The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-11-18

graced apcople. The recent elections
demSpstnso ibis fsctt The people know
sof thesrottenness ofvi9the mon who cagi-
neer the World, and it will not sue
ceed in hushing their clamorous demand
for the trial and conviction of "Boss"
Tweed, and his bed-fellows in corrup-
tion. The World may endeavor never
SO hard to gloss them over, and paint
hundreds Of pen n-picturca of our ruined
financial condition,'to further its OBJ.
ject. 1t probably never finds many
FsctaplesI in its way. Life it wants and
life it must have. # that could be, got
out of the Republican party, it would
very likely -be-fllcd with honey tomor-
row where it now ovcrHows with gall.
AS this is improbable, because the Re-
publicans have no use for it, of course
there are but two alternatives left it -
ono tosdie, or accommodate its tone to
Southern Democratic prejudics. This
latter it has done. Indeed il prates and
caterwauls more over our alleged mis-
fortune, in being dcfrauded, than do
smauy of those who must suffer in such
an event. .ioae :.
Just such sympathizers as the World
assisted to, put us in a. posi- ton to be
robbed aud pluadorcd by mercenary
thieves. That sheet, we'll warrant, did
its share in bringing our calamities upon
us. and We do not propose to-day to kiss
the hand that SO lately smote us in the
face. But let others do asthey please.
We regret to see, however, disposition
on the part of many to do honor to many
Of those who tried to wipe out the last
vestigc of Southern identity during the
late war. Look at Frank p. Blair, for
instance. 1t was that man whose hatred
for us, and. malignity. Of soul, prompted
him to have no mercy on poor South
Carolina, in his raid through here with
Sherman. Frank p. Blair directed the
burning of thousands of houses in this
State and yet to-day, were he to visit
Orangeburg, where the debris uf the
fire, lighted perhaps by his own command,
would stare him in the face, there are some
who would receive him as he was well
eomod in Montgomery not long since.
But let us return to the State fiuances.
9hesissc the hGe andscry raised, in
regard to them, is altogether unnecessa.
ry, and will accomplish no good. If it
proves to be fact that South Carolina
has been defraudcd out Of twenty mil
lions OF dollars, or even one hundredth
part that much, no one will be quicker
and moro willing to condemn aud have
the perpetrators sent to the penitcntiary
than oursclf. 1t is our belief that the
finances Of the State are not in as healthy
a condition as we could wish them but
we submit that it would seem like the
better part Of wisdom TO wait for moro
competent witness to be placed pom the
stand than the New York World, before
going rattle-brained into so grave and Sc
rious work as that of rcpudiation
There Is proper way to do everything,
and this is the time in which that way
should be observed. If any of the
State officials have been stealing, or
engaged in specializing with the pub
lIc funds, let our people wait until the
Legislature convencs and let each Coun-
ty in the State elect enc delegate Of in
telligence and shrcwd financial ability,
and send the delegates thus elected to
Columbia, instruct them to petition the
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tho power to investigate the books aud
public records of the State, aud if that
body refuses to comply with such petition,
let it be held mp TO the people as an
accessory after the fact, in peculation