The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-29
lLLlNOls AND THE CARcLlMAs,
ADDRESSES OF MR. KIsaBAIL. AND
GOV. VANCE.

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ADDRESSES OF RIR. 1IslBAIL AND
GOV. VANCE.
| The most potable feature Of the State
Fair recently heIs in Columbia was the
captivating addresses of Hon. Ii. p.
| Kimball and Governor Vance. Mr..
L:mbatl, o representative of the Wiune-
bago Agricultural Society, Of Illinois,
was first introduced, who spoke as fol-
| lows:
| When Governor Hampton honored the
people of our State with his visitation as
their orator aud guest, he brought his
speech in bis head. Compelled by the
| laws of necessity, have brought mine in
| my pocket. AS I came Southwark in
the cars, anticipating that Jour good
| people would invite me to say something,
| / wrote down few incoberent ideas and
statement. Fresh from my farm, with
my hands calloused with recent toll, and
coming among people with whom ora.
tory is natural gift, you will certainly
have patience for few moments, if for
no other reason :han that am the old
defender of your honor and the truest
friend that South Carolina has in the
North.
The present is q most ausp:cious occa-
sion. The motives which have prompted
this exchange Of fraterLal feeling are in
spired by no party considerations. We
meet together in q philantropic spirit,
turning our backs upon the memories of
bloody conflict, and clasping cur hands
In united effort to make our country
more glorious and permanent in the fu-
ture. Illinois, that empire of the prairie
States, whose vast surplus of agricultural
| products constitutes her the cornucopia
! of the West, sends her greetings to South
Carolina, and invites her cooperation in
the cultivation Of those sentiments 80
eminently calculated to make the citi-
zens Of this republic e prosperous aud
homogeneous people. Sectional agita-
ton he's been the desperate strategy of
an ultra school Of politicians, who, for
personal aggrandizement, (having never
| confronted the perils of the battle field J
| have sown broadcast over tho land the
| dragons teeth Of alienation and strife
There exists numerous class of dema-
gogues throughout the land, who ignore
she principles Of our glorious constitu-
tion and intentionally disregard the fun
damental truth of political economy
! that peace and tranquility are the essec
tial conditions of o nations prosperity
With impious hands they tear open the
| wounds of discord which were we'll nigh
healed, stir up the elements of dissension
and, preferring their own advantage to
the nation's welfare, they rely upon
the prejudioes Of the ignorant to secure
for them official patronage and power
This continual repetition ofsectional ami
vrosities By party politicians tends to dis
| tract the public mind, disturb our bust.
ness relations and check the diffusion oi
capital. 1t is everywhere the ruling sen.
timent of the people, despite the ambi.
tions or politicians, that tho progress
and perpetuity of our nation, in the
mutual development OF its vast industrial
and commercial interests, must depend
oI the IHitsdd sud loyal sentiment of the
citizens of the whole country. The DOW.
er and influence of sectional agitators ars
rapidly dying away. The people in theil
majesty are rising above the incentives
Ut revenge to higher and broader plane
of general amnesty s1d disinterested pa.
triotism. Standing Lpon the bright
threshold of this new era, NC everywhere
behold the marshaiing of oul ..aiion's
industrial hosts beneath the white ban.
ner of reconciliation and peace. From
every foundry and Workshop in the lan6
we catch in our eager and listening ea-t
the pulsations of those mighty forges
forever chanting the anthem of higher
civilization, as they beat our usees.
swords into plowRhares and reconvert the
enginery of war into implements of hus
bandry and mechanical Industries. From
the bosom of our mother earth, where
our dead heroes lie buried, our associated
industries must gather the materials u
| repair the desolations of war.
The peaceful pursuits of agricu,..u5r i;
are exempt from those distrNcti.g care.
that infest all other departments OF 1us
iness and it is our lesson of experience
that it is the best adaptad to the full
development Of the possibilities of tht
race. H .
| congratulate the South Carolina STATE
Board of Agriculture on the maintenance
of n permanent industrial organization
Such an association, with an annual ex
poaiti0n of your manufactures and natu
raj products, constitutes the text book O.
your capabilities as Q people, in which
strangers may read the lessons of you
achievements and progress.
| congratulate you moat cordially upol
the public tranquility that reigns within
| your borders; the steady revival of you
industries, and moro especially upo,
your acknowledgements from that horde O
political conSpirators who, under tn,
livery Of the civil service and an incor
rnptible national party, (a) plunderes
your treasury, bribed your representa-
tiyes, impaired your public credit, ant
with unblushing effontery Outraged
every principle Of justice and honor
The condition Of South Carolina unde
the usurpations OF carpet-bag misrul
| finds O zlriking analogy in that legend o
classical mythology which represent
Prometheus enchained to Mount Oauca
sus by Jupiter, and whose punishmen
was aggravated by ravenous vulture
that descended upon him and devouret
his liver, which grew in the night q
much as it was consumed in the day
The league of the carpee-bag dynast,
has, for decade of years, constitutes
tho political vultures OF the South, VIII
have preyed upon her resources, devoure,
her substance, crippled her industrie
and loaded her with unparalleled bur
:, dens Of taxation and debt. Retribution
personified by one of the ancient FuFie.
armed with a scourge of venomous scor
niena il, me hand end battery &C S.::.
erihg lighsnings in the other, shoul
2nrsue these Infamous miscFeants, fugi
tives from justice, who are profaning th
sanctuary OF our national capital, an
drive them from the boundaries of civil
ization. South Carolina stands upon tn
same proud eminenee with Illinois an
Massachusetts in the vindication of he