The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-27
CH A RL-ES TON.
THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 81. 1858.
nsorrhern RepresentntIon.'

|5zshsanSt the'rights of the State. l1The party
/ in power have unsettled the public order
and stbs principles Of constitutional govern
ment; enSs the Democrats, in opposing them,
are'sssking to save the whole country from
rnan:: yGoi.o!.r:io ;-siiHi tl:s9SrA
lloTA.fsprsssntative system is a mere mock
seerf.y0 ely dnless it, allows Of liberty Of opinion
and and discussion. Yet this is what the Re
publican party cannot endure. On the con-
trary,sthey anfranchiseo disfranohise men
eand even States, according as these enter
tain this d. That political view, Of sustain
this OF that measure Of public policy.
lEhus,ifor purely partisan reasons, 'Virginis,
sthsmosher of iWAsHIEaToSs is held pros.
Hate Under the heel Of military despot,i
and. Tspnesaee, despairs Or y hopes as the
,mOnster BRowNLow falls into1a new fit Of
|'farylort Of paralysis. Nay, in the other.
Southern States misrepresentation is the
rule, representation the exception. Hostil-
ity.to the will Of the people, an alien ma
tivity,, apostaey1 from the convictions Of a
lifetime, .ssysn notorious perjury, are, in
almost every instance, the passports to
so5peo osn1 thus MopEsi and EReBKegs on and
aB1ob1srpiand Bnowr wear the public dig
adififasas diehfsd to integrity and Honor. Never
|ab5sl hsfSss IS Sar history did politioai party
.seign, which made manhood 2 stigma OF
Disgrace, and denied Office to sserya citizen
y8sssnjoyed.the confidence and reprssen-
eted- -epiaiens f-the- people.-r-~--.------
Washington has, for many years, been
corrupt to proverb. Its moral health will
not bssimproved By the addition of twenty
such SENATOR'S and Of such o mob Of repre-
sentatiyes, IS the. Republican junta allows
|lths Southern ststes TO send to Congress.
Yet "'tis an i'll wind that blows nobody
;sgoood. 'ssgAa 's!ssAa these gentlemen are In sore
HHasa; arising from recent election expenses,
they may always be- relied upon foe votes
81 SsSa ssnplatin the supply: Of the Congress
SIGNAL; purse. As they pay no taxes, to
speak Of; their course upen. all financial
questions will be wholly untrammelled by
private considerations. AS they are re-
spfonsibleto nobody, they may appropriate
I Congressional "stationery" so-called, the
Refreshments which Che budget -modestly
describes as .scologne" and "lemons,"
which are to be got at in some strange way
by the aid Of s'corkscrews"), and that to
an extent to. which Governor YATES does
mot indulge. They can do what they list.
They can vote for anybody or. anything.
They can sipkinto the ooze Of Washington,
or aoat with its scum. They can giye;as we'll
ias take, lessons in foul language bad tenn
per and contempt for the laws. i They. can
tickle atmongrel mob under the shadow Of
the capitol, as deftly as BUTLER TIE hi himself
They,can hound on a crowd of ignorant and
.besOtted. rowdies to exoesses Of lust and
f;blood. ;oe go r'..l.-l ,-..t
That the Republicans should welcome
such allies is not to be wondered at; for it
.ia principle in nature that "birds of a
's.feather.A flock together" But that such
persons should speak and vote for us is an
outrage upon the fair fame of our States,
and an overthrow ofthe representative sys-
tenn. These are not Southern statesmen
many Of them are not Southern men at all.
sIf the intelligence and property of the South
were allowed to exert its proper influence,
most of those who now claim the highest
places among us would not venture to
aspire to the pettiest Offices in the gift Of
the people. -
In like manner, what burlesque upon
representation is exhibited in the State
Legislatures, so-called? With rare e1ceps
tions, these gas companies exclude intelli--
genoe and public spirit, and ignore the pre-
else design for which they have been called
together. State Legislature should sub
serve the interests of the Sta,e-the last
subject to which the attention of these bodieS
amongst us is directed. On the contrary,
the whole interest. of the session is concen-
trated. upon the per diem of the members,
the schemes of the lobby, the claims of can
didates for Office, questions of national
politics, and bills with penalties for the es-
tablishment of an impracticable social
equality. In Janney's Hall is congregated
as inveterate set of hobby riders as ever
took the course. Nothing is further from
their minds than the credit of the State
and the prosperity of the people of South
| Carolina. As we showed in recent num-
ber of The NEWS, they are busily engaged
in sacrificing both.
1t is whispered that, in the present strin-
gency of the money market in Columbia,
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