The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-05-16
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etter From Liberty
The gFeatssES BLESSINGS tbaSany mo.
|Plssscan sgipg are good apdseGdble
gdqscrnensht, al sound and Elevated
pablic Roral,.s and pros brous sid
varied agriculture, or sorIie-~6ther
profitable abranehes.oG industry. The
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the lite, liberty, aud property Of tie
citizen, and inspire that sonso Of secu-
F'y,a99thatf f6nt deGgs ld HE B56BiEy
ity OF things in the minds Sot tho peo!4
psc,' 'whiclr are eBsentiai @tisesgaotl,
order and Prosperity Of stbe ejeomma :,
nItW tho second will qanse, tbsIpeopIe
70 reverence, God Goodd!, apd, respect and
obey the laws Of the land, and lead;
them to.cherish ar, ,habitual Loyalty TO
ruth and regard for the right n II every taSvI
matter of,public interest; and thsthifd
viii en- able the people to sdpply'thsm
selves with" all the hetessaaffieas '6iftii
substantial comforts OF lifSi Ind d atford
9hem year by year a surplus to add to
9heir accumulated wealth. hforpurposes
OF education, enterprise, and improves,
ment.
To secure these great blessings in,
the fullest degree, and to- assist in
bringing about those conditions Under
which alone a people can fully appre-I
ciate and property enjoy them, should.
be tho ardent desire ana eai nest aim
of every good "citizeh.. It3is u work
in which the statesman, patriot, and
philantbropist may enlist all their en-
orgies and engage all their abilities,
The educator of the youth Of the
State, the Cnristian minister, the pub.
lie journalist, all Of every grade and
occupation in fife may here find field
iii which they may labor Tor the well
fare Of the State, and the promotion of
her best and highest interests.
But the people of South Carolina
need not be reminded at this time of
the inestimable value OF those great
blessings, or Of the high appreciation
which should be placed upon them.
Having experienced for o number. of
years all the evils and miseres Of bad
government, the corruption and decay
of public morals, and the consequent
prostralon OF all their material lntor>
eats aud prosperity, their recent de-
liverance and partial restoration to
tho enjoyment of these great blessings,
put them in q very peculiar manner iii
condition TO- appreciate them most
fully and to prizo them most ahighly.
How to preserve 90 much Of good
government as we have regaincd in
our State, and how to secure in tho
fullest measure and ,perpetaate this
inestimable boon to our people, as we'll
as how to promote a, better, sounder,
and moro elevated public morality,
and how to build up and advance in
the best and most rapid manner the
agricultural and other industrial in
terests of our, State, are now questions
and matters Of paramount Importance
which should absorb the attention and
enlist the energies 81 eVery clasE aiinnd
condition OF our people. "'s ~ Ss'''.. I
They are the patriots hope and the
statesman's aim. Let them. be tho
slogan and watchword ofaEhe Demo-
Cratic party in the approaching CAM
paign. :tf<". - i.,:t,, ,"tu,,n g.. !
Let us insecEr;;ssss upon our banners m
letters of living light--good govern
ment for all, mono but honest, mon in
Office, and enlightened and progress
i've democracy--old togies and aore
heads TO the rear, men with level
heads and liberal views to the front
ana victory will again be ours, as sig
nal and grand as it will be glorious
and rich in fruits Of lasting good to
our State. " 20 PIEDMONT.
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