The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-02-01
lnd nuInltimelg dead is not moro full Of am

and untimely dead IS not more Iuli VI 'i-
euisb than were the heart of those who
love theirfellow-man when many of our
most brilliant planets denied the law OF
gravitation, and struck dofantly out up
on orbits of their own. The sword that
was drawn by all Christian hands, more
in sorrow than in anger, hangs peaceful
.ly in its scabbard on the wall. Each sec
ton has its "reminiscences Of sublime de-
votion, of grief and of glory. These are
the brave hearts dearest treasure, and
until a.
"The good knights arc DUST"
they will be hallowed as the dcvotee hal
lows the rites of his religion But peace
under the policy of the Executive is eel
ebrating cher victories no less renowned
than war" The shining symbols Of the
rovoltcd race are over our heads, State
after State, kindly assisted by the pater-
nal hand of the President, comes to take
its place beneath its ancient coat farms.
They cluster around these vacant seats
that have SO long invited them in vain.
They are welcomed by the President as
iIsrael's greatest king welcomed the war
like son of Ner, whose standard had
waived twice four years in rebellion.
Let Cangross initiate his example and
mark. the opening of the new year as an
era of perfect reunion and a season of
universal JOY. Let oblivion's curtain
fallD upon the doleful tragedies of the
past. Bury the animosities cf-a civil
war. Take no counsel from their baleful
wbisperings. Hate is the bcset principle
of human action. They who have made
laws and ruled nations upon motives OF
vengeance are the Monsters whom all
history curses with an ,unbroken voice.
The long and deadly proscriptive lists OF
Sylla and Maurius, Tibcrious, and Clodius,
gave the names of their victims to the
compassion and sympathy Of the world,
while an Immortality of infamy clings
increasingly to those who took private
revenge in the name of the public good.
Charities for the errors, the folics and
the crimes of the whole family of impcr-
feet man is the leading virtue in the
breasts of lawgivers and rulers. Those
who have been guided by its sweet, an
gelc influences constitute the glory of the
armament in the annals of mankind
Cyrus, Scipo and Washington command
the love and vencration Of ages more by
the ,forbearance, magnanimity and elem.
ency of their character than by the re-
nown of their military achievements
The savage chief may strike his cncmy
PROSTATE and powercss at his feet 1t is
an attribute of divinity which lifts him
up and makes him friend. When Per
icles paused upon the opening thresh.
hold Of eternity, and. in his. dying mo-
ments reviewed the events of his great
litc, he consoled his parting splfit ano
rested the chief glory Of his reign upon
the fact that he had never caused citi
zen of Athens to shed tear. From this
hour may this Government dry up the
tears of it's citizens! May no more hearts
be wrung with the gloom of the prison
or tho anguish of death! May the two
sections meet again as kindred ane
friends! The angel Of concord will ther
stir the healing waters for them both
and, renewing their glorious youth to
gether, the future of the American Unior
will be filled with the love and praise o
all its citizens.