The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1879-07-09

honorable or debnsed, just as tn
good or bad qualities of their ruler
preponderato; and second, that a
means Of escape from the ills G
misrule arc alono ccntcrcd in til
pooplo themselves. 10 mao prac
tical application Of these lessons 70
the good Of tho country, will b
certainly II praiscworthy undortak
ing. Assuming, then, as q fac
which needs no argument, that il
proportion rs tho cxcollencics of
people prcpondoratc, that is, whcr,
principle and moral worth outweigh
sordltlness and what is known a.
business shrowiness, and where
sentiment is adhered to even at the
expense Of dollars and cents, 80 art
tho facilities for rekindling tho
watch fires of liberty increased, ono
the probabilities of arousing slum,
bering patriotism enhanced. Pccu,
liarly pertinent at this point conc
the inquiries: Are wo pursuing the
course which leads in this direction?
Are we, as people, with honest,
stoady purpose, cultivating those
attributes Of tho hoart and mind
which can alone lift this old com-
monwealth from the miro in which
sho has settled? Or arc we, liko the
worsh:ppers Of Baul at Tyre, oblivi-
ous Of the fact that tho curses which
doomed her to destruction still hang
like tho sword of DAmocles over
all countries which persistently vic,
late moral law?
"Put money in your purse" say
tho politicians who have us,1rpcd
the places of statesmen and they
illustrate by example, rs well rs
teach by parable.
"Pu5 money in your purse" rcit-
crate tho popular lecturers of the
day. "Put money in your purse"
echo and re echo tho newspapers of
tho nation; cultivate more of Yam
kee thrift and economy, repair pri-
vatc fortunes and build up waste
places of the country.
"Put money in your purse" said
Iago to Roderigo, tittcst counsellor
for such advice. Yes, in season and
out Of season, by any means and by
all means, put money in your purse;
conciliate unreasonable public opin-
ion. and leave to time and TO Hor.
culcs tho removal of tho burden
which has crushed the last vostige
of constitutional liberty, and which
to-day is athwart their path of
moral progress, and bars tho ad-
vancement Of civilization itself.
,>,Eassbe 5t~flam t9 y} ,e,I! encourage 2
slothfulness, to advise ) I--o'Rlos Of
beyond your means, to say one word
against tho dignity of manual labor,
or to snecr at Yankeo thrift and in
dustry; for, in somo respects, it has
had marked influence for good in the
history of this nation.
But say that history docs not
point to any Of those propositions
as calculated to redeem lost liberty
and establish the rights of nh op-
pressed people. I here entor my
protest, and conjure you, my young
friends, to guard religiously against
the adoption of any such vile dog
mas. Humanity needs no incentive
to adopt vices, to the neglect of
virtues. Better restrain this allur-
ing, demoralizing propensity and
cultivate those higher, holicr, more
chivalric qualities Of the heart, which
enable n people to rise superior to
adversities, and standing fixed and
immovable upon eternal truth and
principle, await that recomponso
which the God of history has in store
for MI who act thus.
Tho Spartans wcro longer q pros>
porous people than most of the
states of antiquity, and tho demorc.
alizotion and ruin of it's subjct is
were only possible after Lysantler
had brought homo the spoils of
Athens.
Tho liberties Of Grcecc were never
seriously impaired, nor her glories
forever dimmed, until tho plumber
in tho camp of Mardonius upon the
plains of Platea had been divided
amongst her soldiery. Inevitable
ruin and disgrace complete were
nowhere foreshadowod upon the
pages of Roman history until he,
Eastern spoils and it's enorvatine
luxurious manner had tainted tho
manhood OF her citizens and cor
rupted the principles Of hor states.
| men.
The god Of riches was painted
blind, that we might be taught thai
there was little of foresight and less
of merit necessary for the accumu
lation Of wealth, and with wings
that the transient, ovanescent ad'
vantages of it's possession might bt
impressed upon us.
How far below tho Requirements
of history do wo fall whom wo waste
our timo and energies In the pursui
of q bawblo which neither improves
morality nor inculcatos true charity
nor enjoins q chivalric bearing, bl
makes mon moro promo to endure
the ills of dcspotism, lost, by agita
ton, tho valuo Of property may b