The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-17
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Address Made by Hon. IS. II. Sen
brook at the One Hundred and
Forty-fouIth Anniversary
Banquet Of Fellowship
Society, March Is.

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tleay's haily on the -evehifsg ofsNIarci
l3, 'ahe Hon. E. NJ Seabiook spoke
as follows:
Mr. President and Gentlemen Of
the Fellowship Society: In respond
ing to the sentiment which Sour COM
mittee has dbrfe me the honor to as
sign me confess to feeling of diff
Hence in approaehu,g a subject 50
vast in its proportions, as li1iitless in
rs possibilitiee.' ~ s.
II is a subject, Mr. President. cal
= eulated 20 FAX the eloqnenee iof The
orator. TO fire the enthusiasm Of the
patriot slld to touch responsive
chord in the breast of every loyal son
of South Carolina.
The pageSof history vield 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-
ferng endured with the stern, ferti-
tude Of the Puritan or the gay in
difference of the Cavalier, now crush
ing the native savage. now subdnine
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 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.
l have always regarded this actio,i
cf the American colonies as the fin
est example Of national heroism since
the deathless deeds of Grecian 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
paign Of expansion and development
"A campaign which has earned for
us the proud distinction Of standing
in the very forefront of the most en-
] lightenei 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 amcliorate the condition Of the
human race and give fresh impetus
to the onward march of modern civil
ization we stand the superior Of all.
In aiding the progress and shaping
the destinics Of our. country South
Carolina has rendered valuable and
distinguished service. In the darkest
days of the great struggle for inie-
pendence, Moultrie, Marion, Sumter
and others Of her sons held the banner
of liberty aloft with deathless cour-
age and matchless skill on the many
, battlefelds that bathe her soil with
the heroic blood Of her martyred pa
triots. NJ y.
And in that last greatest struggle,
when the men Of our now reunited
country faced each other on hum
dred battlefields, the sons of South
Carolina--the chivaIrous Hampton,
the immpersonation Of superb daring
and tireless devotion; Butler, the bril-,
liant, aggressive and indomitable
leader; and others like them have
covered her name with an imperish-
able glory. ..iz.s~
Turning to the peaceful paths Of
literature, we find the ardent Timrod,
! 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 lumi-
nous in statement, profound and In.
yineible in argument, rapid and sun-.
erring in conclusion; and the illus