The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-19
The Explanation OF the Present
Trouble in South Carolina.
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II is the conviction that the Democrats
are to succeed this fall that arouses the
ultra element in the Southern States, aud
gives the shadow Of calamity TO the res.
toration Of the party to power, Had not
this belief been strong in South Carolina,
the conservatives" would have been
satisfied with the denomination OF Gov.
Chamberlain, who was, few months ago,
their ideal of an honest and impartial
ruler, and would have united with the
better element Of the Republican party
in an effort to I'll all the offices Of the
State with men OF like high character for
integrity and capacity. There would
have been none oil these mass meetings
Of armed men OF which we now read,
nor any attempt to repeat the foul prac.
tice by which Mississippi, with large
Republican majority upon full vote,
was redeemed" W ''5
II ia an rnpromising fact that the intlu-
ence OF the old secession element in the
South rises correspondingly us the pros
poets Of the Democratic party improve.
The men who were discarded as false and
ruinous leaders after the war, feappear,
and with their mouths full Of hot words
OF hatred OF all the men and measures Of
the party that saved and preserved US a
Nation" are welcomed with hosannas
and hailed as deliverers. This quick
sympathy between the men who led the
secession movement and the party that
did and said nothing condemnatory 81
their conduct-the party which has, In.
deed, never disayowed the political doc.
trine upon which secession was justified
ought not 10 escape the attention OF
every lover Of his country. .np gr-
We remember very wildly the tact
that, with the loudest professions OF at
tachment to the Union, the represent.
atiyes OF the Democratic party, who are
now canvassing South Carolina with shot.
guns and muskets, were conspiring to dif
vide and destroy It. There Is no reason
for supposing that Wade Hampton or any
other OF the revolutionists Of 1875 are
more sincere in their protested devotion
to the old flag than when asr secessionists
In 1861 they trained their guns upon 1t,
and insulted It when torn down and
dragged in the streets Of Charleston. Il
is IN ominous sign when these men, who
have kept sullenly apart from public
affairs since their defeat in 1866, reap.
pear as leaders now Of that part Of the
Democratic party which was, before the
war, and will be again, its energiEing and
directing force. 'sF.,Ss !.
Toits incisiye spirit, such negative and
trimming politicians as Tilden and Hen.
bricks could offer no effective resistance.
With smOoth-tongued Saylers In the
House, and good but pliable men, without
positive points, in The Senate, opposition
to extreme measures, other than that Of
the Republicans, will be feeble and un-
ayailing. The election Of Tilden means
the surrender Of the administration OF
National affairs TO the incorporating
spirits who engineered the war Of seces.
sion, and who, failing Ii that disastrous
experiment outside the Union, now pro,
pose 10 accomplish their ends within the
limits Of government to which they
were pinned BY the bayonet. .frs7
Whatever the sins OF Republican ad.
ministration may have been, and they are
many and inexcusable, 1t would be mad.
ness to place the reins Of affairs into
hands OF men whose hattedsare asstrong
AZ ever, and whose professions Of attach
ment 10 the Union are dlscredlted by
their devoted adherence 10 constructions
Of Constitutional dogmas which lead logi-
cally to disunlon, and prepare the public
mind to anticipate Il upon any strong
proyocation. To hand over the Govern
ment to men Of such antceedents, and
such avowed principles, would seem to be
AT. act Of premeditated folly or determin-
ed National suicide.