The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-05-25
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oRANoERuRa, s. G.,
Nov oAtb 1870


May Gath, 1872.
Editor Osange5ury Neps.
Il IL rarely the case that public off.
Ger feels called upon to defend his off
sial acts when misrepreseuted by q
malignant partisan press. In such cases
ne naturally expects the organs that as.
sume to hold up to the world the miro,
Of truth, as matter of justice to step
forward and expose and blow away tn q
vile slime. and, filth which too often,
how.a.days bring into disgrace the mis-
==sion of the journalist. Such, sa, j.
= I thsasgitimate expectation of the official
~ aSjastly, hntfuthfully and unmanly as.
saileds Whom, however, he experiences
disappointment in that connection it be.
comes his duty, no matter how unpleas-
..odiaatnttsl lit may be, to champion his own
e4slfqause. I find myself thus circumstanced.
AI1gi In tho last issue of the Orangeburg
5el aTpies, the editor saw fit to attack me
.st che second time because of the existene ee
q sofSSaa i 2 law. the provisions of which, it is
my duty to carry out. I refer to the
,iaMicense Act.
- The Editor of that journal in allud-
ssMrgto the tax which the Attorney G en-.
brleral desided that Ministers should pay i,
esnsays:f 4trA.r
t,I,iefHi1t has been mooted by some super
fictitious people that Van Tassel, our
Copnty Auditor, has been squeamish in
his consciences as to using the money
edshas he has taken from the ministers in
al town Ifso, he is the first Radical who
.4sfhas ,hesitated to con6scate any goods
they eyer came afoul Of"
=, e44t would not require ''superstitious"
Person to decide that the man who could
6,d deliberately, write and publish the ex-
autract quoted was ever accused of being
,t,.fsqueamish" in his conscience for not on
~. is. it o willful Misrepresentation of the
ssruth, but cool, uprepentant perver-
=, sion, ofits slightest sembancc. I have
Il aerer received license fee from single
s Minister in this County. In my alb
.1ssn ssnce Mr.. Brown applied to my Clerk
Il for one, 1t was granted But how the
Democracy, or the Church lost any thing
by the, operation cannot understand,
innsmueh as one Of those who never hesi-
tsatfsStteeconascate fStee any goods they come afoul
oef9 paid the license required. Nor Dem
,oScyst, nor Reformer, nor Conservative,
aid j.! A REPUBLICAN satisfied the
lay. ii So much for this point.
osuoHsssY q as sts. to the duties of my Office lam
vdaps Executive aPpointce, and have sworn
ldts dc. my daty. A law is passed. To carry
out a part of its provisions devolves
upon me, and no matter whether or not
pksympathise with its demands, yet am
dtIn compelled to see it executed, SO far as
ssitrl sit lies eip my power to do SO. Can any
ssandid man deem me censurable under
-i,sHch circumstances Tho money is not
>spaida, tonne. Every dollar given for
licenses has to be handed to the Treasu-
4 nEsTg before license can be issued from
myIofhce. The act is explicit on this
edpoint, and above all, SO very clear that
sIhad 4 thought the dullest mind among our
eE SSg tnSSs1tE'nSs'toi VIC Nv" coulu not lail
sssaa comprehend it, 1t is impossible for
,-elipe ne to use, qpyy moneys belonging to the
State. and nd the man who imputes such to
.Ime ljssssssF If the Democracy Of this
nGoanppsty nm ylae expect to achieve victory in
1.-The adtlhheA fall ALL iby .eeggpg on their not over
oif9esap if9esaponsibhla jbhl mouth pieces, say that do
:, not envy them. the sweets of sucb fated
n aelqBsiiforn, but do cmphatically protest
Against myself being made the object
over whose head others are to be lam.
pconed, aud in the future shall deem
such lacubrations of the penny-a-liner
Of the 7tmes more susceptable of my
,drmer, contempt, than OF strict gramati-
alcal .s@onrpstruction. So a
sd, no rofql JAS. YANTASSEL.