Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-11-20

of the Yankee; and by the Reform cam.
paign we have done the same in reference
to the negro, his equal, and probably
superior.
We can, therefore, with cfcar con-
sciences and light hearts, now apply our
selves to OUR own redemption, which is
WITHIN our grasp. Will we do it? Or
VIII we present to the world the sud spec
tacie OF people who have lost their
virtue! five are indifferent to our own
condition, gratitude to orr fallen COM
r;''!cs, and duty toourpostcrits, call upon
us in pathetic accents, to make some sac
riiice for disenthrallcd State.
Such appeals may appear puerile in
this degenerate agc, when gold is God,
and policy the watch-word; but we speak
not to scalawags or deselters, (Which are
synonymous terms) but tc those true
hearts who followed the Confederate ban
ners to the bitter end, and although nc
knowledging themselves the conquered
subjects of the United States Govern
mcnt, arc determined never to prove re-
crcant to those principles of freedom,
which overwhelming numbers alone pro-
vented them from pcrpetuating.
Let lis then go to work in earnest and
determine that political equality, which
the benign influence of Republicanism
alone prevents, shall he established in
South Carolina. But how is this to be
accomrlished2
1t is evident, especially where two
races exist, that the only just system of
government is to he derived through
cumulative voting OF minority represen.
tation, which is fast gaining ground and
being established in places where cduca-
tion and refinement are in an advanced
state. The negro, however, rejects it, and
intends to reject it, as long rs he has the
majority.
How then are we to obtain it?
We answer most emphntically by in
crcasing the white population. Herein
lies our only salvation. If we turn our
energies 10 its accomplishment, n bright
future is yet i'll store for our State, but
if we, through sordid parsimony or short
sighted views of interest, neglect it, we
are n doomed and degraded people.
Taxes are going up every year to feed
the robbers. Last year they were about
= mills; this year they are to be II mills,
andin the same proportion next year they
will I've 81 mills.
Why not pay one big tax at once and
be done with it, by each farmer resolving
that no matter what may be the cost, he
will Immediately settle one cs more i'm
migrants upon his land, according to the
area of his farm, and give each forty or
fifty acres in fee simple Us permanent
home
By this rr,cans, bcfcse the next election
we could ut least double the white vote,
and mskc the status 100000 whites to
so, 600 negroes.
The Investment would not only pay
the farmer back ultimately in reduction
oftaxes, but in the enhancement of real
estate.
In order that organization may be had,
let immigration societies be formed in
each County Immediately, to collect SUBJ
scriptions both Of land and money, and
as soon as the lists are complete, let prop
er agents be sent out for tho immigrants
Introduce them not rs laborcrs, but ms
land owners like ourselves, our equals in
every respect
1t is absurd to say TREY won't coae,
The effort has never been made, nor the
induccmcnt offered, to bring them.
But says so,nc croaking fogy, who is
afraid that the scheme might cost him
five cents, when they come they will vote
against us.
This is both unnatural, and contrary to
precedent. If they come rs hirelings it
may be so; but five bring them in ms
land owners, identity of interest, and
identity of race, will be sure to bring