Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-03-06
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Ptalamies,hackeatbys a;sfabIed wealth.
s,ds aolBalae5ae that CHALLENGES the
stnetlDa fishs modern dem t govern ge,
.nps Shsss yirtpe i @ was, vas, ~ rewarded, and
woe pHRIshsd, Nh where enterprisefwaJ fost-
I'll z4esi iesieisa sa :, !,
ip shsReiRs saftenpt to- stiae'trdtR,. ID re-.
yealadL Rahinl her borders III the 1firnstt
caHasy, sasy prey tS %alilils %aalnialirchy rRa and
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Rome, the proud mistress of the world,
whose gonfalon foated from osea to sea,
and whose aegis nurtured the nations of
4 the o,as sesssth, sahh, Whose genius, and, whose
power, Rhase wisdom and grandeur, reads
like n taleoSiction, exchanged her regal
p sway fan Agrafiahisn,, "a doctfinel thsIt Hut
eHcitsd theababet passi5ns az man; 81 i1Ai ana rd
heF empire d%iAdlsd tp, contempt, @ lp Ike Ike
y balI IeAss fson Hand to to hand. #, She % iba.
g came lhSss sport sof, nations, untilihes
palaces We're parcelledr as spoil iAuohe
the yaadalaoldiery ofthe Gothh hapdaH11,'
Here the cunning sophistrits Of ta]5fhifItas1 ]p5fhiifIoass.
ths Adp1s deppr1aysed sssdlha phsssions sHla,
of I'D dcipia, Via iddA truth the Elm immnutable
F1utreI fa pf light fed rheerr borders, leaving
D bFsshIad ehaos of darkness and confusion,
Mark the history of modern France,
Where prescription and persecution at
t.ehpted TO bind peoples, conscience to
81 5Iths decree Of ftyrasnnny, A. ,land, Of. ,loye-
,n9s ii9sfa end garden ri, beauty.4is turned
INTO Jelansshtsr NJ house, j and scene of
tafpsfping aad, thousands fiedsin exile To
'aiiSHH landa.G, To-day the &bffds ieaay
saPitol'ds sthsd spectacle IF ihtaear!n1icinse taa!1its
bt5. 4 aad shs chaFfel house usseeio9f Of Iutoherryy, ry
IS apd I'd hsF fSad SSa fps arch Of triumph" the
sestd IL mob 1sas oftS idsciad ,T'i5 ~
Leta,s s ntamplstc our owna land $50
lately the arena for the development of
the gfandeat civilization, under tic foster.
Ing cats Of aantraminclled political and
religious libes.Y: A land destined to be
tho theatre Of f. fl tbe most brilliant achieve
me9ts recorded lin any previous history,
and while it invites genius to expand its
wings In realms OF undiscovered acicnce.
Il gathers iron, every quarter Of the
globe, the fostering elements of disnficc-
tion And depravity. The liberia. u of its
Institutions opens wido-so- the-oppressed
i, an m la asylum Of refuge and here the victim
OF tyranny assumes the dignity of
freeman. Yet its privileges of citizen
ship are too readily vested ii those
whose ADVENTUROUS spirit, bold aim, or
ighoranee render them restiye under the
'mildest restraints, and ever ready to nc
cept new theories, tending to persoDaI adj
vancement, or 'pecuniary benefit, they
enroll upon the side of revolutionary fac
tionS, whose leaders mould their plant
and ready material .q TO- their selfish ends.
And while q few are capable Of elevating
themselves to 4an atmosphere CT truth,
the masses ignorant, or reckless Of the
RATIONAL objects Of life, and it's duties,
degtade themselves below-.tho.most sla-
wish instincts aHz they swell the tide of
,dePRSity that threatens to sweep over
the bafriers Of law and order. Here, al.
ready burn the fierce fires Of, socialism,
moftss nselentlsss thai than Indian 4 savagerv'
the pfaeaca smBo,dimhen of fan al ,iinfasIityy,'
that Knowing 'ho, higher. law than self,
would aProSs avn rule, and establishing
q ""eommunism' would devIastattes3 s3iIls Tie
work fof patient industry VIII the torch e
Of Tho acsndiarya The doctrines oof, Of ,huur.,,
man equality; selsgoyernnmfent, a and d
!siastafa Fignt Of suffrage, are are being ifn now Y
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