The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-26

the states WIllcQ lllet lcpIeSelil. anu
| believe they bave gone home with a
new and broader and fuller conception
of South Cardinals position in the
galaxy of States. Some Of them were
from that section which less than a
half century ago were lined up on the
other side Of that dark and deep chaSm
which was opened wide in 81, but
across which is now claSped the hand
of brotherly love. 1t is useless to deny.
and I would not, that tie memory of
those days still fingers, sadly though
sweetly, in the hearts Of the northern
and the southern people, but repeat,
that on account of the visits, as it
were. Of these States to this eXposl-
ton, and their reception in the city
where in the SOS Sumter belched
forth it's fame and steel against the
northern fleets, the hand on the clock
of time is pointing nearer the hour
when the last remnant Of any antag-
onism must be obliterated, and the 70
States Of this union SHALL be knit to-
gether by ties closer and stronger
than ever before. By the efforts and
the untiring energy of the promoters
Of this exposition we have greatly ad-
vanced that time. and should nothing
more be accomplished, it will have
deserved the well-done Of eve$y true
American citizen.
The sons of South Carolina have
ever striven for what they believed tc
be right, doing their duty as they sa"
it, and leaving to their God the con-
sequences Of their action. From the
time when the first permanent set
tlement was moved from Port Royal to
the banks Of the Ashley river in 1910
until today, she has played a promi-
nent part in the history Of the western
world. As far back as 1719 a reyolu-
tion directed against the proprietary
government had been successful, and
the colonistS in this State had placed
themselves under the direct care OF
the British crown because in this way
they believed they could secure greater
political and religious liberty. And
when the tyranny Of the crown had
become oppressive and it had made
encroachments upon that liberty, and
the thirteen colonies had revolted. 1
need only to mention the names
of Francis Marion, Thomas Sumter,
Pickens, Rutledge, Pinkney, and a
thousand other heroes who claimed
South Carolina as their mother to re-
call the memory OF the part she played
in that conflict. And after the war
was over and the victory won, when
South Carolina thought her rights
were again being trampled upon by
the government she had helped to
make, unsupported and alone she nulli-
fed the laws Of that government, and
put before the world her position in
the famous declaration Of States
rights. At that time the fiery and
eloquent Hayne represented her In the
senate Of the United States, and upon
his retirement and election to the Of
fee Of governor there went to the SEN
ate one of the three great men who
have ever been considered Americas S
geeatest statesmen, whose dust now
mingles with his parent earth in the
State which he loved and served so
well, and to whose memory there, on
Citadel Square, stands a monument
erected by the people OF this historic
city. With such men at the head OF
her affairs she could not but command
the attention and respect Of the world,
and when this trying ordeal for her
and for the country and had been safe
ly passed with honor to both, and a
reunited country battled with Mexico,
the deeds of the Palmetto regiment in
that struggle have hardly been equal
led in the annals of war fare, even
should you go back to the time when
Leon5das and his hundred Spartans
gave their lives at the pass of Their
mopylae, and never surpassed The
historic flag they bore. to victory in
Mexico was not long since unfurled by
another South Carolina regiment in
Cuba on the walls of MORO Castle.
Not long afterwards followed the
Civil war-that war precipitated by
the action of South Carolina in seced-
ing from the union because she
thonght it her right and her duty to
sever her connection with her sister
States. There is no need fof me to
speak Of that conflict: the names of
the men of South Carolina who took
part are engraven in the hearts Of the
southern people, and when it is de-
sired to point the children of America
to the record Of deeds of courage and
self-sacriticing heroism worthy or EMU
latior, they are taught in infancy to
lisp the names Of the men who from
Manassas to Appomattox barred their
breasts to the belching fire Of the
enemy for a cause they believed to be
Just. And when the arbitrament of
I arms had decided against US, when
Lee had surrendered there were no
vain signs and regrets from our peo-
pie, but with a heart for any fate"
they renewed their allegiance to the
union and went to work to rebuild
their lost fortunes. Since that time,
since the Stars and Bars were forever
furled at Appomattox, South Caro-
lima has time and again proven her al
legiance to the government, and she
is as true to the old flag today as II
those stirring times had never been.
South Carolina has been no less great
and illustrious in peace than in war.
In industrial development and pro-
gresS. she has kept pace with her Sis
ter States. and many Of them she has
far outreached, as the manufacturing
enterprises which stand as sentinels in
every city, town, and hamlet from the
hills Of Of the Piedmont to the low
lands the coast, will bear testl-
mony.
This beautiful Ivory City in her me-
tropolis attests the pluck and the per-