The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-07-04
SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 4 1868.

Thethird convention Was a failure. It ~as
compoM Of gentlemen qpiyering under d
sense 3fs coming disgrace alive, but not equal
to the necessity Of action. It's president was q
man moro prone to sit in public Judgment on
the discretion and yalor of others, than display
similar merits of his own.
OF tlalast Convention, (so-called,) } tho un-
lawful assembly at the Club House, cannot
speak When the Governor Of q State i'd
dresses IN caucus of ncgtoos as agentlemeu Of
the Convention thore is for that State no
lowcrfnhny. Yes, there is one step further
Its recognition aud ratification by the peo-
ple.
SirIshaye VIC not cause TO protest against
conveltons Have they not been fruitful of
disassr7 Is it not time that their dread work
should coaseY 4
Where is tho justice of the South's punish
mcntg Apunishment, to be just, should con-
ncnsaratc with the magnitude of tho crime
committed. Tho South was no criminal. The
act Of secession was but manifestation of her
right of1suvcrcignty, aud by the act she but
sought to save her public chastity from the
corruption of Yankee ideas, and her domcs-
tic honor from the pollution of Yankee morals
Did She sin, in that she sought with desperate
devotion to save her altar and hcarth-stonc from
deseeration and deilcment, and in drawing the
swor1 Of State when her crown of sovereignty
wasin danger, aud giving her sons and her
substance to uphold the cause of religious and
civil liberty? And, too, the sclf-dcvotion of
herslaughtcrs the vulor of her sons the he
roisni Of soldicr-boys, whose '.jackcts of grey"
arc Ecsures of renown; arc those things to be
ashamed of? acts to DC rcpudiatcd? sins to be
ato1ed for' IIe believe not But if an mex
orablc Nemesis demands our punishment for
sins such as these, VIC arc willing to suffer and
die; We have faith in the ultimate triumph
OF l'onfcdcratc principles, and to their cause
We devote our activities. We have the spirit
forltlS work. Every want, privation and dis
nstor We lay at the door Of the Yankee and his
pliagt tool, the rcncgradc Southerner. We
fcelt that their battle with us is not over. sThe
bu4le has sung truce, and no more calls to
arms; and Confederate valor no longer tr-
naaSSpls or sinks o orpoXcred on glorious battle
Eiisak-- but tho w:sxEagcs still. They once
fought us with shot aud shell, they now Ii.if1t
us. with munt and fiiminc. AS rc did not yield
to the former, We will not yield to the latter
They desire to break the spirit of the South
through the craving activity OF the senses, to
undermine the heroic citadel of the soul
Famine fces us, and it is foe of the Yam
KEGS cvoking; therefore, in spirit Of def
ancc, meet it, fight it and defeat it. This
thought gives strenghth. We will cheer our
fathers, encourage the laborcrs, plant and hast
eli to maturity the brcad-giving cereals; and,
with trusting hearts, pray God have mercy ON
US ALL
Sir, you appeal to the women of the South
ior aid. We have answered ii, and NC now
pledge ourselves, with dignity, to submit to the
enforced rule Of the sword, and patiently en-
dure want and famine, lathcr than our fathers
and husbands should plead our distress to JUS
tify, on their part, an net Of dishonor.
NIOBE.