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F4~t~ iu-w WEI(KLY EDITION. W1NNs . s .NOEBE R 23, 18 -5.ALSIID14 SPEECH.I BY HON. J. L. McL.tU N BEFORE The Confeicrate Veterans of Horry County, at Ceuway, S. C., ;ovEm ber IUt, ASV". -0 .i. Chinnm, Lim'in I:'C 9 Cf: In the selection of an orator too young to have participated in the late war, you hat' conferred upon me a most distingtushed hono:-. It is well ;)eroaps that it is so, fYr the timo has omue when we can discuss that epoch historicallv. Then too the gtneration -who took pa:t in the struggle are rap idly passing away. and upon younger ^:n is toli"' the dty of preserv i:?g the at emrs of the past, and tansmivttig to poseerity the true histrev .: the civil war. It has been si.a tat thyr.:'''of ah.m- whosn s *rv is b,tt tr preserC.t in. the unwrit te emrri:' of thet i_ her tian hr a'y material ::0u:nits. It is there fore, ge'nilemuen fthe coremIt:tei', e 1nnl pro"er that yo,the "' r siv,ars."! h.,l met at Stated. penedst tU Vo OUr '.i coraes ."oftrt care.' year by --ear vour r:1,1-s grew thinn'Ur, one by one the "gyrima ferryun' se'ts you up1'on the other side ofthe :Iark:, river, Vhere again you e11 Cmrad'eS who r!!s!ed over :1mid the nmoke and blood Bull l. t 3uassasa or the WU.ir ce 5. I"e ranks of the "Stonewall ige I: iid the Itmpton legion" re' beinra'i:dly re:r 1i L. soon will be co:'l ete thi:? :'hanto:n regimeats, rgadcs and . which, in this life, e w'l' rever ir:nthe names Lee, of Jacis. n and v: Stuart. My *rens you' entl niIthe a.:tu.rmed to 'et-:t your ci e- ir-.s nd to look sont ol on :dr (nte ae Yours tbe h !t. They have been :nt 'ea- the m:oyin years on "'fame'a eternalemp:grun, while f,.r you the ght has never culet. Easier to die upon th field oi baiUe, with the !nou'ts of victory riJ i.g in the ears than to h;:: 1tr::\ the humiliation of iefeat. the pan:g of poverty. and the horrors of reconstructin. You have won a great battle sue Appomlattox, and von will meet h'.m, the iLaural reat'ies of vit.)ry ,ro:nting your brows. In .the gloom of defeat you ztepped from the battle trenches back into tho plow fiurrows; yon foun:i a land all d'solate. _'laciened chimneys on every side marked once hap homes. Society was disorganized, the capital of your State in ashes; your government in the hands of aliens, and he heels of your formcer slaves upon our necks. Your courag r i.fttr"3 ot. . In the arts of peace, you re deemed the failures of war, rebuilt enrt homes, and organized society . pon: a better and surer basis than h,-man slaIery . My heart glows with .prire- wn-n I hear recounted your dOeds of valor on the fields of battle. 0 inumbered tire to one, almost vitho'i mnnv, fj o1rn logvears von held the world at bar: your whole land seamed and scarred with the in vader's t'nak, by the light of your blazing homes you lought in hunger and in rags. When once proud regi ments of -a thousan.d men showed less than osn hundred muskets,. your thin ranks clo-sed steadily on the center and preserved an unflinching front. You fought on ev-en when Sherman in his "March to the Sea'', .ca'.sed the wail of your~women and childreu, homeless and hungry: to reach yon upon the bottle fields of Yirginia. Ba,my friends, yourgreatest glory rlies in accepting the stuation manful jr and in h~eroically retrieving defeat as yon have done. I yield to none in mr'love and reverence for the "Great Captains" of the war. The names of Leo and yackson. of Ha:mpton and Stuart, of Hill and Longzstrcet will live forever; b.ut to mne th True Hero is the Poor' Private who dii his duty in the trenches. on the march and upon picket, without glory or the hope oi r-eward, dying unknown and unuoted, piled like cordv.oodx in the bloody bat' tIc trench'es. or coming home aftar the. war, enfeebred by wounds andi wassted by disease, to take tup the task of re h'abilitating his State. I never meet o of these old reteran> without feel ing as if I should stand uncovered in the presence of true greatness. A ilt lie incident ocentreo. in Mississippi which plainly shows that IQa2 not ainr in thi: respect. NearlyGe~ery body: ls heard of "Pri vate John Aien:'' few know hew hc got the no'-'. .r,.n Alien, then en obscure in-ihviduai was rni'i2 against some general S think Barks' dalei for conress. The General wam running upon h3is record and title, andi tol how, upon a certain night upor * he eve of battle, he lay' awake in hi-i rent think:ng of his c:mntry while the rain beat down and the lone sentry ;aced to and fry in front of his tent. -hu Al-len got up to reply, and said: "Every' word the Ge:ueral has said i so. ?~kow' it is true because I wat the lo"e sentry who paced to and fri in the rasin; and now you generals whe -jv in the tent vote for Barhsdale, an= -oru?lo e sentries who paced to and fr. in the rain vote for 'Private Johu Al len'."' It is nCcdleSs to add that "Pr +4 .ne Alen"was elected to con grees. and is n- w one eY the tesa known n:erbers and i can zestify m self to his high character: honesty a'tC nseininess. ' On Me"nrWy in Darl ington: -- w Ltold of a pathe tie incide':. 9 At the battle of GCttycburg a sal wart lad fromn Darlington was ibravely avaneina - ithe fac of s ot ,rewb" a shot te '-f hi -rs i r. An .h cer ord.tc:-''"n toml th 'rar No, .pwrK' il_ . .Ma .. " riernt lat: a i.a hl took bh arm off clear .ud clean above th? el Uo-.v. A comiradecaugrht him. and the poor fellow said: "I will go back: n:4 w but 1. would rather loose uv arm tral to be called a cowr;. Two weeks ago rCre was a acSh ini the .oor hon. The b: w? s 11,; the vn'is bare. The 1"n face: CLd and still whil acros s the brtast wa :nnd the al".1': ere of a panp Lr. coat. The hrie wml of Henry 1ill lir had winged it; :ight to God. f1r beyvondL th reach of want and ingrati tude. Oh. my friends, why honor the dead, why build monuments of Lra s and marble? It i: but a hollow mock cry when heroes like this die dishon ered and in want. I want to say a few. words to a about these "Private John AIlCs. The Coioiiels and the Generals who sur I vived the war have been well takcn earc of. a La i a glad of it, for it is an honor toour people that they have taken care o: these old leaders. Somebody must n:w take care of the 1oon Or.n F' .sT. And in this connection, let mention another "_ri"t?: whom I have the honor to knw. Soon after the war there landed in t - -treets of 'New York i p4ory a;a: bo _rom ir;I.i, who had fought as a private, from Bull Ruin to Appomatty%. He was footsore, hungry and with:ut money. He tried place after plae for werk, and went i::to a b where something in his e'cet er told the merchant th:it he wa a " , boy." In an insulting man"er he was ordered from the store. The :roud Southern blood leaped to his cheel, ad with iillg eye andt angry voCic I he hurled the insult bacc. and .ii to Ithe merchant: "Sir, the time will come when I iill buy your old store out from nuder yoU." That pretd b:oast has been Teri'led. and that Virgi ia boy owns the very Store. of this incident, and wet, a ew ago, into a grand eght story ng ou Broadway, saw and shook 1 .nds with this nble sceiien of iiontherna mauhood. Who has not heard of Charles Broadway RvusS, the iio cire, who, the other day, dra' hi cheek for one hundred thousand dollars to assist "Confederate Survi-o:rs. Misfoltune has uertaien him; hle h:s lost his eyesight. but ii hIl blindn. the love and sympathy of thousands of his comrades sustaii and comfort "i. The poor Cocredtate soldier, di abled by wounds and di:ease. is an object that would move to pity the hardest heart. He is with--t a coun try. The cause that he fought for is called rebellion. No rtrong troasary aids him. The Federal soldier is pen sione d liberally; soldiers' homes pro v:.ied to Comort his declining years, while the Confederate in the samengit nation must die in the poor house or subsist upon ' scanty charity. More than this ont or h- sn n. C3ventributed to the peneion vL hi I former antagonist, and assisted in building his "home." his you say is the fate of war; yes', but an enlightened and generous people are rapidly build ing up a sentiment for his relief. Only the other day, a proposition was 4made to admit him to the G. A. 1. Posts. The nent step will be to place nll su1rvivors on the same footing. 3M7 sent during the last Congress was with General Newton 3L Cartis, of 'Cew York, on my left and James F. Izinr, of South Carolina, on my right. Each is a grand type of their respective sec tions. General Curtis, with a genecr ous heart and strong p)racticaIl mind, the talleet man in Congress, six feet five inches in height, and erect in per son, is the very embodiment of the martita spirit of the North. Judgc Iziar you all know as soldier, jurist, gentlemaan, courteous and learned, a isplendid type of the old school, whom to know is to love. Bothi arc patinots, brave in war, gentle in peace. It so chanied that during the war General Cunis led the assault upon Fort Fishm', aid that General lzlar was in command when the- Fort was cptredafter a desperate hand to hand conflict. I havc often heard those two ol heroes fight over again their battles: I have seen themi exchange the silent grasp of friendship, and wit nessed the courtesy and tender conbid eration with which they treated each other. It has warmed my heart with love for icy country made mec proud that I am an American. I have seca so often Gen. Curtis favor any mecas re loo?ing towa rds~ the help of an ex Confederate soldier, or hiL idw heard him say that theyx ought tob placed on the pensionl rolls inst asth Union solier wae and freecly 'i - itted to all privileges and benene Tao time is not far distant whe n this will be done, and the 1:.- vestifi of bitterness wiped out by on w't of eerosity. In the words of another soldier, "The day will come when thsgetcountry will recognrize the wneos glory of the lato war. when the names of our dead wi be inscribed upon the common roll of illustrious sons, not as traitors worthy of death, bt susworthy of love and reverenie." Hamnpden and Cromwell are dear to every English he-art. and if from English history every Euglish traitor was stricken. .he glory of the past would be low. ')ur Lee will be here after what Cromwell is. but . ore: for to him no crimes will be imputed, no un measured ambition charged. Our dead will be honore.d. and our heroes loved. IndeedJ the 1,.or.'I Gmir co-untry in th rspect is-ithout parallL Never before lo:ve 'a peopk, so la':eiv dinided i ostile aray been so gaiichly uni ted The ge-neroscity of the North in t hs respe" ct.san:]" forth unrivaie 1, as thel on ly instane of "victory witou 1veueauce and defet" withou't derada tion" The assa tination of Lin'oln wa a ca1lmty to( the' Soth, bce.,'e t ?itniid the hitterness more te he wa itef but even then the* Senth msndi mrha:cm.a' ti c.er - inM p-eser' u i 5. ;, fe c;iiiaerCl. of corQi :tio"st :f properliy and the exe tion Of the -l aders C :ni ursutccsS fl rvilut'on. iad thi been In dl:'- in at C u w] 1t'r two CentUriCS wA'i nt h'ave restored the harm"ny In E'glan the Puritan and Cava. P.vs, the ,abisndi followers of Ha nover 1Ver jkiind hands in har iw. The :e:!o:': nd prOScriptious S tor atii: v '' nwre oliset later by thoe hich illowed ithe bloudv aield ofi Cullode TI was only after several geneCr ,tion had iassed away that Great iBrit:an cea.sed to be torn by I p'rty ha-ed an its~urrections. We are Jateistid with the result of the war, and for me1 dcaly fous meet in friend ship it een to this day what Irish mun cin1tamey necrpt the pesition nto which Englad forced his coun tr;-? Va it polish patrict has ever aic knL;_ged. :ven after sixty yea that ltis:nl cuqu;cst was best for bis p1^n.iL We "f l : 11w admit that it was best to have pre:-erved the Uni:.: in t t and th timi' ha; caOme n, itm.out bi1tt:nets. the very actors iu the great *ra)'a c._ Ji.cuzss the events In this connecticn. for the sa o-f the truth and the young people that are present. I de lre briefly to alute to the real motive of the var so far as i-tU waS concerned. It has become tih 'a ion in some parts of the North to make it appear that the war was b gnu and toug:ht i u1 the ligh mnr g of freeing the . Th isi not ?rue~.Th EmaLi'nciption Pr Och.t m'i.-ti: of lr. Lincoln wa:; a war m.asuir. andi an aterthout. The . t. ,- " real CaliC[. ofe the war t!a _i. de .per .,n waV~ o& a' To'C neumErcial charact-r. the revclt.oa ry war was over and te n'ew g-vrnm"ent commenced t') run, pclitial partie s were formed ou section l 1lnG,~aseed upon the dl ?ere.r inda trial sy tems of the resec tive -etionl. Th South, agri'ultural, with slave lao; Xh orth, mnrufaeturing anid c rmrci!l, with free labor. The No rth w'at o- untis for her ships: the outh o.pd'- i this. The North w-a tr--' qgovernmenu-t bank: the bIouth opp-ed it. The North wanted -r tetiit fIr her manufacturcr: the South utnp' )''Sed this. Wealth, through a rt-ctie tarir, was i iniious'l .(r;il:d fui: i: South into the North. in 1 ' neutoU, of Missouri, in a speecl in I he senatcr said: "Wealth ias 'ed from the South and settled in regio: north of the Potomac. and this .in face 'of the fact that the South in four staples alone has exported, since the revolution, eight hundred. million dllars, and the North comparatively -nothing. Virginia. the two Carolinas .a C eogia may be said to defray t'ree-u:rths of the aunual e:penso of the feder:l goveru' 'nt. and of this suanuaR? in'he hi:hinnoth-.. . iv,or t to nothia:g, 1s rttrnEd it. the shape of go\-eri)meiltal expenditure. The i+enaiture lt ow1s in an oiposito l directiL-it 'olw ntrthward in one utnint:;rrute d an peru'n ia l str'am. This is the re'Uh -sea!th disap pe'rs :romi ihe out and rises up in d- N.n h. Federal legislation does '-11 thi. It does it by the timiple pro ces of ci-rlly taking: lli fromth Soth an rturning nothing to it. If t re'turned to the South the whole, or eve-n ax good part 5i' what it exacted, the iour -tate ::outh of tae Potomac miight standi the action'1 of the system, but the S:'wh mudt be exhausted of its money and its pr-ope.rty by a course of legi.ela ton which is rort-ver taking away and returuAtg nothing. Every new tatix --creases the course of t.h- action. xo t'riti ha ever yet ineilided Virginia the' twno Carolinas a-:iti Georgira, excep t to increase thea buens placed upn ? Ths i tru' :-tate:uent of what led. nounlli 'e'tion in 1 -:-. South Caro ia bod'v refiu'e, under the leader-I alih. of C lbi.n, to submiiit to the new t-tr'l. lTe war nearJy caime tnen. W\hi. 1 a:n tol']. that the old brick ma hine shop' in front of the governor's i-anIioni was built to forge gaus to light before submieti further -to the new tarii, lint "Old tiekory".Jackson was met- ft 1rauc fo' us at that time. A comprofndSe wva 1ae-itct u p and the war oly potpon ) toC . A forth with grat.r .ir1- es :1 uponi ii grande.r T he 'inc-tin :' os' aboiut new terri to'ie. a 'dth Nrh --c ppL-"-ed the car rvint oj sla.'s 11to thun, niot so much from~ hi1lt to th-e institution oL iavr per -'-e. is rom the fer o uove'r when thes- territcries we-re ad ntted into the' Union as slave States, and therchy imp. rillig the system of proecton Why, ev-n after the first, ->ttle of Ma-n"'s.'i. a re.nintion o-f the Fd'rred Congress- d-eclared that the wr r was not wae to de1stroy the lnsti tx tin' ofi' slvr'.but to p'r"ocrve the tUn i on. No, feliow c-it izns I do not pro poseo to allow my ehi:dren t ught that, on1 one 'ide thec motives of the actors in ht 'drama' wet-- Ihh pure and unLsel 'h. ?c'uning alone towards the free dom~i andi liery oft all mankind. wile' noon our side all was ..eliIsh and nar r .v l'ooking towards the perpetual1n . 'alemen't ofC a potion of the human Men~ have motives which indiuen their cocnduct, and sometimes ign'ble -"nd "elrish as they are, God use-s them as bl:ind in::trumenuts to eente 1i- do cre Slave-r ynha served its purpjose ini partially civilizing the b l-r's, andi opn" up and c?ea-ng xasLtfort. 11 ad reachd the p'oint where i it enI slavqed o -'niy the negro', jut th3e "xor whi man", and' by- a if?o 'ery,rm in en" mu're genet~ration, wo-uld haveS auerat''d anda rullined the sonis andl da:he of'" the rieb. No, my fends. von who owned no -lav'e<, a'nd sho'r'r d vour' ma"'nsket anud fought for for loh menrc, do not wish your hildr-n to ev-I -that yoeu ---erefiTht i"-- focyr 'O'W own?'n'lavement1 as well .. i.+,a+- ,-. The nrie ot 4:1(. d L, the o ' rt ieJ . .i: i r 111 .l of po:,t-ritL 1li1 .. P 1tt , ri L l.i't. wi;: !T;ra hie ::. h .r I 1 rc.'" 2 c-a ii r.i:' '1v lcVo i:i"h ; C- -- . 'eaA ~. '4t4 I: nebr v i tier" vi at-rlt ' 0 - " t. them. lECl-i,"li T Te'- an": tir:l ad i:ia y c'l .:r inr as m n "- the1 n t vot bM hebahue apoer an Uite Stat: - !i- ! a te -fg iv mnobu If Ta!:. : I.1>::43dae b L y : t j. tiiie :'trt. _t 1:':: it r . iE i i -y ,i I IIu ed 'eeus he - e - -- LtC Ilv: - eau.s a' ; ". re 1 . t' s eting in '-'"ii 'i o" "itL_ollt t'auon' 1 , -::' '' ".1e -ro ehe mur de. U. ; . : :i i)':' a , tLcthe ein'::csork,ciy. lre curs a itr rt rt cou.dcl? in ay vn.5gns- cr , u:1::e tr:i p the res. r 1jrl'i+: h t p';_ t tt:r:f1 -lijo'ethe~" lOL s1 tu0re of l'!ilo' lo the:,e 1ines s. jv cio contr u. i t-. :e lc n a : ' -u ., ttic I:" nut .-r r''fi101 f -te he ,sid :n t us, O n do :(thronb a: provsativ taif: .(njoyi:d the tio ' -s a o t 1 :lt s of ti're' ''ao. S ei: l m - resp ]c'ibk rag :lelat. .h. I-I ]cjvyGo info hi t 'ii th; .ir and n t acali' it a tart1 . t.uet:tall tile ''.1 o.tliCt ci>e 1C ::: g t m eetiCns thich based on reee, the other on sane laor. I ho rth feared ilt thae nw territories comig inito the Union with :1:..cs 7-oul'1.I trjjj.Sfer the balnce of for an "tlify" t e protective t:riff .o Clntil to rNew Eng1:nc . praserit: The inevitable uock of bt e la'c1art Supr te r was :rd up'ni th ld rbarwith its l itars Co:uith cae'-L't1e t ni aeicus.ri the ocrats, N ratae, iustinc taught the 1'e3t'l, thrr thrms cu ig be ino te duiiu'ig ]r ':.t C I :r'z Unonwth.l.s;oudtranfer h bie i of pw ra "nit +emt with England-sit 1rseiy . 'e ievit o shock~ ot bat t ca For Sumtwer tree tiedupa T the old :i whe its- :trs ureirled ita( . Prcs =olL l . IeS lro a ei'e'i'r"d t heri1I a"'.' from Fthe Npl that4 '1 ther cj1 be hrn an dua >ro' 4'iti J er -r lx 1' 1e ot theg Theatud - tsE lmni the outhet that a."' 'et with trcoI Stes. Preie LiioU Hoe ing th eoUitru "th co 't butImh sl et, aut it . must b -te. ier theo yare c'qnis.ing th ole were dfraeed chied wir :.-r h c:n eres threrie; i' b' ws1 nanSprt.i Slan erswa '1:ho bd th1'ata the' peart. or the Niorth to~ cfi his abolition ad wit temy- phi:mt.hropiI~ nitreis ut sauy as rt di.4' ' ttoa \-;''os e tofl the rigts ofber-:dn .'i iite rinest contri 'tpheoatr cnthon ofs vte. n h::vCi ng i fild in 1 th i e, tey th reprse iono t'Sut in' hCon ar th -hte this land,and statu as citzen. A raeiiew of th4ihsad tiise 'dsa l i-n the brodes e..s: a bt;h lcncet (ioneo tuion : winc :.i e cnfe to igh Sor 1 trivile. t: *.- an '.ue. 'n the"ex a"iis::aea: h e :'' o b' e ;pr etd ni,' h 15- j.i2: '': '" cUie f uith. Caio . I ( .i . e :w , be i r di:4 E Iit :al or i ''I thi lliis:t o '- f o 4:t.2?o : .r'perty 1i't: t r"p, ba''r';'gte cottod,snd and i::E a:ie ise :'th Coaiticand tOl:-ar4t? :- i i of orgipopuht:od In.. ,b 1 nyIa the irfey n wel fare of th.-twrek f4o : i.:m:.' ly theLgpuo Id ens-o 4in-; " .( ; i tral era inO tb 1e : - '. .'1 '' . .h 1.r P.' la bor cam mannwePU i'.t' ' i -a: ria ad: whe:re intelig :t :: ren 'ura y Te The' d rs.or.s f th )Soth,er]S but" the sream ean etuit-:, acurrentf ilt wa prC:wy never w\LSCise be srt. It' 'b the Gtr".byl cotten :ill, no:i bting built near Clumbi The cAton hJd to il eLard' away irom- tL site, and the pit:ar: sho-v the brick iayt. rs a r while twety a -a , h antls art pi:Ing CottOO. hismil isthre hn.!ed ndseven ,1 ct'i ltn a . ne iundred and twt:;seven: fed Id WE it })icturir c I m tjrcib.y tli of the rapid wt .a anufacLuring in the South! *I-l ' iutrig ht :. thn cot ton hielde a hivi- obiet lesson, 'towing the fol y o' transporting raw cotton one thosand mil_s f-.r m" nfutueLTh i:'s will c:ome to tie cotton, and reight .:"ved will be money in the laLte:'s p:ek:t, as well as for the :ai1 man.* In tih county of .Marlboro we have a 'actory at McColl, built with loime ca:pta i acld oicered by homne 'alent. .'ire years ago there were *ree st-re?, and about one hundred in :ia1nts in the town. A few cut;:r jrisig spirits dietermined to iuild a faCtory. -i; tso;a dallars was subscri'C i, and a..t ory costiu .>11',O 0 wa c .aon inopratILcn. L ,TunE the sixj thonsand debt was c ete!ed, and +he i-'mt increased fifty tho.ui dlar.i tt ew stock being livid1d auo"g iih id sh:oe holdere. Tie r esult i, that every r:.in who in .esad on hundred dollars, Las one h'un'd .'t:ind sixty dol;ars in stock. he ula incr ease! to eight hiudred, with schools and churches of the ' moat modern arehitecture, while the factory nakes the town cne of the best cotton market3 in Marlboro, or Marion. What was possible at McColl is possible at any town in South Caro line, where there is a Tatara and a Gibson. The President of a large :Iassachu setts mill, just moved to Georgia, has the followifg inter;iew in an Atlanta paper: ''Je built this factory of ten thou-and piLdles in Georgia for pure 1v bu ie' reasons. We believe the m.auuiactuIre of cotton yars in the South more proitable than in Ma-sa In s. Cotton is cheaper, coal is ci'eapser and labor is cheaper. For in stance, e pay four dollars a ton for coal in Ias6aachusette, while I hae contracted for a supi3yi er our mill here next year at $1.80. We shall continue the oecratiou of our ill Lt owell. Having decided to enlargo it, we made the addition here instead of there." The decision of this company o makie its extenious and enlarge ments iu the South, rather than in Yew England, will doubtless be repeat ed by many 'New England concerns. The foilowin occurs in the Boston erald and is clipped from the 'Man ifactitrer's Record." "The commer cial primacy of the world is very like to lie wil tecountry thn iLe,1 I nze iron and steel nost Cicapl. In h products in tates is evide' becoming the seat of all ~the commaPrcial activity which epends ou the ability to produce iron and deel cheap* than can be done bsewhere." And the South can pro mee iron at a lower cost than any see tien, and will eventually do the same in steel umak'isg, the commecitl prim cr Of the world must come to this see tinu. The handwriting is on the wail. Southw:ard the course of empire taktes it:' wO,:, and so the great bousiness lead .-r.. who made Chicago and the West, no0W 5ee th-ut they must take an active part in the Souith's acto-lopm,ent in or ir to share its prosperity. With te-n vears more oft protection, the eons!m er in the No?'h, the great centree of oplation, wv~il cry fer free trade asc hey (lid in Engi;;nd Sflty years ago. Aside from factories, among theC other "'infant industries'" of South Carlina. tobactco cul'ture plays a con mpina part. Our tobacco is bringi lo-g the top of the market. One of 3Mtrboro's farmers told mae that his tobacco cro; netted him eighty-tw'o and one iial pein acre. The News Conier ad Register have thoroug'l1 aivi-rti2Md eastern Carolina i te tolh.teco industry. The other day' f was~ attrac ted by the carious autiecs of a passengern on the C. S. N. tail rol: h' Iiet off the trpiu, icked up goto" at the wr 'a tton an'd the nle.' and repeamlis aprs.. 3 1y cuwsity ra aru-'d. and' I asked'im ?i if hL w.as ter.e mellt'and(1o1r- w ith" (Yii kto our' \Iaribm~'o dirt is most g0od enu'" h to eat. -IHe slid' "Oh 1': th~'atlihad r. d1 . . tN- ad was hutingi liand to is:ake tobacco upli tti h'~was from irini and '1 thought thee:e a fo'rtune in] South Caroli'na t'c.''v'i ' H 1said t'it we wouId Sooa In to.l. and 1.at:d ,j.i'rce3.. the two ::.-etinsfl will ., bear ecom;parIcOn. The 1iel.S ofth Iiou,'th arc richer than ever wit h unt failia:g er opS: her ,min:es, scare il.-ve1.:1. eahI year incre:ase their prodiet'o inexh,astiile wealth. with nra?tar'iug. ,ndintries con tutly ex'';ihi' a nd railoau srul'"i ug ove al a.ai lable tci'ritury, we' have but' to turn" our~ hearts and' or bands to utilizing these vast re. sorees. and out o1 t"e -a4hes of defeat we v.ill e ja' "glri"ouvietiory. When th sinth mne bc read *ad me.at to eei her peo'ple, and with hin own mi siin her ,own cotton. th"n will '. t'ad forth iniit' in riches. a'tIPe. n mbeauty,.a (Glorious ( 'Weu. the c 'nreil u,h-re-s of th earth. The. fleur-:;.f the.laSt eensusl :ilipro - Pe aii. ami Ccd be pra ied our .ntaedoes h1r shame The last v. n--'s -h a: a" terrippedt alt comn m.til or1s in the incase o' mamnufactir i inu:stri-s Proud little tate: In th frefronlt,b l1"r 'in, in ti's the ''ew bath- ,> Q' premra'y: This too. oy 'rien-' in "s''te of. ''n advterse "i' unuil 'sy 1', in spite o r. volatme tt'.dia:'.' Let every f:irmer makeh: StLtB . ,n -V' 1 :i:ltc)ifcC l,sturpins crop, a:i our iren furnaces and cotton fatoi ies will accomplish what cannon failed to do at Gettysburg. Ladies: I would be an unworthy son of Carolina did I not pay my special respects to you on this auspicious oc casion. . an ;lad you are he:re: vur urescuce :s honor to the dead and encour:igement to the living. I h:_ve address=d some of the mn present as "Survivors L is thirty years since the war e .g 'ge is a delicate sub ject to handle in your presence; I never saw a "horse trader" with an animal more than "iie years past," 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 sii tfe'n:'.or,if you are "survivors,'' your heartls yet sweet, ten-ler and -rounn, have enabled you to defy the ravages of time. The "W ouen of the Sauth" during the war! W71hat a flood of ten der memuories those few words recall! M on]v recoll-ction of the war is its elose, and a fair young mother barely twenty-two, wi.iowe:I, with three chil dren, mys.If the cldet, l.ss than four. Oh, thos: troubious times when Sher man marched by I re b.-ncr very well th-it th:-y took everything on the phiLc e::cept on" old yellow pullet that flew to fast and too far for even "Sherman's Dunmers" to catC. tbi. old heu lived may years after the 'ar, and I always iiagined that the other chickens looked upon this fiue old ante b:ilum aristocrat, and "sole survivor," with more than ordinary respect and awe. Ladies, you did your part nobly during the wrar. and since then you have been the stay, comfort and inspi ration in the redemption of our coun try. Hundreds of women all over the South, reared in th- lap of luxury, a hose fiogrstcched nothing rougher than the kes of the piano, whose weightiest thought was as to which shado of silk best adorned their beauty, left the niano for the loom, substituted homespun of their own spinning for silk, and forsook the ball-roora for the lospital. Iutead of fashionable gar nerit; for thems-lves,tbey made clothes for the soldiers, and bandages for Ie wounded. History records the fact that ni:arly all the bandages used at the tirt battle of Manassas were ndo.an,d forwarded by two Georg'ia komei.u: 'Blaed with a land of un rivaled beauty and marvelous rich ness. our women are its chief jewels. Show me the man who does not rever ence woman next to his Creator, and who, for the sake of his mother's mcm ory, is not tender and considerate to all her sex, and I will show you a wretch whose heart is dead to every noble impuls^.ad gerJ'T o "Will go down To the viA dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.. ir i pin, the words -of- another as a mother's knee; there is no school, aeademy or university, whose light so fructities the mind and kindles the heart as that which radiates from the hearthstone of home." Ladies, would you mold the destinies of mankind, ihen let it be by your innluence rpon the homes of this country, and not hrough the ballot box. You are now above man; do not be dragged down to .is lower level. If the women of South arolina want.to vote, why, in the ame of the Lord, turn the govern ment over them, and let them run it without the men; elevate the suffrage o high that the men are untit to par ~ticipate. I have no sympathy for the sickly whine Ethat we, the men of South Carolina, cannot maintain white suprmacy without dragging down ou:r wivs and daughters to soil their white rbe-. in the unagmire of politiets. In itelence and ituess, you are the er. nay, your moral iualities m:;ke on the. superior of man, and while womn su*ffrage will come, the tine is not vet. I am a little old-fashionced aud pernaps selfish. The women hike my miother are good enough for me, a'd it ma'kes me shudder to thinkcof my mother wearing bloomer.-, riding a bicycle, and voting, Women have ruled the world without ballots, ever since Adam ate of the apple because Eve did. MIore then Iifte'en hundred ers ago, Cato, the Romn Censor. said : "All menuctutrally govern wo mueu: we govern all men, and our wins govrn u" 'The same is true to-a. I haveo addressed the' "surv'ivor. naid' myiespects to the ind1ies, and i yon i ll permilt me to Ly a worid toi ie younig men. I wil trespasns to frrher upou your time. Some wise philosophser has "aid that "'young men are more like the age in which they lhvo than -they are like their f-th rs." This is; true of the progressive races of hunianity, and well it is tis true.' Our fathers had their work to do, and well and nobiy did they doa it. We have another and different duty to perform. We live in auother and dif fernt age. Let us keep in full touch wih its advanced thought and spirit of progress. Let us push steaduily to the front, thinking for ourselves ond acting for ourselves; reverenciug the nast but ever mindfal that we cannot hive in it. In spite of anything that you and I iu do, prosperity wilt co:ne to the South. The question is, shiall we ''to th manner born. scen re to onrselves the fruits which by inheritanee should be ours, (or let thim go to ble the strngr within our .Late The A1nI'ht ' il! not permit the unrivled 'natur' "dvantages of bl nr to appreeiate and~ utili.-o the.-. Fo rein capiital an.d ot vher'i ain In mucl will be quick to se"i7e i-eey - .-rmnitv. A oliItical ''-l '-tr onr s'-tL five' y-ars ago:r i. b-d to comn, in the very n Ture of thns but ts mainf purp<-se heving be-n a'ccom iel. a period of r'st and an era et L~triti n I: needed. . Ynmg men would we bare our share in the commic the building up of this State, t~henfor the next four years' let- us have less olties and more factories. Instead of maiking ourseives noted abroad for the~ bitterness cf factional fights, let the progress and development of our internal resources, advertise South ICarolina to the world as the land of "peace and plenty." Let us ever be ready to sacrifice political ambition to the~ good of our State: Choose rather the rewards v:hich follow the con seionsuess of duty done, than the ceheeral glory of the wily politician. Ra se high the standard for pubic honors. ProfessioDal politicians and netty tie-servers never led a nation I long the paths of true greatness. R. quire of your public m*en the intel Iiigece, .patriotis:n, and independence of character whichi commands conli d nce abroad, and fittingly present you to the' world as broad' mainded,. cultivated and progressive pdople. "HeJj is greater that ruleth his own spirit tan he that taketh a city." Stami> ont what is little, narrow and sectional in onrselves, and we will have the world at our feet. It is not the tower - ius mountains, thae wide plains, the feruile valleys or the flowing rivers that can make us a great people. "What een:titutesStae Not high raised battlemeonts or labored - ou.nd, Thick wails or mreated gate: Not iis proud with spires and turreets crow ned: Not havs with broad armed ports. Wh. gfa 'ughing at the stortm, ri:~h r.avies Nor star'spangled courts.. W~here low brewed baseness waits pefum to pride. Lo Mn high minded meon. .*n who their duties know. Bu:t kno w their rights; A!wl knowing dare maintain. Prevent the long aimecd blow, und crush the tyrant while they rend the chiain,. These constitute a State." "Men: Men: Higrh minded men!" in the field, in the shop, in the forum, in public ofilces, "These constitute a A Perfect Stone Man Unearthed in the Tepetrilled body of a white man eatures,' hair and all the portions of the eutire b>ody petrified-a perfect stone manl formed by nature without the aid of the sculptor, was found in Saluda river, five miles north of the Congarec bridge, by Mr. W. M1. Buff. It seems that Mr. BuiY .was 2ooking after his fish nets, and r'an his boat down t. the month of the creek. the river being very low and teceek be ing lower than ever/heiore, li-T three or fourfaife.s of the tees pro-\ eeting bove the water, He at, once pod-eiued to hisq honse, not far distant, and taking his son, Mr. y. E. Buf, with him and Mr. W. B. Shul], the three proceeded to the place and be gen to "nnearth" their rich find. The curiosity is evidently the form of must acne,' z. '".Shinr nails are plainly seen. The petrified body is over six feet long and weighs over 400 pounds. Some hold to the theory that the body is the petrified form of one of the original inhabi tauts of this country, who gave the anme to the river in which it was found. THANKSGIVING DAY. The Greatest of H olidays as Compared With All Others. Thanksgiving day has become the greatest of all holiday-s in this country. except Christmas, and is more generally observed than any other. All the States observe it. while the usages as to other holidays, legal and otherwise, in the several Stat.s of the TUion greatly i-ary. Louisiana seems to have more holidays than any other Stata. It o:.,e~rves Jan. 8, the anniversary oi the r.att!c of New Orleans; Mardi Gras, on -the _eve of Lent; Feb. 22. Washington's Birthday: :Iarchi -L firemen's 'annivei-sary (in New Orleansk. Good Friday. July 4. Labor Day in Noverm ber and not'September. as in most states. Christmas Dav. and New Year's Day. Lee a birthday, Jan.' 10. is a holiday in Georgia. North Carolina, aind Virginia. Lincoln's birthday. Feb. 12. is a holiday in Illinois. Texas makes Feb. 2. the. anniversary of hr independence, a holiday.' and also April 21. the anniversary of the battle of San Ja'into. Alabama and Georgia have a mem ralday. or Decoration, Day. on April 2t. and North Carolina on May 10. North Caro l:na also celebrates, ten days later, the annl vrsary of the MIeeklenburg Declaration of Indpendence. Florida celelbrates .ieferson? D av?ss birthday. June 3. tah keep.; Paers' Day on July 24. Caliornia keeps Admission Day on Sept. 0, and Nevada on Get. 31, South Carolina keeps not only Chrita-Day, but Dec. 26 and 27 as well. Tahm, do~u')tiess, is a relic of slavery times. Ihe i-n maunarts of the South the negrocs kept the we lo week between Christmnas ae ' Nw Year's. when' little or no work is R ESOLUrlu.No i'tR CiA. Te Kigihts of Labior Favor Recog nizinog Tlhem as U3elligeren:ts. At uWington1. D. C.. the C'- aeral -.eur 1i ni' th Kui.;ltS of. L:aboi. by una'u2ox voe. passed the following resolution: *'Whece"" The Cubar.s are at prescot eng gaged in.- a sruggle to achieve th"ir inidepen '.ie ': aiLIIIt theC minions c'f an alien an'l .-Wheea-= The develop:iCnt of i's :oniest ha madi'e it o)Vi,Aus thatt the n:.tm' M'*,~ Isa. pasi:ai r' suimiu'e in a:.y reai.afa Ne ::n a;! furher co:awuiia .y th'e ar0 misr alvr the island Oi Cua. -"Wheeas We, i s citizens of the foreoit . x pu in*.. the .wd r1hould at least re vill. in: to se "tha Ini ting f rthe hberty of i '1.d .Cf thintivity . it ir o'. dI Iac""'~" the :>ondag .4 -?an opk -- d. batth Geea A :.ly ' h .K.h..!La. t rereenn- .