The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-07-25
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~. FIELDER q MEYERS, Assistant Editor.
SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1874.
TO REPUBLIC.4NS-

oluHu anu piuuScon,, Huhtcu VIC lle
publicans Of the UP country by night,
through swamps and unto death-when
our local authorities stood powcrless in
presence of organized murder aud
arson, ind the democratic party mas
apfsaledsto, TO put stop to such crimes,
thoy Knocked at our caamisie, aud re
fused &as any relief 1t was in those
dark, days that we appealed to the Ma
tion for help, which was granted, aud
it was in this the winter of discomfort
that we swore to stand by the Rcpubli
can party and honesty. Now au ecc
tion is near at han and it becomes us
to look about ourselves. Republicans,
have you forgotten the opposition o.
Democrats to you? Their burninss,
their murdcrings and their blackcr
crimes?
sit is often firpan,ly said that al!
these crimes aud horr, Is are passed, and
it is absurd to attempt to II ANITA; n
political party OH the memory of them
Perhaps so. But would it not be insane
to trust a political party that could so
readily forget them? 1t is not magnani
nous, it is indeed hardly manr, to per
secutc men for sins Of which they have
really ssrcpentcd. But that is not rcrcn
tancc, it ishypocrasy, which processes
to repent of sins and does not forsake
them, but embraces worse ones. Such
is the anomalous repentance displayed
by the Democratic party. 1t never
ccascs.o denouncc the Republican purity
for what it has done or is trying to do,
but it straightway thundcrs with icrcor
denunciations of what the. party has not
done and is determined shall not be
done. The moment Democrats forget tn
decry Republican policies they begin to
belle Republican motives. For twenty
years they deemed it su(lic;c ntly oppro
brious to call Republicans Radicals :"
now they claim 10 be radicals tn cmsclvcs
aud dcnoun,e Republicans as rascels.
IF that party feels it TO be unkinl to
remind it Of it's past career how must it
feel to ssbe reminded Tor its present att
tndc? Once its members professed dis
tinct principles; all that coul be objected
to them was that they professel the
worst principles extant Bat bad as
they were, they were more becoming
thnn this utter abjurtion Of all princi
pies. You may not like 70 employ, bur
you dorgnot wholly dcspisc, the zcal''t
who consistently asserts that sarsaparil-
Ia will cure every disease and SO urges
it upon, evory patient; but VIII, can re
spect tho charlatan who persstently cries
tothe sick, "givc me your moncyand you
may take what remedies you please? 2"
And now VIC are about to cect new
members to the Legislature. We
earnestly entreat the purity in this
County to send the best and ablest Re
publicanss we have. But we cntreat
you not to send wire pullers and men
who have no other object in view but
the ep4oiumcnts Of Office. There is no
a,,se in electing Democrats, or effete Re
publicans. Give US the. pure stuff, if
you do mean to rotract tho past. This
is the only way to 50 forward.
1t is sometimes said the mission Of
sthe Republican party is accomplished,
IF by that no more is meant than th,t
the party has discharged every trust
heretofore committed to it, we admit it,
It has been thought when one was
found faithful over few things th,t
was a good reason for trusting him with
more things Can you do better than
be instructed by such an example
Especially since you must employ either
the party which you say has fulfilled
every trust, or employ that only other
party which has betrayed every trust.
The occasion for political effort has
not ended. Other labors lie before you