The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-12-07

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deemed, and, mill South; cstsiira. nov.
has gosernnsnt3 yspfessnij69 the
whole people,. Coz. Vance has Just
been chosen u. :s.s s spator, and below
is appended ! brief report Of the. 'oeoa
siop., His speech has the.ring of the
true man in it 81 sooua not. accept
"terms that sooala a'spdrate me from yon
sand the brave boys scho ioent at your bid
"ding. The longest road has a. turn,
"I did not ioisl,to rise UNTIL could rise
"wih you. Thank God, that timo has
"arrived. Wc go up now. We may
ego down again, but viii: 90 down TO-
'gether, and / will have With me good
"company--the best and bravsst hearts
Gin the lind with me-" ~ yt~...
: What q contrast to, the rotten mates
rial which makes up the public men of
South Carolina, under regime in
which, by Scott's own admission; the
wealth, the education aud the intelli-
genco Of the State are voicoless and
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RALEIGH, November 29.-At 12
o'clock NJ. 10 day, 10 joint meeting Of
the Legislature, Ex-Governor q. B.
Vance was elected United States Sena.
tor. The vote stood-Vauoe, 81;
Abbott, 43.
Governor Vance Was sercnaded at his
lodgings this evening, at 6 o'clock, at
the Exchange Hotel, and in response
to vociferous calls from on immense
multitude delivered tho following ad
dress. Having just prepared to leave
the city, the address MAS necessarily
short:
FELLOW CITIZENS: hardly know
what to say, how much to say, aud how
much not to say. / should be either
more or less than human if I did not
feel grateful to you and the people of
North Carolina for many kindnesses. l
am unable to account for the kindness
of the people in houoring me so often.
[ know it cannot be for any. superior
merit of my own. / car only attribute
it to one thing. Human nature is a
very common thing, and there is great
deal of it iu humanity. (Laughtcr.)
A great deal has been said Of the hypo-
crisy OF politicians. of the ingratitude
of republics but it is q principle in
human nature that tho man who serves
the people faithfully in any position
whore that people place him., be tho
cause right or wrong, will be honored
by them. must soy that I'feei that l
hare done so. was reared q Whig;a
party devoted to the Union as Wing
l fought disuniop, aud stood by the
Union even until in the South cncral.
ly, feeling itself aggrieved, Unionism
became very unpopular. still adhered
to it until my State, in her sovereign
capacity, attempted to discover her
connection with that UHioD. I then
elected to 10 with ny State, NY Nth
aud kin. llnving joined the army
determined to serve the new cause With
the same upswerving zeal with which l
had served that Of the Union. I was
called upon to support ao.s which had
not before, and did not then meet IVY
approval for the general good l served
US your Governor; clung with you to
the cause, and did not surrender my
authority until the last hungry, rugged
Con federato had laid down his arms.
After the war terms upon conditions
WcTc nc'u out to 'hc peoPie VI Lhe OOutn.
/ would not accept terms that would
separate me from you and the brave boys
who went at your bidding. The longest
road has q turn. ! did not wish to rise
until l could rise with you. Thank
God, that time has arrived. We go up
now. We mny 60 down again, but will
go down together and will hove with
nc good company-the best and bravest
hearts in tho land with me. Bcoousc
our party has been triumphant there
arc some who urge retaliation. This
should not be so. The best antdotc for
tyranny, the strongest weapon against
it, is the enactment Of just and whole.
some laws. Now that wo have the
government Of North Carolina iu our
hands, we should not aim to avcnge our
selves for the overriding Of civil liberty
among Us, but wc should so arrange
that it cannot happen ugain--should
see 10 it that no executive or other
authority can again attempt to destroy
our liberties. From the obtaining Of