Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-07
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nQally reCelYGU 1lOtIl out Cotlou u W
will make us rich when the supplies
that make 1t are home-raised. We
have reduced the commercial rate Of
interest from "a to 6 per cent. and are
floating 4 per cent. bonds. We have
learned that zone northern immigrant
is worth fifty foreigners; and have
smoothed the. patch to southwark,
wiped out the place where Mason and
DiXon's line used to be and hung out
the latchstring to-. you, and yours. We
have reached the point that marks
perfect harmony, in every. household,
when the husband confesses that the
pies which his. wife cooks: ere as good
as those; hisa mother used: to. bake; and
we admit that the sun shines as
brightly and the moon as softly as It
did. before the war. We have estab-
lished thrift in city and country. We
have fallen in love with work. We
have restored comfort to homes from
which culture and elegance never de-
parted. We have let economy take
root and spread among us as rank as
the. crabgrass which sprung from
Sherman's cavalry camps, until we are
ready to lay odds on the Georgia yam
kee rs he manufactures relics Of the
battlefield In. one-story shanty and
squeezes pure olive oil out of his cot
toni seed, against any down -easter
that ever swapped wooden nutmegs for
flannel sausage in the valleys Of Yer
mont. Above all, we know that we
have achieved in these piping times
of peace" fuller independence for the
south than that which our fathers
sought to win in the forum by their
eloquence or compel in the. field by
their swords.
Beautiful in Suffering:
It is q rare privilege sir, to have had
part, however humble. in this work.
Never was nobler duty conflded to flu-
man hands than the uplifting and: up
building of the PROSTATE and bleeding
south-misguided perhaps. but beauti-
full in her suffering and honest brave
and generous always. In the record OF
her, social, industrial and political iliu-
stration we await with confidence the
verdict Of the world.
But what Of the negro? Have we
solved the. problem he presenFs or
progressed in honor and equity toward
solution? Let the record speak to the
point. No section shows more pros
porous laboring population than the
negroes of the south. none In fuller
sympathy with the employing ana
land owning class. He shares 'our
school fund, has the fullest protection
of our laws and the friendship OF our
people. Self-interest, as well as-honor,
demand that he should have this. Our
future, our very existence depend. upon
our working out this problem In full
and exact Justice We understand that
when Lincoln signed the emancipation
proclamation, your victory was assur-
ed, for he then committed. you to the
cause Of human liberty. against whicn
the arms Of man cannot prevail while
those Of our statesmen who trusted TO
make slavery the cornerstone OF the
confederacy doomed lis to defeat as far
as they could, committing US to a
cause that reason could not defend or
the sword maintain in sight Of advanc-
ing civilization.
Had Mr.. Toombs said, which he did
not say. that he would call the roll or
his slaves at the foot Of Bunker Hili,'
he would have been foolish for he
might have known that whenever slaV-
cry became entangled, in war it must
perish and that the chattel in human
flesh ended forever in New England
when YOUR fathers-not to be blamed
for parting with what didn't pay-sold
their slaves to our fathers-not to be
praised for knowing a paying thing
when they saw it. The relations TO
the southern people with the negro
were close and: cordial! We remember
with what. fidelity for four years we
guarded our defenseless women and
children, whose husbands and fathers
were fighting against his freedom. TO
his eternal credit be it. said that when
ever he struck a blow for his own
liberty he fought in open battle ana
when ut last ne raised his black ana
humble hands that the shackles might
be struck off. those hands were inno-
cent of wrong against his helpless
charges and worthy to be taken IN
loving grasp by every man who honors
loyalty and devotion. Ruffans have
maltreated him, rascals have misled
him, philanthropists established q
bank for him, but the south. with the
north, protests against injustice to this
simple and sincere people. To liberty
and enrranchisement Is as far as Ia"
can carry the negro. The rest must be
left to conscience and common sense.
It must be left to those among whom
his lot Is cast. with whom he Is indis-
solubly connected, and whose prosperi-
ty depends upon their possessing his
Intelligent sympathy and confidence.
Faith has been kept with him.