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

lPpprposs aud i'is not possible for tbs
editorial prodigy Of tho Mc~,so change
them, AZ nsy be constitutional pre-
objection on lis part towards certain
qaadruped, sssngthened BY practical
land familiar sssosiasioss, which make
itislmost inpsssibie for Aim 10 allude 20
on antagonistaxishous having the Gu.
pheuseus Dsrsyings of an ass to in.
spir' his esaru
"Afsllow- w-fssliHs1aakss us wondrous kiad,"
but wouldn's il be hes. for him to leave
asses aloueY Editors who live in elas,
houses should not throw stones.
90 much ior]our friends facetiousness.
His atssutiSu Is now invited .v,v
from such themes. We implors ,
thought or two Of his mind upon cub
Jeot' In the Contemplation of which, the
mind has to be freed from its former in.
sp'Fa''0n'' mink brother, and if we
have got yaas aiaa answer u. tho fol-
flowing quessioSs :,
FIRST. We desire to know why you
opposed the reform movement in 1870 ?
Second. Why you declared through
the columns ss your Journal, The. nc
nonest waite man could belong to it,
because as you, alleged, negroes vere {.
part Of it.
Third. If you opposed it thon from
rriA'iple-beos saso opposed to shs negro
how can you, with any degree of con-
'is'ency' lend sear support two years
later to Hor=ooiGreeley'
Fourth. What do you mean by sub.
'eribing to the Cincinnati platform, with
the following declaration of prin eiples
forever fauntsd at the head of your
columns!
"This is a White Mans Gove,nw emit
and must be ruled by White Men. There
mus be no 7aa.iF' for protection. The
state Gouer''mA11s of The South, must he
controlled by Hasits Msa.- -,ci.ose interest;
are identified ,cieh the .Sou.h."
Fifth Did bot you fall out with the
Republican part y because of the public
printing being,..k,n away from you /?
Did not your bsosher, of tho Wutchnan
receive thrasAiug at your hands every
week until he consented to make the
following asresAens with you, although
the WdscKRds< et5 the work
"AoKEgMENT."
SUMTER, s. G., October 1871.
We, the undersigned, p-oprietors
respectively o. the Sumter Ratchman
and Sumter Necs, d" hereby gree and
bind ourselves TO each othe- that we
will ct.jointiy and with mutuai unler-
standing in regard 70 tho advertising or ,
the Report Of the County Commission.
ers, and will tiet, either OF us, make any
contract or agreement tor the publics.
tion of the same at price less than our
regular rates unless the same rates are
awarded both papers, and in case either
one Of the papers should sipsly rcceive
the advertising, the pay received there
fore shall be equally divided between
both papers.
Aud it il furthez anderstood that the
above agreement sl,all continue and ap-
ply in regard TO any and nll public and
official advertising. both County aud
State, which may be hereafter done.
excepting the contract now existing on
the part Of the Snmter Ne,os with I. j.
Coghlan, until the end of his present
term Of Office.
(Sisned,) w. Y. PAXTON,
For GILBERT l. FLOWERS,
lSigned,) DARR g. OSTEEN.
Under the above Agreement, we shall
charge the proprictors Of tho Sumter
Watchman for one half the amount of
all advertising, &C., published in that
paper.
Sixth, and lastly. Is journal who
slapdersd every leader Of the Reform
party, denounced them AZ traitors,
through prinetples alleged to be honest,
to be trusted soday in its support of a
platform three times AZ radical in its
nature? and be consistent in doing so
With sha .boaa ,,,;-Roo,LE.