The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-07-26

the relative forces arrayed by the
two parties?
I have but recently stepped in the
political arena, constrained by bust
ness that consumed all my time.
I find Democratic Club organic
ed at this place; and hope that you,
in replying to the questions pro-
pounded, may be but pushing on
that great work, for which our State
is in q great measure indebted to
you. Most respectfully, yours,
DEAR STR: I have received your
communication of July 18th, and it
gives me pleasure to give you all the
information at my command.
1. I regard the Republican party
as one originally made up of those
who opposed African slavery, and
favored the National theory as op-
posed to the States Rights. Now, I
regard it as faction, bent upon re-
tanning power; and in order to do
this, ready to give the negro power,
at the white mans expense; and
ready. at the North, to destroy civil
liberty, and to consummate party
purposes at almost any cost. It is
the party of sectionalism, of hate and
vengeance.
2. Its leaders are Grant, Colfax,
Thad. Stevens, Butter, Greeley, Sum-
ner, Wilson, &c.
8. At the North, we expect to show
that it is less strong than the Demo
cratic party. At the South, it is COM
posed of Northern carpet-baggers, q
few Southern renegades, and almost
all the negro voters.
4. Should the party triumph, the
result would be either military des-
potism or civil war, or both.
5. The Democratic party is the
grand historical partylof.the country,
that made it what it was before the
war-that seeks to redeem it now
from radical corruption, tyranny and
misrule, and to start it afresh upon n
career of honor and prosperity. 1t
maintains the rights Of the States
and the liberti of the citizen. 1t
is Caucasian in its sympathies, high
in its tone, and conservatively pro.
gressive in its policy. It recognizes
the civil status of the freedmen, and
leaves his political status to be deter
mined by the constitutional power
of each sovereign State in the Union.
6. At The NORTH, this party is strong
and increasing its numbers by acces-
sions from conservative Republicans.
At The South, it embraces few con-
servative negroes, and the whites al
most entirely.
7. Its leaders are Seymour, Blair,
Penlleton, Hendricks, Doolittle,
Hancock, Johnson, Hampton, Per
ry, &c.
8. Its triumph would bring the
country back to law and order; would
improve the finances; diminish the
taxes, and restore the political con-
troll of the Southern States to the
whites, to whom it belongs.
8. Should the Democratic party
prevail, the civil rights of the negro
would be fully recognized in the
Southern States, and a suffrage ex-
tended to him based upon property
or intelligence, or both.
10. Mr.. Seymour's public charac-
ter is high. He is regarded the most
accomplished statesman in the Union;
a man deeply versed in the philoso-
ply of government, entertaining
broad, comprehensive views as to the
needs Of the country, and ami
mated by an earnest patriotism.
In private life, his character is
equally exalted. A gentleman, q
scholar, Christian; there is no man
in the Union better calculated to
adorn the Presidential chair.
IL. Gen. Grant is o soldier. We
refer you to his record. In war, he
was magnanimous. In peace, he has
become the instrument of an unscru-
pulous party, who desire his suord
far more than his brains.
12. 1t is estimated that there ore
81.