Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-12-12

have heretofore been presumed to have
given a quiescent sanction to these atroGl'
ties, that henceforth they Will actively
exert themselves to maintain law and or
der, and will protect, by force Of arms,
necessary, any citizen whose Ponticai Ilg gnS
and personal privileges may be assailedii
AS Governor of this State, and as the
political and personal friend OF many
Of those who have been stricken down by
this armed violence, and whose memories
I wear within my heart Of hearts, l wei
Come this piedgssto which a.haTe referred
and earnestly trust that it will be sPeeaily
and constantly ratified by the conduct o o.
} chose IN wNoSeSehalf 1T has BEEN given:.
The Grand Juries have accompanied
these gratifying assurances by the lnaics, sa
meut Of large number of persons, charge
able With having been actors IN these un-
holy and criminal combinations. l have
bet n informed by members OF your respec-
tive Houses, who have lived in the Gus.
tnrbed portions of South Carolina. tina,
| this happy change in the section referred
to- is to some extent due to the fearless
action of the Judge Of the Sixth Circuit.
Fer this he deserves, and should receive,
the thanks of our people.
+. Let US indulge, The not Satogetnar Gn-
warranted hopetthat the dawn OF q bright
er future has broken upon South Carolina,
and that the passions which have 80 long
vexed her people with internecine STRIFE,
and the hates which sprung from domestic
war, have spent their Iast refnpPleswlth,,
| in her borders. While the exhibition and
indulgence of such passions and hates
might sometimes enable political party
to win, by them the people of the State
must always lose.
|. therefore appeal to thsmen ofm own
Iasce, in!South Qat6liha in the c6mIon
lanterest of sher whole people, To place
themselves abreast with the advancing
civilization of the age. and cultivate no.
bier spirit Of liberation, worthy OF the an.
oient renown of the State. Garner up-lf
you choose-an that you may justly deem
honorable in the :inouldeFing traditions OF
our people, aud walk with reverentlal
tread:near the graves id the brave and
devoted men who, however mistaken they
may have been, died willingly in defence
of what they believed to be right. But
deal more Justly and kindly with our dark
foster-brothers of the State, They are
your fellow citizens, by the Constitution
and laws of our common country, and
your destiny is bound up with theirs-for
good or evil-in all coming time. Rise
Al bove that spirit of sectionalism which
has so long been the dark stain on the
escutcheon of our most distinguished
statesmen, and which marred the noble
character and narrowed the intellectual
range of the great Virginia Senator. Of
whom Whittier, the great! e Poet.ef LIB
erty," has said, with kindly severity;
"Too honest or too proud to feign
A love he never cherished,
Beyond Virginia's border line
His patriotism perished.
While others hailed in distant skies
(>Our eagles dusky pinion,
He only saw our mountain bird
Stoop o'er the Old Dominion"
Let the American citizen feel wherever
may have been the place of his birth,
when he enters within our boundaries he
will find with US safe home and hospita:-
BILE welcomei Thus will our brethren from
the great States of the North be encour
aged to dwell among US. The men whose
skilled industry apd exhaustless energies
have builded mighty cities in the remote
wilderness will level our forests and re-
place them with blooming harvest fields,
and cover the spots. now marked by the
sad ruins of disastrous war with the en'
during monuments of their peaceful and
civilizing arts. The magnificent and un-
failing water power Of our State, which is
now running to waste. will then be rapid.
ly utilized, to put in motion thousands OF
busy spindles and looms. in full view Of
fields that are whitened by the plant that
supplies the material for the fabric they
weave. The hardy yeomanry Of Europe
who seek abroad the liberty and prosperi-
ty denied them at home e-will also be woed
to our shores, and will swell the volume Of
our industrial wealth.
would als9 appeal to those people of
the State, who were formerly the ruling
class, to cultivate and cherish loyal aud
devoted sentiment to the great govern
ment of which we form part, and to re-
we're and worship the flag which represents
it-a government whose mighty arm is
ready to be uplifted in your defence, at
honre and abroad, on land and sea-a flag
which Won can NO LONGER call the ensign OF
power hostile to you. The illustrious
soldier who is now the Chief Magistrate
of our great Republic, and whose magnan-
unity in peace should make the brave
men xko opposed him feel that he desery
ed to triumph in war, desires to see all
citizens Of opF Slats dwell together in
harmopy-ip obedience t9 jnst laws of
their own cnaetmsnt-apq he staRa?S pfs-
pared to foster by generous encourage
ment a loyal sentiment OF devotion to our
country, wherever it may make itself
manifest. -
To those of my lellow-c citizens with
whom am affiliated in political senti-
ment, and who were pleased to designate
! ms as the candidate Of their choice, and
!; to aceqsd acaYis,d hie their snnrages MHhe recent
election, Ia dfsitTF i? IL say thasfn ali'matters
Of public policy, 81 FER &c ag any effort of
| mine may avail, I will FsghSa tbe plat
form which was framed by the EepFesss}E;tss- F.
tive body that placed ME in nomination
, as AN authoritative exposition OF my oai
c;al duty, which demands, and shall ever
receive, my highest respect. ..f ~
I shall araI myself of the earliest op-
uoytuuity to communicate with you as to
the the Ja$ ysfofIas and amendments in our sys-
tenn Of State aovsrAment, which | think
are contemplated by HT splrit and inten-
tion of this platform, BY whllh | here we
will be governed. -. !,
To those who deemed it proper to Hssail
me during the canvass with unparalleled
acerbity, I would say, in kindly spirit. that
the oLloquy of their assaults has been
;let and answered at the ballot-box, and ]
do do nol dasira to revive the recollection Of
their defeat, saae by proving in my public
conduct that their reproaofes. .Were lnde-
served. :,
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