The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-04-18

respectability shall rulo; but it is not
right that even this good end should
be accomplished by overriding the
popular will by congressional intorfer-
enoe. r Nc such dangerous precedent
should be set, even fer good purpose ];
and II such precedent already exists,
it should not be followed If this plan
is adopted in South Carolina, it would
seem to justify not few of tho politi-
cal crimes which have made the Repub.
lican party, as it exists in some 9th er
Southern States, odious in tho eyes of
the world, 1t will not do. Special
legislation is not the proper remedy for
political wrongs. IF the distressed
people of South Carolina ask What,
then, shall we do 2 wo answer, in the
language of Gov. Kemper, that 'thore
can be no security for liberty bat ia an
ihmovnble adke. ence to fundame ntal
principles Presidents Of tho kind
which ascribc unlimited power to a
legislative body aad assume that it NAV
subvert the dearest principles OF liberty
at will are but bloody instructions,
which, being taught, return to plague
tho in ventor. Abandon party alliances;
strive for lion Of honest men irrespec
tive of their nativity. color or previo US
condition; neglect no opportunity Of
exposing tho rsscalty ofyour present
rulers show the nation that you are not
lighting on dead isaues, but for living
prlncIples'' for good government, honesty
in high places, an | equal rights b,fore
tho law; purge your registration lists
and Keep the ballot .box free at any
cost. W ith sush policy aul by tho
use of such means you must succeed,
though patience may be necessary to
await the day Of your victory. In the
meantime know that oppressed South
Carolina has the sympathy OF all friends
OF good sovernm,nt, and that the battle
now gong on everywhere between
honesty on the one hand and corruption
on the other cannot but red,uu,, to
your advantage
|, .cs Wat TO Do!
From the Springfield (Mas..) Republican. I
The story ofthe PROSTATE State has
been told too often an too fully in these
columns to noed another reteliug. 1t
Saa pitiful story, shameful story. 1t
hns about it something at once Of the
hideous unrcality aud the sickening
oppressivenesa ,of the nightmare. |.
docs not soeu possible, We can hardly
bring oursslsg Ste be'ieve, that apeh a
STORY eau be trIfhtully told Of an Am.ri
can CommonW eath, enc of the Old
Thirteen, thoorS Stical!y tn, sis,or and
equal of MASSACHUSETTS. Thu evidence
however, is too volumin,us, c,h :rcnt
and cumulative to admit IF d ,ubt. II,
all tho other proofs, fresh and couvinc.
ing one is now added in the spectacle Of.
tho white citizens Of the State, the e,.
Shareholders and ex-rebels, begging at
the hands of Republican President
and Republican Congress the boon
OF Federal intervention These men
not SO very long since, were the ierces
sicklers for State rights to be found in
the country, as their fathers and grand
fathers had been before them. Thew
would have gone to the death sooner
than tolerate any intermeddling on the
part of the gensral government in the
internal affairs Of South Carolina. Now
they invite and even implore it, The
fact is more eloquent than anythin; in
their memorial. The appeal
to the Federal authority having proved
failure, the question recurs, What to
do! Two courses are open to these
South Carolina ax-payers. We assume
that an armed riang against the existing
State Govcrnmen; is out of the question
The first of thes courscs is, to organize
passive, peaceable rebellion /; in other
words, to refuse to pay their taxes, after
the Lousia ma PRECEDENT. Some Of tho
delegates are quoted as having told the
House committee that this plan would
be tried, unles. relief wis speedily forth
coming. Tho idea is, OF course,
coerce Congress into doins what it wi
not do voluntarily The adoption d
this plal would, of necessity, caus
great confusion and excitement in tn
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