The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-10-26

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The position Of the administration is
rather difficult and perple&ing at
this time.
DAMPER ON THE MILITARY AHpeR.
Had Indiana gone Republican
Governor Chamberlain would have
been supplied with oil the troops he
wanted without delay, and pretexts
for declaring martial law also in
Mississippi and Louisiana would
have been found So far as the
President is concerned, heSwould
have no hesitation on the subject
now. But the utter failure of the
bloody shirt campaign in the West
has induced some of the moro saga-
cious Radical leaders to consider the
advisability Of such n proceeding.
The question presents itself whether
for the sake of gaining two OF three
Southern States it will be wise to
risk the loss of moro important
Northern States. It seems settled,
no matter what their leaders may
say or do, that tho mass of the
Northern people will insist that the
South shall have the same privilege
ofself-government as they have. This
knowledge may possibly prevent
compliance with Governor Chamber
lain's request to furnish troops to
re-elect him, but as the President
and several members Of the cabinet
arc personally inclined to accodo
to his wishes it is not yetcertain til, t
tho administration will be guided by
the views of others.
DAYONETS IN VIRGINIA.
The political conspirators who
have been hanging about Washing-
ton some time in behalf of this busi-
hess of military Interference in tho
South, are now turning their atten-
ton to Virginia. It has for some
been apparent that tho Conservative
candidate for Congress in the Fourth
Virginia (Peterslurg) District will
be elected, and that his election will
be largely due to the colored voters
who have become disgusted with
their Republican leaders. This is
now so very apparent, indeed, that
the Republicans, who havo held
the district since the close of tho
war, are satisfied that unless they
have the benefit of troops, not more
ly to intimidnto white voters, but to
awe tho colorod Independents back
into the Republican ranks, their case
is up forever. The Second (Norfolk)
District was held by the Republi-
cans up to the timo of the Plnttc-
Goode contest, which resulted in
favor of the latter. Mr.. Goode is
again a candidate, and it is estimat-
ed that he will carry tho district
against Segar, Republican, by 1000.
In MI. Goodies case also the colored
vote will form considerable ele-
ment. In fact tho revulsion of the
colored vote in these two districts ;s
simply astonishing.
Juggling IN JErr DAVIS AGAIN.
A certain campaign paragraph,
IN g to do duty out West for the
LIST MONTH, has now been started on
its rounds in tho East. The para
graph aforesaid sets forth that JEFF
ferson Davis had written a lettor to
q friend here to the effect that all
the monarchists of Europe were in
favor of Tilden's election and would
contribute handsomely to that end,
and that he (NIr. Davis) intended to
retnrn to this country md live in
Washington, in the event of Tilden's
election. 1t would seem that intel
ligent people did not need to be
told that this statement was an au-
daciou S fabrication from beginning
to ond, yet it has run the rounds Of
all the Radical journals in the West,
and been retailed from the stump by
such men as Blaine and others. It
will bc repeated every day from this
time to the Presidential election by
those who know that thero is not
one word of truth in it.
Vindicat:ng our People.
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