The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-08-14
Senator f. A. Sawyer as a Repub-
lican.

L. "A. SAWYER, had, in communication
published in the Charleston Cou,Jcy.
attempted some sort of week, dilated
reply to the remarks which had uttered
on the subject of his Republicanism in
my speech of the 28th Of July.
In that communication. extending to
the length of two columns and half.
| have looked in vain for any substantial
defence against the charges preferred by
me. He makes no denial of my charge
that he came to this city, originally, as
devout admirer of the old slave power of
the South, and that he was chosen as a
teacher by our Commissioners, from
among his Northern competitors, because
such was his character, lie says nothing
of his former or his present affiliations
with the Democratic party He does
not disclaim that his chief counsellor at
this day is leading Democrat of this
city And he takes especial care to be
silent about my illusions to his sharp
practice i'll reference to the bills Of the
Bank Of the State,
lnstcad of this, which alone would
have been relevant to the subject of
discussion, he INDUCES in strain of
personal invective and scurrlity in which,
as Carolina gentleman" Ga term
which he applies to me with sinister
motlve,) / cannot attempt t. compete
with him ! presume that NMassachu.
setts gentleman" would be as adverse as
myself to the use of such weapons, Dor
owed from the armory of Billins.ute.
His only attempt, except by unsuppor-
ted assertions, to place himself in the
Republican ranks, is by on appeal to the
record of how he stood in the rebellion.
This certainly has nothing to do with
his claim t. Republicanism now. But
apprehend that if he had, at the time.
], llseftad i. q te ( asrlS ~. Hs.la hgye
been found, at the very commencement
of the rebellion, rather in the army of
the Republic fighting for the life of the
nation, than remaining amcng its enemies
and picking up little addition to his
income 10y indnlging in the unpatriotic
business of running the blockade at the
expense OF the revenues of the United
States, at the same time that he gave
aid and comfort to the Confcdcracy
Knowing, as did, how easily he could
have left the city at that time; knowing
that he and other Northern men had
been invited by The authorities to depart
from the Contcdcr"cy, unless they were
willing To become lis citizens. and know
lng, too, that he had no ties of property
or kindred to bind him to the State uot
only |, but some others who saw his
staiwHt from and Soldicrly bearing at
the lnica Club, often thought that he
Was the right man in the wrong place.
If every son of Massachusetts, had been
inspired with a feeling of loyalty akin to
that which ac%uatcd the course of MIR.
Sawyer. that noble old STATE would have
had no such glorious record as that his
tory now gives of its part in crushing
the rebellion.
shall make no reply to Mr. Sawycr's
defence of MIR. Clark If MIR. Clark is
competent To discharge the duties of a
Collector of Customs. he must certainly
be able to defend himself. When he
does 50 til he ever does it will be time
enough for me To pay my compliments
to him. should like to hear him deny
IN his own person, the charge that he
sought the nomination of the Democratic
party for the Mayomlty.
Neither shall | be diverted hy the
scurrIitIes of Senator Sawyer into
contest OF personal invcctivos. My quar-
rel is a political one. | seek to save the
Republican party from the results of his
political trcdchcry. In that quarrel. and
in that quarrel alone, will | fight until
the battle is lost or won,
To but single sentence OF this TRADE
of abuse will make any reply
MIR Sawyer insnuatcs that belong
to a little knot of Southern born men
who recently proposed to each other to
ignore and put down men not of Southern
birth" "
suspect that MIR Sawyer has here
drawn apon his imagination or his invcn-
ton. | know of no such 'knet of South
orn born men ana have heard of no
such proposition. As far as am con