The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-02-17

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good as stheao aothcrh inAfactsthatb there
would be no such hing as pnrty But
we have te take the world asIwe aOdilit
and pea as we d8d them. We must
takesthc State aud itstroubles as they
stand to-day, and, as true men, do the
best we can.
Looking at the whole question in
plain, practical light, We come to the fol-
lowing conclusions.
The majority of men in this State be.
lieIye in Republican principles, as vital to,
and IF III, hss,v ,vfFs S5ss2ar spirit s0gEo our State and
naipPaf' 'Goyerp@eahs Ihey,b believe that
Ealt tmcb accepting these principles hon
Restly, should be willingto to stardt byItbem
boldly, under the name Of Republicans,
and that "who is not with US $ against
ius;;9'n that haiti those who accept the results
ofthe war, and Of Republican Legislation,
merely as accomplished facts,'' do, in
fact, reject and deny them as r,riinciples; /;
that those who reject them as priuci.
| pies must do SO on principle, and would,
on principle, bring about another condi-
tion ofil"accomplished facts'' as soon as
they had tlie powerto do 30.
This view seems natural and reasona-
BILE, An colored men entertain it, and, /,
as Republieanism means, to them, Lib
erty, thGy have determined that the
Party shall not fail until they are weary
of the G oddess. 'N
u But, it is asked why does the Repub-
Ilican party place SO many corrupt men in
Rof6ce? We might we'll retort that Democ-
racy is equally unfortunate in this re-
spect, and point to New York City and
elsewhere. But we are treating Of mat
tcrs in South Carolina, and are willing
to meet the question squaroly. We
answer, 1ibecausc there are so few true
lmen, of intelligence enough to be lead
crs, in the Republican party in this
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State. The condition of political af-
fairs, and the apathy or, disgust of men
,of the. old school which fullowed the
late war, left the State in condition PC
culiarly favorable to the advent and sue.
cess of bad, but shrcwd and eutcrprising,
men from the North and elsewhere, who
r,werc not slow to perceive aud avail
themselves of tho advantages of the sit
uation. They came to survey the land
and found (tllongh not for the irst time
in the worlds history remarkable
condition, Of affiirs-the wealthy, in !.
,telliseut aadlrc6ned classes on the wrong
side, and the poorest and uost ignorant
of all classes on the right side, of a
grave political question. And they
found this latter class not only with the
right. but with the Tolitical might, on
their side. , .,.7l
~ At'this precise and critical juncturc,
the men who had Hitherto directed the
politics Of lhe State, thought fit to aban-
don pnhlic affairs entirely to the new
comsrs, s,--whea, as We believe it is gen.
orally conceded, a frank acceptance of
the new principles, as principles, by the
ancient guardians Of the State's honor
aud welfare, would have continued them
Indefinitely in their trust. With their
action Seshave notthe right to find fault.
They meant nobly--they acted unwisely.
They were not good sailors, but, having
struck n rock, they determined to go
down with their ship. True-heartcd,
but, for themselves, short,sightcd.
The result is patent The native Re-
publican who sprang to meet the live
issues Of the newborn day-the letters
Of his mind, and the cloud before his
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limbs-was the late slave His first
effort was to secure for himself, bnycnd