The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-08-10
Eanoa or No Eenca.

tice by publishing even the following extract
from Pea Ridges communication. lie certainly
has no claim upon us for such courtesy, for he
is not even subscriber; but that Of itself would
not exclude the article from our columns; the
whole communication is discourteous to US,
particularly the first part, which we have
omitted. A few more years on Pea-Ridge's head
and closer observance of the effect of words
written printed, will, no doubt, make the
young man more careful how he writes for 9th
ers to read.
AS he is the only man opposed to the law who
has offered to defend that position through our
columns, we have allowed those portion of his
communication which, we suppose, he thinks
has all the argument in it, to appear.
at is n source of regret to me to find that you
somewhat misunderstood the idea that intended
to convey /; in reference to my doubts to
whether my article would be published. You
| seem to think that l charge you with wilfully
closing your columns to just and honest erili.
| cisms. In this you mistaken. know moth
| ing of the articles you declined to publish
| either of subject or diction. But knew that
| was in direct opposition to one of the most gi-
gantc steps taken by the last Legislature, and
| knowing your untiring, unfinching, and ardent
devotion to the Democl attic cause, l only feared
| that you would decline to publish bold and
|
act cotton up and passed by the party you had
laborcd SO hard to sustain. 1t is well to consid-
| er that good and evil are mixed and flow from
| the same fountain.
| The "locking of horns which you proposed is
something that | must decline, rs l belong to
| the no-horned muly breed, but am ready for
| q butt. You say that "Pea-Ridge no doubt
| thinks he has knocked the black out the first
shot In this you were mistaken, though 1t
would seem to a sensible man that struck it .
| death blow. 1t is all dark and only fired at the
| blackest section, with the twofold intention of
| knocking the foulest matter out and making q
| peep p-hole, through which might see the exact
| ground that the No Fence party occupies. In
both of these undertakings have been success
| full.
You speak of moral aspect to the affair and
say "No man has right to raise stock upon an
other man > food, as many do now by allowing
| their cattle to pasture upon their neighbors
land, without permission from the owner or
| without giving something of an equivalent.
Just here Mr.. Editor, would advise you to put
| on your brakes, and consider that every man has
o right to be law-abiding citizen. 1t has been
a custom for stock to roam at large over all un-
| iuclosed land, and that custom has always been
sustained by law. The landless tenant certain
ly does have right to pasture his cow land
not under fence, when he can do without vio-
| lating the law. And we cannot condemn tho
law that was supported by such men Calhoun
| and McDutfie. When consider that not more
/ than one-fourth Of the land is in cultivation,
that this is more than is cultivated we'll, and
that landholders begrudge their tenants cattle.
| the privilege of cropping the grass which
ture and the law has kindly given them through
| all the decades of our nations prosperity, we
| cannot see how tenant con keep q COW when
he is required to keep her in an inclosed pasture
and his employer is not compelled to furnish him
| with pasturage. Allow me to say in this con-
nection that whenever law amounts to prohibit
| ing or limiting large majoritY Of citizens in
| the possession OF personal property, it is dia-
metrically opposite to all forms Of Republican
| Government
1t is a piece of absolute Inconsistency to sup.
port the "Stock Law" and oppose high taxation,
since it will require heavy tax levy to build
| County and Township fences aud keep them in
repair. gate will also have to be put at every
| point whore the said fences cross the public
highways and man hired to watch it day and
night, to keep it shut The law will require all
| this at the hands of the County Commissioners;
to be paid for out Of the funds of the County
which is now too poor to repear its bridges. An
| other objection to the working Of the stock law
| is; where there are no fences along highways
wagoners will not hesitate to drive through fields
when roads are bad and crooked, and this little
item alone may be productive Of numbers of
sore heads, and many expensive lawsuits.
have no lack for arguments against the stock
| law, Mr.. Editor, but will forbear taxing your
space and my time, when have taken up and
discussed the little paragraph with which you
closed your editorial. In this paragraph you
make n wild strike by saying "1hose who will
not work, but depend upon their neighbors for.
subsistence for themselves and stock, it seems
to us, arc the only ones who will oppose the new
| law" Now, Mr.. Editor this "seems to YOU"
is bad seam, stitched with bad thread and it
is my candid opinion that it will rip. oppose.
the new law, and have GO stock except horse,
which feed on corn, fodder AMI oats.
rarely pasture him at large, but when / do will
| instruct him not to cross any Of the Editors
Broomsedge. Now, Mr.. Editor if you think
that don't make an honest living, but depend
upon my neighbors to support myself and horse,
why just prove it. PEA-RIDGE.
| If the above was not so much like sand
sieve, we would notice it-ED. TINES.
| JACKSON, Miss. August 3.--The Democratic
platform favors granting such aid as may DO
| extended without violation Of the constitution
of the United States, or departing from estab-
| ished usages of the government, to the Texas
Pacific Railroad for rebuilding and keeping in
| repair the leyees Of the Mississippi River
| CINCINNATI, August 3.-W Wallach's agricul-
tural works at Columbiana, Ohio, were destroyed
by fire last evening loss $4,000
| CNCINNATI, August 3.-Pesterings cigar box
factory, corner of Eighth and Broadway streets,
was destroyed by fire to-day. Twenty-Five girls
were working in the upper stories, and four Of
| them pershed in the flames.
LATER.-It is feared that eight or ten girls per-
| iShe in he hoxf