The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-22
AN OLD THE RELIC
Of an Old Time Governor OF the
St.Ec o.. South Carolina.

The memorial exercises relative to
the Official reception Of the tablet from
the grave Of Colonial Governor Glen
were held il the hall of the House Of
Representatives at Columbia Wednes-
day night. There was large crowd
present. including ladies and gentle
men of the city. as we'll as a number
OF outsiders. The Governor and Sena-
tor Marshall and Representative Ba-
cot entered the House at the head of
a number of Legislators and other Of
fcialS and prominent citizens. Sena-
tor MARSHALL. chairman of the COM
mittee appointed by the Legislature
to prepare arrangements, presided in
opening the exercises. He referred to
the fact that a tablet from the coffin
of Governor Glen had been presented
to the State by Mr.. John B. Cleveland.
who had reserved it from the grave OF
Governor Glen, who is buried in Scot
land. Senator Marshall, in giving a
brief historical statement OF reasons
for this celebration, introduced Prof.
r. Means Davis, who delivered an in
teresting historical address. Prof.
Dayis's address was listened to with
rapt attention. His closing remarks
were most eloquently delivered and
his address was most enthusiastically
applauded.
In accepting the tablet for the
State Governor McSweeney said:
Mr.. Chairman: It gives me great
pleasure in behalf Of the State and as
its representative on this occasion to
accept this tablet of Governor Glen. 1t
has already been placed alongside other
memorials which stand as the repre-
sentatives Of the valor and the patriot
ism of the sons of Carolina. The State
has made wonderful progress since the
days when Governor Glen stood at the
helm and made peace and opened trade
relations with the Indians. And yet
in that which goes to make a great
State South Carolina has always been
wealthy. Board acres AID vast eXpanSe
of territory. crowded cities and costly
structures do not make q great State,
but it takes men, broad-minded men,
and these we have ever had. This in
cident reviveS the memories Of the
past and recalls the sacrifices made
and the hardships endured by those
who laid the foundations of the Re-
public.
Itisa beautiful spirit which prompts
the presentation Of this memorial to
the State. and spirit which should be
encouraged, it is an evidence OF patalot-
ism anC love Of State and a regard
for the memories of the past, with
their trials and their triumphs, their
successes and their failures. which in
itself is altogether lovely and COM
mandS commendatlon.
Apart from the tribute We now pay
to the memory Of one Of the Colonial
Governors it arouSeS an inquiry into
the history of those times which can
not but be beneficial. 1t is helpful for
the present and means much for our
welfare in the future, if we will stop
occasionally and study the past and its
history. In this purely commercial
age we are living too much in the pres
ent and not only, apparently at
least. care too little for the study OF
the glorious history we have made as
State. but we are and have been some
what Indifferent and careless Of
its preservation. Weneed to encourage
sentiment and a reverence for the men
of the past, who have made the history
Of the Commonwealth great in the
sisterhood of States, for by so doing we
encourage patriotism and love OF
country in the boys and girls, and the
men and women Of to-day.
This presentation has given Us a les
son in our own history, which many Of
US did not know, but which we will re-
member and which will be helpful. To
Col. John B. Cleveland, the patriotic
son Of the Piedmont, desire to say in
behalf Of the State, that this memorial
tablet is accepted with high appreSia-
tion of the noble sentiment and pa
triotic spirit which prompted its
presentation, not so much for the value
of the tablet, but for the opportunity
it has given to teach lesson on the
Colonial history of our State.