The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-09

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. stand apart, and find fault with each
o;her, we cannot hope to he prosper
! Gus and happy people. The material
! a;rd religious and Sncial interests of the
; people are suffering ali over the State
on account ofthe present disturbed and
strained relations. We can See and feel
the unhappy effects in our churches,
our mission work, our schools, our
homes and in almost every line Of husi-
ness.
! This ought not to be so. II is a most
unfortunate condition of things. ami
F; need not exist. OF course every indlvi-
! dual is entitled to his own views, and
| it is perfectly natural that there should
/ be divergent views and personal pre-
! ferences. But these differences of opin-
ion should not make the people think
hard or each other, and say ugly things,
! thereby causing bitterness IN all the
relations oflife.
We believe our people can be brought
! together and be persuaded to make an
end ofstrife. We must try to do 1t. TO
this end let every man regulate himself.
Study nis own heart, his thoughts and
/ his desires; watch and weigh bis words,
strive to hold his tongue, and cultivate
! patience, charity aud tolerance. Let Us
| no longer abuse one another, and let uS
cease to impugn the motives Of our
| feliowmen.
1t will be necessary for some folks to
| make concessions, not always an easy
! thug to do. Some of our public men,
some of the leaders in both factions.
should be willing 10 do this. We all
must be willing to give and take. We
cannot hope to force Others to our way
! of think;ng. Let us be willing to ac-
! knowledge that, in some things at least,
others may be right and We ourselves
wrong. Ii will he necessary, too, to for
! get much of the past. Much of it ought
10 he forgotten and never spoken of
again. Mistakes have been made, no
doubt wrongs committed. Let.it be in
the past, let by-gones be by-gones."
This must be done if the era of good
| feeling is restored. The past cannot be
! brought back aud lived over again.
| But we are to live for the future; let us
work for the future good Of our beloved
State, for the prosperity and happiness
! of our children and children's children.
| We must not be extremists. Let rs
rather take temperate view Of men
aud measures, and pursue the middle
course. There is a happy mean be-
tween the two extremes, let Us try to
| find it and stand there. We must not
he led by extremists; extreme leaders,
| speakers and papers have 1T IN their
| power 70 do great harm. Moderate
men, wise men, cautious men, safe
men, men who have been quiet
all through this turmoil, ought to
be heard, and we will do well
tc ask them to take the cad.
There are such men in every COM
munity and we should he willing for
them to confer aud shape a new
! line of policy.
! We believe there ought to be great
deal of praying on the part Of Gods
people. We have not lost faith in
God, and in bis overruling providence:
we have not lost faith in his promises,
nor have We lost faith in prayer,
| though we fear that our people are not
pleading with God for his help and
his loving favor in our public affairs.
We believe the time has come for
| fasting, humiliation and united prayer.
| We are sure that if the Christian peo-
pie of every name would make this a
matter Of special, earnest and constant
prayer, we would soon see signs fol-
lowing. We believe the time Is now
| here for our people to meet in their
respective places Of worship and pray
| for peace, good feeling, brotherly love
and the return of prosperity.
| Dloouo lor nc ho md rSton6 in q II that
; has been said. We repeat: We are not
writing in the interest Of any party or
| faction; We are not writing with any
uukind feelings towards any man or
set Of men; we are writing IN the
! interest Of all, the whole people, the
State which gave US birth, which has
afforded protection to us and to our
fathers, and which, We hope, will be
the home of our posterity. For the
present good and for the future good Of
the people we know and love, for their
highest good, We are pleading.
Let it be known, once for all, that,
come what will, we shall he found
among those who are willing to sub
NIT to the will Of the majority, and we
! stand ready TO render respect aud
obedience to the laws aud to all con-
stituted authority. We shall, too, be
obedient to that highest law: Let
every soul be subject unto the higher
powers the powers that be are
ordained Of God. Render there
fore to all their dues; tribute to whom
tribute; custom to whom custom; fear
to whom fear; honour to whonm hon
! our"