The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-29
North, with every disSension healed,
should, In covenant of friendship and
trust, lay upon the holy altars OF our lib

NetLnt Nttu every 0thSeublOu De2iSA,
should, 10 covenant Of friendship and
trust, lay upon the holy altars OF our lib
erties the trophies Of their industries.
TO demonstrate In diviney ampiitude
that fraternal and chivalrous sentiment
which Inspired the heroes Of Fits Hugh
Lees Palmetto Legion and those of Mas
eacbusetls 60 bury their enmities 10 tho
classic coil Of BuakeF Hill, ou. aesocia.
tion opened wide the doors Of its hospi-
tality. They had not forgotten that
Robert To0mbs, accepting on time the
invitation OF the citizens of Massachu.
sets, discussed the "Divine right og
slavery" In old Fauueil Hall, that cradle
of our national liberties. The fact was
fresh In their memory atill that Horace
Greeley. after the cessation Of hostilities,
accepted tho invitation TO address the
State Agricultural Association of Texas.
There we're no indignation meetinga, no
bitter remonstrances from the soldiel3 In
gray IN heap personal insult upon the cid
philosopher, or revive In his mind men,
ofies that would be painful TO bear. Yet,
for half century he waged o violent
crusade against the policy and institu-
tiOns Of the South, and hurried the
hercoat invactives against her political
representatives.
Our industrial association, in its invi-
tation to the honorable and venerable
ex-President, the impersouation, In an
eminent degree, of the genius and aspir-
ations of the South, aimed to unite the
industrial interests aud cooperative
spirit of both sections beneath the pro-
tectiug tanner of restored ana united
nationality. Ten long years Of bitter &c.
ceptance of the irreversible reaMlts Of
civil war upon the part Of the South
should be sufficient to write law Of gem
eral amnesty, higher than President's can
grant, upon the heart of every Northern
citizeu-an amnesty embracing in ito
broad philanthropy the restoration of NIL
rights and immgnities that existed when
Northern and Southern blood mingled In
o common sacrifice on Mexican soil.
Both sections Of our common country, 10
their geographical position and their
varied productions, united also by broad
and navigable rivers, are iuseparably as
sociated in their commercial and indus
trial interests. If the fertility Of our
prairies fills the granaries of o continent
the capacity of your soil In ito cotton
supply feeds the manufactures of world.
In behalf Of cuf nRtion'R centanninl
which has recently passed-in behalf OF
our diplomatic relations with the great
civilized nations Of Europe, which respect
governments in proportion TO their
strength and unity-in behalf Of our vast
undeveloped resources, which should in
terlink our States in bonds of mutual
sympathy atronger than steel, We appeal
to the patriotism and magnauimity Of the
whole country to bury in one grave of
eternal oblivion their sectional animosi-
ties.
Personally, It would have afforded me
the greatest satisfaction 70 have extended
to the venerable ex.President the bospi-
t=.st:as Of nay humble home. In the re-
visita!!ion eg the cid .gamp:ng ground OF
his earlier years, it would have delighted
hia heart to have :Ha!!:eed! Tie rapid de-
velopment of the West in those illimita-
Die reaches OF wiiG, railing prairie tEanu-
formed into fruitful farms and dotted oil
over with aourishing homesteada, and itt
magnificent water courses reaounding
with the anthem Of our mechanical in
dustries. .
It would have kindled my enthusiasm
to bave sat down by his eide aud listened
to the recital of his eventful experience
in the musicai cadences of that voice,
which. Oh great cccaa' nas, had aforetime,
hushed tho chambers OF the national
capital by the iEFesistable pathos of its
eloquence. fain would have enriched
his experience with the realizations OF
the fuliea. hospitality that the reminis.
cence Of his pleasant sojourn with us,
might hereafter, eteal In upon shs auie;
evening Of his life, like q remembered
strain Of SWEET and delicious music.
Did the invitation of the Winnebngo
County Agricultural Society, to the dis.
tinguished ex-Preaident, 90 illustrative oi
the diviner qualities of our humanity,
compromise in the least, the loyalty, the
magnanimity or the Christianity Gf the
North7 If it did, then q life Of perfect
Christian integrity would compromise
the Sermon on the Mount" -r,
Under the classic civilizations. it wac
prohibited that any inscription colnmem.
morative of the struggles of internetine
war, should be scnlptured upon iron,
brass or marble. Has our civilization
gained nothing of magnanimity and
principle in the progress of two thou.
sand years7 Has our American repub.
| lie reversed the Law Of raiionai progress
and adopted the law OF retaliation of the
federal times?
Our industrial Association, that took
the initiative step in the cause of recon.
! ciiiation, in its invitation to President
1 Davis on moro recent occasion made
| conspicuous its strong fraternal feeling
| to the citizens of South Carolina in ii
| inequalities to your distinguished Gov.
efnor, tho Hon. Wade Hampton.
You remember In the Oriental legend
how that the Magil discovering star IL
the East followed it until its bbonignaIi
beams shown down, illuminating the
birth place os sha infant aassasss::ee, q
The eyes of the whoie North, intentI5
watching the changes in the kaleido
scope of public events, discovered q sta,
Of the first magnitude, rising in ful
orbed splendor, above the political hori
zon Of South Carolina. This plane
| genius possessed quite an eccentric orbit
On one occasion it flashed out In marvel
Gus .brilliAncy from the meridian at Au
burn, N. Y, and on another, at White
Sulphur Springs, Va, 1t diffAlscd lis daz
cling splsndors.
Under the instructions of our officia
managers, / determined, by the assist
ance Of some principle o. ohysics or met
aphysics, to divert this luIninary from itl
.he ::c:..-= scs::;S>:.: c: .!!::s:cc::s I.!:s:cc::s
When / wrote my first letter Of invita-
ton to your Governor, must have fel
90 Mahomet did, when he addressed th,
mountain. It was highly complimentary
that, one or the. other should accept to &c
cure the interview. continued sending
invitations, and telegraphic dispatches
and to be relieved Of my persistency, ant
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