The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-01-07

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and say absurd things. We tear ourselves
away from the fair for time. only for the
purpose OF II aking ourselves more worthy OF
them, not daring to venture more than to
meet them on the half way ground. the
penny readings" or or occasions like this
seated side by Side, to enjoy the full measure
Of the only perfect bliss vouchsafed to man
the kind, sweetpower Of lovely woman.
be with you as regularly In the future as !
have been in the past: but I hope you will
maintain your motto taken as you have Just
stated from DR.. Jobnson's literary club and
repeated by WALL all at each adJournment' E Z TO
think OF me kindly. lam sure that wherever
I may be, I will never forget the happiness
this little club OF Abbeville has afforded me.
"Let fate do her worst there are relics Of Joy,
Blight dreams of tho past, which she cannot
destroy.
Which come In the nighttime Of sorrow and
And bring back the features that Joy used to
wear"
Our HOsts.." rhe Homeless"
PROPOSED BY CAPT. L. W. WHITE.
Home Ia suggestive Of all that's joyous, md
bright and happy. The associations which
cluster thickly around this charmed word nre
the purest, the tenderest, the sweetest, the
best known to humanity. To the anxious,
toillng struggling son Of Adam, there can be
no higher earthly Joy than O happy home.
There love reigns supreme, and albeit the
worlds cold charity may distress md grieve as
ranking cares annoy still the heart, how
throb" and hope springs ever afresh amid the
endearments OF loving and loved ones at
home.
II these things be true, alas! how wretched
must be the mortal who has no home. Home
less there is something peculiarly shocking
and revolving In the very term. We associate
1t with such words rs desolate, o~utcast, aban-
sSo@e1hi,n f9Ft %ontra .9ssi My n f fb6,s sssse there ns eoM is
look upon. In obedience to kind Invitations
we are assembled this evening to share the
hospitality SO richly supplied, by the home
less-soc called.
those to whom the joys and delights Of home
are wholly unknown. Our young friends and
hosts, by this very collation., 30 bOunteous. SO
handsome, n no nice, have given full proof
Of the fact, that they know something ~atleast
On behalf Of the Literary Club / would sim
cerely thank those OF our number who have
not constituted themselves Lords of the
manor for this splendid hospitality, and be.
fore 1 take my seat would give ms q toast,
Our kind hosts!" May You all "live longer
than 1 have time to tell your years" May
glorious conQucsts await cue one of you up.
on the worlds broad field OF battle;" may
i3o fort hon hon9T; v and hnpPlness crown your
loIDt hu you4 A4ky Tx tChl l. Z lIlu
each one Of you In possession Of u bright.
happy, charming and attractive home, and
may the domestic destiny of every one OF
you, be such as that,
For each. 70 the blazing hearth shall burn,
A busy housewife ply her evening care,
And children run TO lisp their sire's return,
And climb his knees the envied kiss to
share.
REPLIED TO By II PRESIDENT OF THE
uoNrIE EGO ~ Mr. 20 r. prSpT
Mr.. White, Ladies ind Gentlemen: In the
name OF 1.-THE Homeless" I thank you for the
cordial reception you have accorded to the
toast so elegantly proposed by my friend Capt.
White. Az president OF the 'The Homeless, -
] do not know how I can respond flttingly 10
the toast drunk in our honor. Weare not on.
ly "Homeless'-our modesty makes us speech.
less. We are not Homeless" however, in
the mournful sense OF the word some Of us
indeed are neither wifelcss nor chIldless, and
not one of us Is hopeless, after beholding the
hearty and encouraging way In which you
received the kind wishes OF Capt. White cx-
pressed In our behalf. We are glad to sec So
many guests around our board tonight In
White has said Is n beautiful home. Ii Is
beautiful, and like all other homes, Il owes
Its beauty TO the fair hands, kind hearts, and
ARTISTIC taste Of gentle woman; They have
made 1t SO beautiful that we Of the Homeless
Ten" are filled with n desire to build here ten
tabcrnacles and here remain. But we have
no continuing city here, although we seek
one to come. Capt. White has with faithful.
ness and feeling described the Joys of home.
We of 1.-THE Homeless all look forward to
enjoying In our homes oil the comforts md
delights SO sweetly alluded TO by my friend.
We all look upon Home as the one
Spot of earth supremacy blcst,
A dearer, swecter spot than all tho rest.
And when we shall have built and estab-
lished our snug little homes, ladies and gen.
f1pnlpu Won NAV no gnrn fhof IN M nno Tint
shall cross our threshold will q warmer wei.
come be given than to the members of the
Abbeyiiie Literary Club and to the member
for your kindness, and they woul express
their gratitude not so much in words o.,
which is more fitting, In wOrks,-in their ear
evening on this the last night Of the year.
The State.
PROPOSED BY NJ. p. DeBRUHL, ESQ.
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen On
this OCCASION, 1t ~ my pleasant duty
and highly esteemed privilege to propose the
the State of South Carolina, the common
mother OF us all. A Stale OF whose entire
history her sons. may Justly be proud. She
Of the Union 10th In times Of peace and OF
war. An hundred battle fields have attested
the skill and valor of her soldiery: and her
statesmen have stood among the first in the
COuuSllho vi liz llhGlOAs HllOIS HCT sldlcS-
men there have been many whose learning,
wisdom and purity ave been unsurpassed,
and whose answering fidelity to truth, cnus-
ed them TO be as much respected by their foes
as they were honored and loved by their
friends.
] think wec can never sufficiently admire the
wisdom of these statesmen, nor sufficiently
appreciate the bravery of those unconquera-
Bile veterans who sacrificed their lives for the
good of their State. They do not need the as
sistance OF the sculptor to perpctuate their
memoir they need no monumental pile, for
they can never be forgotten by South Carolin.
ians.
Mr.. President, no state in the Union hns
been distinguished by a more lofty and dIsin-
terested patriotism than South Carolina. She
has ever been true to the principles upo
only when driven to 1t by oppressive ~legisla-
ton, which set at nOught the constitution,
that she severed her connection with her SIS
ter States. In the struggle which followed,
the wager OF battle was against her. but she
submitted to oppression only when she could
no longer resist, preserving untarnished the
bright record which had been handed down
from the pust.
versity, rs we'll rs In times of prosperity. In
the dark days of the recent past, when all
life seemed 10 ave departed from the State
save the wonderful fertilttyof corruption, her
people kept themselves unspotted, and bore
their sutferings as only n brave people could
do, hoping that the time would come when
they could rise in their might and throw of
the yoke which oppressed them. That time
has come, good government, peace and pros
perity have once more been restored to our
State. Let us hope that her fnrure will be
even more brilliant than her past. With this
toast I couple the name OF one OF South Cor
olina's distinguished and most faithful sons
MIR. Solicitor Cothran,
REPLIED TO BY COL. J. 8. coTHRAN.
Nr. Presidents: In responding 10 the senti-
ment assigned to me, I am embarrassed as
well by the magnitude OF the subject, as by q
sense OF my own insufIiciency.
South Carolina! She has been we'll desig-
mated by my young friend who has just taken
bis scat, 'the common mother OF US ALL" For,
even to the few here present., whose fortune IT
extends O kindly welcome and fondly en-
braces them in the arms Of generous affection.
am proud, MIR. President, Of the traditions
of her pe~ople-their proves In arms, their
wisdom in counsel, so we'll spoken by my
young friend, and more than these / am even
proud of the faults Imputed to thefn-th cir
alleged Observation-Disclosures der.ded chival-
ry, are but virtues In excess.
We bave passed indeed thrO' dark days-Nays
in which her sons almost wished they nal
not hearts to pant with indignation. l Will
not rs did Aineas to Queen Dido and her
Court, recount our fhJdndos dolores In
this presence more beautiful than that which
inspired the pious son Of Anchises. / would
rather, rejoicing in her deliverance, fisten
your gaze steadily on the bright future which
awaits her, which, with the eye Of abiding
faith l see, firmly believing that,
She like the eagles will remember youth
And fresh historic pluInes Of fame put o.
Another Athens after Marathon