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

to the rich resources Of this virgin
country, resources which have beer
bestowed by the God CT all mon ro the
good Of all men.
By this monument unveiled this day
VIC set the seal O. .atriotic approva
upon our fathers who so bravely ant
truly stood up to protect the same con
stitutional standards LAID down by the
convention OF 1887 in Philadelphia
This monument is as it were a monu,
ment at the tomb Of a beloved and hon.
ored ancestor; in our veins course his
pure blood; in our form we bear his
manly image; but his battles we dc
not renew. We haye our own prob
lens and our own conflicts, and his
tory teaches that if the government
by the people of this magnificent coun-
try is to be continued, then each gen.
Grafton must bravely, honorably and
unselfshly solve its own problems, and
set its own house in order We of this
generation must so recognize the
| structure of industry that the gener-
ations who follow US may share with
equal, impartial and fair opportunity
in the blessings Of natures boandless
treasure house; must have equal ac-
cess to the original source Of supplies
for meat and bread, houses and cloth
ing, education and learning, recrea-
ton and pleasure, all Of which are
fundamentally based upon the right to
use the air, the water, and the soil.
AS we now dedicate this monument
to the heroes of61-65 who fought =
good fight and kept the faith, should
we not also on this very day dedicate
and consecrate ourselves to the pa
triotic and God-given service OF doing
our whole duty by our country and
our fellowmen; let US Danish narrow
and selfish chickering's and strife; let
US put none but unselfish and loyal
watchmen on the towers CT freedoms
citadel. There are now before our
generation some fundamental prob
lens to solve; constructive legislation
Of sort that some may call radical
is necessary-legislation which will
invade the pockets Of privilege c:2d
sloth. But let US do our duty as free
men; let US not narrow and dwarf our
hearts and minds over petty personal
tiles.
Let us therefore pray that our faith
ers' God may Danish from the borders
of South Carolina and the whole ma
ton the cheap and shallow clap-traD
of selfish demagoguery; let the true
friends Of the people show brain and
nerve to fight the battles Of today as
did Marion, Sumter, Pickens, Emily
Geiger, and thousands of men and wo-
men who of old faced common danger
with equal courage. Let US remem-
Der, then, that patriotism is not mere
iy sentiment, but a principle; that
what is patriotic duty in one genera
ton and one circumstance may not be
In another generation and under other
conditions. Let us understand that
patriotism is not merely love for land
and sky, Eor merely geographical
measure. AS that splendid gentlemen
and patriot, James L. Petigru, said Il
do not love merely the hills Of the up
country, nor the swamps Of the low
country, but wherever there are pco-
pie who love and strive for freedom.
there is my country" For the pa
triot who loves his people will unset
fishly seek their highest welfare; he
will recognize that the God Of all the
people gave them water, and sunlight
and soil; boundless mineral wealth
wrapped up in earth, and forests upon
a thousand hills; that this same God
is the God and Father of all men; and
with Him there is no low and no high
degree, that there is 10 caste and no
privileged class with Him. He gave
all these blessings to all men that all
might sing His praises and magnify
His high and holy name forever.
Col. Armstrong; Address.
It is with the livciiest emotions OF
gratitude that l rise to speak OF the
noble and self sacrificing men, in hon
or Of whom this chaste and hand
:ome monument has been erected:
men who displayed a courage as high
as the cause for which they fought,
and bled and died was holy, and VINO
exhibited : fortitude as sublime as
their services were unselfsh and un-
surpassed.
l am privileged not only to speak CT
heroes, but also in the appreciated
presence of heroes: veterans who de-
Tended to the death the patriotic prin-
c:ples for which the South valiantly
struggled in the crimson lists of bat
tie; principles as pure as ever iliu-
minated the pages Of history: princi-
pies that united Lee and Jackson,
Johnson and Beauregard, Semmes and
Ingraham, Hampton and Forrest, il
that golden chain Of Confederate COM
radeship, with the resolute and dar-
ing men who manned the cannon,
welded the sabres, and aimed the
rifles on q hundred battle fields.
Inseparably linked with the bril-
liant deeds of the men in gray, is the
unfathomable devotion, the soul arr'
tured faith ard the unchilled fidelity
&c ~ tsyJyo,rop of UoT" whose fame