The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-06-09
COLUMBIA, S. 10.
Friday Morning, June 8, 1871.
Tho "NeHv Depnrture. In store.

cIAoay morning, June b. 1911
The ..New Depnrture' In Store.
Our contemporary of the New Orleans
Times holds thGt the elements Of the
new departure that is in store look ra-
ther to measures than TO men-to prac-
tioal results for the public beneat rather
than to the schemes Of individual ag-
grandizement It. says:
s1t is high time blatant demagogucs
and professional politicians were brought
to do duty in the ranks and disciplined
to know that the opportunity for lend
ing the masses by the nose through any
gate they ohooss to open, belongs to the
past. and that henceforth party leaders
must be in fact what; they have hereto
fore only been in '.reprc-
sentative men" Nearly century's ex-
istenoe has worn of much of tinselled
self-sufhoienoy and balderdnsh which en-
tered so largely into' the earlier political
history Of this country, aud besides this,
we are more closely crowded. People
begin to have wants and necessities
which sorely press them, ambitions and
desires as dear as they appear difficult of
attainment is moro serious and
time more valuable than in the earlier
days OF the republic. The new depart
ure, therefore, in store, is q departure
from the old class of stump statesmen,
impeounious ofice-seekers and wrang-
ling wire-workers, who have SO long con-
trolled the machinery of politics, and
government, too, for that matter. Both
Valiandigham and Campbell are mem
bers Of this Gloss, and their day is over.
What we want now to rescue the coun-
try is the triumph OF measures without
reference to men. He who obeys best
will lead best. Certain great tenets are
to be vindicated; certain old breaks and
rents in the republican superstructure
bequeathed by our forefathers have to
be repaired or restored, regardless of in
diyidual opinion or personal ambition.
The great Democratic party, as we tnke
it, is, not to enter into future contests to
hght for the. spoils Of victory. but for
our 'spOliated liberties, the vindication
pigmy wars ore to fill up the political
future, but strlfes Of giants, in which
such burnt out rockets as we havo
named, and thousands more TINT could
be named, viii not prove worth their
feeding. To the men, be they now pro-
minent or obscure, seated in "a legisla-
tive chair or toifing mt plow handle,
who are keen enough to probe this great
want underlying the whole ethics OF
American politics and capable ;of re-
spending to it, will belong the future
honors OF the people. This is the new
departure in store for us ALA d. parture
from vain-glorious lrivolity into honest,
earnest effort-a departure from supine
submission to knavery, to war in vim
dioation of truth and honor-a depa,t-
ure from night of bitterness and sor-
row into dawn of glory and prosperity.
You, Aessrs. Yallandigham and Camp
bell, are merely among the first victims
weighed in the balance and found want
ing. Stand aside all such, and make
way for the triumphant march of the
people.
We think there is much Of truth and
force in these suggestions. Too often
has it been the case that the great mass
OF the people have been used simply as
tools to advance the private ends of po-
iitical sohemers and wire -puilers. Tho
sooner II change is male in this respect,
the better.