The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-08-12

Ia rims, In convention Mt New York, during
tt6 sitting of tho Democratic Convention, and.
the States on the hfst ballot. This shows the
high appreciation Of deheral Blair BY the Fed.
oral army and the national Deiidcf&cy -
Wber the Southern States wefe called in cou-
vebtion to nominate candidate for yice-Prcs-
ident, It wasa pleading and gratifying Eight
TO see such men ms General Hampton, Gene.
raj Fetrest, ssssral 9o.dSn, and othe! dis
for their respective States In favor OF Frank
p. Blair, whom they had met on many bloody
field Of battle, aud fought like brave soldiers.
The war was over, ssd they now united In
honoring q brave and gallant foo.
With such men as ,Hofstio Seymour aha
Frank p: Blair ms our standardsbearers, stdnd-
ing on the truo, patriotic and sound Demo;
cratic platform, adopted by The Now Yotk
Convention, we must, and will, be successful
In tho coming Presidential election. This Was
the unanimous opinion of every member of
tho Convention. Tho Connecticut delegation
said to that Of South Carolina, on leaving Tam.
msny Hall: "Set us down in Connecticut for
q Democratic majority Of 5000 certain" The
Ohio delegation pledged that State for a ma
jority Of $4,000. New York city nlone promi,
scs \ Democratic majority Of $4,000 votoJ.
Pennsylvania and Indiana seemed confident
Of giving Seymour and Blair handsome ma
jority. The States Of Maryland, New Jersey,
Kentucky, California and Oregon are certain
beyond all contingency. The delegates from
Mississippi Alabama, Gcorgin and Louisiana
were confident Of carrying those States. There
can be no doubt of Virginia and Texas, II
they are allowed 10 voto. Arkansas and Ten-
nessee are equslly certain, IL the elections arc
conducted fairly and honestly. There was
great confidence expressed, too, on the part Of
North Carolina. And we will not despair Of
South Carolina and Florida. There is hope,
fnr In, hatp nth hat
North western States. Indeed, Il did scctn,
from all that wo heard and could learn In the
New York Convention, that tho tyranny, op-
preston and misrule Of the radical party had
thoroughly disgusted the thinking and reflects
ing masses every rywhere all over the republic.
II there Is one feeling in tho American
heart stronger than that Of all others, IL is q
love Of constitutional liberty AID Republican
principles They lore tho Federal Uuion In
the North, East and West, because they sia-
cerely believe, with Washington, that II is the
palladium OF liberty aud Independence. II
was this feeling which made them fight f.r the
Union, and the same feeling will prompt them
to drive the radicals from power aud ofIice in
tho ensuing Presidential election. There Is
no hope of any change with the radical lead
ers, hat tho radical masses are beginning to
eompare the condition OF the country, at pres-
ent, vita what IL was years ago. They are
beginning 10 feel the iron hand of thcir party
in the eaoraaous taxes which they have 10 pay,
and In the pfostration of their commerce and
manufactures, '....
No country was over 80 happy and prosper.
Gus as these United States. for the last thirty
or forty years, prior TO 1850, whom they were
under Democratic rule. The radicals came
into power eight years since, by an unfortun-
ate division Of tho Democrat tic party, and how
changed has been everything since. BY their
determination TO make no compromise with the
South, bloody war ensuod, in which 1,000,-
oea Of American lives were sacrificed and S3,-
000, ,000, ,O06 or - ,0o0, 600, ,09p of money nRdly
spent. When the war Mas over, instead Of
restoring the Union, they have kept it dis
united, and excluded all the Southern States
from tho councils OF tho nation. They have
kept up standing army, in time OF peace, at
an expense Bf si00, ,0bO, BOO, TO elevate the ne
gro. above the white man. They have increas.
cd the burden of tsxation until it has become
intolerable. They established the Freedman's
Burcau mt Eu expense of many millions, for
throughout the Southern States. They hsve
cstablished military despotism over ten
States, euspcnding the writ Of ha6eas corpus,
and suspendiug the civil court, with military
commissions for tho trial Of civil diid ctitninal
laws. They have usurpsd TIE pdwer of the
Executive Department and stripped the Pres
idcnt Of his most important constitutional
rights Of the Judiciary, and manifested de-
tefthinati5n ia give Congress all the powers Of
all the other departments Of tho Government.
Under thi. syitem of tyranny and opprcs-
sion, usurpation aud despotism, they have de-
strVyed the prosperity, the peace and happi-
ness OF the country, civil liberty, all eonstitu-
tional rights and Republican principles. They
have boldly set the Federal Constitution,
which thoy were sworn to support, protect and
defend, at Defiance and claim to be acting
outside of that sacred charter. In order to
perpetnate their party and their tyranny, they
have nominated for the Presidency the gene
raj commanding their armies. In order to 8. {
| cure the election OF this military commander,
they have passed an Act Of Congress, author
king that body 10 r6fdte the electoral vote OF
| any Southern State, unless tho vot. Is given
| for the radical candidate for the Presidency.
| Because tho present virtuous and patriotic
Chief Magistrate would not sanction their
gross and palpable eitlatiths Of the Federal
Constitution, they have impeached him OF
high crimes and misdemcsnors. In order to
prevent the Judiciary from declaring their n
| legal and unconstitutional legislation null and
void, they have passed laws rcpealing the
hearing Of cases before tho Supreme Court OF
| tho United States. They have expelled mem
| bers from both Houses vf Congress simply be-
cause they were opposed to the majority In
politics. They have disiranchised hundred,
OF thousands OF the most inflhgent ana pa
triotic citizens, and eufranchised 100000 OF
S0o, 900 negroes, for the purpose VI placing
| ton Southern States under negro rule.
Is IL surprising that party whose history
| 10 thus marked with such infamy, oppression
and tyranny, should be abandoned by . peo-
| pie whose love OF liberty and Republican prin
| cples Is the strongest feeling Of their nature
IL would 10 strange, inSeed, II the Northerr
people did not rise up in the majesty Of theii
strength and hurl such State criminals and
perjured traitors from ofice and power. They
| viii drive them with soorn and contempt from
| Congress and place a mark on them which
| will never be effaeed. They will brand. then
as traitors TO the Constitution, traitors to ibe.
" and Repuhlican principles, traitors to the,l
race and country.
The platform of the Democratic party
adopted In New York, is o glorious one, EN-
bodying the truo principles Of the American
/ Government, as handed down TO rs from ou
Revolutionary fathers, IL declares Immediate
restoration Of oil the States 10 their rights IL