The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 22, 1914, Image 4
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TRY TO HURT HIM'
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SCHEME CONCOCTED TO OUST
BRYAN FROM CABINET
MONEY TRUST BACKS IT1
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Accusational* Made That Funds Arc j
liaised by "Bin Business", That j
Some Newspapers Are "Corrupted" <
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?nd the Public Mind "Poisoned" ,
by the Kneniies of Bryan. ,
A charge that the big "interests" I
have combined to underwrite a large 1
fund to be used solely for the pur- 1
pose of eliminating William .1. Bryan '
from the councils of President Wil- 1
son is being made at Washington by <
some of the most intimate and ardent '
friends of the Secretary of State. <
It is said by these men that there
is in existence positive proof of the I
making up of a "war fund" for fin- 1
ancing a systematic and countrywide
attack on Mr. Bryan as a member of i
tho Wilson administration.
While no names aro mentioned it
is charged that most of the individuals,
corporations and financial institutions
usually regarded by Democrats
ns being associated with tho
money trust and big interests are
lined up in support of the combination
against Mr. Bryan.
Tho object of the "conspiracy" in
asserted to be tho discrediting of Mr.
Bryan both in Washington and with
the peoplo of the country, so as to
make it impossible for him to retain
liis place in tho Wilson cabinet.
This movement ngainst Mr. Bryan
was put on an organized basis, it is
charged, at tho moment that he
loomed up as a probable member of
tho Wilson cabinet. Tho efforts of
tho combination were then directed
to keep him out of the president's
council of ofllcial advisers. Every
resource was drawn imnn If la
plared, and nil kinds of pressuro used
in the effort to mako impossible
liis selection for a cabinet position
by the president-elect.
Having failed in accomplishing
this purpose, so Mr. Bryan's friends
eay, the money combination proceeded
to take another tack. Since March
4 last, so it is charged, the object
lias been to force him out of the administration.
This they have sought
to do, it is asserted, by agitating tlio
possibilities of a break between the
president and his Secretary of State.
The statement is made that they have
even gone as far as they dared in trying
to bring on a rupture between
the two men over administration policies.
These friends of Mr. Bryan, some
of whom hold positions close to him,
insist that part of the public mind
has been poisoned against the secretary
of state through the secret machinations
of the moneyed combination
against him. The operations of
the conspiracy, it is alleged, have
been of an insidious nature, unseen
and unsuspected by the general public,
but none the less effective so far
as the dissemination of their anti BTyan
propaganda has been concerned.
Newspapers have been reached in
a corrupting manner by members of
the combination, it is charged. In a
thousand unseen ways, it is alleged,
the seed of anti-Bryanism has been
sown broadcast.
The scheme has been so operated,
it is declared, that its real perpetrator
have not appeared, and the antiBryan
influence lias been spread by
men whom the public regards as
wholly disinterested and unprejudiced,
forming their judgments on the
basis of the facts and without bias.
Many who have been used in the insidious
attacks on Mr. Bryan, it. is
said, have been unaware of that fact.
Through these rather vagely described
means, Mr. Bryan's friends
assert, an atmosphere unfriendly to
him has been created. Thousands of
persons, particularly in the east, who
are now getting their first sight ol
Mr. Bryan* in action at close range,
have fallen victims to this atmosphere,
it is asserted.
The criticism of Mr. Bryan for bis
numerous absences from Washington,
for bis adherence to the demands
of bis profitable, lecture business,
the ridicule aimed at him in regard
to the grape juice incidents and
l\5?l nlloforl ^nnUnfinn of tlm ol'lnnc of
tlio state department and diplomatic
service, all tins criticism, it is Said,
lias been in a very large part duo to
the unseen activities of the moneyed
combination secretly working to undermine
bis position in the government
and in the public mind.
While admitting that many persons
have been turned against Mr.
Bryan by this "insidious conspiracy",
lliesc friends of the secretary declare
that the efforts of the combination
have failed completely, insofar as
they desired to ruin him with President
Wilson.
Mr. Bryan's influence with the
president is increasing all the time,
it is said, and has already been exercised
to an extent not dreamed of,'
even in official Washington.
t The statement is likewise mado
that Mr. Bryan's influence with the
president is really serving to make
less Revere the attitude of the president
toward the same kind of interests
as are said to bo fighting Mr.
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ANSWERS CRY OF WOLF
NDEinVOOl) RKPLIKS TO THOSK
WIH^'HKDIUT KUIN.
^romiMVs the Country an Industrial
Awakening That Will Put PanicPreacher*
to Shame.
An industrial awakening "that will
nit the panic-preachers to shame",
vas promised Tuesday by Democratic
Leader Underwood after Republicans
in the House had painted dark
pictures of ruin and desolation as the
'osult of Democratic legislation.
'Tlio Democratic party," declared
Mr. Underwood, "has achieved for
lie American people more than has
i)een accomplished heretofore in its
history of our government. Wo have
secured the results which the Republican
party struggled for In the
course of twenty years; tlio results
which they gave their pledgees to sosure
and which for term after term
were undone. Wo look for unusual
prosperity throughout the country in
the next year."
Tlio Democratic loader said the
steel mills in his district were working
double shifts despite the fact that
practically all of their product was
put on the free list in the Democratic
tariff hill. Business in the Pittsburg
steel district, ho said, also was improving.
lie quoted John Wanamaker
as saying that "the breeders of
panic ought to bo deported."
"What I have to say to the birds
of ill omen who preach disaster, hoping
to bring their party back into
power," Mr. Underwood continued, Is
tliia:
"Tho industrial depression we J
have been passing through has lasted
for more than a year. It began beforo
Woodrow Wilson was elected.
Before tho coining elections next fall
there will he an industrial awakening
that will put to shame the panicpreaching
brokers who cry disaster
in order to bring about depression."
When Representative Ilardwick,
Democrat, said ho understood the
United States Steel Corporation was
about to re-employ 1 0,000 men at
Pittsburg, Representative Barchfleld,
Republican, declared tho steel plants
thoro were working at HO per cent,
capacity, would soon bo reduced to
4 0 per cent, and expected a 15 per
cent, reduction of wages by February
1.
Representative Reed of New
Hampshire started the oratory with
a speech describing business in his
state as confident and prosperous.
"Bankers, business men and manufacturers,"
he said, "expressed the
utmost confidence in tho wisdom of
the Democratic administration and
declared they felt certain tho trust
legislation would bo worked out in
the same proper fashion that marked
t O r I ff ft ?\ /I 1 ^ xl
t?i in Hint tuucucy n;f;iHUiiiuil,
PACKAGE HOST.
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Charleston Hotel Misses a Package
Worth $1,100.
Considerable excitement has been
caused at the Charleston Hotel, of
Charleston, S. C., by the disappearance
Saturday of a valuable package
said to contain $1,100, belonging
to one of the guests. The package
was taken out of one of the hotel's
safety boxes. Publication of the news
was held hack in order to facilitate
the hotel authorities and police in
their efforts to ascertain who took
the package and how it all happened.
Chief of Police Cantwell was called
into consultation as soon as the disappearance
of the package was discovered
and in a short while had detectives
searching. It developed that
a former omployeo of the hotel had
a key and that this key fell into the
hands of a person said to bo known.
The former omployeo was brought
back to Charleston Tuesday from
Jacksonville and held at the police
sutiion. 11 is said tnat no assumed
responsibility for tho affair and that
ho mado a settlement of $1,475 at
once.
It is said that a brother of the
prisoner also arrived for the purpose
of making good tho balance of the
$4,100. It is reported that the brothers
are confident of being reimbursed
when tho person who got the
package opens it and discovers that
ho has tho wrong package.
Kills Bride ami Motlior.
Angered by tho refusal of liis
bride of two months to go on a trip
with him, Will Simons Wednesday
killed her, her mother and himself
at the homo of Mrs. John Calvin
Wiggins, his mother-inlaw, about
four miles south of Hamlet, N. C.
Bryan in the dark; that were it not
for tho Bryan presence in his cabinet,
as a sort of guarantee to Democrats
that the administration is keeping
tho faith, Mr. Wilson would go to
the extremo in unfriendliness toward
tho business and financial interests
which have incurred popular disfavor.
Whether Mr. Bryan is a believer in
the existence of such a conspiracy, as
is declared by many of his close
friends to exist against him, is not
known. These charges have been
heard in Washington for some time,
but it was not until they wero repeated
by several members of the
Bryan circle that they began to attract
attention.
PRIMARY SAFEGUARDS I
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NO DEMOCRAT TO HE UOIIBKI) OF
HIS RIGHT TO VOTE. ^
Managers Must Not l>e Expected to
Protect the Purity of the Ballot i
Alone.
For a short while we will publish
a few articles under the above
caption written by a member of the
legislature. They are strictly non
partisan and point out the necessar>
changes in the system to eliminate
fraud without taking away the ballot
from any South Carolina Democrat.
The articles are in no way inspired
by any candidate for office and none
know of their preparation. They are
designed solely to assist the mass of
Democratic primary voters to clean
house. Dills to this end will be acted
on in the next legislature and our
readers are, of course, interested in
the subject at this particular time.
l)o Your Own Thinking.
Few are found to oppose all primary
reform. Those against change
cloak their purpose. They do not defend
present conditions?that is a
hopeless task. They stand back and
object to each change suggested, saying
it will take the ballot away from
the poor man or the man who can
not write. Theso objectors give no
reasons for their charges, nor do
they offer other measures. Men are
expected to follow them blindly.
Every man should do his own
thinking about these primary
changes. The troubles aro beforo us.
and known of all men who care to
look. The remedies proposed are
very easy to understand.
The Remedies.
Permit the voter to enroll on only
one club list, and only in the precinct
where he lives or works.
Record tho poll lists at the court
house before and after voting.
Identify the voter at the ballot box.
Where important requirements are
violated hold another election.
These safeguards are those advocated
by experienced party workers
from all sections of the State, they
have been gathered from discussions
on many occasions during many
years. Leaders in tho legislature
who oppose extreme measures came
to a pretty general agreement at the
last session to support .a hill embodying
theso points. Let us examine
them, taking the last one first.
The Penality.
Penalties aro seldom enforced.
Why? Decauso they seek to punish,
but not to remedy?not directly.
Tho law says tho manager who
does not carry out tho rules shall bo
punished. Hut the defeated candidato
doesn't care to prosecuto him, the
public is not interested enough to.
Neither are out for revenge, nor seeking
the unpleasant task of preventing
future fraud by present punishment.
The candidates aro interested in
the immediate outcome, though.
They and their friends will go to a
lot of trouble to locate fraud if it will
do them any pood. Give them the
right to a new election whenever the
law is violated in the important particulars
anr they will watch for irregularities
like hawks. Then violations
of rules will immediately defeat
their purpose and become useless.
Mind you, new elections would he
held only when important specified
infractions of the law could he shown,
not for trivial irregularities. This
would necessitate making each step
in enrollment and voting piain, and
open, and recorded where all men
may examine what has been done.
To-day everything is so obscure
that even where much fraud is proved,
and more believed, it is about impossible
to upset an election. This
power to upset an election would be
a weapon more dreaded than any
punishment now set down in the law
books.
Protecting the Tdsts.
It is absolutely necessary at any
kind of an election to have a correct
list of those entitled to vote.
The club rolls should be made up
some weeks before tho election and
sent to the county clerk of court.
Shortly before the election the clerk
should send a copy of each list to the
election managers of each club.
After the election the county executive
committee should send the rolls
back to the clerk.
This system allows the lists to he
examined by all interested parties,
and opportunity to have names put
on or taken off on proper showing,
before tho election. After tho elec-1
Hon any one may compare the voting
list used with the ropy kept. by the
Clerk, and tlio failure to use the
proper list becomes a matter of record.
At present, even where the rules
are carried out, and a poll Hat is
used. It. is about Impossible, in the
fvo days allowed now, to cheek it up.
ITow can candidates in populous sections
tell in five days before the
election whether the names put on
at the last minute are fraudulent or
not? The candidate Is helpless.
Identify the Voter at the llallot TIox.
Managers in big voting precincts
seldom know all tho voters In them.
When a man presents himself to cast
bis ballot and gives a name found on
tho poll lists ho is allowed to vote
unless the managers know he is not
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HONOR THE WOMEN
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WHO WORKED AND SUFFERED FOR '
THE SUNNY SOUTH
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TELLS OP THEIR WORK,
Kloquent Address Delivered by the 1
Hon. David G. Mcintosh at London
I'ark Cemetery October 15, 1013, ^
Showing Their Devotion and Faith
to the liost Cause. c
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We have gathered this afternoon,
my friends, to do honor to the
memory of the brave Confederate
women who suffered for the cause in 1
which their country was embarked, *'
and to commemorate the noble and | 1
valuable services which they rendered f
in its behalf. The pages of historywill
never reveal more patient suffering,
more steadfast courage, inoro '
undying loyalty, and more Christian *
resignation, than was displayed by 1
them in the course of that long conflict.
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The contagion of their zeal and 5
enthusiasm was always an inspiration
to the sterner sex; and their '
activities contributed largely to the '
comfort of their armies in the field.
To the sick and wounded, they were 1
like guardian angels, and their sweet
and pious ministrations softened the '
last moments of many a poor fellow, 1
who confided to thorn his last messages
to the loved ones at home.
This marble shaft is being dedicated
in grateful memory of the loving
services rendered by them in
those days of deep distress. The occasion
is honorable not only as a
grateful memorial to these women,
few of whom now survive, but also
to those who liberally contributed to
its erection.
Whilo the monument is a modest 1
one, no inscription could have been
devised more appropriate and more
eloquent, than the one which has
been selected. There are no words
in our language, which to us mean so
much, and come so close to the i
Southern heart as the simple words,
"Confederate Women.'*
These two words tell the story of i
a mighty struggle, in which the women
of the South bore their part
with no less heroism than did the i
husbands and sons and lovers who
carried their muskets in the field; i
and they are equally entitled to share i
in all the glory and honor which at- i
taches to its record. j
The maid who binds her warrior's
sash,
And smiling, all her pain dissembles?
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The while, beneath her drooping lash, ,
One starry tear-drop hangs and
trembles?
Though Heaven alone records the ^
tear,
And Fame shall never know her 1
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story,
Her heart has shed a drop as dear
As ever bedewed the field of glory!
The wife who girds her husband's *
sword, 1
'Mid little ones who weep and won- 1
the person he represents himself to 1
be. The burden of the proof is on '
the manager. His task is doubly dif- 1
ficult because the rules allow a man '
to enroll his name up to five days '
before the primary, in a precinct '
where ho does not reside, and in as '
many as lie likes. He may move into 1
the town on the 2 4th, have his nan e '
put on the poll lists in Rock Hill by 1
a third party and vote in the latter '
town on the ??0th.
The law should bo to enroll In person,
in only one precinct, and that.
tlio ono in which ho resides or works;
and the voter should bo given a card
by his club ofilcers, where ho enrolled
to bo shown at the polls. This card
to havo his full name and address,
and a number all to correspond with
the club list. Upon voting, a corner
of the card, or a coupon attached to
it, should he torn off so that it could
not bo used twice.
Provision would be made for issuing
duplicates where a card is lost,
and for transferring a voter from i
one precinct to another when ho
changes his residence.
These cards would ho issued
to every Democrat now entitled
to vote who could show his residence 1
in the State and county and precinct
the required length of time.
In Conclusion,
j Hero are outlined changes in our
present system, not a new system.
Only outlines are given. D'iscussions
of details would take more space
than theso articles can claim. Hut
they nro designed to carry out these
general ideas. No attempt is here
made to tako the ballot from any
class. Honesty is the aim of the
changes?not disfranchisement.
Whether wisely or foolishly, South
Carolina has long sinco established
the purest of Democracies. Such
movements do not go backward.
Universal white manhood suffrage
onco secured will never be relinquished.
Hut it may be thwarted
and crippled, and cheated if it does
not prevent itself from carelessness
and corruption by strong and wollcon8ldered
laws.
Legislator.
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der;
iiid bravely speaks the cheery word,
Whet though her heart bo rent
asunder?
loomed nightly In h'er dreams to
hear
The bolts of war around hlra rattle,
las shed as sacred blood as e'er
Was poured upon the field .of battle!
"he mother who conceals her grief,
While to her heart her son she
presses,
"hen breathes a few brave words and
brief,
Kissing the patriot brow she
blesses?
rV 1th no one but her secret God
To know the pain that weighs upon
her,
Sheds holy blood, as e'er the sod
Received on Freedom's field of
honor!
At the outset of the struggle there
vas high hope, implicit confidence,
ibiding faith, and a noble enthusiasm
.vhich knew no bounds. And this
spirit never faltered, but there were
'our long years of bitter experience
:o be endured, with only gleams of
sunshine to console and comfort
:hem. In these four years was concentrated
a lifetime of existence.
As time wore on, and the ghastliaess
of war spread over the land, the
spirit of these noble women took on
fresh courage under the hardening
conditions which surrounded them,
and as their prayers constantly went
up to Heaven, they sought relief in
acts of mercy, and in finding something
for their hands to do. Their
ono thought was to relieve the necessities
of the government, and to give
comfort and support to the men in
tho field.
Relief societies were organized in
every neignoornooa and wayside hospitals
opened at every convenient
point for the care of tho sick and the
wounded. Many turned farmers and
overseers and looked after the crops,
while in every household Ingenuity
was taxed to the utmost in devising
what to eat and to wear. Tho old
spinning wheels and looms and dyepots
were brought forth from forgotteft
places and wool of home production
was converted into clothing.
Every fragment of material went
into some kind of garment. After
tho blankets were given up, carpets
wero utilized. Wool mattresses were
ripped open, recarded, and woven
anew. Even rabbits' fur was mixed
with cotton or silk, and made into
gloves. One letter of tho period
speaks of a trim pair of ladles' boots
from tho tanned skins of a half dozen
squirrels, and wo have not forgotten
that the girls of that day, in their
siinplo calicoes and ginghams, or
gusto of tho purest Moccha. Fruit
cakes were made of dried apples,
cherries, pears and plums, and without
any spice. Salt was obtained by
digging up the earthern floors of old
3moke-houses, dripping water
through it, and boiling it down.
Tho best light in rural sections
were tallow candles, and wax tapers
m.Kio by winding yards of wick dippod
in melted wax around an old candlestick.
Tho favorito use of those
it night was to convert coaso paper
into the familiar Confederate envelope;
and it goes without saying that
the industry of knitting socks for the
boys in the army went on by night as
well as by day.
These occupations provided some
mental relief like a safety valve, to
the tense feeling which everywhere
prevailed. Hut who can tell of the
inward grief and gnawing anxiety
which lay beneath? Who can con?eive
of the agonized suspense enlured
on the eve of some great impending
battle; and tho unutterable
cjrief which so often accompanied the
Fatal news? One of the poems of
the time describes.
Heading the List.
'Is there any news of the war?" she
said,
"Only a list of the wounded and
dead,"
Was the man's reply,
Without lifting his eye
To the face of tho woman
standing by.
" 'Tis the very thing I want," she
said;
"Read me a list of the wounded and
dead."
Ho read the list?'twas a sad array
Of tho wounded and killed in the
fatal fray;
In tho very midst was a pause to tell,
Of a gallant youth who fought so
well,
Ttuif Ilia nrvnii'<wl?? ? 1
....... .,10 wiuKuies usKea, "Wlio is ho,
pray?"
"Tho only son of tho Widow Gray."
was ino proud reply
Of Ills captain nigh.
What ails tho woman standing near?
Her face has the ashen hue of fear!
"Well, well, read on; is ho wounded?
Quick;
Oh, Cod! but my heart is sorrow
sick!"
"Is ho wounded?" '"No! ho fell, they
say,
Killed outright on that fatal day!"
But see tho woman lias swooned
away!
Sadly sho opened hero eyes to tho
light;
Slowly recalled tho events of tho
fight,
Faintly sho murmured, "Killed outright!
It has cost me tho life of my only
son,
But tho battle is fought and the vie
v
tory won;
The will of tho Lord, let It bo doile!"
It is not to be implied that this
suffering was altogether peculiar to
tho Southern women. The mortalities
of battle and disease carried mourning
and grief to many a Northern
homo, and the women on that sido
had their hearts wrung by the loss
of their dear ones. Tho vacant chair,
and tho gap in the family circle, was
dreadfully in evidence on both side.
But there was this difference:
The one was generally surrounded
by friends, and rarely if ever, left
without any protection. She was far
from the scene of conflict, and the
horrors of war wore not brought to
her doors. Sho had tho satisfaction
of knowing that those of hor household
who had gone to tho front, wore
lavishly cared for* by a government,
rich in all the resources which could
contribute to their safety and comfort.
She was never seriously oppressed
by fears of an invading army.
She had never to fly from a home
laid in ashes beforo her eyes, at the
hands of ruthless sodiers. She had
never to learn what it meant to be a
refugee.
She was never harassed by the
spectre of hunger and want for herself
and her children, and she was
never in her loneliness exposed to
the dangers of a servilo race, whose
loyalty was forever being assailed
and undermined. With the Southern
women it was far different. The war
was all around her. Frequently aho
was enveloped between contending
lines, and the bloody conflict sometimes
reached her very doorsteps,
The noiso of contending strife was
constantly in her ears, and at times
the horrible missiles of the enemy
j penetrated her homo and dwelling,
making the cellar the only place of
safety. Worst of all, woro the insults
to which she was subjected,
when drunken ruffians, throwing
aside all pretense of discipline, gave
themselves up to pillago and wanton
destruction.
In some localities the conduct of
Northern iroops was marked by a
commendalno respect for the gentler
sex, and some regotd for tho rights
of property. But the march of Sherman's
army through Georgia and the
Carolinas will ever remain a disgrace
and blot upon our boasted civilization.
Tho letters of many Southern
The letters of many Southern
women, some of them of tho highest
standing, and whoso word can not for
a moment be doubted, have left upon
record their experiences of that trying
time, and it is impossible to road
them even now, without a feeling of
the deepest indignation, and without
a blush for the manhood of those
concerned, oflicers as well as men.
Biut it is well to try and fontet
that such things ever took placo, and
that this human nature of ours can
he guilty of such unbridled excesses.
War is often described as the greatt
est scourge of mankind. While this
may be true, in a sense, nevertheless,
it sometimes exalts and purities a nation.
Nothing brings out tho splendid
courage of a whole people as a
just occasion for war. Nothing so
stimulates their patriotism, and nothing
so teaches them tho hard lesson
of suffering and privation as a call to
arms in defence of principles believed
to be right.
The soul of the South in the "Sixties"
was stirred hy a mighty impulse.
It gave up its hest and its
bravest for a causo it believed to he
just. The exhibition of character
which the war called forth, not only
in its leaders, but in the men in the
ranks, and in the women who toiled
at home, has not been in vain. The
outside world as it looked on, saw
and felt tho exhibition, as a great
moral lesson in which the best qualities
of the race shown out in splendid
colors, and its influence and its
saving grace is not wholly lost on us,
even in this commercial ago.
The same thing may largely be
said on tho other side. They had
their heroes and their patriots. It is
now conceded that both sides wore
animated by their own convictions of
right, and both fought with a courage
which deserved success.
The imnnrlnnoo r*e ?
,? w. mt) part which
the women on both sides played in
the great drama, is more recognized
as time passes. An effort has recently
been made in tbo Senate of tlie
United States to add to a certain bill
before tbat body a handsome appropriation
to acquire a site and erect a
memorial in tbo District of Columbia,
to "commemorato the services .and
the sacrifices of the women of the
United States, North and South, dur
in* ino sixties". Tho measure was
supported by Senators North and
South, but it unfortunately failed,
wo hopo only for tho time being,
because of a lack of a quorum.
Our war fortunately was not a war
of races nor of religions. While the
Moslem and tho Christian have
fought each other for centuries, and
their hatred of each other Heems implacable,
tho causes of our war havo
disappeared from tho political hori17,011.
Time, and tho recuperative
energies of tho two sbctlons, havo
under tho influence of a merciful
Providence, removed tho sources of
mutual bitterness, and both sides can
now happily harmonize, and reunite,
just occasion for war. Nothing so
stimulates their patriotism, and nothunder
tho influence of a merciful
in tho bonds of a common country.?
Darlington News and Pres?.