The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-16
..Repudiatlon w. Honesty"
rFrom The UnfonpiYe rs. C) THINE

IRON te OHt0npWe -. ~ I2noeS.
MIR. EDITOR: A writer over the signature of
"Randolph," in the Times Of the Goth uit., has
ventilated some very startling opinions upon the
aIoye subject. The writer has been particularly
plume" That remarkable man, Mr. Randolph h.
once startled the House by exclaiming, 'sMr..
Speaker, / have discovered the philosopher's
s tioa 81 those IS; pay %Sr ss ye eens{ S;n very hSn lasg sa R1s9psr.;
who have been robbed of their hard earnings,
swlndled by Confederate bonds and all that, who
class who never WSoGdla paay 4 debt as long as they
could stayeitso and borrowed of Shylocks most
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 3 them for the a%osouImoda-
They held on to their property to the last, and
coa!d have done t VIII . Confederate en- money @y'l ''''
pit h e bn 4 ip ans III QUESTION: ruaRGsst e s every % candid y ms ae
to look around him aud answer how many Of the
SSpay-as-you-go' people are clamoring for repudia-
He is q poor sailor who will not reef his sails,
examine the yards, pumps md long boat when he
sees q storm coming down upon him. No man in
impending; and he has no one to blame but him-
set t Il Is n si i'a an not Rsep posh ia ana fu aaf ahe to se tx to
saddle one,s W SHORTCOMINGS upon shylooks,
banks, Confederate bonds and The lawyers.
It's very hard to run away from ones self. Con-
science Is a very troublesome COMPANION when not
quiet, and l don't wonder that gentlemen who talk
Of reputation always getting out Of temper and
saying hard words. They don't feel satisfied with
tuo1T OWE pO6lulou, Jill are Trying TO Work on the
steam. The whole drift Of Rsndolph's advice is to
inaugurate general dishonesty. sold things are
done away WITH, all things have become new. 1t
will not be right to open up the dead law of the
Never was there u more Radical, ultra
agrarian sentence penned. 1t is true he tells you
that all honest men will pay according to ability"
but he says moreover with a sneer. ''Talk about
honoriwhen the whole people and Government are
corrupt and demoral2ed.n \ On Sa t#@ r
Randolph seems 70 have adopted honest Jack
Fallstaf's notion Of honor. Can honor set a leg
No. Or an arm2 No. Or take away the grief 81
then?l No. What is honor2 A word. What Is
in that word, honor2 Aria trim reckoning |
Who hath it2 He that died O. Wednesday,. Doth
be feel it2 No. Doth he. hear it2 No. Is it In
Sensible .Gil1Mfl Tgea, 90 the dead. But vii; it not
live with the living e No.. Why2 Distraction will
not suffer it,"
4 Right and wrong are not metaphysical subtleties
most persons have . little internal monitor which
is apt to be, suggestive. /" ("
1t is the duty of every good citizen, every lover
Of ORDER. every man.of intelligence, to use his in
aluence against the, propagandism of all heresies
ed notions Of honesty saht taAifAdealing Bat Wsen
man and man. Whenever q people begin to parley
and chatter over principle, their liberties are gone,
and they may as well inscribe upon their banner
Robin Hoods maxim, 4. 80. U.l
'rThe good old rule sufaceth nde,, the simple PLAT,
That Re shall take who has the power, ana Keep who
lscan." r
L T, GOLD TIMES"