The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 01, 1897, Image 1
BAPM1
VOL XX.
BARNWELL SOUTH CAROLINA.. THURSDAY JULY i. iHqr
DeMiiiff a Cause Ttial^lis Just.
THK LAST BUHVIVOK OP THK
OONPKDKKATK CABINKT.
Hon. John H. K«agan, of Tr»M, I>«-
livrr-M the Annual SddreM Before
the United Confederate Veteran*—
Fact* of Hiatery that Need to be
Tbhl.
The annual address before the United
C< nf< dt rate Veterans at the reunion
in Nashville, Tenn./was delivered by
Hon. Jo* n H. Reagan, ot Texas, who
was Fosimaster General of the Con
federate States, and is the last survi
ving m- mberof the Confederate cabi
net. It contains valuable facta and in
cidents. and we print the main'por-
t ons of his address:
This great assemblage and this intee-
ett'ng occasion calls up many memories
of great events. It brings into review
the able and earnest discussions whieb
preceded the year 1M1, os the great
questions whlcn led up to the war bj
tween the States ; tbs separation of the
mxaib. r» of the kith Coegreea ; the e
lion of the Southern States le passing
the ord I manors of ssi ssstoe . the organ
itaUon of the Govsra mant of the Con
iederste Wtatee nf Ameriea. the eem
■sne jaent ef hoetillttee at Chart ss toe
herher. the eall ter toiooioore ky Prae-
Msat L nco a th> eeikeeiasei otth
abteh m»m ee heth stdee w setesrmi
is* eetev the greet esreggh. the separa-
Hoe ef hasaaeh* eae leshea* teem aisse
eed ehltdrue. mt sese f*vss teihese eas
meahese, el a^ahees Hem efteseea eae
ef teeese t**sm Ihetv emeesheema etsa
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patrtoHeally all the privatioes aad
horrors of a great ear, ereelly forced
upon us. for the purpooe of upboldiBg
the oonslitutloo and iaes of thn lJolted
Stairs as preserving the righto of the
several States to regulate their own
domestic policies, and of protecting the
people against spoliation and robbery
by n dominant majority, somw of whose
members, because tb» Holy Bible sanc
tioned slavery, declared that they
wanted an “anli-?lsvery Bible and an
anti-slavery God,” and who because the
constitution of the United States recog
nized and protected tlavery, declared
that it was a “league with hell and a
covenant with death. ’
Whatever may been said in the past
in the defence Of the mstitution of
slavery, and whatever now may be
thought of the means by which it was
abolished in this country, the spi'-it of
the present age is against it, and it has
passed away, ind 1 suppose no one
wishes its restoration, if that were
practicable. Certainly I would not re
store it if I had the power. 1 thing it
better for the black race that they are
free, and I am sure that it is better lor
the white race tbaithere are noslavns.
Some great Macaulay of the future
will tell these grand truths to posterity
better and more forcibly than I can in
this brief address, and will by reference
to history, to the sacred Scriptures aad
to the oonslitutloaof the United States
as mad* by our revolutionary fathers,
vied Mate to* patriotism aad the heroic
vIrtaes aad struggles of our people
wav Taman was so ixairautiiea.
la inter limns thoss not familiar otth
the facte la oblah I am refsrrlag be**
| ash'd the qaauHoa t * w «y was awt
tarn great qoeatma aompsamiesd *'
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Stales, too or throe day* bsfore thr
date of the onofereaee The report of
the commievloaurs on the part of the
Confederacy, which was publltbrd at
the time, show* that no such offer was
made or referred to in that conference.
Tbe statement of President Davis and
that of President Lincoln and of Sec
retary Seward show that no such offer
was made or ta ked of at that confer
ence. This faLe. statement has been
often made. It is dlsproven by every
man who. was there, and by every pa
per which has been written by or for
the men who were there. Neither
President Lincoln nor any other man
on the Federal side would have dared
to make such an offer at that time,
it was stated at the time, and i believe
the statement to be true, that fheCot^
gross hurried the joint resolution above
named through so as to forestall the
possibility of any such proposition.
The object of this untruthful state
ment was no doubt to cast odium on
the Confederate President and author
ities by trying t * show that they would
accept no terms of peace ana were re
sponsible for the continuance of the
war.
President Davis appointed Vice
President Stephen# to go to Wishing
ton la ostensibly to secure a re
newal of tbe cartel for the richaage
of prisoners, but the real purpose of
bis mission was tosqe President Lin
coln for tbe purpose of asceilsialag on
wbat onadlltoa tbe war coe d be Ur
ml noted But be wm not permitted
by tbe Kederai aetboril ns to pues
i Utmagb tbsir military liana Teen be
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those who dnfeadod the lost cause, aad
offered their all In aa rff ft to pre
serve their coestitutionsl righto
ageitort tbd' aggression* of a hostile
majority. S-
Tim’MPII OK hklk-oovekmknt.
From thu desolation, absonce ot civil
governme^Vbqd jibllttcal rights and of
Uw throughout the Southern states,
'ess than thirty years ago, we now, In
all these states, have good civil govern
ment, good laws faithfully enforced^
liberty protected, society reorganized,
peace and industry re-established, with
many valuable enterprises put into suc
cessful operation, and with a steady
and wonderful increase in population,
wealth and comforts of civilized life.
This constitutes the greatest and proud-,
est vindication of the capacity of our
people for local self-government, and
is a grander and nobler achievement
by our people than was ever obtained
by war. It is the triumph of their ca
pacity for self-government, and shows
tbat our people are worthy the pos
session of tbe political power abd reli
gious liberty which they nWr enj< y ;
and which shows ibem worthy of po
litical tquality with those who were
once our enemies. In this great Cen
tennial Kxpositlon vf Tennessee we
hove before us a magnificent exhibi
tion of the results of Southern enter
prise nod prosperity to g>ndd«n tbe
hearts of oar prop is sad to gratify tbe
pride of tbe people of this great state
Aad to-day tae pe»q>ls of tbe South are
us saraesl ia tbs 1 r attasbmeat to our
oummua government ou tb*ao of nof
other part of tbe Ubtos, bad •onto
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that It wnb vary bard, but that If sbo
bad tea mom sons they should all go
to thn army, ^aa aaclsal nr modrrn
history thow a nobler or more unselfish
and patriotic devotion to any cause 1*
There have been and there still may
be those who affect to speak lightly of
the Confederacy; but a cause and a
country which it required more than
four years of terrible war. and armies
of more than two million men, and
which cost' the lives of Hundreds of
thousands, -counting the loss on both
sides, the expenditure of billions of
dollars, end thp sacrifice of other bil-
lions of dollars worth of property, to
overcome, can hardly be belittled by
any honest or sensible man. We can
well afford to wait the verdict which
history will render on the men and
women of the Ute Confederacy.
THE WKATI1KK AND CROPS.
Valuable Information to Thnuo Inter-
rated In KarmittK Operations.
The following is the weekly bulletin
issued by the weather bureau in Co
lumbia as to the condition of tbe crop*
ia tuts State :
CoLl'MUiA, 8 C., June £!, ptit7.
Thu week avuraged & degrees per
day bettor tbaa u#ua with maximum
lump*ralurraabute IUUat man) place*.
irto-u uas lot! ua tbe
lie 1 the loetel *-t oe
b at Fturuace. Tae
WiatlOM FROM HILL AMP. me
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He ItaiMlnalee Over tbe Good and
Had Things of Life He Taken a
Vheerful View of This World.
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Another paternal birthday In my
family. They seem to come about twice
a year to me now. How everything
shrinks as we near the goal. The trees
are not so tall nor the nllls as high as
they used to be. That is very natural,
and is nothing new, but now is that 9
even time should shrink—time that is ^
so exact, so unchangeable andthatTt Ts
measured by the same ticking of the
clock, and that Is measured by the ris
ing and setting of the sun and that by
the revolving earth and that by its an
nual course around the sun r leant
see why time should seem to jihrlnk at
all, or'if any change, it shouliTexpand,
for we can do more, think more, learn
more in a day than when we were chil
dren. Seventy-two years ago to-day 1
came into this sublunary world and
have bad my share of j >y and sorrow,
and am content with my i it in life. As
David said, “Tbe lines have fallen to
me in pleasant places, Yen, I have a
good heritage.” But poor old Job took
it hard when Satan despoiled him. and
he cursed bis day and said ia the an
guish of bis sou I, “Imt thn day perish
wherein I wa* horn. Why died I sot
from the womb, for lh'*n I should have
aia still aad been at real, fur there the
wiekrd aa—a from troubling aad taa
are at reel * * 1‘uor old man;
Uts *a*i spiry alnays «• *r 1 U*s my sy mpa-
tay Tnea there was Jserta an wha
'Setalnswd 'TAb. **fs* mian bead were
•aHr. aad m'.s# eye* a river mt wars
Curw d **# lus uay wbaeasa I ■ a* bara.
•'mrssd a* tba mmm w to* % sgki l. -I lags
ta my father say lag a ana eblid ss tarn
1 out malkoa a
! with Byron!
"What is will Is writ.
Would it wsrs worth tor."
On thn whole I am grataful that my
life has bero allotted to tha last thraa
quarters of this century—seren decadaa
that bare witnessed more prngreas la
science, art, Invention aad Cffrtotiaa
civil./stion than any previous thousaad
cars in tha world's hiytory. Agraat
ettp forward hits been made sinoe I
was a boy, for I remember when there
were but few books and fewer newspa
pers in the United States—when there
was but two or three little short rail
roads, and not a telegraph or a tele
phone—when there was no light but
candle light, and not a friction match
in the world nor a steeljien. But pro
gress always brings a train of evil
tbint-s along with it. Every light baa
its shadow. Tbe devil is a lively cusa,
and keeps up with thu procession.
“Man never builds a house of praytr
Uut what the devil ties a pulpit there."
Ana his pulpit though invisible, to
at the other end where the sinners love
to congregate. I retnemoer when there
were no hip pockets nor pistols to pat
ia th«in. 1 remember whea there was
do wbiskry ia tbts oouatry, aad the
oeiy spirits dmek were wtaa, psarh
brandy, rug sac brandy, that was made
frum grapr-*, aad Nww Keg is
that the yaakavw made fr
They mads the rum to bey
with a Afr ca toil s»UMef it a
tovuth Whiskey cams later.
**rig.aa .y wsssyeaegh. a gash
that strang* le say. a sen
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h»tw#* • whs nsgrws* aad ahilss. many
mt the N«rth*ra chnrrhsw wsr# UmysrU
la m^wrw *g aad many mt the Nustosrs
psopis nypiaadsd bis * dorks nod mrnkrn
giaod this 1*1 m a* a here aad martyr.
This was fo*towed by tha mxblaslius '
aad atoctkM of a purely eectiuaal aatt-
slavsry ticket for orwsidvat aad view
president of tha Uoitnd Slats* aad
durlag tha Congress, which immedi
ately preceded tbe secession of tbe
Southern States, thirty odd mea ures
of compromise were introduced ip ooe
or the other branches of Googress. in
hope of securing the adoption of a poli
cy by which the union of the States and
tbe righto of tbe States and of the peo
pie could be preservod and war pre
vented. Each of these propositions of
compromise wss introducee either by a
Southern man or by a Northern Demo
crat, and every ooe of them was re
ceived with hooting and derision by the
Republican members, as the Congres
sional Globe of that period will show.
And the Southern members were told
that they bad to submit to the will of
the majority, plainly showing that our
people could no longer rely for the pro
tection of the rights of the States or
of the people on the enforcement of the
provisions of constitution and the laws
of the United States. Ctuld any peo
ple have submitted to all this who
were worthy of lihwsk) and good gov
ernment ?
TO VINDICATE THE TRUTH OF H1RTOKY.
You mast under*lead that i do aot
Mb* tbts roe l la I Iwv tea purpose of r*
newlng tbe per jwdtcwe aad passions of
tbs pasA bat aely ler Iba aery a* of
wtostolag ks war <t ■ *drrs utod be tbs
eavkd wbat tto* aa twatoaswatow ears
tw* •wwumsw* tns tow tto* vetsawtoa* mt
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ditto* of tbiag* in this re*peel In
which It breaute nrermary toacquii-*c«.
1 do not aseume to know wbetbwr. If a
pro position to pay for the slave* had
been made, it would have been accept
ed.
Such a sacrifice as that which was
demanded of tnc Southern people, has
nut in theworltU* history been submit
ted to by any people without an ap
peal to toe last dread arbitrament of
war. And ours were a cbivalrlc, intel
ligent, proud and liberty loving people,
and if tney hrd submitted to this sacri
fice without at-truggle they would have
proven themselves unworthy to be free
men, and unworthy of the proud title
of being Americans. And 1 say now,
with deliberation and sincerity, in
view of ail the calamities of the
war, if the same condition of things
could again occur, 1 would rather ac
cept those calamities than belong to a
race of cowards and surrender the most
sacred rigl ts of seif government to the
clamor of a majority overriding the
constitution and demanding terms so
revolting to our sense of justice.
THE HAMIMON ROADS OONKEKKM'E."
la this iwaascltoa 1 desire
that it has hrr* frtqueallv a*
> vwers'lhet at thw cuatorswcs hw-
l‘rr#ideat t3Hvois aad bM-rvlary
Hwtoetod wf thw Koto*eat stdw. aad hlsise*
totwytowtos. Mwatov wad t-tomptowu wf thw
Ukmdatowwaaw sto*. ah !•••»*»♦ itMsgto
*a htow As wf dtoMmes tsa*#, teas
a*aw Laatowa ttswmh itow uttoto*u*aahws
aaa> eat am tog bhg am# e 9 tome
vumd stosw* 1 --w ala aaw sto*s sstoswa to
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tow we dted IW toa wee 1
battle. Jswtssl g.*utt<m
prwtw* to»»w uf law, guv
friwad.y mtiitarf suit-
awgeuws. oarpwtwwggve
(I meslion them in lb* order of their
respectability), pluaderwd aad robbed
by the « mpiuyvc-s of tbv treasury d« -
pertou nl, and cor#Malty mt t.ac.-d by
loyal leagues cotiipostd of the* I *m'-nt>
abovu Burned, their cocdition seemed
lobe as bopelwss as can w.U be tm
agined.
if under the providence of God the
life of Dresideul Lincoln uouid bsv •
been spared, so that "he rec-'D-tructujn
and tbe restoration of the Union could
have been brought about under his
supervision, and that of the oilicert-
and soldiers who fought the battle* of
the Union, I believe the country would
have been saved from the introduction
of abnormal tu:iitary governments
which are so unfriendly to civil rights
and political liberty, and so contrary
u) toe genius of our government; and
that the people of the Southern Stat s
would have been saved from much of
the’enormous sacrifices and suffering
which they were compelled to endure
during'the period of reconstruction;
the demagogues in politics, tbe un
christian persecution by religious
bodies, and the thieving neasury offi
cials would not have had so wide a
ti .id for Ibwir operations.
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unpleasar t for me to make thr
ag rorllai*. and tb«> mor
thing to wear or to wet. Aad likt ]
angel* of mercy they vlsitwd aad at
tended the hospitals with lint aou
rtandages for the wounded, nod medi
cine for tbe siik. nod such nourish
ment ns they could for both. And
tlieig holy prayers at ail time* went to
tbe throne of God for the cafety of
those deal to them and for tbe success
of the Confederate cause. There was
a courage and a moral heroism in their
lives superior to that which animated
our brave men, for the men were
stimulated by the presence of their as
sociates, the hope of applause, and by
tbe excitement of Dattle* wiiU« these
noble women, in the seclusion and
quietude of their homes wore inspired
ny a. moral courage which -Could come
only from God and the luvoM country.
I hope we a.-g; to have a battle abbey,
and if we hould Ttre honor of our
{southland demands that at the same
place there struuld be a splendid monu
"meat erected to commemorate tbe con
stancy, the services and the vi -lues of
tnu noble women of tbe C mfederacy.
And since tne war some of our grand
and noble women ; the widow of rrosl-
d-nt Davis, tne widow of Stonewall
J teksoo aad l»a widow of Got. C. M
W.osier, wf Twiss. hate earned th*
fair gi
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cuoditlua i* groera.lv sat
owpt where taturwd by cl
la Berkelny. Obeslrr aad York: 8oat«
rust to noted In Fair!!-id and Lex sg-
ton. Sea-lslsod cotton in splendid
condition, free from parisite* and
blooming.
Rice uoing well in Colleton, but last
planting somewhat injur.-d by catir-
pil ars. Is small in Williamsburg
Smail and yellow in Lexington. Early
rice heading wed.
Son e of the lands Hooded by the pre
vious heavy rains have been replanted
and others abandoned.
Watermelons poor and late, although
showing decided improvement lat
tcrly.
Early peaches inclined to be
and faulty. Grapes rotting badly in
Uariington.
Reas being sown in with corn
on stubble lands. Seed scarce over
small
and
pt-Upl
tbe eastern counties but plentiful over
the western. The crop is making good
growth.
Wheat harvest practically finished.
Fall oats also harvested, with general y
good yields. Some damaged in the
sbock by rain. Spring onto being cut
and are poor Thrashing brguo wuti
i by books they | yinid of abeU good, at oats from poor
eta’a tag most 1 to *nry gawd.
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buy with, if tbnra bad b«wa aaytklag
to buy—eo wood to bjfa. no fcacw
around the l-ousn. nod so w« bad to
bura the stabm that tbe yankee* built
>n our lot for their horsev. it was den-
ualion, and with me almost d* .pair,
hut my wife never aaPNtodered, and she
hasn't yet. She wants a* many gt-oo
things and nice things as anybody, but
when trouble comos she can suffer and
lie strong.
It ts a good time about now for a man
of my years to look back and take a
sind of inventory of what I have done
All this time—what has been accom
plished for the world’s good or any
body’s good, not for my own good, fotr
that don’t Count up yonder. Before I
go into the receiver’s hands it N well
for me to make up an invoice. When
a schoolboy we used to debate whether
or not there was such a thing as disin
terested benevolence, 1 thought then
that there was, but it seems to me’mow
that almost every good thing I ever did
wa* very muph mixed up-with selfish
ness and ail tnai will excuse me will be
>o thw line of the poet who says,
They who joy would win.
I Mush share it-liappi
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Wretora GaruUaa.
| Uav.ag •# k«-d ap tto*
statu ot sicsiiwaev. thu
oas suocnndnd la I ad ac lag tka aaw
owners of th* road ts nxpsad a large
sum of money la roiling stock, stoat
bridges and terminals.
Thirty miles of new slxty-tkra*
pound steel rail hat beaa purebasad,
and is now being laid upon the heavy
portion of tbe road between PnrkavlU*
and Lulaville. New steel bridges nr*
in process of erection at Whale Branch,
S. C.; also over the Augusta Canal
over the Savannah River, 17 mile*
above Augusta, and steel bridgee will
be erected during the summer over
Warrior Creek, north of Laurens, nod
over Little R ver at Liurens.
Thirteen new locomotives have beaa
purchased. 25 air-brake box can, 75
air-brake flats, 50 air-brake coal can,
lb cabooses, and lb passenger ooacbea.
This equipment Is thoroughly modero
and up-to-date in every respect.
In addition to this improvement, the
management is spending about sixty
thousand doll »rs in erecting new docks
and warehouses at Port Royal, and re
modelling them to facilitate tha hand
ling of export traffic.
The new terminal* at
whieb wul occupy tha nallra
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