The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-11-27

l"Capitalq Hints on the situstion.. =
:" Don Piatt, in his vigorous and
lsprightly paper, the Washington,
Capital, which though very Der.
sonal I'm its tone, contains a weeks
" compendium Of wit and corn.
mon sense exceptional in newspa.
lpers anywhere, thus phiIosopLises
ION 3 recent nnpleasantness' or
the last !. Loaf Cause = ',,a.y,.. , .
[as We know ct few pursuits so
prof:less ,7and stupid as, that i'm.
Edplyed in by,certain journalists in
accounting for tas deieas after the
event. The cause that brought the
Liberal 'lnovcmens 20 grief may be
stafedain q few, swords;a !, e .tssa 3 .
Mr.. Greeley failed ofan election
from a lack orvotes. as,at 49, - Z
! These were Democratic votes. !
T Tie Derhocfats did not como ont
Except in 'PennsyIvanfa, ana there,
they sold out. ., isea' ts'ares wa Z.
o. Had the Democrats Sustained
Mr." Greeley as they would have
supported one OF their own party,
the venerable pbilosoplier. would
now be the President elect. we
called attention to this again and
again, and saw in the possibility
our only weakness. !, Had the
Democrats voted in, the October
elections we would have, carried
Penpsylyania, Ohio, and Indlanay
But, hey respectful v-deelined.s ",
lo Tho onlgd satisfactisaglsftT ns-AA
and it is isexceedingly grimAistbat
the Administration people might
haveHsaved their money, and per"
haps their souls, by abstaining
from traud-their victory was as
lsured them. ''' a 's't" . -
People are slow to learn that a
differ ence in politics does lot ,ori,
! ginate so much in an, aniagonism
of opinion as in one of Telling
|Iherea;was no reason in principle
why a. Democrat should not ote
tor Horace Greeley, but there was
strong motive for his refusal in
feeling. :, 's ~ p. ~ roe
| What fearful thought it must
be to a Republican that Gran.
might die! And we, would sug.
gest in this connection that p.ovi.
sion be now made for an assign or
successor, SO as to preserve the or!
ganization in view of such a terri
Die disaster. lsalo .raa,i ~ .fsjra
.. We must not be understood as
Claiming in this anything for the
mere name of Democrat. We only
referste the great mass of voters
now recognized under that title
IHey una 100 UP ~..a..-. 49,, -,
but they will yet remain the men
who came into this world with no
preparation for their coming, and
are forced to subsist by the labor
'lof their hands or the cunning of
their brain. These improved Peo.
pie regard with wrath their more
wealthy brethren who, rich and
we'll born, have certain vested
rights and privileges denied the
many. They hate taxation,, in
stinctiyely fight extravaganza, and
are disposed to hang the defaulter;
notso much from any extra virtue
in themselves, but for that they
feel, if they do not know, that the
defaulcation emptied their pockets
This is the governing element,
and, when in power, the conserva
tive force of the government. And
it is further grim comfort to know
that our present financial policy
increases daily the number Of The
unprovided for. The rich get few
er in number and stronger in
means, while the poor grow poorer
and more populous. In the mean
time, all we. have to. say is, that il
the freeborn A merican people car
stand what they have submitted
: to, we can. s $3.50 . ..." T o.
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