The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-10-21


The az lgresssSlie sSeR tRRsPt ea f,p Of tRe Grand
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ThisIreuiatkahla doeuuentwopiblish
on tleiffstsasideuof rthe NEWS !sifWe
have n5stSe simst6o stdissectSs19h n daniafEs ri q
ize the hl Whole C. Nor I5o Iayo Tev tie
disposition Ito tO take direct ,is issue with Is the
expression oGthsii,opinionstvof'a' body,
that is,intendea to- fairlyarepreseut, and
present. dlyfaetsr in their proper light
1.-The GfaRa sJahy Of each County IS tie
greatest machine fgr the correction and
lrebuke Of seyils that was ever instituted, H
But ,hero@ sal ,lirnit ito aetheirr pow,
crs; if not prescribed by law, 9yct
established a'byol lnmcmorial custom
These psoihtsws have not The tine, even
if possessed of bun y adant inoliqiqptio9n d to 9
do SO, to espa@tlatet attn g upon to day, :, The
facts to which VIC desire to bring the
attentionaof ssfry fair,minded man! of
Oraugebn 8 Gounty,safe thc following : p
In the first pldcSoj,, Sj, the tGrapSdi tG1ii3Si Jury
" ~ .-Ht Hs,tt
starts $as Su}bsp the proposition i.s'nth that
'our g9yerqanaeeqt g9g aae isbsGoqnqalppGte conducted upon
n cash system,oo9 Now We disagree with
the Presehtmehbpofi the Grand Jury
right hcfessahas Before We 60 any fur
ther, ietH distia9tly understood dFst& .tthlat
we only intend ts.bt.,I t. b, fair; i and if any
thing we shall ssyhas, the seeming of pn,
fairness itAwll nnot be the result Of a de-
sire to misrepresefit theitruth. We have
respect SGrahd sJafics. we k1ow
that the afgaf sworn, each Of them snr an and
% 10 ssasoSg@IJS al fnoH, ~ oS,'
that if any s pGnlRsE alSaEsss sf sssl such a. body nj
lows any thing IKE sprej ITO infiu,
.ence his aotionssthat, he isyguilty OF the
grossest ofssinss dot only Before the laws
Of our codatty y,sab but before THAT higher T
Tribunal. before s which We must I ali m APP
pear soeneE or. later. Therefore We
adiserate that what weishall.say, wiil
be uttered dinaas spirit-ofthoutu,osbk kind
ness, andpffesa'difor the res ponsibili-
ties whichatests dppI6a'6 Grand JuRF65rE., RF5E 80
Rut 20 ssEEqSsH ssEsq q; pa ma ssdiss" sai i'
' ~ SHss sly PUr".; "a Va ,iah adi jieI sd Z
The Presentment says. that @eur gov
ernmcnt is eQapdqetsd qpqn aeash7sysasa,,
and the Grand gqsY YLsesnobreesomis1ryi
the same easlR system bshall bnota prevail
in the paySsntofiits Edues.d' ezsa adi
Now, tosay the FEAST pf thiE.it"i this. Il is 3 .
startling proposition OF course Sc. far
as "tho cOlsetipg 1a s. of taxes is, e0pceraeda
it as ccndueted dupeag sass'cash systeug'
but what, piay,ahass thatagot so1do with
the disburssalsnt toethese taxes? Gouid
the government live y for a day If i had
to pay every dspt, i contracted upon the,
spot? Could lstt the ideas sofla Repuhlican,
liberty and freedom Gbe, upheld inz this
country untiiis7a, if'it'werc established
upon this basisgs09t IS the meireest bcossih'
to advance any such proposition; and
we must confess our utter astonishmept
at seeing such , q sta startling idea come from
the gentlemanewho ON We suspect to have
written thes Presentment.i1Wh and
where has auSgsthesbeen able toI deal
with its debtors, as it would With its
creditors tuaRSU Shin'i7sb !'bsgs
-4la wIS4Ftrou 5ouuk9
viii tic oiates forI- man ,oi the u raud
Jury infornlS pS Suppose 70; morrow,
South Carolieas yereste say that Fhe
would let thesmachinery, 4 Of the State
run itself unst il4ss atl,terers had col.
lcctcd sufficient money 20 pay. Off her
liabilities? aud that afterwards she in
tended to conduct affairs upon cash
haE-Al's t'f ihfi.