The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-11-02

OF Clo f1ayes ana Hampton party
led by prominent Republicans wht
adhere to Hayes but cannot stomach
Chamberlain's crowd.
| During tho past week, in consc
qucnco Of the cheering nows from
tho North, thoreports from oil part,
of lhe State nre becoming more ant
more favorable, and the Democrat,
outlook is better and better ever,
day. D.
Why South Carolina May Go Demo
cratic.
The republican fallacy in re
gard to South Carolina, whicl
affects many Northern minds, is thai
because the colored voters nrc in {
considerable majority, therefore the
State must of necessity be republi
can, and tho mere attempt Of tho
democrats to carry it argues M
intention to commit intimidation o,
fraud or both. 1t ought to ls
enough to reply to this tlltt if it
wore truo or reasonable all voting
IN State like South Carolina would
be needless effort An appeal tc
tho census would be suffic lent to de
clare the nominees of the republican
party elected without furtho,
trouble. An election would be q
mere farce The decision Of re
publican convention woulll settle
| the political fate OF the StAta
Of course it is not tue, though il
forms the basis not only Of republi
can argument but Of the Prosident's
military interference in 5 onth Caro
hna. The political conditioHbf that
State docs not differ fromsthat in
which other Southern States, like
Arkansas and Alabama, havoc found
themselves, but out of which they
have emerged into peace. The re-
publican party in all tho Southern
States consisted originally of Ger
tain number Of honest white men, q
certain number of energetic and un,
scrnpulcns adventurers, also whites,
and the negroes. The latter were
ignorant, grateful to the North
for their freedom, and two Oh three
years after the war in rlany local
ties justly felt apprehension Of abuse
and wrong at tho hands of the'native
whites, who, irritated ut their 3tlcfeat
and outraged ut seeing their former
slaves made their political equals,
rejected their political alliance and
foolishly, but very naturally
they were human beings 4droye
them into the arms of tie republi-
cans. The consequences of this
inevitable beginning were these,
and we describe them because, when
they are understood, the situation in
South Carolina becomes plain -
l. The republican party in all
those States fell naturally into the
hands of the most aggressive and
unscrupulous of it's politicians. This
is the tendency of MI parties which
have sure lease Of power. These
persons used the ignorant negro vote
to advance their fortunes. They
corrupted tho negro by dividing
with the leading blacks tho p,undel
of the States they misruled. Secure
OF the negro vote, they stole right
and left, and made the very namo of
republican odious to the men who
owned the property md possessed
the intelligence. But this is not all.
The honest republicans of those
States were equally subjected to
this misrule. Most of them were
Northern men attached to their
party. They waited in silonce and
hope forn day when honest coun-
sells should prevail But the roguea
had the ear Of the federal govern
ment they sent their Representatives
TO both branches Of Congress they
crushed every honest republican
with an unhinching hand and SO in
Louisiana, in Mississippi, in Arkan-
SIS, in Alabama. as in South Carroll
IA, the rogues ruled and continued
to rule, because their allies were
appointed to tho federal Offices and
They were able to show the negroes
that they, and not the honest ropub-
licans, had tho f,tvor of General
Grant. 10 tho ignorant plantation
negro the supposed wishes of Gener-
al Grant are the supreme law of the
land. If to-day the President should
issue proclamation telling the
South Carolina blacks to vote for
General Hampton, seven, eighths of
them would do it.
At last the honest republicans rc-
belled. In Nj ssissippi. last year,
they openly opposed the misrulo OF
Governor Ames and helped to defeat
him and his party. In Arkansas,
in 1874, tho same thing occurred.
In Alabama tho honest and decent
republicans refused any longer to be
the tail of Senator Spcncer's kite.
In Louisiana, this year, leading re.
publican politicians have abandoned
the State ticket, and refused fo help
Packard and Kellogg. That Is
to say, the party splits. Was it not
inevitable 7 Was it not tho best
thing for the State But when
this spit occurs the factions divide
the negro vote. Nj is this all: the
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