Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-09-04

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ssrhe s6at VAS it prom
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foot, to prop tho interest Of d degrading
dominant party. Is ths.be the best loon
of peace, it were better that no measures
had beensaccepted.
The surrender o.. General Lee mas. n
surrender of physical force. Those os, MI NO.
tives, hopes and prayers that led s lis ina ina
mortal heroes g count danger danger as a. adss dfoss
compared pto Is duty, we're never aurrep-
dered f,,an5 oGodsssilling, never will be.
We expeetthab rthsb Ncrtlr should wish
him to- besitsstirsd.ss required athe
hssiiP u IT. the World TO- accompiiih,s What
the h,5N North 9 confessed her inability t. Il d (;
namely, HJy,. to @ @eonqpers l s. the South. YETI in
retiring his flag fromtl,e contestiis squad
n place in the bosoms ofst,s Southern
people. where, With the ever isRsiHga Ies!.I
sons Of true liberty, it wilflpe 4iil called
forth to the conflict Of future years, Or
until obi olbliteerrated under .theayreek ofsfree-
dom'ssstemRlesa Mg. eDavislswas Sinxited
bySoutherna patriots toE ad ddress,tlles Con-
venhoh witEsiregard dstoa EouBTERs Hil.
tory. The truth Of its GLAZING lain ga afe ts amply
vipdi " a Gated e ip his arrest fsIon he
tried and executed agreeably, to the
clamers of Northern Journals. Like Pc
rus he demanded "to be treated MS a
King" Like convicted ag5gressaoGrs, i they
dared ! not test the eorstitntibnaiity Of
their own, question, He mas, liberated,
and is to-day the, living representative of
constitutionalsliberty. He has seelb the
treaehefy of his foes; who hass not fas FFe
has scorned pretentions they make llIKs ST to
the best government; who has .notas4 g
And shall we W be sle base enough to, applaud
what We must condemn q Hes and sour
histowsare, linked by destiny of eternal
spiendok > 1' IN vf!sSsaa 4 assaagas
The only truthful mar narrative al Il of Of Tia that
fell drama must be written by the South
ern pen, The mere narration of events,
beginning swith December, 1860, and
endingsMith May, 1866 would only be-
fit the pages ofsome sensational work. IF
the motives which led TO that ssapguin-
ary struggle were expunged therofrom.
The North has her history (and to our
shame the works.of thespartizan Quaok-
enbos are in our schools) we, allow them
their version, may y'we not be permitted
to have ours. Though brilliant beyond
parallel, as at Cold Harbor, where Gen.
r. p. Lee, with less than 10000 men
routed tie boosted Grant, with a loss of
over a 120,0OOyin killed, woundedaand
prisoners Though grand in defeat, as
Eat kppomattox, where 5000 sick aud
starving confsd1eerates '1 e s1 bore their starry
cross for the last time, to confront 229,;-
900 Federallss. Though attesting an en-
dprance under priys.ions. n bravery un.
der despair,la faith even in defeat, tits
history would be vain if the years of bat
tling, at Washington we're ignored where
Southern Statesmen fought in debate to
avert the very event Of war they saw in
the future The pretext of slavery was
thesresult of Yankee acupidity. The
South was forced by law into owhing
slaves, to give employment 70 yahkse
ships and yankee seamen. This is a
part of history. The encroachments of
the rights Of States the diffusion of in
cgndiary docupSdh and abdlitionists, ito
incite the Hsersileselass to murder help