The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-04

Radical papers whose political Greco
begins and ends with hatred to tn,
South and her people.
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} Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial
CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Deccmbe,
2l.-Lately / met q Northerr
Democrat who WIS as mad as Il dos
with tin kettle tied to his tail, and
not without II reason, from his point
OF view, equally substantial
"Why," said he, in an outblrst OF
Indignation, ''if it hand't been for
the yelp of Solid South, Solid South.
we would have carried Ohio and
Ponhsylvania. The Radicals played
upon the fears Of the people by
pointing to the fuct that the South
was solid for Tilden. That very
thing defcnted us in those two
States, to say nothing of Wisconsin,
and the Pacific slope. And now,
aftor defeating us in the North by
the Solid South bugaboo, they say
tho South wasn't solid after MI, and
proceed to take from us South
Carolina, Louisiana and Florida |
Did you ever hear of such i'm
pudence? But they have played
this Solid South card the last time.
Hereafter they will have to have
some other stock in trade" And
the Democrat consoled himself with
this reflection.
So, Republican orators, you must
spring o new issue for 1880 and
intermediate elections. You
startled the country by the cry Of
solid South, when, in fact, the South
wasn't solid after all.
What will be the result Of the
present complication in South
Carolina? Those who expect 20
find any permanent solution of the
difficulty othor than turning the
State over to the Democrats
is, the white poople-can undecoiye
So-called Republican
government is at an end there, and
if, perchancc, Chamberlain continues
to act as Governor, he will be
powerlesB.
What is such government as his
in South Carolina and Kcllogg's in
Louisiana good for anyway? They
cannot stand alone an hour il
Federal protection is withdrawn,
and with that protection they are
powerless to command respect or
law. I fail to see What
good is to come from a cont,nua
ton of IN attempt to uphold SC
called Republican governments in
these States.
The double government ut pres
ont in South Carolina is the fourth
of the sort wc have had in the
Southern States since the wvr.
You remember the two-headed gov
ernment in Alabama that was for SO
long time nuisance and shame.
You remember the appeals to Wash
ington, the fights and turmoil. It
is all over, and Alabama is Mt peace
Then there was the double govern
ment in Arkansas-Brooks at the
head of one end and Baxter at the
other. 1t is over; the white people,
that is to say the Democracy, are in
power. Old Joe Brooks has q
postotiice, and there is peace in
Arkansas. Louisiana had q long
experience with double govern
ment, and, indeed, has it now, for
AclInery has nevor entirely subsid-
ed. After January she will have
more OF it, for Nichols and Packard
will both be inaugurated.
Tho reason that the Republican
party is failure in the Cotton
States is because there is no white
clement in it except the office
holders. The blacks cannot con-
duct good government, and if they
could, don't believe the whites
would long submit to it. These
aGitators in tho Cotton States are
rebellious against negro rulo where
the negroes arc IN the majority.
That is the truth of the matter.
And you Mood not look for peace
under So called Republican govern
ment in tho Cotton States, unless
some white material can be got into
the Republican party. It is the
talk here that Hayes, if inauguratcd
may attempt to build up the shat
tered Republican party in tho
Southern States. It can be done,
but the effort will require skill and
the cutting loose from numerous
carpetbaggers who have brought
shame and disgrace upon the very
name of Republican.
There is good opportunity for
statesmen to come to the front
about this time if there are any in
tao country. II. V. r.
Judge Lawrence, q Republican
member of the Congressional CON-
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