Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-02

J.. THURSDAY,
supreme law of the land. Yet, seven wicked
spirits in the shape of Northern Governors, con.
gregated at Washington and tempted Abra'
ham Lincoln to take the whole government
on his shoulder, and, by usurpng the judicia'
ry and legislative departments, trampled the
constitution of the United States under foot
by issuing the proclamations calling for troops
to put down the rebellion, suspended the writ
of habeas corpus, and brought on civil war
in which probably million of lives were
lost. "He that killeth with sword must be
killed with sword" lie that killeth avith the
bullet must be Killed .rith bullet Abraham
Lincoln did not die in the house of the Lord ;
but rather in the tabernacle of Dagon. His
worshippers say that he was like Moses on
mt. Pisgah but when the true history Of this
country is written in after ages, 1 think that
all future historians will place him, as |
have done, as a warning to all usurpers. l
opposed the violation of the constitution OF
South Carolina in 1882, and was equally op.
posed to the violation of the constitution of
the United States in 1861.
Such is brief outline of MY parentage,
my earliest recollections and training, busi-
ness pursuits, political course and public life,
and the opinion I entertained with regard to
all usurpers.
Ideem it not out of place to add here, that
I collected large amount Of ecclesiastical
material, most of which is and will be embod-
led by DR.. Howe, in bis history Of the Pres
byterian Church in South Carolina, of which
church I have been member near fifty years.
During thirty.6ve years of this time l have
held the office of Ruling Elder in Cedar Shoal
Church; have frequently been a member of
Bethel Presbytery and the Synod Of South
Carolina, and in 1854, was the delegate from
Bethel Presbytery to the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church of the United
States of America, which convened at Buf'
alo, New York.
The above sketch was dictated by the SUBJ
iect hereof, in 1871. 1t is simply statement
of facts, applicable, in this case, to an indi
vidual but contains nothing Of his domestic
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gious, moral or intellectual, which in reality
constitute the man. The site where he lived
was very desirabe-his house roomy and COM
modious and 'She always made home hap
py," is the inscription on the tombstone of her
who, for period of 35 years, divided the sor-
rows and doubled the joys of his life. To
the truth of this declaration, the relatives and
friends, the person on business, the neighbor
who dropped in, the visitors, the travellers
who lodged there, the judges, lawyers, and
clergymen, of all denominations, entertained
by her, could amply testify. This kind, amia-
bic, pious lady-this mother in Israel-died
in 1854, while her husband was absent attend.
ing meeting of the General Assembly Of the
Presbyterian Church, in Buffalo, New York /;
and though,a telegram was Immediately dis
patched to inform him Of her severe illness,
it never reached him. He knew nothing OF
her death, until informed of it, by friend, at
Kingsvile, on his return. @.1
At Camden, Columbia, and Charleston, at
tending civil and ecclesiastical courts; on sur
veying expeditions and collecting materials
for history of church and state, he was fire.
quently absent from three to twelve days at a
time. On these trying occasions, the man.
agement of large household devolved upon
her, who always showed herself equal to the
emergency. With afectation she cultivated
no acquaintance Her manners were easy
and natural. Though inclined to corpulency,
she was handsome Intelligent, cheerful, in
dustrious, economical, and of rare converse.
tional ability, she was emphatically entertain
ing and interesting. From those blue eyes,
bordering on hazel, bealned the soul Of afec.
tion and pity. To the sick and suffering she
was ministering angel. Words Of comfort,
soothing and hope, fell from her lips, while
tenderness and sympathy were ingredients in
ties of Miss Esther CASTOR, to whom Daniel
Greene Stinson was married on the 29th OF
January, 1919.
They had eight children-two sons and six
daughters. Of the eight, only two survive
Mrs. L. Mcdonald and Mrs. S. j. Lewis. Of
the sons, the oldest died before he was two
years old the other in his twentieth year,
being then member of the senior class in
Franklin University, located at Athens,
Georgia. The oldest daughter, Mrs. Elder,
died in Yorkville, in 1857. Mary Narcissa
and Esther Emily, died, the one antecedent,
and the other subsequent to the death Of their
mother. Mrs. R. S. Lewis, the youngest OF
the children, died during the war her hus.
band being killed two or three months after
her death.
Daniel Greene Stinson's second wife was
Mrs. Henkle, the daughter of Mr.. Turner
and Margaret Morgan. At the close Of the
war, when slavery was abolished-his proper
ty consisting largely of negroes-he was in.
solvent; and to do the best he could for bis
creditors, took the benefit of the bankrupt
law, surrendering everything and receiving
nothing on which to live as a prince after.
ward. With what the law allowed him, he
purchased a small place, near the York line,
but in Chester. To this he moved and lived
on il two or three years but being old and
feeble and unaccustomed to the management
of freedmen, he and his wife went to Rock
Hill, to her son.in law, Maj. T.. G. Beckham.
Making this his home, he has spent the last
seven or eight years there and with his chill.
dren, occasionally visiting his relatives and old
friends.
The freside, at his old home, when surroun-
.ded by the family group, was very pleas
ant one, where some exploit of school-boy
days, of revolutionary occurrence, or Of later
military date, was related by the head Of the
family to the no small merriment Of the listen
ers. He was exceedingly fond of children,
humoring their whirns and entering into their
sports with zest almost beyond conception.
He would often coax away from the arms
of tbair n, p,othoro ;nfanta of five or siy months