The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-08-21

effect this at least in great part, BY
the election of Greeley to tho Presi
dency. Judge Orr taking more
commot, sehseSiow wof hdattefs, thinks
that the object can be better secured
by getting rid of these Goths ant
! Vandals, these political Vampires, wh'
havo been feeding upon the iife.bloot
of our country for the last four years
by defeating them at the polls, at onl
next election, or rather in our nomi
mating conventions. This he think
Gun only be accomplished by the mel
who arc Republicans in fact, cnllinE
themselves by that name, regardless
of tho sneers and donuneiatiOns Q
any manor set of men, going int
tho Republican party and showing
to the colorcd man tho shocking man
ner in which ho has been duped BY
these white scoundrcls who arc now
boasting that they camc down here
to rule the native white man and tht
ignorant negro, and for the purpose
of making money out of them. How
any ono can think that the election
of Greeley will remedy, to any very
great extent, the affairs of our State
is moro than l can undcrstand-unless
lit be that they hope to find in him {
second Cromwell who will marcl
down here at the head of an army
and drive from the State these thiev
ing officials at the point Of tho bayo
net.
Whilst there may be men who
might give more general satisfaction
as President than Gen. Grant, yet
do not think that he has given just
cause for such general dissatisfaction
as seems to prevail among tho white
citizens of the State. He certainly
cannot be held responsible for the
many acts of Congress in the matter
of the reconstruction measures which
many regard as unnecessarily harsh
and oppressivo-because they hap.
rened to have been enacted during
his administration. He certainly
cannot be to Llame for the part which
he took in suppressing tho Ku Klux,
when it is borne in mind that he con.
formed to the law which was enacted
for that specific purposo-and when
every one must admit who knows any
thing of the formidable character OF
that organization, that nothing short
of the interference Of the general
Government could have suppressed it.
I hardly think that there is any ge9d
citizen in our country who regrets
that the Ku Klux have been suppress.
ed, or lament the fate of the men
who were engaged in their hellish
deeds, Some blame him for nepotism
Il think that is one Of the mQst
commendablo traits of his character
"a man in the day of his prosperity
who would turn his back upon h1s
poor relations is worse than o keatheu.
| dare say thero is not one of the
manysin our State who have censur-
cd and abused General Grant, because
he appointed somo of his kinsmen to
office, who would not if he had an
uncle in the Presidential chair, thin K
him. an nngrateful and unnatural
kinsman if he refused to give them
some one of the many appointments
lat his disposal? | am sureif | had a
'relative who was president Of these
United States, no matter if the rela:
|tionship was ever so rem ote, 1 should
expect something, if it should be
nothing more than the appointment
of Post Master Of some cross roads
But seriously I don't think that the
conduct of Gen. Grant i'm appointing
some Of his relatives to Office at al
censurable, as it is presumable thai
sonle of his relations are as good and
as competent as some other or any
other" MANS. But admit that he hal
done many things seemingly, ano
perhaps some, verify oppressive tx
the white people of South Carolina
what guaraptee have I'VE that Mr.
Greeley will do any better or even a.
wcll?i I am not yet prepared to g
the length that Colonel Shorter o
Alabama, did in his speech that b!
made short time ago at Chappaqu:
the homo Of Greeley when he saie
Gcn. Grant had promised US peace
but had given us war, but that thi
old man 1GrecIey) when he says h,
will give us peace, ho means to do it
Unless the Colonel is. possessed o
tue power Of divination | don't SCI
how he knows whether Mr.. Greeley
will prove any more faithful to hit
word than he seems to think Genera
Grant has. Of the two men | an
sure that in the past Mr.. Greeley ha
been the more unrelenting and bitte
| in his denpnciatiens of the Southern
WITHSTAND. besides, which if he il
elected he will owe it in no part t
the.white people of this State Non'
| Of whom will cast a vote for him ant
therefore ho will be under no obliga
tons to them. He certainly canno
think them very sensitive to an lnsu.'
land therefore. will have little fear
of outraging their feelings). when hi
sees how they are crazied abou
him and how fawningly they eulogiz'
him after his endorsing (as> he Ger
tainly didl that wholesale slande!
upon them perpetrated byyone Small
ley, q paid correspondent of his pa
per-w ho said that "the average
white man of South Curolina wa
the poorest specimen of tho Caueas
Eian race that he had ever seen on thi:
or the other side Of tho Atlantic"
l hold however that it is mattcl
of secondary Importance to tho peo
pie of South Carolina whether Gran
or Greeley is the next President-an'
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