Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-05-13

Dcnciactor. 1t is not only Il SAFE
guard in the hour Of great danger to
property and life, but it induces
good, towards man by associa.
tion-an element o. social welfare
greatly needed in our midst. l,v !,
combination of numbers men lave
l:cen always able 10 10 more than BY
indlvlduns cXcltion. Association, wil!,
order, is the great law ofthc universe.
AL nature teaches this. We need
only behold the great universe, with
her galaxy Of stars, the rotation Of
the carthIiirst upon its orbit and then
around Tue sun, the beautiful trees,
the birds That carol in the air and The
beasts that roam over the field to
discover that out Of association
springs harmony, unity and concert
in aciion.s Let us then be certain To
combine these three things in order
to produce the good result desired
The strength Of empire consists in the
unity OF its members, and not alto
gcthcr in its possessions and pccuniary
resources; and in order to secure this
the understanding must be enlightcn
ed, the ideas ccv atcd and the heart
enlarged.s
You must live in harmony if Won
would d1tgond You must live in
unity to he able to do good.
The common brotherhood Of man is
another sactuating motive i'll men
coming together TO protect their irl-
low man'sEpropcrty and lives from
he dcstfliction of fire. At 10 time
i'll the life time Of man is the chord
of brotherhood so strongly tuned III
unison, aEno time III the life time of
man, do we feel our common lot and
destiny more than Il. the hour cfdcath.
1t is thcnthat all men feel that, high
or low, rich or poor, black or white,
we must3all receive our portion in
death Uncommon. Next i'll life do
we feel this when an awful fire arises
III our midst, Spreading ravn5c and
destruction here anl there, destroying
our houses, rendering pcnnilcss our
Misunderstanding hamlet, towns and
villageaglving opportunities to the
wtcked1o pillagc, breaking the heart
of the sGitsoM ;antlhc iathcr!ess, and
thus destroying the beauty uni har.
mony which had bnt moment pre-.
vious rendered comfortable and hap.
.py all around, then do we feel Is we
do III the presence of death. Our
common humanity and our common
lot fires The soul Of the fireman, and
rcgardless o! i'll danger, and in the
spirit Of scli-sacriiicc, which is the
highest trait ofail heroes, he rushes
amidst the burning DANES, to savc
property and life. Not intrcgucntly is
this soldier Of protection, the victim
himself. First water and then fire
takes hold Of him, while his ponder
Gus arms scizins his axe lays low the
house which the wicked demon Of
fire nnxiously awaits to destroy. Be
hold linn, the fireman how at a mo-
ments warning, ut sun rise or sun set,
or in the grave hours OF midnight, lie
rnshcs to his engine and ere the fire
licnd is aware upon him, and with
great volume Of water cools his burn
ing lust Tor destruction. In this en-
pacity the fireman is the nobIcsl
type OF the law abiding citizen. He
fills the measure Of the legal maxim,
".S"ins popnHc cst Sul"cma ir.r" The safe
"ty Of the people is the supreme law
"Away then work with boldnc,s and with
speed,
Our greatest actions-SrcatcSt dangers lccl'
There is q propricty, nay, II virtue,
in adorniny lie and serving society,
by laudnb!c cxcrtion. In cities of
ailiucncc and luxury, when The M.
tive powers Of The mind arc weakened
by vice and general habits Of violence
are .s,lrrinducc,l by general indul-
gcncc then one seldom expects to sec
examples Of anwcarcd severance,
of noble and disintcrcstcd cxcr!ion.
1t then bchoovcs us, one and all, TO
promote the heroism Of fire companies,
to lend our aid and sympathy TO those
Of us who in times of great danger
act liz contradiction to the nnuXins
Of personal interest, and seek 10 pro-
mote the safety of the community.
To be born, as Horace says, merely 10
consume the fruits Of The earth, 10
live, as Juvcnal observes, with no
other purpose than to crafty The pal
ate is to be the lascst and mcnncS;, Of
mankind. This cannot be sad
to be the condition Of fire companies
in our midst, where neither orulcncc
nor luxury allurcs us, and nothing
can be said to actuatc us but 4 desire
for mutual protection.
Another ieatarc in the Constitution
of Il fire engine company, is the mark
Of Industry with which It character
iZcS the civilization Of both thon ACE