National Republican., 1878-10-26

ment, and VIII lire the Republican heart 10 |
increased effort in behalf Of certain tri- |
umph in the State. 1t inspires the belief
that the State Of New York will gain at |
least five members Of Congress to the Re |
publican score and carry the Legislature,
thus securing to that great and important |
State one Senator who will faithfully repre-
sent the principles and integrity of Re-
publican form of government
SOUTHERN "REAsON AND ARGUMENT"
WADE HAMPTON has sent his Attorney
General, L. +. YouMASs, to Washington to
sweeten the President with Southern taffy.
Why did he not come himself? SHAKs-
PEARE says conscience makes towards Of
" us all y and that ethical declaration may
have something to do with the distinguish
ing absence OF WADE HAaPTos from the
Presidential Mansion under existing cir
cumstances. HAMPTON knows now that
the President and all the world know that
he has broken faith in regard to tho gov
ernment Of the people Of his State since the
present political campaign opened. He
knows that he gave assurances to the Presi-
South Carolina, irrespective of color or po-
ltical opinion, should be protected alike
after the withdrawal Of the troops from that
State, and he was permitted to usurp the
Governship by forcibls entry. And he
knows that he has forfeited his plighted
faith in this regard, and hence is re-
luctant 20 confront the man he has
deceived in person. This, no doubt, ac-
counts Tor the non-appearance of HAMr-
TON and the appearance Of iouMANs, his
man FRIDAY, at the National Capital at
this time. The truth, as set forth in THE
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, gathered from eye
witnesses, and the New York Times corre-
spOndent on the spot, was making it rather
hot for the flithless HAMPTON, and he has
essayed by proxy to hoodwink and delude
the President again by South Carolina
pslaver. II was the Presidents misfortune
that lie was deceived in the first instance,
but it will be his fault If he permits himself
to he captured again by the siren song Of
honeyed treason and the wiles of gross de-
ccit.
WADE HAMPToN's ambassador has come
here, It is authoritatively stated by the
Democratic organ, to convince the President
that all Is serene in South Carolina that
people except those of personal character,
which are incident upon n heated canvass
between opposing parties. In other
words, in the face Of admitted
facts, Mr.. YoUNASs has approached
the President with the assurance that
there have been no Democratic " outrages u
in South Carolina during the present can
; vnss, no improper interferences with Re-
; publican assemblages, nor anything OBJ
jectionable beyond the prosecution of a
vigorous canvass through the agency Of
reason and argument" Unfortunately
for Attorney General YoUMASs, he has
: failed either to read tho admissions OF the
Charleston Ncrrs or to recollect them, Or h,
has been guilty OF willful and deliberate
Misrepresentation OF the facts
Let us see how much truth, under Dem
ocratic admissions, there is in the broad
statement that there have been no "out,
RACES" in South Carolina during tn,
IltSthl uNlP9olVNo t'NllNhSot
with reason and argument as the agen
It cies used in the contest. 1t may be claimed
perhaps, that in South Carolina it Is not NJ
u outrage" to visit Republican meetin!
:, with n troop of armed men, as was the cas-
at White Oak, and by intimidation force
disperscmcnt OF the meeting-and for tn
same armed and mounted men to surroun,
Mr. SwAIIs, place him under arrest, an,
attempt forced march with him throug!
= the village of Kingstree for the purpose o
q subiecting him to humiliation and derisiO
as u citizcn-and subsequently because h
D determined not to submit to such an inter
= ference with his rights, toattempt violence l.
his person, and to shoot one of his friend
v and protectors. Perhaps it is not rcgarde
% rs an outrage, for the Democratic Contra
Committee Of that county to warn NJ,
SwAILs to leave the county in te
= days, at the peril OF his life. The
: again it is admitted that large fore
u OF armed men, with flying artillery attNcl
II ment, besct the Republican meeting a
II Sumter and compelled its abandonment ,
save life That the cannon was kept boom
ing through the night before an
OH the morning of the meeting, eve
up 10 the hour of its assembling
Il to intimidate the colored people and inte
1t rupt the meeting so as to force its abandon
N mcnt for peace sake. These things an
le even more are admitted by the leadir
d Democratic organ of the State, and hem
d cannot well be denied by Mr.. YoUMASs.
" Almost anywhere else than in Sou
of Carolina, such proceedings would be cha
l. acterized as "outrages,' while, If Mr.. YO
At MANS is truthful man. they are " reasC
lie "and argument" to convince the colored pc
III Pile that they should vote the Democat
ie ticket or not at all. Mr., YoUMASs is re
ID resented as having informed the Preside
e. that South Carolina is as peaceable as al
I'd State in the Union, and that the laws a
Mt as rigdly enforced there as auywhel
or when ia the light OF admitted history SUI
IN an uttcrnce would have blistered his tong
Lr. were it not steel-clad, and which certain
is places him in competition with the chaD
pion in the arena Of untruth. To ina
+ such n statement to the President of