The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-11-23
For the Times.
FOr the IlhcS.
The Duty of True Democrats.
GREENvILLE. Oct. 30. 1877.

EDiTOR UNION lines Ill he signs Oh the tlmes
are so plainly legibls that rightly to construe
them aa(asto deduce from them the lessons they
teaen Demand n medicine only Of that sense
which we call common.
In that policy Of Mr.. Hayes which has raised
50 many Democrats to the Seventh Heaven of
content, and drawn upon him from the extremists
Of his party so many muttcred anathemas and
outspoket threats Of defiance, we can find only
good incatons so far, it is true. exhibited in
creditable and praseworthy deeds; but having
yet to meet in open field with q bitter partizan
antagonisn, to be pacfed only by greater or
less concession to its demands.
Already see Mr.. Hayes, with the olive
branch of peace in one hand held out to the
South, extending the other in quasi friendliness
to the very creatures whose deliberate and un-
relenting animosity towards the South made his
policy of Cancellation as much a necessity as il is
claimed to be evidence OF good will.
by their fruits ye shall know them;' and no
one more than the present writer is more ready TO
uccord % Mr.. Hayes the full nie1sure OF his de
scrts. Fit be found that principle laid the
corner stone of that Southern policy of Mr..
Hayes which, as it is tcratcd and reiterated
has inauSurated n time Of jubilee, to be indcIin
itely prolonged, then the Democracy of tho
South, on all question not subversivc of estab
liShed Democratic tenets, can and should be found
n force to which he may not in vain appeal, but
and the point must be made here should
Mr.. Hayes lower that standard of honorable
observance of constitutional law and spirit
which he has invited all true patriots, regardless
| Of party, to support if, in word, he bc found
constituting his duty to party as justification
fer patronage of the declared and mplacablc
enemies Of his policy it is no more qucs
| ton what the Democracy Of the South shoul do
| in the premises. The Southern Democracy, in
such case, must be unit of constitutional
opposition the solid South must, whilst bid
ing its time for ultimate dcvcrance from ''Rc
publican domination maintain its ranks ua.
broken, and regard rs traitors AMI outlaws all
who, for li.aggrandizsment, would tampcr with
its declared principles.
1t is not to indulge in the gloomy utterances
of the pcssimist to assert that, from whatever
cause, general decentralization, political, religious
and commorcal rules the times. II all that is i'm
piled in he term organization be not, in letter
us well as in spirit rigidly maintained, avenues
of approach will be left ungariel by which will
| enter insilious influences, from at home aRi
abroad. fatally detrimental to that unity and
lidity of attitude which alone prevail to the
Ultimate o. erthrow of anti constitutional aggrcs'
| sion, and tn the restoration Of n Government OF
r. ~isidiy rastr"tnd and resron sihle rowcr.-
There arc powers now operating in this
Country, Of Il potency for evil unknown TO or too
little appreciated by the Statesmen of pasttim
and notably amongst them is tha; power of wealth
ccntcrcd in individuals and corporations; from
the malign influences of which how many Of the
honorably mighty have fallen, and how many
Of the safeguards Of popular free Govermcnt
have been weakened.
There is a possibiiity-ca it, if you will, Il
strong probabllity-lhat this and other powers
for evil will be stcrnly rebukcd and bid to stand
aside at the next Presidential election. If we
| would sec this probability certainty. we shall
not allow ourselves to be blinded by the misty
halo of Mr.. Hayes southern or any other pol
ICY but, whilst rendering unto Caesar the
things that arc Caesars, carefully see to it that
wi%ss- our lamps kept trimmed and burning. we
wait for the advent of such Democratic victory
in 1880 will, de fucto rs well rs &c jyi'c con-
sign all policies and all parties that cannot
show or their face the broad seal of the Con>ti-
| tuition of cur fathers, to the lumber room OF
moral and political monstrosities.
Briefly, our victo.y is Gcforc, not behjnd us
Comment on this very palpablc truth is needless
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