The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-11-01
Why We Honor the Party.

We are suspicious Of the-man who is
continually boasting of his noble
ancestry. To know man, we must
know what ho is, not what. his father
was. Noble descent is well enough iu
its place, but when u man has nothing
better to boast of than his pedigree, he
has reached the bottom, and is little
better than tho snail that looks up with
envy at the strong winged eagle in its
lofty flight. 1t is noblcr tcascend than
descend to improve on the family stock
rather than dcteriorate. TO fall back
upon tho reputation Of our great great.
grandfather to sustain our own, is little
better than roGbing grave to secure
the jewels buried in it. So with parties;
we honor them for what they are, not
what tlcy were in days gons by. We
see nothing in Democracy but the
shadow Of great name When we ask
what it has to commend it to our con.
fidcnce, its Tweeds and Garveys and
Yarmouth, with their party plumber
concealed from view, point US to its
honorable past, before slavery corrupted
its honor, or treason destroyed It's
political virtue. Not so with tae Repub
licau party We glory in its past.
achievements, because out oftlem have
grown itspresent strength aud nobility.
What it was yesterday it is to day,
living, moving power, exertin5 au in-
fiucnce for good; defending the nation
from its enemies at home aud abroad
rotecting the liberties ofthe people;
establishing schools for popular educa-
ton; reaching out its arnito restrain
monopoles from cncroaching upon the
rights OF the people; holding the scales
of justice between capital and labor
organizing means to re'icY5 the pro
ducers of the West aud the consumers
of the East, and exactins rrsm its ser
wants an honest and econop1lial admin
istratiog Of the Govern tssI,t .saes4
good and sufficient reasons VIC honor the
Republican party. We take Just PRIDE
in its past ACHIEVEMENTS, because they
have given birth to our prcseus aspira-
Hi"ms. We have taken no step back
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have proven false, but the rank and file
were true, and loyal hands caught up
ihe old flag and kept it aaoat in tie
vanguard Of civilization. The nohlest
army will have lis deser,crs, the npblest
party will have its faithless servants,
but neither army nor party can suffer
as long as the Sreat body remains true
to the cause. he Republican party
represents the progressive ideas Of the
people, not the ambitious desigus Of its
leaders The detection of a ladder, the
dishonesty Of an Official, the failure of
representative to reflect the wishes Of
his continents, have no other effect than
to arouse the people to greater caution
IN the selection Of their public servants
The great political body is sound its
faults are few, and, when discovered,
easily remedicd. As the present con1i-
tion Of the party is as worthy Of com
mcndatipn as its past, 10 tho iuture will
add, rather than detract, from its glory.
We have much to do; the work so well
accomp' shed having brought other and
larger duties for the party to perform {:
To disarm ignorance, suppress. vice, pro.
tcct labor, encourage Immigration, de
velope our wonderful resources, protect
he public credit, adapt the national cur
rency to the wants Of the public, aud TO
maintain justice and secure honesty in
every section Of the land and every
branch OF the Goye!nmcn ut, are duvics
as IMPOSING as any that have been laid
upon the party in the past,-Ecchongc