Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-07-25
on the rights or the manhood of any one else.

on the rights or the manhood of any one else.
1t has got to be the fashion for some politi.
clans to turn pale 10 the face, and to 60 of
and hide their heads if you but use the word
white" in any connection, and especially it
you say this is white mans government
Well, theoretically, it is not white mans
government. This is a country where men
may come from all climates and quarters,
and have the protection of the law. But
practically, as matter of fact, it is a white
mans government. That assertion does not
involve the idea that I mean to oppress any
body else. Who else has any voice in this
government? Go to the North, and do you
find any body there in control but white
people-any representatives but white men
Not one When I charged Radical rep.
resentative with this fact, on recent oc.
caision, he acknowledged it and said: "Oh !!
but the colored people are in the majority in
the South p / answered that it was very
much less tolerable for him to exclude the ne.
gro from representation, because at the North
he is more intelligent, and being in the minor
ity could not do the harm his ignorant fel-
lows could do and have done here. The fact
of his exclusion from representation there
shows conclusively how hollow and contemp-
tible is all their twaddle about him.
Let Us look at the matter in practical
light. Did not these people try to govern
this country for ten years3 Where did they
run it to and to what condition did they
reduce it2 To absoI lutte disgrace, humiliation
and contempt Now that We have got con-
troll of the government, it is no longer ques-
ton of honesty, because the administration is
honest. 1t is no longer a question of race,
because all races are represented and protect:
ed alike. I would tell these people to-day /:
You have tried to govern this country for
ten years, and have proved your incapacity
for doing SO; now stand aside and let us try
it for ten years we can do it better than you
and if we fail to do go, then turn Us out!"
do not intend to say good many things
I would like to say, but there is one thing l
do want to say before I leave you. 1t has
been reported, with how much truth | do not
know, that a proposition has been made to
run "mixed tickets" in some of the counties
of this State. I desire to enter my solemn
protest against such proposition. | think
the Democratic party is able to govern this
country without the interjection of Radical
help. The very suggestion is confession
that the Democratic party can not govern the
country successfully. 1t has also been said
that we gave our assent to this doctrine IN
1870, but that is not true We were then on
the outside and trying to Improve the govern
ment by introducing better element. into it.
The whole matter is reversed now; the gov.
ernment has passed into competent and hon
orable hands, and shall we be expected to de-
teriorate it by admitting the very same cor
rupt element we fought then? And, more
over, how were we met then when we advanced
this same proposition? The Republican par.
ty turned the backs of its hands to- us, and
now that we are in power | propose to turn
the backs of our hands to them That is
the whole issue. But il is said that we ought
to be msgnsnimous and generous. These are
noble traits of character in any man or par
ty, and trust l may never be heard raising
my voice against their proper exercise; but
let US be careful that we don't mistake mag.
nanimity and generosity for silly and per-
nicious sentimentalism. They are different
things. One does for the domain of poesy,
but in the practical affairs of the law and in
anything 80 intensely practical as politics, it
will not do. Do not let us degenerate these
high and noble qualities into pulling senti.
mentalism.
1t has been said that the political millen.
ium is not far off; that the Republican party
is not going to run an opposition ticket to the
State ticket. | hope that the State ticket
will not suffer itself to be misled into posi-.
ton Of false security by any such siren ilu:
sions, promises or songs. They may indeed
paralyze the strength of the ticket by prom.
isng to run nothing against it, but while the
ticket is in state of supposed security this
cunning monster will run in candidates
enough to get control of our Legislature, and
we cannot afford. to lose sight of this danger.
I have learned since | came here that there
are great apprehensions that we will have
serious divisions among ourselves on account
of the number of candidates who have come
forward, but the practical good sense of the
people of Edge6ed will not permit such a
result AS to the number Of candidates be-
ing proof of division, I hail it rather as a
sign of returning interest in public affairs
All who have been nominated up to this time
are honorable men, and l know they will
abide the voice of the people; and woe to
the man who does not 1 say to you let
such an one be ostracised and henceforth con-
signed to political oblivion, and let him be
Aayed alive by the voice of public opinion
[Cheers.]
1 want to say one thing more in conclusion.
Some of my friends want to know what
have been doing in Washington. One Of the
first things had to do was to secure my seat
in Congress, and believe have accomplish
ed that x X Another thing have done
was to secure the opening of the new post
Offices and needed appropriations. Another
thing was to satisfy those people that they
were bound to recognize South Carolina as
an independent sovereign State. How far l
have succeeded in this matter cannot say, but
think can promise that before | have
concluded my term there they shall know
that there is such a spot on earth as the State
of South Carolina.
Gen. Butler continued his remarks by a
brief discussion of matters of purely local
interest, and concluded with a graceful &C.
acknowledgement of the compliment which has
been conferred upon him by the people of
his county.
A lovely landscape all dotted over with un-
slightly bou)ders, is not more unpleasant to
the sight than is human face dis6gured
with bumps and pimpes, those prime eviden-
ces of impurity of the blood. DR.. Bulls
Blood Mixture will remove all such dis6gure
ments promptly.