The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-14
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fixed steadily upon this, "a o poIe star
to steer your .pol olitical course by:: stop
your ears to. the blanaisllmSnts Of
this temptation of immediate relief
ohthe one hand, or that seduction of
gratified passion on the other: SUM
mon all your self-restraining man
hood, and you shall sail cafe between
the Scylla and Charybdis, which per-
plex your way. - ssl.-s fE,, -. 4
Ny friends, I have almost done,
and viii detain you but moment
Longer, to suggest some thoughts
which, as citizen of Massachusetts,
and native of New England, have
long occupied my mind, and seem to
me appropriate to this meeting on
the soil Of South Carolina.
Separated as our States have been,
Tor many years, in sentiment, their
substantial interests are very similar.
Their material wants and products
are correlative, their political inter
ests are likely to be identical, and
their popular characteristics are
counterparts. L do not mean by
counterpart that they are alike, but
that one is the supplement of the
other. The one cold, cautious and
thoughtful; the other warm, impul-
slve and impressionable. Combine
these qualities and you double their
power, by regulating and economis-
ing their force. Nor need we look
far to foresee their political af1iliation
III the future, if oil goes we'll. The
policy of the seaboard States, in re.
terence to the great questions of
financial, industrial and commercial
interests, which must inevitably re-
place the incidents left by the war, as
soon as they are disposed of, can
hardly fail to be nearly related. The
next great political division promises
to be one of water sheds rather than
of sections. The great interior
basin can and will, if she likes, die
tate to the outer slopes of the noun
tains, and they will need q good un-
derstanding among themselves and a
pretty cordial cooperation of mea-
sures, and good strong constitution,
too, to retain and uphold their pre-
sent place in the general policy.
Look, too, for o moment at their
industry and products. We, of New
England, are naturally, and I hope
we shall always be, ship-building,
sea-going, commercial people, carry
ing, and fishing, and toiling every
where upon the face of the waters.
You produce the cotton, and rice,
and timber, and turpentine, which
we carry and consume. We are
deeply interested in manufactures
which you desire-while we work up
your raw materials with our busy
spindles. J. cannot dwell upon de-
tails, but if [ am at all right in nv
ideas. we can be mutually useful to
each other. But whether this be so
or not, there has long been ennity
between us. Let it be so no longer.
We have cherished our dislike, mag
nlfied our causes of complaint and
brooded over our wrongs. Let us
forgive and forget.
With slavery, its cause, letyall ill.,
feeling cease. Let us be friends and
brothers once more, as our fore
fathers in the grand old days of the
Aso'oAueiOu, Wclo DCiOTc us. LII the
name of that common heroic ances-
try, by the memories of every battle
field of the war Of independence, let
our dlssensions cease, let goodwill
and brotherly love cast out old bit
terness, and let us all hasten the day
when Massachusetts and South Caro-
lima may stand, once more, hand
warmly grasped in hand, under the
old ancestral roof-tree and beneath
the old flag.
My fellow-citizens of South Carroll
ma, 1 thank you for attentive audi
ence you have given to me, although
l fear [ have been tedious, and, per-
haps, some of my views are distaste-
full to you. I have carefully avoided
any attempt to stir your feelings, or
amuse your minds. It did not seem
to me an occasion for eloquence, if I
had it, or humor, if I felt it. I am
deeply and seriously impressed with
the difficulties under which you labor
and the dangers which threaten our
system Of government, and have
spoken seriously, because felt seri.
ously.. Whatever shall come of it, I
shall feel amply rewarded, if, by any
chance, 1 may have turned one heart
to calm, patient, earnest, honest
effort to forward, SO far as in it lies,
L.