The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-08-01

| as the representative Of South Carolina OH
that committee, ! present that platform to you
in the earnest hope that it will meet your cor
dial approval. AS to my own share of the
wock performed in tho committee. can assure
my fellow citizens that the only objects for
wlIcii laborcd were to make it strong and
honest platform, one that would secure the
rights of the South and protect tho honor OF
mysState 1t is for you to say how these OBJ
jcc:s have been fulfilled. [Long and repeated
cheers for Wade Hanpton.l
Now, gentlemen, the platform cmbodying
the principles Of tho Democratic party has
been given to tho country. Upon that plat
form We have placed as our candidates, for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency, IIoratio Sey-
mour and Frank p Blair. [Crcat applause !
ANDY accept the gage of battle oitcrod by
the Radicals [Grcat cheering A voice
"AES we'll whip 'cm tool
| What are the issues involved in this momcu-
tous struggle, 1 need not tell you. for you
know they involve life OF death Success
will bring to you dclivcrancc from tyranny
that gals and Expresses you everywhere and
at ali times. It will drive from your borders.
aud consign to the iut;.my they 50 richly have
earned. the base brood of satraps who have
dom fcered over the South The men who
degrade the profession of arms BY waging war
on ,linrmcd citizens; who disgrace their uni
forms by becoming the sycorhantic ;cos Of !.
prcscriptivc political party. and who use the
arbitrary power placed in their hands only
TO hpn,iliatc tho white race hy seeking
to ':stablish the supremacy of the black
LEociisro'ls arplause.l Victory will bring
ever more than this 10 us. for it will give us.
along With constitutional liberty, the right to
i''anal7a aand control our own State government
IN at3erdancc with the time -honorc,i pro
vislos the Constitution of the United States.
Then .n,ny VIC hope to see the restor .tion of
..onor Snifd dcccncy i'll the conduct of affairs !;
we ms hope to see our rulers as ofold, intcll-
seSaau nat i've ,born-and white Great
Iily Ji da.s+s
wcs.s no carpet bag or military Cover
nos; the bureau agents will move to more
congeDal climcs than Ours our State lcgslat
ors quitting the fields Of political science, can
find more appropriate if not more rcmuncra-
tive employment in the cotton and rice fields
they have so recently abandoned and cur
members Of Congress, those patriots
"Who. be il m'-.sioo,
Lei; 'asir country for their r..,,,r.,s ,,o,,
70 curse CO.. ny t!cir presence, can turn their
attention as chernlirrs %n3uv,ie to other more
| alluring lands, or retiring i'll disgust from the
midsts OF IN un.;ratelul people can find suitable
occupation and accommodation in the pcaitcn-
tiaries Of their own States. Laughter and
applause The filth greater than that of the
Augean stables left on our soil BY theSc yul-
lures, who for three years have been tearing at
the heart Of our bound and PROSTATE State,
can then be swept away along with those who
produced it. Our halls can then be cleansed
Of the vcrmn now infcsting them, and once
again, discnthrallcl and free, our State can
stand as Of yorc, pyin'us inter j,urcs God,
speed the day, when lifting our hands from
which the shacklcs have been stickcn bv
Heaven, VIC can cxclaim with grateful hearts :
I'll my land il free,
From East TO West from North TO South,
She garrsons herself,
And tyrants rule more.
Overwhelming applause
These, gcntlomcu, arc The incstirnablc bless
ings which will follow victory. dare not
contemplate the consequences of defeat.