The New York herald., 1876-08-14
THE SOUTH And THE CANVASS.
Letters from R. Barnwell Rhett, Jr.,
and Colonel Mosby.
WHY RHETT SUPPORTS TILDEN.
The Triumph Of the Democracy th,
Salvation Of the South.
WHY MOSBY SUPPORTS HAYES.
The Triumph Of the Republicans the
Salvation OF the South.
Rhett's Picture Of Carpet-Bag and
Scalawag Government.
MOOHY UPON TILDEN AND TAMMANY HALL.
The Triumph Of the Republicans the
Salvation OF the South.
Rhett's Picture Of Carpet-Bag and
Scalawag Government.
MOODT UPON TILDEN AND TAMMANY HAIL..
LETTER FROM Mr.. RHETT.


nnder the head OF 'An Opportunity for Barnwell
Rhett" II compliments mo highly for sincerity and
capacity, for which tender my Acknowledgements
But while attrlbutng TO me an importance do not
possess, it inveshs against my efforts for the demo-
cratic party and holds up before the Northern
public in light both incorrect and injurioua Tho
HERALD of the ID inst and that of the Sd bring me
forward again in condemnation of my course, which is
misrcpresentea This is unjust to me- to those South
men whom am supposed to represent and to tho
democratic ticket support, and therefore crave a
small space in your columns to myself right with
you and to reach the great Northern public whose
opinions reflected by the HERALD
find myself described IN the HERALD as .'the chief
of irreconciables" and classcd of those with
whom the lost cause Is rcshcr and potent than
in war days" and the "war issues, which have long
been forgotten, gain new fe"
Suffer me call your attention to few facts Upon
my rc-entrancc tho stage OF editorial lfe In the
Charleston journal Of Commerce, few weeks since
distinctly announced: THE issues oil the days gone
y fought We have revcrcnty buried our dead,
and propose TO march forward the past TO meet
.he emergencies of the living present." l havc not
made mention OF 'the lost cause" have not al
udcd to 1.-The war; or to any of the .war issues 4"
''The lost cause" 'the war' and "war issucs' have
nothing do with the biterness" felt by tho entire
white population OF the Southern States
toward the oppressive satrapics put over them
by the republican party and toward tho
political emissares who have done the dirty
work OF banding tho negroes in hostility to tho whites
The feeling is produced by the gross misgovcrnment
and systematic plunder to which the Southern people
have been subjected since the war and which fast
bankrupting these States, countless towns and citizens
Of every class Tho ngents OF the ruin honestly
regarded the worst enemies OF their dupes--the
pacity and enmity.
The HERALD correctly states that Support with
old tme fervor Tilden and Hendricks" Tiden was
free soil democrat and Buffalo in 1sls supported Van
Buren and Adams In 1860 he was squatter sover-
eighty dcmocra. and supported Douglas He a
Union man and war democrat in 1861, and aftorward
sustained Lincoln in the abolishment OF slave nsttu
lions the South to break down 'thc lost causcn and
make the against tho Soa.hcrn Confedcracy sue
ccssful
submit that my recent record a journalist and
my support Mr. Tilden rcfu.e the allegation that
am irreconcabe
While described in the HERALD as "a cool man. with
wide experience, am yet placed in the category Of
those with whom "Northern carpet baggers-
the Southern who according conscience
Is, II he votes republican scaawag," and whom
Is the spirit of antipathy toward the North
that was manifested before the war;
The people of the South whom represent draw
very wldt distinction between the people of the North
aud the radical partsans OF the North They mako
still wider distinction between Northern men
coming TO The South TO engage in any regular business
and bring capital, and the radical emissaries and
political advcnturors who have here array the
negroes opposition to the whites, and TO use the
power conferred upon the personal plunder
and republican ascendapcy, through the political dc.
preston social degradation and pecuncary robbery of
the whites They the authors OF the "color line''
and race issues. OF the misruc and anarchy pcrvad-
Ing every state which they govern
ia ns fh. ~,
opinion could notice the character OF the negro radical
governments imposed upon The Southern States they
would marvel at our patience aud hurry the
seek To enable you to get faint idea OF the govern
nent OF South Carolina | will present a few lacts-
1st as to the personnel OF those who occupy tho
pi power and then as to the abuse OF their power
Inc injury and prospective destruction OF the people
TnE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Exccutre department -Governor, d. ii. Chamber
aip white carpe,-bagger, IRON Massachusetts; Lieu
tenant Governor, r. H. lilcaves mulato carpet baggcr
from Louisiana; Treasurer, r. /. Cardoza mnla,to
scaIawae from South Carolina; Secretary OF State H.
Hayne mula,to scaawag, from South Carolina
Attorney General W. Stone white CARPET bagrcr Yer.
mont ; superintendent of Education, j. X Jiilscn,
white carpet baggcr from - Adjutan. and Inspector
Genera IL. L. Purvs, muiatlo carpelbagger, IRON
legislative Department President of the Senate r.
IL Gleavos, nuiato carpet bagger from LOUISIANA OF
b3 senators, 20 radicals, conservatives, 10
Eroes and mulaitoes, 4 white carpet baggers. whto
scalawags and white conservatives or democrats.
OF l2i mcmbcrs Of tho House at Representatives, 9l
radicals 30 conservatives, - are negroes
toes, white carpetbaggcrs, white scaawags and SO
white conservatives or democrats
Judiciary DcpdrfmeBt-Thc supreme Court consists
OF judgss-Chef Justice, +. l. Moses, wnitc scala
wag from Sorth Carolina first Associate Justice. A. l.
Willard, white carpet -barger from New York: second
late Justice j. j. Wr gh, negro carpet baggcr from
Pennsylvania The Circuit Courts are held by judges,
rlected by the Legislature of these are carpctbag
sers, scalawags aud 2conscryatves-1 republican
| democrat
rLuxDER or TINE PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In 1860 the taxable property ot thus State was
t6os, ,sls 2sS The annual state $500 600 The
legislature sitting imee weeks, and each member PAID
" per diem ana milagc' cost me state sis,ooo The
PAID salaries on par with those aid in ne
smaller New England states, and individually per.
formed the duties OF their respective Offices.
Now tho taxable property oi tho state, by extrav
agant assessment OF auds is sl40 600 600 and South
Carolina set down in the census hrtcth state
taxablcs. Yet the annual State tax collected IS
81 800 0J0 The Legislature, sitting Tor months and
each einbcr paid 5000 aud mileage costs tie state
Sl03 O0O. The public printing costs $4,000 and, for
several years, sl5o,oO0 The state officials are now
heads OF departments and employ clerks to do their
business Ollccs multiplied and salaries largely
Increased Tor the bcncnt of crew OF political bum
ners and cormorans iecding on the people The state
government. addition to the expense ot tho Leg sa-
iare costs in the ncighbornood OF $500 700
ally
government The amount OF taxes collected tor state
and county purposes has been sls, 900, ,Oco. During
the first three years in addition to tho debt ~
hvc million dollars fundot IN 1st9 fl2 00l 900
of bonds aud 81 600 900 issued; aud IN 1854,
sI2 900 rcpudated absolutely or by funding
at dfiv cents on the dollar. With a lew exceptions S
tho counties are all dcot and heir checks are at
heavy discount and pie OF the State abec,
poverty
II parnum or the Centennial Commissioners would
collect and exhibit at Philadelphia for few weeks the
LEGISLATURE this state IN session the spectacle would
draw The republican government OF south Carolina,
the United states of America in The year OF ou'
Lord 1876 and The Tooth year OF the Union. wonld
shock the civilization OF the world Every honest re-
publican the North would stand nghast at the nor
ribc mockcry e free governments and woula become
rcorncr. as l am
The HERALD wants to he rd OF sccrorai questions.
wants the Sou nern people 'roiorm their politics
'lhrow politics altogether TO support the
republican tckci 1t complains OF ''color line" and
race issues - But who made them; who keep then,
ppg They mado by the republican cmissarics OF
the Frccdman's Bureau They kept up by tho
rarpei-baggers and scalavags These are the siock ~
trade oi the radical party, and wi,hout ,hcm their oc