The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-12-05
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have hitherto burned in our midst and KEEP
our psople apart, at least during election
years, and which, on account of the peculia
composition OF our body polite, threatenee
serious consequences il tho past, sif no
entirely extinguished, have been held Ii
abeyance during the prcseut year, and odl
whole population, free frcm those discordan
q Iantagonisms which seemed likely to occur
I have united in common effort forths
common good. There is apprehension
however, that in the near futureall this
will be changed aud that in the cleo
tion of 1880 turmoil and party strife will
again rise to the surface hope not. II
is true in that election, involving as il
will, to great extent, the future policy oil
the general government, and arousing, as
1T must, the uuholy ambition OF the politi-
cal aspirant as well as the noble impulses
1.-THE patriotic, citizen, some excitement
4 must ensae, and we may expect that every
"a q FssS PSss5 sSY' s
exois9: zent stirfed anS burning. nv ',lsobs,
however, is that the citizens 7of->this State
are beginning to feel that we constitute but
one people; that our prosperity is bound
| up with each other; that we are all Carroll
mans and that, while we recognize the
general government as supreme in its orbit,
and, to some degree, affecting our interests,
yet at last that our happiness as a people
depends chiefly upon ahc destiny of our
own State, and that we will not allow our
Internal and home interests to be swallowed
up in the maelstrom of Federal politics.
desire also to communicate, as matter
of most pleasing information, based upon
reliable data received from the Solicitors of
the different Circuits, concurred in and fully
supported by the Circuit Judges, that crime
has greatly diminished all over the State
diminished to the extent of at least thirty
per cent. in this the third year of the ad-
ministration Of the party now in power,
compared to any period previous to its, in.'
auguration. This, no doubt, has been the
result of the fair and impartial administra-
ton OF the laws which has taken place since
that party has been in power and the con-
iidcnce which all the people arc gradually
beginning to feel in the protective power
and willingness of the government under
the control and in the hands of that party.
These results it promised to bring about,
and the statistics will show that its promises
have been faithfully redeemed. This is a
most gratifying fact and augurs we'll for
our future. There is room, however, for
further advance in this direction.
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