The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-11-14
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displeasure as to be banished from
home, driven away from the tender,
loving and thoughtful nlinistrations
Of q fond and atfectionate mother;
the sympathetic and sweet compan-
ionship Of brothers and sisters, and
the warm, gushing and strong ties
which binds friends together with
the golden cords of friendship. As
be IS ruthlessIy thrust forth to
face and battle with the cold, chill
ING and fierce winds Of an unsympa,
thetic and cruel world, how the tears
must gush from the fountains OF a
bruised and broken heart, and as the
bitter waters Of a sad recollection OF
his lonesome and neglected condition
eBbs and flows through his tempest
tossed body, in dispair and an
geish he cries out as the shades and
gloom Of death gathers round him:
Out in this cold world sadly | roam,
Asking penny Of each one meet,
No one to pity, none 10 careSs,
Child Of misfortune driven from home.
It is with feelings akin to the
above that freezes the blood in our
veins and almost stops the heart from
performing its life giving functions.
For twenty-four long and weary
years have We stood as Il sentinel
upon the watch tower TO warn Our
people Of the approach Of danger;
for that length Of time have we
been found in the foremost ranks,
powder begrimed and covered with
the smoke and dust Of the af5ray bat
Ting for the cause Of Democracy and
white supremacy, without any hope
Of reward save the consciousness Of
having performed well our duty.
Aad now when our form IS bending
beneath the load Of cares and the
heavy burden incident 70 a life Of
toll and anxiety, our hair liberally be-
springIed with gray and our eyes be-
ginning to lose the sparkle and bril-
liancy Of youth, there comesa newer,
4 younger generation Of the family
who assumes unto themselves all the
wisdom Of the fathers and declare TO
the elder brothers thus arshalt thou
90 and no farther, and would attempt
to read US out Of that party for the
success Of which we have done so
much and served so long, because We
would not bend our knee to aaland
bid our people do something which
we were. convinced would be to their
undoing.
In a-word, there is disposition,
expressed and implied, on the part
Of some Of the radical clement Of
the Reform wing Of the Democrat
party to blame and censure the Dis
patch for opposing the calling Of The
constitutional convention. Once for
all the Dispatch wishes It thoroughly
understood that no attempt to read
it out Of the Democratic party will
succeed. It opposed the constitu-
tional convention because it believed,
and does row so believe that such
4 measure was unwise and impolitic
and that q great wrong to some Of
people would result from such con-
yention. Already great blundcrs
have been committed in The name Of
Reform through the mistakes
Of some Of the leaders which
have had telling effect as is eyi-
denced by the indifference Of the
voters in the recent election. L be
Teves that the crowninS mistake IS
this convention scheme, and one
destined to prove the straw which
= will brc2L thecameI'S back. Already
there are murmWings, complaints
and dissatisfaction at thc -4cLe,gscd
taxes which have 70 be paid, and
when the cost Of convention is
added to the already burdeusome
tax levy there is going to be some
mighty tail kicking i'll the camp.
The constitutional convention. has
been decided upon by majority Of
white votes, and to that Gtcjson the
Dispatch bows in humble submission
although convinced that it will be q
fruitful cause Of contention in the
elections yet to be held.
The Dispatch has nothing TO re-
gret nor 10 be ashamed Of for the
stand it took on this question. Nor
is il sore over the result. On the
other hand it has every reason to