The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-15
JOSEPH d. BosToN.
GEN. GRANT ON THE FUTURE.
a Reorganization OF Parties Near al
Mand-T'he South to Divide as soot
az II Becomes United. W
Wd.Aingtoa 1;,.sraa q. Me New York 1tisune.

WASHINGTON, January 81.
The President while convetsing on the
Electoral bill to-day, brahched off upon
discussion Of. what he considers the
present tendency of political parties in
this country toward q complete feorgani-
zation. He said he has observed d move
Inent in this direction for several years,
and that he accepts the reaction of 1874,
known as the tidal wave, as an indisren-
sable evidence of it. He then said he
thinks the Republican party will be able,
III great nieasu e, to recover its lost
ground, aud possibly to maintain it
through another Presidential term !; but
the experience of 1876, though favorable
to the Republicans in the local elections
and to a great degree in the Congressional
districts, proves to him that, on National
questions, the time for reconstruction of
political parties has come. He does not
mean by this that he believes that the
Democratic party will certainly secure
permanent control of the government,
but simply that the Republican party,
shattered as it is by internal dissension,
will only be able to rally its forces and
harmonize its diverse elements upon some
new question. he said that, Of course,
no one can know, until the result of the
election is officially declared, which party
will secure control Of the Executive
branch of the government, with its ex-
tensive and potential patronage. But,
whatever the result Of the present contest
it will only postpone the reorganization
of which he spok e.
The President recognizes the fact that
the South now presents n united front
when permitted TO act unrestransd by
fhn sv,f.
thOrity To prevent the white people from
resorting to illegal means OF carrying the
elections in these States. In thuse Sec
tions OF the North where the Democratic
victories were gained contrary to former
| results the means by which they were OBJ
tanned may be considered exceptional.
He thinks that beiure the end of the
next Presidential term an entire reOrgun-
ization of parties will take place in the
South at least, aud that in the contest of
1880 that section of the country will not
again vote any more solidly fur the Dem
ocrstic candidates than the North for the
Republicans In the South, as political
| contests are nov carrier: on, there is in
his estimation neither Democratic nor
9 Republican party. The struggle is
simply for political power between the
white people on the one bard, who desire
to ignore the blacks entirely, and the col
ored people on the other. The loss to
she Republican party of all the Southern
States, under these circumstances, he
thought the natural outgrowth of the op-
position of the party in power before the
war to that which grew out of that great
struggle. II Mr.. Tildcn is declared cleo
ted. the President thinks that tho two
States noninally yet held by the Repub-
licans will probably succunb. The mo-
| ment this unanim:ty il established, he
believes that the people Of the South will
begin to discuss measures of State policy,
and that the result will be division of
political opinion which will crystalize
into political organizations. This condi-
tion of affairs will be more wholesome.
If nothing else caused division, the
jealousy of political leaders and the de-
sire to control officia; patronage will
cause division where one party has en-
tire CONTROL, Then he thinks both politi-
| cal organizations will put forth their best
efforts to secure the negro vote, as the
Democrats of the North have cajoied the
Irish and the Republicans cultivated the
Germans aud the Scandinavians.
Speaking of Florida, North Carolina
and West Virginia, the President said
that ne believes the introduction OF
| Northern capital and the emigration OF
Northern men will soon deprive them OF
their distinctive Southern peculiarities
end cause o. organization 9: parties o:;
the same principles as obtain in the
North. @sa - t4 5u -