The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-11-27
Mteriel0 in Nelg York Raaid.


What does the result Of the vote on
Tuesday signify in the politics Of the
"It signifies that my election was SUP.
posed by the Faneuil Hall Democrats to
injure Mr.. Tilden's chances for the nom..
nation for the Presidency, and hence the
action of that class of so.called Democrats
who look to MIR. Tilden to give them no.
tional Office. That bubble, however, is
burst, and MIR. Tilden, in my Judgment,
stands less chance for being elected
President than he does by being struck
by lightning in the coming Winter
The Democracy will hardly push the
choice of man for the Presidency the
second time who had not the courage and
ability to take his seat when elected to it..
In my younger days it was not accus-
toned to such leadership. The election
in New York has settled that, if nothing
else."
"Is the Democratic party nationally
stronger or weaker for the defeat of Mr.
Tilden in New York;"
"Stronger, because he represented
nothing that wasn't equally represented
by the Republican party. He represent
ed the wealth, the monopolies, the spe-
cIal privileges, the banking and currency
interests of Wall street. On that class of
questions the Republican party can beat
him and give him six TO ten in the game,
Tor they have become, from necessity of
administration during the war and since
the chosen guardians of all that class Of
interests. The Democratic party North
and West of Albany in New York, and
west of the Alleganies in the country, are
N n xl. L..
from Mr.. Tilden. aud they never will
vote for him again, even if he were NOM
mated"
"Do you agree with the opinion which
has been so generally expressed that the
Democratic party has no chance next
year in view of the results in Maine.
Massachusetts, Ohio, California and New
York 2"
Il agree that tho Democratic party,
under its present leadership, going in the
same direction hasn't any chance. It
has no chance, because I fail to find any
distinctive difference in the principles
held unanimously by the members of the
Democratic party from those of the lead
ers of the Republican party, for whose
candidate the lieutenants and captains of
the Democratic party in Massachusetts
voted, and whom they have attempted
to elect in the past two years. If YOU
say the tariff, then the Democratic lead
ers in Pennsylvania are tariff men; if
you say the finance question, both par
ties are split in two upon that question
by the backbone of the Alleganies; if you
say on the question of protection of cit
izens in their rights by the General Gov
ernment, the Democratic party doubts
whether it ought to be done. Most of
the Democratic leaders are afraid to say
that it ought to be done, and Hayes
administration is afraid to do it. If you
speak of foreign policy, there is no ques.
tion between the Democrats and Re-
publicans upon that. It took the four
months in the special session of &c ngress
to get up an issue last Summer on which
they could divide, and that was the ques-
of putting troops at the polls when there
were. no troops to put there, and it was
wholly an immaterial question; and,
further than that, neither party claimed
that the presence oftroops at the polls had
ever influenced one thousand votes. If
you say universal suffrage, the Democ-
racy are against it in the South and the
Republicans are in favor OF it in the
South and against it in the North. On
the question of internal improvements.
the Democrats are as anxious vote i'm
provemants for their rivers a4.i harbors
as are the Republicans for theirs. Upon
the granting of special privileges, so that
you make yourself rich by watering
stocks of railroads, charge has been
made by Mr.. Field that on: last Demo-
cratic Presidential candidate watered the
stock of the elevated railroad to o worse
extent than any such performance has
ever been carried in the United States !:
but Mr.. Tilden returns the charge upon
Mr.. Field, and believe them both"
"You think. then, any party which
will place itself in line with the people
will succeed 2"
THE whole history Of the country has
shown it. The Democratic party was
ruined by its support of the institution of
slavery, which institution was not in con-
sonance with the feelings, hewishes, the
belief or the sense of justice of the peo-
pie, and was only sustained so many
years because Of the Constitutional obli-
CATION to do 80. That is now out of the
way, and very soon all of the evils grow
ing out of twill fade away, and when
that Is done nnhndy doubts that true
Democracy viii resume its sway in our
Government except those who believe in
imperialism.
Southern Feeling.
"Do yon believe that the people of the
South, as a people, are to-day disloyal OF
in favor either ofsecession or in the res
toration of slavery?"
81 don't believe that the people of the
South nre in favor of the restoration oil
sls1ery, for they have seen by free labor
q agreater amount of product of cotton,
tobacco and sugar than ever under the
system of slayery. They see now what
the North learned early that slave labor
was not profitable and was wholly incon-
sistent with Republican Institutions
Nor do believe that there is any con-
siderable body of men in the South that
acss;;--SS acss;;-SS secession. I think nil reiiecting
men agree that that question is settledin
this country, certainly forcible seces.
SION"
''Is there, then, any advantage to be
gained by keeping alive the spirit of Sec
tionaiism which has existed in this conn-
try since the war;"
A great advantage to the party which
can keep in power by so doing, without
disadvantage to the country No man
deprccates and deplores more than ] do
the spirit of lawlessness, the disregard oil
human life, whether of white or of black
the resort to forca In conducting civil
controversies, which have shown them
selses ~ soma parts of the South, and M
one would 90 further than I would tt
bring such mob violence to an end"
How much longer Is this condition o
ssectionalism in political life going K
last 2"