Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-09-28
HIE9 SIEnSgTS.

w ncrcFcf hampton has spoken hc was
met and welcomed by crowds Of cnthus-
iastic citizens white and coorcd dressed in
Red Shirts. So general has this dress be-
come that it is beginning to be regarded as
the uniform of South Carolina Democracy
From whence it lladits origin we know not,
unless it be from the famous bloody shirt
yarns Of Mcssrs Morton, Blaine 4 Co., so
freely manufactured and intcrwovan in the
fabric of Northcn society during the period
Of our great humiliation and their shame.
We do not desire, however, to he consider
cd borrowers from any such soursc and
would prefer believing the red shirt of
south Carolina has nothing to do wit h the
bloody shirt of Massachusetts, however simi-
lar the color may be- The one is the en-
hcm of peace, prosperity, and home rule;
the other of wal, faIscIood, and dcspotis,n.
We see in the Onc the fixed determination
OF Il brave people TO assert their rights and
defend them; in the other the selfish airs
of mcrccnarics doing the biddings Of time
serving m;tstcr5. There is Il higher and
more cnobling meaning to the term, Ret
SHIRT Il meaning that aious,s the cnth,,s-
iasm ola whole people, that gives r,Spira-
ton TO hc.oritor and dignity to The events
Of history. There is Il glory SUI rounding
the brow Of II man in Il red shirt t,at was
never conceived of by the political hircling
of the bloody shirt policy of Radicalism.
The rcd shirt Of South Carolina to-day is
the representative OF Il great political prin-
cirlc, devotion to right and defiance to
wrong, as our green Palmetto, in the days Of
our pride, represented the ,n,lu ing liberty
ofour fathers. As the one at the head OF our
columns led Carolinian, to victory ON Il hun
cred battle fields Of the past,S>o the other
will kindIc patriotism in the hearts of
Carolini;,nS that will lead them to grali,lcr
political victorc, in the future. Let
orangcb"rg therefore alinc hcrsclfin this
column, with n rcd shirt decking the broad
shoulders of every son; and when IIamp.
tons day shall come, let the rcd shirts be
s,'n gathering from every quarter by. every
road and path in the County, let the boys
plant rcd flags at every corner Let the streets
AID stores lie decorated will. red bunting,
aud .!:c !ii'iv~, ii needs nc, udorn themselves
in rcd ashes. a io;~ing red SHIRT welcome
TO Hampton on the 9th of October will
prepare the red shirt Democracy Of Orange
burg to hold Tie fort nj every precinct in the
County on the 9TH Of November. Try it.
On Saturday las, we had the pleasure Of
attending the meeting of Democratic
Club at Ayers Shop, ten miles from town,
and of addressing a large number of white
and colorcd Democrats with n .prinkling Of
sable Radicals. Mr.. \. Fair, President of the
white club, and Ephraim Cummings, our
coming County Commi ,sioncrs, are doing
Il no bic work for Democracy i'm that
section of the county. Radical ism is hid
ing itself and dares to come forth only at
dead hoirs Of the night and even then can
tiously. Sore-hcad independents will not
he tolerated about Ayers shop, either by
white or colorcd Democrats. Their motto
is Straight-Out Red Shirt Democrats or
none. Mr.. John Foures, ex-Radical, and
his two sous joined the club, and of course,
will wear red shirt on IIampton's day.
hy way of suggestion, we would say let
every Democratic Club, white and colorcd,
adopt the Red Shirt Uniform and appear ii,
1t on all public occasions, AT all the club
meetings, and especially on IIampton'S u. y
let ii be universally worn by old and
young, white and black. Let the banners
he red, the horses red, the carriages red, the
ladies deckcd with red sasics. Let the at,
'n"strhcrc be filled with red Democracy.
This is no idle suggestion. 1t will do good
any amount of it