The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-12-15

| COlu)ttCU hHO uHDiOHcu ttllllIullOll,
through his friends, attempted to
do it. say that I make this ro-
mark with somo regret, because, in
all that ho was doing, or assuming
to do, to help the South and the
country, I felt bound to sustain
him, although his position was pro
curod by questionable means, and +
was quito willing that he should
atone for tho crimes of his party
by u virtuous and constitutional
administration of tho laws. But
when tho supreme moment camo
and it's issue was mado squarely and
sharply between tho enemics of
constitutional liberty in South
Carolina and it's friends, he throw
his weight in favor Of tho enemies
of his country.
This is serious charge that is
brought against tho President We
might have thought that Senator
Butler was laboring under mis-
apprehension. But tho opposition
ho mot with from tho Administra~
tion Senators, and tho recent an-
nouncemcnt thnt Corbin is to be
reinstated as district attorney for
South Carolina, arc cumulative
cvidonco, forcing us to believe that
Hayes has backed down from his
Southern policy and has surrcnder~
od to tho carpet-baggers.
In connection with this Senator
Butler gave the following valuable
advice to the South Carolina
Democracy
Let mo commend to you for tho
future the lesson of tho past. We
with tho groat constitutional party
of this country, the National
Democracy. Something has boon
said in different quarters of tho
country about now party. AS Il
matter of policy, it would bo mid
summer madness, political suicide,
how that the Democracy is about
to achieve tho control Of tho gov
ernmcnt, that wo should attempt
any now party in tho South--to say
nothing of principle. For thrco
quarters Of q century tho Demo-
CRITIC party has preserved, protect
od and guarded constitutional aud
American liberty OIL this continent,
and wo must keep fully in accord
with it, if we would expect to reap
any of tho bonolits of tho govern.
mcnt. [Applause.] If you had
soon what L have seen within tho
last two months in tho City of
Washington, the disposition Of the
Radical revolutionary element, you
would stand appalled, and could not
bo surprised at any act Of theirs to
proscrvo thoir party power.
Senator Butler reads correctly
tho signs of tho times. Hayes
conciliatory policy was destroying
tho Radical party with wonderful
celebrity; and the party leaders have
again hoistod tho bloody shirt, and
arc preparing for another bitter
crusade against tho South. It is
absurd to say that wc are safe in
South Carolina, and that it matters
not how National politics so. A
partial victory is often worse than
u dofcat. Wc must push on and
rout tho enemy from tho last ditch.
Tho Senate will DO Democratic in
1879 but the House may not bo
Tho slcndor Majority of thirteen in
that body can DO reversed, and will
be, if the Democrats divide, or run
off in pursuit of strange gods.
It is rs certain now as anything
in the future can be, that a desper~
ato effort will DO made to run Grant
in 1880, upon bloody shirt, hard
money, platform. The former
feature will secure the West; the
latter will carry Now York and
Now Jersey if tho Democracy relax
for IN instant. The Democrats
must be on the qui viye.
This is equally essential in State
politics. Senator Butler never
smoke wiser words than when bo