The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-19
CHI A r L Els r ON.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1869.
Parties Rn tho state.

| In this State, the difference between
"Demoorat" and "Radioal' is not thst Of
political opinion, but the difference between
intelligence and ignorance, probity and
vice. The question here is not whether @
particular political priuciple 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 impecunious white ad--
venturers. These distinctions should al
ways be borne in mind. it being the aim of
the shrewder South Carolina Radicals to
cow ince their fellow Republicans through
out the United States that they are de.
nouncssd because they are Republicans,
and for that reason alone. .-5.:s- III;
i,, Thanks to the incrtness of the white vo-
ters, the Radicals have full 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. After little while, the,
negro element demanded q share Of the
public plunder, and now for many months
| it has been race betwheen =h:tes ana
black over the Union course for the stakes
Of place and pence. The Radicals, in q
public capacity, have done no one thing to
prove that they had even honesty Of ,pur-
pose; nor have they in any way given evil
dence of a, desire, to, protect the interests
and develope tho wealth of the State. Their
sole object has been to make money-no
matter how The negroes at large have re-
ceived no benefit whatever. A few spright-
ly mulattoes and Northern negroes have
monopolizod the share which was awarded
to the colored man and brother, and ninety
s1sfS TO WIN their bread in the fields Of corn
and cotton. The mass Of the. freedmen have
d[xgfi no more advantage from Radical
rule than has been enjoyed by the mass Of
the white people Of the State.
Had the Radicals been temperate in their
exercise of power, had they been decent in
their use Of authority, they might have won
over some respectable South Carelinians to
their side. This they had not the wisdom
to do, and to-day the responsible citizens
Of the State stand IS unit against item thseemn.0
Admitting that there are two, three, Of half
dozen Northern Republicans, whos have.
talent and respectability, how can these
hope to control for long the 400, 900 freed
men in the State, not to speak Of The 500 Ooo
white men who will, at all times ana under
all oircumstanoess oppose them-S These few
Northern men have gained from the state
itself no political strength. Native born
South Carolinians have, indeed, sold them
selves for price, as they had the unoues-
tionsbls 'fight4o do. They are Gill, 1hbo nov
ever, as rare as genuine sea serpent or the
Australian dodo. And what have the faith,
less few accomplished for themselves f?
They know best how many dollars they
have been paid for their body end soul: but
the whole: State 7knowa sthst they arasyS
'peoted and distrusted by the very men who
perverted them, and must steep themselves
to the eyes in muck and mire if they would
possess any power. with the. party Thsy
'havenot given, nor do they give, any nerv-
ing force to Radicalism, which, in this State
has no other stay than the Northern ,adven-
turers who ars'ita head and front In
Georgia. and North Caroline. and Virginia
there may he respectable nativs-borh RAa.
ioals; but in this State if there tis Or can be
q respectable q ] i renegade, We DO not know it.
Innlere are bnt two parties in South Caro-, !
iinaZ The' one mado- vi" of the 'wHits peg
PIE and the most trustworthy t.oolored
men. The other composed OF the illiterate
negroes, fawned upon by the native rene rene
gsdes and led by the nose by the Yankee
political Spectator. q p'e We say that the end
cannot be doubtful or long in coming, In
the Radical party there IS no az lasting
strength, no enduring vitality: IT is j
house built on sand, and already, asiits
leaders admit, the resistless waves Of an
outraged public opinion are sapping lis very
foundations. NH ,3FjIMTiiE
Bearing these facts in mind, what we
most desire to impress upon public atten.
sion Is that Democracy in South Carolina,
IN all local questions, means but one thing
eternal opposition to the fraud. ignorance
and eorrnpsionos che RaAlsaI pssty q sAad
1t must DO that Radioalism, IL left to ITSELF |
viii fall, and fall quickly. u An its position |
becomes desperate, SO will it's leaders exert
every influence 70, attract 80. its ranks that |
respeotability without which Il it'l can
not hold together. Every temptetion and
every bribe win be offered those whom Il ia
aealred to win over to Radioalism. !, II erSss ss 1
aad there the ripe fruit may fall from the |
oousn; Dus let 1t be- remembered that every |
man VINO now joins the Radical party Of the |
state, Or gives this support, Is helping 70
rivst tho chains around tho necks Of his
fellow. citizens, and is doing his par. IL psr.
petuating the vilest and mesA Disgusting
tyranny with which any people Asa bsen
cursed TysY..'
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