The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-09

of constitutional limitation. Tho
t1ogro has hoen made valuable
auxiliary, and whom will ho ccaso
to be suchP His expressions
woro onco tho rallying cry of tho
party, and no is now in condi-
tion to rendor still moro substan-
tial aid to furnish tho munitions
of war,-men and money. Negro
agitation was only a means to an
ond and that end "tho cohesive
powor of tho public plundor."
Is it to bo supposed that a groat
political party will go to pieces
because it has acc >mplished it's
work-that a party which has
foistod Reconstruction and negro
suffrage upon tho South, in ordor
that it might control tho Govern
mont, will now abandon its posi-
tion, for lack OF employment o
not for lack Of ability to do, but
for want Of an ond to accomplish? ?
That ond, is not yct fulfilled
that goal is not yot reached.
Tho limos between Democracy
and 1scpublicanism aro rs distinc-
lively drawn-tho issues 0s vital
and controlling rs ever. Tho one
is still as over, the party Of strict
construction, and state rights
tho othor Of Capitalization and
"tho higher law" AS tho Repub-
iican party with regard TO tho
South, has boon ready to scamp
outside of tho Constitution" wo
may bo sure TINT it will scruplo at
no means to oifoct its onds. Tho
omnipotenco Of Congress is tho
favorito dogma which ministers 80
wcll to its purposes. Congress is
made to swallow up tho chief pre-
rogativos Of tho Executive and
tho Jndioiary-and this too in tho
name Of popular rights---in viola
ton Of tho fundamental law-tho
true poc popati, Tho contest bo-
tween Democracy and Rcpubli-
canism is contest botwocu con-
stitutional liborty and its opposite
Observation-Disclosures. Iloro
is tho issue distinctly marked, and
between which tho truo sons OF
tho South cannot hesitate long in
choosing.
But is it necessary to choose
Whom so many questions Of State
policy-of paramount Importance
noarot homo claim our at.
tontion, may wo not "for the
nonco" lay aside party namos and
party organizations, and unite
both Republicans and Democrats
on n broad common platform. L
tho Republicans arc willing to ig
moro thcir party, and go into Con
vcntion with us for tho purpose
Of nominating candidates for Of
fec; if thoy nro willing to broal
up thoir "Union longucs," and cal
off their "dogs Of war;" then i
will bo time enough for us to con
slider tho propricty Of u "thirt
party" or "no party" movement
Tho Charleston Nc,es thinks tn,
term "a third party" a misnomor
Thcro is little Significance ii
names, yot it sooms to us that /
is rightly namod, or tho thing it
sclfis q myth. At any rato, ane
any ovont, if wo aro to havo NJ
issuo, and to fight a battlo, W.
prefor to fight in tho samo phalan.
-undor tho old bannor, and will
tho samo battlo cry still. Wo nr
Democrats or nothing.
10 sum up what wo havo sal,
in a word-A buttlc Of par
ties is boing wagod, as it ovo
has boon wagod beyond ou
State limits, in which though W,
feel q deep interest, wo can tendo
perhaps nothing moro substantial
at prosont than onr sympathy
Wo arc willing to accept true,
until wc can adjust matters noa
and doar unto us at homo. If W,
can agroc upon truco, it is wolI
Thon lot thoro DO poaco. IF ",
fight, lot us fight, as Democrats
Upon this ground wo arc ono will
tho Columbia PhWnir. r.--A6beviU
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