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McLAURIN'S BURNING ELOQUENCE DLLIGHTED 3,500 OF HORRY'S P rt -CITIZENS LAST WEDNESDAY AT CONWAY. Noble Sentiments from the Great Leader of the Sixth Congres sional District. The "Independent Repub lic" was in holiday attire last Wednesday to celebrate the reunion of the Confederate Survivors. Congressman John L. McLaurin, the brilliant Statesman of the Sixth Con gressional District, was the honored guest of the grand occasion. The crowd was estimated at about 3,500, many of whom were ladies and children. Crowds of peo ple from Georgetown and from Robeson county, N. C., were also present. Hon. John L. McLaurin was the orator of the day and he was escorted to the grounds by the "Brooks Guards" veterans, under Cap tain Tolar; this body con sisted of about 100 battle scared veterans whose martial spirit was still in them and although they have undergone privations and waded through bloody seas for their country they would do so again should the necessity ever arise. The "Horry Hussars," a calvary company about 101) strong in full uniform commanded by Captain Long, and about 7 00 others. A magnificent dinner was served and the day was immensely enjoyed; of course the speech was the event of the day and the patriotic citi zens of Horry applauded them selves hoarse over an eloquent address. The following is its full text: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle - men: In the selection of an orator, too young to have paiticipated in the late war, you bate conferred u pon me a moat distinguished honor. It is well perhaps that it is so, for the time les come when we can discuss that ep'bch historically. Then too the geneta'on who took part in the strug gle are 'p~l passing away, and upon younger ' -i~~ving the duty of preserving the em ories of the past, and transmitting posterity the true history of the Civil war. It has been said that the fame of those who spend their lives in the service of their country is better pre served in the unwritten memorials of the heart, than by any material mon uments. -It is therefore, gentlemen of the committee, eminently proper that you the "Survivors", should meet at stated periods to honor your dead comrades. '(Lrnfederate Survivors", year by year your ranks grow thinner, one by one, the "Grim Ferryman" sets you upon the other side of tbe dark river, where again you meet comrades who passed over amid the blood and smoke of Bull Run, Manassas or the Wilderness. The ranks of the "Stone wall,Brigade" and the "Hampton Le gions" are being rapidly recruited. -Soon will be complete those phantom Regiments, Brigades and Divisions, which in this life made forever ili ustrious the names of Lee, of Jack son, and of Stuart. My friends you need not be ashamed to meet your old comrades and to look your old commanders in the face. Yours the harder lot. They have been at rest these many years "ou fame's eternal camping ground", while for you the flight has never ended,-Easier to die upon the field of battle, with the shouts of victory ringing in the ears, than to have borne the humiliation of defeat, the pangs of poverty, and the horrors of reconstruction. You have won a great battle since Ap pomattox, and you will meet them, the laurel wreathes of victory crown ing your brows. In the gloom of de feat, you stepped from the battle trenches back into the plow furrows. You found a land all desolate. Black ened chimneys on every side marked once happy homes, society was . diu organized, the Capital of your State in ashes; your government in the hands of aliens, and the heels of your former slaves upon your necksa Your courage faltered not. In the arts of peace you redeemed the fail ure of war, rebuilt your homes, and organized society upon the better and surer bases than human slavery. My heart glows with pride, when I hear recounted your deeds of valor on the field of battle. Out numbered five to one, almost without money, for four long years you held the world at bay. Your whole land seamed and scarred with the invader's track, by the light of your blazing homes you fought in hunger and in rags. When once proud regiments of a thousand men showed less than one hundred mnus kets, your thin ranks closed steadily on the center and preserved an un flinching front. You fought on even when Sherman in his "March to the Sea", caused the wail of your women and children homeless and hungry, to reach you upon the battle fields of Virginia. But my friends' your greatest glory lies in accepting the situation man fully, and heroically retrieving defeat as you have done. I yield to none in my love and reverence for the "Grea4Cayai' of the war; the names of Lee and Jackson, of Hampton and Stuart, of Hill and Longstreet, will live forever, but to me the True Hero is the Poor Priucte who did his duty in the trenches, on the march and upon picket, without glory or the hope of reward. Dyingr unknown and un noted, piled like cordwood in the bloody-battle trenches;or coming home after the war, ;enfeebled by wounds and wasted disease, to take up the task of rehabilitating bis State. I never meet one of these old Veterans without a feeling as if I should stand uncovered in the pr(s.nce of True Greatness. A little incident occured in Mississippi which plainly showed that I am not alone in this respect. Nearly everybody has heard of "Pri vate John Allan"; few know how he got the name. John Allan, then an obscure individual, was running against some General, (I think Darks dale) for Congress. The General was running upon his record and title, and told of how on a certain night upon the eve of battle, he lay awake in his tent, thinking of his country, while ther rain beat down and the lone sentry paced to an fro in front of his tent. John Allan got up to re ply, and said: "Every word the General said is so. I know it is true, because I was the "lone sentry" who paced to and fro in the rain, and now you Generals who lay in the tent vote for Darksdale, and you "lone sentries" who paced to and fro in the rain vote for "Private John Allen". It is needless to add that "Private John Allan" was elected to Congress, and is now one of the best known members, and I can testify myself to his high character, honesty and- use fulness. "On Monday in Darlington, I beard of a pathetic incident-some of you may know the man-at the battle of Gettysburg a brave, stalwart lad from Darlington was advancing in the face of a hot fire, when a finger was shot off. His officer ordered him to the rear. "No sir," was his reply, "they would call me a coward, if I went back .for that". A moment later a piece of shell took off his right arm, clean and clear above the4jbow. As a comrade caught him, the brave fel low said: "Well, I will go back now but I had rather lose my arm than be called a coward." Two weeks ago, a pauper) died in the Poor House. The bed was hard. The walls bare. The man's face was still and cold, while the empty sleeve was pinned across the] breast. The once heroic soul of Henry Miller had winged its flight to God, far beyond the reach of ingratitude and want. Oh, my friends, why honor the dead, why build monuments of brass and marble, when heroes such as this, die neglected, and dishonored? I want to say a few words to-day about these "Private John Allans". Colonels and the Generals who sur vived the war, have been well taken care of, and I am glad of it, for it is an honor to our people that they have taken care of these old Leaders. Somebody must now take care of the Poor Old Private. And in this connection, let me mention another "Private" whom I have the honor to know. Soon after. the war there jnded in the streets of New York a poorly elad boy from Virginia, who had fought as a private from Bull Run to Appomattox. He was foot sore, hungry, and without money. He tried place after place for work, and finally went into a. big store, rhere something in bis- accent or esa-told the merchant be was a "rebel boy". In an insulting manner he was ordered from the store. The proud Southern blood leaped to his cheek, and with kindling eye and angry voice he hurled the insult back, and said to the merchant: "Sir The time will come when I will buy your old store out from under you". That proud boast has been yerified, and that Virginia boy owns this very store. I heard of this incident, and went, a few years ago, into a grand eight story building on Broadway, .aw and shook hands with this noble .pcmen of Southern manhood. Who has not heard of Charles Broad way Rouse, the millionaire, who the other day, drew his check for one hndred thousand dollars to assist "Confederate Survivors". Misfortune has overtaken him, he has lost his eyesight, but in his blindaess, the love and sympathy of thousands of his comrades, sustain and comfort him. The poor Confederate Soldier, dis abled by wounds and disease, is an object that would move to pity the hardest heart. He is without a *country. The cause that he fought for is called rebellion No strong treasury pids him. The Federal soldier is pensioned liberally; soldiers' homes provided to comfort his de clining years, while the Confederate in the same situation, must die in the Poor House, or subsist upon scanty charity. More than this, out of his slendor means he has contributed to the pension of his former antagonist, and assisted in buildinig his "Home". This you say, is the fate of war, yes but an enlightened and generous people are rapidly building up a sentiment for his relief. Only the other day, the proposition was made to admit him to the G. A. R. Posts, the next step will be to place all -"Survivors" on the same footing. My seat during the last Congress, was with General Newton M. Curtis of New York on my left, and General James F. Islar, of South Carolina, on my right. Each is a grand type of their respective sections. General Curtis with a generous heart and strong practical mind, the tallest man in Congress, six feet five inches in height and erect in person, is the very embodiment of the martial spirit of the North. Judge Izlar you all know, as Sol di, Jurist, Gentlernan-courteous and learned-a splendid type of the "Old School", whom to know is to love. Both are pairiots, brave in war, gentle in peace. It so chanced that during the war General Curtis led the assualt upon Fort Fisher, and that General Izlar was in command when the fort was captured after a desper rate hand to hand conflict. I have often heard those two old heroes fight over again their battles, I have seen them exchange the silent grasp of frindship, and witnessed the courtsey and tender consideration with which they treated each other. It has warmed my heart with love for my country, made me proud thatI I am an American. I have seen so often General Curtis favor any meas ure looking toward the help of an Ex-Confederate soldier or his widow; heard him say that they ought to be placed on the pension rolls just as the Union soldier was, and freely ad mitted to all privileges and benefits. The time is not far distant when this will be done, and the last vestige of bitterness wiped out by an act of generosity. In the words of another soldier, ~"The day will come when this Great Country will recognize the wonderous glory of the late war, when the names of our dead will be inscribed on the common roll of ill ustrious sons, not as traitors worthy of death, but sons worthy of love and reverence". Hampden and Cromwell are dear to every English heart, and if from English history, every English traitor was stricken, the glory of the past would be lost. Our Lee will be here after what Cromwell is, but more; for to him no crimes will be imputed, no unmeasured ambition charged. Our dead will be honored and our heroes loved. This thought is beau tifully expressed in the lines of a lit tle poem no doubt familiar to many of you, for they have become classic. I will repeat a verse or two: "By the flow of an inland river Whence the iron fleets have fled, Where the blades of the grave grass qui ver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead: Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day. Under the one the blue; Under the other the gray. - Those in the robings of Glory, Those in the gloom of defeat, All with battle blood gory, In the dust of eternity meet: Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Under the laurel the blue, Under the willow the gray. So with an equal~splendor, The morning rays fall, With a touch impartially tender, On the blossoms blooming for all; Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day, Broidered with gold the blue; Mellowed with gold the gray. So when the summer calletli On forest and tield of grain, With an equal marmer falleth The cooling drip of the rain; Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day, Wet with the rain the blue, Wet with the rain the gray." These verses fittingly present the sentiment of our Courtry in refer ence to the dead. The poet who will crystallize in verse the same senti ment in respect to the living will strike a responsive chord in the Am erican heart. Indeed the history of our Country ii this respect is without parallel. Never before have a peo ple so lately divided in hostile array, been so quickly reunited. The gen erosity of the North in this respect stands forth unrivalled, as the only ingtance of "victory without ven geance, and defeat without degreda tion." The assassination of Lincoln was a ealmity to the South, because it intensified the bitterness more than the war itself, but even then the South escaped lightly compared to other conquered nations. The re cords of other Dations are full of wholesale massacres and proscriptions of the conquered, of confiscation of property, and the execution of the Leaders of an unsuccessful revolu tion. Had this been indulged in af ter our war, two centries would not have restored the harmony that now exists. In England the Puritans and Cav aliers, and Jacobites and followers of Hanover, never joined hands in har mony. The scaffolds and proscriptions of the restoration were offset later by those which followed the bloody field of Culloden. It was only after sev eral generations had passed awvay that Great Britain ceased to be torn by party hatred and insurrection. We are satisfied with the result of the war, and former deadly foes meet in friendship. But even to this day what Irishman can tamely accept the position into which England forced his country? What Polish patriot has ever acknowledged, even after sixty years, that Russian conquest was best for his people? We all now admit that it was best to have pre served the Union intact, and the time has come, when, without bitterness, the very actors in the Great Drama can discuss the events of the war. In this connection, for the ske of the truth and the young people that are preseht, I desire briefly to allude to the real motive of the war, so far as man was concerned, It has be come the fashion in some parts of the North to make it appear that the war was begun and fought upon the -high moral ground of freeing the slaves, and we of the South too readily yield to this assumption. This is not true. The Emancipation Proclamation of Mr. Lincolin was a war measure and an afterthought: the real cause of the war lay deeper and was of a more commercial character. After the Revolutionary war was over, and the new goverment commenced to run, political parties were formed on sec tional lines, based upon the different industrial system of the respective sections. The South agricultural with slave labor; the North manufacturing and commercial with free labor. The North wanted bounties for her ships: the South opposed this. The North wanted a Goverment Bank: the South opposed it. The North wanted pro tection for her manufactures; the South opposed this. Wealth through a protective tariff, was insidiously drained from the South into the North. In 1828, Benton, of Mis souri, in a speech in the Senate said: "Wealth has fled from the Soutb, and settled in the regions north of the Potomac, and this in face of the fact that the South in fotur staples alone has exported since the revolution] eight hundred million dollars, and the North comparatively nothing. Virginia, the two Carolinas and Georgia may be said to defray thbree fourtbs of the annua! expense of supporting the Federal Government, and of this great sum annually furn-i ished by them, nothing or next to nothing is returned in the shape of governmental expenditure. The ex penditure flows in an opposite direc tion: it flows Northward in one un-C interupted and perennial stream. t This is the reason why wealth dis- i appears from the South and rises up!' n the North. Federal legislation does all this. It does it by the sim plenproes of etearnally takingrn al from the South and returning noth ing to it. If it returned to the South the whole or even a good part of what it exacted, the four states south of the Potomac might stand the action of the sysbem, but the South must be exhausted of its money and its property by a course of legislation, which is forever taking away and returning nothing. Every new tariff increases the force of the action. No tariff has ever yet in cluded Virginia, the two Carolinas and Georgia, except to increase the burdens placed upon them." This is a true statement of what led to Nullification in 1882. South Car olina boldly refused under the leader ship of Calhoun to submit to the new tariff: the war nearly came then. Why. I am told that the old brick machine shop in front of the Gov vernor's Mansion, was built to forge guns to fight before submitting furth er to the new tarifi, but "Old Hick ory" Jackson was most too much for us at that time. A compromise was patched up, and the war only post poned to break forth with greater tierceness and upon a grander scale thirty years later. The question arose about the new territories, and the North opposed the carrying of slaves into them, not so much from hostility to the institution of slavery per se, as from the fear of trans ferring the balance of political power when these territories were admitted into the Union as slave States, and thereby imperil the system of protec tion. Why, even after the first bat tle of Manassas. a resolution of the Federal Congress declared that the war was not waged to destroy the institution of slavery, but to pre serve the Union. No fellow citizens I do not propose to allow my chil dren taught that on one side the mo tives of the actors in that drama were high, pure and unselfish, looking alone towards the freedom and lib erty of all mankind, while upon our side all was selfish and narrow, look towards the perpetual enslavement of a portion of the human race. Men have motives which influence their conduct, and sometimes.ignoble and selfish as they are, God uses them as blind instruments to execute his decree.1 Slavery had served its purpose in partially civilizing the blacks, and opening up and clearing vast forests. It had reached the point where it enslaved not only the negro but-the "poor white man", and by a life of luxury, in one more genera tion, would have enervated and ruined the sons and,daughters of the rich. No my friend, you who owned no slave, and shouldered your mus ket and fought for four long years, do not wish your children to believe, that you were fighting for own enslavement, as well as that of the negro. The principles of local self government and equality in taxation, with all these fundamental questions which have lain under every con test for freedom, were at stake, and I verily believe that slavery was the only thing which kept the South from succeeding, because that alone put the God of Battles against us. "Ren der unto Ceasar the things that .are Ceasar's". I am thankful that the negroes aretiree; glad that my whole life has been spent amid a nation~ of free people, and for the sake of pos terity I want true history. The average man North, in the be-i ginning of the war,jwas heartilyin fa vor of slavery,tand fugitive slaves were readily returned by the very soldiers who afterwards liberated them. The influential and wealthy classes in the North upheld slavery, because there was money for them in the Southern markets. The pro-slavery vote held the balance of power, and United States officials hunted fugitive slaves across the Canadian border. A mob of Yankee aristocrats dragged Win. Loyd Garrison through the streets of Boston with a rope around his neck. Elijah Lovejoy was murdered because he attacked human slavery| and the Attorney General of Massachusetts presided at a meeting in Fanieul Hall which approved the murder. U. S. Marshal Rbynders at the head of a mob, broke up an Abolition meeting in New York City. Forty years ago, no Orator could in any Northern city attack slavery without endangering his life. Keep the record straight. The school histories used in the South are full of poison along these lines, and I charge you as you love your country, not to be placed in a false position. The North brought the slaves here, sold them to us, and through a pro tetive tariff enjoyed the lion's share o the'profits of their labor. She is as much responsible as we are, in the ight of a just God, for the institu tion. and cannot escape the truth of history by claiming motives that did not influence her conduct. The Re publican party, based on protection and born through sectional selfish ness, was not influenced by the ab stract right or wrong of slavery from a moral standpoint. Let me be un derstood. I speak of motives influenc ing men. The North found out by practical experiment that slavery in that section was a failure, that it waEs more profitable to sell slaves South, and acquire a share of the profits by leving a tax on their labor and calling it a tariff. Inevitably the "Irre pressible Conflict" came between two sections, the one based on free, the other on slave labor. The North feared that the new territories coming into the Union with slaves, would transfer the balance of power, and "nullify" the protective tariff so essential to New England's prosper ity. The inevitable shock of battle came; Fort E--mter was fired upon the old flag with its stars and stripes was pulled down. The South ex pected Northern aid from Democrats, but national instinct taught those peo ple, that there could be no enduring prosperity except under one flag. Thousands of thoughtful men in the South felt the same way, but went with their States. President Lincoln leclared his indifference whether he saved the Union "with or without lavery, but it must be saved". After wo years of fighting the slaves were freed as a war measure. The Union vas preserved: that wvas man's part. lavey was abolished: that was God's' art. For the North to claim its ab-' lition as a primary philanthropic mo ive is not only absurd, but totally op >osed to all the facts of history. The rue friend of the negro was not the orthern sentimentalist, who thrust ipan him so suddently the full respon ibities of citizenship. Hoping to. control the country through his vote, and having failed in this, they are equally ready to see him disfran chised, if thereby they can iucrease the representation of the South in Con gress. The best friends of the negro are the whites of his own land, and with them he must settle his future status as a citizen. A proper view of the rights and duties of man in the broadest sense;a high conception of the sacredness of the ballot; a consti tution which will confer no right or privilege upon any citizen, in the exer cise of which he cannot be protected, must be the final settlement of the ne gro question, because, whether dis tasteful or not, this is the only founda tion for enduring prosperity. Rights to none that are not for the good of the whole, but once conferred, sacred and inalienable, because the safety and welfare of a part of our population must depend upon the safety and wel fare of the whole. How strangely the providences of God work out. With the abolition of slavery came a new industrial, era in the South. With free labor manufacturing in dustries, and a more intelligent agri cultural system. The protective tariff had steadily drained the resources of the South, but now the stream began to turn its current and flow South ward. The iron and coal of North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama, in vited Northern capital to take advant age of cheap free labor and a mild cli mate, tnd to-day Birmingham is the rival of Pittsburg. The sane mild climate, cheap free labor and absence of frieght are rapidly moving the cot ton mills of Massachusetts and Con necticut to South Carolinnand Geor gia; affording a home market to our farmers, and diversified employment to their sons and daughters. Spartanburg ships manufactured goods to China and Japan. In Greens boro, N. C., Northern capital is now building a two million dollar plaid mill, that will finish goods equal to those of Manchester or Leeds: Seven new factories built and in process of construction, in Columbia, and hardly a town in this State where the hum of the spindle is not heard and the smoke of the factory is not rising like incense to heaven. The "Manufact urer's Record" of October 18th, has a large picture representing a scene that was probably never witnessed before. It shows the Granby cotton mills, now being built near Columbia; the cotton had to be cleared away from the site, and the picture shows the brick layers at work, while twenty yards away, hands are picking cotton. This mill is three hundred and seventy feet long, and one hundred and twenty-seven feet wide. What pic ture could more forcibly tell of the rapid growth of manufacturing in the South. Mills situated right in the cotton field, a living object lesson, showing the folly of transporting raw cotton one thousand miles for mann facture. The mills will come to the cotton, and freight saved will be money in the planter's pocket, as well as for the mill man. In the county of Marlborough, we have a factory at Mecioll, built with home capital and officered by home talent. Five years ago there were three stores and about one hundred inhabitants in the towvn. A few en terprising spirits determined to build a factory. Fifty thousand dollars was subscribed, and a factory costing $110, 000,00 was soon in operation. Last June the sixty thousand debt was cancelled, and the plant increased fifty thousand dollars, the new stock being divided among the old share holders. The result is that every man who in vested one hundred dollars, has one hundred and sixty dollars in stock. The population has increased to eight hundred, with schools and churches oi the most modern archi tecture, while the factory makes the town one of the -best cotton markets in Marlboro' or Marion. What was possible at McColl is possible at any town in South Carolina where there is a Tatum and a Gilson. The President of a large Massachu setts mill just moved to Georgia, has the following interview in an Atlanta paper: "We built this factory of 10,000 spindles in Georgia for purely busi ness reasons. We believe the Manu facture of cotton yarns in the South more profitable than in Massachu setts. Cotton is cheaper, coal is cheaper, and labor is cheaper. For instance, we pay $4.00 a ton-for coal in Massachusetts, while I have con tracted for a supply for our mill here next year at $1.30. We shall con tinue the operation of our mill in Lowell. Having decided to enlarge it, we made the addition here instead of there." The decision of this company to make its extensions and enlaigement in the South rather than in New England will doubtless be repeated by many New England concerns. The following occurs in the Boston Herald, and is clipped from the "Man ufacturer's Record :" The commercial primacy of the worldjis very likely to be with the country that can produce iron and steel most cheaply. In addition to having the largest iron product in the world, the United States is evidently becoming the seat of all the commer cial activity which depends *on the ability to produce iron and steel cheaper than it can be done else where." As the South can prcduce iron at a lower cost than any cether section, and will eventually do the same in steel-making, the commercial primacy of the world must come to this sec tion, The handwriting is on the wall. Southward-the course of Empire takes it away, and so the great business leaders who made Chicago and the West now see that they must take an active part in the South's develop ment in order to share its prosperity. With ten years more of protection the onsumers in the North, the great :enters of population, will cry for free rade as they did in England 50 years ago. Aside from factories, among the ther "infant industries" of South arolina, tobacco culture plays a con ipicous part. Our tobacco is bring ng the top of the market. One of 1arlboro's farmers told me that his~ obacco crop netted him eighty-two wd one half per acre. The News md Courier, and Register have horoughly advertised eastern Caro ia in the tobacco industry. The -ior datc of wa attasege on the cu S. and N. Railroad; he got off the train, kicked up some dirt, felt it in his fingers, pulled up a cornstalk and did the same thing, got off at the next station and the next, and repeated his capers. My curiosity was aroused, and I asked him if he was some Yan kee hunting dirt to adulterate meal and sugar with". (You know our Marl' zo' dirt is 'most good enough to cat.) He said, "Oh no"; that he had read "J. E. N"., and was hunting land to make tobacco upon; that he was from Virginia, and thought there was a fortune in South Carolina to bacco. le said that he would soon have a monoply in certain grades of tobacco. In soil, climate and natural re sources the two sections will not bear comlparison. The fields of the South are richer than ever with unfailing crops; her mines, scarce developed, each year increase their product of inexhaustible wealth. With manu facturing industries constantly ex panding and railroads spreading over all available territory, we have but to turn our hearts and our hands to utilizing thesevast resources, and out of the ashes of defeat we sill pluck a glorious victory. When the South makes bread and meat to feed her people, and with her ownmills spins her own cotton, then will she stand forth infinite in riche, mutchless in beauty, a Glorious Queen, the commercial mistress of the earth. The figures of the last census all prophesy this, and God be praised, out own -State does her share. In the last ten years she has outstripped all conpetitors in the increase of msnufacturing industries. Proud little SK!e, in the forefront, leader again, in ' the new battle for supremacy. T'is too my friends in spite of an ad verse financial system, in spite of a volume of money that has been stead ily contracting. Let every farmer make his supplies at home, cotton and tobacco his surplus crop and our iron fun.aces and cotton factories will ac c .lish what cannon faild to do at G' tysburg. Ladies:-I would be an unworthy sn of Carolina did I not pay my special respect to you on this auspic ioas occason. I am glad you are here; your presence is honor to the dead and encouragement to the living. I Dave addressed some of the men pres b.nt as "Survivors". It is thirty years since the war closed. Age is a del icate subject to handle in your pres dee; I never saw a "horse trader" with an animal more than "nine year prt", or a widow or maid more than twenty-eight years old. Judging by the looks of all I see before me, I am sure none of you can be more than "sweet sixteen"; or, if you are "Surviv ors", your hearts yet sweat, tender and young, have enabled you to defy the ravages of time. The "Women of the South" during the war! What a flood of tender memories these few words recall! My only recollection of the war is the close, and a fair young mother barely twenty-two, widowed, with three children, myself, the eldest, less than four years of age. Oh, those troublous times when Sherman marched by! I remember very well that they took everything on the place except one old yellow pullet that flew too fast and too far for even "Sherman's Bummers" to catch. This old hen lived many years after the the war, and I always imagined that the other chickens looked upon this fnoe old ante-bellum aristocrat, and sole "Survivor", with more than or dinary respect and awe. You ladies did your part nobly during the war, and sincethen you have been the stay, comfort and inspiration in the re demption of our country. Hundreds of women all over the . South, reared in the lap of luxury, whose fingers touched nothing rough er than the keys of the piano, whose weightiest thought was as to which shades of silk best adorned their beauty, left the piano for the loom, substituted homespun of their own spinning for silk, and foresook the ball-room for the hospital. Instead of fashionable garments for them selves, they made clothes for the sol diers. and bandages for the wound ed. History records the fact that nearly all the bandages used at the irst battle of Manassas were made and forwarded by two Georgia women. Blessed with a land of unrivalled beauty, and marvellous richness, our women are its chief jewels. Show me the me~n who does not reverence wom en next to his Creator, and who, for the sake of his mother's memory, is not tender and considerate to all her sex, and I will show you a wre tch whose heart is dead to every noble impulse and generous emotion, and who "Shall go down, To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, Unhonored, and Unsung." Paraphrasing the words of another, Ther6 is no shrine of God so sacred as a mother's knee; there is no school, academy, or university, whose light so fructifies the mind and kindles the heart, as that which radiates from the hearthstone of nomae. Ladies, would you mould the destinies of mankind, then let it be by your influence upon the homes of this country, and not through the ballot box. lou are now above man; do not be dragged down to this lower level If the women of South Carolina went to vote, why, in the name of the Lord, turn the gov ernment over to them, and let them run it without the men: elevate the suffrage so high that the men are un fit to participate, but I have no sym pathy for the sic/dy whine, that we, the inen of South Catrolina, cannot maintain white supramecy without dragging down our wives and daugh ters, to soil their while robes in the quagmire of politics. In intelligence and fitness, woman is the peer, nay, her moral qualities make her the su perior of man, and while woman suf frage will come, the time is not yet. I am a little old-fashioned, and, per haps, sefinsh. The women like my mother are good enough for me, and it makes me shudder to think of my mother wearing bloomers, riding a biccle, and voting. Women have ruled the world wvithout ballots ever since Adam ate of the apple because Eve did. More than fifteen hundred years ago, Cato, the Roman censor, said, "All men naturally govern wom en, we govern all men, and our wives govern us." The same is true to-dayv. I have addressed the3 "S urvivors"~, paid my respects to the ladies, and if you will permit me to say a word to the young men, I will trespass no further upon your time. Sme wise philosopher has said that "young men are more like the age in which they live than they are like their fathers." "This must be tras of the progressive races of hn manity, and well that it is true. Our fathers had their work to do, and well and noble did they do it. We have another and different duty to perform. We live in another and different age. Let us keep in full touchiwith its advanced thought and spirit of progress. Let us push steadily to the front, thinking for our selves and acting for ourselves; rev erencing the past, but ever mindful that we cannot live in it. In spite of everything that you and I can do, prosperity will come to the South. The question is, shall we "to the mannor born", secure to our selves the fruits which by inheritance should be ours, or let them go to bless the "stranger within our gate"? The Almighty will not permit the un rivalled natural advantages of this land to be wasted because of our fail ure to appreciate and utilize them. Foreign capital and other brain and muscle will be quick to seize every opportunity. A political cyclone struck our State five years ago; it had to come in the very nature of things, but its main purpose having been ac complished, a period of rest and an era of patriotism is needed. Young men would we have our share in the coming prosperity, our share in the glory of the building up of this State, then for the next four years let us have less politics and more factories. Instead of making ourselves noted abroad for the bitterness ofQour fac tional fights, let the progress and development of our internal resources, advertise South Carolina to the world, as the land of "peace and;:plenty." Let us ever be ready to sacrifice poli tical ambition to the good of our State to choose rather the rewards, which follow the consciousness' of duty done,'than',the ephermal gloryof the wily politician. Raise high the standard for public honors! Political cowards and petty time-servers never led a nation along the paths of true greatness. Re qnire of your public men the intelligence, patriotism, and independence of character that commands confidence abroad,andifittingly.presentsyou to the world asta broad minded, cultivated, and progressive people. He is greater "that ruleth his own spirit than he that taketh a city." Stamp out what is little, narrow and sec tional in ourselves, and we will have the world at our feet. It is not the toweiing mountains, the wide plains, the fertile valleys or the flowing rivers that can make us a great people. "What censtitutes a State? Not high raised battlements or labored mound, Thiek walls or moated gate; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays with broad armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Nrafter spangled courts, Where low browed baseness wafts per fumes to pride. No! Men, high minded men. Men, who their duties know, But know their rights; and knowing -dare maintain, Prevent the long aimed blow, And crnsh the tyrant, while they rend the chain These {constitute a State." "Men! Men! High minded men!" in the field, in the shop, in the forum, in public office, "These constitute a State." CLARENDON'S HA1( For Honest Goods a Levi-:-Broti FALL 0 Elegant Goods and Mo Investigate the golder stock affords. We si and see our goods, will find the highest prices. Our new go appreciated. Samplei Dr'e88 Goods. inspection. This line includes the styles in cheviots, Scotch effects, t covert cloth, with smoother weaves Shoes for Men. Shoes for the Shoes for Kisses. In this depart Notionsand gents' hand in all sizes, colors and styles, and thread, needles, pins, soaps in al hair-pins (plain and fancy), perfun spreads, doylies and hosiery for styles, colors and sizes, and at p (trimmed and untrimmed) for lad best desigas; velvets, satins, ribb< Low-Priced Clothing for Best and Cheapes Tin-ware. When you visit Sumter e our store your headqua tentive salesmen alwayl trouble to show goods. goods and prices before Come early and avoid tl Highest Prices F I.m~V1 aIL Money to Loan. M.&Nmio, S. C., Oct. 29, 1895. I have made arrangements with brokers in New York City, through whom I am able to place loans secured by first mortgage on improved farms for five years time, pay able in instalments, at the low rate of 8 per cent interest pet annum. The brokcr age and the charge for abstract and inspec tion are small and at the expense of the borrower. If you want cheap money come in at once, as the supply is limited. B. PRESSLEY BARRON Attorney. Have You "Daisy" Woven-Wire Spring'? If not, how can you expect to sleep well without one? With a "Daisy" your mat tress will not be continually dropping be tween the slats, and you will not be for ever hunting a comfortable spot to rest your weary bones. The entire bed wI be comforable, and your mbttiess will last four times as long. T3LtT OT3 OUR PRICE, ONLY $2. All other kinds of Fur niture just as cheap. ARTHUR BELITZER,S.. The TelTy Fih Company WHOLESALE SHIPPERS OF N!ih Ni of a En~ds, 0y1tei Clap Our regular season for shipments of fresh fish (packed in ice) being now open, we are prepared to ship you any desired quantity. Charleston is the only market south that can offer a large variety of fish, and, being situated on the ocean, where they are caught, must be fresh. We solicit your patronags. Consignments of poultry, eggs, etc., so licited. Account sales and check mailed *day of sale. 22 AND 24 MARKET ST., CHARLESTON. S. 0. 0. 0. LESLIE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COMMISSION DEALER IN Fish Packed for Ceuatrj Srders a Special No charges for paeking. Send for price list. Consignments of country produce are respectfully solicited. Poultry, eggs, etc. Stalls Nos. 1 and 2 Fish Market. Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Market st., east of Bay. . . . . CHARLESTON, S. C. Notice to Creditors. A LL PERSONS HAVING CL AIMS 1.against the estate of Susanna E. Plow den, deceased, will present them, duly at tested, and those owing said estate will. make payment to "H a~a~araw-. E. R. PwDENxr, . Executors.. Sardinia, S. C., Nov. 5, 1805. 1UARTERS IN SUXTER. nd Popular Prices Is iers'-: Bazar PE NING. st Splendid Attractions I opportunity our new mply ask you to come issuring all that they grades and uniform as must be seen to be i sent on application. gest assortment of Dress Goodl: ight to this city now open for your newest, latest and most correct, .. wo-toned silk and wool, English Sblack and domestic dress goods. Shoes for Ladies. Little Ones. Shoes for Boys. ment will be found laces, ladies' kerchiefs in lace, silk and cotton, at the lowest prices; hamburgs,. 1 the latest styles and fashions;-: les, towels, white and colored beds men, ladies and children, in allt. rices to suit all; underwear, hats. ies and misses, all the newest andj ns, and many other notions. .. Xeni, Boys and Children Best Bacon. t Canned Goods. 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