The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-09

private gricfs Of almost every house
thold, you have a picture OF dosolation
ana woe such as has never yet bcon
drawn on canvas. Such a condition
OF things might well appall the stout
cst neart. But how soon the clouds
broke awayl With tho revival of
nope, the pulse began TO beat strong and
healthy. The old soldiers, who were
tho strength OF the land, readily
adapted themselves to the situation,
ana mat same courage and fortitude
which had won such distinction i'm tho
camp and field now rc-appearcd under
q new name and in q now role. A
magnificent opportunity was offered
to evoke all the native force, tho latent
energy aud the industrial tact of tho
south. That opportunity was prompt
~ embraced and hcroicalIy improved :;
ana II all was not done and has not
Dccn done that might lavc been, vet
INC world justly accords to us ut this day
"ondcrtul rccupcrativo power. The
material growth and PROSPERITY of tho
South since the war is Il bright page in
her history: Aud yet there is very
''much land to be osscsscd"-worn-
out lands to be reclaimed, new indus:
tries to foster and develop, factories to
De Dullt. There arc lines Of trade on
sea ana land to be opened up. And
above al there is tho credit system to
oe Killed and buried. [Applausc. ]
ouf co"catiohal interests too need re-
construction. The common school
system is not an experiment. # hns
proven cmincntly Il blessing in other
countries. But with us it is to be onc-
rated in circumstances altogether move,
and peculiar; and it will require wise
skilltul and patient management at the
hands of those who have charge of it.
among us, to prevent scriouscvifs. One
popular impression in reference to it
must bc removed, speedily and thor
oughly; and that is that the State appro-
priation is sufficient to furnish primary
and academic education to our children
ana youth. The mistake must be cor
fectcd, that because IL man paws, q
school tax therefore his child is to be
euucatcd: 1t may get, rs it may fairly
cIalm, q little schooling, but it will DO
very elementary and superficial unless
the State appropriation is supple
mcntcd. This and other features of
the system demand the earnest consid-
Grafton of every thoughtful citizen,
that it may become to us what it claims
to bc-a national blessing.
we have too an Inheritance of na-
tional glory. Under the scnsitiycness
as TO States Rights-a sensitiveness
that has been fostcrcd and rendered
perhaps almost morbid by constant
aggrcssions and by our late conflict
we arc III danger of cherishing some-
thing of indifference to that possession
which is ours by every right of pur-
chase and inheritance, and which no
contingency can ALLEVIATE. This coun-
try has glory. 1t is known and hon
ored not only throughout tho civilized
world, but to the rcmotcst corner of
Africa and Asia its ensign is the rccog-
mzed symbol of Intelligence, Freedom,
rover and Progress. In this glory
we have share. We must assert our
claim. We arc countrymcn of Wash
lngton and Jefferson, Webster and
Everett, Clay and Benton, as we'll as
Calhoun and Lcgare. And shall I not,
III this presence, add, we arc country
men of Mcclellan and Hancock rs we'll
as OF Lee and Johnstonl Shall we
allow petty jealousics and local prcju-
oIccs to rob us of that'noblc birthright
OF national glory which our fore
1atners secured at such a cost, guarded
with SO much care and transmitted to
US with such supreme satisfaction?
Shall we not unite with every section
OF our country in chcrishing and per-
pctuating this national greatness?
Shall we not leave to those who come
after us tho privileges which bless and
distinguish our age and country? If
this is done we must cultivate that
harmony of feeling and that unity of
purpose which Religion, Patriotism
and Interest alike cnjoin. This land is
onc-m language, government and
interest. And while there are diycrsi-
ties OF habit, social custom and agri-
cultural products, is it not a diversity
OF correspondence rather than opposi-
tion--a diversity by which teach part
supplements the other, and in which
there is always the basis for the truest
and deepest unity"? The wise inyen-
tor takes the air, the iron, the fuel.
tho fire and the water, and out Of
this diversity devclopes, in marvellous
combinations, unity Of strength and
power that makes tho stcam-engine a.
wonder forever. Indeed, this princi-
pie OF unity is the measure of human
progress. And whenever human leg
lslation and codes, national and inter-
natlonaI shall educate men to a practi-
cal recognition Of the oneness, not only
OF communities and States, but of tho
human family, then you will have
reached the grand ideal of the social
state and the year Of jubilee will be-
gin. And just as we of this country
bury our animositics, though not our
principles; as we forget our enmities,
though not our heroes; rs we accord
to others and secure to ourselves the
Just acknowledgment that honest con-
victions Of duty and ardent patriotism
inspired alike the assault and the de-
fence Of Sumter-just to that extent
may we hope for that genuine Recon-
struction, that real union which de-
spiscs formal resolutions and scnti-
mental Fourth-of-July uttcrances.
[Applause.] Surely this is possible.
What others have done we may do. If
Fendalism has melted away, if the
Wars of the Roses 1.-Two only in history,
if clanshipin Scotland has been wiped
out, if the Prince Imperial forgets
Waterloo and fights for England, shall
we of this country be less magnani-
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