The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-05-29
However the

world will be Radical. However the
Exporter winds itself up here-corners
itself, and then says, "we dolnot deny, &
we agree with the News. l
les The Reporter then goes 90 to CORE ct
tie "errors" of the NEws ssThat the
Southern people did not rise essolcly to
save slavery" Oh! well, We will not
bandy words with this Reporter. There
may have have been some little side
issues but every one to-day realizes that
the great question at stake}sYYns slavery
or not.
! The'nextstwo 'orsthree lines, ,onr read
ers have before then,--perhaps, the
NEwsis 'annihilated by them--perhaps
they are nonsense give admit we do see
not what tbs lIRssafp5br.e,1i lIRssafp5br.e,1i aimed at. 1t
says: .'PFejudiee 50 not Whit prevents
I people accepting Me situation, which it
'fealls Radicalisp,n = II Then: "none feel a
greater interest than ourselves in seeing
the black man rise to q, condition worthy
Of aJrcen'an. IN So ntho Rporier docs
accept the position" that is the free
dom aud citizenship of the black man.
This is all the News docs, and the News
is Radical. The Reporter does the same
and the Reporter is radical. Oh la |!
that Reporter is a phunny phcllow I.
Here he is cornered again., aud in his
confusion utters the following: The
prejudice of which it speaks does not att
tach to the past but to tho present" We
have done our best to unrayel that or to
see its pcrtincuce to the Reporters abuse
of us, but give up in despair. We can
only say that Reporter is impertinent.
The Reporter rallies again and says :
1--WE cannot agree that men, bankrupt in
character, &c, should occupy our govern
ment to the exclusion of native born citi
zens." The News does not agrce to it
either, aud advises "natioe 6yrn citiscns~
to meet the issues of the situation. and
waiving f'uitlcss prejudices and lamcnts. !.
themselves to accept these positions
The tissues which have been settled
tor us are the cnfranchisemcnt of those
whom prejudice would make us accept
only as siarcs. These issues have been
settled by the voice Of mankind as in
his progress he discovers new truths i'm
the moral world, and new principles in
the material world, have been settled by
the stern fiat of victory!
The Reporter after all this mfur
treatment, all this distortion, all this
misconstruction, all this sptetu abuse,
then threatens to say something bit
ter"
We are not scared. We only ask the
Reporter to deal fairly, and we shrink
from no discussion. We invite lair aud
intelligent criticism We dare the Re.
porter to publish the article which it
criticises i'll its columns. Had it pur.
sued this course, the article itself would
have been its own vindication and the
readers of the Rcportcr could themselves
have seen how weak was the criticism.
and how undcscrvcd the abuse which we
have received.
Pursuing the course the Reportc, has
done, while its readers cannot see the
weakness of their papers criticism, and
how undeserved is its abuse, it must
strike them how ungencrous and unfair
is its course.
While our views are not those Of the
old Democratic party in this State-as
we have said-they are honest and true.
and honestly believed to be the best for
our people, and We repeat that we invite
fair and intelligent criticism and discus
sion