Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-03-06
OEaANGEBURG, SOUTH

! poisiniszS oackeu' py' tabled wealth,
end Golssal code that challenges the
eanuiasioa' Of the Best modern govern ,e,r
mesnts, where virtue was, rewarded, and
Woe pupiahed, where enterprise was fost-
cred, and idatpnsss prescribed, even siie, iii &,
in shslyaipa attempt to stiAe truth, aso aso re- :
vealedl within her borders in the firrstt
eentasysiall easyy prey ~ to anarchy and
diaineinberment. A'''7' '
Rome, the proud mistress of the world,
whose gonfalon foated from Ceea to sea-
and whose aegis nurtured the nations of
the earth, Whose genius, and whose
power, Rhese wisdom and grandeur, reads
like q tale Of fiction, exchanged her regal
sway for Agrafianism, a doctrine thai,
excited the'basest passions Of man, mnna 1,n and
her empire d&indled to, contempt, rrE like
e bali ceat from band to hand. 4, She be.
came the, sport of nations, until her
palaces We're parcelled rs spoil among
the yandali lisoldiery of the Goth and HUI
HeFe the cunning sophistrics Of ip5hiiloass-.
6phy, pahdeFed TO the -depprnayScstl passions
Of ita disciples, and a'd truth the Elm immutable
source Of light, fed her borders, leaving
behind chaos of darkness and confusion.
Mark the history ofs modern France,
where prescription and persecution at
tempted to bind peoples conscience to
the decree Of tyranny, A land Of. love
lines, ls and garden of beauty, is turned
into q n daughter n house, and scene of
mps,rping, and thousands fied.in exile to
alien lands.ur To-day the worlds gay Gay
capitolsis the spectacle Of intear!nnicinc
strife. and The charneli house of butehery,
and and her proud ''arch Of triumph" the,
fest Of p MOB mob 10, olis dgora sr
Let rs contemplate our own land, so
lately the arena for the development Of
the grandest civilization, undor tic foster.
ing care Of 'untrammcllcd political and
religious libesty. A land destined to be
the theatre Of the most brilliant achieve
ments recorded in nny previous history,
and while it invites genius to expand its
wings in realms Of undiscovered acicncc,
1t gathers from every quarter of the
globe, the fostering elements of disaticc
ton and depray!y. The liberia of its
institutions opens wide to the oppressed
an asylum of refuge, and here the victim
OF tyranny assumes the dignity of Il
freeman. Yet its privileges of citizen
ship are too readily vested in those
whose adventurous spirit, bold aim, or
ignorance. render them restive under the
mildest restraints, and ever ready to nc
cept new theories, tending to personal adj
vancemcnt, or pecuniary benefit, they
enroll upon the side of revolutionary fac
sions, whose, leaders mould their plant
and ready material to thoir selfish ends.
And while q few are capable of elevating
themselves to an atmosphere of truth,
the masses ignorant, or reckless of the
rationai objects Of life, and its duties,
degrade themselves below. tho most sla-
wish instincts as they swell the tide of
deprayity that threatens to sweop over
the barriers of law and order. Here, al
ready burn the fierce fires Of socialism,
more relentless than Indian savagcry,
the pFaeGcal embodiment of an inhdeIity,
that knowing no higher law than self,
would uproot civil rule, and establishing
Communism would devastate the
work Of patient industry with the torch
oftbo ihcendiary. The doctrines Of hu-
man equality, = sclfgovernment, and
rlaturel right Of suffrage, are being now
tested. amid n mass ofheterogeneous ma
torial, the record Of other like, expert
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