The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-08-28
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HEBRoN TOWNSHIP,
August %, 1869.


Ar. Etlitr-I have noticed the ar
ticle from the pen of 4. j. Mackey, one
of the Aldermen of the City of Charles
ton, exposing the rascalitics of one Bow
en-, Radical memncr elect from Charles
ton to the House Of Representatives iu
Congress. He must certainly be IA sweet
scented niorsel, and how he eau face, or
sit in Council with honest men, seems
strange to man raised in the country.
But Mr. Editor, take all of these fellows,
with few exceptions, that GIL CUR Offices
of trust and honor, and how far behind
Bowen will you find them? Who are
they, and ere did they come from
Have they rtcd their homes for the
good of thd homcs There is another
thing that looks strange to man raised
in the county, and that is this, that
eleven out of twelve of these fellows
have lived to the age of thirty years and
over, in Ohio, Massachusetts and else
where, enlightened and progressive States,
where they say poor man has the same
chance for living as the rich, and they
conc to poor dowp-troddcn, bankrupt
South Carolina to put something in their
pockets. Lived thirty years at home, if
they had one, and "nary red" in bank,
aint worth d--n. Fellows who could
not have been elected figure head to
night cart At home, coming down here
and going to Congress, and prc6xiny
Hon. before their heretofore obsolete
signatures. What have they been doing,
Mr. Editor, 10, all these thirty years an1
over, that they could not afford to bring
trunk down with them, nothing but
carpet-bag, and as the little boy says,
muffin in it." Who is this MIR. Hoqe i?
we ask you, sir, "Whar did you cum
from, knock a niger down" He has GER
tainly knocked the niger down, but where
did he come from? How much bank
stock and landed estate has he at home ?
Has he beef all his life philanthropist
Who is it that can say anything good of
him, or where is tho man that has made
his acquaintance in Orangeburg County,
which he represents? He was here
once, heard, Ga guest of c. w. Stur-
geon, the deiaulting Revenue Assessor,
and leader OF the Radical party in
Orangcburg County, whose honcsty may
speak of in future letter. and made
Il speech to the colored people telling
them that there WIS no dependence to be
put in the people with whom they wer:
raised, and that he had fought, bleed and
didn't die foS them, that if they did not
keep the Southern people domn, the re-
suit would Re they would awake some
morning S@d find themselves back in
slavery, etc, etc. With such slang.
fresh from Ohio, he hood .winkcL these
poor creatures, here and elsewhere. and
was then beaten in the race hy clear
twp thousand majority against him If
this fellow ought not to drop the letter
from his name and write himself down
hog, there is no pork for my shilling
He is also, like some others of the same
stripe, Mr. Editor, in for all he can .ct.
thought when he got seated in Con
gress, he would resign the ufiicc of Asso-
ca;c judy of the Supreme Court OF
South Carolina, which he had filed with
So much dignity and honor, &c, (ovcrthc
lcit.) Such has not been the case. how
ever proving his breed, he will follow the
roo; us long as there is bit left Well,
now MIR. Editor, we must see to it, that
creatures of this stripe are not re elected
Does he own dollars worth of property
in South Carolina, or does he ever ex-
pect to? | answer nay. There are
few others that will be left out in the
cold at our next general election.
have not word to say against any
Northern man who makes his home
among us for the good OF the State
There are several such now filling Office
But you will find these more or less
Conservative, they are willing for the
native-born to have say-so in the gov
ernmont of the State. The others are
hungry, political adventurcrs, purely
radical, and 80 i'll for the whole lag, hair
aud all
They have shown their hand-all
black cards. The same hand was shown
in Virginia and Tennessee, and you see