The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-07
He Thinks Men are Not as Intelligent
Nnw as OF Yo-a.

back as pOcahoDtaa, the b"aut1fnl lntIlan Wei-
den who msIried John Rolfcrin 1914, and was
converted by him to c 'ristianity and christened
with the name OF Lady Rebccca. 1t is teau:
tiful, romantic story, and il LonsfelloW had
been Frrginian he woald hav1 immoriaIzed
her in verse. During the war NO were shown
he reputed place near the ChicahomIny where
size threw her;elf upon the breast OF Captain
John Smith to aave him, and did save him,
from Al AWFUL death. The ungrateful fellow
ought to have married her. for she loved him,
bU; he put il q substitute and got bis friend
RrIfe TO do il: and wrote n nice letter TO Queen
Anne asking that Lady Rebccca be rcceived az
court, for she was a princess whose father was
kin. over thirty tribes ard that this marriage
had made lasting peace between tho races.
hat reminds me Of what Josephus says aoous
Noses. Pharaoh made Moses his General-in-
chief to lead tho Egyptian army against tho
Philippians, who were very powerful nation,
and whose srnly vas advancing on Egypt,
No es understood the flank movement AS well
as old Joe Johns Oh, and got IN their rear and
attacked their royal city. A princess, the only
daughter Of the oil E hiopian king, saw Moses
from tower and was 80 fascinated with MS
nacn ficent p rson that she sent ont flag OF
truce ard had conference with him and told
him that she was dying for love OF him ana
that if he would marry her she would make
peace and withdraw her army. He looked upon
her and listened 10 h'r and surrendered, when
reckon was one Of s'the mistakes OF Moses,
for Aaron end Miriam threw it up to him fo-
wears aft rWCrdS.
But Rolfe made no mistake, and from that
union c.re the Raninlphs. WhittlCs, BollnSs
and Robertsons of Virginia. John Randolph,
Of Roanoke was the seventh in line OF direct
descent and the Indian cropped out i'll his ch1r.
act.r ali hi life-devotion 10 his friends and
hatred of his enemies. On a slight provocatlon
he challenged Webster to fyhta duel and Web
ster made short work OF reply: You were
not entitled sir, 10 make demand on me for
explanation nor do ] recognize your right to
call mo to the field to answer what you please
to call an insult 10 your feelings. 1t Is enough
to say that do not feel botlnd 70 accept from
any man an invitation of this sort. though
shall always be prepared to repel in suitable
manner he aggression OF any man VINO may
presume upon such refusal
believe that those grand men OF the olden
time had more political strife than We nave
now for thero vas more at stake IN construct
ing new government than there is now in
keeping 1t cons: s:ructed. And there were greater
men in those days. They were scholars and
they we're patriots. We have no such scholars
in politics nowadays--not one who can happily
use in great oraton q Greek or Lain or
French quotation. The letters of Webster,
Adams, Jefferson. Rutledge and Randolph are
| full OF them and l make bold to sny that no
man can ever be o great orator who is not
| thorough classical scholar. The pr sent gen
| Grafton of senators and representatives are not
scholars. They are only trmmcrs and SKIM
mers compared with the giants OF former days.
But the5- had some ambitious rascals among
| Them Washington was barely chosen COM
ruandet-in- chief. All New EuSiau1 and Penn
sylvania wanted General Ward. Of Massachu-
sctts, and even after the revolution was we'll
under way General Gates laid schem to sup
plant him. But old John Ad MS stood by him
from first to last and lost thereby some OF his
own popularity at home. have great respect
for Adams.
1t is refreshing to read about these old times
when Jefferson and Maids m and John Adams
| and Washington and Ben Franklin end Patrick
Henry lived and shone lk- stars in the political
heavens; and about John Hancock WHOSE great
| big classic hand is first to the declaration OF
| independence He was the richest man IN
Boston and the most unquenchable patriot, but
| he signed first only because he was the presl-
dent OF the continental congress. Ihn first
state that was called was Georgia, and Button
Gwinnett the FIRST to sign that patriotic and
p,rilous document am proud of that, for
| Georgia Is my native state and GwIEuett my
birthplace. Lyman Halls and George Walton's
names came next on tho roll OF hoio or ana IN
1918 three counties adjoining each other were
laid out and named for them.
1t seems from these old records thet the res
olution that declared our independence was
passed on the I'd day of July and John Adams
wrote to his wife the next day and SAID: "Ihe
! I'd dav OF July, 1776, will be the most mcmora'
be epoch in the history Of America aud will b?
celebrated by succeeding generations as the
great anniversary festival. 1t will be COM
memorated from one end of the continent TO
he ether as the day of our delivrrance."
But it seems that the trimmings Lad not
been put on. The colonies had rn!Y sc eGcd
They had not told the world why. and so on
the 4th the whole thing as written by Jefferson
vas passed.
| Mr.. Jefferson tells an amusing story abont
that. He hid in the original dref b!amel
England for conrving at the Africrn elavs
rade and this part WAS voted down by Scnth
Car lima and Georgia because they Hanc i"
ms more slaves, aud by New Eucl nd hcr@u"'
hey were engaged in the slave tad a:'i w''rr
making large moneys by bringing !av S II IN
Africa and selling thcln 10 the southern colo
nies. SO it was stricken and New England m
tinuod the business at the old sani. Judge
s ory. the great iurist, tried to STOP it in 1929
by charging the grand jnry in Portland sn'I
Boston. but they denounced Il N in the public
press and they didn't op it, bu found another
| marict in South America and | am not sure
they have Stonp:I it vet. Som body il l'ny'n1
th,m with rum a"d >eatin; them to M:daSas
car-so tho p. pnrs sa,l not Ians ago.
Spc Ik;ng Of that + a and gool man, Judge
| Sorry. y minds me Cf what lie wro.c a." u w.
man moro tlin half 4 century ago. He sa?S
II WAS carly s'rrck with III, acliv ty an po|
r of the + mal,. mad. | went TO school win
Il; rn,il MI fif IN :ca.s ol AMI .!iev we-3
quite our equa's if not our superior5 IN oul
studies and acqlirem nts and had much greater
qI,cGn Of perception and dellcacy OF feellnS
then imb:bcd the opinion which have oiten
sin Q had confirmed that their talents are fully
tqnal 10 those OF men. The difference Ill after
Years in intellectual powor comes from the fact
that educlton stops with them about the time
it effectively begins with mon. Their pursuits
in life do not enable them afterwards to Guilt
vat; science or literature with mnch diligence
or sp cess
This is fact clearly stated. but if Judge
Story was living new and should visit the ex-
| position he would be still more confirmed IN h's
"p'nl by witnessing what woman IN her ne"
p ere is doing for tho worlds progress.
Jefferson " never aisicd with the n amer
in WI { his declaration Of independence vas
hrwkcd at and mutlla'ed, and said shut what
else could We exp C. Of holy of men that had
Is lawvc in il whose trade it is to question
vtrythng-yic!d nothing an talk by the hour
| >crvcd with Gencral Washington in the len'a-
lature and with Dr.. Franklin in congress and
never heard either of them speak moro than
ten minutes at ime nor 10 any but the main
point which was to decide the question:
Ben Franklin tried to comfort him by telling
how friend of his who sold hats designed d
sign board to be painted So he wrote it out:
John Thompson. halter, makes and sells hats
for ready IN ney," and had figure Of hat
1n1 IN SI1h ho1if
it to his friends. The first said there was too
much hat about it and made him strike out
Chatter" The next advised him 20 strike ont
s'niskes," fer nobody cared whsthtr he made
them or not. so that was stricken Ano' 'hc1
told him to strike out ..s:for ready money as
nobody was selling goods on q credit, so tba'
much lef. oat. Tho last frcnl s'id