Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-03-16

FHOS. j a d JAMS, PIE
PATRIOT VS.. CoLONIsT. {
The fol lowing is the argument
of sa IS year old Edgefeld youth
delivered in an institution oi
learning not a hundred miles from
Edgefeld, on the questions:
Resolved, That those who fought for
the liberty of America suffered more
hardships than those who colonized it.
NEGATIVE.
Mr.. President, ladies and gentle:
men, and gentlemen of the Com
mittee:
Perhaps you may expect an ad-
dress from me robed in the richest
Of eloquence, such as you have
heard from those who proceeded
me, but let me inform you now in
{ the beginning that my debate con-
sists not in eloquence, but in un-
painted and unquestionable facts,
which occurred during the colon
ration of America.
Be they ever SO dry, I would
like to have your attention for an
hour or two, while I relate some
of these facts. Let US begin by
saying that:
Those who colonized America
were the first heroes ofour national
history. They conquered alike the
treaeherous Indiaa and the path
less wilderness. They explored
the continent with its endless
forests. infested with wild beasts
and hostile savages.
AS they cleared the land their
hnts we're their forts, their churches
in which they worshipped were
their arsenals; and the peaceful
furrow often their grave. Death
has little horror to him who fights
iinopen battle amid the cheers of
friends and countrymen. The
sufferings and wounds of the pa
triots of the revolution were
S watched by loving hearts and heal
ed. by loving hands, while CRATE
full people. gave their sympathies
s and prayers.
But not so with the early colon
ists. They suffered without care
q sympathy and died without q
requiem. He toiled and resisted
disease and hung fought pain
s death5 nj tlle loHsfy IIdsfnsss
Wifh none to confo OF him. Yet he
|sddidl this. and mnrmured not.
& No loving hands to be thrown
about his neck, no sympathizing
tears TO be shed in his behalf, none
~ tto whom he could look for aid or
eFsn for sympathy, he had to
struggle against destiny that
was continually frowning upon
him.
Those old patriots of the rev y
luton had all the things which the
colonists were in need of; even their
first attempts at liberty were sue
cessful. In other words the gods
appeared to smile upon them from
the first. Sir, please note the diff
ference between honor and hard
ships. Also remember that the
point we are trying to carry to-
night is notwho deserve the most
honor, fame, or renown, but who
endured the most hardships.
Neither are the causes, objects, or
purposes aimed at to be taken into
consideration. The only meaning
of hardship that can find is
.sseyere labor" suffering" ''that
S.ich is hard to BEAR" and the
q -refore, sudden death is not
h. Up. Why sir, many men
of the re, olution did not know
what hit their patriotic heads.
Again sir, their greatest sufferings
may be fairly compared only with
the minor hardships of the colon
ization. For instance, the crossing
OF the frozen Delaware, and the
sufferings at Valley Foge did not
equal in severity OF In duration
the suferings which attended the
landing of the Pilgrims, and the
winter which followed.
Tho Wyoming and Cherry Valley
massacres cannot be compared
with the Starving time" in Yir-
ginia.
MY honorable opponents may
bring forth the disastrous battles
of The RrandyYine. Long Island,