The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-05-24


tiful bouqacs Of flowers was then
Brought upon the stage, and II bou-
quet lr,seut,d ty ,hc Mayer, for the
lady whose taSte turni he'd them, to
t,e Captains nf each of the several !
companies. Curv.'n CiowneS, at the
close uf thi. ceremony, rose and
'shcg.ed leave to introduce ~ tho ,
hud .coce, Mr.. b. II. Stuart, uf Winns-
buro, who wonll respond on the part !
Of tic Hook & Ladder COMPANY Of
Winn>bo'o, for the many c"urteslcs
rec iyed." Mr.. Stuart took thc
stand, and spoke ~ follows:
"FHi,w. CHi.e"s J' NprM Caroiiaa.
Mem5us If he Fre t'omi"nics In"@
L"Iies ,Oh"sc unexpected mss iFcc |
Il fyled stet, whosc yc"tIe h"n"s
Lave ,D,o"yk! these d cor' ti"a
aorcathcS mjM ,"scs rot mr,c b"autifrl
nor more s,U,u Man MoSe uhich
W,om in your o,on fir tnces Of puri-
v mm grace, take pleasure an
oddrcssi"y you To d"y: L. i,
a pleasure to me to take part
in any event which tends to Knit to-
ge,hcr in closer bonds Of fellowship
and aniou the citzans oe North CARO-
! lina and my native State. Someone
! has said zone touch OF natur" n,akeS
he world akin and certain ain
! that to take irart in public celcbHa-
ton together, to sit. down at public
dinner together, to listen to and ap.
! plaud the same sentiments together
and even 10y some mi>ioitu to play
the Tam LrShauter together
..FJr Tnm was tight. nnd Tam was glorious
Ger ail the ills Of lie victorious"
ere tcs q feeling OF sympathy and
friendship between men for the. re.
mander of their lives. John Ran
dolph lays down as .'thc seven cardi-
nal principles Of all political parties"
from which they never swerve, aud to
which they ever stick, "the five loaves
and the two fishes" Md in the same
vein, I venture to lay it down as the
one principle of social life from whith
there is no exception, atid to which all
assent, that good dinner is at the
bottom Of good fellowship. Demo
crat aud Republicans may differ ii
their estimste of the Reconstructiol
Actsand Of the Revenue laws; B.p
fists and Prc:by ytcrian may object tc
taxing the sacrament of religion to
gether but all men, of whateve
political or religious faith, meet cor
daily around the social board to tax,
a good dinner together, to drink goot
l wine, or that failing, lncan whi>ke.
together, rs wc Shal. do here to-day
All men agree uponsturkey, and Wi
iinyly compromise upon ham; have Il,
controversy oyer oysters, and becom
us calm as the Pacific Ocean itseIf,ovc
good mutton or chicken salad. An,
looking y"ndcr over the houutifu
= board which your hospitality ha
loaded for our reception, cannot DE-
ny the impulse Uf pleasure at til
sight that is universal to cur comtno
hature. "Homo sum" 'sI am a man,
gentleman, Get lii humanum.
neither turkey, nor ham, nor wine
nor whi>key, nor oysters, nor muttol
r; nor chicken salad, ga me alienul
est" NY heart, or ut least s.mi
thing IN that region enlarge, at tn
Sight Of those tables, for the horn
plenty seems to have pou, ed Itself .,
to wvlcomeus
But are there not o. her and high'
ties that shouId kuit us together
feelings Of symp.thy and friendsh
on this occasion7 Are there Il
n ,i,en, otcs that run back to the da
of the Revolutions, when our fathr
s5usht and triumphcd together? G.;
wc not now appropriately recall. Il
= Sine when Oh The 2S,h of June, 1T
three hundred North Carolina milit
assisted by other trooI 8 from Gcore
und South Cproliua, uhder tbs co
maud Of Col. VIM. Thompson he
three thousand British troops, und
"a Clinton; Cornwalis and Vanghuri
,cr check, at the cast end Of SulIiva'
re-. E>lNnd, while the little garrison
J., Fvrt sullivan, under tho gale
-" Moultrie, SHATTERED Sir Peter Parke
'ly fleet in Charleston ha, bor Or VIII
DIS, at K,ng's Mountain the sturdy y
ny. uanry from North Carolina, Tenn
= sec, Virginia and Georgia, brou!
defeat aud dismay upon the hithc
ON victorious British arms' Yes, Z
our tcmcn, and in these days of humi
IS n ton and trouble let us recollec tn
ich things, aud that our Fathers Of
Revolution bequcntned us a glori
" aud free country, with a glorious ;
on. free constitution, and let us resolve
ong claim it as our Inheritance, and
,ls- w,cnch it out of The hands IF polit
,ort adventalcfs and mi..barbarians
-, Washington; the fa9orite son of
''" South, the Father Of his Country
TO too; in n peculiar sc,sc, ours. Z,
not character and history peculiarly il
St'S trate tho claims Of cur Southern
TX society and ciYilig ton. we cl