The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-02
SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICS.
SENATOR BUTLERs SPEECH Ar EDGE
FIELD A RATTAENeE ARRAHGN-
pHENT OF THE RADICAL PARTY


FIELD A RATTLING ARRAHEN-
MENT or THE RADICAL PARTY.
| The Position of the Negro in the South
| Race DImculties-A 'WEtte
MANS Government
| The correspondence Of the Charleston Neps
contains a description of O picnic given at
| Edgefield Courthouse, S. O., on the seven |
teellth ultimo, in honor OF Senator NJ. @. But |
| Ter. That gentleman, Of course, made q
speech, and, among other things, said:
"Let me tell you, my friends, what has not |
passed away. The very same issues that con-
fronted the revolutionary fathers are now
confronting us, and the question for the future
is, will we be worthy sons Of such worthy sires,
and maintain the constitution OF this country,
pure and simple? That is the question and
that the Issue OF to-day 1t is O. very conve-
nient, and I regret to say, tqo common ON
issue now before us Is OneOf honesty and one
OF race against race. That is not true. It is
belittling the question to say it is only one OF
now as seventy-tive years ago between con-
stitutional liberty and republican institu-
tions on the one hand, and central
lied despotism on the other, It makes
but little difference who votes at the prima-
,, ries or who have representation, The great
Issue is above and superior to all that; it is
: one OF rights OF the States, and through the
States OF the people-of constitutional liberty
| AS 0nDUSeu 10 u GSuhEHlld5tA uGSlObSHl. AACAS
are two great forces at work in the country
| to-day, and they are moving on parallel
/ lines. The one is represented BY Radicalism,
and is moving as surely as the needle turns
centralized despotism. The party which e
] committed to this work is The same which
/ has been successfully known as the Federal,
: Freesoil, Abolition, Know Nothing, and Re- 3
i other line Is the old Democratic party,
1 which. sev6nty-iive years ago, had the
i same FIGHT to make which we are making
+ to-day. ] know how common It is for
g people to say there is very little dl1erenee
+ between the Radical and Democratic parties.
/ But tell you that, IL | have learned any
! thing during my stay as @ Senator in Wash
e ington, It Is that there Is the greatest differ
: enee, and that the Radical factions have ad-
J. 1ninistered this government. with about as
much regard to the rights, feelings and IN
I, terests Of the people of America as for the
4 people Of the Sandwich Islands. They have
d not cared or thought about the people The
h whole government has been conducted by
s them In tho interest Of rings and monopolies,
J., andI could prove Ii il had the time. What
s Is the result? What do we catch upon every
Il breeze that now comes from the North? Ru-
}, mors Of communism, riots, crimes, forgerles
d destruction of property. Why is it SO? 1t Is
A. because the Radical factions have been keep
s ing this element quiet by holding. us BY the
d throat and making the condition OF the
y South the pretext for their actions and
q continuance in, power. and when that
- deadly grasp was torn loose from our throat
a and the common people discovered at last
q that the government had been conducted IN
,e the interest Of rings only, and without re-
70 gard to the people, the result was the organi-
RI cation Of these various unions all over the
= country [ have myself seen letters to Sen,
ID ators from Northern men Aof Intelligence ana
le of comparative responsibility, saying in the
II words OF the writer's 'We will have bread OF
# blood But when they clanored for bread
IS they gave them lead, and when they asked ask
for labor they gaze them the bayone5. .,,d dhls
profound affection for, the eoored people
these men shot down their Own people be-
" cause they were simply asserting their man,
Their blood curdled when they heard OF 6
riot in the South, but when they shot dow
H. their own people for demanding their rights
is not one word is heard OF comn 2, 1ol
Of theml That is of piece with the entire con
is duet of this Radical regime God :, knows We
" have seen and felt 1t. What did they care fol
t. the poor colored man, or the poor white man
long Is the {Ryf p fhs e e e bays
H. got to meet to-day. There Is no use attempt
II, ing to disguise 1t.
nd land we in South Carolina are not out 0
h. danger vet It is great mistake to suppOs
Of that this colossal monster is dead; he is onl.
r. hiding his time, and in order to overcome hin
rs what have we do? In the first place we mus
re assert our manhood under the platform
de 1876 and we must move forward upon tina
TO- platform without trampling on the rights, Q
,e- the manhood Of any one else. 1t mas got .
ty be the fashion for some politicians to turn pal
d in the face and go off and hide their heads
n Won but use the word white in any connec
re ton, and especially If you say this is whit
h mans government Well, theoretically, 1t |
IT. not O. white mans government: Ihls Is
&C. country where men may, come, from all Gil
ne mates and quarters, and have the protectio
i'd of the law But practically, as matter {
to fact, it is white mans government. Iha
,or assertion does not involve the idea that
We mean to Cypress anybody else. Who else ia
ed any voice in this government? Go to tn
North. and do you find anybody there in con
w Viii e'H m en- Not one When / charged
Radical Representative with this f e On a r
. sOhl but the colored people are in the major
ity In the South Tanswered that it was yer
much less tolerable for him to exclude To
We negro from representation because at ID
he North he ID more intelligent, and being in til
rts minority. could not do the harm his 1gnora1
in fellows could do and have done here. The fax
he of his exclusion from representation tler
nd shows conclusively how hollow ana contelnp
lis ible ID all their twaddle about him. .
lrt "Let us look at the matter ina practice
he light. Did not these people try to govern TIL
put country for ten years? Where did they r,l
no. it to and to what condition dld they reaue
or it? TO absolute disgrace. humiliation an
nat contempt. Now that we have got Control
WIS the government, it is no Longer question
act honesty, because the administration is hon
are est 1t is no longer queStlon oi late, "
eir cause all races are represented and proteGte
alike. I would tell these people to-day: 'Ic
have tried to govern this country for *
years and have proved, your utter ineapacit
,ns Of doing SO; now stand aside and let us try
ohS for ten years. we can do better than you; al
=. If we fail to do SO. then turn us outF
eo' ST do not intend to say @ good many thing
an I would like to say, but there is one thing
''D' do want to say before I leave you. u HI
ton been reported, with how much truth 90 , n
wv" l,nf y,r1rpait0u has been MADE III
to run mixed tickets in some OF the count
r. of this State I desire to enter my so II
ck) protest against such a. proposition l III i
the Democratic party is able to govern !, tll
country without the intersection OF Radio
few help. The very suggestion Is q confesslt
~" that.the Democratic party cannot govern Il
sh- country successfully. 1t has also been sd
that we gave our assent to this doctrlne
Il L. t,.l1n Il fhAQ