The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-27

and debauched condition into Wnlch d
helpless and defencelesS people were
plunged by this characterless horde OF
Unsuitable comorants who assembled at
our State capitals to blaspheme the
very name to civil government and
plot schemes to Cypress fallen foe
that they might prolong their op-
portunities for peculation, must be
left for the future historian in the in
terest Of truth and as a lesson to
posterity and as Il warning to US all
that there is no freedom where one
man is permitted to govern others
against their wills, to drag away the
Sheet that covers the rotten corpse Of
reconstruction. 1t fell, as in the
nature of things it could not endure.
with the south'S overwhelming
problem still unsolved she has, never
tbeless, under the auspices of her own
people, fallen into safe and peaceful
if not happy and prosperous times.
Her sons and daughters have resumed
their rightful station and whatever
the future has in store of good for
her must rest upon the trains and
characteristics OF her people. She
will be patient, she will be prudent.
TO all the knightly and Queenly vir-
tues she will hold fast, trusting to.
God and the future for the noble and
the good. The south will not despair.
Greed Of gain and lust Of power,
eliminating in plutocratic uSurpation
Cf all the branches Of the government
has never found favor or encourage
ment here. Our population, Anglo
Saxon still, has never been dominated
by foreign elements, ignorant and
careless of the principles of our govern
roent and the practice Of our fathers.
We still have our splendid inheritance
except as mod!ted-let US believe for
the better-by War. ! believe as l
live, that if our institutions are to be
preserved, much, SO much. will depend
upon this goodly south o. ours, Our
deepest concern should be for better
and more righteous natioaal charac-
ter. All the bounteouS elements Of
earth and sky beckon US away from
the base fascination Of pelf which dis
honors and destroys our country.
Let US invite all her people into
paths Of law and order, inculcating
peace, and keep alive our sense OF JUS
tice and human freedom and let all
our advancement and growth be
characterized by such recognition OF
the rights OF man as shall make her
people feel that the blessings Of Provi-
dence are theirs, under government
of just and equal laws.
May our beloved southland build
all her temples, not upon the shifting
Of selfish eXpediency, but
upon the everlasting principles OF
right. Let US not forget that in the
great armorv of Divine Providence,
justice forges her weapons long before
her battles are fought; that in the
everlasting courts Of heaven every man
must suffer the penalty Of his dis
obedience and all nations the penalty
Of injustice and wrong. Whatever
may be our burdens or calamities, let
US bear them with that courage and
fortitude that becomes a just and a
great people, and may our children
and our childrens children be inspir-
ed to walk along the very mountain,
ranges of an enlightened Christian
civilization, always in the paths Of
duty, and preserve and keep sacred
the same great qualities that made
their ancestry respected and BELOVED
Of mankind.:'