The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-06-27
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" G. Il 4 Raj; Road will ultimately di-
vert Ihe mail rommu, .icalions be,wern Char.
lotte and LnI cast lille in the direction Of
" ilming "n. TIE p-cple "f our District
vii ih-n be couple ely isolated thu.
st.gn"'l"n aud drs location will be the in.
-viiable result. tiasseliins Il Massey's
Express 10 Insufficient Ia keep alive and
yr""ing tie intellect Of our community
IL The great norta witn is counties. rami.
6csiious in in",Ien, ~ exercise ars reouis.
hs to ",ain'ain vitality and vigor in our
PHYSICAL nature how utterly irco mpe,~nt
will he hebdomaoal pul-n,ions Of pouy
express. be t" s"pply the intellect of our
Di-tr,c, with hat which j. ne.drnl for its
expansion i vigorous action Th. mind
must lie fed or |, will iauli-h intelligence
is the uiincil Of the tt1ibd II nnurish-s
and ch-,ishs- our Intellectual nature md
expand. aud develop. all ito faculties. And
ns the BODY daily requires food 40 the
mind daily needs intelligence II is better
the BODY should suffer for supp les than the
miud. We have now been con.ideraSly
over year sut of measnrnbly from inter,
course with tho world Such proiracied
intellectual fasls will dry up tn. mind -
Another year Of such starvation and we
will relapse into aaothet period Of dark
ages. Eyen now the sable curtains are
hanging around us, and ere long they will
drop and envslop our minds in worse than
cimmerian darkness. Soon we will hear
OF another persecution against witches:
and Of some sninent saint sailing from
Calais TO Dover on a m'llsioae.
Without mail facilities the Ledger, which
in point Of ability and interest, has no All
perior 10 The up country, will languish. IF
il is not Permitted to know how the World
wngs, il cannot post as. II cannot serve up
its rich weekly rspasts IL excluded from the
markets. We expect to find in IL not only
tho progress of our own District. but also
the sayings and doing. Of the world If
We havs no mails Il will loose it's interest,
and lang dish and die And that which
can.ed i,s death will perish ou, the school.
master and religion. And tnen. We will be
ripe for ANYTHING that is bad There are
three things necessary to progressive soci.
ty-the School.master, the Editor and tho
Minister: and anything that restricts or i'm.
pairs their influence is public calamity.
The want of csmmun cation with the world
will necessarily diminish their inhueacs.-
Consequently all rlasses and COO ditions OF
socisty will suffer
The design Of this communication il 10
call attention 10 the irportancs-ths su
premc necessity Of procuring q tri.wsekiy
mail between Lancsstsrvills and Rock Hill
by way Of Craigvills. Currton's Ferry,
Coates Tavern, and aieeles Run. Such q
contract would b. a pnblic L-nefaction II
would open mp an important channel Vt in
formation. This would stimulate iu3u .try
manual and intellectual. II wonld revive
the face Of society and cheer ssd resninate
our broken spirits The carpenter's saw,
the smiths hammer. the mason's trowei,
the farm boys che ssrful song. would again
delight our ears. Ia FIVE years We would
almost forget hat the lying and unprinci
pied Sherman with his hordss Of hisves and
cu,.thr osts had overrun and trsmplsd in
the mud sur unprotected women and de.
fenceless children.
Another inducstnsnt is Il can be made to
pay. As money makes the mare 90. whv
not the mail to"! According to the card of
Bryan Tyson, an arrangement can b. made
with the nuthorities that be, so rs TO make
this con tract a safe and paving Investment.
] call upon ihe enterprise Of our District 10
turn your attention TO tho subject. The
good il would do, tho profits that would
snsue are n sufh lent ihducemsnt NV time
and abilities are alrsadv wholly occupied in
u very important work and I would deep.
" drplors u necessity that would divert my
attention from its pleasant employment
But IL more suit able person will not en-.
list. rather than ALWAYS be knoto. nothinp.
] will be forced 10 bid Ger the contract nv.
self; and, then, ! will show whether it viii
nay Or not
FsIlow-cit'zens, shall we be intelligent,
virtuous. enterprising and successful! ! Or,
for the wan, Of energy, will We bsry our
talent and lapse into ignorance and barbar.
len ID. p. ROBINSON.
At BranchvilIs, S. c., they can 6od
no white man who can con,cieu mi tious,v