The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-07-14
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enabled them: to care for the rights !
and honor Of the State and people IN
their day will enable US to do like
wise IN ours-what were they? They
were brave-I place this quality at
the head of the list because without
it there is and can be no stability Of
character. Whep I speak Of courage
I do not mean that common endow
,nent of physical impulse which ini-
spires man to protect himself from IN
Jury. This is almost universal with
men and animals. It is as rare for
man to be born without it as to be
born with one eye or one arm. Such
creature is an anomaly in creation.
Nor do I mean that equally general
quality of bravery en- na0sse. South
Garolinians may adopt truthful@y the
words of little Betsinder IN Mr..
Thackeray's story of the rose and the
ring, spoken with different intent.
but not inapplicable to them IN this
connection
ssLittle lion was my brudde-,
Great big lioness my mudder,
Neber heard of any udder."
The gallaDtry of the people of this
State is proverbial. 1t has been coo.
spicuously exhibited on every demand
of the State. from the DAYS of Tus:
carora, John Barnvell, (the greatest
of our Indian fighters to the sad day
CT Appomattox; when the bleeding
remnant of our var-Worn veterans
laid down their arms at the command
of the great chief. It is not of this l
speak. This is natural TO you. It is
q part of your inheritance. Indeed
the embarrassment is the other way
Too great a readiness to fight is one
of our faults. It is a quality with US
to be cur5ed, not encouraged. But
E the virtue to which I allude is IN
great. measure acquired and perfected
bv cultivation and effort. It's the noble
attribute of adhering to . conviction
ofrisht, without regard to peEsoual con-
sequences, through good report aud
evil report, in spite. of popular clamor
and :dennnciation: in obedience to
the dictates of conscience, and in pur
suit of what you believe to be the
public good. If final approval Vindi.
Gates your course, it is happy re-
suit. IF it does cot before you pass
away into the unknown, you have
she consolation Of your own rectitude.
Be assured the vindication will come
at some time. Baron SouiDi, in his
art of war, says, the first requisite Of
a great commander above ali others is
high moral courage, capable Of
great resolutions. It is equal !ly true
Of greatness in any sphere of life. It
was this that made Washington and
his eompeers. They fought with
haltess around their necks; but they
braved fate, because of the faith that
was in them. They succeeded and
the world halls them as model patri-
OTIS aud heroes. 1t was this also
that made Lee and his comrades.
They failed. Justice moves more
slowly in case of failure : bnt it is on
the advance already, aud history will
award to them the same verdict. For
tuna&e or unfortunate, honest self
saerisee and devotion to principle
commands and receives the applause Of
mankind.
Another quality which disting-
suisaed our WORTHLESS of the past,
recent aud remote, was Intelligence.
: They we're all men Of education, and
fully abreast with the essential kuow-
ledge of the age within Ehich they
moved When, called npon to act
With or against other men from other
quarters they brought equal informa-
l. ton iato the arena. They were liza.
cble to 30 surprises, and were cop-
fronted with no superiors. The COM
bat vas on fair ground with like
weapoos. There is not a marked
era IN the history of the State or
Union in which We can not point with
pride to the career of our representative
neu. II possible the necessity of this
attribute is more notable now than
ever before. Human knowledge in
all departments of science, practical
and experimental, has been and is ad-
yancing With great, strides. It is no
longer mere gratifying distinction to
be Well-informed. It is an indispen-
sable element of success. It matters
little what lire oe life you please to
follow, you will find science has been
at work there as well as elsewhere, aud
unless you knew her discoveries you
will Inevitably lag in the race. But
IS it possible for any mind to keep
pace with the never-ceasing develop
ments of knowledge? Aristotle, it is
said, was familiar with all the voFld
knew in his day. An hundred Aris-
tot1es condensed into one could not do
it now. But I will tell you what you
can 90. What, after all, is the grand
object of education? It is not to stuff
your memories with the thought and
sayings Of ether men but it is to &C
quire the faculty Of correct and ex-
bausti7e thought upon any subject
which may present itself for your de.
termination. If you think correctly
gon will conclude reasonably, and then
tile way is open to act wisely. When
I was a student of Law with Mr. Peti-
gree, one Of the first men Of this or
any other country, noticing me read
iDg very laboriously, he said, my
young friend, you appear to be doing