The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-08-21


"The difficulty in this State of electing
out.and.out Democrats, :as such, to Office,
can be easily inferred from statement
made by the Richmond Dispatch, viz /;
that the Wells negroes of an African
church have expelled all members who
voted for Walker as Governor of Virgil
nia.' The negroes, doubtless, hold Il as
an article Of orthodox faith that oil neg
rocs should vote the same ticket, under
penalty of eternal dampation. It will
be long before their race here learn any
better. Running no candidates is there
fore, the best policy to be pursued by
intelligent men in our next election, but
ut the same time getting the Republican
party, or portion of it, to nominate
such men as they can cheerfully vote for.
Else Look for defeat by a solid negro
vote"
Of course the precedent cited by the
Winnsboro' paper would tell against its
own policy. If the negroes hold it us
an article of faith to vote for the same
ticket, and If it will be long before their
race here learn any better, what is called
Conservative Republican movement
would not prosper in South Carolina.
No such movement could succeed unless
it could attract enough negro votcs-out-
side of the negro votes which will be cast
for any ticket that may be supported by
the respectable citizens-to counter
balance the white votes that will be lost
by the adoption of any other than
straightforward Democratic white mans
platform. Indeed, it seems to us that
this third party movement would be
hazardous in the extreme, the more
especially as the most earnest Rcpubli.
cans in the State are beginning to con-
fess their disgust with the corruption
and iniquity of the Radical patty. Take
the Orange5urg News as an example.
This has been an out-and-out Radical
paper, but edited with ability and
decency. 1t has fought hard to make
Radicalism respectable, but it has failed.
and frankly confesses its failure In its
issue Of Saturday it says: I'VE have
become disgusted with the corruption
existing in this (RadicaD organization
and avow the determination
of the Orangebnrg News to support any
organization that pledges itself to uni
versal suffrage and universal amnesty,
and what we mean by this is that every
body should he permitted to "votc and
hold Office" There could be no better
evidence than this that the Radical bark
is among the breakers yet some few of
our people would have us to compromise
with unrightcousncss, and repeat here
the experiment tried in Virginia.
What has been the result of the at
tempted fusion of the Republicans and
Democrats in the 'Old Dominion ?"
The third party movement was so far
successful that large majority of the
Walker candidates were elected. This
was well enough. But now the Radical
wires at Washington arc pulled and it
is more than hinted that every officer
elect must, before taking his seat swallow
the "iron clad oath" When the men,
Der elect cannot take the oath, the seat
is given to the candidate (that is the
Radically who received the next highest
vote. This is the game that was played
in the Congressional elections in this
State. Mr.. Reed and Mr. Simpson were
elected by rousing majorities, but they
could not take the "iron- clad" and their
Radical opponents were allowed to take
their seats. This is the way that the
Radicals are managing in Virginia.
No wonder is it that the Walker party
is respondent And it is poor consola-
tion to them that the incorruptble Dem
ocrats should feel that the Democracy
will carry the State in 1872, and per-
manently thereafter.
These things should be weighed well
by our people. Compromises are always
dangerous, and are seldom productive of
good. But we must carry the elections
of 1870. That is our supreme necessity &.