The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-02
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to tho People OF South Carolina, by j.
Hendrix hIcLnnS.
tkender unto Caesar the things that are Cnsrr.s
ana unto COD the thing, that are God =
Matt. xx1t. II.
Messrs. Editors: A short time ago
the aforementioned address, having
tho abovc-quotcd text, was placed in
my hands. Not being engaged at the
time, ! at once began its pcrusal, hop
ing to learn something Of Importance
respecting the great Grccnback move
ment. Hitherto, I had been very
much In tho dark concerning it. Sure
ly ought not to DC blamed for enter
tanning such expectations, since Mr..
McI1anc has been SO much applauded
as one ofthc giants Of said party. AS
the advocate of their cause, and as far
as know, he stands head and shoul-
dcrs above above every other man in
South Carolina. But docs it not speak
well for the good sense Of South Caro-
lina9 Should we not feel proud of it2
We'll, read the address, and must
confess to somewhat of disappoint-
mcnt. am not able to seq how any
such sermon was evolved from Matt.
, xxi, 2l. Think hc must have first
prepared his sermon and afterwards
searched tho scriptures for suitable
text on which to hangS it. But he
, missed it. a much better text would
have been PROV. xxx, 3. RI neither
learned wisdom, nor have the knowl-
edge OF the holy.l OF the truth Of
this lattor text the sermon is tho most
convicing proof.
!. would call your attention to the
| momcntousncss of the subject. 81, rs
one Of the exponents of some heaven
born principles, ask your attention to
the most momcntous subject ever be-
fore the American people," In about
hiiio vasca out &C ten, whenever =
speaker launches out at the very be-
ginning of his address into tho "IIy-
, pcrborcan regions Of infinite space"
you may at once set him down rs a
failure. The momentousncss of a sub
jcct should bo proven, rather than
merely announced. This tho writer
has failcd to do. 1t is not denied that
there may be something momcntous
about the Grcenback movement, but it
does not well appear in the sermon by
MIR. McLanc. lie asserts. indeed,
that tho cause is "sacrcd" and "holy :"
that the principles are "hcavcl-born"
and "ctcrnal;" he speaks Of very large
sums Of money, bonds, &C., enough
to addle the brain Of any poor laborcr,
which he assures us have all been turn
ed into tho wrong channel; TINT it is
under the Grccnback banner alone
that We can hope for the reign of uni
versal peace and prosperity in our
country; and oh, amaZing! he sub
scribcs himself as praying for tho Sue
cess OF the Grecnback party. Still the
momcntousncss Of the subject does not
appear. Like an able divine he has
adorned his sermon with some sclip-
ture quotations., but the momcnt< us
ness refuses to appear. There is
something away or in the future
which he tries to hold up to our view.
Perhaps that may be it. But tho dis
tancc between it and us is well nigh
infinite, and it will have to be brought
great deal nearer before wc poor IT,
norant wretches Of this great Amcri-
can Republic will be able to discern
its magnitude.
2. Consider its constitutionalitv.
"All we do will be done inside tic
law" "Tho law has no moro power
to give the metals purchasing quail
flcntion between man and man than It
has the power to give the snmc to paper,
rags, chips or whctstoncs, but il has
got tho power undcr the constitution
OF tho United States to give to tho
metals and puper alike dcbt-paying
quality between man and man, or
between the government and individu-
ais Or any kind Of corporations" Nc
Lane. Logical conclusion: there
fore, the law has the power under
the constitution of the United
States to give to metal and paper and
rags and chips and whetstones and to
anything else all alike q dcbt-paying
| virtue between man and man, or be-
tween the government and indiyidu-
als or any kind Of corporations.
Mcssrs. Editors, l know good
man! words, and some of several diff
| Iercnt languages. lhayc tried to think Of
one or two sufficiently weighty TO ex-
press my surprise, but memory fails
mo. So can only enclose you fow
exclamation points (!ll!!D, asking
that If you know any large but gcntcel
word that you think will do, please
just insert it before all six Of the points
and will concur.
And now, fellow-citizcns, all We
have to do in order to have rs much
money as wc want, and lcgal tender
at that, is just to join tho Greenback
party, and out Of that party elect a
President and send mon to Congress
who will cause tho great seal Of the
government to bo stamped upon all
metals, and upon every piece of paper
and upon all old rags and chips and
whetstoncs. And why not saw upon
everything clse2 And why stop there ?
Why not elect a President and send
mon to Congress who will issue to
every man a fac simile Of tho gov
ernment seal, so that wo may each one
stamp our own rags and chips and
tVhnt of ,,,Sll l,o