The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-12
BILL ARP's LETTER,
he EXTENDS AN INVITATION TG
OUR NORTHERN FRIENDS
Tc Come Down South AID Fraternize
With Us.

It looks Ike everybody Is running over 1t,h
love about tiese limcs in these parts. Inc
Grand Army brought Gowp great rivers Of It %
Louisville and ovcr9oT:d tha City. Inen -
came on to Chattanooga and fco'!ed Tho toWr,
and th.n 70 Cnickamausa and submerged the
grea, battl ieId, and thence 10 Atlanta, and
had enough lef: 10 nl"iSten tae torrld soul ana
cause C!arl Mrer to rise several inches. we
like this-we all like fra ernal relations. Our
hospitality is unb )und.d 10 our friends an the
reno;est eign OF reao"c!l alton ls SlFeH vel.
come. There Gle no p oflc rs emo looal anc
as friendly by nature is "ilrs. SDu!Eern bos'
pitali;y is rroYerD. But / nl:'5s not %
abused We demand :e'urn OF wba' W give.
We are the sans people We "e'c @e1ore tae
war. There is no change in our politics "r or5
religion, but We are tolerant spd fo"gIy!ne and
will always meet our f,cs OF ha.t way ground
and Shake hands aud make friend. We Te.'
COMO fh Yisi alton Of our northern brethren
and hope it may result in more hnrnInry oe-
tween The sections. II it Induces a few thou.
aands to dmic:lo among US 1t T;!l % GHoc.
Nothing else will ever nYInca AMI convert
northt RI man but few years 5p n among us
In social and business life. They mus ges
sway from Their preachers anu ltor5 and theL
school BOOKS Most Of those each Late instead
oil lore The north dos not understand t' yeS
aud there were TWO oraors az Chic enleuSa
who were sine rt enough to tell ;he truth :ith-
Oh: dis use. GnTernor Woodbury.. Of Yer
mont, spoke tue New England sentiment when
he said tLey would still reach Tier cA,!dren
that We were wro,.g IN the fight. And CIV r
Eor Turnev. OF Yenncs ce, rep lel, ina We
would each Our children thu! ve were right IL
the fight and viii 50 to our graves IN tha'
faith" Both were !I'Eest in their uiterances.
Nhe las. Vas prtyeked 10 reilly aad DID t man
fully.
sometimes I have foub'e ed whether there
was any good to com, Of t!!ese gushing gath
erings, + y however so.much the speakers may
talk Of love and reconciliation. the cd bitter
! ness that eliminated IL the iatc war stu
! maintains among TIE MASSES 't TIE people,
both north and south. The braGgauo;!o O.
the north does not SIT sell Oh ;he south, con-
side. ing that il too!: 3,000,010 Of nen four
years 10 conquer onc-frultll that Eumbtr. Il
they were truly friendly and c0n.idera:e they
I wouid stop D nso:nS t!:eir settlers c: else
would prOpose 10 pension ours. We are not
| ONLY wi!liE bu: anxious to make f'cn Is but
there never viii kc any real Eooi feeling as
| loug as We hay. TO pension our OWE spdicf7
ana hep 10 pension thc::s. vo is :; Good
thirg bu: il takes two tc mike If. Chr!5ianify
has never yet so ten rs cbnvcr;s TO that hcaF'
| enly frame OF mind and heart that w:l: make
them love thcir c;e:niaS. fh. bes: Tc can do 10
| to say Lord have mercy OIL them and forgive
! !!!cm, FIR VIC can't The truth is. have quit
! trriu. IL forgive some CT our en- mes. for hey
won't help ne Z bit. Eren Ike Lord does not
i forgive man who does not repent and thtse
| pension huwiers and unipn savers t!o!f repent
! bit. Wha. want them "a 60 j. % acknowl-
edge that We ii: IN At Chckamau.a and
| everywhere else len I wall: them n say
you rebs had just rs good excuse for lighting
a We did Then I want them to bcola - pen
sion our solllie:s. rhr: ought to gi"" us back
ratiune. bn: That would break tie gov rament.
| AID 20 We will for iv. them thai much. We
have gotten alon.: without i, and reckon can
! do Sc again Bat most Of ID II sper!l"rs were
| kinI enough to say ;s.,t Eo.h sides fought on
! principl. for wha: ll!ey believed to be right,
and il that is 50 b. Il sides az entitled t. the
s.me rewards. The r;rh IS, thai neither side
! is entitled 10 any. Ds:Cns are 4 discount
| upon patriotism. | dnn'f mean pensions to
those WAC were utterly Disabled by 'h:. war
and are Oh the . ariiy Of the public. Tney
| are not o..c in tn Of the pensioners, either
state or a'ional. Thomas Hart Benton called
| the whul, system new departure when IN
| 1911 he opposed the grant Of So 0l0 10 Presi-
dent Harrlson's widow. Said he: This is
new page op ned in the book OF cur public ex-
! pend tur :, and this new pariura will lead us
! iu;o the bcttonl"ss gull o. pen ions an'l srat-
! utics.'
Well, II is gulf, an a;7fnl slEf. The gov.rn-
mens has to fns:cr and pro &C Il the whisky
| business % &C: rcve"re enough to pay the
| PENSIONS | saw two Of the l;ea>; Hcrs ester.
az. I.sat b liHl ;lI"m in Tie CIR and heard
! them talking in iI!cir hr'kcn EGg.ish. They
we're good. sold Du:chmca ant. talkc,l about
| Nnnnesaw IS ": travelled hr its base. One
said: 81 VA YIN lcI right over dare IN lose
| woods" and when VIC st 20 the station the
-, cti. said: Dis is P;S Shauty: deere is q Il C
spring ore. 'lare an ill my cantcen and 50
! did IL &c poys and den de capen say: 'PHys,
| y0T mus double Iuic;; now, 1'r Ge:e VII be
| hell t., pay 1T DE- 10 Of dat mountain. And
! shore enuf tlsre vaS-rlat vas 10 Hottest place
ever vas in and l got mv pfnsirn right OYER
ia c. Da rebe.s ti :it like Il: devil for dat
moua;a:l., bu. VIC flank 'cin very time-,ey
! fig; and sc flank Nine coo;ness wish
: had dat spring On ny f4r!n.
/ l;u. We must 4 | love au2ti,Cr # re can. |
! am srainin' myself all the time. Iov- ls the
! bast thing in tn world. Lore 10 God and
I ore 20 man. 1--we rules the camp, the
! court. thc grove"
cali thoughts, al! passions. al delights,
What rcr s!irs this mortal frame,
! 4 arg 1T ministers ot Love
Ard feed his sacred fame"
Il love could prevail everywhere what beau-
tiful world We wc;lld have. saw rlT old friend,
j Ju sc Richard H Clark, yesterday and he
| looked cheerful bat tired, very tired. Every
: day lie sits on the bcncn and hears cases where
| there was no love- hut rather sc)fs'InesS and
hale From day to day he has to look 0pon
! the dark sldc Of human n;turc. Tho devil IS
! or the 4 rnr and the jr!lge is on the bench.
Tia IS not right Tie devil ou@ht 10 try his
owu cases lie gets Up al, tie trouble and good
mn nave 70 pay for il.
Eut am fer the invasion. Let the yankees
IN" down and see Us q l!tl~ later on when the
! ,avos begin to. turn Massachusetts has al
ready opened her crcs and is lrinsinS her co.,
ton mills down s0uth She is planting S6QV.-
| 600 now at Rome. Otlr'r New England states
' will come in due scasoa and plant manufsc-
; tures c!Csrr L" our cotton. Bit l am aston
ish"l az 1lr. w odburv considering that the
first secession convention lias was ever led Vas
held at Hari 70. Il in $50 and Vernon was repre-
! scented in it. Til convention Wa u form New
England confederacv, but Massachusctts kicked
! the scheme ever and it died fD: want OF breath.
| But our people ni!l ny r teach their chill
! ;l.cu that ,ccrss!on vas wrong. 1t may have
! bccn inorp rtrne. but that a state has the
! right 20 Sc. do was the doctrine oS the fund
! or, Of iho governments; from MADISON down,
| and even Dan e. Webster d clarcl 80 in his
! great s>c .ch at CAron SPRING. the greatest
! <pecch le cT~r mall. New En=la"d denounced
: HIM for it. b,l he maintained it TO the last
! But let usa!I have pca:e and 10 us love ono
another inst as Iiarl az VIC can. II had
| comfortable rr.u5iun ;ink cnul ove every
bydy.--BlLL .tEr in 4 iant. Const : ,::o%.
Heai-Proof Glass.
! T. ir e.i1 that q new o1ass has been