The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-13
Knking Up Old Issues.

During the earthquake calamity was
about MS impropituOus Il season as could
have been selected by the Abbcvllle
Press and Banner to rake up the ashes
of tho past and kintlle the fires of Sec
tionalism between the mountain and tho
scaboard and yet 1t did SO, and with u
degree Of venom that is only character
lStic OF nature whose ill-will Is rather
spurrcd on than rcprcsscd by the un-
happy condition Of It's victim.
Our contemporary, in its issue Of tho
29th ultimo, engaged In Il tilt with the
Columbia Register, because Of the lat
III building railroads, and the issuing OF
a State loan to rebuild Charleston, and
therein exhibited au amount Of animos-
ity to the scaboard, and, especially to
our poor, stricken city, which is irrcle-
want and mean to an exceptional de-
gree.
On the subject Of the loan the Press
and Banner says:
Again, the Register has been urging
the plcdging Of the credit OF the State
for tho purpose of raising money with
which to rebuild the city Of Charleston.
This proposition can never be carried
out, except by Il vote of tho people and
the people will never vote for it,"
III such question were put TO the
vote of the people Of the State, we doubt
not, that il would receive the hearty
support, save in the instance of tho Press
and Banner, whose objection would
stand out in bold relief, as the one Bit
ter, malcvolcnt spirit of the hour. 1t
further says
"ln fact, it would, we believe, be dinl-
cult to cite one single friendly act Of
legislation for the up-country to which
Charleston has not been solidlY opposed.
We think all the legislation, as we'll as
all the political acts which have been
brought about by Charleston's influence,
has been either with Gn eye single to
the interests Of Charleston, or with
view to rcprcssing or rctarding the pro-
grcss of the up-country."
10 credit Charleston with such sen-
timent, is TO go wide Of the mark. The
spirit here has been to look to the gen.
cral good, and not merely to this muni-
cipality. There arc very large interests
to be looked after here, and IL in any
proposition cmanating hence, some per-
sonal interest has not been subservcd,
it must be ascribed to the doctrine that
the greater number must always be con-
sldcrcu In preference to the lesser.
Charleston Is the metropolis OF the
State she has It's every interest ut
heart, and in all she does never fails to
remember that Carolina is not confined
to her geographical limits.
Pcrsuing its vindictivcness, the Press
and Banner hypocritically says:
"Wc would not seem to strike at
Charleston in the hour OF her calamity.
We deeply sympathse with her in her
misfortune, and we arc sorry indeed,
that the people of Abbeville have
not given more substantial evidence OF
| not fl,u fNt I'm - &l,n
stricken city, but for all this, we cannot
let tho Res:stcr take advantage Of the
occasion to make war upon the up-co,ln-
try"
And yet it does strike at her, perhaps
from the dark, where 1t supposcs that
no one will sec it deliver the blow.
Such sympathy only cxcites contempt.
TO apply foul cpithcts to people and
then tell them that you are sorry for
them is species Of duplicity that cannot
be tolerated. Our cruel contemporary
again says:
'If we have done Charleston any
change our mind, and to make all need
fnl rcparation."
Why, you have done the city the
grosscst wrong! Nothing is worse than
to imputc sentiments and acts where
they do not belong. This has been done
by the Press and Banner, with spirit
that would prolfcr one hand and stab
with the other.
The Press and Banner may rest as
sIlrcd that he who kicks a wounded lion
commits rather an act OF cowardice than
bravery.
Charleston Is in sack cloth and ashes,
and is now subject Of sympathy rather
than malice, but as there was one Judas
lscariot among the apostles, and always
one black sheep In every flock, 80 In the
press OF South Carolina has been found
! one journal capable Of doing base act.
-Chortestom Sunday Dispatch.
"IIcr features arc not regular, yet what an
attractive face she fasp' 1t Is her beautiful