The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20
A Prophecy Of Retribution--
Gloomy Reflections.

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The venerable Nathan Lord,
D. D., for a third Of a century
President Of Dartmouth College,
New Hampshire, amid all the
political intatuation and religious
fanaticism that has surrounded
him, and that compelled him final
ly to surrender the position he
had so long adorned, adhercs
stcadfastly to the principles and
opinions that he cspOused before
the insanity that now prevails in
his section Of country had become
general. The Charleston Ncrcwy
Of Saturday publishes 4 portion OF
Il private letter written by him
last month to one Of his former
pupils, extracts from which We
suhjoin:
Il 90 not justify, in point OF
Christian principle or common
prudence, the methods by which
yen sought redress Of the wrongs
you have, for more than Il genera
ton, received from the North.
But I more blame ourselves, first,
for our dcnuMciation Of slavery
itself, in distinction from its
abuses. and then for cur -'irrep7osS-
iblc conflict with it, undertaken
upon false moral and political
grounds, and carried on, hatefulIy.
rs it has been, after q Mohamctan
fashion. Were the institution 4
mulltm IN SC, and not sOmetim> a
conservative necessity for all the
parties, our method Of overcoming
it has been, from first to last, un-
worthy Of 4 Christian people, We
have done the work. We have
given You Il dreadful punishment.
But. as we have done it in m-
righteousness, our rctribution.
some time, somehow. will come:
perhaps to general dissolution.
Yet l dare not speculate about
the future. * * l fold my hands.
and wait upon the providence OF
God. But in the general and in
the long run l see no good before
us. Judgment will come.
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II think thus the rather because
| sec'n to see an approaching
catastrophe ofaIl the nations. The
world has grown old in transgres-
sion. From East to West the
experiment Of reforming and say
inr it has been tried in vain. We
are the wcstcrn-moSt and last and
now that ChristianiZcd ANGLO
republican wisdom has
failed. instead Of calling on God
for help we are calling upon the
negro. We look to q brutifcd,
shiftIcSs and liccntious people to
aid US in the work Of scIfgovcrn-
mcnt. which has been Impossible
to ourselves, and which / now be-
licve is impossible on earth
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The demonstration seems now
almost complete that man can
neither govern nor be governed;
nor govern himself, and that the
last failure will somehow prove
the greatest Of al. The volcanic
thrOcs Of the nations to oven turn
arbitrary power will be ultimately
successful. Then 'liberty, equaIi-
ty: fratcrnity,' will have its short
day; and when its Babel seems to
be completed, the dream Of earth
will vanish.
"lIcrv all such prophccying is
vain. | find myself almost alone.
sometimes imagine that | could
do more among your people, and
even among the Outcast, suffering
and perishing negroes; than among
the philanthropists who have
given them q boon which they
know not how to use, and which
these boaStcrs never would have
given him but to make them sub
3crvient to their fanatical enter
priscs or their lust Of power. But
my day is past. What can one
At three-sc0re and fifteen do but
,eposc, and pirate, and lament 2"
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