The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-12-07

The reference to Southern matters
was just what he expected.
Among the topics referred to in
the message which attract the atten-
tion Of thoughtful members of both
houses are the information that q
new commercial treaty with j pan
has been framed, and That measures
are pending for more intimate COM
mercial rotations with South Alneri
can States; the suggestion that In
dians shall be enlisred az an auXili.
ary military force Oh tie plains.
which would, in the opinion of oom-
petent experts. be one Of tho most
important and beneficial measures
for clvilizing the Indi.ns at Il small
cost the recommendation to relieve
the pressure Of business on the Judi
cial courts, and the business on tao
federal courts and the Supreme
Court, by the creation of number
of additional circuit judges or by
some other means, q relief whion
the Judges and the mynners of the
bar know to be very necessary, and
the recommendation to construct il
new Con,5I ssional library bu ling
Tne mere pJlivici LIS evidently i..d
t.ult because tle message dots SO
much with the mIte. III interests OF
tae count, y. DnG on tnat head tho
people Will no. agree with them
OPENING TIE BALL oN Tda SOUTHERN
There is something fri5htfully
tedious Aul moaoton ,us about tna
folly Of some Of the Democrats.
They begin anew 'ecisciy where
they left off before. To- day, for
instance, wnen the message had
been read i'll tao House, MI. Far
nundo Woo |, in the clp p4city Of lead
er of the House, dragged his fellow
Democrats into n quigmire, nd,
with the he;p OF the previous ques-
ton lett them Sticking there. It
seemed to Mr. Wood juIlcious 10
arraiyn the President for the OK.
trenlel y moderate views of the mes
sage on the Southern eicc5ions. lie
thought great deal too much hlI
been said Of what was Of no conse~
quence, and deoiared thl5 tue ex-
treme or Radical wing of the Re-
publicans had captured the Presi-
dent and made him vAcillate III his
policy toward the South. Mr..
Wood am mlzed and startled the
whole House, and delighted the
R.publicans us mucn as he disgust
cd most Of tho Democrats. He
gave Mr.. Garfield the opportunity
to mike a judicious and extremely
effective rel o.ndor and Mr.. H.lle the
chance for a neat partisan appeal,
and whereas, before ne spoke, the
extreme Republicans had been dis
posed to growl at the M ss1ge and
to quarrel with the Presiaent, MIR.
Woods remarks brought them all
together.
1t must be said, to the credit of
the Democrats, that ut le tst three
quarters of them SIT in their seAts
filled with indignation and disgust
at what they saw to be gross
blunder, and if Mr.. Wood had not,
by the use of the p evious question,
stopped discussion afder Mr.. Cox h ID
adroltly done all he could to cover
up the mistake that had been made,
Mr.. Wool would h we he lrL some
plain lansu .ge from his own side.
Several Democrats said after the
TINT if Ghey lad bad p
chance they woull have sud precise
ly VIII It Mr.. Garfield said on the
question, and there is not the least
doubt that at least three quarters
and probly seventh> eighths of the
Democratic side wore entirely con-
tent with what the President s.,iI
about the South. The Southern
men particularly were we'll sAtisisl,
and would have voted at once the ad-
ditional m ney asked for in the
sage to carry on the election trials.
They say, very sensibly, that these
trials before federal courts will de-
monstrate to the country accurately,
not only how much, but how little,
disorder and wrong was committee /
anywhere in the Sonth during the
recent canvass md election. They
are confident th't in this way the
partisan accounts will
be shown to be largely false, and
that the regular trial according to
law is the best and only way to make
the truth kn own in the North, and
they are not afraid Of the truth.