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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.**
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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
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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 ”
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. 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
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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
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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
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been realised in the completion of
the beautiful monument, which now
stands before us.
Ah woman last at the cross and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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