The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-05


locs-. He views with approving
eqlanim,ty .he cnnsfruc'ion of massive
fnrri6ca;ions op the cordo'. "t Eng .ish
possessions commanding fh- gafeways
of the oceans around Us receives w'th
SOLID indifference or positive approval
the news Of the 10 "eriug of 'he stars
aud stripes from the flagstaff of The
public building IF Hawaii. aud when
all America has centerrd i,s hope aud
its desire for the coustruc;ion of a
waterway across Nicaragua. 10 te under
our control. he ~alu'es the raisiug OF
the uuiou jack a. Cornto, AUD ~ulks 81
the protest that II u.n>f ceG,e down or
the United States will Sn"w The reason
why.
IF any people of this country ought
10 know the tory. il is those Of South
! GaroIiua. for here he dou'ished aud
festered in the days Of his early glory
Do you recall Tarleton Z! 1t was he
who, reinforced by The tories, marched
bis cavalry OVER the Americans on the
Waxhaw, and while negotiations for
surrender were pending massacred the
whole company; and in she words of
history, for his atrocious deed Corn
wallis commended him TO the special
favor Of the Beiti-h pariameo:
There are Tarlesons negotiating for
terms Of surrender to-day. and there
are tories helping him. aud woe be to
the bapless aud helpless participants
when the mordern Tarleton aud hi-
tory brigade. in possession of the wea-
pous of defense. charge upon our "a-
'ional prosperity aud lock again the
bonds which we're strickeu frou our
limbs by the insane idea of our revolu-
,ionary aucestoro thai this country could
take care Of Itself without the consent
OF England or any other nation on the
face of the earth
IL was Patrick Henry wh" said in
his INSPIRED and impassioned plea for
independence 'We are three mil
lions. oue-ffth 6gbtiug men, who are
bold and vigorous. and We call no man
master 1t is the modern tory who
SAYS: We are seventy millions With
u,exhaustiole resources, with the great
est country on which Gods sno ever
shown. with mothers who have taught
US what it is TO be loyal and fathers
what it is to be brave, aud yet British
gold has made towards of US all
Owe are Of right. aud we ought TO
be, independent. When the merciIe~s
hand Of war had turned the plowsharcs
of the south into swords. laid waste
its fields and checked the aDuua re-
spouse of the soil to the touch Of the
busbaudmen, the great wheels of Man
ches,er's cotton mills ceased to turn,
the spindle and the loom lay idle in
their frames aud buuger and destifu'iou
seized hundred thousand souls The
born Of plenty which the south emp'ied
annually into these eager arms was ex
nausied, aud with aching beart~ and
fervid prayers these poor, cSre-"orn
working people looked anxiously for
the season that would bring them
American cotton to put bread in their
hungry mouths aud clo,be their half
exposed bodies At las. the war ended
aud the first cargo ef cotton from the
south reached Liverpool Al Man.
chester vast rhrong of idle operatives
me. it, aud ~ha' followed is told by
Scribper's in most Interesting article
on the subject.
= One man. it says, perhaps
fa,he: who had sat by 6reess hearth.
broken Of sp;ri, and helpless. whilst
bis young swarm cried for brcad-s
poor, gauos fellow, who. lifting his hat
with tears running down his checks,
raised bis voice iu the "Doxoloey,
one after another joining in. until the
whole mass sang iu one great, swelling
chorus
'' praise God, from whom all blessings
flow;
Praise Him all creatures here below.
"Apd yet they say We are dependent
God forbid
"If dependent, to what country
greater than ours are we thus rated ?
To England No. We were once,
but we whipped her twice, and un-
less our chivalry and our courage
have decreased in proportion to the
increase in our numbers we can do it
again if it becomes necessary
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 it's entire possessions, reaching
around the world, might erect walls
from now until the end Of mankind
to shut itself out OF this country or
to shut us out from It, and it is
problematical if we would not be
c:.l., Lo.toroS by cuch orjiOn