The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-13

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To the frightened and nying rainl
care not though never see
calm blue SKY again.
BUrLER'S RELIEF FOB TIE SOUTH.
A Northern Democrats View OF the
Scheme to Make the National Govern
ment Responsible for the Southern
State Debts.
From the New York World.l
It is not to be denied that our Republican
friends have begotten a fine brood OF orats.
For some years the children have been In the
nursery, but are now coming out, one by one,
to speak for themselves. We have had the
subsidy system lately, and now comes more
tender bantling, somewhat unsteady as yet on
his legs but With the family bump Of acquisi-
.tiveness portentously developed on the back
of bis head. Our Washington correspondent
aThe cotton-tax reminding scheme, huge as
IL is, Is now outdone by the mammoth proper
tions of another project, which involves the
assumption Of the debts of the Southern States
by the Federal government. These debts not
attributable to the rebellion now amount to
$l25,0 900. Wild as the effort In this direc-
tion NAV appear 1t Is certainly being agitated,
and there Is responsible authority for the as
sertion that money is now being used 10 WORK
this scheme up."
The particular progenItor of this proposition
is, If we are not greatly mistaken, Mr.. Bep)a-
min F. Butler, and we have had glimpses of
the scheme before. Being one to require
nice handling, 1t has had little publicity, now
ever, and but for some extremely favoriDg cir
cumstances would not have been brought out to
take the air now. But the Credit Mooilier ex-
posures have irretrlevably ruined the Presl-
Dental chances OF 80 many men In the House
that Mr. Butler, who has come out clean, feels
encouraged to make play. Bis lead card was
his speech of few days since deprecating
further oppression of the South, and by way
of an earnest OF action on that line urging the
restoration to the pension List Of those vete-
rams of the war OF 1872 VINO were excluded as
having fympathized with the secession cause.
Following this comes the trump care In the
shape IT this scheme to saddle the Southern
debts on the United States This Mr.. Butler does
Lot appear to play, but 1t ia on the board, and
possibly by his act. 1t Is Idle 10 deny its
force, and those who think only some Con-
gressional huggermugger Tor the SAKE OF
screwIng up carpet-bag bonds point or TWO
ject very seriously. Mr.. Butler sees there are
two very distinct political forces at work In
this country, each Of them of immense power
hate and greed. The South is feverlsn, re-
sentful, Impoverished. In the North politics
form q trade with many thousands of very
able men, who pursue 1t with yea, sagacity
and success. Party feeling they have little,
the main consideration with them as to any
side or any measure being, will 1t pay! The
appalling power of these professionals has
been lately in part revealed IN the case
of the Credit Mobilier, and from what
has been disclosed we can form some Idea
of what remains behind. 1t is probably the
case that were the lobby, State and Con.
gressionsl, to set itself resoluteiy and with
It's usual persistence to work to accomplish
any given scheme, there is no force In the
United States short of revolution which could
defeat 1t. The lobby, then, representing
greed, and the South or hate, restless under
the niger yoke, and perfectly willing to zee
the cafpet-bag debts saddled on the Federal
tres'ury, where the North, by being the richer |
country, would have to pay the most OF them, |
forms very pretty combination for dema- |
gogue to use. It strength let us slightly lore
cast thus: