The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-31

OF the Times, Mr.. M. +. Bigney and Col.
Solomon. BUoo.
Democratic Duty In South Carollna.
In their extremity men Often ilndtheir
opportunity. 1t was not until the iron
Of bayonet and negro rule had entered
deep into the souls Of the whites OF
Mississippi that they discovered the full
measure OF their courage and wisdom,
and rescued their State from the hor-
rors Of anarchy and insolvency.
OF all the Southern States but one
other can be classed with Mississippi,
for Louisiana we can now safely count
as ours In fact, rs well as Of right; and
North Carolina, though the contest will
be close, should with proper care array
flag In 1876. That unhappy State Is
South Carolina. Like Mississippi,
cursed with an Overwhelmingly largo
population OF negroes, swayed by u
band OF Infamous and clever renegndes
and carpet baggers, the burdens laid on
property have been Increased to The
limit Of contlscation the State has been
plundcrcd by robbers without even the
decency to attempt to conceal their
crimes, and injustice has been bought
and sold In open court.
AuG ltt6t OubiukC upOu apPohNy 10 wv
election to the Judiciary, among other
rasc,.ls, OF william J. Whipper, proba-
bly, the most vicious negro politician In
tho country, and Il. J. Moses, Jr.. certain
ly the most debased white politician In
the world 70 either OF these men Aincs
or thu,Nvorst OF his negro assoclatcs, H.
purity and patrlotism's self Whippcr
In the Legislature WAS bribe-taker
and a gambler; he has been repeatedly,
charged with robbing the sinking fund
and denounced by the leader Of his own
party In open Assembly M ~ man only
more dishonest than hc WIS ignorant.
To the soiled hands OF such ~ creature
were committed by the Legislature the
destinics Of every s,titor In the great
Charleston district. Moses rs IL great
deal clcverer and more corrupt.
The election through trick, OF course
of these Judges, following close upon
the heels Of the passage Of the Supply
bill, proves clearly that II Gov. Cham
berlain's professions OF desire for re-
form are honest -as we believe they are
not he Is wholly without power to
bring about reform, and that the Black
League Of South CIrolina, taking alarm
at the redemption Of Alabama and Mis-
sissippi, has deemed wise the holder
course OF plundering and prostituting
while there yet remain u treasury to
rob and IL, function Of government to
outrage Strong In numbers and united
Under able and INSCRIPTIONS leaders,
while their opponents are doubling ana
divided, they have improved their OPP
portunity. 1t Is useless to appeal to
their sense Of duty and decency. Equal
ly hopeless IL 1t to trust to the indepen-
dent Republican broom to keep out the
tide OF knavery. For the past six years
~ al tnn ~ u
have surrendered their convictions In
the vain hope that by not aggravating
their rulers their burdens would be
made more tolerable.
What have the Democrats in South
Carolina or anywhere else gained by
furling their flag and selecting desert
or as their General? In 1870 they took
up Carpenter, and the Black League
has Just placed him on the bench with
Whipper and Moses. Two years later
they matched n carpet Dagger, Tomlin-
son, against Moses, and were beaten.
A similar course in 1874 left their State
almost the only one not waShedgOf It's
political filth by the tidal wave. In
1859 the Democrats OF Mississippi ran
under the Republican, Dent, and in
1873 under the Republican, Alcorn, and
each time met the deserved defeat that
In 1876 under the Democrat, Hcmin.
way, was converted into victory,
Are the honest people OF South Caro-
lima less DESTROYS Of reform than were
their brethren Of Mississippi? Is the
necessity for revolution less urgent?
Are they less courageous and devoted?
II not, lot them by u similar course
achieve the same success South Caro-
lima dwells fondly upon the heroism OF
her sons during the Revolution Of u cen
fury ago, and proposes to invite all who
honor courage and patriotism TO meet
with her people at historic Moultric. A
better Centennial celebration than this
will be the redemption Of the State.
The tyranny against which the free
born men Of South Carolina rose In
177G was far less oppressive, far less dis
graceful, than that under which their
descendants groan to-day.--Ne,o York
World.