The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-09-04
[From the Now York Daily News
Proud, Brave and Noble.

Proud, brave, noble--without tarnish
upon her banner, without blemsh upon
her fair fame, respected at home and
honored abroad for all the manly quail
ties that have been developed in peace |
or war, the South rests from her struggle.
With the prejudices. of fifty years, and
the education of a century moving the
hearts of the people, she dared the peri|s
of q revolution encountered all it's sacri.
fees, suffered its agony, and without stint
gave men who lived great lives and ip
death are not forgotten. She failed, and
her sorrows will become as cold as kings
of grand and peerless line" She
stands before the world to-day, not
humiiated, but depressed ; not conquered
but cast down. A new life opens to her
view. Brought by force back into
Union from which she had discovered
herself as by the voice of one man, she
finds presented to her. new conditions of
political existence. The old fabric of
society is undermined and is in ruins.
Old institutions that gave her wealth
and power and contributed TO the pros.
porous greatness ofthc common country,
arc gone forever AS nation the South
starts afresh. She commences another
lease of existence; and under system
with which she is all macquainted, the
aggressive, inpatient spirit Of the North
demands that she shall at once and with.
out restraint succnmb to the new relations
that lave been created by the war. We
believe that she will. Before the South
there looms up the forest Of mighty
future, that will give shade to those who
may reap the harvest. Bnt the seed
must be planted now. By the voices Of
their living and their dead, the people
are called upon to work now willie the
day lasts. Great duties are to be done;
tremendous responsibilities are at stake.
The men who hereafter represent the
thoughts and interests of the South, must
be. and have been true to her in head
and heart and hand. They will come 10
Congress, they will be called upon to min
gle their influences, social and political,
in the current Of the Union, but those
influences should illustrate the South
or nothing at ALL We want carnestness,
truth, reality and when brave man
who has fought, be it morally or
physically, through this war in behalf of
his cause, and conscicniously comes
forward, acknowledging his defeat, and
plcdging himself to future support Of the
Constitution and laws Of the United
States, we would rather sec such an one
standing upon the floor Of Congress to
express the will Of his people, or
occnpyinga n station of honor and trust
than all the so.called "loyal men of the
South" SO pliantly quick to do their mas.
ter's work, in whom God has breathed
the breath of life. We say therefore to
the people OF the South elect to yonr
public offices yonr best citizcns--not
those who have played the hypocrite
during the war and the traitor since, but
men whom you have tried in the fire
and not found wanting-men who have
sealed their devotion to your cause and
shared your veal and woe. Let no
arbitrary power of sword or bayonet, or
threat of radical politicians deter YOU in
this, sovereign right. Go into the Union
and vote. You will come to the doors
OF Congress as a Union party, and you
will be admitted as such or by tha
grace OF God, there will be a rchism in
the ranks OF yonr enemies, that will
scatter them to the four winds of heaven.
we want likewise, new men as well as
true. The issues destined to arise in the
halls OF national legislation, demand
young fresh thoughts and vigorous
brains. The era is one of reform, the
spirit OF the age is progressive, and to
ioster its good or combat its evil will
require the brightest and bravest intel.
lects that illuminate the South. For a
while they may be suppressed. Obsta.
cies may be thrown in the way of their
election, or acceptance, but let the people
persevere. Change, if absolutely neces.
sary, the object of your choice, bnt ylelc
not one jot or little Of the right which
the Lew OF the land confers, and before