The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-08-12
Ous.and. out Democratic Fight.


ethetproposition thatsthere should now b,
/. q completesand thorough reorganizatio
6f the Democratic party in South Caro-
sllns apaq that i square outs-aana .ou
psm9srgtic party fight is preferable t
allowing the Radicals to walk into power
asithosts treable. These views are con,
sasred In eby tho Columbia Ptaaie
shich proposes 70 raise the flag Of in
ttustrial development Ito open the gates
,,sf s the aie State 70 capital and sottiers-te
yifigsht against ass local corruption. aud mis-
.sales-tos make a straight fight ever on
eshappolisicalfs lfsla.'.
Mid Thought that The .'straight
o1t-and out Democratic" idsa had re-
ssiyed such a death blow from the late
Payers, Convention, and the more
rrecents Citizens . Party in Charleston,
that tho thing would never be dreampt
OF agdins Any how we are surprised
at the style in which our progressive
contemporary of the Charleston Mc.cs
copies and cndorscsthe idea.
EsHas,thc little victory, which tho Dem
ocrats of Charleston won the other day,
called forth the, for some time, dormant
Democtatic fires again? If so, the hon
est Republican should rcsre; less than
syer the defeat ef his. party in the great
Metsopolis of The State.
7aaBnt,e asie has ',been argued by that
able exponent Of true Rcpublicanisn,
the DaiIy Rg,t,1tieda, the election of
General Wagcpcr, to the Mayoralts Of
Charleston, was net a victory Of Demo
eraoy.is Teproyc this assertion, il is only
necessarystotstatc that the Republicans
ofsthat place have far voting majority
over 4hc Democrats. Now what does
the official count Of tho votes prove p
that tic Citizens' ticket was elected by
n majority of.aearly eight hundred he
question: arises then, ~ here did this in
crease, in the numbers of the Democratic
svote, come from Not from accessions to
that party, surely, for we venture the
assertion that every colored man that
voted for General Wagcner will, if
asked, ;asow himself a Republican still,
andready to actwith his party Whenever
asduestion, other than local one, calls
for a. judicious exercise Of his franchise.
IL was not the result Of an increase in
the white vote, for that has decreased if
anything.
st Then what docs the result show !?
Simply that it was local contest for
good government, and that there were no
atrict party lines drawn; that over
seven hundred Republicans voted
the sCitizens' ticket because there
were no great inciples involved,
and because they deemed it su-
eperior TO the one put forR ny certain
:
clique of their own party. And they
were not voting for Democracy when
casting their ballots for General Wag,n-
aef. ERcmember that tho Citizens ticket
swas3madc up with men of both parties
a Deniocrst could have voted the Pills
bury ticket without anv vinlntinr "f ~"
sailcgiancg to his party. So with the
Republican 1n,voting for General Wag-
setiefs he did not have to desert his part )
affiliations to do SO. There was no line
Of dcmarcation drawn, and hence there
could hayc been no strict course to fol-
slow.sg ss ~
,HsIhct Whole thing, when you come to
slo6k at It ssduarely, resolves itself into
ibis one patent fact: That as a whole,
sgRarlessoa has not been blest with the
best government in the world, for tho
past two yearss aud both pmtios were
anxious to Afee her from the reign of tho
Observation-Disclosures that have bocn sucking
0hcr B6dy atlmost to death, for that timey
and hence the election of the Citizens!
ticket. Mayor Pilsbdry, it was univcr.