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

ought to know the tory, it is those Of
South Carolina. for here he tlourlshed
and festered in the days of his earl ly
glory. Do you recall Tarleton: 1t
was he who, reinforced by the tories,
marched his cavalry over the Amerl-
cans on the Waxhaw, and while ne
gotiations for surrender were pending
massacred the whole company; and IN
the words of history, for this atrocious
deed Cornwallis commended him to
the special favor of the British parlla-
ment. There are Tarletons negotiat-
ing for terms of surrender today, and
there are tories helping him, and woe
be to the hapless and helpless partlcl-,
pants when the modern Tarleton and
his tory brigade, in possession of the
weapons of defense, charge upon our
national prosperity and lock again the
bonds which were stricken from our
limbs by the insane idea of our revo-
lutionary ancestors that this country
could take care of itself without the
consent of England or any other ma
ton on the face of the earth.
1T was Patrick Henry who SAID III
his inspired and impassioned plea for
independence: We are three millions.
one-fifth fighting men, who are bold
and vigorous. and we call no man
master. It's the modern tory who
says: We are seventy millions, with
inexhaustible resources, with the
greatest country on which Gods sun
ever shown, with mothers who have
taught us what it is to be loyal and
fathers what it is to be brave, and yet
British gold made towards of us all.
1--WE are of right. and we ought to
be independent. When the merclless
hand of war had turned the plow-
shares of the south into swords, laid
waste its fields and checkedthe annual
response of the soil to the touch of the
husbandman. the great wheels of Man
chester's cotton mills ceased to turn,
the spindle and the loom lay idle in
their frames and hunger and destltu-
ton seized hundred thousand souls.
The horn of plenty which the south
emptied annually into these eager
arms was exhausted, and with aching
hearts and fervid prayer these poor,
careworn working people looked anX-
iously for the season that would bring
them American cotton to put bread
Into their hungry mouths and clothe
their half-exposed bodies At last the
war ended and the first cargo of cot
ton from the south reached Liverpool.
At Manchester vast throng Of idle
operatives met 1t, and what followed
is told by Scribner's in most inter-
esting article on the SUBJECT.
" One man, it says, perhaps a
father who had sat bya freless hearth,
broken of spirit and helpless, whilst
his young swarm cried for bread-a
poor, gaunt fellow, who, lifting his
hat with tears running down his
cheeks, raised his voice in the ''DoX-
ology," one after another joining In,
until the whole mass sang in one
great, swelling chorus:
S.' Praise God, from whom all bless
ings flow;
Praise Him all creatures here below. ;"
And yet they say we are depend
ent God forbid.
IF dependent, to what country
greater than ours are we thus rated.
To England2 No. We were once, but
we whipped her twice, and unless our
chivalry and our courage have de-
creased in proportion to the increase
in our numbers we can do it again if
it becomes necessary-a trial, however,
from which hope we will ever be
spared, for [ am not one of those who
desire conflict between this and any
other country-so long as they let us
alone. Great Britain and its entire
possessions. reaching around the
world, might erect walls from now
until the end of mankind to shut it
self out of this country or to shut us
out from it, and it is problematical if
we would not be infinitely bettered by
such action than without it. Are we
dependent upon France No; for
there is is not a material nor neces-
sary staple that is sent us by that
country that cannot be duplicated by
our own. Upon Italy? No; for with
Florida and California combined we
can give Italy odds and discount it in
either raw material or finished pro-
duct. Upon Germany No; because
we could thousand times more read
lily do without G Germany than Germany
without the United States. Then up
on whom are we dependent? Upon
no nation on the face of the earth and
upon no being but the Lord God Al
mighty, and we do not merit His di-
vine protection nor His sacred blessing
if we haven't the manhood and the
courage to at least make the effort to
take care of ourselves Away with
this talk about our being dependent on
anybody and the necessity of foreign
countries setting the commercial or
the financial pattern that we must fol-
low. It is an ignominious admission
that our forefathers made a mistake
in declaring our independence, and as
for me am not as yet prepared to ad-
NIT that, and donot believe that you
are. But developments abroad are of
sufficient interest to demand your
united attention and to call you from
the field of civil strife. Conditions
are such as require harmonious action
among those who believe in the tri-
umph of American principles and who
are ready to defend the sentiment
which is the corner stone of the re-
public-that of the equality of every
man before the law, the rights of the
masses and the principle that in this
country there shall be no class dis
elimination. Upon this contention
the eyes of the whole country are now
centered, and on ityou, as journal
lists and as patriots who love your
state and your country, should unite
in the common cause that calls you to
a patriots duty.
And now, in conclusion, fellow
journalists, let me take leave of you
with the assurance that what l have
cold coroas from the heart IF have