The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-03-03

che GouCn must be lelt behind to Share
It's fortunes for veal or woe. Every
generous, chivalric, and manly scnti.
ment demands that those who are their
protectors, and the main stay of the flu
ture of Southern society, shouldremain.
IT. indeed, this grand old fabric of
Souherrsocial life is Threatened with
dissolution, if the ship that has sailed so
proudly ON the. seas is going down. If
the storm that howls through the rig.
glng and the waves that clamor for her
destruction must prove Victorious, let
the crew still remember that there are
women and children on board, and that
1T is nobler and more honorable to 20
down with the sinking wreck than to
crowd INTO launches and life. boats and
abandon the helpless ones to horrible
fate. ..r.. y.'.., l.,,sF. a,ls fh.
But the southern vessel lis going
down. The tempest is sent, not for our
ruin, but to try our manhood. The
land that gave birth to Washington
that displays in its briefannals galaxy
of genius and public virtue such ais the
world has rarely seen, that is so cv.
IDENTIFY marked bylthe hand Of nature
for a sublime destiny, is not to be given
over to anarchy aud barbarism. We
boast in The south of the number of our,
churches and Of the pervading Influence
OF religion on the mass Of our population.
What is ourreligion worth IF it does
not teach us the virtues of faith and
hope IF it gives way before the blasts
of misfortune, and leaves us to act prac.
tically as If there were behind the storm
no Divine Intelligence and Benignity
directing the affairs of men 2 1t does
not follow because we have lost the
Cause in which we lately embarked that
we are forsaken Of Heaven. IF it had
not been best for us that such should be
the result, we would have triumphed.,
We have lost our slaves, but we are
still left OH ali equality with the rest
of mankind; we have our strong
right arm we .shave eiaersyI- ami,
will OF our own} or ought to have;
the same genial heavens smile upon us
from above and the productive earth
pours forth its treasures at our feet.
Here are the graves Of our fathers and Of
our friends, and here an atmosphere ir.
radlated by the halo of their illustrious
example. five will only stand to our
posts and have faith in Heaven, and
show our faith by works of every kind,
aud, chief ofall, by sclfdeayiug, patient,
and hopeful industry, the South has yet
before it future brighter ard more
glorious than it has ever seen.
Nothing, in onr mind, is more certain
than that thus southesnelAnd, producing
the great sta Piles upon which the com.
inerce and manufactures of the world
are dependent, embracing the produc.
tons OF both the tropic and the temper.
ate Zones, having amill and healthrul
climate, great rivers and harhors, and
incalcnlable mineral wealth, will not be
lefS to turn'to d wilderness, but will, on
the contrary, become Ole day the chief
seat OF American population and power.
lt her own sons abandon her, their
places will ero long be filled by men Of
anoiher race. The crowded population
OF Europe will pourlits overaowing wa.
tiers througli the deserted channels, and
cause the waste places Of the land to-
bloom and blossom like the rose. The
enterprlsing emigrants of the northern
states will come here by tens of ,thous.
ands. Is anyone mad'enough to dream
that such asland as this is to be given
over Its aboriginal condition {? 1t is.
much more likely that the barren north
will be surrendered 10 such condition
than the fertile and sunny sonth. If
we viii not regenerate our land, if we
will not standto our colors and develop
material greatness of ,our own soil,
there are enough who can and will.
Even Foreigners show more 'inlell.
gent confidence in our future, as exl,ibh!
ed ~ .hc r!aaa of the French company.
under the auspices of Napoleon, than
those ofour own people who fofsakc
their native land But if they will
give up their country to others, let
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