Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-02-24
Let the Lesson be Read.

~ lc" ua1S SiiiCc ~ llitH lIleiil pIcu
to assassinatc the pretended Governor
Of Louisiana, Packard, but was foiled
in the effort. Upon it ou- able
Georgia cotempornry, the lh'~nicls
and Sentinel, reads that unrighteous
usurp.r the following warning.
Should Clambc lain be foisici upon
the people ofthis State, the same, with
Il few trifling notifications, would
be equally applicable to him. Here is
the Chroniclc and .Scntinets clarion
warning to usurpers:
Whatever explanations may be
given of the recent occurrence in
New Orleans, whether Weldon is !,
man or myth. whether lie was drunk
or crazy, the fact remains that the
pcope of Louisiana are being made
mad by outrage and opprcSsi' II, and
that i'll this n'adncss they may adopt
summary mode of Kidding them
selves Of their oppressors. 1t may he
that the man who sought to free c
world Of the monster Packard is IL
stranger and IL mudman-t though his
act has not the color Of lnnacy But
if he is indeed insane, there is a ter
rible method in his madness. It is
the same madness that sent the blade
of Brutus to seek Il sca bbard in the
bosom Of the Roman tyrant. 1t is
the same madness that ncrved the
arm that drove the dagger of Char
lntte Corduy home to tue heart of the
mur'icrous Narat. Such madness is
contagious, and il is terrible thing
Tor tNrants when the people thus be-
come mad We ccnsurc lawicSs-.
ness, We condemn violence, we abhor
as>as ainatioll; but wc recognize the
fact that here arc times, haply for
humanity moi DIT Occurring when the
law is oppression, when vioicnce be-
come; virtue. when assassination as
s,incs ;hc shape ola Judgment of that
highest i all tribunals, the Court OF
Public Opinion. Under some cir
cumstances the assassin is only an
cXeculiuner. Let Packard take care
lest that time arrives in I.o,Iisul IL.
We tell him that if the General
Government shall toist him upon tile
people o. that State his life vii not
be worth the purchase of an hour.
The people o Louisiana have sub
mittcd for four years. They have
twice resortcd to the ballot box; each
time they wnn n & orous victory, and
each time they were cheated of its
fruits, and cheated SO bungIingly that
the whole world saw the swindlc and
cried shame. They have appealed to
the President for justic-, but in vain.
The President has been in league with
the scounircls OF whom they com
planned. They have sought redress
from Congress, but the dominant party
in that body. caring more for the sue.
cess Of faction then the happiness
of people, has turned deaf ear to
their appeals. They have been the
victims Of continuous spolia,ion, in
suit and oppression. They have en-
dured wrongs sufficient to have sent
hundred nations to The field of bat
tie. The men who have cheated
them, who have robbed them, who
have outraged them, may vel trern-
bic if the General Government dc :
cldcs that they shall rule yet four
years longer They know that they
deserve TO die The death. The death
Of Il hundred such carrion would not
exrialc the ruin they have brought
upon fair State and n high-spiritcd
people. If Packard is recognized as
the Executive Of Louisiana the people
of that unhappy State, gondcd by
persecution to desperation, may de-
tcrmine that if they cannot have
ruler Of their own choosing they will
have none at all. When they thus
determine, woe to the sham Governor.
Nor bolts nor bars nor doors of iroa
can save him from the fatal bullet or