The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-03-23
Shall the Majority Govern {!

The Greeley faction have made tho
most notable discovery of tho nge tia,
is, that it is the right of the minority 10
control the majority. The mass of tho
Republican Party honor and confide in
Gen. Grant They 6nd that the coun.
try has prosrcred under his Aduinistra.
ton, and they earnestly dcrirc to cou-
tinuc state of things productive of
such go d results The maicon,elts say
no !. This is a question net TO be decided
! by the majority. The minority have u
voice in the aattcr, aud it is a voice
that must C respected. We ars not to
be rarnlyz"d Ly an old saw. hat wisdom
goes with numbers he convenient
rule that the majority shall govern has
had its day. The majority may rule,
indeed, if it will b. engineered by us.
and makes the selection for Presidential
candidate that we prefer, hut o. othe: :
wise If they consent 10 that, then the
party continues in the most Harmonious
relations. But if, as We perceive, the
majority ore res lived upon dlffercn.
cour,c; il, despite our remoastrauccs,
they are sill determined to renonfinate
Gen. Grant, then and in that case, we
demur-wc will not submit
This is just the position Of the Trio
nnc aud its slender tolrwing y few
country papers, aud at most halt dpzcu
Senators at Washington, set up this new
d"ctrine, and cndeavor TO justify them.
selves by series OF foul assaults upon
the Administration. Such an attempt
to reverse the binding force of ali party
organizations is too iccbly sustained by
any logical conclusions, or by any cxis
ting necessity, to bc seriously criticised
And yet we must deal with il as we
would deal with any false preteusc that
may Tor Il m meut attract attention,
th"ngh sure Of being ultimately dis
cardcd.
All political disorganizcrs 20 to work
10 that amiable, couscicatiurs way
Motives may be various, but GO ,iect
is the same. 1t is to break ,i,,. ard
build up amid the RUNS of the past-to
cast away accumulated capital, and
create new currency-to reject the
lessous of experience, aud try the merits
nf fresh experiment An ambition,
or corrupt subrrdinate has not received
all the Difference lie ilnayines himself
entitled tn, or all the pay his services
have mcrtcd lie demands a larger
field, ar ighrr = 'sitinn than his been
accorded tn hi.n heretofore. The de
mand is perempt"ry is M humbc
request, to be disios ui upon its
rcasonable"css. a. ""h '"t 'ence to the
exigenc! of the DC. .sl,n. The iud.
ment Of the tribunal referred 20 is
adverse To the claim 1t NAV be re
fused altogether, or merely postponed to
! q i;.ss..u :iay.
Your injured suitor t;,lls ck upon
hys Preserved rights" flo inius.s . mu
tinons spirf iutp MS followers, lnd re-
solves t. dApnsc the power he cannot
subdue u his wishes
This Is tha feeling ,hrt has brou ,ht
the kcpubIcan par;y into it> present
condition. The parry is reduced to his
Alternative, either to be governed ana
guided hy It's oi, long established rules
by tho wli ot tha m Jor t.; OF it's nicm,
bcrs. aScerfaincd ~ familiar l.ethod...
ry'eid I" an Hsurrutl"n that would be
sue L" c'.a destruction No party is
exempt nom en,cHfes of this character r
orig mating wi'h acsign.u% u,en, aud
pushed for bad purposes They are the
necessary incident" and unavoidable
perils of all voluntary as,ocntians Th,
patriotic inteutinnS o. the ar1e .uiurty
are, in the natural order ut thi:rs
checked 10y the sinister views of the
interes' minority. fhe tepublican
Party happens I" be passing thruu, h au
ordeai Of TIN, k'Ad It's inte,ligcnt MA
jorlly are called up II I" sur cnder tn cir
authority Al nc Dencst of "a iac,iun, TO
submit to u saling aud untndurable
sacrifice Tor the sake ot a peace that
would heal DO wounds, aud render fu.
ture triumphs out Of the question. 1t
has to choose between two courses tho