Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-06-09
THE FENCE LAM.
Editor O,anyebm.g 1iji't$;:

! w0llltt bG argued On it's merits, tl0tlrk
| see it has rim itself into ridicule
and criticism, which am opposed to.
When ore is hssa,Ictl | think he
should fight Tie devil with fire, IS
pccially l,r One who has held IL Radi
cal ht'pdintm'nt, AMI now crawls out
OF his cloak to assume the right to
dictate to the Democratic party. |
think ~. J. e. ought to take Il back
seat as other RAIDS have done, and re.
MAIN Silent; lorjust such advice as
m @'fcs It's just now was practicct by
,R. .:. teal party against the Demo,
cl9'tS So with Indifference | will
Hohdpsccn,l to answer "1\. j. f."
silnn's aid spike his guns, and make
him wish the controversy on the
fence question lia never brel he
Sua. &'!le constructions he has
plnctd on my letters are un!uun;!cd
anI only those who are avilv dis.
posed would construe them iu such 4
manner, and | can only view his kind
as galvanized Democrats; anil when
they have rubbed themselves down
toa solid surface they invariably
smell ba'll.y, and very waShv, ana are
is chanSe;ti,lc us the winds. Some
u" doubt are weak cnongh tn believe
tllai am 'lisp"se,i to rcnryanizc thu
republican party. Nothing Int
knavcs cohld lurln such III opinion
with NY letters before their ewes.
wh,ri Is he sen ncnt OF my heart,
AMI | have no cause to regret one
w"rl have said. AS to the Rcpub-
can party ever raising their llar,
gard AMI withrrc.l faces again in
south Carolina is Il ridiculous idea
s"r ANY one To entertain, ;nr they
wouiu h" hurled into eternity first.
ant the De.no rats woul,l ma ,trr tie
$ tn;iion All level headed Demo.
ais have Il stigma and contempt
i"r Radicals and traitors, and Il for
HvlnG spirit for tie poor, noncnr;,p
rnnrcd race, who have i,r.n n,ad:;',a \
yat $ paw OF b.s' that party, which has
r"'i'c't Them everything they ever
possessed. except their thro:,,s of
brass, their atlanantne lungs and
their iron muscles, which Gnl had
given to them; ami their royu:sl, iii
lures could not devise any method
~ which to ROB them Of this off
rom G"i, or il would have Tcrn
tone. i'.icr trir'l to o,li:franchisc .hc
negro, AMI no ,lo,l!, wnul have sue
rrrtctl liaI the Democratic p,r,y re,
.n;lncd 'il ut i, ugi1ll4v raj: ;h,.ir
'"i'.s IN Ninui, ;s;iui Of Justice To thc
t"i"frn race. am proud to see th#t
ne !'ta otralic party has proved to
ne world by their acts, which speak
iondrr than words, that we are !.
peculiar people. and governed l,y
honest motives. dust here wnnl,l
sake The liberty I" use Il he name oi'ih
distinguished Hampton, who i5 the
.'ridr ahl jewel Of south Carolina.
'hd 20 gran: that his ,I:,ys mas he
many, ana his path ilrua.!i lie may
'ic -tiewn with :InwriI, to keep Tia:
eyer m!!ia:s !avc ready and willing
Z" serve his people. 'Iilr last speech
| had the honor Of hearing from that
distinguished statesman was III
H.aaSrhurE October 20, 1880, and |
wish To refer Your thoughts 10 that
speech rs know many ol' YOU have
n"t forgotten ii. When he called on
he conrrd people to know If Ii" had
forfeited one word tia, li.Ia,l from
iSrd them, either Ey Word or action,
he negroes were truthful and sung
ont III, no, and the Democrats elan.
ped thcir hands an;l shouted, join us
| IN defence or mi honest government
anal '@c Will ever prove true. The
ien6fal then resumed, and said, my
! rnlorcd trends that aint all: IL white
man was tried i'll Spartanburg and
found guilty for killing a colurcd
man, and liz WAS hung in vindica.
ll"n OF Justice to your race. The ne
gro"s shouted, that is right, and The
Democrats shcnlcti ll.frah for lIamp
Ton. Now if it was right and just 10
freak that white mans neck for kill
'hg Il colorsti man, would it moi look
unjust 10 deprive him ofhis right to
vote on the fence question. So say
Ice us lDG consistent and honest TO-
wards he coll'lrd people, and it will
make them honest Ia us. Take n
mans suffrage from linn and he is no
longcra irrrncn. Let rs he cunsis
trntand stick To what We say. !
have been 'i'licilcd and my letters
have been miScCilstrucl as being
| ;ingc'l with Ralicaism, for merely
alvoca'ing Il sacred and irstiliahlr
right rs q freeman; aid any one who
may differ in opinion from he broken
Gown Aristocrat, will he ccnsurctl in
in like manner. | want to see our
best and pircst men fill our public
offices that justice may BE done to all