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V L .N . PCK N S. C 71~F 1jNO TH PPLIE's JUNL V0.,21. 13ICKEN S.S. C.1 THIJM1AY9 J18(~ N DLLRAYER* VALOR AND PATRIOTISM. An Eloquent Tribute to the Qonfeder ate Soldier. Address of ('il. B. W. Ball, o' Laur 01, Delivered at. Greenville on Memorlal D)ay, May 27, 1895. The following is the address of Col. B. W. Ball, of Laurens, in response to the invitatlion of the Ladies' Meuorlail Association of Greenville. He began with a beautiful tribute to the women of the Southern Gouederacy, and ex pressed his thanks for the honor im plied in his selection as the orator of the occasion. Ho then spoke as fol lows : The Greeks when they won in battle a-id camped on the tields, erected a trophy to mark the sceno of triumph - If thby lost, nothing was left to do si nate the spot where disaster had o lowed their arms. The history, traditions, and monu ments of a people have immemorially been their inspiration. Monuments a peal in lessons more eloquent than 1 oimeric stanza, or Ciceronian period, to forlorn hope, self-sacrifice, and heroic endonvor. In the dawn of civilization where only the gloaming or tradition dimly lights the pathway, every tribe and clan that grovw to power and greatness apotheosized their heroes. Every great people have had their Hercules; this is well - for heroes arc in a secular sense domigods. " 'Tis distaneo len1d1 en chantment to tihe view ;" mountains a-e muolchills when thov have been climbed. So the . shadowy mists of the unrecorded pa-it.shed around its ligures a halo of glory that, aigh Ltily mnagnilies them to thbe beholders at a distance. The sudden swoop of at Sumpter ind a M arion, and the midnight assault no doubt were prosy and commonplac enough to those hardy and dashing sabreurs ; but, the genius of a Weems h1as thrown around their achievements the glamour of romanco, and the story becones the inspiration of sue eeeding times. Thus by the twilight of Traditiont, and Lie pen of the poet, the race o1 heriise- and demigods is perptumiteil. That which levattes and alorns human nature, that which cha-a te-rizs viviliza111in C1nn1i only be conserved by 1)v he virtues that dis tinuguish b re 1 . The virtiues of heroes, thereflore, we cOmlmemuorate in the speakiig mi arble, in towering spires of granit e, in romance and song. On the banks of the Nile Napoleon appealed to the mighty piles of the Pharaohs to r-ouse to glorious conduct. Thus we apotheosize to-day the heroes of the Lost Cause ; their names we would not willingly let die; we commemorate their courage, con stancy, skill, dash, devotion, patrio tisan, achievements against suell odds as history does not parallel. If the causo of the South and the Southern soldier had not been just it were ingratitudo, woeso than Treason, in Southern women and mn1. sons and daughters of the Confederacy, to fail to imnimortal izo I his chILracLer ald genius. But there can be no such a pprelhensionm; rather every daughter and every soft will glory in the story of tlhe cause for . whiclih the Southern soldier endured, and lament with those who of old time, " sat dowi by tile rivers " and " h1agel theb. harps 111)01 the willows !" " If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, let may right h1antd forget her cunning. If I do not, reiznmber thee, let my tongue cIleaveo to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not J erusailem above nmy chief joy." Yea, snwedly and rligiously w ill they cling to the righteous caulsel in which their fathers and brothers suflered and died. V'eni, v'idi. vici. was the pround hoast of an educated soldier bolhi nd trained legIons, conaton ding with semi-bar barians. "Yonder stands Jackson like a stoune wail," wvill ring down through the ages to inspire to duty, civil and martial, the Carolina youth in all time to come. So, to tch the youth of after t~imes how the Carolina man of thme (lays of slavery and scession, coulId love his State~ will be forever embalmed the last words of the chivalric Gregg, looking from the bloody heights of F~redericks burg :"TellI Governor' ickens that I died in dlefencee of South Carolina."' it is p'cul iarlyv appropriate that Southl Carolina mien and women~l especially shld~i vi nienate the memo ries of tile wvar,.anid no~t to (d0 so, in them, would he a crime. South Caro liama was foremost in resisting imii memnori al Northeran aggressive seniiL mont. True, she wvas ai small comi munity. the smiallest of her sisters: but It was her p~ublic men. Calhuan, McDuhlie, H-ayne andl a gireat gatlaxy o1 statesmen, who for half a century with signal ail ity fired tile soul15 of the Souatherni section to resist the per sistent, inasul ts and( iceznd iary asasaultis of Northorn enmies upo, her institui tions. HIavinzg assonedui the re.ponmsi bil ity oif thze h- adership she vinmd icat ed her genlerou~ls mott,, " -aim iis opilbusqule patratti," and~ w itlh unfalter ing spirit, as; un animnouisly and( .ts 600.,y as any pteople havme contended lor the right, she fought it out to exhauntion. If she was wrong in resisting a hlalf century of inasult~inog con to miely, and quasi izivaslon, t~beni 1ineed, (look inrg to the stiimodous~ consequaeesa tha2t, followed,) wais it in hdr- a And1( grievously has shze anmswered it." It wouald ho inaplpropriato upol~n an1 occasion like the present to enter elaborately upon the causes that, led up to tile war. Sutlicient,, that thme South can say : " Never- shalkl thby gory locoks at mae," and~ look posterit~y unquamilingly in1 the faice. It reSsultedl partially upon1) thuechairacteristlics of the peoples livinzg uinder the samio Ilag In the two groat sections. The Southerner was not responasi ble for' the existenco (of slaivory. T1hme Southern inent and womlen of the war periodi found it, here, estailblisheId like thte mounta is, thli valbi-ys, and the forest t.hat cover thiem. Th'le South was nion-commilercial, isohatted, anid prainag to he let, severely alone. 1i, would be unljusit, unfaithfunl Li) the trutlh of hi1st oiy no~ t Li) emphalisize the fuL that ill the dlawn of the century, a~mong thei moiint, cultured people in our' owni State, therei~ i wa astirong senti mont against tihe inetitutionl of slavery. Einnt amen and wvomen became self exiled, and devoted their lives and is pressible Johnnio cries out, " I 6 for a quartor-master ;" then to tb r and to the left, into line, and short, inaudible whisper to th - Captain, you Iro into the rat u the racket, anxiously watehing y going down of tho sun. What a splendid experience I n seen the aincoiparable Leo; t - joineid inl the shout as Jacksoni I- pressing the rowel to the soc escape the nevorfailing acclal salutation; to have ridden hat long with Stuart ; to hav8 'shar s march and the canteen with Cl u and Forrest, not to forgot that t South Carolinian, like Washi u great in peace as well as In a Wade Hainlton. Right here in the home of n: 8 his brave command. if I had to m a suporb Carolina soldier, whsI e is notsutifciently recalled in this it would ho that splendid youn j Gen. Micha Jenkins. I recall that a Greenville f mortally wounded, with the ad' 3 line driving Buirnside into Kuo , called Col. lart. Gatry, and s " My mother lives in treonvill trict ; promise me, Col., to Sol body home to her, " and with words expired in the arms of a rado. It is of this Carolina iml whose home was from se to mo cliff, that a Carolina mation s( fully sings: His fond mother blessed hin, looked up above. Coimending to hea'ven the child love; What anguish was ihers mortal callot sav, When he pis'sed from her sight jackel of gray. " But her comdiiry had called ai would not repile, Though costly the sacrifice pi its shrine, Iler heart's dearest hopes on it shic lay, Wien she'sent out ier boy inl tl< of gray." IlIhils youth wias a corporal < Hampton Legrion, aid a pet of C All of Gary's plets were heroes: them was nolor sergeanit of Co. the Davis Guards, it Greenville pany of the Hampton Legion; may he alive, I will not, ilaim here. There are heroes amid I of heroes. At ,Lu siege of Sulfolk the wIts very stringent against t'h charge of arns ill rear of tMe rill, A jolly Greenvill biy caine to quarter ttnd asked to go down c lines and empty his gun, th Imiight give it a thorough clui Leave was given, and on the Ii took' occasion to engage in a fr duel with a Yankee sharp-shont.er' four hundred yards distant. P're he returned pale as a ghost, sire in blood ; twitted by the Adj'.ita his sad predicament and d isobel of orders, came the reply, "Well, tant, but I've got a furlou.,h [" to-day. a sample (if the thousam have created and arc tihe glory New South thatt wo know to-day. The feats of it Jasper are ii in South Caroli nit story : but I say evory old soldier of the Lost can recall a hun(red that minim daring and ready resource the rec Cx ploitS of tlhis brave Irish boy, stOicisi of a Couels. At Dandridgo in front of Knc the Leigion wits sent to dislodge . of the (nemy from a lofty hill ; V wits ilat1y donie, bitt the right regi ment siifered severely, being ed back momientarily ; a father iat fell dead : lyiNig ClOse enough t brace. In this ight Private De Was ca1pturEed, the men of his Cc] having seen him sirroler : rop the ensuatities, the sergeant said lie would he in caip by morning he would certainly eseape. Now wais the seril 1. Blein esco'(rte'd -.Ltava 1ry guaird Lih rougi btihe mou01 eni routte t.o a Northern prisol feigned Ilamiees, and twvo caivah idroppedt beh ind as a guard to him iiup.~ One d ismiouinting, inii stantLov'eaux seized h is gun, st~ru mo4)1untedl mant from hiis horse, el both to death, gavoe noi alarmi. s like the roe into the laurel, and pi mountiitainis and1( icy streams ini Lii dIle of 1l)cceimber, reported toi his nel ini five dlays. W ith a broad gain hiis honest bronzed face, told his I story and( wats tbore toi verify it. mni, like A bsalom, was perfect, (nLily from the sole oif his foot evei the ctrown of his head. TPhero wvere t~lhousanzds of the ventlures. clib antcris.tie of the eirn soldlier, whose miothier ini son; story will emutlate the Spartai Romanai maitiro'n. Vietors on aL hu1 lields !You place the laurel on brows this dayi. Buit it Is a twic3-told title. are the over'lasti ng lill s that .1 iand shadow your lovely cit~y dauttghters of Greenville anid Carolina wil keep the tglory hero of tlho Lost Cause as frest green as the dew-hospankled1 that crowna their crests. in conlusioni, 1 (10 priouly dl thait whlattever the South is to-da Soutithern soldier and hiis so ns made(( hoer. Aluchi of wh'tt is gree gooid in th 'sr'and govitet~irnmeti to t.he toftty inspi ration anid con: tioin of Sonther i~ n survWi vors, thli dhonis-, the [Hamip tonis iandl the ir rlies. W~e maiy not, be able to nnr< scroll of the neoar or the d istaniit t como11 ;11men mayi coimo anVd mer go ;thbore may he a happy failj no North. nio South, PEast or . " Erin go bragh"; "'Yc banks afld uand streatms arond the castle of goimery "; " This Ii my own, my land1( "; "the grand old city by t~h 4to grand old State of South C nia," maity lose their signileane piatrioit~ismi be1 ia lostsetiment,1111, b)t grant, that the sweep of Lime ma er- usher in the day when itshaili ly satid, "1 Th 'e is no d istincLaivo~ Carolina womanttt."' The record < Southerni so)lldier is uneixamie Ifought the earth :' you, his daul lhav e nioth Iug to bItlus for. lett us iejoie( that, heru 'to-uh atre ini th e fru itmin of thie 1beant1 ifl l~ure dra'iwni th irty years ago by ai ISoutt hern~er, addloressld t~o platin ' sutrv ivor, in the sad pr~ e ia 0 liaving left his good right arm ai vernii. on the banks of the James ao o or sweetheart, then, forth, Youi'rie a tool for .stay ing so long; a Woaao's love youi will Ind1(1 Oi mytl Hon a' trilthl-living, t4)mder and staI Andl when aenoned her slndr belt un tinr Your left arm is clasped iii fond ena ia e ri ht Your right will thrill, as if it felt ig I i a In its grave the usurnper's place." l Chief Time passes, and thben : i' and "le yers roll on, and then I see for t 11e 1 ~ t1 veitl -i A1% wer iing icture. brightand fmkr;, I look closer. nd its; plaini teo fole ,o have hat is Torn Iith the silver hair. have lie gives away the lovely bride, ntssed, A id the guests linger, lith to lea% e ktt t The Home of hiin) inl whom 'hey lprite; natory Brave Tom, old Tom, with the eInp d and sleeve." d the The Soutth still las ler good rigi )burne arui. g reat - -.-. ngton, 1'itN IdST A. G ARliANGTON. w ara An Aramay Oflicel Vino Wnta- 64) ( h ely iltny of Iteliel----Sho. iI tle l"amaous Itasi (ltition ol Wonded Knee. 1111,i na0 The Augustat Chronielo gives th State, sketch of Maj. drnest, A. Gariingt.oi hero, a native of South Carolhit, w ho It won disti nction as an aramy oiver, al boy, is now on tn olfivial toure of the South 'anced H is fatler wits the litte General z xxille, C. Garl ington, who wias ne of the inor af11g, promtinent hawyers of Aihatita, an 1 Dis- beforo moving there was Adjutti id my General of Soit,h Caroli na. these Maj. Garlington was born in Ne%% (0111- berry, S. C., inl 1853. buet shortly afte other, his family moved to tIhis State. H, antain was a student, at the University t I Lear- Georgia, graduating there in tl class of '72. Ho was thn appointed t, a eadetship lit thei United Stato ' Military Acaeiny at West Point, b; of her Col. Price, fronm the Athen6 distriet Entering -Vest Point. he a.quitte, ollgle himisel f with the highest hono rs an< in I 715 gradiuat,el anliong the first o in the his eass. Ie w:as aplointed s~econc liteutaitl, of the Seventh Cat valry a ad .she Lort. liley, and in less than a fort ( ight, was proioteel to a livt-. lieuten l On aiy. and ainedl, to duty in Nort.I . Dakota. Whlen Lieut. Greely ;tarf.ed out i: jackt search of tIe Noith wesit lpassage(3 as was not haui-del fromi ill lnany moi0Lths the Govern nint t, ser:1 at relief expedi If the tion in 1883, ianld Major, then lieuten rry '. ant GaILlillgtol, wILs pliced in coln one of iand. -he it, w as. wiho witi othe1 " W -,' brtve fellon sai bt away t io the iira C0111- wiat.er of GI'ree nlaid III the Pro-eus. its e Greely was foui hut, the good shii i .i Prteus wits erush ild 1 t11e ice IHie 3gi0ons abouAt. ten1 m11iles nothk If of Cape Salune Prom in ere, after nieli suffering ord,40r t, y amanagel to reach Upernivik d is- Greenland, in the siall boats. Pron lPits. there they were brouglhlt hoiie. head- A ftor beilig iorn plinII lited b1.y Li nl the' government.. Liw.iat~to v ,I ti. he p WOm11oteil' to It 0 a ilaiy in the Sv ining ent-h Cavalra gin sent, on dut,) 13 he in the Wesi. lr he saw ii anu h hat end ly ser*vice, adl as in anIy a brusI 4)111o with the rain pat, rethskills. lor yealr seutdy his troop was i111o 1ie best, soldielr Liing on the frnthe- adtl when) tby mne 3t fii', the .avage: unleta Chief Big Foot., a .tience the fatnoiu. hattle of Wounded Knaee. d3t- ~South Dakota, in 1'90;_. 'apt. Girtin c lives toll was iot in the left elbow, frot Is who which wouid te still F.ilrs. A the Capt.. G:1alntoi troop of Ih Seveb,1, was recenLtly niade the sul norta Iject, of ai art-ielo in lirler's Weekh t m The artich was illustrated froii ii Caise staltaneoll. i'bolog raphs and the troo [z" for was descri lbed its a ilodel of Unite 'oirded States Caval e v. cIr tIhe A year ago he rc eeleved iL proniotl to the rank of Alajor from SectretaLr \ville of W\ra. Diaiiel Lamont. and w-as ati ,I y signed to dnty in Watshington citv. j .job under Birigndir General l3rickin if the ridge, who is 1.111-e head of thLe 1 ispee i fore- Lion I )part-ne n t. ' m' is muca h deser vet Id JOn1 plronl'otiion was a coiil)let.U sutl'rrist ) ei- and extri'nmiely gratifying to an ollieel eaix wh, oad sph nt, Ii.m e bttAr part, of I! 111,i1n yeats on tilet snow, ,wept', plain s ant i'tinag Lan10i3on the WI.din \hile il 1,he t.uI It,' iti'y Maj. Gar i ni i4n will inspeet, 1,t 1,bat ar'enil and goes fron lhege to Ch.ta' this lestilln to iaspcect, 1,be (Cit~aeb-', as n1i byV at ariiy oitkeur is coillnialenta thero't 1~tn Lii11 Iis dittiesar it .0t inIspect all mnili tiar~ i, lhe schools where Unitaul Stati's ofleen '3n10illar assigned, all Iar~seals and d istr'iib nl'i! l u itinug itiliceris of th e gover. n ie'nt,. lFron nl 01- C2harlest on he w.vill go t.o Savannaht I kthbe thence'i I.) St. A ui ust4in11, l'ensacobeol ".1 abcl nd as far' Sounth as Newv Oleans. praing 3 mnidI- N o EX T I.1 Sl::SStON.--T' hle t.'tlIu ihii colo- Rtegister' salyl npon 'lTe l)waspcLt5 are. that there w ii lCertie be n)o teta seissi en of the Leg islatur ie TIhis StlttOr I rhy3 inl an inIterv.iew reiterate: aysi- is oplin1ion that, it, wonhle he thie bes I tunto) Lhing to dIo, and other pecople v.erused is tihe lhtw as wellI as sev'.erl' daii ly newspaC (3 ad- per's, have'3(' 114 (en i ut itil advotented theI outh- ex tra si'ssion. Gov . It'vans dIoesn't se3i y andI~ the n1ecessitLy fi ogle', andit tles's in 1 andi~ does, ItOO et~i'a ses-mions wvill be~ et i led ud red in speatk in t; 'onL ~e ii bject,, lie sid: theirl '' N(o textr'a sSioni wilt tbe callied tin less the einoergenicy be 'onies conlsidh l'here cirably iore u rgei, tilii at pmresent, 'ertop If the whi te peopeie of Souitti Cairohin the haven'tPi~ ptiotisIn en'l gh '.o~i e get to South get.her oan an issue or i-his ingn~ii t-iide >f the thben thiei soeitr we kngeew it, the h et.te r i nd "l'Some1t poi',ieiansi wihe hototedl at the >laides idca andi edenoiunced einatogr Tillai andli mlysel f asi tra iteat's ithen31 we at, solariie templlted to br1ingg eour g pelple~t togetlihel ythe or e t til ftorm of hei pr'ingeipJl(5 haive 1nowV i33 ig a Weiun ilinag inteaL i1 nthi lIb t peoph it andI twhien the emxergent'y for unaein am 5 (duo peaice' is great er-il ~aln taver, ad dtsi i< iervat- ani e3xtlra 5tion of helI l-g ishIti are call 3(i Go'- eta. thilfkig thu:. at- ''nn e'iet' stina Ctoln1- haw.. whiertby -itl'eIh e'La he perph)tLu aL tiliteng ur11 twhiiit~ pleole. '. >1 the 't'het Go(v~enor saiid that hee wits per1 lime to feetiy'. willing ,i e'iItallan exti'i se,.sie5 I iIL ay ationeo sithl i. lhe shown..I LI) hiii '. witht that, itt ia' nce s-.airy, but I at. pretsen g vtTest; ho conhill net a ec anyl reasonll . for it braaes HIe lb,hulbi, that, aay tegislidioni e C Motnt- leg istira tie n na. te at, pr-,egnt wouhl I 3 atnt'- eeta't ily beg tn.edlait .vt am t ia on n, andi st-ih.iiaionial conv'.ettum~ ieghit thus b, It God1 deflieted. l'1,i'ut South lhe Womlltan' ilihilg oif gilte Cet if thin ton1 St~atts antd i nteurational I.:xpoes I ; he . ~it is a coinlpletI andi bee'aitt fiul "trul thtr t.', be(inI' the chue. of imany esionpj~ ti tiv "( Ies igns, submni tted aftera w..idtI y~ we advyeratisinrg in arci lteetur1 Ittal ando, pj e. .uralis over thle Uit.' dt States,5 anl nlei( as itntir'ely the work of Mliss l':is 01, eMercur l ot ' f P'itt shnr ig,~ lfn., onii eof th m isin arch~1L'tite'ets of thebat, seet in. ft t a -tuiutieonr in Lii e tround.,l oa~ef the t10xposi titan is adm gi rable, being ats it, were 1' cet'ilral thruraot, tie, bVich polint the vas tithi t~ihrteng w..11iiuealy gatvitto. it over leieoks ttl'he belati |ak e, and is- noa th LbealArsGo.rmet n Ehbc'tahiiity hu1(1 nilgil fortunes in foreign states and lam warring upon its existence. -t'I indeed they woro, some eminot ft talents and loaruning, but being Carl linians and the mtanor born, the 11 stances softon the unholiness of tih cruel war that was waged upon us t follow citizens of sister States. Anti-slavery grow into a passic at the North with a large and it telligent lement ; it became at ianat elsim ; and the circle of madnet widened into a great power. The the tempers of the peoples were ei tirely difflront-tho Southern man i unjike to hI Northern cousin as Ill to Witer vinegar' to honey ; I will ut say, " Hy perion to a satyr." The tw peoples could not mix. Slavery at th South seared the very soul of ti Northein Puritana, ,nd lie inade it hi household skeletou. The pulpit oratol the poet and the platform fanatic, a time grew. kept up an unceasing aggressivo invasion, irr itating ti ilisuiting, culminating in the salitei John Brown, the final invasion U V irginia. and the devastation of tlI South. In the Incanwhile the ghos of fairplay and self-respect constanti appealed to the heart of the brav Southerner :" f y ou have nature il you bear it not,." IL is but fair to urge that, but, tl Northern statesiman, uor the trui people of that seetion, but the fanatica preachuer and the fanatical poet an< more than all else responsible for th< llost Cruel war, Imost dest.ruct'ive o human life that has cursed the eart in modern titues. Logically, we of th< South must adopt this view, or lay a the feet of our own fathers the Iesponsi bility of the momentous events of til sixties. But there the respolsibilit. can iiever he truthfully placed. Thoe the war was tile illore cruel, becaust unneticessary. Slavery, the beto noir, was alre(Ld ieaten Uy its exclusion Irom Westeri territory. Lt must have perished a till early day by its own vis intertin this generation would have ended itai unprotitable. This gr31epation of mie and women. falling into the spiri oftbo age, upon liberal terlis wouilt have freed the slave, and witi a more kindly heart toward him1 hav ItccOr~ded a ttiousand fold more gencron: consitderation than his seli-electet beiefactor could, or ever will vouehi safe. The uncharitableness of Northeri fanaticismn divided til land into tw( great, cam ps, bathed it, in blood ; im povcrished and reduced to menials iil. lions of geltle Southern women ; fillet our tearlth witi orphans. and the work with1 horror. The blood and the con sequencee he upontl the heiads of ti Riansy Snilfles of the North that in season and out of seasoi, t3p up the irritation ending in that migL, tragedy. The Southerni soldice ap pretCatted Lhe cause of the strife that lie served his country in a quarre just,: tllat lie Was in!wuerii-g the cal ofi honor in defence of St-ale, father sistcr, 411il. ilotther. itI was not I iatchine. He knew and did his dut, --thtt Vord immortal i Zed b our grea chiftiain, Lobert E. LOe,as thO graIdes in the lexicon of out language. Tht limost cultured poet, of classio timnes bat saidIl neatly that brave m1on I ived befori Agalueinnon1. 11, wits trie then, h 111u0 to-day ; they fobiiowed Alexander tiley followetl I rutut,, and right 1111ia fully ill all ladits hav, they answerle to tie bugle's Call to 1hu. sIt narge. lu1 1Lus soldir-.i sollier whai you ineiiorialize this day-tllis soldiel who followeia fe, claWCkson, an~d 1rg this soldiieirI who wore the gray-tianIt alntie amiiolig those who llave foriec ill ser ied rIaItks, his guelirldol Ait plaudit of duaty done. Thank God 'tis long pIat : tlt mother's chivek is ty ; I Ie I wife's teal bliuslhil away and who can proclain is I ortunte bost, he who11 fell oi honor01 hield and sleeps in glory, "lidatee el decorum prio paitriaL mori)," o tiihiii shattered, brokenl surv avon. aftet thirtey yearts of civic strife, titotteringl to his latst, roll call. . "i13hopld ot what dhe utive wor th, Thle buibbies w~e puiirsue on earth, 'The shapes we chaist, .\a mid a world of 1 ieachiery ' 'stranige Thtit comeI,.to all; idvent ini tic miost exailtd state, lHeletlless sweepis t he stroket' te; Theii strontgesit. all. Tei Imnce tetarmIS thate lover's seek In thle ear eye and bIlusinmg check, Thel lhues that play ('er rosy lil 11and be ow oif snow, Wh elt bioiiry age applroacihes slow, A hi, wherie are they' ini Lbhis ptiactiitai timeC I wheu men~l arc In the sevet 0 st~ruggle of a most, in tenslely compli~tivlIo period, to tht symlpathetie hiearit of tihe pure', reispOn sive inobie Southern wcmaniL~ we must largely lack Ilihit the memory of outi hteroes bo not coinsigneud to oblivion, idvintg, andli trainiPttg the plains o1 Virgiia andlt( Georg ia, mlothers al home~iL held them thebuag els of thou heairts. Thebse Llihat to-liay brinig frnesl lhiowerns iln gairtianls amfli to genitdy Ila* thema tre legitLi mate d1aught lens born'i of thu noble spirit of tht sixtdes. But, laies0, thbe war was no~t iall taged~y ;it, waIs not, iall dual otg ini allirsti of death." 10 hatu it, various colorntg s of comtedy, 11un, ri e, prtacticl joko--ioPve-mtain g anmd It mitiIfold i ndescri bibte shtad in T.htete ill nt, anl old( sold ier wh io wvil nott echoI( a thtoiisand Li meIS" yes " thai bet coutts ast nothinig his tow'n iadtividua tlaruiships agaiinst, iie gory of his ex porticets. Tlhe overlastin~g royster' og fua at1 L the camip tiro; the "ln Scot nlightlS " in intuL0r qjuatitt'tr thait I '1Taml OShiantor mlighlt, havo envied the succesfulI ad~ventuiro n 1,b th ultt~or ilik ranige ; the chltOrin~g onC of .oveid miaidls (Pn t.het hlng andu weary match fr'om cottiigo, maion1 andh ci tyt bialcony ; the joy Of a furnloig ih,"r ispeetful ly retuirnedl, appe~oved~ ;"' Lih ratur outs welcomo~t by loved onles i home. Th'len the subl)1im Ity of the gr'u tovenit, the elatshl of lilt iy h osts it molrtaul cOmtbitt. Hyro putsl ) i aL s if hi had1( bloon there, iti his Childte latoli iti1, roundit dleep baista L th clotsing al of the movitng columwns, lastur ann Ilart~l' tOWad and~ 0( tiltong thu fiot, li, du111Lb14 (uiof the4 stemily~ iead no a whIiisper all along the welt-clo sed u tankIs ; a silence morec stLihl 1th Lth iiinltrail processIOnl ; at silettce thbat, nt im ght sco0, as Milton's "'darknme v'isilet ;" ia little nearmer aned at scr'eant bn, shrinking shellIand seime irri 'ageient when Gr-esham, ordued at tOry to be located (Itn Ia bnill. A take as to the position bolng idtte, wett to attend to it inl per-moa. uad st'uIk by a aba11rpl)-)shiiott'l bulltt ,jlow tho kno. It was a drt'ead wound and kopt the gallant. gi oil the ield for at year. To tile of Ihis deatl G re&shami never Ie Iced thu fIt II so of h is limb. IMl anty rs5 the suargoonas saId th log mstat 0 ol, but th suf oror' w ith grim 3carminatitiona replied : " When that goes i go too." lo saved his log, was onl crutbces fort several years. heV wart over Gk-'aeneil G re'amlta 'e ted to his professiol, for I ing a partnership at, Now Albany, ind. SOO lie was nomtniiated for Congress list M. C. Kurr, but the district heavily Dumaocratie anad Ihe ias tted. h'nit (jenerval Ua'ttt, who thought h of hi, bouamtao i'residenit, he 'oid him the collectortihip of the of Now Orleans, LIh sVconid best u of tho kinad in thbu coutlttry, but led lined it, as ho did the position ifted States District Attoney of tnt. The circumstances attend this latter aetiona slowe.d his m-hearted feeling to his frienads. had como to Washintgton to solicit appointint for a friend and had agIlt all his influence to bear on oral Grant. Grant told him ho already nade his selection for position. Who is he ?" asked Greshama. Yourself." replied Grant. uti Greshamtll would Under 1o cit stances takI tile olliCu. H1o wab ly prevailed upoa to aceupt the led Statos District Judgeship for anit. IJUntil April, 1883, he held position With lionor Vu hillisolf t'ttisfiction to litigants. While ,le benlclh he took no activo part molitics, but his baaractur and tiation were known to the loaders 1e country. It, consequently hp d that when G(:t'lield was formainig Chbinet, Greshmlt's aitile wts Ig tLhose' oragi tnailly agreed upon. Im particularly ut rged his suo - The ,itiattion beclille Such, ad ify I is originaal inta Lontiona and hama1 Wits not iivited to ntecep't a folio. (Garfihl was Issassi alt ted Arthbur sticedoiled him. Wllen mastk.er Gerl Colel0 1)O diedl inl il, 1883, ;raeslamiaaa, thnl holdiing t at valsv ille, was t endered tith nt, position by telegrtalph an1(d Itv 'd. Near the close of Artbur's 1, (In ,bte dOath (if Secret.ary vr, ho was appointed Svereta rv of 'reasury, a positionl hto held ut il whena he withdlrew fromti the It altogeterla. Duritng bis Caibi ervice, thoug Ih onae of the yountg:..,, as OIe of Arthml' st most, trusted surIs. lis judical tqualitby of tatind. ense of fairiess, his evel it tmper, c him a vahtble[ coadjut.at'or, ill :mber' , l1884, Juge Drtuntannaomtu mg retired from the office of LeItt States Circit il ud;re, ArthUr Laid taUken him from lite baench, the saitinfatioLu of tamintira ta iInl ie. hliel at. t.be close of h is sit . 18S .Judtage Gr eshatn wats mado a niatiat, candidati' for t.he Riepub Il notlinaioll for t'e I'vesidenicy bit( Git iCgo conIVettiutt rgitIM, risoll, ShIltimoafh, Algol', Allionl ' t~m. lall'l Wlpublicianl leadl's 'O nttat. -s Wi'O protillett. lar I iltimaatoly culapturiad ,bte I ad ialia :ation, and wa niorni ated. Prn i to alatl, (h'sham had itllh-playeil 'ang intclinabion to di sent1aa (rom extremale bla0h tariff J1 etrinek. of ltapuolleian party. In aI spit,-eh 'eted farom tht s't( ,ps of tham Ib airy in Now Yovrkl he had -la Ltoi a retvisiona Of Liae ta hi'f int tbi' 'est, of L ta iomaulnetr, bu(t1, had ilt I bl.ht1.o trevtsiot shouhtli h4 by% that fr'uild, ntai thta lm-i't,i 'tecaLit II litt lberatl v iews ont *ari It nt..led( i~ agast Im Lihe an naisma tar tbo textremetta prt'taattiontists Itictgo. \Vhe Itob ilaepubtalictans medi powera aindt rev ised thL ae tarITf heo paissago of thbu MeIi iley law, o U tGrcshamt iIth othetr I topuabli tlhe nomnintationlt of .M ar. Clevelandtt Ioheaamoctats, lhe wi I ait t'e diis atishaed 1 opul ienitis li k e Wvaiyne Venagha, whott wvax'A, ttt'trney Geneail wt A a i tar, ta noutncedt thaeira al le en to thu IHopublhiicain party aind lcated Mar. Clevelanad's e~lecttiont. a' Mr'. Clev'eItad wtas ilet,edi in *'uary, 1893, ho satmmlaonedl .1 tdge ham~l to ILkewood, N. J1., whoare -a constI ulttiona lheL ttndered Ima JOsitiion of pr'emtier' of tile Utabintu at andt aissaound I th dutties of ebty of State on Miarach '7, 1893. r'intg Ihis short Loram as Postaster' raal, Gr teshama acomplnishaed much. r'education of ponstagt on lcttor'k bthre'e acents to two anid thea in at of weoight allowable from half tanee to one Ounctae wereO the cr'own lora'y oif Ihis admai nistr'ation. Secetarttly of Stto ina the preOset itrattiona, Ma'. Gr'eshamt~ has had eatto anad delicate dliploaatic taffaa'rs hast faillena to the share' of amost etaaai's (If Staito. Ils ta'eaitmntt hose was matlrked bay thec strong v'idalitLy whicht wtas par~t of the . Perhapsa fromr hais long juadicial '-'iencei hao w~tts dlisod to view y qtI aatLion farom the soun td point maet, itad equal justico. TIo haimn it, e nao di Iference how any line0 of mt pr'omaisedl to ahl'et his own coun lHe culd anda did disabuse his I of anay paorsonal fooling int deal vit~ any111' iteato la queistionat atnd the ctttjon'sideratiI wtha haim~ wa aways iute fiarness. If .his own country paiaod a falso posititn in the miatter baoutght It was hais duity to set it I. iOen ait aL saciicoi of mattea'ial easts ats it mtight uappearl at thae Ite Screitaryti" wats a very har'd er*. ieo was tharough in all is, and insisted on roading up y aspect, of a case whichb camxo be hun ta. Thiais i nvolved long hors t int study of mustaty mnanusceripts authtatiets in the late hours of the L, at hais r'ioms, coming aftoer a day of emaarratssing incikdonts and tattic foncinag witht the ablest of di plom~atic~ iorps), and it is now tha~t Scr'etar'y Gro'sbam was ght to his last illness by the great ci-mw lae was obliged to put forth i:'chaarge huis official duties to his sail' tiationa. appearanco Gr'esham was some t slandloa' lHn was slx fant tall. GEN. WALTER Q. GRESHAM. 01 bat SOj1)1 It. ,J Ut lt1S', STATESM3lAN. miE he A Long aiel E.veltl'ul Ca(reerl as I Wt Public Mall --The Story o1 His Deds1) inl Warits 11 elaece. ful Wailterl Q11!ntinl Groshaitllin l was a 1-, 1ioldier, a jludge and a Statesiana, da' 10m1inti Utakl dliStiguiShe'd inl 1,b1101 cov, 'te g reat, lildsM of iian LIdvo. Lim I Ie rose to Lthe rank of ukajor general con of VolinLt',r.. dmring tihe war of seces- doL In,1011. Lo Wats for fourteenl yea3s leg Uiiited StatuL Distliet Judge for butl Indiana and for eight. years United 1% Stats Ciruit.ludge for [llinIis, and tilI hold tlieu Cabinoet portiolios, Post.- lit w imaiter Gu-le11 and Secretary of tile Ili I IPvtiresir3' uinder Arthur, iiil Seeroi.ary agai of Stato nutder Clevelald. Si a111 was epitoei of public survi. e few men defi canl boast. Gresham camte fromt Enlglish st. ock. ills ancestors moved to Virgi- nit3 lial, and aterP to 1.1llarrisoni I County, oele in1diana, wiere0 hie was iborl Onl st,. pOIlt 'attrik kday, 1832. i is giandlather ofcll was a fariler, honest, fa ithiful and le I I ciurngeous, pLrticulaliy ntoted for hi1 of U 1 piety. le was iL devout Methodist indi t and for uiittny years hils homie was the ing platec of worsh ip for Axley, artwr-ight war and other famous circuit riuers w ho Re lliade that couLtry rin1g with- their tLis achieveients in behalf of the church brot *uilitant. llis father learned the cabi- Ge n notitaking trado, which tie pursued had industriously, together with farming. ti is Ilis cotirago m(ado him it popular idol , in his neighborhooa, and ho became s at colonel o., militia. His mother, 1 sarah D)avis, was of Scotch-irish (1111 debcent. The house in which she lived fi11id until h- death at few years ago. and in which iei distiniguished son was iorn, wis it hu mble cottage purhaps twenty feet wido 111( thit y long, It and toI tid a half in fronit, st:Lnding on am tlbusido of a hill past which runs theb oIldiana Stat~e Road. Until his rep mot.hitir's Ceatth, J udge Gr1a111m111 visited t Eof ti there and spent a daly or two in llIs boyish aluiLns, losing for the timo tl driving an11d restless cIrrelit if the 10 busy world of to-day in the old fashion 1.:- aii ed (Iuiet and s(ienity of lift,3 year 11011. ago. In 1133 Ueshiili' fat~e.l wan elelcrI sheril and the next year was t n inr1re31reid by I not.ed dtper1-1(I0 wIhom ho had gon 1.0 lu'rest,. IlIs ilothlll. port wa leftl a widow with li ve mll i :11111 cidid ren. WatIier Quen 1t,in was but' , Lwo yeUrs Of age when1 his fathber was .pr killed. 13enjam in, the o1lust,, wis 8. l ". A -LIuggle ensued, hut, froIn the ItLid i 111of peniry they earied tIe r igh v at to li vei and finial ly to0 prosipor. 13.njaiLICt~ lik e1 his father, IeaIrned tie trdIC of carpIlter but a lunI g L tlo9 thlIme hl- th Waltor greIv up witl bumt Iwo 01 tiCc yeare Wilnlto schooling until be wats sixte.euri years of age. lie wa a n tall. d er4)01- yout.h, a 1,11oughti l fu boy n t " h dosiring to stuly but witboult Oi- 1(11v' portllityad with little in tlhe way of books to reaId. 3ill his eyes I-ook ill Ilid Ii a hrl izion that extL lde:ld flal beyond hins moniitIeI-s farm anu hv dilt of Iar wor:ik and1( the iassWt iieu of his brottwr -, ie suceded in CiLer' ilig the selmlimil- \ Sat Torydn. wo vtars bire and o 11e ad a;t Bloomlringtol University Collipltd ha his eduLt.iion -0 far as schooling wILs concerned. H began thl study of law under .1tidge W. A. Porter', prO onie tiff, le noted clialacters (if South-11- licia 01n iijildial, whilo acting Its -..ep it t, Clerk, aLd in 185 4 eitered i Il6Liar partilership wit1h ThomILs C. SIIlIrlh. and tor, anL omin11nt Iiwyer Of that time W lho0 and aftervwards .lidge of the Cir- riso) lLit Coul-t. TO comibineI law an(d poli- d ti as 1. 9 hen li thL IIIvI rleSiL istt in v u wih young lawyre in tahe Ui i Unte Stt~n ndyongGre'shami was nto ti.h! exceptiol t1o 1 ho ruile. i is admissioin t" io tlo har and With NObrLaska aIgitatiol i wer Icin'lident. The \Vh9ig pa'ty, tret With which 111 Of Iis political tradi- voca (jti wenr assoralthed, lha dissolved. of". 10 was a exiting Iie and, men w11ere ilt. rngn themse(lestl 1on. thetilavery "1 ."-d drite to ie 18e6.he rateubbean LI li; partye was formeditl~ and~ woit~i, G~SIlresmuthe lil, oncet ali, himself.i Xi liue stpe tl is ct of thlii~ile State for Path.lgeie at fL - llinde ". ISrtont wh had '~ I b e( omi ass il n.d at Pr'U:h115iad li l~iiol h11 Cr i the (Ilaw c Greha hadLi' itrinVe at'he good r1)1a eput5tIfln as' a11 careful, pins-el lie tak11 ing iiler. isu s y If raorye wa l et. allm I ot enti Ily 'i arteative grapl by 411 ilriiessed'1 toa the raon fratbrn thILan Eog the ings(I of hilaia, anitors.! Wh111)11 o (1a Judi Gre 141311 ham1113 11ould altas interast Lii1d his, heer'i i, Eihl did Iiio ml~,b11ore h gnI e ly-eso acis.1:' itaemlentas andpo eat. adv - ne of he 1"anguaged in indulgne, AI fi I6I. in ncd'esi oreg~ liures oft orper-h mdb . lfdg Grsan1CI'sA 1 ater decisons on Gr ,11 t-h-bnh ave been his hnimr'd wih afte .ithiel o Chie. .~lstice1 washa lr l whose Iibe t . tuminosaoniv~ ng as wl sben thholti 11)1 limemiled tLoI Illhe siege If hCoers 11-13( .tlid anhoung.e SedlterLlkprti il .egoo Menwiekbuntry wuIaI~sL sweig t on11 toi LIrat crent~l. The dntio h 'if p Grun mwl wad Selcted 1.0tim JlLe illre wherelll~t thinm he- scra of theNieie b I snEt.I omitt gon~ii era amidij ary affair. brought1 flowad a anLi 51l milictn thilvl whici1IC3t pl Ididhutn ha ling Odriver tl'.l Aoton, the fgrealt wr am Goli dvernorf of tniana, leeaedrupon him tohe - in~ ,hiei~.IIyf hetim endi i rii. Gr5esham I I Iintrie rlhdi hat l l ilit ntin1ets and was. Athan. ~he Spnet r11 Hblefor With theI thrs Jfr hrniok fo~ wa et alar.pavrng forai- 'iii ls black board and hair wereItirnop to an firi grey. Ills eyes were homel, fil l almt large, vith the power "tO threatteni and command," but soft and amiablo In familliar conversation. Hila voice was plousing and concerted well with is haibitutl demeanor, whioh was quiot, al iodest. As a man he was kind, generods and frank. He Was smoiible and aitpproaachable. It Was in his fioit. life that, he was most to be admired. In 1858 he married Miss lati la McGrid n, the daughter of 'homia M cara in, at man of Scotch Irish desce-nt.. A son and daughter wert born it to theni, who live in Chicago. lie was devoted to wife and childrenoi. - ----- -. GEN. 11,1itiait GETHtt ANGRLY. Hie enoines Goverior Evansi in SevereTerims -Clal Iis Exemaption as at Private Ui inn. Thu following stattement with regard to a recent correspondence between Senator Bittler and Governor Evans has appeared in tho .lally papors of the Stute: Senator Biut,lor wrote Governor i'vatns on May 15th the following : "Sir I notice in the State of to-day whit?. purports Ito be an address to fellow eitizens from you, and find the following ns at part of it :' The ex Senaitor, Who had been holding cau cuses in Columbia at private houses, haiving the ar of the court and hold hig tile foot. of the chancellor, roturned to his home, feeling that his move iments had not been dotected, but the responsibility sliall rest whero it be longs. Let the people not blame the poor, lein, ituingry counsel who are barlIking. inerely for a bone, but visit the sin upon the heads of the arch Consp ) iatorm.' I eg be-tIo iquire whether I am the ox-SonaItor to whom yon refer. Very truly, " M. 0. BUTLER."' Governor I'vans on the 23d replied as follows: " Sir :li rpl)iy to yours of tie 16th I beg to state tbt, you wore tihe ex Senatte to whom I roferred in that portioi of my addrtess qtioted in that letter. AIN)eilce froi my oilee pro vented an earlier reply. Yours truly, ".OHN GALY ECVANS." Semituor Lhtitler, after getting letters from Messrs. Pope and Caldwell, the coinsel in the cases referred to, to the efleet. t,lazt lie had n1othiIg to do with 1.he iniattor, appunds the following : I do not like to be misreipresented even .yit Iabtlcgard. Sinec my ser vice in the Senate unded on the 4th of .larcl last, I have bueun a private citizen, attLending to my own busineas, it ili tIhis ma 111a11d itn right to draw tie into his ) a slurrilous, sophomoric set f-ad vertistientit, which lie styles an 'ttadlress to I e low-CitizoI.' He ap I)earsi to haMv. hamd me Under the sur vilbw liii of one of his detectives, who have benme so fashioiable under late ortai*- II t he Slate aluministration, ItI11 notray., hinisell into the utterance o a oolish faliehood. The truth is, he is badly aallicted with what the doctor's call bydrocephalus, commonly known asI swell heads. He assadis .idges omi the bonch with awkward yu lgitrity and wiutal cotrsenoss, know !ing, t.hin to be peace olicers and as noii-combiataiits. This he can do with inipimity, blu, ti e Limou may come when forbluralice wihi his insolence may cease Lo he at v I rlue. II is powers of dis criiat~ionl IetLVwi right and wrong, tiutLi aid falsehood, Itair criticism and slander, are so vague atnd ilmy thathe ought, prlial) to be regarded as an obje-ct of pity a nd contempt,, rather tha idtiligtion and rosenitment. i. lien I set inyself before the pub hei as~ a target I enn stand criticism as well ats mest luenh, but I have no idea of poirmiitting slander'ers to follow me0 initO u priate life to indulge their v lciousi propenisities. "A nlothec reason I haive for troubling theulie ii withi thais matter is that other- Iemehrs of the ring have been circulating siander's and misrepr'esen tattionis abtii mn on thbe line of i ntend. intg to cruatto a falso impression ini the pub)b) Iin ad, land I avaall myself of this oppo~rt~uiity to udenounlce them. "lThey are trying by a hue and cry abul, I ' wh Ito suipremacy ' to frighten thte 1.1inmid in to Lhir ii cilutche.s. There is not thbe least, dangor of the neg'oes gettinig clinitirol of .1( t.he overnimont of t.his State or of 'whtite supremacy being eiiiangered, and they know it. WVhiatover ol peril thiere is to white spremaltcy hais bieen created by the ring now trying to dragoon wvhito men' Into condinlg theIir corrupt practices. .Lhaey are r'esponsible for the menace oif 'negro) supjremifacy,' if ther'e is one, and no amount, of blunter and false prtonse) bant coniceti It. "Thley have rejetod every fair and htonioratbo over'tiure lorn ritOiLing the whliite peiopile, iandt for one, I shall have no~thling to do with any ring primary. if a lprinary coulId ho held on the plan oif the 'forty' there wouild he no ob jection to it,, hut, these follows will not ajree to) tlihat, becouse It wouldj resuilt in pieate and good feeling-the last thing they want,. " M. C. IHUTLER." C'ise~s POSITIJON. -IX-Sp~eakei Crisp hias sent, to the Atldanta Constitution the fuollowing card re-stat ing his posi tioni on thubo intaciali qustion :la A MIUWUS. Ga., May 2$.--1Ever cince I gave conlbidertion to the~ question I have been a believor andl ank advocate of the fineo and utnlimited coinage of silver. E'ver since I entireol public life I have spoken, andl~ when opp)ortunlity oieoredl, votiSd for it. I stillI tavor' the free andh uni malted coinage of silver by the United States independently at the ration of I10 to 1. Hlow auny one at all acq(tuinited with my public uttterances and atcts entn hatve mistaken or been in dloubit, as to) my position is a mystery to mno. My excuse for this card is misrep resentation ;my hope is that this will endl it.. CH1ARLE~S F. CRISP. --An honest oldl Negro, wearing very ragged clothing and carrying a hue latrgo ham on his shooldr, Was met otte mo'rning by somel~ college boys in Oxford. Ga. "HBello, UJnple Ike I" said one of thorn ; " if you eg asford to buy such good victuals,- why don t you get some new clothes ?' "Ah, Mars' John," ho replied, with a smile, " my back glb me credit, but my stomach Iana. cashn."