The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-05-08

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convinced by the same means. But the
knell Of slavery had sounded-and the
idea of our Southern Confederacy based
upon its perpetuation, was predestined
to ruinous and melancholy failure.
What was the lesson to the South from
all this? That the Progress of civiliza-
tion would continue its resistless march
over all opposition, over the graves of
millions of gallant opponents, over the
mausoleum of nation in "proud, rebel
lious arms" against it
So much astregards the emancipation
of the black man-the same influence,
the Progress of Civilization, demands his
education, his elevation, his enfranchise-
ment!
To this, old deep-rooted Unsuitable pre-
judice is opposed, as was interest op-
posed to his emancipation
We opposed his emancipation, fruit
lessly; and by all the horrors, by that
hecatomb Of brave men sacrificed in its
opposition, worse than fruitlessly. We
oppose now lis enfranchisement in vain,
and when his race is entirely estranged
from us, when our State has passed for
ever out of our hands into his or into the
| hands of those who will come from
abroad and accept the idea OF his en-
franchisement, then will we realize
that our opposition is worse than in
vain
Now the advice of the ORANaEBuRG
News to its readers has been to ''acccpt
the situation" that is, the freedom aud
the citizenship Of the black man. War,
grim visaged and terrible, has enforced
the acceptation of his freedom, and evils
and horrors as great, will enforce the ac-
ceptation of his citizenship. Let him
understand that the white man of the
South recognizes these as his privileges.
and no war of races need be feared, no
political differences will exist. These
are the only boons he demands-social
equality isa myth, bug -bear-aud these
the progress of thought, and the develop
ment of the human mind have decreed
and demanded for him.
How are these issues to be evaded-is
it not common sense to accept them
Yes while men talk old time talk: and
call men Radical, they practically and
virtually do accept all tiesc points of the
situation; Men are slowly accepting and
submitting to things which they cannot
prevent. Since the humiliating and ri
diculous defeat of Seymour and Blair,
after SO many speeches and burnt offer
ings, and drink offerings and meat offer
ings in their behalf, the people begin to
see that they are simply making them
selves ridiculous and accomplishing no
good on earth--and Democratic Clubs
have collapsed, and are not heard of ex-
cept here and there some old oracle raises
the cry to rally to some banner that they
know will be defeated.
The theory of the course adopted by
this paper can be illustrated practically
in the coming Township elections. Ac-
cept the colored man as citizen, give
his name place on the ticket, and nomi-
nate ticket which accepts the situa-
tion Don't nominate ticket headed
Democratic ticket" that means "The
Ticket to be defeated !" Don't dig up
Democratic Clubs, and by hard work
make them look like live things. They
are dead Their name, their influence is
ruinous to the cause they espouse.
This is certainly different from the old
time sayings and advice of the past, but
there are many intelligent and influential
men in this county who concur with us
that this is the common sense course for