The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1876-08-11
AN UNFAIR STATEMENT.

instance has it evinced less sagacity than in
commenting upon tho recent difficulty ut
Hamburg. With undue haste aud uuwonted
severity, upon the mcrest shadow Of trust
worthy information, there was unstintrd
condemnation Of the white men who were
participants in that affair, and not a sen-
tehce OF rebuke for the outrageous and
threatening conduct OF the negroes; implied
ccnsme and reprobation for a gallant and
honored citizen OF South Carolina, Gen. M
y. Sutler, and not a word Of reproof FOR
the ofhcial who permitted this colored mill.
ia to retain It's arms and recruit its ranks
Tor active service in the pending political
campag,gu. Its utterances are already
quoted IN Northern newspapers. and every
word Of unfricpdly criticism upon the whites
Is paraded for the beueit Of the disciples
of the "bloody shirt" Such violent state.
ments against the white citizens Of South
Carolina, made upon partial, incorrect and
unreliable information, obtained in the con
fusion which followed the atfray, have been
grudgingly corrected from tine TO time in
Its columns, until there is scarcely ANYTHING
lett or the original account and vet this
does not and will not couuteract the un-
favorable and false impression created by
the >rR0vlmntory denun ncaticHs at ttc out;
set. But tie 4Ne,cs and Courier. has cappcd
the climax in another direction, by seeking
to connect tie advocates Of istraisht-out"
policy with the work of intimidation aud
slaughter Of the colorod people in the pend.
inS campaign, and In the following para.
graph is guilty Of the most fagrant inius-
tice aud culpable uufairness towards tbe ma.
Jorlty Of Democrats in South Carolina.
We quote from an article in last THURSDAYS
issue
There is another point to be remembered,
and that Is, that when Democrats in South
Carolina advise that straight -ouc" tickeC
be nominated, and that the State bc carried
on 1.-The Mississippi plan" the popular un-
oerstaudlng Is that the Democracy shall
elect their candidates by fraud and force
10 the unthinkins masses, in such Couu-
~ as Edseheld, the Mississippi plan is the
Hamburg plan. We presume that very
few OF the small number Of excellent Dem
ocrats who believe that straight out"
ticket Is the proper thing have any thought
ol using other influences than those which
are common III every election, North and
South; but the rank and fle, who are TOLD.
day after day. thas they can carry the Jta,o,
- that 1t must be done, fall naturally into |
ths error Of thinking that the easiest wav
oi haHi"S,a negro vote right is to knock |
him GA tic I.c, !. lud he danger is, ,na, |
with thc Hamburg ufiay fresh in rhoir
recollection, the Northern people may bc |
tempted to regard the nomination of II full |
!ght-out" ticket by the South Carolina !
Democrats as public declaration Of an in |
tcntiou to carry the State by intimidation
and slaughter. There is no such intention,
but it is easy to make tho Northern people |
believe that there is, and if the Democrats |
persist in adopting policy which, with
peaceful and quiet election, viii have only |
the remotest possible chance of success, they |
must count on the North believing that we |
mean to repeat the Hamburg business in
every colored county in the State. We do |
not see that this imminent peril to the Ma
tional Democracy can DC ayerted, save by !!
sending to the rear the whole band Of reg. |
ulators and those who sympatize with them |
Tins paragraph arraigus policy which is !
advocated by many of the best citzons of |
South Carolina from tho mountains to the |
seaboard, and attempts to connect that pol |
Icy with butchery and brutality for political |
purposes. The most malignant partisan Of |
the bloody shirt" stripe could hardly excel |
this stigmatization Of the conduct and mo-
tlVes OF Democrats. Its language is not |
founded upon the facts existing in South |
Carolina to-day, and there is only one inter.
probation to be given these unwarrauted |
declarations Having failed to accomplish |
by Its elaborate arguments the subjugation !
OF public opinion 10 favor of straight
out nomination foY Governor, the Neus
ond C"urier now attempts to cast odium
and reproach upon that policy by connect
ing its advocates with an intention to car
ry the next election by fraud and force
This purpose is plainly evident although it
seeks at the same time to exonerate n "small |
number Of excellent Democrats" from such |
an imputatiop. Moreover the SANDER aud |
misrepresentation docs not fall upon the
leaders of the ''straght-out'' movement |
alone, but is made to include the "uuthink-
ing masses and the frank and file" Now,
we venture to assert that Swo-thirds of the ,
White voters in this State strongly favor the
honnaation OF discreet and honest Demo
crat Tor the Office of Governor, ard they
nre TO be included among those who will in
serpret such nomination as the signal for
"fraud and force, intimidation and slarub.
ter" Is this the true meaning of tho Neus
and Courier ? Will that journal pretend
that the mere advocacy of a certain policy
endows man with brutal instincts, and im. |
pels him to the commission Of heinous crimes
against the laws of his countryY Are all |
mon to bo judged by this standard, when
differing with the Ne,os and Courier
We would remind the advocates of CO.
operation that impugning motives is dan.
gerous weapon for them to handle, and that
it is just as easy for the straight out" Dem.