The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-04-05
The HmmOrtnli

AS was announced In the press OF
Oraugeburg, the immortal 81 N" ro-
turned to our town on Wednesday last,
April I'd, and delivered lecture.
Fortunate Orangeburg to be honored
as the place in her State where 81. N"
delivered his first lecture; the place
where he FIRST Gifted the veil" and first
met the pressure. -. Ms" recep
tion here was All ovation. The public
halls wer' placed at his diaposal aud
business was closed at an earlier hour
than usual to permit all to see aud hear
him, on whom the press had lavished
such laudAtions. At about "a O'Clock
the Firemen's Hall was ablsze with
illumination and vast concourse of our
citizens eagerly hastened to enter aud
obtain seats. The hall was soon iammed
and TO uso the immortal's own language
"as the Irishn,un said, it was full inside
and full outside"
At length y. N" arose and com
menccd the uttcrance of philosophy and
oratory of an immortal quality.
The veil was lifted aud all eyes behcld
entranced the philosophy and truth
of our sectional differences aud det.cted
the rhilosophcr's stone that would
"split tho difference"
The pressure Of prejudice and one.
sided vision was met and overthrown.
A chair VS. placed npon the stage.
A vacant chair, but the dramatic imagi
nation of the orator filed it with n
philosopher. Gen. Grant entered and
sharp debate ensued 1t was sublime
ventriloquism with the ven.riloquism
left out. 1t was imagery CT terrific
ehecti7" power. II uas eloqucncs peo-
pling the room with beings, whose
presence was telt with artistic and
dramatic force OF a spell A master
with the voice, the thought, the action
of theatrical oratory, called beings from
absence and from death, and bade them
thrill the auditory with the startling
developments Of 4 philosophy tina, had
attained the truth of the difference, the
remedy for the misunderstanding, the
charity for the variance, the forgiveness
for the opposit on and the union for the
alienation
A long bench was placed athwart the
ro.trum. A bare bench. ~ if from
school house house in vacation. but the
eagle flying imagination Of the philoso-
pher seated class upon it. The class
Was ca,cchiOed severely and responded
most unanimously and appeared most
friendly. The Uuion soldier. the Con.
federate suldier, .hs Democrat and the
Republican each very politely said tha,
llis opponent was right the way he
looked ut it," Profound philosophy I.
Each was right the way he looked Mt
ii; all we've wroDs for looking at it as
they did; what they all wanted was
somebody who had not looked at it .he
way either ono Of them had" This was
the conaummate climax Of the philoso
ply; this the apex of truth.
The veil WAS lifted! Out Of tl,e
'entrilOqual imagery, statue seemed
TO rise, grand and towering pointing to
= star where Light beamed upon him
from the angel guarded precincts which
are the habitasion Of truth. Upon the
statne are craven IN characters Of sun
light o. N" The statsc is gifted with
a voice, and the admitted oracle OF
Peaoe, its tones ma iestically toretold the
millenpium Of Reconciliation.
One trenlblcd rs the contamination Of
the profound philosophy was attained
by the sublime processes Of rhetoric and
logic and ono felt like taking off one s