The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-10-31

posum policy, carried her last State
election hy storm, almost sweeping the
entire State
"tmH uc 6i,idc or encmirs ,rc shall
attack thtm 1n ram; and there is no brite
no temptation we can offer that will So
divide and demornlize them rs by en-
conraginG radical candidates who have
been defeated for nominations in their,
own party 10 boh and rely on the dem.
ocrats for help to get the Offices thew
want. In this way the second most
popular radical leader that aspircs to
any Office in the State can, as a rule, be
bought up; and this combjnetf in intlu
cncc void bring over to the democrats
at least one-,hird of the radio II lolSw
crs who could never again fin. welc mo
in the radical inld II prc/crrcd Mc
pohrY may be cuiic1 Il temporary pa,l
mcrshY mih tie rali;ca1 decH To act on,
.y has clutches and then thrash him. II
has proven very Pandora's box to the
radicals IN those States where it has
been properly tried, causing fi-hts mt
hcadlnartcrs among the generals that
have extended to their partisans
throughout the rank and file II has
let to crininafion oud ycc,i,niuoiion,
blo'rs and rorutn.-Jdoje$. uot ony orcr lie
./cost drount!fhc mdhoyany, JG orcr. thc
crumbs ut the si"e tubtc; cuusca guarycls,
an MePo'7or, 9mnrrcks IN tie hiichcn. qunr
''efs IA the cabin, 9uarrcks IN Mc Ecla.
and s"p;cion, hatred and wor To tie
hnyc eccywhcrc, that President Grant
n,cliered i'll behalf of Kello.y's or Nv.
SO cGicacions has Ais possun, y lirv
been IN ysc"ing the Confederate .S,,ttrs
from their chnins, that the President
and New England dread its use above
everything in the four remaining p.n,.
tra,c States; and il South Caro.in,
should successfully prltics it t., any.
great extent at the cappro:cI,i Gle ton.
is stated bef,rc, am p.rsp, 10 III,
President would int rtore with III
hayonct us he did in Louisiana. New
England Is almost crazedaJ the ,ar
OF losing tho u.s. Of her t,o!s
or the South-the sc,lawags an catp,,
66a;GSScrs She an | Graat, us ais, wit.
tsp aboye, will hold control or,,,. lour
tro>tratc statcs until uitc: tho next
President election u. all hazards, irihcy
darc do j. For these re,,sonS, at th,.
:. u .,.,e-., -.
the rossum policy t. do m.rcth,,nl
.ive the democrat. Il majority III onc
house OF tic Legislature. anl pcrh,rs. II
tontioliin., voice in most OF the bolrl>
Of commissioners, even il our people
should adopt that policy anI had b.oa
property prcpar ne ior it. But they
lave not tccn go preparing.
oar colitor. 1'otiic'nns oml racrs
shoahl, since 'ust <y,ri"g, hocc hcra iciHny
Me ycd'cuf d:1>i,Mts .f1r ogicc aNoerr Mr
State Hut Tia Democrats mouM non,nti,c
no candidates .t1r Sta" oDices. nnd only
u.1tac cdm1ulo'cs ./ir iocoi und My;s'attrc
9Vief mite ctcction districts hnr;"y ,n,G.
car myoriiy. They also should have
Lccn inviting every radical aspirant,
when defeated for the nomination. he
sought ut the hands Of his own party
10 60h with his friends, and the demo
Gratis wouli help him get the Office he
sought. In this manner boiling radical
candidates. strong in radical followers.
ctu!d have been manufactured blythe
wholesale and formidable alliances form
ed Tor the day orbattlc. 1t was thus
the other States did.
But s"me mysterious influence seems
to have governed the editors of South
Carolina since the war. Why they did
not many years ago urge his possum
pcliry on tie +, opie orthe State is per
Ieclly inexpIicablc. State after State
i'll the South achieved victory by it, yet
our editors have never once press ID it
home on their readers. Still they could
Igt II felormism-plcdge the domoc
racy oithe Statertn pure Rutiirui plat
torm, and then ask the radicals to give
the democrats all the Offices us reward
fer their treason, when the Offices were
thcn aud always willbe the first thing
the radicals wantin politics. Our fos
siliIerous, palsied politicians cannot ap
prove possumlsm, it seems, yet they
Gould approve the radicalim Of uni,
reform, and came very near thereby ;des
troying the organization OF the NATIONAL
democratic party They cannot humble
their Iroud souls nor soil their clean
hands. with pcssumism, yet they could
send whining committee, hat in
hand, TO beg some bowels Of compassion
from Henry Wilson, who spurned them
as he wouid'whippcd ours, just as they
ought TO have expected.
As, long as tho apresent powers shall
rule at Washington, South Caroline
willS never knock of her letters except
with rossumlsm: But help from abroad
may be look led for soon, not bccluae the