The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-10-10
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[City Correspondence of the Charleston Sun. !
Will your radiance kindly shed beam
aud give me light to understand more
thoroughly these extracts from editorials in
the Nor, anil Cosricr. The first appeared
on Saturday, Sd of Oc.obcr, under the head
ing .'Rcmovc the commissioners
he error was grave, one and will ris.
to the height Of n crime if Gov. Moses fail
to comply with the request of the people:
for in that case, the republican faction hostile
TO Bo~en and Hoyt, ,rW, at any cost prercnt
those men from acting commissioners, on and
before rleciion d0v.'
The others from this mornings paper
headed The Last Feather. In the histsry
Of people. as in the lives of men, there is
time for dclibcraton and time for nc-
tion. For The people Of this city and coun-
try, the time for action is ut hand"
mayor Cunningham upon the affidavit
of Sheriff Bowen. was indicted. yesterday
for official mi sconduct-wc believe Mayor
Cunningham is innocent; his cause is the
c common cause, and we arc confident that
the people will, in all things, stan by him
unto the last"
Now, nm Il plain man and given to plain
dealing. No, indulging in figures Of speech
myself, it is no, easy for me to kcepup with
the fanciful style of parsons, politicians
and papers in these days, who when they
say '.hcy wish they were deal, only mean
that they feel uncomfortable; al when they
advocate the murder of men and scrcncy
speak of it, will declare, perhaps, that their
quoted thrcatsssoniy had reference to the
shedding of words. Mayor Cunningham,
the Ners amI Courier, and tho ..racton hos
tile to Bowen and lIoyt," all keep their eggs
in one basket.
In this county the negro clemcr is pr c.
dominant two to one. Will the Ncrs and
county, outside of Charleston. ninety eight
men ont uf ach hundred look upon Bowen
as their protector, sent by heaven barriers
between them and oppression. Mackcy
do cs not dare show his face nj many pla; es
here his pals, Riordan and Dawson. pre-
tend that he is ndorcl. Tho Glove" for him
would be likely to proclaim il self in cnnnibnl
| fashion. advance no statement that was
not proved in 1870, 1872 md 1873. Mac
key has been defeated in every personal
canlida,ure since he WAS elected sheriff in
1865 then he was backed by Bowen and
mnlc n respectable run.
AS alderman In st year he run last on
the list. Pretty scraping for man who
| .lcnds.''
Since their quarrel began Bowen has
puashcl and crushed him ont over and ov er
Even when Mackcy was commissioner of
elections in 1870, and the law was made
that turncrl an.clcction into farce leaving
the result almost entirely in the hands o
those who had charge of the ballot boxes
he could moi carry the county for his TOO
DcLargc. The majority was so enormous ly
against him that despite the most barefnccd
frauds, Bowen was still ahead by thou.
sands.
You will say this is ''nonc of our funcr
ar'-lct Mnckey dcvour Bowen, Or Bowc,
dcvour Mnckcy, or both devour each other
hurrah for Kilkenny
Please look little deeper. Glance back
at my heading, and lei us hold sweet dis
coufse on the joys of Kukluxism. Arc al
knavcs and pistols on the side of Messrs
R;o:lan, Mackcy and Dawson :! Does this
trio rejoice i'll monopoly of straw, light
wood torches Bowons adhcrcnts nee,
but n word from him, but n hand littct
against him in personal violence, to surge
i'll among us like ravcning wolves. Let him
| l,,t inf 10 hot fro, nj
fee on Broad street, and say in lnnguag
that they can understand "Thc voice
tho voice of Noms and Courier but the han,
is the hand of our enemy Mnckcy, whom
the democrats now embrace -
How long, think you, will it take for ri O
to usurp tho place of peace, and the thrc at
Of n paralytic and n drunkard wind up tn G i
own destruction
And the. dance begun, where will
end?