Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-02-27
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The. writer os this article, having r.
gently been thrown 4ameng the Georgians
had occasion to observe the bold, manly
and earnest spirit. which .animates. the
sons of the Empire State of the South. %.
The spirit Of the loyal Georgian is high
ors principle and # inaag5nifesy praest3e
We liked the spirit thus exhibited; 'but
there was another sentiment that concern
ed usis This sentiment was vefyt strong
very sincere &nddveryb general This was
sympathy for South. Carolina. Poor, 'un.
fortunate, doomed South Carolina ghs
was the expression: We appreciated this
! exhibition Of feeling; and yet knowing as
| we do, how nearly allied are pity and CON
tempt, we confess thai sach expressions
of sympathy grated harshly upon the
ear or fell sadfy''upon the-soul! Hood
has made to hive in mortal verse; the ~,
, lone more'unfortunate -.
Rashly importunate. .n nm. -
Gone to her death" -,
And yet we cannot but think that could
that unfortqnate person rise from the sleep
Of death, she would lament the sympat6-
etic genius that had embslmed her woes
| in undying poetry' 10 ''.'""', 49,
Pity is Sd near" to contempt, that we
,shyn the former in order to escape the
latter. i-etu.i :.."'' e"i.'-.i 49,
=, Now, this. we have to saynto the noble
and generous ,spiyis, of Georgla-of the
Stats which can, say with hope :t,,.t u
!" Thy spirit, Independence, let me share.
Lord Of the lion heart and eagle eye" =
It is trpe that our case is bad one, It's
true that tile prospect is not pleasing. It
is true that corruption stalks through the
halls Of. legislation. It is true that the
banded thieves and plunderets ofthe dora.
inantiparty. are losdng il over a stricken
commonwealth. .! bis true that the pig
miss of the ,hour are walking. over, the.
proatrate and outraged form. OF the State
But, yet our. condition. ls not, so, ldesper,
ate, not 50 pltlfuls not so hopeless as our,
poor III tile Influences thRt dominate, aid
Che statesrnansliip that seeks to admins.
ter our governmental affairs, yetis South
Carolina rich in the memories of the'past,
rich in Der genial clinlataa~ roh in her fer
tile SOIL in her, ysatRP, 9el iToe9, Mataq and
metals, rich IN her agricultural mschanl-
ca q ana mercantile 'resources r1ch in,he .
mnplood Oh her, true' and .lneorruproie
sons, "a; ,G''t'iih' the' ~ush ana PURIFY Oh 'aer'
u unssiieu women, aha,flcN .hflae"aiIn
whicli Set 0ntsihS 'a' ah 'pSefiMhhe' ana
Just RrQrldsnGi .hn..,.,"a ""s'n:4'r. I
~ Nor lst ,us in South. Caroiiaa. be mis-,
nadelstpql, upon other poipts,.by,our, goodv
friends in more tayored States. 1T, is, but
too true ,tlat there. have been,. in this
State Of, lite, too mani. deserters from the
ranks Of u the faithful, the TRUE and the;
AllcorruphSle1foo many VINO have s's fallen
by the waysme weary with the hght-too
many who have left the ranks to look for
the piunder MANY who have s@led
their dress.in the. Radical mire--too many.
who have bent the. pregnant hinges, of the;
knee, that Thrift may follow ,faUningr But
still onr hopp anpd our trust is that this,
number ~, per is comparatively s|paIl This We
k1oW.fnat all over thfs, state, from
Mhere'.he waves, sparkle on the sea to
where the Sun. gilds the f1!ountatns there
is number of good mem and ''tEue who
hayeikepl the itath ol.ce delivered" to'ths
fathers oi the Republic-=inen- Mho have
never bowed to aRaal and nsyer,lntendi to
ElaeH. men. AlehlmrlqdeMd lrl Y M mep, whq have passed
through the ordeal Of poverty and temptta,7i mpt,
ton us and cSrTrTnptlo1 and Kept even ths
mem :, ;sss .aS,s ga[%en.s g au aasopcaeo men :
the honest ,msn Nv :RaSeaot pot yst Ed,Y si1ss s
up the tight'for q reaesmed1 regenerated'
and a ~dilaeAthsallad. State.sA These are the
ffilen who ara tbe;hoDe of ,tha State: these.