The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-01-02
ORANGEDURG, s. c.. JANUARY J. 1850.
The keitt- Ideas.

North and South, has given TO- tho
public full criticisms upon the polli
cal ideas recently advanced by Col
Ellison S., .Keitt, Of r'ewbcrry,, arl
lIon"D. Wyatt Aiken, of, Abbeyillc
Tug ,Dositiop of.,influencc held IN oul
STATE, .RN these two gentlemen, ant
especially the latter, gives just cause
of,c2mment by the press and aston
..ishMentk bY tAe people. The opinion:
advanced by them. are more ultr,
.thaa any .whp have. dared to qdvise
on people upon the course Of conluc
that. should ,contrql their POLITICAL ac
LlQn during the years of oar trouhle
and are certainly unaccountalle a
this ..time, when the States of tEt
South, through. the e!succcss Of Dcmoc
racy, control their own local affairs
and are in the enjoyment Of peace
and prosperity never knowr, since the
war. Reason, would teach us to lc,
opr nrescnt party affiliations. alone
and TO. pursue the same courae Of con
duct which won for US the, .snccess
'spw enjoyed; and, .,that either tc
,swap. l,orsos. or TO dismount ,while
crossing the strcams.i is bad, policy.
1T is, very. evident that the, political
TROUBLES Of the SOUTH. ,arc not, ended
,Aor' will they ,be,nntil the recull OF, the
,noNt campaign is known a:,d not:evcn
.then'.nn|ess That result Ee,ia favor ol
Democracy. Any nuneGcasarya3i;a-
tion Of established political principles
is .urwisc and calculated TO diminish
the chances Of success in 1880; and
+, why should men. .oe influence indulge
in, or,opr. people. be controlled 10y il ?
The theories Of Mcssrs. keitt an!l
Aiken are based upon the same facts,
the troubles OF, the South .cnd the in
efficiency other present paljcy 10 end
tllem, aud proceed upon the assump-
ton that the policy recommended .by
them possesses the. magic key 10
open Ills ,door OF" our delirelance.
Mr. INeitt advises the Southern pco-
pie ia nominate Gen. Grant, and
combining with his friends North, to
elect hiul. 10 tbc i'rcaidency ,:hclisSins
he, will rise above party or sectional
influence and administer the govern
mcnt in the interest Of the whole pco-
pie; Mr., Aiken, .on the other hand,
asserta that both. political parties
have outii"cd their Usefulness and n
new deal is. now in order, and ncccs-
sary for our, escape from the, mcslcs
in which wo are entangled. AS we
see matters, beth these gentlemen are
radically wrong, nas ao,Sagaril5 the
facts but as to the cpd'they have in
view. AS to the facts, 'tEe deliver
ance from the troubles enh:lcd npon
South Carolina by Radicalism,' which
began so auspiciously UNDERGO en-.
Hampton in 1876, was consumatcd
in 1878 by ridding every county in!
the State, except Beaufort, from Rad
ical rule. This deliverance was com.
!menced and worked out by the Dem
,Ocratic party acting under long estab-
,lshaa principles, and will continue to
iSield peaee and prosperity to the
State if Aer citizens be true to their
harty Allegiance.
/: :.That there are troubles we do not
acry; and SO loEg as q single depart
ment Of ,tba ,zp>Yelpment is under the
control OF the Republican party, we
.lnay expect 10 have troubles in poll
1es 'Md'to meet opposition in our
adyancemcnt. -
;. The South accepted the results of
.he WaEin goad faith and under the
asoyeSnment: ought. to,ba on the same
footing as the North and if let alone
BY. Republican slanderers and
Radical. poslhcs, she will soon recover
from her losses, tremendous as they
were, incnrred b1 tAe war. :. Previous
TO l87G.AeE ttdpbles arose from race
prejudicca, worked. upon by Republi
can leaders ;sincet tAen t4oy have been
due to the cly pf,,a Solid South, Sc
cured by what is fariliarly known as
"thc shotgun policy" The charges
brought against lhe whites anterior
to Hampton's electiop '1eye as false
as they are malicious and pow the
charges against The same race Of q