The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-05-22
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EsoREE PLANTATION, S. c.,
Mny 17Ih 1870

EEOREE PLANTATION, :. l.,
May 17th, 1872.
MK. EDiIoR There is tide in tie affairs
OF nations and peoples US well as Of indiYid-
uals, and happy arc those who possess the
sagacity TO discern snd take advantage Of it.
( We have been swep.;oyer BY q disastrous
war of iouryear's duration, followed for seven
years more by the iashed and maddened
waves Of mis-. judgment and mis-rule, which
has shaken the country from centre to cir
cumtercnce, both socially and politically
The stormy bllowS oI passion and hate
engendercd by the late war have commenced
to snbside in the North, and her best men
are now surveying the situation and taking
their latitude and departure.
President GRAFT, during the late war saved
the Territorial integrity of the Republic, and
for it he deserved we'll of the North. This
debt they have paid to the full by eevating
him 10 the Chief Magis;racy of the Republic
the highest position in the gift of the Amer
lean people. We cherished the hope when
he was elected thar he would inaugurate his
administration b.: calling to his counsel the
purest and abeSt men in the entire country
men who. by long experience in public az
fairs, understood the needs of the country
and the working of our governmental system,
and would spare no effort to readjust, in all
its partS,this once great and happy Republic,
and restore that general good feeling which
once peryaded the land.
That hc did not do so was his own fault for
no one was ever before surrounded by cir
cumstanccs SO suspicious for good. That he
| ignored the best and ablest men in the entire
country and snubbcd the best men in his own
party. and surrendered 10 the Radical faction,
| was his own act. That he is especially to
! blame for the disastrous and perilous condi-
| ton of the country in both her domestic ard
! foreign affairs opinc no one will gainsay.
During the war the North manifested :: sin
gular sagarily in sending to the rear her
generals as soon rs victory failed to perch
upon their banners. Grant stands to-day as
q statesman, where Mcdowell stood as gen.
eral upon the disas uouS field Of Bull hun
confused, defeated routed. live are 10 judge
the future by the pas:, let him prepare to get
to the rear, for such is his fate. The war is
ended and freedom is now permanently es-
tablished; slavery having been torn up, down
in the very roots out Of the Constitution,
leaving not fibre to tell where it once was.
We are now moving forward and battling
for The next station upon the great Highway
the pnriication of the government and the
pacifcation Of the country. The great moral
power Of the North and West has spoken,
and they have reached out their hands in
a,nity 10 US, and have invited US to unite
with them in the great contest. They have
put forth as their standard bearers in The
fight Horace Greeley and Gratz Brown. 1t is
not to be expected. that those to whasn we
have heretofore looke 70 for counsel win move
up promptly to the support Of Mr. Greeley.
with whom they have, for lifetime, been in
mortal combat. But will the rising manhood
of the State daily by the waysde, and wait
for lIE. Belmont to come mp with bis little
truck cart bcfole they decide what they will
do? We hope not. Should We wait, and
the Democratic party put into the field a
straight ou. Ticket, not only will the furnace
in the North again glow TO q red heat and
the elections in the South be carried BY the
military power, but all the chances are
that Grant will be reelected, and men
more radical than those now seated into
power, will be returned TO the mex: Fed
eral Congress. Should the rising gene
ration. however, everywhere move up
promptly and the Democratic party confirm
the nomination OF Greeley and Brown, not
only will they be triumphanty elected, but
better men everywhere than those now in Of
fee will be run upon tEeir ticket and lifted
into places Of power and trust. There will
be vast change for the better in every de-
partmcnt, both State and Federal. of orr
great compound system Of Government. The
different sections of the country will again
begin to understand each other and kindly
feeling will spring up between them. Capt.
tai and labor will with rushing tide pour
down into our beautiful State, so tenderIy
loved in Provincial! days by Shaftesbury and
Locke. Our beautiful Capital which now
numbers about ten thousand people. will,
with its magnificent water power, in FEW
years number fifty or one hundred thousand.
All the hills for miles around will be dotted
with cottages ard covered with teeming and
q merry population, and on and on will she
move increasing in numbers, prosperity and
power until she rivals the great manufactu-
ring cities OF the world.
hare the honor to he,
Very respectfully,
ELLISON S. KElTT.