The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-07-27

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The following is supposed to have
been written ID 1892 by Max Adcler..
who was witness to the terrible scenes
(which soScurredlat theS si@s of Which
the story tells: sqR lGsass g..
ase Yoa.ask me tostell yoas my chiidfeu,
of the events which Immediately pre-
ceeded tho destruction of The, once great,
American Union, and the capture OF the
scountry by its present European rulers ;;
sand osayIaenetking slso Of ths causes
which ledso thesesdep.orsbls results. i
updeFtake e % the task Nth aslheavys heart,
for Whenever i revert 70 that terrible
tins I cannot help contracting our proud
condition up 70 that aatal year; With tie
humiliating position occupied nov By
the Alqssiesn psOplss Ebssstory is 3
short:oha. In tho tall of 1872 Horace.
Greeley, the editor of Newspaper ia
New York,awes elected PresidentEof the
United States. The people voted for;
him because they believed him to be an
honest man But he;was vain andsweak,, ;
and he entertained certain fauatlcal aud
! spreposterous notions-Jabous agricultu-
raj matters for instance he was deter :
i mined 70 force upon the people at an
] b hazards and despite All opPosition He
! believed, among other thingss that every
man; ought % go tqsthe West To- earn
bis bread, and long before he was chosen,
President he used to advise every body,
70 move TO thatSregion as a cure for all
the disasters which could befaIl the
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i e As soon as he reached ,sheEexecutiye
!. snanaion, which We used TO .csli8the
White House, President, Greeley orgaps
lied an army of two huudrsd thousand
men, and preseeded to force the Ssaboard
Estates ucstgasdg ut the point Of the
bayonet. Thentmost violence Wss used
4 Those who resisted esshot dswa. aud
their dead bodies were caEtcd of to d
natipnaf factory Which the Presid .at had
estabiished for making doniest;c fsrtiiiss
4 scrsREkll The lIafge cities q tlle East Sd
4 Were depopulased and t0ads aefe s lsnlpty.
4 The asmy swept 6dfofe 8is mmillioass 81
linen, women aud cHildrsn, aEtIf sHs Vast
sipIaiGs Weat sot K ansas an Were reaoheds
whom the pursuit ssased and fths astny
Was drawn nGpinia Continuous liue with
Soraetssto shO6t any ahO attempted e
Eyisisgthe East OF eeoufse ghpadecd4 of
thousands !N sands Of these ipeer acrestures psr-
ished from Starvation. Thisgseenad ID
highten President Greeley, snd he sent
a message to Congress fecomtnsndiue
that 700, 900 yol olupiea Of aScomic book Of
his, entitled hat / Know About
Farming, should be voted for the relief
OF thestarying sufferers. This was done,
\ and farming implements and seeds were
supplied; and then the millions Of
Iwretched outcasts made on effort 10 TIL
the ground. OF the results Of this I
4 will speak further on. r. e Eag
"In the nsanaime the President was
doing infnit Q harm TO the country ID
another way. His hand writing was SO
fearfulIJ and wondas f.iiJf Dad that mo
4 living man could read /, Aud so, when
4 he he sentchis first annual message TO Con,
gress-ethe documen entEwas dessted Who'll.
lSiys 70 4tae tarlu anu tosagrlcuIsure-.a
. sentence appeared which subsequently
4 was ascertained to be Large cultivation
! lof rptabagas and beans Is the.oply hope
i of the American nation i am snra.s
The printers not being, able 10 inter
4 4 pret this, putt in the following form,
sip which it, lEspt forth to the world !:
!, Tho GEg of Russia could knots keep
{. clean if he washed hiinself.in siia whole
Atlantic Ocean once 6 day iris
\ lpersersion. Of the message was immsdias
stely telegraphed TO Russia by The Russ.
s ian Minister, and the Czarswas SO in
A digpant that heinstaotly declared :war..
! just at this, 6me presidont Greeley
o6k se.wa Is.