The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-10
SaWny Talks.
Editor The Manning Times:-

points either TO his passions or to hi S
pockets. Hence we find that it takes
early training in religion, morals, or
patriotism, to fiji and prepare hin, fer
the service OF his God, society, or his
country. Religion prepares him for
every duty incumbent upon him.
Moraley fits him for society. Patriot
ism makes him aspire to The best in
terests of his country. A man can
not be religious, without being also
moral and patriotic. He may lie
moral and not patriotic. Also he
may be patriotic without any morali-
ty. All correct history tell US, that
man has ever evolved backwards or
forwards, according to the training
which he has received. More or less
wisdom has been bestowed even upon
some among barbarous races. Hence
when the superstitious contemplate
improvements from said individual
superiority, they foolishly imagine
that all races sprang from even Il
meaner origin, ioryetful that the nat
ural result would be, that all the
races OF men would then he equals
in every respect. The training can
not accomplish impossibilities. Il
cannot make wise man a fool, nor q
fool wise man. The world has pro-
duced individual specimens Of great
ness. But such samples have never
been made so accommodating, as to
improve upon themselves. On the
contrary, their poste,ity ofteper
evolve backwards than forwards
What pity it is, for those who have
special gifts, to misuse them to the
general hurt of mankind. If we train
men to be religious, they listen pious-
ly to the minister. If we instruct
them morally, they become polite and
respectful to each other If we edu-
cate them patriotically, they revere
the statesman and love their State or
country. When civilized men put
their feet upon principle and teach
on that line, they step down from
civilization to the midnight of bar
barity. It is equally as criminal, to
associate politically with inferior
races of men. Men who do Sc, lay
themselves liable to be suspected Of
being influenced either by money or
the passions. We should not evolve
from higher to a lower race politi-
cally. When a mans business gives
shape to his politics, he will very soon
become an unworthy member of So
ciety, and au enemy to patriotism
and his country. Light up the pas
sious or ''the love of money" in the
hearts of men by selfish appeals, and
I assure you, they will employ any
race or means, that will further their
aspirations, aims and ends. 1t is
only By proper training, that men
can be made christians, gentlemen
and patriots. In conclusion, permit
me to digress. Mr.. Calhoun advo.
Gated the demanding of gold and sill
Yer currency at our ports of entry,
that there might be specie enough
for the government, the citizen, and
the banks. That was his unanswer-
able reply to Mr. Webster, when the
latter charged him with wanting zone
kind of money for the government,
and another Tor the people" If can
non balls have been made out of
church bells in time Of war, why not
call into service gold and silver plates,
watches, and other such works of
art? Let us press them into service,
before We set up whine about the
scarcity of the precious metals. Let
US contrast the sizes Of the most
precious of our coins, before we prate
alike children in the midst Of some
fancied maze. Let US not raise the
false alarm of specie-poyerty, when
any government can with her bonds,
get just what gold she wishes or
needs. As uniformed individuals
cannot understand abstruce fnan-
ciul theories, what is the use, o.
where is the sense or patriotism, in
misleading them? Let all of cur
arguments be just, fair, impartial
and accurate. Just u few words
more. President Andrew Jackson
favored the payment OF public lands
in specie, because of its commercial
and constitutional demands and value,
The great Jefferson was down on con-
tinental money for the same reason.
Yes, and they, and all other great
Democrats of our bright and glorious
past, only assisted national banks and
government notes insofar as the neces-
esity or emergency of their day deman-
ed. All of them were for constitution
al gold and silver money. The Eu-
ropean and American capitalists, and
banks have acquired their financial
authority and power by reason of our
late war, rather than from their 6nan-
cial ability, Men who encourage
blackmoons to say, we and other
white men ought do $50 and so, can
scarcely foresee the result. But We
have to pay our national debt,
SAwNY,
Packsville, Clarendon Co., S. c.
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