The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-09-12
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tend details, 81 60 farther and fare
,ss i &
s IItiS BlhinisoiuB slle West adfd NostlSahasi
tha 6h.hfaaIoeso ofvsetaf- -aisighya shcln; hsshss,
existS fol tlielast three years Statss 6f,
Sur eiiarE increaaes s!nthe, dan;,crtof
5cehtralisn swclla our national expendiDures,s !
dihihishes our productions pahds sour Fassnuo,
ihsp;fes doubtsaof our political ana financial
stabihty, DEPT rdoistes the yalIetbf our national
md. currency and plaoos the credit Of
ths riohest below Tint Of tho poorest in
iGhristcndo OH. (: ss1 ''s.s ga .sfFs23 q.
T. We know that our currency yihiustsbc: :leprs.I
ciated 80 long as our bopdsnrc below par, and
:thht thcrcfore, the vast business aud commerce
of 5eonntry must suffer tho terribielcYilo of.
q tAdctunting standard of saluoluhtil5 We chm,
remsd tile evil condition ;of things at the.
South. We also see othcr,mischicf quite pos
sibles probable, TO- arise, such as, from q.
failuse of crops,a local insufrection, and many
other contingencies, which may still
moro dopfcciatojo onr credit mid currency, pro-.
.yoketd discontsht and disorder;amonga i our poo
pie, aud bring deinago ogicalngitat rDvol,,..
tom liquidation, and a thousand unnamed
eyilsSssend yillan;esa upon us We sknpwsthat
Ihc interests of tho people Of tho South. arc for
law and ORDER und that they must share our
fato of good and ILL., 81 .i 81 :5ss. sa,s
bclieye-~everyFo ono / know who rcfects be.
Jievcsrsthat il tho people sof tho Southern:
States could bent peace, aud their 'onorgy aud
good will heartily applied 10 repair the wastes;
of Wal, cosganizo their business, sotltIe fecd-'
men apeaccfall prosporously aud ontsntcdly
at wotks invite capital, enterprise aud labor,
from elsewhere fcoules freely amongst tha,s,
they would soon rebuild theif ruined fortunes;
multiply many fold Of tho value Of their lapds,
cstaB lisl public confidence 10 our political STA
lbilNya bring bur government bonlst to prcmiuin,
,opts currency ton sold data.dard aud assure for.
themselves and the whole nation ae most happy.
apd prosperous future. Y, s4-s s,,st s3;;t
il Seeing this and how all just interests eon-
curtin tho work,L ask the olhcers.and soldiers
who foughtlfor hei Union, ,usss oyerya thinking
Snfanso q tho great Wes1,lnd NORTH, ,whyit can.
inpt be, ,dane1 9 .Ss ssse!pD .sas. q
I Wc arc told b.. those whss shaYe controlled
the government for the last four years, that
tho people Of tho South will:not,do it. That,
is oyor done all, it must Be donc. by the poor,
simple, uneducatod, landless freedmen, and tho
~ Whites who against tRS pablc cs5pHifiin 55pHifii6n dlld
ssitidsutsuf tho ihteiligcntmhits spaJpie; ;aaro
'ailliie3to Rtto1pptsto leadaenif matestlieinliss
ihgihf etiissst iguorants sihsxpatienasastSoior
Peopls, ,mlostly menEwhosmuss boneedy adven.
ntprers,aor without any Of those. attributes on
which reliance for good guidance ior, .goyerii
ameut acan bouplacedsa VIZ ara told s-that,this
Kind Of fagoyernnIcnt Must be continued at 4he
.Souihtuntii or ghtslnillions of intelligent
,cnofgetio white pohplo give into. OF move out,ot
the country 3, ,,gsiE9 1lij ~ y-i.tgi5ug
q tN6w,9I tliak,ss.tho Union army thinks, and
people Of tho North and sWost,iI datessay 'beY
;liovo, there must be, or there ought, tothe, "a
ishortes,s TO getig goad. .goydrnment t6asE
,allaH tho South a0lW they svhosos-
,ganizod aud .isustaiuod tho Southern sGonfede-i
racy iforifo years against Gigantic aoffprts,
ought ,to,hc abloto giyei ipeaoe, ,ilaw, order and
tprUtcction1Io tuV nHoio pcoPic Va tttic b1uqsa.
They ghavoSthe interest und the. .powcrsto cni-
ploy,Eprotects educate aud elevate tho poor
frccdmcn, and to restore thcinsolycsa md dsour
dountry to 1all tho blessings Of ywhiohs l. hayo
just spoken. The.qucstion l want answered
is---sA re thoy willing to do oitS" i9.s az
4 i canio down to 'fnd out what tho people Of
tire South think of this, and to ask ,you,what
tho officers and soldiers who served in the Con-
federate army, and the leading peoploiwho sus-
,tained it, think Of these thingsY
como to ask moro. want to ask you, in
whose purity aud patriotsmI here oxpross un-
qualified confidence, and = many good men us
you oan conveniently consult, to say what you
think fit; and, also, ,fwhat you are willing to
doiaboutitfp Ity r.s
h. 3Iwant awrtton oppression Of views that
can BIO followed by q concurrence of action l
wantto know il you aud tho gentlemen who
wiifjoin in that written expression, are willir.'
to pledge the4pooplc of the South to chiw
rous and niagnanimous devotion to rcstorin.
peace and prosperity to our common country.
want to carry that rlcdgo high above tho
loyclof party politics, to, tho la.o officers and
soldiers of tho Union army, and to the people
of tha Mouth aud i{Vaat and t,, 90 a 49,, 81.