The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-06-05

contention and breed the evil results
of fratricidal strife. 1t was Joseph
Blake, the brother of the great English
admiral, who brought the dissenters TO
live among these people, that they
might worship as they please; it was
Cardross who brought the Scotch Pres
bvterians to breathethe free air of this
cline. nd it was to South Carolina
that the French Huguenots turned,
when wearied and disheartened from
religious intolerance of bigoted mon
arch, they answered the revocation OF
the edict of Nantes by planting their
feet on this soil to live in an atmos,
phere of peace, and worship in the un.
molested comfort of contentment and
serenity. 1t was on this shore, at
Georgetown that the immortal La,
Fayette first put his feet on American
soil, when he came to draw his sword
for American freedom, and. after the
laspe of century, as tito signify to
the world that South Carolina was list
in the new roll call of patriots, it was
her sons who received the first shot
at Sumter and her sons who first turn,
ed from their fields and their homes
to bare their bosoms to the conflict OF
the war of the confederacy.
IF the past has its lessons for the
future, let us profit by it. AS brave
as were our ancestors, let us be. For
every shining star in the armament OF
the past glory of your state there are
conditions today which will make a
counterpart above the horizon OF
peace. People whose ancestors were
once led by the peaceful Archdale and
who went to war under the fearless
Craven, and again who plucked their
decorations for valor in the brightest
fields of our soldier glory covering
the period from Independence hall to
to Appomattox- sons of scions whose
courtly politeness and high Anse of
honor have been traditional for a cen
tury-these people will not surrender
to the despot of insternecine strife and
humble themselves and their past
greatness by the continuance OF an
ugly and seemingless local agitation
which, whether justly so or not, is
making South Carolina the subject OF
the jeers and ridicule of the continent.
''To what agency, above all others,
should we turn invoking the restora,
ton of harmony and in appealing to,
such dispassionate consideration OF
public issues as will enable men to
meet as brothers and bury their differ,
ences in the arbitrament of the MAORI
ty. which is the true essence of demo
cracy and the corner stone of repubil,
can form of government: Naturally
to the press, and it is to you, fellow
journalistic you, fellow South Car
olinans, that I come in this spirit.
'To the man who holds faction
above state my words will fall upon
unwilling ears, but to the patriotic
press-that to which I am invited to
address my remarks, in response to the
sentiment given me by your chairman
i approach the subject,with conf
dence that my words will not be mis-
understood, nor my motives mlscon-
strued.
''To the factionist I say-'A plague
upon both your houses You have
more to live for than the mere triumph
of personal ends. You have charge
to keep, and you must keep it in a
manner that will honor the past and
glorify the present. Let the press
Start the strain and sing the anthem
of peace until the populace will take
UP the chorus and echo the melody to
the farthest corners of the earth. II
YOU are as successful at peace as you
have been in strife, the world will re-
sound with your good deeds, and IN
stead of outsiders commenting upon
the stereotyped and misft phrase that
that 'hell's broke loose in South Caro-
lima universal praise will be sung
that, here in this state, first in so many
things, the advance guard of the mil
lennium has come to keep company
with the historic tradition Of the first
shot on Snmter.
"Glorify the state and make peace
with the union. The war has been
over thirty years, and the flag of the
union belongs as much to Sonth Caro-
lima as it does to Massachusetts,. In
stead of fighting among ourselves let
us devote the same energy and MAKE
practical illustrations of the parable
of the bundle of fagots, by getting to-
gether and fighting the other fellow.
There is world of meaning in the
term, the other fellow as here used.
He is a gaunt. determined, iconoclastlc
enemy who cares not for the sacred
traditions of the republic, and whose
chief occupation is the destruction OF
the ideals which prompted our fore
fathers to establish a government OF
the people and for the people Of this
country, and not for any other coun-
try. This enemy walks like a stalking
horse over the hallowed traditions of
the past and makes merry music as he
skaters the inspired sentiments around
which our national glory was built.
l refer to that weather-beaten relic of
the past who choked the struggling
republic in its infancy, but who him
self was choked out of existence as soon
as the young nation was big enough
to stand alone-the tory. He departed
with the last century, and by some
strange mishap he has come to taunt
the dying years of this one; but by the
grace of God and the patriotic resist.
ance of the American people, we will
do with him as our revolutionary an
cestors did at the close of the last cen
tury, and we will, like they did, enter
the new century with clean bill OF
health, as far as toryism is concerned.
The modem tory is more insidious
than his prototype of old He is more
cautious, but no less dangerous: If he
moves along different lines tits because
conditions are different, but opportuni'
tv would clothe him with the same ha'
biliments of his ancestors. He sneers
at the doctrines which, through the
usage Of time and good service, have
become part of our fixed public policy,
and tells US that Jefferson was dem
auoo1e and that MOnrOe'S bold con-