The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-09-02

| ProvaI inat ~ hasS e'icited thEoug
iths State. Our province IS to council
peace and order, and good government.
The day: VIXEN shese shall bless usi
viii only BE prolonged by optrages and,
wropsa We haye talked With si me Of
1.-The caimest minds ID this County, and
they thoroughly agreed, with sua. And
now VIC ask: Will not every good eiti,
gen rally to the cry Of peaccl Will not
our leading mon of both parties put
their heads together and try to devise
some plan to avert the dread catastrophe.
which villas surely follow any actssof
lawiessness that are perpetnted in this
County, as night follows day. We are
In in for poace, aud every, endeavor Of ours
shall be spent in the work sof bringing
Fit about. Here is the article from tho,
f|Jaion. 1t is written by one who has
the authority of Knowing Weask our,
|well-thinkiug mento ponder it:
Every person who hrs read this
journal during the past six months can
bear testimony to our efforts TO preserve
the peace of the State, and bring to JUS
tice those guilty of offending against it's
laws. We have never been sparing in.
our denominations of the lawlessness and
violence which have prevailed in many
sections of the State, nor have we shown
fayors TO political friends when guilty of
any lnisdemeanor or infringement of the
law. Yet all our efforts have proved
fruitless, the opposition press often ao-.
cusing us of printing. accounts of out
rages solely for the purpose OF stirring
up strife.
F. We believe in implicit obedience TO
law aud authority, even though these
may be, obnoxious to us, and totally re-
pugnant tosour ideas of right and JUS
tice; yet being laws they should be
obeycd the same as if they met with our
heartiest approval. Not so, however,
with those who have brought all this
trouble upon us. Rather than live un-
der laws which they do not approve, aud
conform to rules and usages laid down
by legislature not oftheir choice, they
would see everything go to ruin, the
lives and property Of citizens put in
jeopardy, business stagnated, aud every
industry, except such as shall pass their
Judgment, bliehted and driven out of
the State. This is the state of affairs
Which manysof our Democratic Journals
would like to see, if We may judge by
lsthe stuf which appears in their columns
weekly. If an outrage occurs in any
portion Of the State; forthwith these
partisan newspapers begin to beat about
for an. excuse for the parties guilty of
the crime. Instead of rallyingto the
support of law and order, and condemn
ing crime by whoever it may be comulit-
ted. they seek to paliate it, and to shield
the guilty cu;prits from punishment If
white Democrat abuses, whips, or mnr.
ders II poor colorcd man, it - deemed
the height of persecution to bring the
offender to justice, but let eolored man
SO much as even. insult white Demo.
Ecrat, and his life pays the peualty.
This is called Justice Let negro
steal pound of seed cotton, and six
years in the penitentiary is not deemed
too great a punishment. The Demo.
cratic journals would never tire of talk
ing Of the ernormity of such crime,
but n,idnight murder by a band of
masked villains is not of sufficient i'm
portance'to call for even passing word
of condemnation. When a band of an
hundred or more of disguised men ride
into town, warn the public officers to re-
sign their places, and merchants to close
up their affairs and leave the State, these
yirtuous journals have nothing to say
against such high.handed proceedings,
but if two disguised burglars should
break into a house at tho North, forth
with their coldmns would TEEN with ac-
counts of "ku Klux at tho North" and
| such like trash.
The difference between the conduct of
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ais Of the North is very apparent.
Whenever an outrage against Law occurs
/ many Northern Siute, The press is aever