The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-26
What Does The Columbia Register
Mean

"There are some men who are born to
be creatures of power, and they cannot
hclp 1t to save their lives. We have q
breed of the cattle here with US who were
making ready to kiss tho hem of Cham,
berlain's robc-mcn who had wined ana
diued him and were ready to stand PC
hind his table, were ready to take inc
crumbs from the carpet-baggers taoie aS
their political sacrament and be thankiui
when the people forbade the political
sacrilege; when the people, for them
selves aud in their " high defense,
seized the baton from the grasp of the
imp,ous blue Jlood and strobe to the front.
from, which their political leaders had
skulked, sounding it through the com
monwealth and giving mp the ghost with
the dcslmiring cry there's not Il ghost or Il
chance 20
"a breed of c~attle"-"thc impious blue
b,ood"-"the people, Our friend the
Register must beware of using such
language. 1t is unbecoming in Il paper
that is published at tho capital of South
Carolina, and processes to represent our
State. Such phrases are tho catclr-peHny
words of the d~emagogue, and 1.-THE poo
llo" arc wise enough to know it. 1.-The
people also know quito well that the
rallying cry OF the demagoguo is 1.-The
People,!
Being of "thc people," however, we
ask the Register not to embody its asper-
sions in vag"ec pfthcts. II should name
the men CT "ilnpious blue blood who
constitute said "brced OF cattle" Docs it
include IN that category all our "politi-
cal leaders," or does it mean only some
of them? Charges couchcd in opprobl-
Gus language like the above should DC
made specifically and by name, if made al
all. If not so made they are unworthy
of n Columbia daily journal. The Regis
ter will, VIC hope, be kind enough to
oblige 1.-The people, by giving the names
Of the "brccd of cattle"
AS if the above editorial were not
enough, here coines yesterdays Register
with 4 paragraph in it's local columns on
+ the same subject and in the same strain
Eight times are "hc people, brought in
with fulsomc words, and their "leadcrs'
, are spoken of as "limping after them
Again We being of "thc people, wish
to know who are meant by "dccayed
politicians and %pcrfunctory p~ersonages."
: and decent political diddlers." We
print part of tho paragraph below that
1.-THE people, of Abbeville may form their
J own opinion Of it. That opinion will no
doubt be that a journal which publishes
such dcmagogical stuff represents "the
people" of South Carolina just as faith
fully as the illustrious Three Tailors OF
Tooley Street represented 'thc people OF
England
1--WE must no longer be content 10 fol-
low in leading strings dccaycd politicians
and p%erfunctory p~crSonagcs. Whom the
people stepped to the front in 1876, and
tho leaders came limping after them, SO
that the halt, the lame and the blind OF
them were found in red shirts sturdily
shouting for champion and Home
Rule" where they had just now whin-
pcred, the people of South Carolina woke
up to the realizatisn that they were made
of the same clay as other men, and could
be masters Of their " situation. they
have turned down the page Of dry-nurs-
ing and reached q point where PLAIN
Carolina men will think and act for
themselves when deluagogucs and de-
cent political diddlers alike must "stcp
down and OUT and let plain, honest men
into positions of trust and honor not 10
oblige any man or his brother-in-law, his
nephew or his nephcw's classmatc."