The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-07-30
ARMING THE SOUTH.
THE RECORD OF FRANK BLA1R-wHAT 1s REvoLu
T1oN-THE OBJECT OF THE RADICALS.

At Democratic gathering held at Alum
Springs, Rockbridee county, Virginia, on the
25th instant, Montgomery BLAIR delivered q
speech, in which hetouched upon topics al
ready familiar to the public, and made the
following allusions to the Democratic nominee
for the Vice Presidency and current political
topics. Referring 10 the action OF the Tamma-
ny Convention in nominating General Blair,
MIR. Blair continued:
. To show that their invitation to all who were
true to the constitution in this hour OF its peril
TO unite with them as equals was not an un-
meaning phrase, they conferred the nomination
for Vice President upon General Blair, who had
been Republican from the organization OF
that party to the close OF the war, General
Blair had been rendered the nomination for the
same Office by those who had The lower to con-
fer it in the Convention at Chicago in 1860. He
was the first man in the United States to lake
up arms against secession, and had served the
country in the field till the close Of the war;
but when the Radical party turnsd the power
given them by the people to preserve the Union
against the constitution, he renounced oil fel-
lowship with them and united his efforts with
the Democracy then in The mnoarsy to save
mour and Blair) the Convention presented
declaration Of principles on which they are
pledged to act, II elected, and ask the judg-
ment of the country upon them in the election.
This declaration arraigns the Radical party for
It's abuses OF power, its waste Of the public
treasure, the unequal taxation imposed, it's
scandalous jobs. and takes issue with them es-
pecially upon their So 0-caled reconstruction
measures, pronouncing them usurpations, vior
lations of the constitution, and declaring them
null and void. This last declaration is pro-
nounced revolutionary by the Radicals, and
their whole wrath has been turned loose upon
General Blair especially, because he urged the
preservation OF this issue, and showed that it
would be impossible for the Radical party to
withstand the judgment of the country against
them upon It and maintain their usurpations
in defiance of that judgment. Here is General
Blair's language:
"There is but one way to restorelthe govern
mept and the constitution, and that is for the
President elect to declare these acts null and
void; compel the army to undo lts usurpatlons
at the South; disperse the carpet-bag State
governments; allow the white people to reor-
ganize their own governments, and elect SEN
ators and representatives. The House Of Rep
resentatiYes will contain majority Of Demo
Gratis from the North, and they will admit the
representatives elected by the white people Of
the South; and with the cooperation OF the
President 1t will not be difficult to compel the
Senate to submit once more 10 the OplSatlous
OF the constitution. 1t will not be able to with
stand the public judgment it distinctly invoked
and clearly expressed on this fundamental ls-
sue. And it is the sure way to avoid all future
strife to put the issue plainly to the country,
This is the language called revolutionary and
said to menace war. There is no such thought
in it. It's all appeal to the ballot, and it is
the Radicals alone who talk of war and are
making preparations for it in connection with
the elections. General Blair and the Demo-
cratic party invoke the Judgment Of the ,pco-
ple on the issue, joined with the Radicals on
ihe validity OF tileir measures, and propose
to carry the judgment Of the people into ef-
feet by the officers elected for that purpose by
them. There can be 10 war unless the Radi-
calls make it TO resist the judgment, Of the
people, who are or ought to be the fnal ar
biters. What, then. DOES this outcry about
war from the Radicals mean but that shey
will resist the judgment asked tor by the
Democracy They deceived the people as to
their intentions in respect to these measures,
and secured their present power in Congress
by denying thnt they contemplated any such
abuse Of it, hasened to prostitute it to sub
vert civil government and set up military gov
ernment in the South, now to be used to de-