The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-19
CH ARL ES TON.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1869.
Parties In tho State.

Parties In tho State.
In this State, the difference between
"Democrat' and "Rsdioap is not that Of
political opinion, butthe difference between
intelligence and ignorance, probity and
vice. The question hero is not whether
particular political principle shall prevail,
but whether the public affairs shall be ad-
ministered by upright and capable men, or
be handed over to the tender keeping Of
dusky freedmen and inpeeunious white sd-
venturers. These distinctions should al
ways be borne in mind, it being the aim Of
the shrevder. South Carolina Radicals to
convince their fellow Republicans through
out the United States that they are de.
nouncsd because they are Republicans,
and for that reason alone -, -
Thanks to the insrtness of the white vo-
ters, the Radicals have fall control Of the
Government Of the State. The few white
men who, carpet bag IN hand, came South
in quest Of fortune, moulded the negroes
as they pleased, Aftsr q little while, the
negro element demanded sNshare of The
public plunder, and now for many months
it has been g, race betwheen white and
black over the Union course for the stakes
Of place and pence. The Radicals, in
public capacity, have done. 10 one thing to
prove that they had even honesty Of puf-
pose; nor have they in any way given svi-
dence Of desire to protect the interests
aud deselope ths wealth Of the State. Their
sole object has been to make money-no
matter how. The negroes at large have re-
ceiyed no benefit whatever. A few spright-
ly mulattoes and Northern negroes have
mrnonopolizod the share which was awarded
TO the oslofed man and brother, and ninety.
.nine onsehundredths Of the freedmenNare
| left to win their bread in the fields Of corn
/ and cotton. The mass Of the freedmen have
derived no more advantage from Radical
rule than hAs been enjoyed by the mass Of
| the Wulte pooPio Va suo ososo'
Hadthe Radicals been temperate in their
exercise Of power, had they been decent in
their use af suthurity, they might have won
over some respectable South Carolinians to
their side. This they had not the wisdom
TO do, and to-day the responsible citizens
Of ths State stand ss q unit against them.
zAdmisting that there are two, three, or Half
Q dozen Northern Republicans who have
talent and responsibility, how can these
hope to control for long the 400, 900 freed
men in the State, not to speak Of the SOC, 900
white insn VIC will, at oil times and under
ali eiropmstanoeS' oppose thens, Thesefew
Norihsra MEN havs gsined from ths State
itself no political strength. Native born
South Carolinians have, indeed, sold them
selves for price, as they had the unques-
tidnsbae right to d0y They sre still, how
ever, as rare as genuine sea serpent or the
Austrslian dodo. Andwhst have the faith
less few accomplished for themselves
They know best how many dollars they
have been paid for their body and soul; but
the whole Rats Eqows HAT they ars-sps-
peOted and d;strusted BY the very men who
perverted them, and must steep themselves
to the eyes in muck and mire if they would
possessany power with the party. They
have not given, nor do they give, any nerv-
inn forca 20 U a d;ool;a., rzh;.h - tL;, Ct.k.
has no other stay than the Northern adven-
turers who are its head and front. In
Georgia, and North Carolina, and Virginia
there may be respectable nativs-born Rad
icals; but in this State if there is or can be
respectable renegade, We do not know it.
There are but two parties in South. Caro-
linsr-The one mads-up of the white peo-
pie and the mpst trustworthy colored
men. The other composed of the illiterate
negroes, fawned upon by the native rene
gades and led by the nose by the Yankee.
political speculator. We say that the end
cannot be doubtful or long in coming. In
the Radical party there is no lasting
strength, NO enduring vitality. 1t is o
house built on sand, and already, as its
leaders admit, the resistless waves of IA
outrsgsd public opinion are sapping its very
foundations.
Bearing these facts in mind, what we
most desire to impress upon public atten-
tion is that Democracy in South Carolina,
in all local questions, means but one thing
eternal opposition to the fraud, ignorance
and corruption Of the Radical party. And
it must be that Rsdicalism, if left to itself,
will fall, and fall quickly. AS its position
becomes desperate, 50 will its leaders exert
every influence to attract to its ranks that
quasi-respectability without which it can
not hold together. Every temptation and
every bribe will be offered those whom it is
desired to win over to Radioalism. Here
and there the ripe fruit may fall from the
bough; but let it be remembered that every
man who now joins the Radical party of the
State, or gives it his support, is helping to
rivet the chains around the necks of his