The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-04-09
AEWeBRRBT, s. e,
Wednesday, April 8, 1873'
The Age Of Progress.

diyidual or community found tagging
in the race must certainly come to
Grief and be LIFT fur in the rear, with
scarcely possibility of recovering lost
ground. Active individuals every
where are striving to get in advance,
and take the tide Ct fortune at It's
food, communities also, awake to the
necessities of the times, and ever On
the alert to take advantage of the
opportunities which now so frequently
occur, seize and make good the chances
which slower people hesitate to take
hold of. Projects of private as
we'll as public interest are daily present.
lag themselves to vicw--ane now more
50 than ever, for the rapid stride Of
progress is seen and felt in all the
various avenues Of trade, commerce,
agriculture. mechanics, manufacturer
science, art and letters. There Is no
tine to lag. to fold the arms and wait,
the race is to the swift and the battle
to the strong-and such only must
win. The immense resources of onr
country must be developed, to keep up
with the increase of population, and
the ever increasing wants Of mankind.
And in consequence the MIND mus
also be developed, the wits sharpened:
and human ingenuity taxed, to keep
up and supply the wants Of the age.
Ours is great country and great
people, particularly 50 may 1t be said
Of this State, forming so small . part
of the great whole. The recupcrative
power shown after al exhausting
struggle, in which all was lost-eScept
honor-and the rapid strides to make
I'D the losses sustained, are proofs
sufficiently strong and convincing Of
this fact, and which call for admiration.
Recognizing then the necessity Of
still onward and forward,
and with the evidence Of what has
already been accomplished in the past
few years, We should look forward to
a prosperous future. It will not do
for any one to feel that the tax made
on public spirit. oa time, on talent,
cn influence, is a burden, but with the
energy and ability with which &c are
blessed, must we lend ourselves 70 the
work Of progress. The Talent must
be improved and put to use, to the
greatest use, for to him who hath. and
makes the best use Of it, is given, but
if it be used selfshly or for individual
aggrandisement, the best purpose is
not subserved, and our fellows are not
benefited.
The time is not fax distant, when
the hills and valleys shall be rcpletc
with life and activity, and teemlng
crops shall I'll the eye with delight,
and make the heart rejoice, where now
is silence and waste; the streams and
water courses which now run their
courses in idleaess, because like the
little stars, they have nothing else to
90, will leap for joy, when they are
made to turn hundreds vf wheels. and
as great aud mighty driving powers
wi!l send myriad products TO the shops
and homes Of the people. On every
land too will rail roads, with their
shrieking iron motors, followed by
heavy trains, and laden with the fruits
Of the earth, and the products Of in
geru;;y and skill, traverse the coun-
try, and travel COW slow will be made
faster, people now far apart will be
brought nearer to each other. and new
energies, new ideas will be felt and
interchanged, and prosperity never
before known will be the result.
But how is all this to be brought
about? BY sitting idly and folding
the hands, and hiding closely the
thoughts of the mind, and sclfshly
boarding up our dollars and cents:
Not bit Of it, but just the reverse.
y generous: liberal, active: entcrprls-
Ing spirit must re exhibited. self must
BE- less thought Of. and the public good
Of our fellows more. All men are not
alike, all are not equally blest: some
must rule, some must lead, and when
those who are qualified and fitted to
a!an the ropes in useful and beneficial
take hold promptly, and in
he proper spirit. there will be no lack
# help and earnest sympathy. Then
will these glorious results follow; so
'ure as day follows night: and dark
ness is dissipatcd by the rising Of the
;un.