Uncle Daniel's story of "Tom" Anderson and twenty great battles . ofty feeling and sentiment, itfutthis is a mistake. You cannot infuse patriotism by drillingat a college or in the field. This comes from the nursery ofthe mother. Nor can you put brains, commonsense orcourage where God has refused it. The question withthese men was, Do you belong to a certain chosen few?If so, that was put above every other consideration. A vol-unteer, no matter how much he might develop a geniusfor military affairs, could have no recognition at theirhands. UNCLE DANIELS STORY. l3l The fact that Julius Csesar a
Uncle Daniel's story of "Tom" Anderson and twenty great battles . ofty feeling and sentiment, itfutthis is a mistake. You cannot infuse patriotism by drillingat a college or in the field. This comes from the nursery ofthe mother. Nor can you put brains, commonsense orcourage where God has refused it. The question withthese men was, Do you belong to a certain chosen few?If so, that was put above every other consideration. A vol-unteer, no matter how much he might develop a geniusfor military affairs, could have no recognition at theirhands. UNCLE DANIELS STORY. l3l The fact that Julius Csesar and Napoleon Bonapartewere great generals without military training except in thefield proved nothing. If men hke those who first com-manded our army in the East, and who formed the coterie,had hved during the Revolutionary AVar, Washington andthe best of his generals would not have been permitted tohave commanded a brigade, if these men could have con-trolled as they did at the outbreak of the rebellion. Th^same feeling has grown among our people since the war,. DEATH OF GEN. LYON. until the brauis of a man cuts but httle figure in mattersconnected with governmental affairs. He must belong toone of two classes : either a snob or one who has made afortune. No matter whether he made it selling rottenblankets to the Government, worthless arms for the soldiers,bad meat, diseased horses, small mules, rotten and poorly-put-together harness, or procured his money in some otherway—if he has it, the conclusion is at once that he is agreat man and full of wisdom. These things are unfortu-nate in a government like ours. But this is the tendency, 132 UNCLE DANIELS STORY. and has been for many years. Dash and swell is the mottonow; it is growing more in that direction every day. ButI have wandered away from my subject. The battlefieldof Pageland and its surroundings was a sight to behold theday after our defeat. The private soldiers felt outragedand ofiBcers were discouraged, and many goo
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