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


will lie largely controlled by the
Democrats hereafter, and the colored
vote will be cast more for men than
for party. Heretofore the attach
ment and devotion of that race to til c
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 heusion. Hampton is
honestly carrying out the promises
which he made during the campaign.
lie has already appointed more color
ed men to cfficc than were appointed
during the entire two first years that
4 was Governor, which were the first
of reconstruction "
"And what do you think will be
the future Of the colored race in the
South?"
~ thipkthat they will quietly and
peaccably enjoy all civil rights as
guaranteed to all other ci tizens. I
believe, however, that III apprecia-
zion ofaheir own good aud advan tage
~il gradually eliminate them from
at least al active participant on in
politics. They are race very cssily
contrellel. Labor is their field Of
usefulness, and they a-c especially
suited to the fields and the climate of
the South. 1t was mistak ke to draw
them prominently into partisan poll
tics-the white man Ga fact which
must be coEceded,) being the super
ior, will never consent to be governed
by al Inferior"
IF, us | understand you, The Demo
cratic party will grow stronger in the
South by acquisitions from the color
cd vote; what say you us to an ex
Confederate ttr the next President,
which will probably be urged by thc
South ~
II think that the people ofboth the
North and the South could support
man like Hampton, will, pc pfect, COR.
sistency, and without the surrende r
Of IL particle Of principle, and no
more compromise Of honor than !.
Confederate makes i'll the support Of
Il Northern man. The causes which
led to the war grew out of our politi-
cal system the Hamiltonian and
Jcficrsonlan ideas Of government
consolidation and State sovcr eighty,
State rights; i'll IL word, Hampton be.
Iieves i'll the teachings Of Calhoun,
and that lie owed his first allegiance
t, lis own Sa.e-the people Of the
North believed otherwise, and the
conflict came. The disagreement has
become accord. Before the outbreak,
as is we'll known, Hampton was IL
Union mamie is now as loynI Il
any citizen i'll the country, and ut
the head of the government, would
administer its affairs rs honestly, rs
ably, and as 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 rcliuble conservative
men will be found in the South.
There the relation Of capital and IL.
Dor Is best understood, and the most
respect entertained, for each other
The South also possesses within her
self the means Of suppressng every
thing tending to communism. When
the folly Of the government in tistrnn,
chising citizens on account ofthcir
p"litica' opinions is fully appreciated,
then there will be nothing more to
prevent Union soldier voting for i.
Confederate, than there now is to re-
strain II Southcrncr from voting for
man from the North"
Excuse my curiosity but what
have you TO say yof the prosecutions
nov pending against Moses and
others :"
1T is delicate suhicc! for nc to
tnlk about. | consider the prosecu
tions unwisc. They arc the result Of
the u0lilicnl comnlirotions prnu,;nr