The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-07-20

did not run after false gods, or worship
mammon to the exclusion of all else. He
worked for wealth, but he valued some
thing more than wealth. His patriotism
did not lead him into Office. His cupid
ity did not sink him into scandal.
It vas Justice L. @. G. Lamar Who
made immortal the sweet and pure asso-
Citations, the pure and refining atmos-
phere, the tranquil yet active operations
of large Southern landowner. How
full of interest and high responsibility,
how generous the hospitality, how care.
full, patient, provident and industrious
the head of the farm. These were the
qualities that enabled him to take race
of saVages with no arts or traditions OF
civilization and make them the finest
body of lsborers in the world. Hepene.
trated the dense forest, the tangled
swamps year by year amidst exposure,
hardships and sickness. With prudence,
foresight and self.reliance subdued all
the forces of nature, and brought the
slave up near the level Of an American
citizen. He was the man whose life 8t.
ted him to emerge from the solitude Of
his farm, preside in the County Court, or
become member OF the State Legisls-
ture, to discharge the duties of local
magistracy, or to take his place in the
National Council. The habits of indus
try, of frmnsss Of purpose, fidelity to
dependents, self.reliance and adherence
to justice in all the relations of life ofa
Southern Shareholder, which were nec-
essary to the management of a we'll Or
dored plantation, fitted him to guide
Legislatures and to lead armies.
Senator Geo. F. Hoar, of Massachu.
setts, declared tha. the Southern gentle.
man, wherever he goes is not pier, but
prince. They have love of home;
they have, the best of them and the most
of them, inherited from the great race
from which they came a sense of duty,
an instinct of honor as no other people
on the face of the earth. They have not
the mean traits that grow up somewhere
in plares where money making is the
chief end of life. They have above all,
and giving value to all, that supreme and
superb conatancy which, without regard
to personal ambition, without yielding to
the temptation of wealth, without
getting tired and without getting divert.
ed can pursue a great public object in
and out, year after year and generation
after generation. Southern leaders in
Congress, said MIR. Blaine in his book,
occupied a commanding position. These
leaders constituted 8 remarkable body of
men. They we're admirably trained as
debasors, and became highly skilled in
the mansgements of parliamentary bod.
ies. As a rule they were Literally edu.
Gated. Their secluded mode of life on
the plantation gave them leisure for
reading and reflection. They took pride
in their libraries, pursued the Law 80 far
as it increased their equipment for a
public course, and devoted themselves 10
public affairs with an absorbing ambi.
ton. Their domestic relations impaired
manrers that were hsughty-sometimes
offensive. They were quick to take
offence, and not unfrequently brought
needless personal disputation into the
discussion of public questions, but they
were almost without exception men of
high integrity, and they we're especially
and jealously careful of the public
money. Too often ruinously lavish in
their personal expenditures, they be.
lieved in an economical Government, and
throughout the long period Of their
domination they guarded the treasury
with rigid and unceasing diligence
against every attempt at extortion and
against every form Of consumption.
Ifthere was one thing which marked
the Southern gentleman it was his gen.
tlensss to woman. Not obsequious like
the spanisrd, or intriguing like the
italian, yet he bore in his heart that
tender and considerate feeling, which
made him protector without being a
lover, a champion without being q quiz
otic knight. He mentioned her name
without reverence; he approached her
with respect; he treated her with kind.
ness, aud he loved her in the geutler
and finer qualities which graced the
Southern matron.
he accepted religion-this Southern
gentleman. He studied philosophy and
followed science in her tending, but he
did not become skeptic. The sacred
Scriptures were accepted as the best
guide in earthly conduct-the best hope
of the hereafter. Old ideas like these
are worth cherishing, my young friends.
In many respects ne have made progress
since then, but the simplicity and noble
mindedness of our fathers are things to
be venerated and revered.
I said ne had progressed since that
elder day. So we have. am glad to
say ne have lived and moved, and
have turned our faces toward
the morning. Old institutions have
moulded, aud younger generation has
come up in the light of newer duties and
newer problems. The gentleman lives to-
day just as numerously as he lived
before; but let us have care in this
restless, rushing world, that we do moi
miss some of the softness, simplicity and
sincerity of the olden times.