The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-06-29
The Advantages of, Combination.


In union tllcrcis strength. This is a maxim
which every one admits, and very few nrprc-
ciatc.. We are too apt in spirit of farrogancc,
to mark out our cwn track to tho attainment Of
an object, III which our neighbor is equally III
tcrcsted with ourselves, and instead Of cooper
ating with him in its accomplishment, we feel
SO much more independents to "paddc our own
cauoc. and let him. paddle his. Now, this
may seem very tiuc, but VIC pay for it invara-
bly,. When common end is to be. reached
and large number arc, tlesirous to arrive at it,
is itwisc for each to adopt his own plan Of
action, without consultation with any others,
and thus instead Of The concerted, systematic
effort Of a party whose combined strength will
overcome the greatest obstacles, to have only
the spasluodic attempts OF individuals. who
singly cannot match the ''lion .,in the way e..
Suppose ship about to sail for a port ACROSS
the tracklcss ocean. Upon its decks are found
| party of men, women and children, all dcsi-
rous of reaching tho samo haven, and looking
forward with eagor expectation to the hour
when they will land on the same shore. Let
each Of the party attempt the navigation of
tire vessel according to his own ideas, without
combination and orderly arrangement among
thcm,-do you think that thoy will ever reach
their destination! We laugh ut the absrlity
of such an anticipation, under such circun,-
| stances and yet, in regard to other matters,
Of more vital Importance, VIC reproduce tho
| absurdity in our own conduct. Is any social
| evil existing in our midst requiring a strong
rcmcdy,-how do we attempt to cure it.? Why,
each one of us waits until he is individ-
ually affected by it, and then we expcnd sepa-
rately our influence in trying to combat it, as
far as it intcrfercs with each of us, in our own
private interests; and the result is-failurc.
If VIC would only throw away some of our
sclishncss, and join with our ncighbor i. rescu-
ing linn from its disastrous influences. We would
not afterwards suffer ourselves; for together VIC
could conquer the evil Take an example.
There is disgraccful practice, which some
have INDUCED in at times, of cnticing labor
from one plantation, where it has been en-
gagged, to another. Now, such practice ought
to be put down by the general discountenancc
of the whole community. Every man Of sense
can understand that such II course is not only
dishonorablc, but it has Il tendency to cxat the
iaborcrs opinion Of his own Importance, and thus
to make him oycrcstimatc the valuo of his scr
vices, besides giving him practical encourage
mcnt to violate. his contracts. But such u
thing occurs il our midst, and We say that 1T
is very wrong, but it is none of our. business =
and thus the matter goes on, until ono of our
own laborcrs is cnticed, away. Then. it is an-
| other matter; We have beer seriously wroHgcd
we make it our theme of complaint at every
meeting with our .neishbors we are astonishcd
at tho apathy and Indifference they exhibit
about tho affair. But they arc mc,cy dis.
playing the Indifference which we have cxhib-
tied ourselves, III similar circumstances Thus
the evil complained Of romans uncurcd, when
facombined expression of public sentiment on
the subject would accomplish much towards, its
eradication; for few men arc so hcadstromg, as
to encounter the odi,pn of the public opinion
Of the entire community b
This is but one Instance of thousand
which we layc taken to illustrate our meaning
We could draw another from the "poHtica
.situation," did we desire to indulge inspccula