The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-03-15

| hate
And while they climb their Calvary, with
their cross
Oh! help them, Father, to endure its
Forgive my foes-thsy know not what they
Forgive them all the tears they made me
shed;
Forgive them, though my noblest sons they
slew,
And bless them. though they curse my poor,
| dear dend!
But, until the passions and prcjudices,
engenderei by our frarricid,l strife.
shall have been softened and purified by
the balancing agencies of time. this can
not bc.
And yet, to hasten the consummation
OF this grand moral triumph, there are
solemn duties de"olving upon the North
ana hp"n the Sou,h-dIties, which it
were again tratricidal . ignore, and
worse than idi"tic to neglect.
Every principal of humanity aud
every sentiment of fraternity demand
moderation, and justice and magnami
unity, on the part Of the victorious North
aud every consideration of common
sense and Of reason aud of interest
,;cmrud the scvercst xcrcse OF prud
cnce and forbrarancc aud patience, on
the part of the vauquished South.
True greatness, on the one hand =
WI
these but uuite, aud work together in
harmony of purpose, under the Cons,itu
tion and the Aag, of our Fathers. and
nations may well look in woder, upon
he structure they shall rear.
Had these agencies, been brown into
the breach, when tic last ha,tl,. was
ended the animositics Of the strife should
have "ng since been assunged. and ,he
angel of dissolution, would have lonr
since ceased to hold her carnival, among
the ruin, of nu. lnm
But, although, perh 'ps, no people
have ever had 50 grand an opport nifty,
for the display of these high impulses,
which elevate and rcn,ler human nature
glorious, yet, nune. perhaps, haze ever
fallen so FAR short, of Il just appreciation
OF it, MS have the people of the North
Aud this assertion is not tn, of;prinr
oi prejudice, or of auimosity, towards
chat people bu, Of conviction, founded
on the n,istken policy pursued by them,
towards ths South.
rar be it. from my purpose to u',,.,
one se"timent, which sh Il tcnl to kind
le again, feelings OF bitterness, bc,wce..
the sections, of our Country Rathar,
inr, be 1t our province, to he Il up those
ghastly wonnls which h We been torl by
unscrnpulouS hands, into the very heart
Of our Union.
But, this stricken land, or Ours. has
many grievances, and it were folly, in
deed, for u> to remain silent. and expect
thoir causes tn vanish, like n clon tr,m
the face of the SUI, aud leave US again.
brighter land
They must De removed by our own
eHertion, and it is only by cl'm dcliber
ate and generous discussion, tha. this
can he accomplished.
If th"se causes of complaint. are lust.
1t Is simply duty, that we owe to our
selves, to discuss them, until the people
j
of the North, shrll recognize their
justice ce-comprchend our wrongs, and
then shattcr into atoms, the sword which
has so long been vie! led against us, ani
extend IN honor tho olive branch, which
has been so long in shame, withheld
IT hey are unjust, it is still our duty to
d'."u-s them antil the light of reason,
shall drive from our owa he .rts, these
enemies Of our common prosperity and
happiness ana peace
Yes, right or wrong, as long as they
are honestly entertained, let our CON.
plants be held up to the light OF reason
aud OF justice, so that may be purScd of
'hoir Poisoh' Dy the one aud applied, "a
healing balm, by the other.
1t is solemn duty, that We owe to
those, who shall rise 10 6ll our places,
thai we trasnmit no incumb:uuce on
the heritage we leave them, and to
secure this, we mast not cJnceal, but.
eradicate the very roots of tn Sc Causes
which have heaped calamities upon us.
The fostering sores of this age, must
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