The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-05-16
Gov. simpsons speech.

Simpson was called on TO respond to the fol-
lowing. toast:
South Carolina-True now as ever to the prin-
ciples Of constitutional liberty. The firm and
impartial administration of her laws furnishes
the best guarantee Of peace and prosperity.
To which the Governor made the following ell
oQueut response:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN: The sentiment which has
just been uttered. and to. which am ex pected to
respond, is SO abundant in material, and so rich
in thought, that in rising to respond, scarcely
know where to commence, and having COM
menced, will scarcely know where to close !;
but, Mr.. Chairman, I am expected to do both,
and that promptly, and shall proceed to the
undertaking rs best can.
South Caroliua-how the heart of every son
of hers, wherever he may live, whether upon
her own soil or in some distant land, thrills
when that name is mentioned, when he thinks
of her past, beholds her present. or looks for
ward to her future. have sometimes thought
that the attachment Of a Carolinian to his State
was more ardent than that Of the citizen of any
other State to his, and that her name always
touched his heart like the name of mother touch
es the heart of o son. In this l may be mista.
ken, but earnestly hope and trust that that
burning State pride and devotion which has
ever characterized our people in the past will
mark their course in the future, because love of
State is in my judgment, the very matrix OF
everything great.
South Carolina More than century ha,
rolled by and been buried in the past since the
day of her birth, and during all that long peri
cd but one single spot has been placed upon her
proud, bright escutcheon, and, thank Heaven,
that was placed there not by the hands of her
own sons but by a band of robbers who usurped
her high places and trailed her flag in the dust.
From 1868 to 1876 we lived under the baleful
shadow Of that spot, and we are to-day suffering
somewhat from its poisonous shade. The great
work which is now before the people of this
State is to blot out that stain, to recover our
country from its dire consequences, and to re-
place our State upon her former foundations
and the great question which should address it.
self now to the minds of oil our citizens Is, how
is this to be done? What means are to be used
to accomplish this great end2 Because that it
can, must and shall be accomplished, is fixed
and determined fact.
This is not the time or the place, Mr.. Chair
man, to undertake to detail the various means
to this end within our reach, and shall not
trespass to that extent, but may be permitted
to say that in this effort we may learn lesson
cestors, and Of their heroic men, men wnO ,,.u
stars fash out with brilliancy during all the
long night of the past. Let the rays of those
stars illumine our pathway, and oil will be well.
And especially would point to that portion of
their history occurring Immediately after the
revolution Of 1776. They were then in far
worse condition than we are to-day; the war of
the revolution had just ended, and though it had
that long train of evils which always attends
war; even when it rolls upon the tide of victory,
had covered their land. Their labor had been
disorganized, their homes had been made DESC
late wars red plowshare had furrowed all their
fields; Mars in his fiery chariot had rolled over |
the State, leaving the tracks of its wheels marked
in blood from Blackstocks to Charleston; their |
tetnpIes of learning and religion had been razed |
to the ground; Woe and immortality stalked |
abroad through the Stale; and there she was,
the very picture of desolation: What did her
people do?, Did they fold their arms and sink
into imbecility? Did they fall PROSTATE and
lift their hands to Hercules? No; uniting |
themselves together band of brothers, they
went to work to gather up the scattered frag-
ments Of social order, and began at once to re-
build and inscribing upon the frontlets Of their
new structure the noble principles Of constitu-
tionai liberty and the impartial administration
of government, SO we'll expressed in your senti-
nent, Mr.. Chairman, they were eminently sue
cessful, and in o short time the crest of South
Carolina was recognized as among the highest
Of the nations of the earth, and for near CEN
tury she enjoyed this high preeminence. The
war of the sections, however, came, and when
it's red curtain was uplifted the body of our mo-
ther was in the hands Of the vandal. That body
has been since recovered, and now we nre sit
ting amid the ruins of her home preparing like |
our ancestors ia. rebuild. Following their ex- |
ample, let US. all, as they did, keep together in |
n band Of common brotherhood, and putting |
our united shoulders TO the Wheel our future, |
like theirs, viii be bright auI so. iN.". NJ .h;:
end, Mr.. Chairman, as the Chief Magistrate OF
the State, oil the powers which possess or can
command shall be most earnestly devoted, and
to this end feel much pleased to believe that
in times Of trial can lean upon the strong arms
of the people, and feel the sympathetic thro6
of their great heart beating against mine all
over the State.
PAROLE WINS AGAIN.-LondoI, May 8.-Pa- |
role has retrieved his loss of the race for the
Chester Trade cup yesterday by winning that
for the Great Cheshire handicap stakes, which
took place to-day, the last of the Chester meet
ing. Refer, who won the race for the Chester
Trade cup got in second, and Lord Leghs four
yesr-old bay colt, Sir Joseph, third. There were
eight starters. Parole carried l34 pounds, Sir
Joseph 1l8 pounds. Distance nearly one mile
and q quarter, and the race was for three-year-
olds and upwards.
NEW YORK, May 8.-A Special concerning
Parole s victory this morning says: "Paroie was
last in the first turn round /; then, arousng him
self, he ran through the competing horses like
a fash of lightning The other jockeys looked
at the performance in perfect stupefaction.ai-
most as if they had phantom horse in their
ranks The applause for the American horse
,,.s L., m. AM IN ma he came in on a canter past