The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-07-31
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BRANcHyILLE. July 22. 1860

4iseSTS. Editors - Jour lest issue
you request that your "friends through
out the County, furnish you with the
news aud salable CAB afoat, in their re-
spective neighborhoods." Well, 1 am
willing to be one among the first, to re-
spond to call SO generously made, and,
although l have never before attempted
anything like writing for newspaper, /
shall, nevertheless, essay the task this
afternoon, remembering, however, that
Pope has said:
"That fools rush in where angels fear to
tread;"
aud that other poetical observation made
by come one else about:
ga little learning is dangerous thing, &C."
But l don't believe you will let me
hurt myself badly, without first telling
me of it; and, besides, there are no
angels about these "diggins," and sc,pe-
body has got to give the news, fool or no
fool. I'm darned sure they couldn't be
found in the Democratic party, for they
are an overly wicked set of folks, if one
may infer from the language used by
some of them when, in fair and square
election, an honest Republican beats one
of their slant-browed brothers. But
here goes.
The times down here for the past week
has been unusually dull, with the cxccp-
tion of Monday and Tuesday, which
were tax payins days-an occasion
which, as heretofore, brought together
right respectable sprinkling of our citi-
zens. To have judged from the tone
used by some of the Democratic Journals
of the State u week or so back, with re-
gard to taxes, one would have thought
that when the day for their collection ar
rived, tho taxpayers intended, with Il
perfect unaninity of purpose, to refuse
to pay them, that they were devil-bcnt
ON having the legality of the action OF
the State Beard of Equalization in the
matter tested in the Courts. But, sirs.
this was all trash, mere stuff, Messrs.
Editors. l tell you, sirs the sentiments
of whole community are no longer re-
fccted by those entertained by one man.
Things have changed from this, and the
man who, perhaps, may have once been
able 10 mould and fashion tho ideas OF
the people of a whole county to con-
form with his views upon matters, is not
known now as such. He is one of the
use'i-to-be's, his influence, his politics
gone glimmering through the vistas of
"the long ago, and sufficient to the day
rs the evil thereof"
1t is at once ludcrous and absurd to
see to what ridiculous extent this ram
pant ranting about taxes is being car
ricd to in this State And what is still
worse, here and there you will find, no
matter what the question may be, an
isolated piece of humanity to condemn
it, if it is not formed and hammered on
their favoiite anvil. But am tresspass-
ing on your space, and remembering the
request is to furnish facts in tho brief
est possible MANNER" l shall, therefore
cndeavor to do SO.
The taxes arc over down here, at least
for time. Our whole people came upand
paid them, and although they were high,
none of them made as much noise over it
as many did who pay-for nothing We
all know the taxes are hard, and particu-
larly SO with those whose property was
honestly assessed in the first instance,
but ii they are to go in part to meet the
past obligations of South Carolina | say
let them be paid, and so say many of my
ncighbors.
The boys down here have shooting