The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-23

and cotton factories will accomplish
what cannon failed to do at Gettysburg.
! Ladies: Iwoul;i be Ell unworthy SOD
Of Carolina did / not pay my special
respects TO you on this auspicious &C.
casion. I an clad yo:l are here: ycur
:orcsence is honor to the dead and
: announcement to the living. I have
; addressed some OF the nan present as
s'.55,lrvivors." I. is thirty years since
! tie war clnseI. .sgc is 4 delicate sub.
! iecs to handle in your preselce; l
; never saw ':horse trader" with an
! animal more than "Aine years past, !"
; or q widow or maid more than twenty
eight years old. Judging oy the looks
! OF all 7 see before NE, I am sure none
! OF you can be more than ''swcet SIX
teen" .or,if yo,; are ''survivors, yonr
hearts vet sweet, t*n,ler and young.
have enabled you to defy the ravascs
Of time. Tho :'Wornen Of the S:;uth'
! during the war. What flood OF ten
! der memories these few words recall
! NJ only recollection 0; the var is its
close, and fair young mother barely
tweltr-two, widowed, with three cail.
! drcp, mysylf the eldest, less than four.
! Oh, those tcoublous Zines when Sher-
; man marched by. I re.l1"D!bcc 7ery
we'll that th"y took everything ou the
pluee except Oh" o!,i yellow pullet that
! Jew to fast and too far for even
; "Shernan's Eummcrs' to catc2. This
! old hen lived lnauy years after the way,
and I always imagined that the ether
chickens looked upon this fine old ante
! b.llnm aristocrat, and 'ssole survivor, >
with more than ordinary respect and
! awe.
Ladies', von did your part nobly
during the war. and since then you
have been the stay, comfort and inspi-
ration in the redemption Of cur coun-
t7y. Hundreds ct women all over the
South, reured in tie lap OF luxury,
whose fingers touched nothing roughe-
! than the keys Of the piano, whose
wc;ghtiess thought was as TO which
; shade Of silk best adorned their beauty,
! Lett the piano for the LOOM, substituted
bonespun CT their Own spinning for
: silk, and focsook the ballroom for the
hospital. Instead Of fashionable gar
! n1cuts for themselves, +ney made clothes
for the soldiers, and bandages for
the wounded. History records the
fact that nearly all the bandages used
at the first battle OF Manassas were
:nadc and forwarded hE two Georgia
women, Blessed with q land OF u
rivaled beauty and marvellous rich
ness. our women are its chief jewels.
Show me the man who does not rever-
ence woman next to his Creator, and
who, for the sake Of his mother smcn-
ory. is not tender and considerate to
ali her sex, and T. will show you a
wretch whose heart is dead to every
noble impulse al5s egeneeS3f's geneeSs3off'sc cnfoeloI,
and Who
! will 20 down
TO the vie dust from whence ne sprung,
Cnwept, unhonored, and unsung.'.
II asasvs vs,hyaGing b the words OF: another!
as mother's knee: there is no school,
academy Or university, whose light So
fructifes the mind and kindles the
heart as that which radistes from the
hearthstone Of home" Ladies, would
ycu mold the destinies Of mankind:
then let it he by yonr influence upon
the homes Of this country, and not
through the ballot box. You ere no"
above man: do not be dragged down to
bis lower level. If the women Of SoutL
Carolina want. to vote, Why, ia the
name of the Lord, turn the govern
lnent over them, and let them run 1t
without the men; elevate the suffrage
so high that the men arc unfit to par"
! ticinatc. 7 have no sympathy for the
sickIy whine that We, the men OF
South Carolina, cannot maintain white
supremacy without dragging down or
wives and daughters to soil their white
robes in the Qnagm;re Of po'iticts. N
! intelligence and fitness, YOU are tie
peer. nay, your moral qualities make
! YOU the. superior Of man: and while
woman suffrage Will come, the time IS
; not vet. I nm little old-fashioncG
| and perhaps selfish. The women like
mr mother arc good enough for ne,
! aud it makes me shudder to think Of m
mother wearing bloomers, riding q
bicvclc. and voting. Women have
! ruled the world without ballots, ever
since Adam ate Of the apple because
! Eve did. More than Gfteen hundred
years ago, Ca:o. tic Roman Censor:
said: ':All men naturally govern We
mcu: We govern ali men, and our WY 'es
govern US The same IS true to-daE.
/: I have addressed tie ''snr1iTo:s,
vait, NV respects to the jadies, and
! i vou will permit me to say word %
ire voting men: J. viii treSpcss no
farther up9u your time.
Some wise philosopher has said
that ';vcHrG men arc more IKE
; the age il which they LlT7
'thun they nye like their :ath-
ers." This IS true OF the prosresSl7e
races Of humanity. and well It y lis
true. Our fathers ha} their work tc
d.. and we'll AID nobiy did they 60 it.
We have another and different dHty 70
perform. We live in another aud d!t-
fercnt age. Let us keep in full touch
with its advanced thought and spirit
ot progress. Let lis push steadily %
the front, thinking for ourselves ord
acting for ourselves: rcverencinS the
\ past but ever mindful that VIC can2ot
1--we il it.
il spite Of anything that you aHa l
can dc, prosperity will come to the
South. The question is, shall We 'to
tn. manner bern,' secure to ourselves
IL, fr,its which hv inhcritaNcn SEONlN