The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-07-05

OF the world to carry into effect Gods benefi.
cen purposes toward man. He stated that
in making this announcement OF the supe'
rlorlty Of the white race he was not In con:
1 flict either with Gods teaching, through MS
Word or Works. That in ali Gods universe
| he had selected the fittest for the foremost.
This lesson was taught in the heavens above,
| In the air around us, in earth and ocean. He
/ developed this thought, and then asked,
what are you going to do about It.? Are you
going TO abdicate the precedence ana prima.
called you. and leave to Inferior races the &C.
complishment of the great ends Of law and
liberty for which his very throne is pledged
He illustrated that the lion was king OF the
forest, because God 30 made him, the eagle
was king Of the birds In obedience to Jeho-
vah's law. The tall oaks and towering pop
lars were the monarchs OF the forest, while
beneath them ard inferior to them, grew the
thorn and the thistle, because God 40 ordaln'
ed 1t. So in all the ages he has placed his
signet upon the white mar brow and given
ferior races to civilization and freedom.
| The next question he submitted was what
conception the people had OF country and Its
institutions. Had they ever considered &C.
government. institutions, country, liberty.
! How vast its scope. The great Sydney once
English liberty, that the chiefest concern OF
man on earth was human government. sgd
ney was right. There is no property, no right
/ g.,
which is not affected in some measure. for
veal or woe, by human government, It's laws
and its policies Take now the word country.
What do you understand is embraced IN the
It TO mean the lands, your homes, your rail.
roads, your schools, your churches? How we
love these lands upon which our fathers
dwelt, enriched as they are by the pest OIL
human blood, marked IL may be by ruins, or
gloritied graves OF our martyred dead. But
| these lands do not constitute all OF our coun.
try. The railroads are mighty developers ol
| wealth and civilizers binding together sister
States, and linking with bands of steel the
shores OF different oceans. But these are out
II small part of Our country. Our schools and
churches-how we prize them. Ihey train
the intellect and life for earth and time, and
the heart and spirit for heaven and eternity
Yet these are not all OF our country. Nor are
these, all combined, the whole OF our country.
| By far the greater part, and the most essen
women who inhabit and dominate it, who
till its soil, beautify Its homes, construct us
railroads, make Its laws, shape It's policies, de-
cree It's destinies.
Take the next word. liberty. How men
love 1t, and have always loved it.. and fought
| for It, How prayers ascend to heaven and
blood Is split upon earth for 1t. Yet you can
the walls OF your dwellings, nor decree 1t in
statutes. II liberty lives at all 1t must live In
the hearts and lives, and survive by the
strong right arms OF the men and the wo-
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therefore. that the whole OF our country, IN
the highest meaning Of that phrase. are the
men and the women upon whose hdellty lte
life, liberty and we'll being at last depend.
How important, therefore. 1t Ia to any coun.
try TO develop Its manhsod and woman
manhood. No higher ambition could actu'
ate the soldier, the citizen, the statesman, OF
the patriot than to build up the character ol
This is peculiarly true OF the South, for in
Gods inscrutable providence we were the
defeated section In the contest OF the sixties
1t is a sad but recognized truth that the ad'
vantages OF victory in any cause are far great
er In the estimation OF men, than they are
perhaps before the intallible bar OF God, OF
| will be before the tribunal OF history.
| We must however recognize the fact that In
the average estimation OF mankind. victory
vindicates, while defeat dooms 10 detraction
and misapprehension. Hence l repeat and
would emphasize the thought that OF all peo-
character Of our children We must develope
their manhood, and the serious question Tor
as to consider is. how Is this to be accom-
plished.
Gen Gordon then showed that self-respect
was the foundation OF all character, and that
to stimulate self-respect was TO strengthen
character, and to stimulate seltrespect II
was necessary 70 cultivate Just pride IN the
He then summarized the great leading
points In the white race TO which this people
belonged, the share borne by their establish
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their leadership In all the past history OF the
Republic in war and peace, and their control
prior TO 1850 OF the destinies Of the American
Republic.
He next came to the late war, and while do
ing full justice to the North and denouncing
the narrow-minded bigotry which would
claim all the glory for one section, and all the
showed that the record made by the South
had never been surpassed, II ever equalled In
any OF the conflicts OF the worlds history.
He then took the period succeeding the war
He reviewed the trials of the re-construction
period. paid glowing compliment 10 the
glorious women who 80 bravely urged fathers
and sons to stand by their States and " the
and crowned the south at its final resurrec.
ton with their loyalty, courage, and ndelity
| He then asked, what OF the future Whal
was South Carolina going TO do with the
had imposed on the present generation!
Were they going to fritter away their
strength by useless and senseless divisions
the proud positions which had been achieved
through such measureless suffering and sucn
unparalleled devotion.
He pleaded with his old comrades to turn
away from the brink OF the abyss npon
v hich they were treading in allowing feudt
to divide their councils, weaken their
strength, and which, beyond doubt, were In.
vitipg disaster al and death TO- the best interests
He appealed to them to come back TO thei,
former. faith, 10 stand together as they had
stood In the period Of reconstruction, and 10
holy obligation under which they labored &c
unite as one man In harmonious effort tc
transmit to their children unimpaired the
institutions which they had Inherited from
cially or materially. would seriously efieG
their future. Do this and they would still
see South Carolina proud old commonl
wealth progressive, erect, grand and free.
After Senator Gordon's speech, Hon. M
P. Carroll and Capt. James Armstrong sue
cessfully entertained the people. II Is mat mat
ter OF regret that we have no report Of he'll
speeches.
Scraps.
Today 1000 pounds OF Ice was used here in
Barrels Of water placed all over the business
r Policeman ma Riley has the reputation OF be.
ing one among the best 10 the state. -,
Greenwood deserves great deal of credit
for her pluck and energy and for her good
photographer, A. A. Morris photographed
the old soldiers while they were at dinner
He also took photo Of 26 secession guards
besides he Photographed ,he sa liner. a
The entire enrolment OF the veterans here
today reached 1850. 1t Is estimated that a.
least hundred or more fall to register
their names, making the entire enrolment
reach some 1900.
| Delayed Train.
The extra train that left Abbeville yester
i day morning did not return until 1040 las
night. 800 tickets we're sold at the 4 & ID. de
Ss By se 60 e. ~ y afsns 's' at
O'Clock, so 1t will be seen that Abbeville sen
down delegation OF nearly five hundret
persons.
Bicycle Races.