Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1876-10-07

many citizensto dircgard and violate
the revenue laws Of the United States,
by representing them to be oppressive,
and in violation of the rights of the
citizen, and is apparent from the
action Of the national democratic
house of representatives that the
revenue tax will be continued, we
therefore earnestly recommend that
his Exccllency, the Prerident of the
United States, do grant general am
nesty and pardon for all violations
previous to this time. And the aena-
tors are hereby instructed, and the
representa- tatives in Congress are re-
quested, to urge This action without
delay.
10. We charge the democratic
party with pcrversion of NIL truth
and history; with opposition to MI the
interests of the masses; with fostering
class preferences and determinations;
f"with denial Of rights to those who
do not accept their Political dogmas;
with constant and persistent antagon-
ism to the principles of justice and
humanity; with resistance to the
manifest will of the people and spirit
of the age;'with determination to
make slavery national and liberty
sectional; with purpose to rcnd the
union in twain to pcrpctuatc human
bondage; with plunging the nation
into q fratricidal war; with dclug,ing
the land i'll blood and filling it with
sorrow and distress; with burdeuing
the people with debt that makes a
higher taxation necessary and con-
tinuous; with opposition to the recon
struction of the States they had vio-
lently forced into confcderacy; with
resistance to the passage and ratifca-
ton of the amendments to the consti-
tuition Of the United States made
necessary by the results of the war,
which clothed the humblcst in the
nation with citizenship md placed iii
his hands the power of protecting it;
with purpose to reopen sectional
prejudiccs and animosities, to make
"the war failure" reconstruction
void and the amendments to the
Constitution nullities; with deception,
Misrepresentation, extravaganza in
the conduct Of government, dishon-
esty in the disbursem ent t-Gysrtuc Gs L public
funds and an abuse of the public con.
fidcncc with fraud in the management
Of elections; Swith intimidations Of
electors; with atrocities during politi- :
cal campaigns unhcard Of in civilized
coUmunitiesfwitl: assa :sinattu", and
murders or those whose only offending.
was n stcadfnst adherence to thc
principles Of the republican party;
with thrcatcninga Of violence and
death against those who adyo. cate tie
perpctuity Of the republican party;
with armed preparation and hostile
intent i'll the States Of The South.
intending BY such a formidable array
to frightcn or force Republicans into
support oftheir party and partisans,
or to remain away from the polls;
with assembling TO tho North by
assurances of an acceptance Of the re-
suits of the war, desire for recon
ciliation and brothcrly relations,
when they are only thirsting for the
opportunity to secure what they have
lost to the ascendency Of the national
democratic party TO power and thus
inflict upon the nation further evils
and :cmbarassmenls; with nominating
national and State officers known for
their antagonism to MI tho Republi-
can party has accomplished.
10. Reitcrating our reliance in the
justice Of our cause and the truth Of
the principles underlying our nation
al platform, and of the thirteenth,
fourteenth and fifteenth am cndmcnts
Of the constitution of the United
States, pointing with qualification to
tho many important reforms establish:
ed by the Republican party of our