The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-06-30

hercc Suferia ard s&cSluces are .
people wilhors history.
TO cfer,s sSrca memories and re
ca;I such tSt. whether crawnsG
with success corsecrated IL Gefeat,
is to ideaI:zs rinciple and tre5gther
character. ;,ensifT love IS country
g. d canverasfeat and disaster into
pillars OF sFport, for future manhood
su6 noble Snoanhccd Whether the
southern ,bple under their changed
co1ditionsaay ever hope TO eeitress
smother ciilization which shall,q III
that which beeau with their &c rye
sshipepn aud ended with then
lee. it is eertaiuly true that devotion
to ;beir glorious past is rot oaly tie
isurest emcnty Of future progress-.he
| boliest bond Of unity, but IS slso the
fstrors est clsino they can present &c
the corf fdeDce aud respect Of the other
sectionsof the Union
Speaking then Of your crganizA.
ton, I said:
Ills political in no sense except
so fer SIS the word political IS q
synonym OF the word ''pstrlotic. Il
is = brotherhood over which the geni
ous Of philanthropy and patriotism, Of
truth and of justice will preside. Ot
| philanthropy because it will succor
! the disabled, help the needy, Stre"gta-
| en- the weak and cheer the di<conso-
: late: of patriotism, because II will
cherish the past glories OF the dead
Confederacy, and transmnte them iato
ius spirations FOR future services ID TIE
living republic: OF truth, because Il
will SEE K to gather and preserve un-
impeachable facts as witnesses for his
tory of justice, because it will cuItl-
vate nationsl as well as southern fra
ternitv, and will condemn narrow
minde6uess and prejudice and passion,
and cultivate that broader, higher,
nobler sentiment which would write
on the grave OF every soldier who fell
on either side.
Here lies an American hero, q
martyr to the right as his conscience
conceived ii. ,"
''MV comraces, how can doubt
your sympathy and approval, whea
this analysiS OF your creed you have
supported me for SO greata period and
with such unparalleled unanimlty
Guided oy my own convictions Of Gu-
ty to you and to our whole country,
have not hesitated to proclaim on all
proper occasions IN public and private,
on the political musings and The foor
the Senate, at the north snG toe south
and among the Eaglish speaking peo
pie beyond the Atlantic-every where,
repeat, have proclaimed that the
knightbood won by the Confederate
soldier in war would never be lost Or
furnished in peace by narrow bigotry
or auy lack CT a noble magnan.mity,
''Mr. President, as long as the
scuth's flag could be held aloft in the
smoke and storm of battle, no man
followed it, think, more Loyalty or
lovingly than myself, and the judge o!
all hearts is my witness that would
freely have given for lis triumph the
last drop Of blood in these VEINS. No
man is more loyal now to the hallow'
ed memories than ara embalmed with
It, but when that Il g went down at
Appomattax. wha1=tke fate OF war
maoe It certain that this country was
TO remain one, with one flag and ope
destiny, I turned my thoughts and
labors to the upbuilding of that one
country which was beq leathed to all
the sections by the fathers. From the
morning at Appamattox to this hour
in Nashville it has been my highest
political ambition to be an humble
Instrument in the restoration Of fra
ternity ard unity to the once divided
and embi.tered sections, upon s basis
consistent with the honor and man
GOOD OF all.
Il trust, my comrades, that you will
regard these personal illusions as al
least pardonable, although they may
not be essential to q clear understand,
ing of my stewardship. You will also
permit ne to recall in this connection
the indisputable fact that for thirty
years southern leaders have stoo! IN
The forefront OF the country'S peace
makers. It wss Ben Hill, of Georgia,
who, in that msstertul defense Of bis
people on the floor OF Congress, call
ed the nation to witness that south S
sons were in their fathers house and
there to stay 1t was nay long cher
ished friend, Mississippi's illustrious
son, the matchless Lamar, who utter.
ed in that same hall the inspired
words, My couDtrymen know each
other aud you Will love each other.
These noble words from southern
leader caugh. the nation's ear arG
thrilled the nations heart. 1t was
Henry W. Grady who, iu the very
precinct Of Plymouth Rcck and Ia
sight of Bunker Hill, proclaimed that
evangeI of peace that rang in every
home thoughout the land. And,
Mr. President aod Comrades,
she proudes! hour 10 my own
public life was that in which
I was aba 10 pledge TO tae dis
.uroed communities Of the north the
loyal hearts and strong arms Of the
SOELu ICE tkiS SCUiCISSIACIt " 4~~'s AIN.
order. It was IN that dreadful aour
when your sist I city Of the west was
threatened with riot, torch and blood;
VIXEN mob violence ruled IN her
streets; when laws were tr&mpled ana
civil authori!y deded; when flames
we're spreading amidst her dwellings:
when panic aud disnay filed Chica
COS homes, ard when no man could
predict the mex scene in the dram2-
it was in that hour and or the floor Of
the Senate that I was able 10 piedge
southern sympathy and aid and TO de
clare that 4c man ia this I aion were
more loyal TO Law and to pucllc liber
ty as conserved by law; none more
ready TO defend the authority OF the
general government, It's houor, is
flag and It's fseadon, tasn the heroic
remnants Of taose immortal armies
waich followed Lee and Jacsson, ths
Johnston, Bragg and Eood, or JeE
Stuart and B ord Forrest, TIL tce