The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-06-17
ye..ng ye..sg Politicians.

chahgss ara advocating the idee of
inaughrating an organization ofyoang
men to fight in the future political cam
paigns. This is splendid suggestion.
One of the chief complaints made
against tho Republican party, is that it
has not, to sufficient extent, fostered and
encouraged the rising talent within its
ranks. The fossils endeavored TO dictate
: ih policy and monopolizo all of it's
leading positions. And ne do not
hesitate to say that many of these old
fossils who found their way into the
Republican party, directly after the war,
were SO devoid of political or social
character that it was impossible for the
good people of the country to regard it
with fear. Such men did not desire
accessions to the party, of intelligent
and respectable white men, because they
were fattening upon the spoils of office,
and they wanted no compitition. But
many of these men are out of the way
now, or viii be in the next compaign;
they are directing their way back to the
obscurity from whence they sprang,
with the spoils, they filcheld from an
outraged, crushed and helpless people,
No party Gun hope for continued sue
cess which is not constantly replenished
with the young and vigorous blood ofthe
country. "Old men for council and
young men for war;" is an old maxim,
and politics in this country is always
aggression. Wo want youth and
enthusiasm, for without them parti es
decay and crumble to pieces. Besides,
the old fossil politicians of this country
arc so strongly welded to their grand
sathers notions, that il would be almost
marvel to SEQ them inaugurate one
step IN the political arena, which would
smack of the progress of today. They
ARE simply stumbling blocks in the
way of the young politicians. Some of
them are .really antc,deluvian in their
ideas. Now talk of such mon as these
conducting q grand aud progressive
nation like this! Nonsense. Retire be.
hind the curtain, cid gentlemen. You
ilave done your share in this world. |
Give room now for the young and buoy
ant of today. Don't show disposition
of grecdiness, lest you be laughed at
more "consumedly" for your blunders
then ever.
but let us not 'digress on the sins of
omission or commission, left by our
grand fathers upon the unerring sands
of time, ever warning US of their folly.
Perhaps our csildern will be able to
find the same fault with our lives. Per-
adventure Our sons and daughters will
call us-whcn We are no longer young,
when the frost of many winters shall
have silverd our locks-wc say perad-
venture, our sons and daughters will
denomipate us miserable old fogies.
There's no telling This world is
progressive one. Things arc changing
daily and tho change really seems for the
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mothers used to sling the pots and kick
the dogs; when they used to go with
grand pa To Charleston in miserable
old ricketty wagon, sleep on bed of
straw beside the road at night, cook
with water dipped from some babbling
stream close by; or, mayhap, with some
gathered from puddle in the road.
In those days, this was splendid living,
even to the elite, because nearly every
body lived that same way. Now the
steam engine takes the place of the
horse ofthose days, and the palace cars
the stead Of the wagons. The girls
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