Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-10-16


the suppression Of that Southern aristoc-
racy which we SO energetically denounced
when it existed in the full strength of its
influence. Scarcely anything was or
could be more distasteful or even hateful
to us than the carriage, sentiment and
self arrogated position IF that proud and
Pretentious aristocracy whicf. adopted the
spirit and department of the English no.
bility and gentry. But one who looks
back over the history of the country from
its birth rs q nation must now see and
own that the influence of. This southern
aristocracy was an element of immense
value in shaping the character CT ss;;r
public men and politicallife The exist
ence of many things is only realized by
their temporary absence. For nearly
ten years the South as a political power,
has been withdrawn from the Union. 1t
has been ruled, repressed and stifled in
its old c!.ars etes and influence lftl1 by the
worst kind of carpet-bagging BouR-
GEoIsE. During this denoralizing RE-
CINE, it has been sfiorn of all the locks,
OF its poweron the national government
and public men of the country. It has
not sent to Washington single repre-
sentative ofits old historical families, no
Calhoun, nor Clay, nor Benton, nor Ber-
rien. None of its old names have an
swercd to the roll.call in either house at
the capitol. None of its old chivalry, its
high sense of honor, has been represented
by the newly imported men who have
pretended to answer for theSSouth. The
spirit whica, she boasctd, and which we
denounced, has ceased to net upon the
political morality of the nation. Per-
haps the whole Northern mind rejoices
at this emancipation. We are now show
ing tile world, and proving to ourselves,
what we arc doing and can do without
the influence of Southern aristocracy,
as we called it.
es, I'VE have shown to the world and
to ourselves what We can do as q nation
lsyitlout The ii,fassnce Of the Southern
lmind without the pretcitious sciiiialry'
and "higli sense of honor, y and contempt
of small and crooked ways which the
"first families of Virginia and other
Southern States boasted of. We have
shown what the trnde spirit, unchecked
b, the influence of such chivalry, can do
when it rervades the entire nation, dom
inating national and State legislation,
aud touching with its golden wand the
highest court of justice in the land. We
have seen how this great republic has
been transmitted into ringpublic, while
the South has been reduced to political
noncntity; what concentric series of
rings, what "whecls within wheel" MS
i'll the prophets vision, have been pro-
duccd from the centre to The circumter.
ence of til" Union.
Look ut the succession of these rings /:
frst. the primary meeting" ring, or the
village caucus OF half dozen politicians
making up their ''slate" around gro
GERS cask of onions or dried apples
FOLLOW the series OF political rings from
that primary meeting of free and inde-
pendent citizens up through the State
conventions to the Congressional caucus
and lobby at Washington. Then take
the corporation rings, and follow them
from the centre to the circumference of
their power. Do the same with land
rings, gold rings, wheat rings, traffic and
transportion rings, aud tariff rings
Look Mt the great railway rings, that
touch with their perimeters either ocean;
at the Credits Mobilicr they orga nize,
the legislation they control, and the leg
isiators they demoralize and smirch with
the pitch Of dishonest transactions See
what men i'll the highest places of trust
have sold and soiled the characters the
public have given them bv hasting to be
rich by treachery or fraud. See how
the fine gold Of political and commercial
probity have been dimmed by these trans.
actions, and the suspicious they cngcndcr.
What the French mean by BuRGEousE,
we express by stIonny. .nl no uord -,