The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-11-09
DIsCoNTEN 4 AMONG THE People.
fraud and Low Prices Two Causes
clpher Dispatches will not Relieve r.

Cipher Dispatches will not Relieve r.
Prof. Perry, of Williams Colleoo.
spoke before the Free Trade Leaene
last week on "The Causes of Poiit;.
cal Discomfort. The first cnuse
named by him was the dissatisfuc.
ton OF the people with tho Republi-
can party, which is responsible for
the ongoing of national forces in
this country for The last eighteen
years. lie spoke not rs a partisan.
although he believed that Mr., Til,
den was honestly elected Presidont
OF the United States. The Ropub-
lean party, he thought, had created
a'sSat3staction by it's identity with
the old Whig party on the subjects
OF centrallzlng power in the hands of
tne federal Government, the nation
III paper money, the protective tariff
ana internal improvements or sub
sides. The most glaring illustra.
tlons Of centralization were tbe fncts
th"t we were obliged to wait for a
so-called President to determine
who was elected governor of n
oouthern State, and that the army
OF the nation had been used 70 hs
present at and control State elec
tlons. Our tariff, he said, is the
most complicated, cumbersome md
obnoxious that any people ever
imposed upon itself. The granting
OF subsidies, and the CONSEQUENT
corruption by Credit Mob;l;ar
1r1uds have been fruitful causes If
dtscontent. The principal discon-
tent has come in the case Of The
PRESIDENTIAL election. The neonlo
nave been unable to see how the
states OF South Carolina, Florida
and Louisiana could have gone both
ways at the same election ond
people have been discontentad
when they called to mind the foct
That the present incumbent Of tho
outset of his present career that the
governors of those States were
, democratic, while he claimed 70
nave !. been elected at the same cleo
t'on by Republican votes. At tha
same time, the SO called President
rewarded every man that scanned ~
10 concerned in the counting of !
those States for him. IF those men
SIMPLY performed their duty, whv I
was IT. nacaSs"'s' - o.. l---- ~
and pick Them up one by one to re-
ward them with Office If the :
count was intended as an honest 8
count, why did President Grants {
statesmen refuse to co-ope-
rate with the Dem ocratic Delegates ,
on the same mission? For his
work in that regard, General Gar
field had caused every true friend to
regret that he ever went to Louisi-
ana. 1t was suspicious thing that
the day after the election Zach
Chandler sent out n despatch that
Hayes was probably elected by one
vote, and had also said that "Lou-
isiana and Florida would be counted
for H .yes anyhow" It seemed that
the Republican party must have
lost it's eyes not to see that the
people arc discontented with the
Electoral Commission and what
Judge Strong called "the great
wrong of the Louisiana Returning
Board"
Among the economic causes Of
dissatisfaction the Professor named
that which arises from the shrinkage
of prices, which necessarily is most
disastrous to labor and real estate.
Even farm products have felt the
ruinously low prices, as shown by
the rate of sterling exchange. There
is much discomfort at the enforced
economy which must necessarily be
practised by the people. In regard
to the prospects of resumption, he
believed no one could now tell
whether Sherman is going to resume
in gold or silver, and that there
would be less discomfort if we could !
know that resumption in January
next would be on the basis of the
gold dollar instead of the silver
dollar. He said that as civilization
progresses the government has less
power over the money of the people,
and instnnced the persistent refusal
of the people of California to accept
the greenback as a standard of value
as proof that if the whole people
choose to refuse the silver dollar as
basis of value they may do so in
spite of government enactments.
Speaking Of the protective tariff
as cause of discomfort, he said
that we have been experiencing for
fifteen years the penalties of being