Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-04-02

utioeifSi PohtiCttl Grill upaiSu ID upon SuS,
and an opportunity is again afforded to the
! voters of the State, which,if wisely taken
hold of, will end in bringing about a
better era of feeling between all classes,
and of n more general prosperity It is
certainly time that we should do some
thing toalleviate the deplorable condition
of our country.-a condition,I admit,
brought upon us in part by the impru-
dent sullenness Of the whites in refusing
toN yeceede from their position of hostility
to governments which proclaimed itself
mastesr of the situation by the stern
arbitrallasent of war, and their refusal to
take oficeSat the hands of colored voters.
But the events of the last sig years ought
to be sufficient'>to convince the most big
oted of impractical politicians of tho un-
soundness of the Views which made
them hold aloof from taking part in tue
management of their stayv, uud of the
folly and downright imb9cility of ther
course. The colored people are not to
blame for the crimes which, made the
government of South CarolinaR disgrace
to civilization. When the rlght>o >of voting
and holding Office was first given them,
they sought their old masters il meny
cascs,asked them for advice, and Ecr9 re-
fused. Unskilled in politics, it wSgs per-
fectiy natural that they should apply to
the carpet-bas adventurer, ever ready to
give counsel, nd be governed by him.
They -theco ored people; we're Ignorant
and have been fooled THAT'S ALL. And
the old leaders of the State must share
their part of the responsibility along with
the carpet bagger3 for this error on the
part of our colored fellow citizens.
The platform put forth by the last State
Convention, written by the plausible
I. j. Mackey, was replete with pledges
which, had they been kept, we should
have had no cause for complaint. But
how have the officers elected upon said
platform kept their promises? How have
they kept their faith Only in one single
instance, and that was in the repeal of
the odious license law. Therefore we
should not allow ourselves to be fooled
again. No confidence can be put in the
words of the men who rule South Caro-.
lima. They are living, moving, breath
ing degraded masses of animated dust,
cultivating only that part of human ma
ture which prompts one to yield himself
up to rapine and the meaner passions of
life! s
Who is Moses? He went into Office
poor; he is now rich! There are some
crimes made venial by the occasion, and
temptations which nature cannot :orbear,
but Moses has not scrupled to commit
any crime, or resisted one temptation in
tho catalogue of sin. He will leave his
office i'll next November rich; but with q
stain upon his heart and stignd upon his
name-a conkerworm which all the splen-
dor of his royal mansion and ill-gotten
wealth cannot lull Or blot from the minds
of the people.
Who is Cardozo? One tim. believe,
meek and lowly follower. of Christ; one
time an humble school master; one time
Secretary ofState, and now Treasurer of
South Carolina! He doesn't preach any
more, and spells pray with an L. Through
all the above gradations, from minister
to Treasurer, he increased both in wealth
and physique; is dubbed the turkey-fed
Office holder, with the air Jupiter and
the dignity of a Mackbeth. Like Moses,
he forgets Mt times the eighth Command
lnent.
Who is Hoge? one time Democrat;
one time associate Justice ofthc Supreme
Court; one time Congressman; one time
a defeated Office seeker, anl now Comp
troler General! He succeeded Neagle.
and expects to have bridge before his
term of Office expires; wos poor not long
ago, but now sports fine horses. carriages,
diamonds, lives in a large mallsion, and
has his coat sleaves cut short in order
to show his white cuffs held together
by buttons of enormous size. He leaves
them homo when he goes in the country
to speak.