The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-11-14
General MoD0weil's Report

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The report OF General Mcdowell Of
the operaionr ofth troops under his
command in the Southern Stltes, W hich
we printed last Saturday, ought to con
vince even tho most obduratc doubter
that the tales Of outrayes in that section
o! the country have not been exaggcra
ted. Trained us IL soldier to take CON
servativc view Of matters in general.
aud bein., Il democrat, il he is anything,
in poilics it was 1t t. b. cxp.ctcl
that Genera Mcdowell would M Ike Il
report OF which the opposition could
justly comtin IL, and it is certain that he
has not E'ado one FOR political purposes
His character rs Il soldier and his repu.
taton as an officer serve rs sufficient
guG rrnntles for the correctness Of lis
statements What do they show Sim
! y and brictly that i, feeling OF ,l;stru,t
exists between the whites and the black
which had It's organ in the rcconstruc
Ton ac;s and other 'Sequcls OF the war;
and has now, nndcr the provocatiou Of
posit!ca; cxcltcmert broken out into mur
dcruas strife That the victims of this
strife have always been either black
ncu or white republicans is fact we
have long m,intaued, aud one which i,
proven ~ the report in pucs. ;on.
: Ii is Il rhlns phical rs well as Il po
!itical question, says General Mcdowell,
ailuiin. to III. solution Of tho diflicul
ties: adds that 'thc peoblcm presents
very great complications, and Of which
do not myself see Il solution. aud
doubt any omc knows, although he
may think he do,s' Ofcourse, it was
not his duty to solve the problem. as h.
call, it, but his opinions W. II carry great
weight, and when he says tn u til. trol
blcs arc largely the result Of c,uses
which Took away back to til, past he
hits the nail square an fair on tn.
head They began When Intelligent
aud educated white citizens Of the So nth
ic u. cd to take part in political affairs;
and theraby aliowel the so ,tt,l o!'th,ir
res. ectlve State, governments to pas.
iutD m tlia hands oftheir political oppo-
rents. NViiGn .tliis was done, When the
llacks were organized as one mass
a-nlnst the democracy, and when new
ideas ot governmental policy were being
emf reed, it WAS too late ior them to
wrcst The power trom the hands # their
enclni les which they had So foolishly
thrown away. NiscoutentcI us they
were with lie result Of the war, they
became more disconten,cd with the re
suit OF succeeding elections, anl finding
II impossible to regain power by far
" cans, they have resurted t. fou. meas
urcs. When the war enic |, they b,a,
ted thar their previous relations with
The blacks had been Of such char ,c:cr
as u insure friendly intercourse il tn.
future, but gradually this possibility
faded away rs they began To saow their
opposition not only to negro su,ffa,e
bu' to equal poli,ie, rights II th.y
had nur=ed those friendly f.cl;l,s, if
they had from the beginning gwen evi
dence OF kind intentions towards the
blacks, or il they had tempered thsr
political prcjnlccs with the nc.cy of
strict jug ,icc, the organ zations whi:h
now exist tn expose them would never
have been called into existence. Bat
they have @oue So far as to organize
themselves, not Tor political purpose,
alone rs Ia. blacks have, bat for the
persecution, t!iA robbery aud the mar
der g: their political enemies, and the
only recourse left for til, government is
the us, OF It's armed forces to preserve
peace. We may as we'll make up our
minds to this now, unpleasant us the
thought may be and really is, rs after
awhile, because if Gen raj McDowc!ls
rciort shows any one thing palmer THAI
another, it is that the whites Of tn,
Son!h are 81 lawlcss as to require the
constant presence Of United State sol
diers to keep them in order.