The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-09-05
FOR TIE JOURNAL.
Our State and C0u1,fry-A View OF
-''. the Situation.

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ference of choice of a proper candidate for
the Chief Magistracy of our Republic, by
different classes of onr inhabitants. The
disagrceab!e consequences of dissensions are.
obviously, known to all. enjoying the bcne.
fits of Republican form of government. The
constantly recurring elections for public OF:
fccrs in the Roman Repab!;c, were seasons
when the popular mind was overwhelmed
with Indignation at the rumors of corrup-
ton, and bribes given. AS these irrcgularl-
ties were but the harbingers Of tho final DO
struction Of Roman sway, may we not hope
that the bribery and corruption that has
marked the Administration of President
Grant will prove to the world at large, the
total decay and legencracy of the once pow
erful Radical party. If our State admins
tration has not put the stamp Of everlasting
infamy on tho Radical party, the fcnd in.
earnate must have blishted the moral and
religious sensibilit.es of our countrymen.
What will our sister States think of US, if
such a phenomenon Of cnormity and mean
ness as Jmlas Moses, is raised to the gubcr-
material chair, once occupied by the wealth
and respcctability of the State? Who, Mr..
Editor, does not know, that Melton and Orr
would be reproaeh to tho morals of the
Beioiuas of the desert, and to the honor Of
the sable inhabitants OF Iayti and Central
Africa? But this State government: a pu.
trid carcass, Il revolving spectacle: has tainted
the breeze, and the great revolution and thirst
for reform at the North, shows the stencil
has Mt last reached the nostrils of the nation,
and all things tend to lig'l item up the orient,
as if the sun of prosperity was about 10
show himself National purity is the heart.
vein of national prosperity. and onr Repub-
lie must 20 down, if this channel of life is
pierced by relentless atlvcnttrers
1t is, therefore, with heartfelt gratilica-
tipn, that we of the South joy in the knowl.
edge that there is commution in the
camp" Pray, Mr.Editor. if our country is
not being purged, what is the meaning of
the Cincinnati Convention, and tho great
stampede for Greeley and Brown? What
is til! meaning Of those brbes given by the
Administration party ut the capital, which
resulted in the Radical triumph in North
Carolina, and in the proposition Of u Con-
vcntion at Louisville, a movement to split
the Democratic unity for Greeley? Our
President himself, afirms, that if reelected,
he will purge his cabinet Of its dross, ex'
cludiag all of its members save one; thus
acknowledging corruption in his own fami.
ly. We don't want Il President who du-
ring his whole ministration, docs nothing
but for the selfish motive of insuring his re-
election The advance of civilization should
effectualy prevent oppression, and the repo-
sing of such power in the hands Of Il Presi-
dent of Republic us Grant has graspcd with
his ambitious clutches. There are, perhaps,
few thinking men in the whole country,
who have not been convinced of the perfect
imbeciity and malicious hatred which have
marked the rule of the Executive Depart
mcut at Washington, during the last four
years. 1t was not the object of the united
Republican party, who by their votes elect
cd Grant, to Gust upon tho country an un-
principled dronc, President who spends
his summers at watering places, his winters
in similar manner; and President who,
OIL Il certain occasion, impatlently requested
Congress, arIcntly contcndins over the San
Domingo and Ku-Klux questions, to ad-
journ, in order that he might attend the
opening of the Spring races at Long Island
No, Mr.. Editor, the action Of the greater
part Of this party has proven what have
said. If Grant is again elected, ho will
be compelled to uphold this State Gov
crncnt, and tho intolerable taxation will
ctfectunlly preclude the possibility of the
influx Of immigration 50 much desired. We
will come to i stand-still. commence retro
gressive movement. and finally, poor South
Carolina will possess but miserable rem.
nant of what she formerly possessed But
may these days never come. Greeley will
be the great representative of that power
which will avert these calamities. Our uni
ted realm will glory in the possession of the
purity she once cnjoyed, and North and
South will :: clasp hands across the bloody
chasm."
The polit'c crisis has arrived. IF right
prospcrs, our dear Republic must soon rise
to the emincnce of ancient Rome, in point
of wealth and Importance, and the number
nf GREAT men now pressed down by Darty hate