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LKWISVILLE, S.C.,
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/*t???pUyiana<??rofjiliy attended t^<w? I 9.
Ii*? '?'" ' ? . * i f *? V,
Speech ?f Gen. K. Ii. Elliott,
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at PUBLIC kkcei'tio.N,- tuur8day
KVKNINd, FKBRUAllY l'J, 1871.
FklLOW-Citizens??I can hardly
fiud worila wherewith to adequately ox ?
press tho sense of gratitude that my
heart at this moment feels for the many
kind sentiment of approval that havo
becu uttered by you as to my course as
your Representative iu the National
Legislature.. 1 am equally destitute of
the po't'ur to summou forth to my aid
appropriate language wherewith to
testify to my hen: tick appreciation of
your many manifestations of friendship
towards, and deop oonfidenco iu, my
humble self. 1 must, therefore, content
myself with the mere common-place ex
prcssiou of sincere, geuuiod thanks, and
my earnest assurance that I shall ever
strive " to be worthy of your confidence.
Indeed, fellow-citizeus, from the bottom
of my heart, I thank you:
Thtec years ngo, after a sharp and
nctimonious contest, it became my good
fortune to be chosen by a ou as a Repre
st.^'ntivc to the most :uigust parliumcn
tnry body on this continent, the Ameri
can Congress It was, indeed, a highly
distinguished honor, an honor of which
I was sensibly proud.
Rut, fellow-citizens, amid the cxulta
tions incident to my success, I was
deeply impressed with the importance of
so high a s'atii-n. and the tremendous
responsibilities that rested upon me iu
the discharge of its functions. I felt
then, as 1 feel now, that as one of tho
I ion<'crs in the national arena of a race
just cmerged from a long and gloomy
night of American bondage?a race ntiil
weighted with heavy burdens ? I won! 1
be "required to bring sotnethiug worthy
whereby to propitiate the judgment of
mankind. Hob d with the ??toga" of a.
Uopw-'Cut.iUw.. 1 ut once re liwd h i\v |
much was expect d of me as a natural ,
de| Uly ola people but recutlyid filled \
as a new ilcmutit i?tn the Im ly pAliti? ;
While 1 could fcap-ely hope t?? fill t!i ? j
measure of public ex peel a i n, 1 never |
'tbeicss d tcminmJ, un lor li in ; gu.d j
ance, to viulieuc, to tit i bus of my j
ability, the wisdom ot that beneficent |
policy which struck fr-un the limb> id'
four millions of human beings th:
palling chains id'slavery, and from their
l<ow estate lifted them before the eyes ot
tho world to .tho proud position of
American free men I resolved to con
tribute my humble share iu illustrating
the capacity of the negro for self govern
inetit, aud in justifying the conduct of
those of my white fellow citizens who
thought it no disgrace to vote for
colored men.
The condition of afTairs in our State
at the time of my first election must
still be fresh iu your memories. Organ
ized crime wus dominant in many of
our counties; murder, unabashed, stalk
ed abroad ; inoffensive men, women and
children were bbing subject nightly to
outrage; many were falling victims to
midnight assassination ; many were
writhing under the sting of the pitiless
lash; while many others, hunted for
opiuion's sake, were fleeing to our
capital as thoir lioity of refugo." At
such a timo and amid such socuos, I
hastened to Washington to assume .the
duties of my office. Shortly aftor, it
became me, in the line of my duty, to
invoke the exercise of the national
power for the protection of American
I citizens domiciled in our State.
Duriug tho consideration of the "en
I forcomenb bill," that great measure of
I protection, 1 had the privilege of taking
j part )u the discussion. I shall never
' forget that day, when, rising iu my place
to address the House, 1 found mysolf
the centre of attraction. Everything
was still. Thoso whn believed in the
natural inferiority of the colored race
appeared- to feel, that the hour had ar
rived in which they should exult iu
tiiumph over tho failure of tho first
man of utho despised raco" whoso voice
was about to be lifted in- that chamber.
Tho countenances of those who sympa
timed with <w cause seemed to indicate
their op/iety for my suooass, and their
heartfelt desire that it might provo
equal to tho emergency. I cannot,
lellow-citizens, picturo to you the onto
tions that then filled my mind.
tu cmLcred that niy.causo was jtiBt. How
well tbutargument^jyoa sustainod, with
?Tirflfcic?!^^tirr-ftf^^l!i^ mjself, let the
flattering commcuts ol tho Now York
Triowr"?*,'" the New' York Ucrahl, add
other leoding journals of the country,
answer. Suffiaco it to any, that even
whero sympathy waB withheld respect
Was freely accorded.
Hut, fellow citizens, it is unnocc-sary
for me to recall at this time the inci
dents connected with the othor occasions
on which 1 had the honor to address
the Forty-second Congress. I am
admonished of tho fact that you arc
assembled to do mo honor more particu
larly for my recent effort in the present
Congress iu favor of equal civil rights.
It is, indeed, pleasant to me to know
that my remarks on that question, on
the 6th of .January last, have met with
the highest cummeudatiun throughout
the country. It is gratifying to know
hat uiy uttcrnucus ou that memorable
occasion have been endorsed, not only
by tho live millions of people that are
most directly concerned in thu result of
tho issue, but by a vast majority of the
dominant race. That pleasure is iu
creased tenfold by tho warm and flatter
ibg manner in which those whom 1 have
the honor more directly to represent
have signified their approval. My gr.iti
Heat ion is also increased when I re
member that, in our own Legislature thu
Konservative Senators aud Kepreseuta
tives, with but two exceptions, recorded
themselves in favor of a resolution iu
structing tho Senators aud requesting
tho Representatives from this State in
Congress to vote iu favor of the Civil
Rights Hill, and expressing sympathy
tor the National Convention of the
colored race. With this fact before us,
who is there among us that cau Fail to
understand tho signs of the times?
Which of us can refuse to go forward
cheered nnd inspired with renewed
hope aud confidence iu the complete
triumph of true Republican principles
iu our State, promiticut among which
are these cardinal points : liberty, fra
torn'ty, justice. CdYH and politieal
?qu ility '?
Who mining ym can reasonably
doubt that tho An g/o-Sa xou and the
Angln-A !i ie in races, who are here
hound tdgc her by the ties if a c mini hi
de-tiu}', 0 i wh 'S ? be n t* have been in
scribed by the '?IJascon Inn I" kindred
feelings of folio.vship, will yet live to
.'ether in coiiteiitmJttt an 1 huppiu-'ss,
and mutually cajoy the victories of
peace ?
In tho recent debate on the Civil
flights Bill, the privilege of reply ing to
the elaborate, legal and constitutional
argument of Mr. Rook, of Kentucky,
and more particularly of the Hon.
Alexander II. Stophens, of Georgia, was.
by general consent, accorded to me.
This privilege, of course, brought with
it tho highest responsibility. It was
felt by all our friends that this was an
occnuiou on which it became the colored
race to be teproscnted l>y oue of its own
members' It was felt, too, that the legal
and constitutional arguments must be
lolly met und answered. With a pro
found 8eu?e of my responsibility to my
race, to my immediate oonsti'.Ue.uts, and
to my own reputation as u Kcpicsenta
tive in Congress, I addressed myself to
this great task. No man could have
bad a more inspiring theme, or a more
exciting occasion. I must speak under
the eyes of crowded gallries, in the pre
eonco of a full house and of many dis
' linguished strangers, attracted by the
j novel iuterest of such an occasion.
j I may confess to you, fellow citizens,
that T trembled for the result. That
result I need not nttcmnt to describe. It
has more than filled tho measure of try
ambition. Tho praises of that ofTort, as
? you all have observed, have been numer
ous and wido sproad Prien Is have
boon delighted and enemies have beeu
forcod to concede that the Vice I'rcsi
dent of the Southern Confederacy?a
man acknowledged to bo of the groatest
intellectual force, and long public
oiporionco ? lias btien mot in debate,
aud that bis sophistries havo been ex
p03cd, nnd his constitutional arguments
overthrown, by oue of that raco which,
twolvo years ago, he described as tit
only to bo ' beweis of wood and drawers
of water" to the dominant white race.
This triumph I do not chiefly value as a
personal ono If it bo a triumph, it is a
'triumph for you ns well as foi4 mo?-a
triumph for our wholo race. Ayo moro
than that, a triumph for justice, which
Sir James Molntosh has so flnoly said ,
"is the common, and permanent iuterest
of all men in all ages,"
Let mo not fail on this oooasion, and
all occasions, to do full honor to my
worthy colleagues from this State on
the floor of Congress, as well as those
other Representatives of our race who
occupy eeats in the National Legislature.
You kuow with what discretion and
ready zeal tho Houorable J. II. Rainey.
has cutercd the debates which have
arisen from time to time upon the sul<
ject of our civil rights. His just, though
caustic, rebuke of Mr. Cox is fresh In
your memory. The Honorable A. J
Hausier has proved himself to be yot^r
zcalousaud ablechampion in Congress, As
you have long kuowu him to be iu other
places. The effort of Honorable R. B.
Cain, iu reply to Mr. Robblnsi of NorTh
Carolina, has commanded tho attention
of Congress and of the country,und has
added to the well earned laurulsof this
distinguished champion of our rights
Long may you be represented by tuen of
equal ability, zeal, prudeucc und fidelity.
With such Representatives to sustain
our cause, victory cauuot be long
delayed.
Rut, fellow-citizens, not only have wq
national interests and national duties,
but wc have home interests and home
duties The guarantee of the fullest
measure of civil tights by the national
Congress is uot all that we need. That
will give us the opportunity only to
prove our fitness to possess and use those
rights.
I should lall short of my duty on this
occasion if I did uot draw your utteution
to the immediate and commauding
necessity of a change in the character of
our administration of the public affairs
of thjs State.
Fellow-citizens, I approach this sub
ject from the stand point of a strict
Republican. If there be any man here,
or in this State, who cau impeach or
gainsay my Republican "ecbrd, let him
come forward. If there bo anyone who
cau- show a longer, n more untiring or
consistent service of tho Republican
part}', I challenge hitu to appear. What
. I cay tonight, I say a< n Republican,
j standing on the identical platform which
the Republican party solemnly put forth
' to the world as the expression of th e
political laith of the lie publican pirty
of South Carolina, on the 211 diy of
August, 18*72. Upon" that ph ttvirm T
still stund. If others have wandered ,
from it, I have uot. The pledges con |
tinned in that platform are still binding ;
on my conscience und honor. Those j
pledges / must and shall redeem.
J Fello.w-citizcns, no man oan ox agger
ate or overstate the critical ch iractor of
i our present political situation upon the
fbrtuues of the colored race. For ceu
turica our history has boon marked by
oppression, iu all its forms, at the hauls
of the w bite race of this country. Wc
were that stricken and pitiab!.; people j
whom the world Beouied to believe was
brought into existence solely for the
service of the white races of the earth.
The pathetic miseries, the hepcless
subordinations of our race, have formed
one of the most deeply tragic features of
the world's history. At last, the iu
stiucts of humanity, the divine sense of
human brotherhood, have re ogni/.ed us
as men. entitled to the rights of men,
worthy to be clothed with the powers
and responsibilities of self-governing
citizens.
The vastness and rapidity of this
change in our ci\il and political condi
lion has no parallel. Many have, at
every stage of our progress, predietod
our failure. With what confidence did
men foretell that the colored man of the
South would not work exceptundor the
spur of the task.master's lash. Yet tho
crops ol the South, for the last four
yours, are more than equal in amouut to
tho crops of any four yours during the
day8 of slavery. How confidently \vas
it said that the oolorud man had uo
sense of prudence, uo provision for to.
morrow?idly basking iu the sunshine
of to-duy, and laying up nothing for the
morrow. Yet one of the must marked
results of freedom has been tho univer
sal and unconquerable desire of our race
iu these Southern States to secure
homes und lands of their own. It has
been our reproach with tho white than
that wu, were not coutcut to pass all our
yours iu tilling tho lauds of othora.
Thus, one by one, tho colored race
huyo shown to tho world their right to
ti plaeo auioug mot); und our oluiin to
such a pluco has boon oonoueded at each
stop. Our present claim to completo
civil rights und privilogos will, I firmly
believe, bo boou granted.
Rut, fellow-citizens, rights impose
duties. Wo aro uot now,osotico we
wero, without responsibility because
without power, without duties because
without rights. In the order of God's
providence, tho political power of this
State is m our hands. Ten years ago
without u vcstigo of political power, we
are to-dny the absolute masters of South
Carolina. Such a change is without,
parallel, uot only in its rapidity, but in
the momentous responsibilities it im
poses upon us. Are we so ignorant as
to imagine that God and the world will
not hold us to account for our use of all
these rights? Never was there-a people
on whom the eyes of the wholo world
were fixed with move interest than on
the people of South Carolina to-day;
This proud State?mother of statesmen,
numbering among her sons the brightest
and bra Vest hearts that our country can
boast? has boon committcl to our keep
ing. Our former mast rs have predicted
our failure. Adiritting,.as niauy of our
slaveholders do, our capacity for im
provemcnt iu many directions, they
have declared that hero, iu the highest
test, the negro would fail; that he would
bo tho victim of the cunning aud uu
scrupulous white, mail, n-nd the base
slave of hisown greed aud dishonesty.
I wish 1 had ten thousand voices with
which to proclaim the great.fact that
they, the colored uien of South Caro
liua, arc. now on trril hrjbrc the whole
country. The' question is now to be
decided?can tho colored people of this
State maintain and administer tho
government of this Stale upon the basis
of self-government and unrestricted suf
frage '{ This is the tremendous re
spottsibility which we aro to meet. The
power we have will be our condemnation,
unless we arouse ourselves to our re
sponsibilities and resolve to be governed
by n constant and profound regard for
the public, welfare. Remember, my
fellow-citizens, that no fact is more
deeply enirravcd on nil the tablets of
history than this; that individual pros
pctity can only bo secured by an no
selfish devotion to the goo 1 af the whole
com in unity. That, State or community
is hastening to destruction whenits
citizens are no longer'bound to each
n her by the great moral ligament of a
constant regard for the welfare of the
community as a whole. SuU'-proserva
lion demands un.suliish patriotism If
we in ik j of the machinery of govern
meut anything else than a means of pro
moling the uommon good, we remove
the very foundations ol all our civil
liberties. The former slave holder, who,
perchance, still denies your right to
freedom nnd sullenly opposes every
civil right which you demand, is not
half so dangerous an enemy as ho of
your own party who teaches you to re
gard the functions of a public officer as
the means of merely securing your owii
personal aggrandize uent. Nothing can
save that people who have come to con
sidor public position as a .source of pri
vtite advantage or gain. Your liberties,
youreiy.il rightv all that you now hold most
dear, will be dust and a-dies, unless you
use tboin under a sense of yomir responsi
bility for g*ood government and the goner
al public weal.
To-day tho North doubts whether we
can maintain decent government in
South Carolina. To day our friends
blush for us. To da, thoy look to see
whether we are capable of shaking off
this monstrous burden of mal ad minis
trat ion, and rising to u tolerable degree
of regard for our common public inter
es s. ?Mistakes, many and grievous,
may be made without impairing the
confidence of our generous friends aboad;
but it is uot our errors and inexperience
which threaten to ruin us ; it is the pre
sent reckless disregard of public inter
. csts, the prostitution ol the maohinery
of tho Government to personal ends, and
thu total lack of responsibility on the
part of some of our publio officers.
?? e rise our demand for oo.nploto
civil rights, aud tho answer is, show in
that you aro capable of appreciating your
rights, restore good government to South
Carolina, use hor revenues to publio
ends; build up her material prosperity:
vindicate your right to full oitizens of
tho republic, und your demand will
meet no denial from any sourco.
I confess, fellow-citizons, that with?
all my zeal for equal civil rights?aud
it is a oaitfeo in which I am ready to lay
down my life, if need bo?1 confess with
saduoss greater than I oan express, that
here, in South Cnroliim, wo to day pro
scut a spectacle which dies Uot excite
interest iu our catwo; a speoluclo which
dishoartt-ns our friends, piralyzes our
b??st. efforts for the tompleto oivil pro
toetion of our people, und makes the
utime* of this Stato a by word and re
proach to our raco. Our danger is not
from without but from within. It ia
not'the Demooraoy that will overthrow
us?it is our own party, with its faith
leas leaders and their infatuated ^honch
men. Ret us not look abroad for our
enemies?they aro hero, members of
our own party?officers olected by our
ow i votes.
I have a 'hundred times lifted my
voice before you iu support of the prin
ciplcs and policy of the Republican par
ty. Those principles, undor all circum
stances. I shall assort and maintain.
They are the expression of tho highest
political wisdom of tho world. Rut I
say to you now, fo'low citizens, we raiy
shout our party shibboloths,} we .may rc
peat our party watch word. wo may
discourse; ever so eloquently, upon the
glorious principles of. the, Republican
party, but all this will not save us from
overthrow aud defeat, unless we maintain
good government in South Carolina.
Party fidelity will never, iu the long run
atoue for this willful disrogard of public
interests, or reckless extravagance in
public expenditures. No party tio cm
ever be woven strong.enough to hold to
gcther any party whose members arc
joined by nothing save tho secret bmd
of a common bode of gain by public
debauchery. Dissolution will follow
pollution. Distrust is born of pollution
Discord is the child of fraul. Nothiug
but honor, honestv, patriotism, regard
for the public iutcrest, eau prciOive any
part).
There may be sonic so thou4btl333 or
so base as to charge that the utterance
of these truths is an act of treachery to
our party. Fellow citizens, the man
who fails to so spnak in our real ene
my. The man who hesitates to point
out our true danger is the man of whom
j the Republican party must be aware* If
what I say here to night is not true dis
prove it . ]f it is true, accept it, act up
on it. T speak to night from a deep
sense of the danger that confronts us?a
danger springing not from the Deraocra
cy of this Stato, not from the Tax Pay
et's Convention, uor from any external
foes?but from the extravagances, the
disregard of public interest- the subordi
nation of public aims to private gains,
mtinslested so conspiciously by some of
the members of our own party.
Let me say here that I still hive full
faith in the honesty aud good intentions
of the masses of our people. I believe
that whenever the question of honesty
or dishonesty1, of economy or extr.iva
gance, in public affairs, of patriotism or
of debauchery, is fairly presented to
them, they will be found on the right
side. I delieve the colored pjople of this
Statu will respond tits promptly to such
an issue as any people. "What we need,
what we must have, is all awakening of
all the peoplo to their duty. Each man
who holds a vote must feel his r CS p on si
bility for that vote, feel it as he feels
his responsibility in his own personal
affairs. For, after all, this misgovern
mont, of which conplaint is made, this
reckless extravagance which now char
acterizes and disgraces us, will rest in
the cud on the common peoplo. The
h.borer in tho end pays the penalty of
bad government. Every mill of tax
unnecessarily put upou the proporty of
this State is a burdon on the man who
owns nothing but his own bare bauds.
H* taxes aro high, wages will be low.
If taxes taxes arc heavy, rbnts will be
high. All interest suffer in the long
run alike. Aside from tho injustice
that may ho done, the adding of uu un
necccssary tax on' tho lands results in a
reduction of tho laborer's wages who
tills that laud or fvf an increase of his
rent. So tjiat it is truo that tha p*>or
man suffors as much, and more, from.
miRgovernment.thnn the rich man,
lna deeper sense than any political
creed can express it, wo wore all breth.
rcn in tho misfortunes, tho burdens, the
injustice, tho distress whioh bad govern
tnent brings in its train. Nono of us
can csoitpc theso consequenoo. Ry the
natural law of oauso and offoot, by the
force of laws which no man can mako or
mar wc are bound for weal or woo to
the fortunes of our Stato. Coustituting
a majority of the voters of tho Stato, wo
are responsible beforo tho world for hor
condition; her disgrace is mado charges'
bio to us, and in all the evils whioh may
threaten her wo will bo sufferers.
And now, fellow-citizens, I appeal to
you in the namo of our truo friends
overywhore, in tho mod'the Ropubli
can party, u'idor whose guidance all our
past progress has been achieved, In the
name of th c hoocr ot telf interest aa?
race iu tho oamu of our Republic^ Ifco
of self ^oxernmcat, iu fthe.Tn?me of
government by the peoplo, of iho.pee
ple, and for the people, to arou?o ypiu
sclvis to these great, urgonc,eonjmandiag
and sacred duties. I appeal'to mjr fel
low-Republicans of every race , and oft*
tionnhty to arise in their strength ana
shake off the terrible inoubue thattaoigh
down our party, to strangle the 'poison
ous viper that is sucking our lifo-bloi'i,
to remove the corroding .leprosy tLat a
gnawing at the vitals of our' b?dy jfott
tic. It is to you more especially, >tRJ
colored fellow citizens, that I ;?t. tV?
time, appeal. Oursalvationibridoiliuo
tion will come from our own jbawfe
(July those who re fuse to us?? their cyca
wjdldony the pyilsLof !wh^ch>t hWAfP?
ken. Only those who refuse toCytpfttlt
the uuiyersal experience of the world
pan doubt thatsush a condition of affairs
will come to an early and disastrous, end,
misgovernment works its . own suicide.
'?' ? *>'ai * lUuV'
At our sid?, aiding us With all lihtfnlor
al support of nobl? characters ah'i'spit
less liveSj-will ba; found tho; ?greafr' lead
eis of the RopublIcanv party, the 3*feu
dent of the United States, tho #rW
chieltain and gre.it.^tvilian, truJ alvrayU
to civil rights)and'to tho r colorod rac-j,
who seeks nothing so' much Ik) that tree
and lasting peace fur our Sautlwfn
States which, comes from good- govern
ment and the, material prospority ;of)all
our peoplo?Charles Summer, wl^pse
life long devotion to<the cause of fnjCK^w*
entitles him to our undying gratitude.
Henry Wilson, our Vice Present,
J true always to the best, interests of,OUC
race, Morton, Dawcs, Butlor, LaAf*W0CO.
? . V ' Tal Wi
Hoar, all those honored n-iraC*, whe(ea
the floor of Congress, aqd throughout
the country, have ever been swift to
vindicate our rights and to advance our
welfare.
Follow citizens, the voices of . Guah
men must be. heard. They call on iis to
discard such of our load.-rs as are brluj
ing disgrace aud destruction -do.'lift.
They bid us rise in our manhood, and
put off our false and dangerous sense of
security in our numbers. Thoy beseech,
us to rally, one and ail, to the great
work of restoring good govsrutncnti to
South Carolina. They tell us in plilo
terms, that our own safety deponds on
reform in our State affairs, iacuttingoff
those who have proved uawtfthy of tha
trust confided to their care,:io. TgftftUijtj
and reinstating honor an 1 ability in pair
high plaoes of public trast. Thay - do
n jI ask us to forsake the It jpubliqiu
party, but rather tobe true to tb/?tipir
ty, to vindicate its fair name, to miko it
us it is, the party of progress, of i^foUi
genee, of public coou. .ny and good faith
They warn us, unless tho RcpubHo/ipt
of South Carolina take heed to their
way, purify their administration of pub
lie affairs, select upright ofhijrs, ex,penl
the public good, tho national it ipubU
cans will no louger recognize f.hota es
members of that party, or permit them
to afhiliato with the national organic
ijon. , ,.\^f
I call upon you, therefore, folio W-olti
zens, to look your safety, to t?te instant
hoed for the houor and' perpetuity- of
our party. . << :-u
Let us here resolve that South Caroli
na shall no longer be our reproach. Let
us clear our skirts of the odium of gov
ernmental abuses. In suoh a good work
our friends ovorywhoro will join withirn
?tho groat Republican party will aid
u.s throughout tho nation.
Ahovo all things! follow citizens,? ?s
representing the colored race, let us re
move this ineffablo disgraoo and ?tadn
from our record as a race. .We may bo
ignorant, wo may bo poor?-but'We can
be houoBt. Thoro is to day, within bar
party, intoltigenoe and integrity enough
to give to our State a good government.
There arc men in our party who may bo
called to the helm of State, and who will
faithfully oarry out the plodgo* mads in
our party platform, riodges are goo4?
but wo must, put men behind t.ho*>
pledgees who will keep thorn to the latter
and in the spirit. ' jlonesty,' feo'oVo'my,
good govern:rient-^-in; city, county :aud
Stato?let this be our watohwora, land
our stern resolve. In thatsign we shall
conqur, amLwith our victory w}ll porno
a more cheerful aoquiosooaoo tu out
polittoal supremacy, a moro friendly aud
helpful spirit between our tvfo; .raoQS, a>
more rapid progress iu all ; moral and
a final vindication of tho capaoiWoTtho
colored race to preserve theirbwu liber
ties, and to rcepeot the rights of others.
To tho accomplishmants of such ?ftork.
I pledge my .most oaruostefforts,
one heart, one ,'dotcraiinattbu.
rnovo forward to iho re-cstah*
of an bbneal, economical and rci.^
government1 la igoatbj Carolin?; >*a 4