The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-04-20
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been against him for at least two
years, and be could not have re-
moved or appointed Q postmaster.
Inc House Ess in the same oppo-
clifton, and none Of the party would
nave felt amiably inclined toward
one that had defeated their can
didate.
eRANT,a FI.pyr,oN A prx.erra
Tn this view. tberes,ra :, No. !.
bless;ng 70 ths Snnti, .S,tG.
was elected Some ~ The ro",,I.s s
to ma pol;tica,lv ,,nsv ,ot =. .ss.s e
able: come of tha f.ono.ess!,,as,
legislation thas 40 soljewsJ h.s
bean haaed noo, : o;as,,nra,an a nae
sion Of the real nnh,,c samt;i"sn. ~ ae
the Soutb bnt fha and w;,i n,ora y.
tba wisdom Of the aIact;on - Se ~
eral Grant M mnst h. ranan, ~ S
bered chat the war d;d No. % n,n.s
with the Termination n host;,;,;aS 60
II reonired time 10 rnaLa .hn uee
ple f1ijv reaI;le tbe fac, tha. ~
we're cononered anJ - .do. 10y
Themselves ~ tha nau - s;.,a.; aP'
The princinles for which than hoI
fouoht ws,e so r. .naaL T Sa.as: Ia
tary. and II wonid ba . rnorva, =,
history or in bnman na,rro G..
them to have even tbaoret;c.iIv H.
submitted to a stronger nower A.
once.
Q. Suppose, ON the theory that
the Southern States were never
out of the Union, their representa-
tives had been admitted to Con
gress with out the restrictions
which have been imposed by the
enactments of that body, what
then would have been the result .
A. I'm my Judgment, one.third
Of the States of the Union would
have been hostile to every leading
feature of the, policy of the CON.
quering party. They would not
have sympathized with the power
by which they had been defeated.
They would not have given uni
versal suffrage to the. negro ; they
would not have permitted the
South to be overrrun by irrespon.
,sible and, in many instances, cor
rupt men-mere ads senturers, hay-
ing in view solely their own eleva-
tion. In tact, such was the tenn
pc. on the people, tnat they would
not nsV9 Recognized tne rlghts OF
qua''nea sunrage 10 tne co.ored
man at the ume IL was pronered.
~ eourse ~ the present time,
.ney WoIio oe gao enough 10
.ha ,,aHe I such y cosnPfom'se. II Is
oasa, .ne Ano"teoge Oh .nls iact wmlsh n
aoST.nts ,: lor 'ne Persls'ency OF re
PuoinGnnlsm t% ads at Tue Nor'n; ano ior
'ne aeoP.lCn Oh y Piah OF recon
ss ssruc'loh M wnlcn wouid remove tne
iangs oi tne serpent oy "hicn ,haI
secelon nad oeen stnng. sun,
90 NOT wish TO be understood as
encorsing all the peculiar manifes-
satlons OF that political creed which
nave oeen exhibited In the South,
because hepuoiican!sm has gone
20 extremes mere which would new
er De accepted at the North. A
reaction must necessarily, take
place, ana Is already IN progress.
REPUBLIcANIsM TO rREDoMINATE.
@. But will a true Republican.
ism gain accessions to its. ranks
from the native white men of the
Southe
A. Most uneuestionably. but Il
will be a work OF time. It ia every
day becomiry evident to- men OF
shrewdness and foresight that there
is no organization antagonistic to
the Republican party which can
be successful in South Carolina
for the next ten years, and the re
mark is equally applicable to eve.
~ Southern State in which there
is q large colored majority. The
results Of the last three Years have