The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-19
Honor and Humble Pie.

On two occasions Nltnln CnC past tllTcC
weeks the people Of South Carolina have
been addressed by their representatives
! in Congress upon questions OF great pub
! lie interest and Importance. The letter
! OF Congressman lillian to the chairman
! of the executive committee OF the Free
/ Trade .iS<Oci ton of South Carolina was
published on April 18th. The address
; OF Senator Butler before the survivors Of
! the Charleston Light Dragons was pub
! lishcd last Tuesday. In both the letter
and the address there are illusions to
the present relations of the Southern
people to their fellOw-citiZens in the
! National Union, and the duty they owe
10 themselves and to their common coun-
try. Different lines of thought and
! sentiment are presented by the Con-
gresham and Senator respectively, and
it is interesting to note the difference in
their views.
CONGRESSMAN TILLMAN's LETTER.
must be pardoned for expressing the
opinion that it is exceedingly unwise IN
| South Carolina, either by State associ-
alton, or by leading individuals. at this
time to be conspicuously clamorlng for
any kind of reform in Federal taxation
or Federal legislation.
Even the appearance Of attempting
leadership by South Carolina in national
affairs will be resented by both North
and South. Politics is very analogous to
war-in fact, it is mimic war; and Just
as the best soldiers do not like to follow
a defeated general into battle q second
! time. so the conquered South has had
enough OF South Carolina generalshlp
| for some time to come. 1t has not been
| LONG since our State was the recognized
| leader of both the South and the a.
lional Democratic party, and that lead
crShip ended in war, defeat and ruin.
Shall we Of the Palmetto State always
Le Sclf-;lolatrous Bourbons, never for
getting. never learning anything?x .
Then why oppose the inevitable? 1t
is rs true now rs it ever was that who-
ever Spits against the wind spits in his
oN Il face: and considering that South
Carolina'S policy led to the war which
forced the government to contract a
debt OF nearly three thousand million
dollars, the payment OF the interest and
principal OF which, together with pro-
viding for current expenses and pen
sionS, requires an annual revenue Of
nearly three hundred million dollars, is
it becoming in South Carolina to pirate
about free trade:
Hence. as there is probably no way to
get rid OF protective tariff for gene
! ration or more, why should we whine in
! impotcnt rage or make mouths at our
conqucrOrs:
SENATOR BUTLER's ADDRESS. -
have sometimes thought, would
have been better if we coul' nave been
numbered with the "DC.u on the field
OF battle" than survived the cause we
held so dear, but am admonished Of the
impropricty OF such thought. We
must have been permitted to survive for
some good purpose. If we use that sur
yival for the gool and honor AID glory
Of that country for which we fought, we
shall ut least have credit for being wor-
thv brothers OF our dead comrades.
The dignity Of that courage which over
comes the humiliation Of defeat, without
diShonor or loss of Self-respect, is higher
and mrandcr than that which carries the
soldier into the ''dcadly breach"
| Those of us who were less conspicu-
ol,s in the great conflict have Il priceless
example in the self-respecting dignity
and heroic fOrtitudc OF the two great
men who represented the civil and mill
! tary heads OF the Confederate Govern
mcnt jefferson Davis and Robert E.
Lee. Cowardly malignity aud petty
spite may attempt to impair the SYM
mctry OF their illustrious characters, but
they twill live in the hearts of their
! countrymen" as among the besttypes Of
American statesman and soldier the
country has ever produced. They will
! live, too. honOrcd, respected and revered
for their hi gin, incorruptible qualities,
when their traducers and their traducers'
idols will be remembered only for the
pcryerSitv Of their revenge and unrea-
SonablcncSs Of their hatred.
SO, my friends and comrades and
brethren of the battle field, bivouac and
camp. chcrishing all that is noble and
glorious and charitable in our fellow
countrymen on both sides OF the great
struggle. honoring the brave and true
wherever we may meet or find them. let
us draw the veil OF forgctfulncss and OBJ
livion between lls and all that is mean or
Sordiii or coWardly.
Both Mr.. Tillman and Gen. Butler are
from EI"rtield County. Both were
elected 10 represent South Carolina in
the Congress Of the United States.
Which OF the two represents the Scnti-