The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-10-12
Vol. XVIII.

maps, most LulnhlUS peISo':S VII
a.rce With him. The shock TO
society and the strain on ali lis
Interests We're very severe. TheT
would probably have been more
serere from a gradual sch"uv a:
emancipation Many results. pre-
dlcted or unexpected, t"iio""I !;
but one great result winch Hur
per confidently assumed as NE
vilah!e-tae instant failure Of cut
ton cuLtivNtiyn-tjas not tu'!"" ed.
There are checks and conprr-a-
lions in the texture Of society:
and iu the nnrolIinss OF ProVi-
deuce, which men do not t"r"-
see.
a great historiun says that a
good test OF the Christian civIE'z&-
tion may be found ia tue manner
in which they pass through revo-
lu,ions. We. lay aside now the
painful question as to the Chris
,ianity Of a people who, with
wild enthusiasm on each side, can
rush into civil war. Looking
back only to 1865. while there
are some things ON each side that
we could wish to blot; some
things which show, that if one
side may be exacting, the other
side may be unreasonable; sliIl
there is much 10 encourage Chrls
tlan students Of history. But for
the religious restraints on black
and white, Northerners and South
erners, our lllad Of woes would
have been longer and more
tragic. All persons, except few
blinded partlsans on each side,
will now admit that some oppor-
tunitiss have been lost 10 the
natural excitement of the times.
Every successive phase of public
sentiment in these evcntful days,
brings its own opportunity. which
must be seized wisely and panc'
,ually, or it is gone forever. He
is happiest who, at the end of his
life opportunities, has least cause
Of unavailing regrets. He is not
happy who is then forced TO say.
i have lived in a critical era OF
the worlds affairs. Neither Pr"7i'
deuce nor history bias given me !"
new idea, or a new light on ap old
idea | have taithtnl!. AID IN.
discrimina,ely praised my own
section and party, while l have
constantly abused the other par
" and section. | have never telt
it a duty or privilege TO write =
line, or speak q word, which
might help to al!ay the storm Of
passion around me. | have been
borne along, an uuthiuking, un,
resisting feather on the cur
rent
1t is not Senator's, only. dying
Or living, who must meet this
grca. question. It comes bone
to tue business and bosom oi
every man and woman. II
touches the nursery and the
Kitchen, the shop and The field,
the ballot-box and the court
house, the school room aud tie
Church.
The editor must excuse both
the fact and the matter Of short
depression at this point. Deuom-
national papers have their uses
and advantages, which are mani
fold. But like all human agen-
cies, they have their abuses aud
their disadvantages. Within the
last few years such questions as
these have been fully and fairly
discussed in several undenomlna-
tioual papers: the relations OF
servants, masters, mistresses, with
the temptations, trials, faults OF
each party; the tendency III
Churches to prefer young minis
ters; the reasons why the social
meetings Of our Churches are DOT
more attractive, &c. Let it not
be put down at once, as idle fault
finding, when the fear is express
ed that these questions and
others like them, are not dis
cu<sed as broadly and calmly io
Church papers as elsewhere.
1t will be q great, perhaps a
fatal mistake, if the earnest, heal,
thy, religious element Of our whole
country is oot brought TO bear ON
all the interests of the two races
so intimately and SO critically
thrown together. Let sincerity
and common sense DO Joined with