The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-07-01


set up-in their stead others, that, like the
gourd of the prophet, have sprung mp in
night. You have seen great States
bIottcd out of existence and stripped even
of their names; names which they had
made illus,rious And you have Seen all
these things done in the name of God and
of Liberty These grave scenes, which
have passed before you in such rapid ana
startling succession, may well arouse you
to a sense of tho solemn duties you are
soon to assume as citizens, and may well
inspire an earnest desire to discharge
these duties so as to promote the welfare
+ of your county, or, at least, to rescue 1t
from the ruin that seems impending
Desti-y has placed you upon the stage
in the mids, Of /, mighty revolution, which
threatens TO sweep away and oollterale
forever all that has been achieved ny the
courage, the wisdom, and the patriotism
of your fathers, and it will he yours to
arrest and roll back this fearful avalanche,
or to he crushed into earth as it sweeps
on in its direfu and relentless progress.
1t will be yours TO repair the shattered
fortunes of your State, TO heal the wounds
inflicted on her 10y savage war, and TO
build up and maintain new social and po-
litical systems. These are the grave du-
ties forced upon you by inexorahle neces-
sitv, at the very threshold oi your career,
and to meet them as becomes men, sprung
from the noble stock you are, may well
demand all your patience. your fnrtltudc.
your wisdom and your paLriotism. Rome
willie mistress of tho world. WAS wont to
give her sons as a solemn charge 10 ''see
that the republic suffers no detriment.
When yon assume the duties OF citizen
ship, let this order of the great republic
he the maxim to govern you in all your
rclutions to your State. Determine firm
lv. that whatever may be your future po-
sition. whether public or Il private sta
ton, by no word, or thought, or deed. to
work detrmcEt to your State. BE true
to her. come veal come woe; true to her
material interests, her spotcSs fame, her
nnsulied honor, Lcr grand traditions
You owe this duty tolhe memory OF those
immortal men who made Virginia what
she was; YOU owe it to those who arc to
come after you; you owe it to yourselves;
y0u owe it to your State.
prond language Of haughty Rome, and
order them to see to it That Tie republic
suffers no dotrimcnt; for her voice, that
OF old was 50 potent. is Slificd. but in mute
agnEv, she points I" her heroic sons she
has hornn tn teach her Younger bora how
to live for her. a!d. if need be, bow to die
for her As she llsup her mighty dead
To stand before ,yon, methinks STE con-
ing at i,rr summons an ilsstrious host of
heroes. sagcs ard patriots. see assem-
hlc,l The sons OF tie Old Dominior-mcn
of heroic laonld-.nd from their midst |
hear the voice OF a.'f"rcst-born Demos
themes as he cxclaims, in tones that
reused America, and still find an echo in
the hcartof every lover OF freedom, Give
,nu liberty or give me death" ! see Je'.
lcrson. as with impressive so.emnity he
presents /" the palrints Of IS What was
once our Magma Charta, the immortal De
clara'on of independence. | sec Madi
son framing that constitution which he
iondly hnpc.!-hut, alas in vain-was to
secure tie blessings Of liberty to his coun-
try. see Mason giving to his State her
noble Bill Of rights, and Marshall adding
dignity 10 the bench by his justice and
his learning, and shedding lustro Oh his
State by his virtue. Along with these
see n countless throng of her noble sons
'whns" names the world will not willingly
let die and towering above all see ar-
pronch in awful majesty the nun who
was fist in war, Fl st in peace. and first
in Tie hearts OF hi, countrymen." These
mighty shades seem to utljure You to be
true to your stricken and dcsolate moth
or. TO cling to her with fiial reverence,
and TO protect, to uphold and 10 defend
her against every enemy. Can you. dare
you, sons of Virginia, with such exam
pies and such teacllng before You, be
ialse to the land that gave you birth?
Your great counllymen who gave rcnown
to their State were inspired by Gn ardent
patriotism, and it is for the purpose OF
keeping alive in your healts this sacred
fire that cite them as examples for your
imitation. Your first duty as citizens is
to cherish constantly pure and frrveEt
love for your State, for without this You
can achieve nothing great or good for her.
Ambition may kindlc in the hc;rt of it's
votary Il tIiist for fame, and rouse him to
the achievement Of glory, but il is the
holy love of country alone that inspires
the PATRIOTS heart and nerves his arm,
that makes hm happy to safer in her
cause or die in her defence; happier. ill.,
decd, to give his life in the effort to make
her free. than TO live to sec her cnslnved
Napoleon alter conqucring the world.
fell before the great soldier whose sword
was drawn only at The call of Ills country,
aud who fought ,as he did everything else.
from source of duty alone. 1t is the
crowning glory Of Wellington, not that
he vnnqushcd the greatest captain the
world ever saw. but that he made duty
the principle which governed his whole
life. He has himself left upon record Il