The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-30
THE STATE SPEAKS.
Meeting at Union courthouse-Appoint-
ment of Delegates.

| menL Oh OC1cSdSSss
The Union Times publishes the proceedings
of the County Reform Meeting, held at Union
Courthouse on Wednesday last:
The convention was organized by calling Mr..
| Josiah Foster to preside over it, and appoint
| ing Mr.. Glenn D. Peake as secretary. The
chair called on General Wallace to explain the
object of the meeting, which he did IN few
pertinent remarks.
Goudeysville was represented, in whole or in
part
On motion of A. II. Aughtry, the chairman
was requested to appoint committee to con-
sist of one from each township, to nominate
delegates to represent this county in the State
Convention to be held In Columbia on the 18th
of June.
The chair appointed the following as said
committee: D. A. Thomas Santuc; W. A.
w. Sartor, Simsville; Henderson Newton,
Jonesvllle; D. u. Sheldon, Cross Keys: w. H.
S. Harris, Pinckneyville; j. H. Williams,
Bogansyille. There being no representation
fpom Bogansyille or Goudeysvile, those town
] hips were not represented on the committee.
(f-The committee retired to an adjoining room
Pto consult, and on returning reported the fol
i lowing nominations: w: d. Wallace, J. Z.
Lindsey, D. H. Sheldon, T. A. Carlisle, G. D.
| l.,
Montgomery, and Daniel Clowney, colored.
General Wallace, according to instructions
Nom the township meeting, brought to the no.
flce of the convention the action OF Union
township in forming Reform Club, and in a
very eloquent and appropriate speech. urged
The importance and necessity OF organizing
similar clubs throughout the county. At the
conclusion Of General Wallace's remarks. Mr..
D. A. Thomas introduced the following:
Resolved, That In the opinion of the men,
bers Of this convention, 1t Is eXpedient and
| imperatIyey necessary that Reform clubs
| should be formed in the different townships,
at as early day as possible, for the purpose
of forwarding the interests of the Reform party
of the district.
tion adjourned. =
Behind the Times-The Old VS.. the New
Regime.
From the Columbia Phnnlx.l
Our contemporary of the Sumter News, who
seems to hold that the Press Conference made
fatal error when it suggested to the people
of South Carolina that it was time to accept
accomplished facts-such as the fact of the Fif-
teenth amendment-and TO take, as it were, q
new departure IN the matter Of political
movement, says 1t has taken its stand at
the pass of its Thermopylg, and in IT,
mates that right there 1t will die. Let us
beg our contemporary not thus to die. loes
not the News understand that many Of those
old time sentiments are now discarded In this
aye of fast men and jdst women, fast horses
and fast things in general Take the case OF
Curtius, who leaped In the yawnlnr gulf that
refused to .sshut up" until 1t should receive the
most precious thing in Rome. Why, IL is now
very generally admitted that he did very
foolish act. TO think, too, that lie shonld have
carried with him his best suit OF armor and
his finest horse, and did not have his life in
sured in the Piedmont and Arlington" for
the benefit Of his family Why, the general
sentiment, in this common-sense age, Is that
Curtius was q foolish fellow, and, did he live
now. and were he TO do the same thing again.
who can doubt but that New York jury
would decide that at the moment just before
squirting his charger for The fatal leap, he was
non c0mpos nsentiS.
Take the case of the man who thought it
was ''glorious to die in arms"-who originated
the idea that Lit is sweet and honorable to die
tor ones country" Why, this thing Is now
exploded-uttery exploded. 1t is now very
generally conceded that its far better to lre for
ones country, or rather, we should say, on ones
country "Gilorous to die in arms y Absurd
thought. How more glorious to liue politi-
clan In the South, or member of railroad
ring, or an offlceholder.
Take the case OF Cambronne, who is credit
ed on historic page with the grand reply: "The
Old Guard dies, but does not surrender" Vic
tor Hugo says that Cambronne made no such
reply-but responded in word less classical
than represented, but not less emphatic: And
so we might 60 on and continue our illustra-
tions, to show that the 'sdead past must bury
its dead" We hope, therefore, that the Sum-
ter News will reverse its Judgment. If the
stranger has to say, 'at Lacedemon," that the
News did die at its Thermopyla, or if it did
dye, dyed its hair only, we will answer for it.
that an indulgent public will adjudge its nom
mmolation as entirely excusable Let us put
our house in order, not to die, but to live.