The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-09-04
-Democracy and the FutaFe..

the Demoerat'cf party Soon this once
powerful and long dominant political or
ganiaation will be MS dead as tho
deaa .issses so which IL SO tena-
eiously eliugs.a~ When that event shall
be contaminated, a new partition will be
inevitable Ina republic ike ours, it is
Impossible that there should not bctwo
diSsihcs parties, disagreeing as to the in
tsfpretatfod Of certain parts Of the Con.
ssitusion, and warning in matters of poll.
ey. When will the line Of separation
be drawns' All the issues of the war
are prsbticaliy extinct. Negro suffrage
is'an established fact. Reconstruction,
according to Congressional forms, is un-
doubtedly aud really an accomplishment.
fdGSassd nothing remains actually of the
questions raised BY the rebellion. They
afs eiiher settled or in the course of
speedy and definite settlement. But
thsre is' Is wide difference Of conviction
regarding the tariff and finance. We,
therefore, think that coming party di-
vision, viii touch these questions us
vital points We are to have brought
under discussion the proper policy to be
pursued in the management of the ma
tiohaf debt, and the relation of protec.
tiiso duties to the general industry of the
country. For one ,rc shall rejoice at This
ekdGye Of re''ne. We shall be glad to
get away from purely sectional conside-
rations to those which have national i'm
port. The country will gain by the
change. sympathies will be national
lied. Lines Of latitudc will no longer
seSrsgate political afiini,ies. Political
afiliatioh will be as strong in Texas as
in Maine, in California MS in Massaclu-
setts. We welcome, wiF extreme cor
dAlity, the coming issues. 1t ia impos-
siblc that they will not prove rcgenerat-
ing Influences. They will drive every
past resentment into the back ground,
and and compel mems thoughts to oontem-
plation Of the future. We have been
DWELLING in the past long enough. 1t is
time to cut loose from what is effete.
Ply all means give the issues about the
tariff 4ali and the debt. They are the vital
considerations which should arouse the
whole. nation into attention"
The above sensible article is from,
lete, J. g, ieopy, Of the Chicago Repu6tiean,
ssdis suggestive of new thought to us
Of the South.
r Now We may pirate here forever about
negro suffrage, about the States regulat-
ing the question of their own suffrage,
about the constitutionality of reconstruc-
tion, about the4reality,of- our defeat and
shs facts Of our parts of this Union, but
We are ! merely protesti',g against settled
and accomplished facts. :"
New considerations are arising for the
nation, in which weiare Interested, and
we arc keeping aloof from them in our
long lethargy of regret.
:, 10 the. South no more to contribute
her yigor, her talent to common coun-
try? Are her sons never again to think
and act for her own good? Was all the
energy, the patriotism, the ability of the
Southern States swept away by the be-
som Of war? th
,.sAge those who Jet live not to devote
themselves to her interests?
'd'Arethcy toelive only in the past, and
shisk the duties If the present.? Is the
life Of this generation to be but lameat
oyer,its failure.
. The bright pyramid Of flowers. reared
By bands Of love, above these hallowed
graves, will linger awhile, sweet memo
rialaof u peoples sorrow, but the heroic
effort Of manly heart that turns from
this fond retrcspection, to tread the