The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-08

earnings; that property ls made sacred; that
wealth is effsctuully guarded against public
and private assault. Let the lnvloa6lity OF
the person and the sapotity Of human life re-
ceive the most impressive sanction OF our
courts; let the public peace be maintained
with the truncheon of the policeman, and not
the bayonet of the soldier; let the public e1-
penditures be directed to the ends OF good
government, and no. to the nourishment Of
party.
Long before these thugs are all accom-
plished, before even We shall all be Of the same
mind as to their merit, the tide Of immigra-
tion will be upon US. Our soil is too accessible
and too fertile, and our climate too pleasant
and healthful to be passed by for the distant
and inhospitable regions, which alone now
offer public lands to the immigrant.
Agriculture in the South presents now great
er inducements to the farmer than to the plant
or. Science and mechanical invention are more
effective than muscular force. Varied produc-
ton is more lucrative than the culture Of q
single staple. The immigrant will find his in
telligence appreciated, his skill available, his
thrift proftable; our population will become
fixed, living will be cheaper, manufactures
will be possible, trade will become more active
and more ramifed. Our country towns will
grow, our cities will be multiplied and will be-
come 1aore populous. Occupation and oppor-
tunity will be found for oil; native talent and
industry will find freer scope and larger re-
ward than ever before, while newcomers will
no longer be feared as rivals, but will be well
coined as allies.
The dense populations Of the Eastern and
Middle States can spare US o large number of
immigrants, whose education, enterprise and
clpital will be OF vast consequence to our early
prosperity. The inducements the South holds
out to this class are sufficient to bring them
without other invitation, but the people OF the
South owe it to themselves to meet the Heet-
;,,o
worthy Of US to take mercenary view OF such
question, and hen:e say nothing OF e1pe-
diency; but it is becoming 10 us, because it ID
manly and generous, to give frank and honest
welcome 10 those who are personally worthy rf
it, whether they we're with us or against US in
the past.
which had arrayed Whig against Tory was
banished from the heroic breasts OF victors
and vanauished alike; and We who have SO con-
spicuousiV initiated the courage OF our ances-
tors need not be ashamed OF emulating their
generosity.
The advent Of strangers, however welcome
they may be, cannot fail to have the effect OF
drawing closer together all the classes Of our
native and old adopted population. There is
something in old associations which cannot be
entirely expelled from the human breast, and
we shall all stand more firmly together when
in the presence Of those who do not share in
the memories Of the past. With ranks recruit
ed, energies refreshed, hopes elated, we of %
South may move forward 10 the occupation Of
our future with the assurance which reason
gives to those who are provided with the means
to command success.
In that future the South will find destiny
which is not yet revealed to US who must bear
the burdens Of the march. Intrepid in spirit
as the South is, resolute in endeaYor and bold
in achievement as we have proved ourselves
10 be, the obstacles which still lie before Us
will not be overcome without great effort and
great sacrifice; the sacrifice must be indi-
Yidual, but the effort must be in common. He
who is conscious OF being worthy OF leading
must be content to take place in the ranks;
he who is ambitious OF being first to scale the
wall must abide by the wagons II need be;
he who loves solitude must be ready to rush
into the IL lickest OF the fray. Thus will per-
sonal sacrifice minister to public advantage,
and the common good will grow by common
effort. Let us array ourselves in o panoply of
enthusiasm, preof against the petty darts Of
prejudice and afectatien, and shoulder to
shoulder bear down the barriers of ignorance
and obstruction; we need no leaders, but we
will find representative men; we need no crown
ed authority, but we will stand under the free
haansrs Of nuliic opinion-the ruler Of the
Public opinion is the Me.chls1dech o! our
acc. receiving tribute from al mankind, allow
ing empire, or conducting revolution, anoint-
limits of it's wide influence no wrong can stand
uncondemned, no lie can remain unrebuked,
but trut /. however homely, is made honor
able ghs, however humble, are exalted to
power. .o. =, ,,4;,uo
| usage nor Obsolete tradition letters human
speech, for public opinion can only live In the
atmosphere Of liberty it is the spirit a oi truth,
nonuE coz del. When thought and speech are
1ot free from prejudice and fashion, the domi-
nation OF party or the dictation Of caucus, that
which calls itself pu olic opinion is usurper;
for il the mind be not free, truth ls imprisoned
in her own citadel, and her standard still float
| ing above the outer wall, becomes the en-
blem of successful falsehood.
To establish among us forever the true and
the right, it is only necessary that every
man should assert absolute independence
of Thought and speech, and accord the same
TO every other man. This is no easy
task; it devolves especially upon the young
and the brave, the honest-heatted and
the Undetermined, sor liberty 1oes h nos cGme pune
of courage; not OF experience, but OF aspiration.
IJpon ali sides there is work to be done, error
TO be exposed, truth to be illustrated. In ouI
courthorlses and workshops, upon the marts Of
Commerce. in the fields Of agriculture, where
aver men are called to labor with the hand OF
the brain, We need clear heaos, stroug nealts,
steady hands-not to dictate, but to persuade
MOTTO not to lead, but to encourge; not to control, bu
point out Thus and thus Gny, baImomv WIN snd ouI
With unity Of purpose. A people so moved anc
eipg in unison with the gre Ut prevailing prln
c. pie of their times, acquire a momentum % II II
the direction of greatness whichis lrresistlbie
Vi The greatness OF people is not measured ir
modern times by the altitude of one class a5oy.
another, but by the common elevation OF thu
whole. Raise high your highest, but leave no 3
ov low s merit se Clouds Ss Sns bs ass n5i mt
man heinp 10 struggle alone with the degrada
ton ton that @ drsgs him still downward; heap NJ NJ
contumsly on the head Of the humbest aspl ,
rant for honor and position. Thus will al
unite in building up a glorious future, wher "
may dwell in happiness bo and nepOs DepOeua iha
Deun, for there is o grand harmony in tn
nngng emoons C If ss %assos he
avail nf neryadlnc enthusiasm, the whole dia
pason of human aspiration pour their unlte
torrent upward and 6ll tho car Of Heaven Wit
Iohoro,o ocJ 0r01.o while high lDOY