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Read Before the Lexington Chapter U. D, C., February 14, 1909, By Eugenia Dunlap Potts, Historian t Nopen or brush can picture life in the old Southern States in the ante-bellum days. The period comprehends two hundred and fifty years of history without a parallel. A separate and distinct civilization was there represented, the like of which can never be reproduced. Socially, intel lectually, politically and religiously, she stood pre-eminent amongnations. It was the spirit of the cavalier that creat ed and sustained our greatness. Give the Puritan his due, and still the fact remains. The impetus that led to freedom from Great Britain, came from the South. AS outhern General led the ragged Continentals on to victory. South ern jurists and Southern statesmanship guided the councils of wisdom. The genius of war pervaded her people. She gave presidents, cabinet officers, commanders, tacticians and strategists. Her legislation extended the countrys territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific. A writer aptly says: For more than fifty formative years of our history the Old South was the dominating power in the nation, as it had been in the foundation of the colonies out of which came the republic, and later in fighting its battles of independence and in forming its policies of government. Whatever of strength or symmetry the republic had acquired at home, or reputation it had achieved abroad, in those earlier crucial days of its history, was largely due to the patriotism and ability of Southern states manship.
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