The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-03-02
The Country Sold to the Bondholders.

From the lights now before us, We suppose on
Monday next the great fraud Of robbing the
people of these United States of the President
and Vice-Presideut whom they have fairly and
honestly elected will be consummated, and
Hayes and Wheeler will be inducted into the
offices which belong to Tildcn and Hendricks.
And from all we can see and hear the fraud will
pass unrebuked by the people. The leading
presses of the country have all along aided the
| fraud by counselling submission to it. Unfor-
! tunately for the people the leading newspapers
and politicians Of the country have fallen into
the hands of capitalists, politicians and rings,
who own the larger portion of the Bonds of the
United States, and upon which they pay no
taxes, but draw the interest upon those Bonds
from the hard earned taxes of the masses Of the
people. These Bondholders, through the press
and Congress, have, from the time that the Re-
turning Boards of Louisiana, South Carolina
aud Florida first met, been counscllng pea ceable
submission to the frauds committed upon them,
until now the lamenable fact stares us in the
face that the people are educated to submit to
fraud, to sell all their rights as American citi
zens and jeopardise the very existence cf Re-
themselves or Republican institutions, but to
protect the bloatcd Bondholdcrs, under the spe-
cious plea that it is solely in the interest of
peace.
So long as the Republican party feel safe
| against the uprising of an indignant people, so
long will its leaders continue to rob the people,
| through Returning Board frauds ami high
sounding Commissions, of their right to elect
lhcn of their choice to fill the highest positions
in the government.
Some may admire the moderation of the peo-
pie of this country under such intense prov oca-
ZION, but we cannot look upon the whole affair
with the least degree Of complacency. On the
one side it is Il fraud upon every principle of
right, justice and Republican government; on
| the other it is abject and cowardy submission
betokcning moral and political depravity un-
becoming the people of great nation.
When the campaign opened last summer the
Northern Democracy called upon the South to
strain every nerve to carry the election for the
party, promising us justice and equality in the
government. The South arose from its lcthargy
and responded to that cali rs no people ever did
before, and after one of the hardest struggles
ever engaged in, and in defiance of the bayonets
of the opposition, presented, with solitary cx-
ception, solid Electoral vote for Democracy
and reform But how have our efforts been re-
warded?
The peculiar position of the South made it
impoite, if not absurd, for her to dea,ond the
recognition of the victory thus fairly and noby
won, and she naturally looked to hcr Northern
party allies to take the first step towards resist
ing the schemes, so openly and hagrantly set cn
| loot by the defeated party, to defraud the pco
pie Of the lawful results of the election.
The North has refused to resist the great
fra I'd, and again the South is left to the mercy
of her Eiost malignant enemies
Again newspaper writer's cajole the South with
what may be termed problems of the policy Of
the incoming administration toward the South.
1t Is the old story repeated; and what makes
the story the more unreliable is the fact that all
these fair probabilities come from outsiders
men WHO have no authority to speak with tho
least certainty upon the matter, or are editors
and attaches Of newspapers owned by Bondhold-
ers. Their whole object is re lull the people to
peaceful sleep until the robbery is made COM
plete and resistance impossible. And they have
succeeded.
To our mind the only course for the South to
pursue hereafter is to act independent of any
national party. She has 1873 electoral votes,
which she can throw into tie scale of any party
that sic believes can and rW give her the great.
est relief.
The National Democratic party has proven un.
worthy our support or confidence. We plainly
won the victory forit, but it. Northern leaders
have allowed our enemies to wrcst t &c results
from the hands of the people. We can have no
confidence in it hereafter. 1t has lost the golden
opportunity TO restore itself to power and res
cue the country from anarchy and ruin 1t has
proven too weak and embcce to grapplc with
fraud and corruption in high places and the
South will never again make such q struggle for
it as che did last Fall.
While the Republican party can never secure
the support Of the intelligent Southern people
there is now great danger that our citizens will
hereafter eyincc but little enthusiasm in the
election Of any candidate for office outside the
State. The policy will be, "ecct good State of
hcers and leave the election of President to
fraudulent Returning Boards and unconstim-
tonal COMMISSIONS
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