The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-01-15
+s'ef!.eTs s.ononts Isro was an awful !
AnnC&. No chncrs. ny NlIntion.

sHrnC$-. No Cheer n3H rcr rNEltntion.
Al SaeSsr tHS.sr0N"n1oFiI responsibility they
->A..l-llG4n.-.I,-lt,.S Ss"Sins
yOt" turned the
scale. 1t comnlGt"I-thc arch they were
laboriny to hurd. Ills vsice was the key
stone. and hrncf .pGnIisSIv;nia has ever
since been "ar"'f-t h' hey%t"n" state. John
Morton died few weeks after had II"
iiy r! 10 ,.u"'l n wrEi,h.t1ir' been nota-
Di,. a..'...' IL oar revolutionary history.
Ali the "n'uai', soon aft.rwa:!, ratified
tho work and t!!- war began. After it, close
tn" Constitution of 1877 was frame! by Madi-
son airl Jefferson md Il convention called to
O. Hc ISrtsrt. "liir srates al voted for IL savo
,tsiIdE tli;al. hyt> >phiy four voted for it
Cunanirnouslv, and Georgia WAS on" of them.
Little Ehody objected II something in the
Constitution and Iut on war paint and with
drew. she stayed out nearly thr"" years and
then congress prepared To treat her a. Tor
ricn power and To- send an amhnssTiur and
Il consul over there to make 4 treaty. This
made her ashamed and ~ Sh" was already
feeling lonesome and WAS getting tired "f
padding her own canoe, sh" surrendered
and came into tn" Union. The adoption of
our present Constitution was by no means Il
peaceful and harmonious work. 1t was
Fought through Untcr great trihulati0n, but
thr G"orgia delegation gave no trouble.
AhrahGm baldwin and William Few signed
without hesitation. Georgia has hnnorrd
Baldwin ~ she did tho signcrs OF tn" dccla-
ration OF Independence. | wonder why
WilIiam.F Few has never been so henor"df
Most. of .Onr counties and towns have
been named for our notable men, but Few
has pG Iam"sakS. Gcorgia was the first
s,atGjtb, nany a ,.:coun&i md q ithwa for
yfasfiinStnn, and she mas not forgotten
t!.e.lsgA-sll ialn Of thG, stats and nation. but
ord in App1ton .Nnl iH' " ht",s historical
cam" from rsspansti tivipi:st AMI s,tlsl in
Augusta: was Il colonel in the rry"lution-
arv wa: wa the first judge OF Richmond
scol-n1S -Nyns - InYmhfs 4f !ths -coutknenlaA
icoasst~t Mh scnt as delegate {" thn con.
ss,ituHS.hk foavrit ion of ;l7s7-' was ono Of
our .ir-; two United States senators and IL
mcmb,r of IN" convention THAI passed our
stat constitution. He iabOrcd faithfully to
expose the laZoo fraud. Later on h" was
elected cEcut judge OF the second district,
'Iir wa, eminent in every Office he ever held
and wien in 1850 i" removed to Nav York
.rtty To Irp:ti:c hiE profession his great ahiii-
ti's were soon di~"OYcrcd and he was elected
mayor Uf that city.
In,,n?rnsiag some scraps this Old history
] VA. surprised TO lind that the four wears
prc-ilrI!ttai term had few to favor it in the
constitutional convention. Ny reverence
fo5 }hat. particular work OF our fathers has
;ni kasscst away, for it was 1ik" the cotnpro=
fIrfsN verdict Df Il prtit >jhty 'h was nObcdyS !
choice. Somh Uf the delegates were for
.S4yen years and others for eight and ten and
th;rt"cn, aud up To- twenty; som" We're for
lif. on good behavior; some wanted the Nrcsi-
they wrangycd over il for weeks. and finally
brSgfft in:atyrrtlict of'four years aud cligi-
,bitity to re-clcction. l. think it is tim" that
We should hayc another convention and
thnhgs that. 1t was a great mistake. Seven
ycar5 would bc bctt,r and no recollection.
Four years is too short term. About half
the time is spent in turning the rascas out"
and1hr other half in planning and hedging
Tor fhc succession. Let us have at least four
-yeats"uf peace and plain sailing. don't
like these compromise vcrdicts, nohow:
They are about IA scnsclcss a the way CON
srcss fixed tAe nutilbnr Of national salntcs to
be twenty y-OW g6nsS Some cranky member
said let Us add u $sthcfall thc numbers in
1916 76-an4tR. Sid.-ofhrtccn guns would
have bceIfbotter and saved lot OF powder
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