New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-05-28
From South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, s. c., MAY 10. 1874.

To tle Editor Of The MN Notional Era:
The case has been thoroughly argued.
The decision has been rendered Carolinian
Republcanism has received, without injury,
another malicious attack of deep, designing
enemies. Like Petroleum V. Nasty, 1 had,
not long since, n dream. "Methawt wuz
in bildn, where l coodent make out"
Methawt l seed sight 1 coodent rictoo-
rate. Good, however, see that certain pur-
suns WIS tryn to kill a huge monstrus giant
with somethin from bottles Tabled "Enor-
mour Debt "Land Swindle," "Extrava-
gance," 'Legalized Robbery" Excessive
Taxation" and many other things too nu-
merous to mention. 1 seed the individuals
give them drinks to the victim, witch, by the
way, they called "The PROSTATE State
ale shuddercd as he swallered them ez tho
il wuz his last and final shuilier." Them
friends in human form thawt they he'd killed
him, and, therefore, begun "to eXecoot" n
demoniac triumph song. But all on sudden
the giant gave terrific gasp, follered by
heaye after heave, witch enabled him to free
himself from them awful drinks, and to rizz
up before the country and show that he Good
ent stomach such things rs them bad men
tried to make him swaller.
Thus have we triumphed. Our party was
oyerdosed by its enemies. The tax-payers.
O. without that foresight and skill which
they, as men OF talent, learning, and expo
ence, ought to have, 60 to the President,
Congress, and the country with false state
ments, faulty logic, perverted law, and bum
comb phrases about 'no taxation without
representation )" and in this very wav Give
the Republican party of the State an oppor-
tunity to lay before the public a true state
ment OF the condition of things, and thus
show that affairs here are "cross-wise, only
to those much oppressed Democrats who be-
lieve in their divine right to rule.
We were not surprised when our delega.
ton, saying, like the old Roman veteran,
"Neni, vidi, vici.' Every fair-mnded per-
son sees that South Carolina is not ''the
black sheep" of the American flock. Every
one must admit that she is simply passing
through revolutionary struggle, transit
ton period, with terrible odds against her
as they have always been, under similar cir
cumstances, against other governments, and
as they will always be, so long as human
nature shall warrant the philosophers lecIa-
ration, "Errare humanum est,
1t must have been hard for our old-line
''State-r:ghters To invoke Congfessiona
interference in the affairs ola sovereign State.
But men sometimes stultify their whole lives,
surrender long-cherished principles, perhaps
bequeatLed into them by their fathers, for
the purpose Of gaining an influence which
must certainly prove only temporary, or get.
ting an office which must surely last but for
day. it be true that the spirits of the
dead mingle with the forms of the living.
then sold John C." must be filled with rage
at the sight of Carolinians thus proving
recreant TO their fathers faith.
The taxpayers, CD for several reasons,
have utterly failed in their efforts to overturn
our ship of State. We shall, most assuredy,
benefit by their mistakes, and appropriate to
ourselves the good which they have unin-
parts, understand the Democrats much bet
Ter than the generally of our countrymen.
This is perfectly natural. We sometimes
get "a peep behind the scenes" The tax
payers CD have said much about an OPP
pressed, overtaXed people but our deega-
ton were right when they said that the
memorialists were without any constituency
Immediately at their backs. The poor whites,
whose condition i'm antc-bcllum days like
that of the slaves appealed to the sympathics
of the philanthropist, rejoice in the new
order of things as well as his African breth-
rem. No longer are they comparatively for
cilby shut up in pens, poorly fed, to be
brought forth on election day to vote at the
beck and nod of Hampton or Rhett.
Says Emerson, ''march without the people,
and you march into night" The Taxpayers
CD marched without tie people, and they have
marched TO defeat.
1t is known here that the recent move
ment against Republicanism i'm South Caro-
Ina had its origin among certain Charleston
brokers and lawyers who want to control the
State government so as TO run it in the in
terest of ''their pet bonds" Lieber, in his
Hermeneutics, warns us against installing
our private views and interests for public
wishes or demands cOnfounding our
Individuality with public welfare. This, our
taxpayers .i:) have done and, in consc-
quence thereof, they have failed.
What course the Democrats will pursue
yet remains to be seen. Will they support
an honest Republican for Governor: hope
that they will exercise some of the common
sense exhibited by the great prophet of Allah
ON certain occasion: "If the mountain
won't come to Mahomet, then Mahomet will
go to the mountain The Republican party
cannot turn aside TO the Porters and Ma
graths. Will they come to the party? Will
they aid as in our efforts TO correct abuses
All? There's the rub'-the ''us."
We shall watch, with the deepest interest,
their course in the coming campaign. We
believe, however, that they will not give aid
10 any Republican movement, no matter if it
should be led by men whose public careers
and private characters will stand the test Of
microscopic scrutiny. The Democrats seem
te act on the principle that all Republicans
are dishonest-that they themselves are
Gods peculiar people," especially chosen
to lift up "the PROSTATE State" So long as
they shall continue to hug this delusion to
their bosoms, and TO wrap themselves up in
Their worse than English aristocracy. so long
will they have neither vn;co mo-. :..a,,..,.. =: