The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-01
A Great Country.


Some yuars ago an Alabama paper
got OF the following "burst of clio.
qucncc :"
There's not the least shadow .of n
doubt of the matter--ours is emphati.
cally. ndcniaby,. incon,rovertably,
positively, comparatively and supcrla.
lively a great and glorious country.
The annals OF time furnish. nothing to
compare with 1t Greece wasn't n cir.
cnmStancc; Rome was no where
Venice couldn't hold us a candle. while
all modern nations sink into insirm.
hcancc before our country. 1t has
longer rivers, and more Of them, mud.
dier, deeper and run faster, and 90
farther, and make more noise, and rise
higher and fall lower. and do more
damage than anybody olSc's rivers. 1t
has more lakes. and they are bigger
and deeper and clearer than those of
any other nation, 1t has more ratar.
acts. and they fall farther and faster
and harder, and roar Louder, and look
Grandrr than all other cataracts 1t
has more mountains. and higher ones.
and more snow on EN-, and harder TO
get up, and easier to iall down, than nll
other mountains. It. has moro cold,
and it is heavier and brighter, and is
worth more than The gold of other ma
tons. Our rail cars are bigger and run
taStcr, and pitch or the track oItcner,
and klIl more people than al other
cars. Our steamboats, are longer, and
carry bigger loads, and bile their bus.
iers oiirner, and the. captains swear
harder than iu any other countries.
Our men are bigger, and higher and
thicker, and can fight harder and faster,
and can drink more whiskey, chew
more tobacco, spit more and further,
kick mp their heels higher, and do any.
thing else more, and better and of;cncr
than men III all other countries combin.
ed. OEr ladies arc prctlcr, dress finer,
sn"nd more money, break more hearts.
wear bigger hoops. wear shorter dresses.
kick mp The devil generally to eater
'vtent nan all other ladies. Onr poll
lcians can spout louder. lie harder,
make gass fpsler dodge quicker and
WI ~ 'i''ii'i' illdNc more luOlSc. ana 40
less work than every body else's polili-
clans. Our niggers are blacker. work
harder, have thicker skulls, smell. loud.
or, and need thrashing oltencr than 9th.
ef niggcrs. Our children sqpali louder,
grow faster, and get too big for their
trowsers quicker than all other children.
RESUMPTION OF SpRcIE PAYMExrs.-It is
al very we'll for Congress to support the
Secretary Of the Treasury in his financial
propositions, for there is hm little doubt the
Secretary has more knowledge Of finance
than all Congress put tcge'her. But, it is
not the Secretary aionc who is managing
the business Of resumption of'spccic pay
ments. He is aided by the gold brokers
and stock jobbors ofr "ait street, who are
cndeavoring to manipulate the measure so
ey speoulaions. Some want resumption in
one day or TWO dnys. Others say one week
or two weeks. Others. again, one month or
two months. All these propositions as to
time arc equally absurd. II took us four
years to accumulate The burdensome debt
under which our people labor. 1t will re-
quire double that time to get rid of 1t. 1t
is easier TO get into debt than out of il.
And some years must elapse before we can
restore our currency and financial position
generally to the condition they were in be-
fore the war.-Nep York Herald.
Alta wedding supper in Memphis,
Tenn, last week, the enthusiastic bride.
groom oOt off EttIa on.oob -, ,Lo