The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-04-18
ORANGEBURG, $. G., ArR11. IS, 1870.
! President Hayes.

1t does not matter, so far as the
present issues are concerned, by what
tenure the Chief Magistrate of the
nation holds his office. The fraud,
ny which he was iois,cd upon the pco-
pie against their will lcgitimatelv de-
clared through the ballot box, is @
shing of the past, recorded upon the
pages of American history and placed
away among tho archives of her great.
est nation. In the future years of
this continent, these pages will be
read over whenevc: the United States
Is to be made to blush for shame. or
whenever her people ere to be hum
Died because Of the corruption which
PcrVaded her society. They arc to be
examined whenever the forms of gov
ernment are to be brought under
critical review by the political ccono-
mist for examples Of the greatest DO
litical frauds and the most extensive
corruption among government off,
cials. The satirist will find hc:e
matter for the keenest pen and bitter
est crlticisms, such as is no where to
be gathered from the records OF Re.
publican Rome even in the hottest of
tho struggle between the Patrician
and Plebian orders, or of Greece du-
tho clanship and fudes OF the Pcrioi.
koi. In the entire history of crime
no volume will furnish a better exam
}ie Of deliberate purpose to over.
ahrew government or rob people
az established rights than that which
records the action and purposes OF the
Republican party in America. Ucrc
may dc found the character, not of
one but many Catalines, who boldly
assert their purpose, when exposed,
10 extinguish the flame kindlcd around
them in q general ruin, not one
Sylla, but thousand in every State,
"ho, holding in sacred memory the
spoils and victories OF the past, were
ready TO apply the torch and the
brand not only TO the Capitols but
the private dwellings of the South.
MIR. Hayes knows this, and will he
IN the face of this knowledge, abuse
the veto power entrusted to his care
merely TO keep on the Statute book n
Law ropngnant to two-thirds of the
citizens Of his country and thus add
onosher page to this black volume OF
oor country'e history. The South,
no say, cares but little now for the
great fraud of 1876 but che Is deeply
concerned as to how this fraudulent
President will exercise his creates,
prerogative in this emergency. The
concern is the greater because no
president, save perhaps Mr.. johnson
over had moro potent influences
brought to bear upon him with
cruel motive than he. Every blatant
Republican demagoguc hounds his
path, every Senator and town politi-
oian fulton. holes him day and night,
every country editor finds something
to say by way Of punch under his
ribs, indeed all the Republican muc,-
lngo in the United States is being ap-
Piled to keep him up to the sticking
point. The esrncstncss of the efforts
and the zeal manifested indicate
very plainly the magnitude of the is
sue involved in tho repeal of the Sec
tion of tho Army bill which allows
armed troops to be at the polls. The
Republican party knows that free
elections arc the downfall Of their
principles, and the Democratic party
sees another forty years loasc of
power and consequent ma clial pros
perity TO the country. Hence the
vote, that will pass the measure, will
be strictly party vote, and tho veto,