Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-11-14
They Come mt Us.

ol ne oranGtDurg DFn'OcrfH of last
week to answer the following ques.
tons, which we chccrlully undertake
lo'ao, hoping that we may be able 20
satisfy all parties interested:
"Why is it that the nrnnyrbuyy
Times is SO mild in its sayings about
Er. George Bolivcr? | noticed in
the last municipal election he Sc med
to have been popular candidate on
one size, but the Times had but little
to say about it, whereas your paper
came out'in full blast and gave us all
he desired particulars. Why was it
that the Times didn't do likewise.
again. Why was it in the Boliver
i3yns scandal the Times was so mild
lWits comments"
Now, in the first place, as to our
being mild in our sayings about Mr..
George Boliver," as this is altogether
O matter ofopinion, and the tru Iii is
eli We want, we will simply repro
duce our sayings" complained of, in
order that the public may form a c,r-
rect opinion. We need no other ali
swer on this roint, and we arc salts
tied to stand by the record [
We did our best for the elec ton of
Ni' Moseicy and the entire Demo.
cratic ticket, following strictly the
line Of policy adopted by tho Club,
believing the election Of Roliver
would have been calamity,
and we utterly fail to see upon
what ground complaints is made. In
the issue before the election, we sroke
as follows:
This is the only opportunity we will
Lave OF saying word on this subject
te!ore the election which will take
place next Tuesday.
The only regularly nominated
ticket in the field is that put forward
~ th" Democrats, and headed by
Hon. j. w. Mosely.
1t is said, with what truth we don't
know, that another tickle, is to be run
under the leadership Of Geo. Boliver.
But we. can't see what effect this
can Lave upon Democrats, unless it
be upon such of them rs couuetted
Mltll him and hired to him last year.
Alr Bolivcr is Republican and has
never been anything else Therefore
his lunning, if he does, will make the
isLt a straight-o out one; ard lie who
IS rot Tor us will be against us. There
can lie no mixing.
lie Democratic ticket was made
up at large meeting with great care,
ard With special eye to the varied
interests rest of the town. There. can
therefore be no objections to it, and
III ihct, we have never heard one.
|lhe Issue is more important than
we are apt to conceive. The innu-
tncc OF success or defeat will extend
beyond the limits Of our town, and
vail be iclt in future elections. ~
| he Democratic ticket should be
v,oied as whole, and we hope no
namc Will he scratched upon it. Such
acoUr: would be All injury to us us
parry.
,!4sct us then rally to the polls on
Tuesday and make a determined effort
III lie interest OF good government,
ana victory vi; assuredly result"
liere is what we said after the
election On summing up the result:
1--WE said in our last, before the
election, that this was n strnightout
issue; that Bolivcr was a Republican
and Mosclcy Democrat, and we be-
hevo that this policy, decided upon
n9 she Club, ana reiterated by us last
V:eH, saved us mary votes, which
SeighS otherwise have been lost.
We aov claim that we have gain
Cd o straightout victory, anu the
eelered people helped us to do it.
This fact will carry much weight in
future elections.
IL 10 not our intention or DISPOSE
tmn t. boast. Ali we want is for ou
Efforts at reconciliation and good
government to he appreciated, an
We recognize this rs an indication
1n1i lie spirit of harmony between
thc races and all classes is in the
nsc' ndency." :
Nov as TO the desired particulars
tlIa is, the correspondence about
Bolivcr and the tissue ballots, appear
ing i'll "iull blast" in the "Dcmocrat"
and not in the TINES, the explana-
ton we think is very clear.
One ofthe propretors oftho "Demo.
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