The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-22
A resolution WAS adopted, that all wish.

either of the Secretaries of the Legion.
On motion of Gen Butler, Col. III. D.
Capers was invited to address the organi-.
zation. Col. Capers was present in an
official capacity, from the Georgia Sur,
vivors' Association, of which organization
he WAS one of the Vice Presidents. He
gave brief but interesting sketch of the
formation and progress Of the Georgia
Association, and cxtcnded-a a cordial in
vitation to the Hampton Legion to meet
with them. He stated his Off cial mis-
sion to be to request the Legion to send
delegation 10 the next convention of
the Georgia Association.
Captrin Walthom, Of the jeff Davis
Legion, of Georgia, was invited to seat
on the stage.
After the President had announced
that Gen. Logan would address the Le-
gion at p. NJ, and that q collation.
would be served later in the evening, the
Legion adjourned to 7.3O p. NJ
The members of the Legion, with a
large number Of citizens, flied the hall
in the evening. Gen. Hampton in few
complimentary remarks, introduced
Gen. L. NJ. Logan, who addressed the
audience as follows:
1t has been suggested by a distin-
gulshed author as maxim Of conduct,
that man should dwell upon the hone
full, md not on tho gloomy features of
life, and that he should, accordingly,
cultivate the habit of discerning oil that
is pleasing and promising in his condi-
tion and surroundings. The intellect,
In directing our actions, must, Of course,
Wow everything dispassionately, and
should be guided only by the dictates of
reason. But reason itself is often misled
by the depressing influence Of morbid
temperament; and the imagination, there.
fore, IN presiding over the emotional na-
ture, should always seek what is bright
and cheerful, and feed only upon the
promptlngs of hope. There is, unques-
tionably, much wisdom in this sugges-
ton; far more can be accomplished by
us when we are hopeful, than when VIC
are despondent, for hope stimulates ex-
mind, and the adoption of such rule of
conduct would, accordingly, result in
practical benefits. In contemplating,
then, this on OCCASION, .the future of the
South, I may be pardoncd for dwelling
upon what may appear to some ns only
"the bright lining of the clouds" be-
lleve there is much reason forAncourage-
ment. may be mistaken; but it is, Mt
least, gratifying to know that a hopeful
view of the prospect can be discerned.
We meet to-day to honor, cherish and
preserve the memory of the past, md all
In connection with it that is dear and
sacred to US. It will be well for us if we
can also look confidently into the future
and be encouraged. We can thus best
prepare ourselves for the duties and re-
sponsibilities which that future will de-
volve upon us; for
''Hope, like glimmering tapers' light,
Adorns and cheers the way;
And still, as darker grows the night,
Emits brighter rny."
An eminent writer on social science
has trced n most interesting and ingeni-
GUS analogy between society, the body
polite, and living individual organism.
He states many striking peculiarities in
which the body polite and the indivi-
dual organism agree; and among others,
that both of them, commencing from
small aggregations, insensibly augment
IN mass; that both Of them being ut first
simple IN structure, assume, in the course
OF their respective growths, n continually
increasing complexity Of structure; and
that while at first there is scarcely any
mutual dependence of parts, vet subsc-
quently, as they develop, both arc cha
parts. He then explains many parallel
isms in dotail-such, for example, as the
correspondence between the arteries and
veins of the individual organism and the
railroads and other highways of the body
polite; that between Tho nerves of the
former and the telegraph lines of the
latter; and many others equally curious
and interesting. He uses this analogy
to explain and illustrate the great polifi-
cal truth that society develops according
to fixed laws, passing from the simple to
the complex, from the homogeneous to
the heterogeneous, with as much unva-
rying certainty as in the case of living
bodies. This analogy may always be
used to advantage in discussing social or
political questions, and if borne in mind,
will aid in illustrating our subject on
the present occasion.
In considering the future of the South,
there is one fact suggested at the outset,
which has been demonstrated to us by
the logic of events. It is, that under the
operation of causes, which, although un-
seen at the time, appear now to have been
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