The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-09

gallant soldier during the war. lie wa:
the leader of the "Red.shirt Democracy
that redeemed South Carolina from
Radical misrule, and was elected State
senator in the stormy campaign of 1876
which Office he now holds.
General, what is the condition of po.
litical affairs in South Carolina at pres
ent?"
"Quiet, very quiet, just now but there
are certain groupings out that indicate
considerable difference of political opin'
ion among our people"
"In what way, General"
"Our. party leaders. are not in accord
on certain issues which will be made in
the campaign of $780,"
e.What are those issues ?n
"The main and principal issues thai
may divide the party are the adjustment
of the State debt, the present national
banking system and the greenback cur.
rency, as an initial movement toward 8
return to fixed and stable currency"
Should the Supreme Court decide that
the State is liable for the fraudulent is.
sue of bonds under Radical rule, will the
people Of the State acquiesce in the de-
cision?Y x
"I do not believe that they will; they
will demand constitutional convention
to remodel the Constitution and definitely
fix the amount of the State debt"
i NICE LEGAL POINT.
'tHow can they get over the decision O..
the court of final resort ?"
"In the first place, if the theory that
the sovereignty of South Carolina was
destroyed by acts of war be correct, cor
porate existence of the State was de-
stroyed at the same time, and the ante
bellum bebt as one of the incidents of
its corporate existence was destroyed
simultaneously with the sovereignty OF
the State. South Corolina was treated
as conquered province and was placed
under military rule, and under the re-
construction acts she was compelled to
adopt new Constitution, and under this
new Constitution she was readraitted into
the Union. Now this new Constitution
and in formation of this new corporation
there is no clause recognizing this ante
ibelIum debt, SO the debt has no legal ex-
isteuce. The taking cognizance of the
ante-bellum debt by one of the co-ordi-
nate departments of the government
cannot bind the masses of the people,
whose sovereign will can only be ex-
pressed through a Constitutional Con-
vention. Again, State can only be
sued by giving its own consent to become
party to cause of action. The action
of the Legislature, which is only third
of the co-ordiuate powers Of the govern
ment, cannot legally bind the State. and
the decision of the Supreme Court
amounts to judicial farce and will be
disregarded by the people. As to the
post-bellum deot, or that portion created
under Radical rule, the whole of it is one
of the most glaring and stupendous
frauds that ever. disgraced any govern
merit, and will never be paid by our peo-
PIE"
OBJECTIONS TO NATIONAL BANKS.
"What is yout objection to national
banks?"
T am opposed to them on principle.
tits the concentration fthe money power
into the hands of a few, and that is the
great power of any government. 1t is a
practical step in the direction of consol-
idated government or empire. There is
also great hue and cry against them
raised BY the tillers and owners of the
soil, irrespective of party affiliation, as
their charters prohibit them from loan
ing money upon real estate as security.
Land is thereby excluded from national
banks as q basis of credit, causing it
to depreciate in value and a paralysis OF
the industries Of agriculture throughout
the United States"
.iE EWING FOR PRESIDENT.
41"Who do you think will be the next
President?"
"If Gen. Ewing carries Ohio this fall
he will be entitled to receive, and in my
opinion will receive, the nomination of
the Democratic party, and if he receives
that nomination of course he will be elec-
ted the next President of the United
States"
elbow about Tilden 2" -. -
"Tilden was elected President and did
not have the backbone even to be sworn
in. Had he taken the oath of Office at
the proper time, even in the city of New
York, flor he was afraid to 60 to Wash
inigton,) the sober second thought of the
American people would have recog-
nized him and insisted ON his rights as
President of the United States. No one
wishes to vote second time for man
who was untrue to himself and false to
the highest trust of his party. Tilden
showed the white feather in 1876, and
we want man who is not afraidin 1880,
and that man is Gen. Ewing"
"What do you think of Bayard or
Hancock"
NO EASTERN MAN WANTED.
"Bayard is a very good man, but his
views are not in sympathy with the peo-
pie on the questions of finance. He is
from the smallest State in the Union.
He would start with too small vote
from home. In; conventions small States
are lost sight of. 4 do not think Bayard
available. 1 like Hancock, but the con-
servative element ofth party will not 60
for professional soldier. Grant salts
fed the American people that the clink
of the sword and the rattle of spurs did
not sound we'll in the White House. We
have had too many candidates from the
East. New York has had three candi-
dates. Turn about is but fair play. So
we must have man from the great
West" ~
"Then you think Ewing the coming
man?'
"Certainly do. He was brave SOL
dier in war, q wise statesman in peace.
His political principles are but the reflex
of the ideas Of the people; they are in
accord and sympathy with him and he
with them. His great personal magnet
ism and his innate aggressiveness mark
him as the great leader of the Democracy
for 1880. The Northwest is the great
military centre of this country, and the
people the natural allies of the South
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