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

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right that even this good end should
be accomplished by overriding the
popular will by congressional intorfer-
epoes( Ne such dangerous PRECEDENT
should be set, even fer good purpose ];
and ii such precedent already exists,
It should no: be followed If this plan
is adopted in South Carolina, it would
seem to justify not a few of the politi-
cal crimes which have made the Rcpub.
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 VIC answer, ia the
language of Gov. Kemper, that 'thoro
can be no security for liberty bat in an
immovable adherence to fundame n,al
principles Presidents of tho kind
which ascribc unlimited power to
legislative body and assume that it may
aubvert the dearest principles of liberty
at will are but bloody Instructions,
which, being taught, return to plague
the inventor. Abandon party alliances;
strive for ZION ofhonest men irrespec
two of their nativity, color or previo US
condition; neglect no opportunity Of
exposing the rsscality of your present
rulers show tic nation that you are not
lighting on dead isaues, but for living
principles;' for good government, honesty
in high places an equal rights b1l'ore
the law; purge your registration lists
and keep the ballot .box free at any
cost. T" ith such policy anl by tho
use of such means Jon 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 government, and that tho bat,lo
now going on everywhere between
honesty on the one hand and corruption
on the other cannot but red,und to
your advantage.
~ Wat TO Do!
From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. !
81 The story Of the PROSTATE State has
been told too often an too fully in these
columns to noel another retelling. 1t
is a pitiful story, u shameful story. 1t
has about it something at once of the
hideous unrcality aud the sickening
oppressivenesa Iof the nightmare. l.,
docs not SEEM possible, Wa can hardly
bring ourselxr Ato believe tlla. splh a
story eau be srVhiully told Of An Am.ri
can CommonW Wealth, enc of the Old
Thirteen, thoor9 9,ical!y tn, sister and
equal Of MASSACHUSETTS. Ths evidence
however, is too voluminous, c,h. .r.nt
and Gun. ulative to admit uf Il ,ubt. To
all tho other proofs, fresh snd couyinc.
ing one ia now added in the spectacle OF
the 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 lcns since, were the Heroes
sticklers 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 coon or
than tolerate any intermeddling on the
part of the general government in the
internal affairs Of South Carolina. Now
they invite and even implore it. The
fact is more el%aent than anythin.in
their memorial. The appeal
to the Federal authority having proved
a failure, the question recurs, What to
do? Two couSes are open to these
South Carolina taxpayers. We assume
that an armed rising against the existing
State Government; is out Of the question.
The first Of thes courses is, to organize
passive, peaceable rebellion ia other
words, to refuse TO pay thsir taxes, after
the Louisiana PRECEDENT. Some Of tho
delegates are quoted as haring told the
House committee that this plan would
be tried, unless relief VII speedily forth
comino Tho idaa IL nj oourse ,
coerce Congress into doins what it wi
not do voluntarily The aloption f
this plaa would, of necessity, oaus
great confusion and excitement in tn
State it might easily lead to bloodshed