The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-03
COLUMBIA. s. g.
Tuesday Morning. February s. 1874.
The Oranges.


It is now officially announced thai
there are between 1l.00O and 12.O0(
oranges in the country. and they mum
Der nearly 100000 men. What effect
has the announcenent upon the average
Congressman? and, indeed. how stands
the genus politician affected by them
There is disturbance amongst men ir
power, and great deal of anxiety and
active inquiry amongst aspirants il
general. It is plain that tho oranges
are power in the land. Unlike The
Know Nothings, they have as their
ground to stand upon practical mea'
sures, deeply interesting to tho produo'
ing classes of tho country. The Know
Hothings made war upon CLASSES under
Q general purpose OF improving the
Government. The oranges. with their
solid measures looking to the strength
ening of industry by increasing its re-
wards, are enlisting the sympathy of all
predicting classes sn.l et al working
men. Unquestionably this is the ex-
planation of their rapid increase in
power. The danger in the way of the
oranges is that of becoming identified
with party. II they can avoid being
swallowed up and preserve their inde-
pendence of action, they will do a
s'great deal of good" by purging the
Government of mere partisans. These
partisans have cursed the land by de-
voting SO much time to party legislation
aud by filing tho laws Of the country
with partisan machinery. Thus have
they brought disoord, ruin, disgrace.
'pestilehce, and even famine, upon a
land onoe thought safe from suoh evils.
They are ever the fruits of The perver.
sion of Government to the base uses of
the greed, ambition and maliguity Of
party. If the oranges bring confusion
upon party and cause tho selection OF o
new order of men-be their politics
what they may-a great good will fol-
nOw. They have the power; and the
men in place, as we'll as those aspiring
for position, all turn to them with anx-.
iety. It is time that the beasts should
be disturbed in their selfish and heart
less revels in the halls of power.
That the oranges have caused some
changes for the better cannot be denied.
Some old party hacks have gone into
retirement. and some new men of force
have entered the arena to fill their
places. The more of these changes the
better. The country wants rest from
revengeful measures and malignant pas
sions. Every new man who appears.
desiring to look at measures in their
practical aspects as to how the public
good and the general interests are to be
effected by them, is deliverer. He
should be welcomed rs newcomer to
assist in extinguishing the ravages of a
long-burning fire. Every such man
helps to create diversion from evil
purposes for the public good. The
more of them the better. Ultimately,
with continuation Of such changes,
We shall have q glorious revolution that
will bring to the country peace and
union.
If the oranges remain incorrupt. ad-
herring tenaciously and Loyalty to their
purposes, which are in harmony with
the best interests of the county, they
must set the country free from it's terri
BILE vassalage to the vilest party spirit
that ever existed. This great improve
ment is an unavoidable incident of their
oareer-i. e., if they succeed. And
why shouldn't they succeed in their
main purposes? They have power,
which Is the key to success. Unless
they mismanage it suicidally, they will
succeed; and as sure as they do, they
will cause such q change in the admin.
istration OF tho affairs Of this nation us
will make people sing for joy.
In the new banking bill, which is now
pending before the lower house of Con
gress, there is an important provision
looking to the resumption of specie pay.
ment. It requires the Secretary of The
frrooa,,ry ~ rotira "a .7.-. o. ooC onr