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Editorial
November 7, 1878
The Camden Journal
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
Editorial celebrates a recent election victory in Kershaw, restoring home rule after years of subjugation, expressing joy, gratitude, and a call for tolerance and mercy toward defeated opponents.
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Enough Joy for One Day.
On Tuesday evening last the glorious sun of heaven threw its last rays upon us as a redeemed, a disenthralled and happy people. The warm and impulsive hearts that had so enthusiastically beat for weeks, and which on that day rose higher and higher as the pulse of the patient does when his fever is culminating, rests easy now in its victory, and so joyous do we all feel that in this bright hour we can truly proclaim, "peace on earth, good will toward men." As we go to press the full returns are not to hand, but we know enough to know that all is well, and Kershaw, our home, is once more our own, for the first time since our brave soldiers turned their swords into plow shares. Thank heaven for all of this. May the despoiler's foot never again press upon our necks; may home rule give us prosperity, and may a new future be ours. Let us in this hour of joy be as all brave people are—tolerant and forbearing. It is true that we have stood much, but as we are conquerors to-day we can afford to be charitable, and when we look upon our defeated enemies, we can with mercy repeat those sublime words of Pope:
"Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the faults I see:
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me."
On Tuesday evening last the glorious sun of heaven threw its last rays upon us as a redeemed, a disenthralled and happy people. The warm and impulsive hearts that had so enthusiastically beat for weeks, and which on that day rose higher and higher as the pulse of the patient does when his fever is culminating, rests easy now in its victory, and so joyous do we all feel that in this bright hour we can truly proclaim, "peace on earth, good will toward men." As we go to press the full returns are not to hand, but we know enough to know that all is well, and Kershaw, our home, is once more our own, for the first time since our brave soldiers turned their swords into plow shares. Thank heaven for all of this. May the despoiler's foot never again press upon our necks; may home rule give us prosperity, and may a new future be ours. Let us in this hour of joy be as all brave people are—tolerant and forbearing. It is true that we have stood much, but as we are conquerors to-day we can afford to be charitable, and when we look upon our defeated enemies, we can with mercy repeat those sublime words of Pope:
"Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the faults I see:
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me."
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Election Victory
Home Rule
Kershaw
Tolerance
Mercy
Reconstruction
Post War Joy
What entities or persons were involved?
Kershaw
Our Brave Soldiers
Despoiler
Defeated Enemies
Pope
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Celebration Of Election Victory And Restoration Of Home Rule In Kershaw
Stance / Tone
Joyous Triumph With Calls For Tolerance And Mercy
Key Figures
Kershaw
Our Brave Soldiers
Despoiler
Defeated Enemies
Pope
Key Arguments
Election Victory Redeems And Disenthralled The People
Hearts Rest Easy In Victory And Proclaim Peace On Earth
Kershaw Is Once More Our Own After Soldiers Turned Swords Into Plowshares
Thank Heaven; May Despoiler's Foot Never Press Upon Us Again
Home Rule Will Bring Prosperity And A New Future
Be Tolerant And Forbearing As Brave Conquerors
Afford To Be Charitable To Defeated Enemies
Repeat Pope's Words On Mercy