any great or heroic action, reminded them of the national glory of their ancestors,,end pointed to the Ac ropolla. crowned with the monu- m n of their valor. I>eu)ostheiiM«, in that most splen did apostrophe of antiquit.v invok ed the shades of those who fell at Marathon Halea and Salamis, to aaoctlfy the cause in which they were about to enter. The Romans attached a supersti tious reverence to the Rock of the Capitol; loaded its temples with Rev. F. O. H. CmUm Chslrmsn Arrangements Committee. yender summits forty centuries con- template your sctlons.” And who esn doubt thst the srder of his men wss aroused to the highest pitch, by s alght of these monuments of antiquity* and this graphic allusion to them, which told them in the midst of that burning desert, that they were not alohe, but that oth er men who had now passed to distant worlds, had In those same places thought, felt, and suffered like themselves. The 8wis| long after the estab lishment of their Independence, as sembled on the fields of Mogarton and consentrated the graves of their fallen warriors, by spreading garlands of roses upon them. The peasantry of Scotland can -itill account some of the exploits, and dwell with enthusiasm on the adventures of a Wallace or a Hruce; but you will search in vain among the English poor for any record of Hatslngs or Bosworth, of Cresy or Blenheim. Tis true, she has her Westminis ter Abbey; as Home her Pantheon; Greece her Sarcophagi; France her Tombs of the Invalides; and Ireland her ro me ’owtrs. i’ui these de note the fall cr death of kings. America, .this laud .ol the free ano home of the brave has her ctount* Kss toillhtt Uie.XUUlrlllS, lustH. stav uc-j and tablets to ciatinguish the virtues and triumphs of the genius and valor of her humblest citisens; for surely monuments should oe erected to transmit such events, and the recollection of such* men *40 such women, and such deeds e* have assed into history* from this western world especially those of Confederate soldiers, should not live only in song. * N# nation ever rose so white arid fair, None fell so free of crime. ** Why was it right for a state to secede? Listen. The thirteen colo nies wars each bound to England by* aa Individual cord. That sword ho aim set wffitef to say with 81- [and a John C. Calhoun. Bw moon of aid "New, Lord, lot 'thy iGod the impartial htaterlaa aorvaats depart la peace." Our trrded that, groat War Between the States has passed into history. My province is not t j discuss Its details but I < » » will simply give you one line from the greet book of our Commander, Jefferson Davis; and it is this— "That the Confederte Soldier's de votion to liberty will stead forever aa an Inspiration to mankind. It Is now no longer n truce that exists between the States of this Union, but perpetual rest has supervened the animosities of the sections. Bach returning Spring views the never ending procession of mourners of both sections, to bedew with the tear of affection or bedeck with the immortelles of nature the mon uments and graves of these who fell in the blue. For the slogan now is for a greater nature though a greater South. Long may our monument stand an rear its lofty head to Heaven to tell posterity our fame. Let It stand, “to meet the Sun in its com ing, and parting day linger and oblivion shall have swept awoy«, play upon Its summit.'' And when oblivion shall have swept away, thrones kingdoms, and principaliti f when every vestige of human great ness grandeur, and glory, shall hav mouldered into dust and the last period of time become extinct Kter- nity Itself shall catch the glowing theme, and dwell with Increasing rapture upon the fame of the con federate soldier. Hon. D. B. Peurlfoy ’* Address. Mr. Chairman, l^tdios and Confed crate Veterans In the outset permit me to thank the committee for the invitation to deliver an address.,,. I assume the resposibnility of this occasion with a deep sense of my insufflcitnry* to meet Its demands, yet with the youthful courage and with a heart full of gratitude to the committee for this privilige and honor. Two years ago In an address on the fair grounds I expressed the wish that the time voi:iu \i*cm came when M. P. Howell, Kaq., The Presiding Officer. of Washington severed those cords. tree#. la the Majority of eaaee yew were oataamberetf by . tha hat ter fed'gait hatter equipped North erners yet the laarels of victory ia the Majority ef eaaee were wreathed around tho Stare end Bars. Yen began at Ball Ran, aad rushed on without a falter through the bloody fields of Shiloh. »nd srichstmrg, Chaacelloraville and > the list mad charge at Get Predei oa to tysburg where the tide of Southern sapremacy reached Ita flood and rolled backward with the retreat of Pickett’s sbsttered columns. Month by month the thin gray ranks grew thinner, and the holes plowed by the grape shot were left unfilled, and finally worn mad exhausted, you stacked the worn old blankets for the last time under the apple trees at Appomatox. Yes, the Stars and Bars are no longer a nation’s emblem, no one owes It allegiance, yet In the minds and hearts of you who fought the battles of the. Southern cause Us memory- is sacred for: “Never yet was royal banneF Steeped in so costly a dye. It hath lain on many bosoms. Where no other shroud shall lie.” After the heart-breaking surren der of Appomatox the remnants of the once glorious army of Virginia and Ui lhe-treaty of peace they we | iurned Southward to distant homes recognized as free and independent states. In the Constitution they retained their sovereignity. It has been said that Lee was a traitor and that Jackson was a reb el. The text books of Constitutional law at West Point when Lee and Jackson were cadets there taught that a state had a right to se cede and if Lee and Jackson were traitors they were made so by the government while cadets at West Point. The states had a right to secede not only from a legal point of view, but from every* other view poljit. Listen to the inconsistency of the North. Was it right to se cede in 1803 when the Louslaua purchase matter was pending and It seemed probable that the South would have additional representatio there would be a confederate monu ment erected on the Court House congress. New England said In square. The able and public spirit- ! no uncertaln termg you let in ed editor of The Press and Stand- ' thlB new gtate wg wl „ Was ard caught the auggeation add be- j lt rl|?ht to gtH . ede then? When Tex . gan a crusade which today has *yil- , ag wanted to be admltted to tht > I Union, .Mussacbusettes said “if you let In Texas, I'll secede.'^ Was it rikbt to secede then? But four-, teen years later the troops of Massa chusetta shed the blood of South- ern citizeHs on the streets of Bal timore for Njoing the same thing they would have done before. Dan iel Webster at one time admitted the right of a state to secede, yet I have Heard a great many speak of the great reply of Webster to We are pleased to see wlt v us this morning our honored delega tion in the Legislature, also the editor of The Press and Standard, and desire to return our thanks to you publicly for your Influence extended In behalf of our monument not only your past but any future Influence. And we feel certain that not only those veterans here pres ent but our children wNLever hold ♦ - *>*. you In grateful remembrance. To the ladles of the Civic League'4 When the Confederate veterans and their friends had almost de spaired of seeing this day, your loving bands and hearts came to their rescue and have made it a joyous one. A sacred dnty has been performed by ' you; and an act of patriotism accomplished; for by your assistance, the long cher ished desire of e grateful people to testify reverence for the mnnes of their heroic dead has at length 9 been realised in the completion of the beautiful monument, which now stands before us. Ah woman last at the cross and * 9 first- at the sepulcher. No wonder that man turns to thee for assist ance; and none more so than Con federate soldiers for well do they remember how their arms and hearts were strengthened by their mothers, wives, sisters and daught ers. who fought the home-battles of 18(1-18(5. Ancient history tells us that it was the Spartan Mother who said to her son on going into battle “Re- v turn with your shield or on it." but modern history now- record* that on more th5n one occasioh, ic was the Confederate mother who went with her sons on the firing liue and as- sisted in bearing the wounded forms from the bloody field of battle. To my Fellow Confederate Veter ans: This is indeed a joyous day to u* We thank God that so many of our live* have been spared to sec this day. Most of us must and only you Confederate Veterans, and God alone know what those times were. Money you bad none but had to depend upon the preca rious charity of your fellow coun trymen for your dally bread. No Confederate States, no state rights, and no laural wreath to crown the brow of the vanquished but that isn’t all your trials and sufferings, did united with the war, but when you returned to your prostrate country you found youreslf face to face with the cursed Carpet Bag ger and the negro law maker. No words of mine con describe that ho rible period Go to your Clerk’s office and you will there see upon the records where the finest lands that God’s sun has ever shone upon were sold for a song and to the carp< i bagger. I shall not dwell &H our soldiers: at length upon this period but 1 do | want to relate one incident that hap ^ ol1 F ran i te minstrel s voiceless pened in Edgefield County. On I stone, election day in 1876, It was agreed I deathless song shall tell, between General Rugar of the Fed- " many a vanqished age hae the traeet friend that friends ever had. aad tha courtliest gentleman that nap age has ever horns. Confederate Veterans time may hfiag great changes, there may be revolutions in sentiment and thought, but Sirs, so long as the blood of a- Confederate Soldier courses In onr veins, so long win your glory be secure. And that isn’t all, but linked with your loyalty and heroism is the story of the snperb devotion of the women of the Cnofederacy . it wax her willing hands, Sirs, that sup plied clothing to the soldiers, it was her skillful hands that bound up many, a wound and saved man> a life for the cause the loved, it was her gentle touch that soothed many a soldier to sleep as. he ia\ bleeding and wounded, and it wax her sympathetic ear that often re ceived the last' solemn message of the dying soldier. Waiting watching, longing for news from t fa- front, praying for father, brother son or lover, it was in times lik*- these that the spirit of Southeru women was tried and not found wanting. That spirit which existed then thank God. still lives todav. in old Walterboro in our Ctvk- League, and so long aa the north ern snowflakes differs from the Southern blossom so long will the loyalty of Southern women sur vive. And now ii^ conclusion, it may b- that I have sp 'ken too long, it may be that I have failed to measure up to the responsibility of this great occasion, but 1 have tried to shaw you that your children kno* that you fought for a principle that was right and that you were the bravest soldiers that God ever made. May the stranger in after years as he reads the inscription on yond granite shaft recognize that you were men whom power could not dishonor. Let the Colletonian of another generation know that old Colleton taught you bow to live and how to die and out of her brok « en fortunes she has preserved the priceless treasure of your money And in conclusion let us say of eral army and General Mart Gary County Democratic Chairman, that the whites should vote fhe Court house and the negroes should vote at the school house. Everything went well until the negroes real ized that they could oot all vote at one poll and appealed to the Yan kees. General Rugar went to Gen. Gary and said, “General 1 am informed by the Republican chair- Hayine, but 1 submit to yob. today in man that all of the negroes cannot vote at the school house, and I shall require you to make the whites give way and let the ne- D. B. Pewrifoy, Kaq., One of tho Spoakera. minatod. Today my wish has come true, and a merciful God has permit ed a goodly number of Confeder ate veterans to witness the unvetlin of this beautiful shaft. You are Indeed fortunate, Confederate Vet erans, for had it been postponed to another summer I doubt not that many of you would have crossed over the river under the shade of the trees. . o Journey with me this morulng on the light wings of fancy aa far back as a half century ago. The South was in full flush of her new ly acquired opulence. Her cotton supplied England, and Indeed all Europe. She numbered her wealthy planters by the hundreds and her tlave holders by the thousands. A democratic president sat in White House, and a democratic majority controlled Congress. It was at this time that it became evident that the questions then dividing the country In the halls of the -National my humble opinion uo Yankee has ever yet answered Robert Y. Hhyne, and no Yankee ever wilt. 1 repeat slavery was not the prime cause of J^roes get to the ballot box." One secession but admitting that slavery clad In the blue uniform of the waa the cause of the war, who was responsible for slavery in the South? It was the New England skipper greedy for gold at any cost that planted the curesed tree if slavery in our soil. The North realised that slavery was unprofit able on the barren hills of New England. They cried aloud against the inhuman Institution but they were not averse to placing the temp tatlon in our way. God forbid that 1 should disturb the peaceful harmony now exieting between the sections, but let the record be kept straight, and let no one dare slan der the Southern cause. So' much for the cause of the War. In 1881 the bugle note of pre paration waa sounded and It was: ‘'Not then to reason why. But then to do, and die." Everywhere throughout the coun try could be heard the tramp of to the front with flags floating and with strains of martial music fill ing the air. Throughout the North there wss great excitement. Mass meetings were held; filled with ab olitionists, but there wss little vol unteering. In the South there were • * , few meetings, but one of every four able bodied citizens donned the gray and shouldered an unfamiliar ongresi were of such a nature that musket. they must be submitted to the ar bitrament of the sword. The war of 1R61 was forced upon the South 1* aiire of the Interference of the North with rights held dear to the South and which necessitated either war or surreder nof principle. You did not fight to perpetuate slaver* nor did t*e north fight for con.--.i- ttitional liboity. Some of the bra*-- est soldiers that laid down their lives on the battle field never own- ed a slave. And It has been said that the private was rushed into the rankc by their leaders but *m h was not the case, and is a slander upon the enllghtment of a people that produced a Thomas Jefferson Though a half century ha* pass ed on this June day 1 fancy 1 can see them now as they bid their loved ones good-bye. I see the young volunteer in the full flush of manhood as he strolls for the last time with the girl he loves. I hear the whisperings and the sweet vows of eternal love aw they lingeringly part forever. I see the young father as he stoops to kiss his little babe good-bye. I so the young boy yet In his teen* re leased from the arms of his gray haired mother and I hear her sadly say good-bye. Four long years followed years of inconceivable suffering and dis united States army and had been sent to Edgefield by President Grant. The other was clothed in the tattered garments of the Con federate soldier. It was a crucial test of nerve, and South Carolina’s destiny hung In the balance and Mart Gray saved her. The old bald eagle straightened up and with the fires of 1865 flashing in his eyes exclaimed, "By God, Sir. I won't do It." And he didn't do 0 * If. » Friends, the monument has not been chiseled snd the monument will never be chiseled that can com memorate the bravery and courage of Mart Gary and men who follow ed him, The South arose from her depth of poverty, chased the black vulture from the soil end began the res toration of this beautiful country. No. section on the face of the earth has ever mads the progress that ths South has. The closing decades will go down in history noted for its revolutionary discoveries and startling events. The large investments of capital and organizations for the devel opment of our different industries the high price of real estate, shows what the South is doing. Sherman left our capital city in ashes, but today the large structures there show that though the Confederate Soldier was outnumbered yet true to the instincts of the Southerner and the South Carolinians he ha* risen covered with glory. No words tXf mine can pay him proper tribute. v Nw'bld guardsman no crusader has ever surpassed him in loyalty and patriotism, and were he immortalized by the pen of a Tennyson or a Milton should I in my crude way pause to lay this olive chaplet on Ms brow. He waa the knightliewt knight that ever laid lance In rest for his lady's honor his was the kindest heart that ever throbbed in human breast be waa When many flown 9 The story'' how you fell. No wreck no change no winter's blight, , Nor time remorseless doom. Shall dim one ray> of glory’s light, That gilds your deathless tomb.’’ Address of Col Jas. Armstrong. Next to the honor of having served In the Confederate army, Iw the privilege 1 uow enjoy of ad dressing my brave comrades of the battle field, and their sterling sons, and their winsome wives, charming slaters and fair, fond daughters. When our genial and accomplished young friend Hon. D. B. Peurifoy. considerately Informed me that I would be Invited to speak at the unveiling of the monument to Col leton’s glorious dead, and this was confirmed Ey the gallant and de voted Chairman of the committee. Col Henderson 1 was suffering from the effects of aa old war wound . o ? and was advised and urged to go to an Infirmary for surgical treat ment, and to decline all Invitations to apeak at public meetings during the Summer months. Prudence dic tated to me to go to a cool cli mate but this old heart whose * • „ 9 proudest throb is when 1 am in the presence of getertm* of the Con federate Army, in the engaging and ennobling company of the darlings of the household, bade me to ans wer to "roll call” here today and I have obeyed Us prompting. I feel It is good to be here, where pain is forgotten snd the heart is pulsed with patriotic ardor. The able and admirable address.'* of Col. Henderson and of Mr. Peu rifoy were worthy of the ocra-i- lon which inspired these honored and progressive citizens to spesj- Impressively and entertainingly, and I am confident that tho loftv thoughts which they have crystal!' ed Ino soul sttirring sentiment-, shall not be forgotten by those present; who should ever renteinbei* that “It is the cause, not the fate of the cause, that is glorious." My thoughts today dwell on rh“ dim and distant past and on the weird wind of memory there is wafted to me many a well remem bered voice long hushed in death and the silence of this summer acerte Is filled with the laughter >f comrades and the vanished hand once more sends a thrill through the heart causing it to beat with former joys and dispelling corroding c**"*. Trying aad troublesome yenrx bav« not disturbed death only can