The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-14

ia onn6 genuS-are deprived OF the
right to ptunder, oppress and despoil
the Southern people. then We will de.
stroy the Union"
"Do you expect sensible people to
believe this report of nonsense?" said
my friend to John J. Patterson.
"Cerlainly we do. Didn't you read
yesterdays Republic? We have got to
make the Northern people believe that
the old secessionists are educating
their children to hate the Uniou.
There is no other why to keep the Re-
publican party in power. There is no
other policy on which the Republican
party eau be united Thrre are hard
money men and irtl.tionists in our
ranks just ns there are in the Demo.
cratic party They arc free tru,ie ud
vocates and high tariff pratcls Oh botu
sides, and 50 ou through the whole
catalogue Of political questions. Tnerc
l.; 20 hope of carrying national ciec
ton on uuy one or nll Of these issues
There is only ono great Question di-
vidIng the people into parties. aud
that Is, Shall we soli,liiy the results Of
the war into strong central govern
ment that will give confidence ut hone
as we'll as abroad, or shall we resurrcct
tho old rebel idea of States rights,
aud undo all that has been done during
the lust ten years? The opposition
press daily charges US with corruption
and knavery OF every sort. They have
all the influential papers in the coun.
try, aud will soon educate tho people
to believe that the Republican party is
composed entirely of scoundrcls, who
ure held together only by the cohe,lve
power OF public plnnder. They keep
dcclaiming about carpet bug rule in
tho South, aud insisting that the
Southern people have the iua!iennble
righ. to govern themselves This sort
OF doctrlue is popular, aud if we don't
do something to Of iet it the Democrats
will sweep everything in 1876 The
Republican leaders curnot afford to
lose ull the Southern States. Their
hold on tho Northern people is no,
very strong, and take away this talk of
Southern outruges' and new rebel
lion, and the Democrats would swamp
us certain with ther oltcry about
Credit Mobiler, salary steal, carpet
bag rule, the Washington rug aud
Sanborn contracts.
You Northern Repnbiicaus cannot
at"rd to turn up the whites of your
eyes and shake your heads over the
doings Of Republicans in South Caro-
lima aud Louisiana. What if the
Southern wh:tcs-the old rebel ele-
ment--are impoverished and uppress
ed? Have they nuy rights that we are
bound TO respect? Haven't you your
rings in Pennsylvania. NJ lssachusatts
aud Now York? There must be IL Ger.
tain percentage of stcmlings in any 60
vernm ment, aud the people would never
be any the less happy on this account
if it wasn't for tue Internal ncwspa-
pers."
''But do you Lelievc that this old
story of the .lisloyalty Of the Southern
whites cnn be made available much
longef?"
Il don't know how much longer it
will last, but do know that when it
wears out we ure gone also. But l
honestly believe that there will he little
Or no diff :ulty in convincing the
masses. especially the rural population
OF the North, thnt the White League is
IL disunion organization. The South
cru whites are such al imprudent set
that they will talk in their old ante
delt"m style, and Sonthorn country
editors will continue to write crazy
editorials Il will be Gs easy now rs II
ever was to fire the Northern mind with
these rawlings OF fools aud lunutics."
The foregoing is 20 invention of my
own or of any other imaginative re-
porter. The gentleman who detailed
to me the snbstuncc of his talks with
Patterson. Hays, Settle aud Clayton,
is IN every way trustworthy and truth-
fnl. But it is not necessary to youch
for the accuracy Of my f.iena's report
OF his conversation with these IN
principlel rogues. Almost the PR cis,.
arguments used by John j. Patterson
are set forth ut great length in letter
from Washington. printed in the Sc
con,i issue ot tiio uow organ of The
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