Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-03-13
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price mark seems to cry, 81 say old b,y;
how's that for high?"
Economy and Reform" is to be tile
rallying cry in the next election, and un-
less n change is brought abo'lt at thepolls,
the State is irrctriewably ruined.
The Republican. State Convention /
South Carolina. after clloosinga delega-
ten to the Philadelphia Convention. nd
opted resolutions endorsing Governor
Scott, the noteriouspiundcrcr, and Gcner-
al Grant. 1t is cninently consistent of men
who uphold the unlimited robberies of
the South Carolina carpet basgcrs-rob-
berries that even the Ku Klux Committee
dcnonnce rs the most Infamous that have
occurred in any of the Southern States
TO express at the same time their graf
ification with Grants peculiar admirnstra-
ton of fafi;,irs. The carpet bag thieves
know that their only hopes for contin-
uancc oftheir opportunities tor plumber
lies in the reelection of the great Gift
Takcr.
Da7imorc Sam.
The Right Rev. w. b. N. Howe, ad-
ministered the rite of cu,firmatioi to
seven persons OH last Sunday, ut Sumter,
in the Church of the Holy Comforter.
1t is not enough thar you are praised
by the good: you have failed somewhere
in your duty ifyou ara not. cursed by the
bad
Denouncing knarery in the abstract
is like tossing pebbles into the ocean: it
Is only w1'cr s,,U,slrcls arc specifically
collarel md hcldslr To public scorn and
settling hat ls,c waters are troubl, q 10
some purpose"
"h?.oneniy and Rcfnrm," IS to he the
Lying cry IN the next ei.c i,n, and m
| SO Il clrs.nsse he r,usht s,,sut at t c
polls. he Stare is irr. tri, vsbls ruined.
The Washington Republican, saws loval-
y, before ih,e war, chad v,ay little l.uld
upon the Southern lnlture Perhaps it
lad, but Since the war, il has had hold
upon n vast amount Of Southern plumber
WA.HISGToN lEv,SG says: al think
it an invaluable n.lvuntagctnb. born and
brought up i'll the ncigli,orl,ood of some
grand and noble object in na,urc--u
river, Il lax /, or II mountain. We make
a friendship with il; VIC, III "a manner, ally
ourselves to it for life. 1t remains M
object of our pride and affections; rally
ing point to call us home again, after alf
our wandcringS. * thank Go,L
| was horn OH the Hudson! Ii has ever
hccn to ine II river of delight. In tl,.
warmth of my Non,llul enthusiasm,
used to clotho it with moral attribute,
and almost to give it a soul. / admired
It's frank, bold, honest character; its noble
sincerity and perfect truth. Here was
no spccious, smiling surface, covering tie
dangerous sand,bar or insidious rock,
but u stream deep .as it was broad, and
bearing with honorable faith the bark
that trusted to Hts wayez. | gloried in
its simple, quiet, majestic, epic Aow, ever
straightforward. Once, indeed, it turns
aside fora moment, forced from its course
by opposing mountains, but it struggles
bravely through them, and Immediately
resumes dts straightforward march--an
emblom of u good mans course through
life, ever simple, open and direct; or if
overpowerad by adverse circumstances,
he deviates into error, it is but momen-
tary; he soon RECEIVERS his onward and
honorable career, and continues it to the
end of his pilgrimage"
A disrespectful correspondent of the