, 1873-08-19

t!ons, and Jobs" tint they hnyo snnl the inil
,vltlualty Of thoir STATION, Which arc now )lttlo
moro N the Union than township IL III coutl-
y, or than Honfleo County IL III the State Of
Correspondent nt-Bnt wor,a they mt rcsiat my
enoroactmont upon thoir Republican Goyorn-
ment, central thongl, It hoi
Ed.torNo; \. r. e. Sss L. 1art,ly be'loyo they wonld,
face Of Grants power through liH
h!x iiuNDnEn TnouBAsn oFtis:E-noLnEnB
and tile army hsd tho navy, NIL Of Which, from
tAoir iatnsesss and organizations, woult bo &c.
Empire. And what would he tho difference? !.
Even now VIC Atyo all tho tyranny and acsno.is1u
Of III, Empire, with tho outward formh md som.
blauco Of q Republic.
plo regard third term for Con. Grant, OF, na
II iB now understood, tho approach to Cnaar-
isna7,,
,Edltor-With the mont perfect indifference.
They would merely DO ",ookers-on in Venice.'
fhoy have boon 30 long undor the rulo Of the
bayonot; haye Ind negro rulo so ruthtosnly, and
eeassaBeoas!y Fastened upon them thay Lave
been 30 snubbed aud robutfod Ut Washington,
and influence Aaye danoaned themselves by go-
ing There ' IN guest Of simple juaice, and thoH
Nof Gag 1nor ent wrongs o from tho people Of the
oven q paasng tntoreat iii the National Govern
mont.
p Correapondont-Yor aro ,lnlor tho Impression.
snon,, t,,, TUT tue peonlo Of tue Southern States
enough to wenr kingly crown On tho throne OF
tho United statoa ut WaahIngtoua -
Edltor,-,1sosiss, sirl Far from 1t. ratheH
towards. their emancipation from home aoIno of tha
wrongs BY which they aro now oppressed. Grant
would thon bo moro indopondont, and would nos
bo so much undcr tho control Of the unprincl-
Cd. Ho would then DO froe to at according td
tho dictatos Of big own conscience, and II ho ia
man Of any principle at MI, or with any Beuso Of
right and justico, think that wo OF the aoutta
Is, our condition Ia most deplorable, Look, air,
ct tho condition Of poor South Caro1ina, wlora
tho beat, most refined, cultivated and
oraVcst OF our own raea ara tu q atato of
negro; whore thoy aro swinalel, robbod, ind de-
graded. All, sir, said tho editor, with a good
deal Of foeling IN hia voice, the wrongs Of poon
South Carolina ranklo to-day4n our hoarta. Wa
eyor forgot them. Look, too, at Lonsiana.
MlaaEssippi, North Carolina aud othor etatos..
aud We ask, "How In Heavens nhmo cau we of
tho South DO e1posted to take al interest in tha
preservation OF d Government that has not pnlY
permitted, but has fostorod aud nurturod tia
foul Instruments Of our oppression ~
Mn. A, P. BENNETT, OF. THE RICHMOND 1NQu1nEn-
I, therefore, bclieve That Grant will not on.y
work for tho nomination, but that tic party
which 1o loads, and Which but for him would
have no leader, no namo, aud no place in Amori.
eau politics, already seos that its continued euc-
cess requires ha election then; aud, ii he liycs,
ho will be tloir candidato-too potont reaaona
for tho third term.
co.respondont-Bu what will tho South aax
| to this7
| Mr.. Dennett-Tho South takes very littlo in
torost In national politics, and will tao still Ieaa
until its best people aro restored to full partici.
patton In the beno1ts and s16poils OF tho Gov
eEnmont." We arc now privately md publicly
plundered, aul got no sharo OF tho plunder.
Our young mon arc refused P1ncoa in tie army,
navy. and clyil-soryioos, and hnyo no tio to bud
them in love or allegiance to the Government,
and our peoplo feol that they arc strangers in
ment. or ono President, is just as good for them
SO anothor, 80 long al thoy ara allowed no part
! or participation in Il. Therefore, they caro- nos
II GRAFT is nude Dlctetor,or Cnear, or Emperor,
rule, they would willingly vote for him as per-
| potinl President Tho South ia completely
broken in spirit and liko ono without hopo-
THO future, too, seems to promise nothing, and,
thoroforc. It would gladly welcome what is styled
imperialism as d means Of escape from RADICAL
| iam.
Correspondent-Whnt do you think would roo-
ouoile tho people. of tho South to tho Govern
mont and reatoro the " old timo" feeling in those
| HtRtoB2
Mr. Bennett-1t Is . worry BImp1c matter. aiva
them agoyernmeut at Washington that will treat
them kindly and restore them to thoir formec
proud position in tho Union; that will replace
their nons in the positions to which they are en-
titlod IN the army and navy and the general sor-
vice, and appoint ita officers from among their
own best people, instead Of from among the
most degraded elomonta: OF society; that. will
take counsel Of tho roal pooplo Of tho Southern
stRtos inatead Of tho negroes and their design
ing loaders that will, in a word roc
tho South, and choose ita supporters from
among tho leaders Of Southern society, and, my
word for it, in less than year tho whole land
from tho Potomac to tho Rio Graude, would ring
with ahouta for tho restored Union, and thora
would not be an enemy to Grant'a Adminiatra-
ton among tho Conservative or Democratic
people Of this entiro Baction. Roatore them. and
you will bind them to tho Government aud to tho
country as With hooks Of stuol And II Grant
does, this during tho coming three, ycare, the
South will do all in its powor to rotain him for
another term, despite the precedent OF Washing
ton and without q particle Of foar OF tho Cnaarla
conaoquencos Of Ills recollection.
This concluded my intorviow with Mr.. Benz
nett. and apologizlng for the intrusion aud