The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-04-04

|i.s pollntion by your presence"
|i# Shall ioiir patriotism be colder and
more eelenlating Than that Of tho subjects
Of a despotic ruler2 Have we less rea.
son to resist--less reason to detest, the
invading armies of the North than the
Russians had to oppose and hate the
French Our. enemies, with o boastful
|insolence, unparallelledin Che history of
modern civilized warfare, have threaten.
ed, not only our subjugation, but some
of them have announced their determ'-
natisp, il ,saccsssfulin in this struggle, to
deport ,solr entire white. population, and
supplant it witha new population drawn
from their owli territory and from Eu-
.ropeau, countriesi !. While such q threat
may we'll excite our aridiculs and con-
tempt, the deyilish spirit which prompts
it must provoke in us an Indignation
that would render the feeblest peoplcin-
vincible Think of it.! !, JAS
a. That we, the, descendants OF q brave
ancestry who wrested from h; powerful
nation by force, of arms the country which
we inhab,t-bequeathed to us by them
and upon which we have born ond rear
ed--that we should be up-rooted, from it,
and an alien population planted in our
,stead-ris thought that should Inspire
us with undying hostility to an enemy
base enough, even to have conceived it.
Every motive, then, of honor and, of
sell-interest--of patriotism and Of do.
nestle B, afIection---every sentiment of
manhood and selErespeet--unite in nerv-
ing us to resist, othe, last extremity,
our, cruel invaders, Success gives ,nsa
country and q prond position among the
nations of the earth. Failure makes MS
the vassals ofan arrogantpeoplc, secret
y,ifnot openly, hated by the most cn,
lightened and elevated portions of man.
kind. Success records us forever in let
tiers ofhght upon one! of the most glorl-.
Gus pages ofhistofy. Failure will COM
pei us to drink the cups Sof humiliation
even to the bitter dregs--of having the
history Of our struggle written, by New
England historians! Success is within
our reach. We have toied and painted
onwards nearly ,othe goal. We have
almost grasPed the costly prize Of indie
pendence-7never wonU except through
anguish and blood. Tho crown stands
ready to encircle the fair brow ofl,our
young Republic. The shades of our
martyred heroes hover over lis and beck.
on us on. The fearful entreaties of our
mothers, wives and daughters to save
them from nameless horrors urge ns for.
ward. ? VIII we pause? Can we falter2 2
Will We allow the WEAPONS which the
God Of Battles he's so ofen directed to
the shifting of the despoilers6f our homes
how to drop from our neryeless hands?
Shall we be discouraged by the supofior
numbers Of the ,enemy?I 'ttA' .Hb .
4 ,y,, '.Thc, battle to the sirong 5ff.s
"''H f"'u2 N'ai'F Is hot'giyen Ji.lt'
h yy''2 While the Judge ofhisht and Wrong
sii 7fls opte ii!g .fsits 10 Heaven! a,6T
The God of David sill, ave ,ai,l<st
Guides the pebble 81 his viii,
yla. There are giants yetto kill!
EHtaB,.r ,,.I Wrongs uhshrivenI
., But the, enemy has afeady put forth
hls utmost strength. /. TIE has made, his
most gigantic efforts. He has straiped
bis energies 10 their greatest tension.
He has taxed his reso,Rces to tIeirut
most limit. He is almost spent anu
bresthless with his TREMENDOUS eyortions.
Let us stand firm. Le ns,be calm ant
resolute. Let us showtI,at our faith in
our cause aud. inl His guidmce, who
shapes, the destinies Of iations, 'is fixed
and cannot moye." III that faith, and
with humble reliance on that euidancc