The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-06-06
our Senior Senator.

Tn. cold man." as we muse now call him, or
in polite phrase, "Senior Butler" we see by our
Nrtheru exchanges has been interviewed rs to
the situation in Congress and as to other matters
touching Southern interests.
The New York Star, of the 28th, says of the
Senator 4. ~,
tative man of the Southern people and their
views as could be found in or out OF Congress.
Like the statesmen Of taat seotiea generally,
he Is conservative, but at the same time q
staunch supporter of Democratic principles.-
lie says, and we agree with hin, that the extra
session, caused hy the action of the Republi-
cans and their President, hos been Of advantage
to the Democrats, first, in securing the organi-
zation of the House beyond peradvcnture, anj
next in bringing into the foreground for the
consideration Of the people in the approaching
the Republicans have fallen into trap, and
havo unwisely commit ed themselves to the doc
trine of bayonet elections. On this subject he
pertinently remarks: Mr.. Hayes in his last
veto message has gone further than any man has
ever before veutured in this country. General
Grant practiccd his theory, but he never COM
mitted to writing SO bold doctrine as to the use
Of troops as has Mr.. Hayes
'Therc seems to be a vein Of sarcasm in SEN
ntor Buffers remark that the negroes should
spread themselves over the North, where they
would have the. fostering care and guidance of
their KcpubtfrIr fr.ents; but he seems 20 earn
estly believe the migration Of the blacks would
be benefit. He is decidedly in favor Of an in
terchange of population between the sections
the negroes to come North and the whites Of the
North to 60 South.
"On the subject of the condition of the negroes
iE the South and the causes of their trouble,
we have never seen the truth so we'll and tersely
put as he puts it. Nothing is more to the point
than the following remarks:
"The worse enemies to the negro at the South
nre not the land owners, but certain class of
shopkcepers (of course do not include in this
category many country merchants, who are very
negro bad whisky and tobacco aud cheap goods
ut the most exorbitant rates, and at the end of
the agricultural season their entire years earn
ings are gone to these men. Eight out of ten of
the negroes will pay any price for goods If they
can buy them on credit. The shopkeeper gen.
orally estimates what each negro will make and
has his account shaped to absorb it. These are
evils which time and the negro only can correct,
but Radical emissaries seize upon individual in
stances of unfair dealing to play upon the cre-
dulity Of the negroes and make them believe
that it is the landlord who has wrongetl them"
We, too, agree with Senator Butler, that the
extra session has done the Democracy no harm
1t has brought to the book, in plain and unmis-
taxable words and measures, the prime policy
of the Republican party; and it has done more,
it hns shown us at the South in the Presidential
chair the wolf in sleeps clothing. The lovely
Hayes now stands before us in his true colors.
our Radical foes, and we now know to man ex-
acty whence the FIRE will come and what best
to do to meet it. 1t is the brazen proclamation
of bayonet rule over the liberties of the coun-
try, in which wayfaring man, though o fool,
might not be mistaken.-Col. Register.