The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-22

most responsible office Of Chief Justice
Of the Nations Supreme Court, Z
Southern man, who was Z Democrat
anu an ex-confederate soldier; little
later by governmental authority and
Public expense the survivors of both
of these contending armies assembled
upon the field of the decisive battle OF
Gettysburg upon terms of the SINGER
est respect and admiration, to honor
there the graves of the dead Of both
sides.
''Uuder the sod, and under the dew
Waiting the judgment day,
Tears and love for the Blue,
Love and tears for the Gray"
Then came reunion on Southern
| soil at Chicamauga, when the North
ern and Confederate soldier again de-
clared that each regarded the other as
a patriot and as having fought for
what he regarded as was ideal of Con-
stitutional freedom. Then aside from
the historical and logical question as
to which side was actually right, we
now face the very significant fact that
all the people CT the South, both the
tConfederates and their sons, have sub
mitted to the inevitable conclusions Of
war and we are in fact glad that chat
tel slavery is forever gone. In the re-
cent crises of the Nation, to wit: dur
ing the war with Spain and the recent
near-war with Mexico, the people of
the South as one man have risen and
stood shoulder to shoulder with the
people of the North, the East and the
West, in support Of the National gov
ernment: The Southern boys have
spilled their precious blood and yield
ed up their glorious lives with eye and
heart fixed upon the Stars and Stripes,
for "Bagley and Hobson and Victor
BIue-prove that the blood of the
South runs true" Truly this is time
when we Southern people may pro-
nounce with the grand son of the
South's incarnate heart, the immortal
Robert Lee, this beautiful expression
of patriotic feryer:
your flag and my flag and how it flies
today,
Ger your land and my land and
half the world away,
Rose red and blood red its stripes for
ever CLEAN;
Snow white and soul white, the good
forefathers dream;
Sky blue and true blue, with stars that
beam Alright,
A glorious guidon by the day shell,
ter for the night.
"Your flag and my flag, and oh! how
much It holds,
Your land and my land secure with
in its folds,
Your heart and my heart beat quicker
at its sight;
Sun-kissed and wind-tossed, the red,
the blue, the white;
TIE one flag, the great flag. the flag
for me and you, |
Glorifed all else beside, the red, the
white, the blue"
It IS not disloyalty to the govern
ment of Washington, Jefferson and
Madison. for us, by this splendid shaft
and By these exercises, to honor the
names and deeds Of the Confederate
soldiers. Neither is it disioyalty to
the principles and ideals Of Jefferson
Davis, Stonewall Jackson and Wade
Hampton for US and for you at this
time, and at all times, to love and to
serve the people of this whole wide ma
ton.
Today we are one as perhaps never
before since the common danger forg-
ed for us the bonds Of friendship and
assembled us in the Congress at Phil
adelphia, which declared the indepe2-
dence of the colonies forever. In the
ranks of the urselfish and noble
hearted Washington there were bicE-
erings and jealousies; even from
Yorktown's glorious day, the Confed-
eracy was a mere rope OF sand' AMI
the obligations Of the revolution were
not net. The disputes between the
thirteen separate sovereign States
arose about thousand subjects: When
it was believed by all good men that
such anarchy was worse than British
tyranny, they compromised upon that
marvellous document, the Federal Con-
stitution, which might itself have been
worthless piece Of paper unless in
fused with blood and nerve by the
majestic logic of John Marshall.
Federalists and Republicans, led b.
Hamilton and Jefferson respectively
brought grief to the heart OF the pure
minded Washington, whose integrity
was assailed at one time by the ep.-
thet that he had become the "step-
father of his country" On down
through the years there stood two con-
tending parties representing antagoh-
istic and diverse views of the duty and
power of the nation and the states
under that constitution. Neither SIDE
seemed willing to submit to the arol-
+ration of the court. Even that con-
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