The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-03-09
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1t is the earnest desire of the News,
s'usaIia al ssff5ds, ,1discassiob, dsettle facts
ss,'ha hrsss ashaH then aBpy ,pFiHoaipis; Hi oaiis and
lna yhap themselves en- are under
at4sB consideration, to exclude al All matteTrc
o'lealitraneoas, to- the questionas mot usolv-
"isss,eFose is, Involved bypithdsa principles.
sni srThisis, indeed theonly course to be pur-
'idaii sued by those whose design, it argumcu t.,
letsHrfy to arrive it the truth. % safa oCt
''H '''7H Believe in Republica anis&. 1--WE
believe in it on principle. . We believe
that Republicanism, even while dis hon
,.b aoi,ayt ioTsd by ,f corrupt men who adopt aud
,,id19 odaSocate. it for their own selfish pur-
sI9in odtossss is infinitely preferable to- a aDe-
-assd:emo6racy which, felictates itself uron1
being, to use the Times own words,
Hdi'suudimmed' by one flaw of Republican,
ISM and which sees, in the event of a
war between our own country and for.
"eF oieign power having nc claim what
-. ever upon Chat Deniecracys good will!
.,y.o only reason eo to be anxious ;hat England
.a1.i,l should g Eventually succeed" Unworthy
ID s,nlen do, indeed, lay dextrous fingers upon
~" the hard-earncd money of our people,
h'e'"T but they have yet degree of crime to
: learn ere they would bind their. country
hand aud foot to make an easier prey for
,,, her rival. They, may, perhaps, as a a
y.b +, fgqre, "prey upon her. .yitplls," but they
~, do not either directly. or indirectly pro-
pose, in fact, to deliver her body to the
enemys~=z4 ,s~-
.'N These are our views us to the com.
,Al paratiNyee. I've, merits of Rcp.ublcanism and
bna Democracy. ii The, Times. occupies the.
other platform. We are not aware
thatthe-two Journals differ materially as
ois i,tc the facts discussed, but they are dia.
7uo 1'metrically opposed as to the principles
7. involved. The Tin,ra .l!. IL d
mocrpcy ''undipmed by one faw of Re-
publicanism;" we advocate Republi-l
canism unsullied by the slightest taint
H.. .i!of. such q Democracy. ...5
,iA7'sr This is the issue, and this issue VIC
,. have rendered fairly and squarely to the
Democratic press We have franklylud.
Sypo1 nritted nit that there are many, corrupt men
and many corrupt practices in. the Re
publican. party, though to an infinitely
Ii.gt- LEGS degree than is !the case with the
q. Democratic party of New York s. But
'' that is 'entirelya ride issue, if it be an
' issue at all. Tie sist Of the whole mat
ter lies. in the question propounded by
M us in our = Plain Talk" of February
18th, "Are they (South Carolinians) op-
po:ed tothe principles of Republican,
ism ?" This question has been eyer
=, since before the Times, and We are still
waiting for q direct answer fiom that
journakl Z Al ,o Da.i u a. ~ 'i@
If Democracy is antagohistic to, the
principles of Republcanism, let its
!. friends own up sqdarcly. 7 We have an
opinion of our own that it is that, III
fac, Democracy of the present day means
hostility to Rcpubcanism, and nothing
else. We believe that it has no other
-i.alitv thnn that derived fro ~ sh;;s
feeling of hostility. If we are
the Times can easily set US ri
answering one question more, VI
now put to it point blank: i !.
"To which, if any, of the pr
of Republcanism, is Deniocri !:
posed!"
Ard here we must beg the
should it again honor our editors,
Its consideration, to reply to our
tions in the form in which we p,
ourselves and to, ,state our admisf fions in
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