Richland beacon., 1878-10-26
One People.


The vicksbnrg Herald of October ioth .
saws:
Much IN preference 10 any effort OF our /
own we yield editorial space 10 tie following :
admirable article from the Memphis Appeal,
cnulcnting onr,clf with tue a--rt'n'n fila! Its /
generous ni'erlnces Will awaken un-quiv"cal !
approval in every Southern heart : I'VE .
published yesterday, from the London Stand /
ard aid the Nc~ Yora Times, extract. from
editorials euloglsic Of the courage and en- .
duraucc Gf The people uf the S"nih during !
,hls epidemic. Both have attracted very gen !
erai attention, and both have found place. ,
with more or less of couirn-rdalinn ard in !
dor>cmeIt in the leading papers of the Union
Nur,l, and South. To us who .hare in this .
aenerons measure Of appreciation u: .hr pef>
iormance OF an unusually peril"us duiy. the .
words of our cotemporarics-,hc one Lead |
ing Northern Republican journal, and the
other the sreadia>t admrcr and friend Of the
;h-come laden with a s,sength m sustain
. I'd encourage that only those can appreciate
who have watched the weary. hcavy.foo,rd
hour. pass away, hearing with them our
brave>r and best. The strain aud tension of
oi mind in the contemplation of the awful
facts of sixiy>tive days, during which $500
men, women and children have died of the
fever, out of n population a, no time within
| that limit more than lJ,00O, would have been
more than the stoutest heart among us cou d
/ have wiihsroCd were j: not for such warm
J and heartfelt messages Of sympathy ~ those
/ we refer to. These kindly words have OPEN
ed hearts tha, wore steelng thcmscl yea in de.
spair, and tears Of relief have flowed freely,
atrcsting the corsoIs,ion of sympathy and the
power OF speech even from across the sea.
/ During this awful harvest time of death our
churches have been closed and all business
has been suspended, and the only relief or
, release from mental sirain was found in ftihl
sleep. snatched in the intervals ot calls that
no one could di>obey. II was death in the
morning, at noon and at night. But il was
not TO dwell upon the wearing acts Of drea,
~ tragedy not yet closed, still less TO plume
ourselves a. upon vic!"ry not yet won that
We commenced this article. Oar. purpose
vas the more pleasing one OF suggesting to
the Standard that wihle all thai II says /. true
Of the pluck and endurance Of the Southern
people under the prov"ca,ion- Of war, pesit-
lence and famine, ,ierc is something TO be
said for our brethren of the North, whose con>
,iancy, steadincss and Cevo;ion to their cause,
bravery AMI persistence in battle, and endur-
ance in prolonged contest that taxed all their
! energies and a skill and resources uncIualed,
I have few parallels in history. 10 no other
people cond we of the South have snrfen-
dered. Magnanynous on the field - fiercely
: contested, despite the hazards OF political dis
pur-s. they have many times since Aps.l s.,
! extended US the ri ,ht hand of fellowship full
e mp and flowing over with good gifts, ieudcrcd
: with manly spirit that robbed the gencrou:
0 tender Of the humiaions Of charity. The
e same men who led the armies Of the North
b the same journalists who inspired those arm:e:
u and the same religious teachers, and the sam,
\ noble, heroic women who originated and sns'
: tanned amid the heat Of battle, aud the excite
Il men, OF sometimes perilous popular commo
1t tons, the grandcSt heneliccncc ever conceived
Of for the relief Of soldiers in the field. have
v been foremost in The hcaveI-sent work Of ou
relief in weeks that are the dreariest in on
r calendar Unwearied in their task, rs did
e Joseph with hi. brethren, they have filled
: our sacks TO OVERT wing, many, many times
= and yet they are not done. From far Oregon
and Montana to Vermont from villages, town
II and cities of all the busy Northern States
= from the miners camp, the newsboys home
10 from the bunker and tie farmer, the professo
e and the mechanic. from all classes OF that sec
y iion Of our county where American ingeDui
l. " ndc tONnu It's Uetu Ol COItlucst, du'
whose industries challenge the world in vail
n for "A comparison-from this seat Of grea
Industrial population unmatched 10y any othe
on the earth, the gifts of an intelligent hel
and touching sympathy have come, savin
many thousands OF our stricken ones frou
u death and lighting our dreary pathway viii
the light Of an enduring brotherly love
BLOOD is thicker than water or the sam
race, speaking the same tongue, the heirs c
" the same liberties and citizens of the sam
u glorious county, no memories Of sectional iii
:! visions, Of political animosites, or of civ
e war. have been allowed to stay the stead
" flow of the bounteous stream ,ha; has brougl
u, ~ us, with all else, the assurance that we al
!" one people IN fact as we'll as in name, an
- tha, beyond the fro,h and fuss Of politics, an
u, the deceiis and dangers Of demagogues, tn
:" popular heart is safe, yielding only of its ful
'" ness when challenged in the cause Of human
&c 'y and brothers lives at stake. The Sou'
nc claims no quality that the North cannot ma,c
=" She will not lay to her heart the ilatterir
. unt ton, though a mothers gif, that at such
~ tine wonld invidiously mark her for u
q" "a, worlds applause. As the children Of or
~ household our gifts, though individually spe
40 ial, belong TO the family The s,eadiness al
u" tenacitv, the bravery and determination
- the Nor,h and the eIan>dash, courage AZ
ebdurance Of the South, are the common he
tage OF every citizen Of the Union"