The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-07-04

know them; having secured safe retreat,
wierc bullets mover whistled, nor cannon thun-
,dercd. Neither could hc know them nll
through public print, for many Of the noblest
did brave duty in commonfle, and their names
we're never placarded in capitals on tile walls.
The representative seccssionists from this
State, in Confederate service, wcro Means,
Keitt, Gregg, Marshall aud Jamison, and
where arc they now AT their posts they fell
martyra to the glorious Cause they lived and
'battlcd for.
On the other hand tho men of Union pro-
cliyitics those who took counsel Of their fears
und preached discretion upon Falstaff princi-
pies; who, either US footing chaff or excited
sediment, only ,nnddie.l the current they could
not stcm-during the war, where were they !?
With a vel al allegiance, they paid tribute in
their hearts to tho fesh-pots Of Egypt, yet
sought personal safety in the friendly tents Of
Israel While war's conflict ragged, and BROTH
era and countryuial battlcd for altar aud home.
they covered in Confederate capitals aud quar-
tcrmasttr's warehouses, and, under tho refuge
of some fortunate disability, enjoyed the
warmth Of hcarth-stonc. Where are they
nowY Whining at the doors of negro conven-
tions. dcploring past association with patriots
and gentlemen, dcnouncing dead heroes rs
criminals rcpudiating the white race of which
they arc degenerate ff.shoots, and begging for
the crumbs that fall from the nceros table A
thousand times better arc our dead lions, than
such living dogs as these.
AS wunlcn of tho South, VIC protest against
all conventions. Since the war, they have, in
every instance, been either abortiye or produc-
tive of disaster. The first, composed of scnilc
patcrfamilias aud demoralizcd home guards, did
that in their fatuity that Congress would not do
-bartercd away the rights aud property of
people without their conseut or making them
compensation. The seceud WAS ghassly
farce enacted upon the boards at Philadelphia );
and VIC marvel that no one has held up its de-
.precating scrvility and moral cowardcc to tho
.scorn of the world that tllcrc has been from
the South no indignant dcnuncintion Of its
ritiiul weakness, fraudulent cxpcdicnts, politi-.
ca perjury, pcrsonal and representative humili-.
alton 1t is but a,i.act Of Simple Justice to the
Tb0uI all :
but as yet unacknowlcdycd by our people, that
these men, so forgctful Of personal and State
pride, SO obscquious and acquicsccnt, VIII went
over into IL hostile country and shook iii alnty
the bloody hands Of our enemies, were not
representatives men. They were trading politi--
Clans merely. They had no right to wrong us
SO. a small majority, mere tools of ambi-
dcxtrous Governors then in power, sent them
there. They could i'll polite forgctiulness Of
the past, take New England Pharisccs to board
and hcarth-stone, but they had no right to
speak for the State. For them to DO 80 was nj,
act of usurpation, and shameless was their
abuse of the passing power. In the name Of
heir several States, they abandoned the pro.
cious right Of sovereignty they blackenel the
memories of their llustrious dead, by dsclaim-
ing the principles for which they died they
insultcd the Larcs and Penatcs of Southern
homes, by cheering that flag whose wake
through our land WIS illuminated by blazing
roof-trecs. Southern dignity, Southern pride,
Southern honor, they tra,nplcd in the dust.
With sacrilcgious hands, they tore thesc jewels
from the crown of our State, and as propitia-
tory offcrings laid them at the feet of a das-
tard foe. At holocaust so ghastly, we'll
might Carolina, like Agamcmnon Of cid, veil
her sight from the blasting sacrifice. Mass,-
chusetts and South Carolina clasping hands in
fratcrnal love! Southern women looked in scorn
OH tho unholy alliance, and regarded tho actors
with the feelings of Michal, Saul's daughter,
when, looking through her window, she saw
David, the King, lcaping and dancing in sean
ty garments. III Samuel, Chapter VI, Verse
16) "Gcntlcmcn Of the Convention" what
did you accomplish? The salvation of your
country? Alas no. Romc it is true, was
once saved by the cackling Of geese, but sue
cess did not follow your imitation OF that illus
trous precedent The South still bears her
burdens and her chains. The Yankee, in all
his characteristic aboninations, prowls every
where. hey are frogs in our kncading
troughs they arc nuggets in our country's
fostering wounds. And here the Yankee will
remain; all the proc!iytics of his nature i'm
pei him to it-"for is is not the generous ra-