The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-29

bly, drew out the bolts and bars OF D1gotry
and prejudice, which had so long ex-
cluded the diviner qualities of the heart.
The unwavering confidence of the Ameri-
can people in the heroic principle and
integrity of the Governors character,
their united appreciation of the lofty pa
triotism which inspires his public ad-
dresses, and their endorsement of the
impartial Justice of his administration,
constitute the "golden stairway" of op-
portunity for the future realization of his
highest ambition. Already the Gov
ernor's address has been incorporated
with the historical records of our county,
which are upon the eve of publication, a
copy of which work will be transmitted
to him, with the compliments of the pub
Usher.
Honorable members of the State Board
of South Carolina, in behalf of the North
ern Illinois Industrial Association, 1
grasp your hands in token of the sim
cerest and truest fellowship. If there be
one obligation which the members of our
society esteem more sacred than another,
it is that of promoting, by every just and
hospitable method, feeling of amity
and confidence among oil the citizens OF
this great republic. The late civil dis
sension resulted from the chafng and an
tagonisms of our industrial and political
interests and the persistent encroach-
ment of the usurpations of one section
upon the rights of another. The strate-
gies of war resemble the marvellous COM
binations of chess-board. We cannot
determine what unseen powers, holding
in their trusts the destinies of nations,
stand unseen by the heroes of the conflict,
giving them nerves Of valor and sinews
of strength. The Almighty has as much
direct agency in the establishment and
subversion of empires, republics and
civilizations as he has in the formation
of an island or continent.
No reproach, in general view, can be
imposed on the South or North for the
part they took in the war. Revolutions
are Gods methods for restoring an equi-
librium in the political world, as much as
volcanoes and earthquakes are his instru-
ments for quelling the internal convul-
sions of planet. The law of antagon
ism has been the law of national devel-
opment and the exponent of its progress
through all ages.
The political dogma that all men are
created free and equal is established on
no principle of reason, nature nor phi
losophy. The equality is only one Of
privilege, not pouera-one of opportunity
and not achievement. Before individuals,
peoples and races can assert their claims
of equality with others, they must justify
their claim with equal evidences of abili-
ty and accomplishment. Before we can
attain equality with Calhoun, Webster
and Clay, we must show evidence of pos
sessing their quality and quantity Of be-
ing. To be q Bonaparte, we must scale
the Alps with our victorious legions and
inscrbe victory on our banners in the
presence Of forty generations looking
down from the heights of yonder pyra-
mids." To be Newton, we must meas
ure the velocitics of Gods invisible cou-
riers, electricity and light measure the
inter-stellar spaces, and poise the solar
systems in the balances of our calcula-
ton. To be Morse or Field, we must
first tame the lightning, and then build a
highway of thought under the sea. To
be Hampton, we must have the moral
heroism to stand, in our right and majes-
ty, before the highest powers of the ma
tion and exclaim 81 have not come here
for any compromise I have been elec-
ted Governor of South Carolina by the
expressed will of a majority, and, by the
Eternal, / will be Governor or $4,000
valiant sons of South Carolina will unite
to defend my claim"
I have yet to learn where man has
earned his Immortality by the surrender
of his convictions or the compromise of
his honest principles. Before the Anglo
Saxon race shall abdicate their position
of white supremacy, the colored and
mixed races must first eclipse them in
their powers of invention and their
achievement of engineering skill; they
must construct navies, span the rivers
with magnificent bridges, cover the con-
tinents with networks of railroads, and
adorn literature with poetry, science
and philosophy, they must organize poly
technic schools, endow universities and
commemorate historical events in groups
of sculpture and galleries of art. Out
side the limits of the ancient Egyptian
civilization, no vestiges of aqueducts, no
ivy-clad monuments, illustrative of a
higher civilization, have rewarded the
industry of modern geographical research
in Africa. The Anglo-Saxon race in the
versatility of their capabilities and the
plentitude of their power will hold the
sceptre of supremacy till time be no
longer.
Citizens of South Carolina, since the
time when Sherman's army left its auto.
graph of cannon shot upon the walls of
your State House and outraged the prin-
ciples of honor and humanity in the con-
tlagration of your city, you have been
made the victims of the foulest indigni-
ties and conspiracies; under the eyes of
the nation, you have manifested heroic
patience and endurance. A noble and
conservative spirit has preserved your
honor unblemished and restrained all
acts of insubordination.
1t is the aspiration of the citizens of IL
linois that the Almighty who holds in
his hands the destiny of nations will cast
up highway of material prosperity for
the truly hospitable people OF South
Carolina.
Colonel Taylor then presented Dir.
Kimball with a bouquet of flowers sent
to him by the ladies of South Carolina.
Governor Hampton then rose and said !:
My friends of South Carolina, the duty
has been assigned to me, and l need not
say with what pleasure | assume it, to
present the gentleman who will follow
the distinguished speaker from Illinois.
He needs no introduction to the people
of South Carolina. His name and his
fame are dear to us, of the old South
State-almost as dear to us as they are to
his own countrymen in the old North
State. He is known here as he is known
there-as true soldier, tried patriot,
an incorruptibe Statesman. He is
known not as Governor Vance, but as
Zeb Vance, in South Carolina; but be-
fore T present him to YOU allow me to