Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-10-12
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WHY'S EccS>Sti y ID -. pre- ~ plh 5rnti-
mcnts, actions, !! have hear,, oft4n
speak louder than words. Action,
are living things, Ike f.,t5, t..y a.,
stnbborn. | know not, what was ilr.
MoorGrS iutontpl, lie apa ;, knew
the motive OF his heart, nu, 4, say,
that if he WAS inn ,cent, OF desi snins
to throw !. bIoW ut Mr.. O'C4in, +
would advise linn, to be more gltr,'-
ed in his expressions, for it plaza,
others, in Il position to miScon 5trua
his rcai mnlnili;, and pr,vo;. ), jrsti
fable rctaiati n
Mr.. Editor, have been craiibly
informed. that hLr Moorer article,
made its first app .'.rAnce, IL The time
of the Convention, IN Il prInto form;
and WAS distributed among the ncm
hers Of lhat body. will do him the
justice, aud acknowledge, | commit
ted, what a large majority, oi the
people did, IN error.
Methinks, | behold, an other i'm
age, reflected upon the mirror; but
this time, it is NOT Mr.. Moore: him
self. hut his bottpmlcss "ha'f,buslcl,"
that stands out in bold relief; bit
ccriiinly, in great danger, OF iai ling
to pieces, withou; Il foundation"
il certain! y hchooves, Us a!i, to
co .Isider about hat, Hereafter, AMI
to "swr"p beiIre our own doors" bat
~o bet,ic, those WHO 20 before us, to
strcw the way with obstacles; and
erect barriers, OF icllsion and error,
to place false estimates upon the ac-
tiDns Of others, AMI instead Of elevat-
ing. cast down, and destroy: but ike
nil such efforts tinInan like, they fall,
in the samo snare, they had laid for
Others. Whilc ncinpwlelrn. ny
unworthlnc.=, TO be cllsscl, with the
people of God; yet rather, than have
the accusing voice OF conscienro, ever
sounding in my ear, would sly,
give me poverty, give me pain, give
me any thing in the long catalogue
of hunlni. ills, sooner than make con
science my tUrmcntJr.
do not pretend, 10 say, that | al
ways wear becoming apparel pray
tell me who does, and even if dill,
some woold pronounce it uub>com.
iu-.
an perfectly as:on;shel, Mr., Eli
tor, at MIR. hloorer, in making such
an a.surt remark, as he does in clos
ing his pititu article. / simply st,to,
that Mr.. Moorer, and myself, had ~
conversation on the evening of the
2lst iust,,2Z15I IanIs0n. t5uci1Ing TIC
arguments, existing between US; and
again, i'll Orangcburg, on last Thurs
day. lie approached the subject
hmsvlf which | can prove by two
merchants, an main street, in whose
store / was, at he time he requested
to speak with me. Mr.. Moorer re-
marked, to me at Jamison, that he
intended replying to my statement,
and Go me justice, ana again, in
Orangchnrg he told me, he had re-
piled, ia mild manner, and did me
justice, and that he wanted mo to
read it, and 90 him justice. l prom
ised TO do so pcrused his communi-
cation carefully; and came to this
conclusion, that, If Mr.. Moo:er's el1u,
sion oilgnorancs, is justice, decline
his ever administering his style Of
justice, tome. | am willing to place
the two articles, in the hand OF any
sincere man, q I'd let him judge, who
has been more Just, Mr.. Mooror or
myself. | wish Mr. Moorer, to under
stand. that "Ed.ar Geddings Bo-
mar" has been taught always, to ad-
here 10 the truth, and cndcavor to
prove sincere, to al promises have
ncVev entertained any othor senti-
mcnts, than wha: :! expressed to the
public through the columns of the
OranGcbarg TINES, and am certain,
that nothing, l ever said to MIR.
NJ vorcr, orany one, that could justi--
ty hlm, III insinuating, that | would
uphold him in his position bef,re the.
people; and prove myself, thereby, 80
unmaniy to honor and principle, by
retracting what feel, is my right to
bclie,e. wish the public, to under
stand, that am 10 hypocrite, this
seems to be the impression, Mr..
Moorer wishes, to leave behind him.
Tie same, identical stand, | took in
public, is the only one, | ever
proiesscd TO mainta II i'll private, and
to those sentiments, | shali adhere,
until | ain convinced, 10 the contrary.
What an idea in Mr.. Moorcr, for
surprising, that | would go to his
house, to reply to Il public contro-
vorsy. | think, rcsnrted TO the
proper channel to settle the matter.
But the most cgregious error" of
all, is Mr.. Moorer'S prccipitato flight,
from the field, and in his retreat, as
the excellent Sheridan said, che
leaves his character behind him"
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