Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-05-11

atory Of Legarc All who heard him
can speak of it; but WHO can truly convey
n faithful image Of it to the reader who
never heard him? In these volumes we
have some specimens Of his legal arguments
acd orations-and there are homestcads
in South Carolina where SLcrmau's vanGal
torch did not reach nor his barbarc hordes
enter, where they are preserved and held
in reverence, familiar rs household words
and precious as household gold-which
present the specimens Of those utterances
which tho living orator used to clothe
in
Thoughts that breathe and words that
burn"
! Rut, alas
'Tis Greece, bu. living Greece no
lnore;"
and we look in vain among tho crowd of
living men for single man who approach.
&C. him in oratorical power.
We remember with pride and sorrow
how he stood on tho steps of Rcverdy
Johnson's splendid mansion in Monument
square, i'll the Harrison contest for the
Presidency, and to crowd that filed the
whole space, held forth Oh tho glories of
republics and especially his own. His
bold tones, like shot and shell, seemed to
dash against tho houses opposite, while the
vost p,nlf ifn1o l;ofonoI- ~, ~. 1880 .:l
at some mighty poriodiof consummate elo-
quence they broke forth with shouts that
echoed far and wide over the Monumental
City. We could see the waving of tue
handkerchiefs of the beautiful women of
that city Of beauty by the Pickering torch
lights-homage which Lcgare loved SO
much-as what Southerner does no. p
and then he would commence again and
roll on like the dash of Niagara in Deep
cr and stronger current Of overwhelming
cloquence. There stood Clay, there stood
Webster, there stood .Corw,n, there stood
Eeverdy Johnson-now Maryland's true
and great Sena:or-there stood our own
Preston listening like the wTap5 multitude.
How proud we felt of South Carolina
We remember the pressure of Preston's
generous hand, and his proud as he said
to us, "The best Of them can't beat him."
Shall those days ever come again? We
hopo they will. We believe they will.
What Calhoun, Preston, McDuffic and
Legare have said shall keep the prestige of
South Carolina groen in our souls.
The City by the Sea is sitting like Job in
ashes, and1ikc him may have false friends
who would make her renounce her allie
glance to eternal justice. But to her du-
ties she will be true as herself. And soon
shall hers be the experience of tho old Pa.
triarch.
"And the lord turned the captivity Of
Job whom he prayed for. his friends; also
tho Lord gave Job twice as much as lie
had before. There came there unto him all
his brethren, and all his sisters, and all
they that had been of his acquaintance be.
fore, and did eat bread with him in his
house; and they bomoaned him, and com,
forted him over all the evil that the Lord
had brought upon him; every man also
gave' him piece Of of'money, and every one
an earring OF gold.
, Sc. tho Lord blessed the Inter days of job
more than the beginning: *.,Ss
He had also seven sons and three da,ieh.
ters. -s* '-....,. ,.1
And in all tho land were no woman are found
SO fair as,daughters of job" ~,
-. ~. yCatolin;an.
: HYMEN AND Low MEND Donchet, the
French poet, tells us that .Hymen was
a Young man of Athens, obscurely
born, but extremity handsome. FalIing in
love with 9 lady. of rank, he disguised him
self in female attire, the better to carry on.
his arn,oar;; and as he was on day on the {.
seashore, celebrating the Eleusinian rites
with Lis mistress and her le,compani-
ions, a gang ofSspiretes. came upon them by
surprise and carried. them otY ito a distant
land, where thapiIa ates got drunk forsijoyy
anasfs4 asleep HYmen; then armed the
,g .yirgins; and dispatclea ths sleeping pirates;
when, leaving the two women upon E;ths,
leland, :hespad % Ait bens; told his sadsen-s
.tares and ,denaanaeiis shia BELOVED I'M mar
rage as1hsr apsom his request w was
gaptad and 90 .totsuna.s ;wassthe mar
.Hiapge that Gle name 81 fymen was over
after rsinyeked .on all future nuptials;. ana inl
progress 81 time. the Greeks enrolled; him
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