The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-07-25
FoR TEE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
Our Native Land"

, - .5.." Our Native Land" .'l@e'r'
!. To one Of just and cultivated senti-
ment, these words convey all that could
be expressed in the fullest ampifea-
ton OF their meaning. The old roof
tree, the babbling brooks, the shady
groves, the sunny fields, the rugged
hills, tho old school house, that witness
ed our childhood's sports all come
back to view. . The companions Of ear
ly life, with all the varying .vvicissitudes
of their pilgrimage and ours, pass IS in
review, mingling tints Of glad and
mournful hues, We dwell in. sweet,
r,evercntial memories, on the white
locks and loving faces Of parents, whose
words We're law, and whose Jaw was
love, and shed tears, mixed with emo
tions of sweet and bitter, ovor their
quiet and peaceful graves.
Patriotism, worthy of the name
takes its origin from these very centres
of our being and cxperience-.-it COM
mences at home, extends to neighbors
and friends, to the district, to the State,
to tho general government, getting weak
er as it difusedl, yet maintained, sup
ported, strengthened, in its remotest
branch, by this life giving centre, which
finds its warmth at the home hearthstone
That patriotism which expands itself
over a continent, without q support
from such. a centre, is like the child S
soap bubble-it has some pretty hues,
floats gracefully in the atmosphere. OF
sentiment, but has no vitality. ri
ga breath will mar it, ",st..
As o breath has made" =" aa..i
Mans motives must rest upon ba-
sis of sel6shness, yet may enlarge this
principle, polish, cultivate, refine and
enigbtcn it, until it is almost God-like
in its perfection, but if you remove it,
the fabric must fall.
These PREDATORY remarks are made
as fit introduction to few articles,
which, with your permission MIR. ED1-
TOR, I propose to submit to your read
ers of Kershaw District, on tho recon-
structim Of cur affairs, material and So
cial. These, to some extent are still
within our control. The civil and po-
litical are in other hands. AS to these
latter, we can only bow to the yoke,
endure to tho end, and exhibit nerve
and patience under suffering which
merit, though they may not receive
the admiration of our enemies.
Promising, 1st: That the people of
Kcrshaw District love q home, for
whose reputation so much has been
done and suffered, in the last century
and score of years.
Q. That they are unwilling now, to
give up what remains of the effort and
civilization of all that time, but are
anxious manfully to struggle on, as in
terest and duty alike prompt, to devel-
ope, to their fullest capacity, the social
agricultural and manufacturing advan-
tages Of the District, I purpose in
few, brief articles to stimulate and re.
freshen our love for our old home, by
exhibiting its advantages-to incite to
removed, prolonged and conceited cf-
fort, to develope these advantages, by
presenting in their true colors, howev-
er impcrfectly, the fruits we may yet
enjoy, the harvcsts we may yet reap.
With an eye to the value ofthe space
of your columns, and a regard for my
promise of brevity, I forbear for the
present, merely announcing for your
next issue, q brief article on "Soc1AI
RECONSTRUCTION. QUAhER.
RAn1cA1, WIT AND CONGRESSIONAL