The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-02-26
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1852.

to have one, two, or three columns of edito-
rial matter. In a city daily, short paragraphs,
giving the general reader hasty notices of
fires, murders, shipwrccks, and so forth, suf-
hcc. Now, it is not. always that an editor
of country sheet can find an appropriate
subject to write on. Were we to attempt
an editorial on Time or Eternity, our readers,
even if we succeeded to admiration, would
say we were cracked-brained fool. We
were in this dilema this afternoon. We
thought of Secession and Cooperation
then we thought of the Union; but still we
were not out of the difficulty, for our desire
is to let these questions rest. Once more,
thought we, we will tell them of the forth
coming convention, but thcn---what about
the Convention Now, thought we, we will
give our readers an essay or the general
principles of moral, social and domestic
economy. Fudge. They know what to do
without any dictate from us. Finally, in
despair, We took up Shakspearc--now we
have 1.-THE lines that caught our eye were
these:
"Now York and Lancaster are rcconciled,
Accursed be he that seeks TO make them
foes"
These lines from Shakespeare suggest to our
mind forcibly the unavailing, unnecessary
and most eliminating folly Of our papers
and people carrying on war which we trust
is ended. The fact is plain--as plain to one
M bn M fhnt tl,, 80
Carolina has most cmphatcally declared
herself to be opposed to separate State Ac.
| ton. Every citizen of the State knows this.
1t is no use to try and smother the truth,
and such n plain, unmistakoablc truth as
this. it is not our intention, neither is it
our wish, TO intimate what might be the
advantage of the prcpondcrancc of either
party, but we say this, we are glad the tu-
multi is over, and the people of the State
become Tecorcilcd.
The h.s;G!ios of past governments Zach
us an adlhonishing lesson. Holy Wit tells
us: ~ kingdom divided agains. itself can
not stand" The excitement, and the evils
growing ont of the eXcitc passions of the
people in the time of nulliicat.on, plainly
admonish us of the great evil of these poll
teal contests.
we arc strong advocate for peace. The
"dmonitiop, ain time of peace prepare for
war, is very good, but We are not TO ac-
ccI!erAtc war. The great success of this
codntry may be attributed to our unity of
! acuon----our pacific relations one State
with another. The United States arc now
ahead Of all governments in the extension
and advancement of tho arts and sciences.
We are go-ahead people, and when the
tide OF political excitement Gibbs, we outstrip
all nations in enthusiastic efforts 10 pro-
mote our comfort by steady aud earnest
oXertion to improve the faculties given us by
God. For in the end the "uitiHa hula" of
mans ambition, is his temporal and spiritual
comfort. Even the miscr boarding his
god, does 1t for his comfort. BY so doing,
IN his eonceit, he is contributing to his COM
fort and happiness. But to the subject. We
trust this political war is ended: and We
have much 90 do besides trying to keep il
up. We must exert ourselves 10 promote
our comfort, by the exercise of those means
given us, Several measures require our
consideration; the Free School system is
one which We should not forget. Our
children arc to be taught TO read and write.
Some OF us cannot afford to Pas for tuition.
Besides this, we have other measures TO
carry out. Our State is just about to rise
to an exalted cmincncc In year or two,
we will be intcrsccted by Rail Roads
Charleston, the pride of our beloved State
" the cradle Of our hopes" is about to be
r'"h'!g. worthy of the title she bears as the
+, Queen City of the South In short time
we viii have line Of Rail Road direct from
Charleston TO memphis, md also one stretch
ing from Charleston, u; COLUMBIA, New
berry, Abbcvillc, and Anderson, to Green
vile. Then we have the Charlotte IL Sad
connecting with the South Carolina Rail
Road at Columbia, running by way of Wins
boro' Chester and lorkville, Eve should say
near Yorkyille)to Charlotte. We will have
also the Wilmington and Manchester Rail
Road, running from Wilmington, N. c. TO
Manchester, on the Camden Branch. Be
sides this, the Kings Mountain Rail Road,
fiom the Charlotte road to Yorkyille, is pro-
crossing; and then we have several contem-
plated Rail Roads, North Eastern Rail Road,
Spartanburg Road, &c.
Besides Rail Roads, we have Plank
Road from Hamburg to Edgefeld, and one
in progress from Cheraw to Wadesboro'
N. c. These are matters which should
claim our attention Lot US investigate and
try to find out the meBns to promote our
happiness and prosperity, and set right about
to attain the end.
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