The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1870-12-17
Governor Scott.

That the Cheif Magistrate of our
State has the interests of our whole peo-
pie ut heart, no one can deny who has
road his last annual Message to the Gem
eral Assembly. And that he is in earn
est too, in his recommendations of q
more thorough practice of economy, and
an immediate reduction of salaries and
taxes in our State, no one will qucs-
tion who understands the significance
and real meaning of the English Ian
guage.
In Il word, his Message all through,
is SO practically stntesmanlikc; so emi-
ncntly wise in its tone: so thoughtfully
truthful, and yet so simple in its sugges.
tions, that had it been conceived BY the
brain, and indicted by the pen of man,
raised to the high position which Gov.
Scott occupies by the late Reform Par
ty, the press of our State would have
taken it up, picked it to pieces, and af
ter thorough analysis, been prepared
to show that there vas grand idea
and prospect Of reform in each word it
would have been pronounced the en-
bodiment Of gubernatorial worth and
integrity.
But as it is, Gov. Scott is Republi-
can, and the idea that no good can pos
sibly come out of Nazareth; or in ether
words, because man is not a Demo-
crat, he cannot, therefore, do good act,
precludes the possibility of the Govern
or'ssMessagc being viewed in calm,
rational and unprcjudiesd manner lust.
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Well, be itso z Be itso that there
are still some men who are unwilling to
render unto Caesar the things which are
C@sar's I! Perhaps it il best that it should
be so. Perhaps there is an unseen yir-
tue in it. But zee would that it could
be different. We would, that upon mat
ters of truth and governmental impor
tance, all men thought and acted in
harmony together. Governor Scott
would then receive at the hands of his
people that praise and homage SO meri-
toriously due him.
That he intends every word he has
written, and designs to carry out every
promise made in his Message, is the
conviction Of all who know Governor
Scott.
Resolute, manly and determined III
what he does, is the verdict rendered
of him, by friends and enemies alike.
Then, are we not safe in our assertion.
that what Gov. Scott has promised, he
has the courage to maintain by word
and deed?
All we aak (and wo arc in earnest, )
is that every man who has heretofore
been actuatcd and guidsd by blind
prejudice, into hatred of the State
Government; who has been inimical to
every act committed by it, whether good
or bad, judicous, wisc or unwiso, shall
suspend his judgment uuti! Gov. Ecott
shall have had time to verify his promi
ses to our people.
Now this ia no unreasonable request.
And, it is one which none but unreason.
able men will disregard
That mistakes have been made in the
appointment to Office of incompetent and
dishonest men, is not for us to say. Gov.
Scott admits it himself. And none re-
grets the primary cause of such mistakes
more than he does. Perhaps he feels it
a deal more sensibly than many who
prate about and curse his actions.
We speak whereof we know.
Gov. Scott is not tho enemy of our
people, that many laycd-up-on-tho.shclf
politicians would have them to believe
he is. No! he is their friend.