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it's most important functions Intelligent people are no
ginning to this and hunting for remedies. We
think have found remedy that viii at the case, and
that cumulative voting for members OF the Legislature
giving the rtyholders at least onethird OF the
representatives.; and when can get 40odd men OF
character and influence In the House and dozen In the
Senate, will have fear Of corrupt legislation. But
while don't have faith In universal suffrage, don't De-
leve that the franchise will be limited by taking
the right 20 vote from those who now possess 1.-THE nc
groes for example. No party will ever again dareh
propose this and the prejudice against negro
suffrage has died away, is fast doing, everybody
viii be In favor Of the right Of To VOTE for the
sake Of the increased political power they give us
Mr. Trenholm formerly member OF JEFF Davies CAB
met went much further than this in his speech before
the convention. He not only accepted universal sur
frage as an accomplished fact but ne spoke OF II as an
inevitable step In the progress age and asserted
that all civilized nations tending toward universal
suffrage in spite Of the resistance monarchs aud priv
lcged classes and that Is time all should acknowledge
the wisdom of the principle Tie Convention took pains
to express its opinion the question in these words
contained in its declaration OF principles: ave regard
the Reconstruction measures fnates, snd recognize
them as portion OF the established laws OF the land"
This believe, step in advance OF any declaration
upon the subject yet made by any assemblage OF nAuen
tial Southern mem hers the Reconstruction acts. 50
lately denounced tyIannica and odous are not merely
accepted, but accepted as fnalitles.
Whatever the faults Of the white people OF so1th
Carolina IGNITION is not among them. There Ia no
people more frank and outspOken. They hatcd all
Northerners after the war; and they expressed Their
feeling with most. unpleasant freedom. They aDhored
the constitutional amendments and all the WORK OF ne
construction and they could find adectives too vo-
lent to characterize them They detested the Govern
ment Of the United States and never hestated TO make
known detestation. And now when they say with
equal franness that they longer hostile to the
General Government, that they accept negro SUI
fra. O. and would not abolish If they could ana that
they W. | heartily welcome Northern immigration, We
cannot question their sincerity This great change mas
undoubtedly been recent and has to considerable eN
tent been brought about by conviction that It VIII DO
for the great pecunary advantage OF the white men
but it ia none the less genuine. Ii Ia probable that the
views these men express not yet universally re-
ceiyed for changes in public sentiment here do not com
mence at the bottom society and work up but rather
at the top among small class of thinking men. But
when new ideas are accepted by tie few who do the
thinking these ideas speedily adopted by all classes
Of society.
In the movement OF progress that has resulted In tie
acceptance of these ideas by nearly all thoughtfu
citizens Of South Carolina the Lad has been taken, not
by the old politicians, but by younger men, vino nfsi
won prominence as gallant officers in the war As en
ampes OF this class may he mentioned Gen. NJ g. Butltt
and Gen. Cary OF Edgefeld, who have recently estab
lished an immigration agency In Charleston. III Con
gress had provided general amnesty, and II the Re
publican party here 1t is at the North, were the party
Of virtue and intelligence such these would he
active Republicans to-day; but, long as disabilities
are kept up ana oad are kept in Office selhsbness
extravaganza aud corruption will bring Odium upon the
name of the Republican party and this class OF men viii
remain with the Democratic party, with whose prnei
pies and aims they with their liberal views, can
have but little sympathy.