Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-09-15


will lie largely controlled by the
Democrats hereafter, and the colorcd
vote will be cast more for men than
for party. Heretofore the attach
nlcnt and devotion Of that race to the
Republicans was owing largely to the
fear entertained that the success Of
the Democratic party would result in
an abri'lgmcnt Of the rights Of citizen
ship. The course of Hampton dis
pcls this appre hension. Hampton is
honestly carrying out the promises
which he made during the campaign.
lie has already appointed moro color
ed men to Cfficc than we're appointed
during the entire two first years that
I was Governor, which were the first
of reconstruction
"And what do you think will be
the future Of the colored race in the
South?"
~ think that they will quietly and
pcaccab'y enjoy all civil rights us
guaranteed to all other ci tizens.
believe, however, that an apprccia-
tion ofaheir own good and advan tago
sill gradually eliminate them from
at least an active participant on in
p0'itics. They are race very casily
controlled. Labor is their field Of
usefulness, and they are especially
suited to the fields and the climate of
the South. It was II mistake to draw
thcm prominently int o partisan poll
ticS-the white man Ca fact which
must be conccded,) being the super
ior, will never consent to be governed
by ali inferior"
IF, as | understand you, the Demo
cratic party will grow stronger in the
South by acquisitions from the color
ell vote; what say you rs to an ex-
Confederate tur the next President,
which will probably be urged by the
South ~
II think TINT the people of both the
North and the South could support a
man like Hampton. with pc rfect cnp-
sistency, and without the surrender
of IL particle of principle, and no
more compromise Of honor than IL
Confederate makes in the support Of
II Northern man. The causes which
led to the war grew on, Of our poiti-
cul systcm-thc Hanliltonan and
Jctlcrsonian ideas Of government
consolidation and State sovcr cigntv,
State rights; in IL word, Hampton be.
licvcs i'll the leac4ings OF Calhoun,
and that he owed his first allegiance
t. his own Sa:e-the people of the
North believed otherwise. and the
conflict came. The disagreement has
become accord. Before the outbreak,
rs is well known, Hampton was IL
Union mamie is now as loynI u
any citizen ill the country, and ut
the head Of the government. would
administer its affairs as honestly, as
ably, and rs faithfully as any states
man of the North possibly could do.
Looking at the country in the light
Of the recent strikes, it seems to me
that the most rclio oble conservative
men will be found in the South.
There the relation Of capital and la
Dor is best understood, and the most
respect entertained, for each other.
The South also possesses within her
SELF the means Of suppressing every
thing tending to communism. When
the folly Of the government in disfrnn.
chising citizens on account oflhcir
pnli'ica' opinions is fulIyapprcciatci,
then there will be nothing more to
prevent Union soldier voting for II
Conft derale, than there now is to re-
strain IL Southclncr from voting for a
man from the North"
Excuse my curiosity. but what
have you TO say yof The prosecutions
now pending against Moses and
others :"
1T is delicate subjcc! for nc to
talk about. consider the prosecu-
tions unwisc. They are The result Of
the Doliticnl c0mplicnlions prowjnr