The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-12

OF Nliltiadcs, and Thcmistoclcs. un,
Arlstldes. At the waving of thcs,
swords, the II 900 lanccrs of Athcn,
on tho run, dashed against the 100,
Ooo lnSolent Persians, and tramplct
them down OF pushed them back int,
the sea. The sword of that day savct
the Ecst part of tho hemisphere,
TRINITY of keen steel flashing in thc
two Ilghts-thc light Of the setting
sun OF barbarism, the light of tho
rising sun of civilization. Hail tc
these three great swords bathcd IL
heaven!
What put an end to infamous Louis
AVl S plan of universal conquest by
which England would have been
made to knccl on the steps OF the
Itlhcrles aud the Anglo Saxon race
would have been halted and all 1Iu
rope paralyzcd? The sword Of Mail
borough, ut Blcnhcim. Time came
! when the Roman war eagles, whose
| beaks had been punched into the
heart OF nations, must be brought
down from their cyries. All other
attempts had disgracefully failed, but
the Germans, the mighticst nation
for Drawn and brain, undertook the
work, and under God succeeded.
What drove back tho Roman cavalry
tlll the horses, wounded, flung their
riders and the last rider pcrishcd,
and the Hercynian forest became the
scene of Romcs humiliation! The
sword, tho brave sword, the trium
plant sword of Arminius. While
passing through France last january
my nerves tinglcu with excitement
and rose i'll the car, the better to
sec the battlefield of Chalons, the
mounds and brenstworks still visible.
though nearly 800 years ago they
were shovellcd up. There. Attila. the
hcathcn monster, called by himself
the ''scourgc Of God for the punish
mcnt of Christians" his life a massa-
crc OF nations, camc to ignominous
defeat, and he put i'll ono great pile
the wooden saddles of his cavalry,
and the spoils of the cities and king
doms he had sacked, and placed on
top of this holocaust the women who
had accompanied him in his dcvasta-
ting march, ordering that tho torch
de put to the pile. What power
broke that sword, and stayed that
red scomgc of cruelty that was roll -
ing over Europe! The sword Of Thoo-
doric anll Actius.
10 como down to later ages. all
Intelligent Englishmcn unite with all
intelligent Americans in saying that,
1t was the best thing that the !Amc.i-
can colonies swung off from the gov
crnmcnt Of Great Britain. 1t would
have been the worst absurdity of t..
600 years If this continent should
have continued it's loyaltyto q throne
on the other side of the sea. No one
would propose governor general
tor the United States rs there is q
governor general for Canada. We
have had splcndcd queens in our
American capitol, but we could hard
~ be brought to support Il queen on
the other side of the Atlantic. lovely
and good as Victoria is. The only
use wc have for calls ami lords and
dukes III this country is, to treat them
well when they pass through to their
grounds in the Far West. or
when their fortunes have failed. rein
force them by wealthy matrimonial
alliance. Imagine this nation yet IL
part of English possessions. The
trouble the mother country has to-
day with Ireland would be n para
,tlsaic condition compared with the
trouble she would have with us.
England and the United States make |
excellent neighbors, but the two fam |
hes are too large to live in the same
house. What IL god-send that wc |
should have parted, and parted long
lgs! But L can think in no other |
way IN which We could have possibly
achieved American indcpcndcncc. |
George the Third, the half-crazy king.
Would not have let us go. Lord |
North, his prime minister, would not |
have let us go. General Lord Corn |
wallis would not let us go, although
utter Yorktown he was glad enough |
TO have us let him go. Lexington.
md Bunker Hill, and Monmouth. |
md Trenton, and Valley Forge, were
proofs positive that they were not
Wiling to let us go. Any committee
II Americans going across the ocean
20 sec what could have been done
would have found no better accom-
nodatlons than London Tower. Tho |
'nly way it could have been done wne
~ sword. Jefforson's pen could |
vrltc the Declaration of Indcnon-
lcnce, but only Washington's sword
'ould have achieved it, and the other
swords bathed in heaven.
SO now the sword has it's uses. al-
hough it is Il shcathcds word. There
$ not armory i'll Brooklyn, or New
ork, on Philadelphia, or Chicago, or
Charleston, or New Orleans. or any
American city, that could be spared.
We have in all our American cities a
'uffim population who, though they
lrc small i'll number, compared with
| good population, would again and
tgaln make rough and stormy times
1, back or our mayors nd common
and police, there were not
II the armories md arscnals some
Ieon steel which, if brought into
play, would make quick work with
nobocracy. There are in every great
unprinciDlcl mon who