The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1870-11-24
MISCELLANY.
rne Policy Of the Present.

The Radical faction, of which CO.
rernor Scott is the head and front,
pre~es by It's conduct since the electi"us
Of last month its utter ignorance Of the
motives of the leaders Of the late Reform
organization, while, at the same. il
eonfesses, in and out of season, that
both Rstrenehment and Reform are
necessary in tho administration Of the
affairs Of the State. All the Radical
Journalists and few-teem with ADJ
mission of ignorance and venality In
times past, and with exhortations and
for times to come. The laws which they
stcutly defended a short month ago
they now criticise and condemn, and
the end Of all their pretty wriling is a
fresh appeal to the respectable ard
intelligent white citizens of the State
to become members Of the Radical par
ty 10 order that, to certainty, partisan
and intemperate legislation may be
prevented, aud that every interest in
the State may have its Just representa-.
ton; They admit, SO to speak, that
South Carolina Radicalism has neither
the brains nor the virtue needed for
giving the people government worthy
Of the name, and they ask their oppo.
neuts to ruin themselves in the vain
endeavor to cleanse and purify body
Of adventures who are, to all appear
ances, bopelessly and irretrievubly cor
rupt. In this lies their chief mistake.
The Reform party was one of principle,
not Of policy. 1t vas not struggle for
Office, not bare contest between the
ins and outs, but straightforward en-
deayor to put in the honest man put out
the knave, to put in practice tie axiom
,ha, they who canuot conduct their own
affairs deceutly and inteliigently are
unfit 10 have control Of the lives aud
fortunes eta whcle people. The Reform
movement failed to accomplish it's main
purpose. Fraud and prejudice, iu close
allegiance, could not be .vercome Bu,
the 6ght is not yet ended. Under one
name or another, in some shape, or 9th.
er, the Reform movement will 60 on
until vice and uucleauness have been
scourgcd cut of the high places they
usurp, or until mot an upright man &c.
mains to raise voice aud hand for the
regeneration Of his people. Aud this
conviction. now that the struggle i. lost
and won, is setting deep iu the stout
public heart.
At this time political agitation would
he ont Of place. if not positively hurt
full. There are NO general elections
until. the fall Of 1872, uotil which
time We must live us well rs ve can
under whatever aort Of governments: the
Scott faction may choose to give u.s..
Then the political battle-State aud
Federal-will be sharp, and, VIC trust,
decisive, in which the last named quail
isy, by the way, the election Of October
are by no means wanting. At present
We should husband our political strength
aud, while We stand squarelV together,
strive with might and main to enlarge
commercial operations to make the
earth more fruitful, aud to encourage
immigration. Working in the direction
Of indusi.ial progress, We are hewiug
our way to political Reform. The peu-
pie fecognize and obey the the laws Of
the State and tho United States. They
will sustain, in industrial life, those
Who stood BY them in political life
Every dollar honestly earned, rs we'll
~ every dollarsaved, will riv't more
closely the armor OF proof which iu The
rcxt election, will insure al easy VIC
&" the ,aliens soldiers Of Reform. |
A policy of political inaction is the
true policy Of the present, but If it
should be an organized inuction-no'
the pastivity OF Indifference and de.
spair. We must act on the defensive,
and it is absolutely certain that the
people of the State who voted with the
Reformers at the late elections can two
years hence, secure a governmen which
whatever its party name, will be frugal
and liberal, intelligent and just. This
consumation can only be prevented by
violence or despair, and hy that de-
scrtion to the enemy "for q considera-
ton" which the Radical leaders, a.
their only hope in tho future, so de-
voutly desire.-Charleston Me,os.