Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-07-22

| this same Senator is the only one
/ who has spoken in criticism of the
| people Of Virginia in selecting the
name OF Robert T.. Lee, along with
that Of George Washington. as their
! two representatives in the Hall of
! Fame. These criticisms were made
while speaking to this joint rcsolu-
ton, and it has been said that the
remarks fell on such deaf ears and
met with such cold reception that
during their delivery the cloak
rooms were more popular with Sena-
tors than the Senate Chamber.
have recited this instance for
tic purpose of emphasizing the fact
| that I've wounds opened by the Civil
! War have been healed and that the
! sears no longer scarcely appear. 1t
matters not now how hard the few
"Irrcconcilables," either North or
| South. attempt to feed fat the an
Cicnt grudge with verbose rhetoric,
but scant attention and no sympathy
greet their intlammatory and futile
! efforts. Event after event. both
| North and South. have conclusivcly
, shown that much. II not quite ALL the
old feelings OF animOsity and divid-
ed interests have disappeared. In
the Spanish-Amcrican war the South
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/ tecrs. and that brave Confederate
, General, Joseph Wheeler. again led
( lis command under the nay OF his
reunited country.
The Mason and Dixon line now
exists only in memory The march
Of events. the progress OF tho age.
Our complex commercial! and indus
. trial life forbid Tie building about
{ us 4 Chinese wall. We are in the
world and OF the world. What we
do and what we are. we are and do
, before all Israel, and before the sun.
. The progress Of civilization has nut
It's there. whether we wish 10 be or
not.
( But as We look back over the way
( by which we have come. We readily
discern that the armed conflict Of
. the sixties was inevitable. The rod
OF chaStiSement was laid heavily
. upon the American continent II
was on" OF the ways chosen by Prov
idencc OF leading our country unto
higher and still higher hcights. How
. often the ways Of Providence to
nations. rs we'll as individuals. are
. mysterious and past finding out.
One thing is certain: we will 90 to
war no more among ourselves. The
bonds OF union and fraternity were
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when n child But the Scourging
was necessary 10 its growth, and
~" '"hhiCt WAS lrr"pl"sSihic.
We have as one OF our hOnorcd
tOwnsmen the only survivor OF the
Secession Convention Of South Car
81 inc. no 81. /
son Thompson. As South Carolina
was the first Of the Southern States
10 senedo ANA COL Thompson is The
only survivor oi the first Secession
Convention, and WolhaNa is the
piac" OF residence OF This survivor
n| mat historic convention, til" at
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