The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-04-24
Cheerful-sigcs Seen by Others,

tinleS Of Z portion OF the SootA theh we
know nothing. That this sad condition
of affairs can alw.ys continue we do not
believe, AMI the hope is still kept alive
that change will come before long.
To believe that there is nothing bright
or cheering IN the future would be sad
belief-a change must come. But when,
this is the question. Is i: to te in the
far, dim future, when one half Of this
generation is laid away in mother earth,
or is j: close at hand, so close that po-
li,ical prophet even now see the signs,
the silver lining of the cloud. Who
knows? Have wo rot suffered enough,
yielded enough, 70 fill up the measure Of
woe. Truly. It is scarcely necessary
to rccapitulale the wrongs and oppres'
sions borne; not man, woman or Child
but know them all, from the least to the
greatest, and that they have been borne
with q magnani.nity of patience and for
titudc, and With a virtue which should
claim the regard Of The bi,terest Of foes.
Well, the measure is fall. Is it vain to
indulge the hope that change is at
hand? Hope is the sheet anchor Of
faith, without it every energy would be
dead. While We do not base as strong 4
hope on the Signs-the great Liberal
movement the chiefeSt-ard look for IN.
other term Of the same kind Of corrupt
administration, yet the germ of hope is
alive. 1t would be cruel to xtirguish
the little spark. We hope then with
others that the silver lining is tipping
the outer edges Of the dark clouds al
ready, and that the corruption and His
rule has reached so far that it is perforce
obliged to rccoil on the heads Of those
who have brought about the great ruin.
But here is what o,hers'say
The Louisville Courier. Journal says
"the outlook is cheerful, and if the Gin
cinnati Convention is SucceSs-if it
nominates a good licket--if the great
guns who will be there stick-il the four
great Independent, journals Of the Rcpub-
lican party support it-why, in that
event, Grant and his party are doomed q;
the union Of all the clements Of opposi-
ton will BE- sufficient, and it would be
the wilies, folly in the Democratic party
to interpose third ticket, a folly which
no sane Democratic organization would
think of perpetrating, unless it should
prefer Grant to Adams or TruInbu!l or
Davis or Gratz Brown. The general
outlook is cheerful"
The Washington Patriot says: "The
bearing Of the Southern people, as n
whole, under all that they have been
forced, at the point Of the bayonct, and
in other ways hardly less tyrannouS, to
undergo, has been such as TO command
the respect and admiration of all candid
and unprejudiced men. Theirs has been
no common lot, their sutierings no COM
mon suferings, nor is what they have
lost to be measured by any common
standard. Amid it all they have been
brave, stout-heartcd, courageous; rot
sullen nor despairing, though greatly
tempted to despair; but looking forward,
through present darkness and over pres
eni calamities, to the dawn Of better
day. Their patience, their strength,
their good cheer have not been in vain.
The day is breaking, and this is due in
q great measure to their temper ateneSS,
wisdom, forbearance under trying cir
cumstances. 1t cannot but be beiIeScd
and hoped that the exercise Of these will
continue to the end. The recent past to
the Southern people is dreary waste.
The opening future is full Of promise to
them as an integral part Of the AmsTi'
can people. And the time is not far
distant when, relieved Of the present EN-
ba.rassnent that impede their progress
and bear them down, they will illustrate,
for the encouragement Of other nations
and other times, how true it is
That men may iise on Stepping-StoncS
OF their dead selves 10 higher things"