The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-06-26
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
Are the Former Days Better Than
These:-Is Our Change or Progress
for the Retirement of Our COndf.
tiOuo

IT, seems to MS that an effort is now being
made tn renew the factional differences that
have heretofore divided the Democratic
party. - j.. IN :,
pi,y TO have these contentious continued, yet
IT, may be, after all. better for our people 10 De
kept agitated on the current political issues.
That particular faction whose ancestors 3
have ruled the State nnd held the offices Tor
hundred years had Il ." ii thing OF II, ana no
body until lately seemed 10 seriously object:
Under the old law our judges held office for
life, and they were nucleus & aroumG 1.%t %'Gn ba
a a. 'te course entirely the correct thing
TO do. They governed the : ate well Wei
and administered It's affairs honesty honesty, or aiI
public officials gave South Carolina good
name abroad. IN which good name lne num-
blest citizen felt degree OF pride. WlthouC as
suming to- take other part man cers t9 Who had
| been named or chosen for him In INVENTION.
The ruling class organized as IL was oelo!e
the war, reflected honor 10 the Paiinetto
Slate. And no set Of men may hope TO sur
pass Them in the good qualities OF citizenship:
or in the ability with which they discharged
their official duties. , VIZ
But we have new order OF 1nlngS. we
have n new constitution and new laws by
which we are governed. The old conServa.
live WAYS have been brushed aside, Ior newer
and II may be, for inferior methods. VI thls
we are not speaking. IL Is tbe iacle Uho' "'
The tennre of the old judges has been re-
duced from life to term OF years. InlS lacI
alone breaks up the old regime ana str,k es a
death blow TO the perpetuation OF any class IN
office ,o,
The Judges every four or six years must
come before the people ior re eiecs'f' anu
While nobody will believe that the new or
der of things can bring better men to once.
vet the present plan offers the exercise OF
greater rights and the enjoyment OF greater
privileges. For this reason the present cou-
stitution will be forever more popular WIN
the people than the old constltullon anu ia, a"s s,,
AS the country should be governed 6y con-
sent of the governed, so the larger lloerIy
should be more popular with the people.
While we believe that some OF the uescenu-
ents of the ruling class think that Ihey are
entitled, because OF such fact,t the othces ana
the places of honor. and may thlnR ~ Latu- ~,
shin that their rights may be questioned oy
.snIrinp contem poraries. yet 1t IL by Just such
contention and such agitation OF the puollc
mind that the best interests OF the whole peo-
pie will be Subserved. l.,
With the history OF the past before us IL Is
not TO he expected that the former oice-noiu,
ing class, and their followers, will cheeriully
surrender that which they may regard as
In like manner 1t is not TO be expected that
the LIQUOR element will readily yiela 10 tne
curtailment OF their business and TO the CLOS
| ing of the most delightful places In when tne
ihirsty citizen may assemble. The lovely
smrroEndings and the merry clink OF the
glasses will not be easily given up
According to our way of thinking there are
two existing causes for this unrest, namely
| list. The opening OF the offices 10 everybody
and the possibility that anybody may gel
| Them. I'd. The closing OF the bars.