The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-24
what they want,

The Laurensville Herald answers aues-
tion which is often asked, and we allow our
contemporary to give reason why 1t is
the duty of the press to unms,k the hypo-
critical rogues who now misgovern the
State. The duty is not pleasant one. Il
is much easier, and much safer, for the mo
ment, to hold one's tongue and say nothing
All that the rogue ssks is to be let alone;
for ii his crimes are not known to the pub
lilo he. may still manage to be treated as an
honest citizen or as benefactor to his race.
Scott and Bowen and the M.okeys vow and
declare that they are making the State rich
and strong, that they have run up the prioe
Of State bonds from 80 to 70, and that il il
wore not for The NEWS and its baokers
these bonds would be at 90. This is their
statement; and it does not contain one grain
Of truth Our bepds have risen in price
because the people are boarding up the
money made by cotton and rice planting,
and because they are able, and are believed
to be willing, to pay whatever tax the Co.
lumbia tsxgatherers may impose upon them
We are not growing rich because of SCOTT;
but SCOTT is growing rich because of us
There is no sounder security in the market
than South Carol bond, for the reason
that next year We will kick out this Radi
cal Grew and give the collection and spend
ing OF the taxes to honest men. Take Scott
and his head devils away, aud we will have
our bonds at par in no time. But II va
bite our lips nnd say nothing; if we allow
the Radical ring to steal without being ex-
posed. and to lie without contradiction; the
State never can be redeemed.
II q dishonest government is to be tr eatod
as an honest government would be treated;
IL tho rogue is to be honored as the upright
man is honored; all hope is lost for South
Carolina. The plundering Grew want moth
ing but passive acquiesosnoe. What III y
fear is truth. They would now cheerfully
pay liberal percentage on all they m ake
il they could hush the mouths of the inde
pendent press. This they osnnot do; and,
please God, they shall have hard road to
travel in this State Of ours. s.
The Laurensville Herald, In this oonneo
tion, aays:
Occasionally good meaning, prudent, and
wIthal. patriotic friend, desires to know the
practical use of everlastingly pounding away at
the ring OF scoundrels now ruling the hour in
our Own State. and the South generally. In re-
ply, we have only to say, that as journalists 1t
devoives upon us, on every proper occasion, to
hold mp to scorn AMI reprobation the filthy
officials who beioul the high places they ocou
py for the time. We have to lament that our
own State, more than sapy other OF the entire
slhterhood OF tbs South, is .irredeomabiy un-
der the IRON hand Of the robber band. Not q
DAY elapses, not week, but the; public aots OF
the State authorities proclaim their corrup-
ton, their 6elf-legaized iarcen es,l their op-
pressive measures and outrages upon the
white people of the State. The retioenoe of
the press. and the holding OFF OF hands, might
be construed as appreciation; as yielding OF
all the rights OF the rightful people TO a-voice
as to those measures In which they are vitally
concernod. No; We are Of oplnion that there
should be no wagering In the old lines Of the
last great formation, whom Seymour and Balr
were our stand dard-besrers-that the true doc
trine u, that Am 5rloa should be ruled 1y white
men. Ihere may be momenfary gooG in that
Talleyrandish philosophy Of bending u,,brokent
10 the Storm; but We boiieve that ii must re-.
suit In final dsmoraiz,tion and the education
OF the masses for submission to outrage. In.
sslt and tyranny. Wherever political princi,
pie and the rights OF men are Involved, exue.
rtence has shown that compromise Is disss.
trous, and ends In ruin TO the party asssiled.p y
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