The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-17
OUR COUNTRY AND OUR STATE.
Address Made by Hon. E. M. Sea-
brook at the One Hundred and
Forty-fourth Anniversary
Banquet Of Fellowship
Society, March Is.

fon;F eHowship ociety;'held'af at the SeF
f,ietv's hail.: on the evening ofTMarch
13, the Hon. E. NJ. Seabrook spoke
as follows:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of
the Fellowship Society: In respond
| :ng to the sentiment which your COM
mittee has done me the honor to as
sign me confess to feeling of diff
Ience in approaching subject SO
vast in it's PROPORTIONS. as limitless in
It's possibilitiess::' . ..,.
1t is a subject, Mr.. President. cal
culated to fax the eloquence of the
orator. to fire the enthusiasm Of the
patriot and to touch a responsive
chord in the breast of every loyal son
of South Carolina. -"
The pages'5otf history yield no more
instructive and inspiring example of
natural development and achievement
than is recorded in the annals of our
country.
In our pioneer days we have pic
ture Of danger and hardship and suf-
fering endured with the stern. forti-
tude of the Puritan or the gay in
difference of the Cavalier, now crush
ing the native savage, now subdring
savage nature. =.
We see the settler steadily, inexor-
ably advancing the banner Of progress
and civilization into new territories
and over broader domains. We next
see these people engaging in a con-
| test for the preservation of their
threatened liberties.
Without military training, without
arms or equipment, purely for mat
ter of principle, they entered upon a
struggle with the most powerful naval
and military power in Europe.
I have always regarded this action
Of the American colonies as the lin
est example Of national heroism since
the deathless deeds Of Greclan PROV
eSs.
Victorious in their struggle for IN
dependence, we see them lay aside
the instruments and insignia Of war.
| We. see them leaving the bivouac and
the battle field to inaugurate that
greater and more triumphant cam
1poaaign off expansion and development
"a campaign which has earned tor
us the proud distinction of standing
in the very forefront Of the most en-:
lightened and progressive nations OF
the earth.
In arts, in literature and in science
the equal of most; in arms and IN
craftsmanship the peer of any; and IN
those great and useful Inventions
which ameliorate the condition Of the
human race and give a fresh impetus
to the onward march of modern civil
ization we stand the superior OF all.
In aiding the progress and shaping
the destinies of our. country South
Carolina has rendered valuable and
distinguished service. In the darkest
days of the, great struggle for inde-
pendence, Moultrie, Marion, Sumter
and others Of her sons held the banner
of liberty aloft with deathless cour-
age and a matchless skill on the many
battlefelds that bathe her soil with
the heroic blood Of her martyred pa
triots. '- ..~"
And in that, last greatest struggle,
when the men Of our now reunited
country faced each other on hun
dred battlefelds; the sons Of South
Carolina-the chivalrous Hampton,
the immpersonation Of superb daring
and tireless devotion; Butler. the bril-
liant, aggressive and indomltable
leader; and others like them have
covered her name with an imperlsh-
able glory.
Turning to the peaceful paths OF
literature, we find the ardent Timrod,
I who drew his inspiration from the
purest sources and clothed it in the
choicest garb Of poetic diction; and
Hayne, who swept the lyric Tyre with
magic fingers; and simms, who with
equal skill painted his canvasses IN
the dark and lurid hues Of war, or
embellished them with the warmer
tones of love, tenderness and pathos.
In the forum and the council cham
ber we have Rutledge and Pickney,
the compatriots and friends of Wash
ington; Calhoun, brilliant and luml-
nous in statement, profound and IN