The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-04-13
ssaoael Daaley's Letter.

Coloaol Q. w. Dudley has joiued the
as2asliean ranks /; and in 4 'sssser to thc
Chsrissson Courier gives h;s 3sasons for
aetiss with the dominant pafsS
Ne throws the blame OF she seoudticn
IN which tho State iinds itselfson the old
issaess, Who should have told.sRe people
shss as they were defeated, they had no
lfisAa e dictate terms. bat we're cen..
'pslIsdA 20 scseps such as were made the
soeaisioas Of peace.
~ xe ! aceitain extent this may bo true.
5at u .washard for the people to. realize
shsssssives that they did stand 10 the
siiioa cf the conquered. Notwith.
aaiiag their defeat, thsy were NOT id
], ssv TsaHs OF mind shat would make
sAsE very teachabie pupils, learning
49, lessons. iIt was difficult forthe
sppis of South Carolina to realixs that
q tsDpest had swept over their lsud,
tsasShg up BY its roots the old, vhirliug
Shctsat ediices from their, foundation
p heasing the very gound ON which
ehsy stood. Naturally people ayerse
. ianosatiOn, clingibg to all which they
son'idered sacred from age, they clung
with desperate teuacity to ropa of
sAnd. refusing to see that'is was such.
Ihe very few men Of prominence Who
I'D counsel them against their. wishes,
Wssc angrily denounced. The people of
, No South, not South Carolina alone,
he proudly followed the banner of
a.sugstfeet as it foated over the battle
4ssds of the Con!ederacy, when that
enes beloved leader ventured to counsel
shaaa 90 enlist under the banner Of a
- -: Sse..s =:;aaJ spuruedi MIN us
scEsgadc and traitor. The minds of
ths people were not in accord with such
seenssl and We do not believe that all
che "leaders' combined could have con- /
slaced certain people that if they wished
= % restore prosperity aud harmony in
fhe State they must do as Colonel Dud-
Icy himself has done, and join the ranks
IF the Republican party. l
The logic ofevents is convincing. Our
people have been, evcr since the termi-
/, nation Of the war, striving to beat back
he waves Of Republicauisn. Notwith.
standing their efforts, in one form and
another, and by various names, they
have failed, utterly failed, and to-day,
90 see, what many eyes are loath to be-
hold, Republicanism strongly cntrenched
in South Carolina.
Nov, the people Of the State did no.
AEpOse this possible all the wisdom Of
;shSis "leaders" could not have convinced
them |; but the logic of events has. Now,
thea, is the time for the men who have
led public opinion in tho State to act,
,ssd the people will find it much easier
% follow their lead than they would
NFso ocnC oouc tiIhS uSo.
Who can doubt the good effect that il
could have on the well-being of our
State if all Of our prominent men-mon
,sho; are beloved and honored-meu
lke General Hampton aud Butler,
!.sopld join the ranks Of the Republican
party, and work with it. Republication
Rcuid assume new phase among us,
and vc venture to predict that harmony,
ibstead Of discord would reign. "
!, From the first, we have had but one
Spihion en this sutject, and have follow.
ID out our honest convictions. We have
asen some of those who heaped contume-
y on US for advising this course, brought
over TO our way of thinking, and we ex.
Pect to soc more Darlington iSouthcra.
ey.
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