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

pursuing the great principle that it wa:
not education nor property, but his man
hood, based on the Declaration of Iu-
dependence, that gave him his rights.
L find the democratic party steadil y
opposing this great work-thc csta blish
ment Of human rights. I find it, in
1868, declaring the constitutional
amendments unconstitutional, revnlu.
tionary and void-not only unconstitu.
tional, but revolutionary; not only
revolutionary, bat void ini their
chief purpose is the undoing Of tn,
great work Of emancipation. may
again allude to the past, but have put
forward in brief the reasons why sus.
tain the party. DO mem equality in
social life, i'll property, or in intcllectu,I
endowment? Not at all. mean civil
and political equality, in which his
ballot is as free and heavy as yours, no
matter how many broad acres you my
call your own. Does this insult the
pride of my race? No; it cxal,s it.
rcjocc that my race, who had the b1lot
in its hands and could do as it pleased
with it, has given the helpless ne gro his
rights. All this rests upon principle.
There is nothing better, stronger o:
trucr than princ:ple. Ii you believe
that the principles OF the republican
party are true, then no charge. however
just or unjust, that may be made Il ,ainst
those who represent it sh,uld make you
swerve. Correct its abuses, repair its
errors, relieve it ofts bad leaders, bit
staud by tho faith that is in you You
are asked to loosen your hoIl
on that Organization ana to jim sume
other unlc6ued and cphcmcraI party.
that seeks to disguise its purpose, but
will ultimately disclose it. If the party
is good in itself, TO matter how many
mist .kes it has made, stand by it so
that you can make Il true rriurn inside
the party lines IN some political shape
or organization know that republican
principles arc destined to control this
republic SO long us it shall exist Here
arc we entering upon a new campaign.
recognize iii politics in this State as
elsewhere but two parties dc II ocratin
anl republican. | know that the repub
lican purity has put f,rwlr its ,uli.
dates, and that tn 'se who are mt fot Us
are against Us. The citizen must either
support the can ii,lu:cs oi' the. rcpu 3li,
'cdn parity or not; lie must cithc he FIR
or against us Tho democrats may saw
that they will now give the coloreI IN IN
his -hII, anl to that would reply.
S.r ,f L.,
intrar ty, and | believe yol, but y,u
have but recently accorded NJ. my
CHS, All how can you cxpe.t ne t,
trust you us much as thos, who have
s1"d !y aud fought for me for twenty
wears How can you expect me t, 20
with y"u against them I do not
charge the democrats with deception,
but these are facts, and this is com non
sense There is il movement ab ,ut
which you Of Chester may hlvc helrd
little, but d,ubt'css will hear much |
mean the Green movement. The prr
pose OF that movement is very sample
and plain. Judge Green is to be
nominated hy few dissatisfied repuh!i
cans. aud if he can succeed in detecting
10000 or $4,000 republican votes
these, with 6U 600 democratic votes
might elect him But what would be
the result !? Tho mJnrity always IN.
trols in politics, aud the m,n electc in
this way will bc controlled by tn, 60.
600 democrats, inste I'd of the Is 900
republicans. That is onn,n sci,e Ii
you have party composed OF ) 900
republicans and $1,000 democrats,
whose party is it? Why, the de.no ,rats
Of course. The result would be the
s.me rs it you elected d.m,crat. AS
sure as two is mere than one, sixty
more than fifteen, so sure will it b..
really the denocr ,tic purity, n, matter
what colors it sails under. There are
but two parties, aud [ say to you that
when you part co npany with the replb
lican party, you 20 to the dem ,cratic
party, no natter what name YOU 90
under.
Mr. Chamberlain here told the story
Of the wuolcn horse in Troy. i'm the
most simple and accomplished English
and eloquent manner. The Green
movement, my follow citizens, is simply
an attempt to introduce into the repub
lican Troy the wooden horse, with the
democratic warriors in its bowels, to
surprise us in the hour of our security.
and murder our political peace and life
Shall we permit that to be done by
stratogem which could not be done by
power! | tell you that the SUCCESS of
any man not nominated by the republi-
can party is tho dcient Of that party.