The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-05-25

own phrophetic and oracular soul con-
firms the shining SYPHILIS.
OUR WAsHiNGT6N LETTER.
Washington, d. c., Nay 20, 1876.
A SOUTHERN SENATOR ON THE "sITUA-
TIoN."
There has been more expression of
opinion as to candidates among the Dem
ocatiE leaders Iii Washington, during the
last three days, than at any time previous.
The general expression is to the effect
that nothing must be done to imperil sue
cess. There never has been campaign
in which there was less said about men,
and more said about principles. The
man who shall appear to the Convention
to best represent the great issue of Admin
istratiye Reform, and to combine the
greatest elements of strength, will un-
doubtedly be the nominee.
A United States Senator from one of
the leading Southern States-a State that
will give large Democratic majority
said to me, last evening, that the South
is mainly interested in sacces, in the elec-
ton, and recognized the fact that no man
can be elected without the vote of New
York. Said he: .".We see very plainly
that if we carry Ohio and Indiana; and
lose New York; Connecticut and New
Jersey, we shall be defeated, while if we
carry New York and Connecticut, or New
York and New Jersey, we can afford to
lose Ohio and Indiana, and then have
some votes to spare. Who the candidates
will be / cannot say; but you may de-
pend upon it the South will vote for the
man they think most likely to be elected,
without reference to local or sectional
opinions Or differences"
THE USE OF UNITED STATES TR0ePsj
according to the view Of Attorney Gener-
al Pierrepont, must be restricted to con-
stitutional limits. On the 18th inst,
Kellogg, claiming to be Governor of
Louisiana, called upon him to induce
him to use Federal troops to suppress the
disorders in that State. The Attorney
General gave him to understand that he
could not give his assent to the use of
Government troops, in any State OF
the Union, unless it had first been con-
clusiyely demonstrated that the State
authorities were unable to maintain the
peace. He intimated that it had been
the habit of the Governors of some ofthe
Southern States to call upon the Govern
ment for aid, whenever any Insignificant
disturbance occurred, and that he, for one,
did not propose to recommend the en-
ployment of United States troops to
ouell such disturbances, until the State
authorities had exhausted every means IN
their power to suppress them. This
places the carpet-bag Governor in an ex-
ceedingly awkward position. He has no
State militia at his command, and his
following is 80 utterly insignificant, that
he is unable to raise corporals guard,
unless it be of negroes, who are worse
than useless in such cases their employ
ment only serving to increase the bitter
ness of the whites, and prolong the strug-
gle between the two races. In striking
Contrast with this action of the present
Attorney General is the course pursued
by his predecessor, e1-Attorney General
Williams, who was quick to respond to
the appeal of carpet-bag Governors for
Federal aid. His illegal and unwarrant-
ed interference with the organization of
the Louisiana Legislature is too fresh in
the public mind to require more than a
passing allusion.
THE yICE-PREsIpENCY.
One curious feature of this canvass is
that all the candidates you hear spoken
of are for the first place on the ticket.
This is the case with both parties. You
seldom hear man mentioned TOR the
second place. As 1 write, the name OF
no Republican aspirant for the Vice
Presidency occurs to me. Blaine, Bris-
tow, Conkling, Morton, Hayes, Wash
burne, and one or two others are after the
Presidency only, and none of them would,
according to their friends, accept the
Vice-Presidency. So with the Demo
Gratis. The friends of Tilden, Hendricks,
Davis, Hancock, Thurman, Bayard, and
Parker, all claim the first place on the
ST. Louis ticket for their respective favor
ites-that, and nothing else. l have
only heard, thus far, two names pToml.
nently mentioned for the Vice Presidency
those of w. S. Holman, of Indiana, and
Thomas Swami, of Maryland. Both OF
these distinguished Democrats are able
men and fit for either place on the ticket
but Holman, for some reason, is under
stood to be averse to having his name
mentioned at St. Louis. Mr.: Swami is is
known to be, if not ayerse, at least lndlf-
ferent to his name being brought forward
but he has troops of admiring and earnest
friends who are determined to present his
claims. His great executive experience
as Mayor of Baltimore, Governor OF
Maryland, and as President of railroad
companies and other large corporations
besides his legislative experience in Con
gress, has fitted him admirably 1or tne
position which his friends wish MN n TO
occupy. "A. E. D.