The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-05-25
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watches arc all over and the patient sufferer
IS laid in that narrow bed where there is no
more suffering, the son comes back from the
grave, bearing with him an amulet that no
man may ever sec but which will keep hiu.
unharmed through life. Nay, henceforth
newer and more elevated life, hallowcd by
selfsacrfce, is his. So with you, Carolinians.
You have suffered as no cultured people in
modern times have suffered, and, so sure as
Heaven, the steadfast love you have shown
to your murdered mother will bring its ex-
cccdiug great reward. You have troddcn
the wine press alone. Here fell the utmost
fury of your enemies, and here came the
least sympathy of your fricuds, for was it not
said (thc idiots have not yet stopped saying
it) thatyou drought on the war;" The wine
press Your State was the wine press and
your souls the grapes on which for twelve
years u mob Of esSSnS aey aqs aSaSkes u with ib
derisivc laughter of half the nation
Twelve years, four thousand days and nights
of torture, of shame, of humiliation, for
yourselves, your wives, your daughters, your
tender children. -Four thousand days and
nights, and to the proud aud scnsitlv> ma
turc snarting under indignity, every mo-
ment is an age. Burke and Pitt lifted their
voices in behalf of the oppressed Colonies
the cloud cry of tramplcd IIindoston" awak-
eucd the cloquencc of Sheridan, but the
Poland of America
Found not generous friend, plying foe,
Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe
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NAKED and dcsolatc she stands,
Her name by word in all lands
No man Of commanding genius in either
branch of the National Legislature stcrpcd
forth to plead her cause in words that might
have shaken both Continents and be quoted
for all time. Not one of the Northern poets
those gentle beings whose hearts bleed at
every wrong from Tartary to Timbuctoo-
could pen line for Carolina Gordon, of
Georgia, was your friend, good and true
and at the last your advocate and champion
was that press which men aforctime loved
to call satanic-thc New York Herald
and the poet who sang your wrongs were
of your own rearing.
Yes, Carclinians you have been tried as
by fire, aud by that fire the dross has been
purged away, leaving metal Of proof only.
| look to see here n race of men noblcr than
any that have gone before. Already from
the flames cmcrgcs figure, calm, contained
majestic as an antique bronzc-a form to
which all eyes were lately turned in admi-
ration, and in gratitude that outwcighcd
admiration, for he had saved his country
from civil war-Anorun1ron Agdncn,nom,
Wade Hampton, King of Men Happy
a Ind tha, c.%s siu aa her Chief Mag
its ruler fnS aSSdtss &c sSsssiissa &Sssiissa if ih he Esre bSs
would see that no section, no State suffered
nccdlcssly Having braved all things, he
fears nothing; and having endured all things,
he would brook with equal patience the
malice of his foes and the dcadlier fattcry
of his friends Is it too much to hope that
he will take the place in Washington for
which he is so well fitted? 1t may never
be; but the day that sees him or some such
Southern man installed in powc. will be the
dawn Of peace, the end of the war.
But stay am told that near at hand
there is somewhat to cat and drink withal.
Come, let us sacrifice the bird dear to Mi
nerva, let us boil the owl in Falernian or the
Cmcuban vintage, and, having dincd OH
fools. we will sup on concentrated wisdom.
SOWING GRASS SEEDs.-Thc following
directions for sowing grass seeds will be
found useful at the present time In SOW
ing VIC advise, for obvious reasons, that the
soil should be clean, iu good condition-thc
surface made level and firm and perfectly
pulvcrized by narrowing and rolling A