Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-03-13

incllental part of the plan ofthc Crca-
tor, and from it deduce such reflections,
as will enhance our happiness in the
drama Of life. Let us tread the walks
fpeace, and be tindisturbcd save for our
impotence to fifty discharge those du-
ties, which court not the "sceptre Of an
hour" but earn their immortclles of viii.
pered regret..ngs lie is no more:
"Ccasc then nor order, impcrfcction name;
Our proper bliss depends on whatwe blame.
Know thy own point, this kind, this due de
gree
OF blindness, weakness, Heaven bcstowson thee,
Submit in this, or any other sphere,
Secure to he as blessed, as thou can'st bear,
Safe the hand ofone disposing power,
| Or in the natal or the morning hour,
All nature is but art, unknown to thee
Ill chance, direction, which thou can'st not see
All discord, harmony, not understood,
| All partial evil, universal good,
And spite ofpridc, in crring reasons spite,
One truth is clear, whatever is, is right"
In conclusion my friends, permit me to
add, that upon each of us there dcvolvcs
a duty to be discharged. Let us not with
stoical Indifference, attach no Importance
to the claims of ste-morrow. True, "lifc
is but brief candle, walking shadow
n poor player, that struts, and frets his
hour upon the STAGE" yet in the role of
life there are duties sinvolved, which if titly
rendered here have reward hereafter.
You are here today, the representatives
ola cause that accepts no eomprqmise with
fal school if side by side, at Manassas and
Shiloh, you met the serried ranks of an
enemy, 10 repei the siiiv.siqn Of your
homes and principles, and there we're
actuated by duty, then with equal mag
nanimity are you expected to resist the
march of fpolitical schemes, which if ac-
cepted, will brand the records of your
ancestral past as lie, and t;,stcn stir
ma above the laurelled graves of your
brethren. Have our kindred fallen i'm
vain; haVc your own proud deeds been
wasted upon a barren cause have the
prayers of the daughters of the
South, gone hcavenward like the mean
ingless wall Of the wind. No; no the
suppression of truth is not its extinction,
the trampling ofprinciple to the dust of
derision, is not its overthrow. Truth is
immutable, and like the diamond, though
crushed to atoms, each fragment is g rem
that flashes back the purity of its origin.
The ban OF disfranchisement nav bc our
portion, greater evils, and heavier claims
may await us, these we cannot avert.
No love of country may animate, to boast
a proud citizenship, the hattie for liberty
has hcen fought, and lost; the battle for
noblcr issues is the duty of to-day, We
have no part in the history of South
Carolina under its present regime, we are
aliens and strangers among horde, who
dcsecrate her soil. No stain can pollute
the white vcstments of her former glory,
and the nsurpers will assume in vain the
regal covering to disguise their nidcous-
ness. Before us are fields of other du-
ties. Let us with sacred affection pre-
serve the memory of our patriot dead.
Let us with charity have care for their
widows, and orphans, and let US dcvclop
the material, and intellectual resources
at our command, that we may the more
fully appreciate the immunity we claim
from things we justly loathc.
We arc just entering the portals OF
another year, its early gush of light is too
young for promise, save in hope, rug
ged and hidden journey is before US, and
the goal Of happiness. All; who shall
reach it. Already upon The shores of