The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-09-22
MRS. CHAPLIN IN CHICAGO.


guests took walks before breakfast to tn.
beach aud tac mineral spring, the only spot
where hard drinking" is INDUCED in dur
ing the temperance cOnvocatl"n.
After a morning Sunday school there was
preaching, the Rev Mr.. Libberton, of Du-
rand, leading in prayer and Mrs Peters. Of
Mani>tee, Mich, reading the Scripture
chapter
The Rcv. \. y. knappcn, Of Michigan,
preached the forenoon sermon from Second
Samuel, xxi, 81: The word Of the Lord
is tried" his general theme being the tests
to which the Bible has been put, aud by
which it has been proved true.
At p. III, came on the specially attrac-
tive feature Of the day, an address on The
Outlook South" by
MRS. SALLlE F. CHAPLIN,
an emmincnt lady of Charleston, S. G., and
Supcrntc 2dcnt Of the work of the Womaus
National Christian Temperance Union in
the South. The following is Il synopsis:
Mrs Cnapn commenced by saying that
the introduction given her 10y the honorcd
President of the National Union, had fallen
upon her ear as though harp string touch
ed in some far distant sphere, had in this III,
cid atmosphere just vibratcd, and the time to
which Miss. Willard had referred, and which
had seemed SO far ava because Of the many
and deep sorrows Intervening, had been
brought strangely near, and memories un-
blddcn had come up which could only be
sad
The bard wEo sings o, the fallen cause
will have to d" So with a harp tear. r.stringcd,
aud the notes will weep out Woe winged be
cause Of the sorrows aud suifcrings of my
people. Aye may not say your people,
tor do you not claim Virginia as your moth.
er State? Did not your territory and that
of most Of the States by which you are sur,
rounded once belong to the grand old com.
m"nwcalth Of Virginia, which generously
ccded you to the United States Wculd
you sell out your interest in our common
fathers tomb because he was Southvrncr
aud sleeps on the banks of the Potomac?
know you would not, any more than we Of
the South would yield our claim to Il portion
of the glory which Bunker Hill monument
commentaries, or che patriot blood which
crimson ID Lake Champlain.
Oh, dear friends, we have been wrong,
criminally wrong, for allowing dcsiG ming
dcmngosues to divide those whom God
made one Daniel Wcbst + was once ask
cd what was the greatest thought that had
ever passed through his mind. lie replied.
his "indiv;dual responsibility 10 God. -
Would that every one privileged to cast
ballu: would feel this terrible responsibility;
then statesmen, and not politicians, would
be put in power aud our distracted country
would have peace We d" not know each
other IS we ought to or we would love each
ether more.
Many people at the North think of us at
the South only a. slave holders, and believe
the war was fought for slavery. 1t was not
So, as the brother from Iowa told you yes
tcrday. In my own State we had only 2G,.
600 slave holders, md yet. during the first
six months, there were 50 600 volunteers
We fought for what we believed our rights.
as sovereign States The founder of our
States lights party. Thomas Jefferson, him,
self, was opposed to slavery. We were not
responsible for slavery. 1t was forced up
on us by New England and Old England.
aud if it VAS Il crime and disgrace, vou
SHIRE it with us, for in my own State
where the law torbiddmg the impnrtarinn
Of slaves into the State was repealed, Mr..
| LowndcS, our representative, urged rs an
argument that there wrrc 50 many inictS
into the very heart Of the State that it was
impossibla to keep our New England brc,h.
rcn, engaged in the slave trade, from c0u-
| ing it, ID sell their car@ocs Therefore. the
law was a dead letter on our statute books,
and ought to be repealed.
do not myself although not calvini>t,
| believe that slavery was an accidental sin
! that somehow or other had managed 10
cvadc the All seeing Eye, think as J"-
scph was sold into slavery to save his pco-
! nlr 81 these i."rL.r;"rD were brought to
: This country for wise purpose. In the
| State OF South Carolina before the war, the
! Methodist church alone numbered over 30
900 colMcd people, and S2J.OOO was nnnu.
ally appropriated, and thirty five Of the
very best preachers Of the Sonth Carolina
! Conference were yearly appontcd to
, preach upon the plantationS and never have
heard such singing as have listened to
! the
IiE" the viii GinI,, thgf ,imrI. notes Of praise"
But slavery has had its day and while we
| wish we could have ttrrd ourselves Of it rs
you did, still God knew best and we may in
eternity sec that it was to be Just SO. But
now the negro is free, and we would not
return them to slavery if We could,
But is there no other responsibility for
them? ? You would think SO it you lived
among them us do. Before the war the
liquor dealer who sold them liquor was an
rested. iincd imprisoned now the govern
mcnt licenses men to sell them the vicst
pni>pn and thousands of them 20 yearly
into drunkard~ graves.