The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-04-03
The Fight in Congress.

icans chose Garfield as their cham
pion, and he made powerful speech,
arraigning the Democrats for their
revolutionary measures and acts. His
speech was harangue, but it was
chock full of campaign buncombe and
will be spread broadcast by the Re-
publican National Committee. Mcssrs.
Wood, McMahon and others answered
for the Democrats; but they did not
warm up to the subject. If they wish
to succeed they must harangpe and
gcsticu]ate about Radical fraud and
Radical rascality as the Radicals howl
about Democratic revolution. 1t is
absurd to inaugurate aggressive war
fare and then spond all the time re-
plying to Radical attacks.
1t is very grave question how the
North is going to side in this contest.
The Radical leaders arc very adroit
in making the worse appear the better
reason, and whenever they are pushed
to the wall, always pick up some poor
fellow like Jefferson Davis who
cannot help himself, and shake him to
pieces to show their valor and
prowcss. This throws the dust in the
eyes of great many sinplctons who
Immediately conclude that we arc on
the brink Of another rebellion. AS
Senator Hill says, the total stock in
trade Of the party has been revolution.
The secret Of this whole Radical
bowling is that the party needs Grant,
and wishes to run him on war issues.
Grant will help this sentiment and
the sentiment will help Grant, and the
Democrats will have hard work to
keep any Northern States. But
having once inauguratcd the contest
they should keep their banners flying
and hold out to the end.
The Radicals are utterly inconsis-
tent. On the Sd Of March Garfield and
his party agreed to repeal the act
allowing troops at the polls, and now
he charges that tho measure is down
right revolution. 1t is said that Zach
Chandler made so much capital by his
jeff Davis speech that all the Radicals
have jumped into the same rut, and
arc endeayoring to crowd ahead of
the Michigan Senator. Whenever the
least opening appears, the doughty
Radical otiice-scckers and placcmcn
rush for it like madmcn, to make the
most Of it. They think they have
struck a good lead this time.
The New York Herald correspond
ent thus depicts the situation in Satur-
days despatch:
There is rapidly increasing and
Intense political excitement here, but
1t is mainly shown by the Republicans,
many OF whom arc very bitter indeed,
and denouncc their opponents with
out measure. 1t was to be expected,
therefore, that the galleries would be
crowded this morning to listen to the
debate. Their occupants took lively
and sometimes a noisy interest in
what passed, General Garfield being
several times applauded.
After Mr.. Stephens had spoken, and
the point Of order was settled, General
Garfield made what was acknowledge
cd by both Democrats and Rcpubh-
cans to be q powerful speech. In
deed, the Republican members thought
it 80 effective that they subscribed for
100000 copies of it at once for circnla-
ton through the country. Neycrthc-
less, 1t must be said that General Gar
fields effort was not an argument, but
haranguc. 1t did not discuss the
merits Of the question at issue, cx-
ccpt incidentally, but dealt largely
IN denunciation. Hc asserted that
the purpose Of the Democrats was to
force the Executive to approve of
measures to which he is opposed or Of
starving tho government. But Cen
eral Garfield cannot be supposed to
know either the Presidents mind or
the intentions of the Democrats. and
for all he knows tho President may be
ready to approve the bill and tho
Democrats may intend to, Withdraw
their legislation if no objects and
vctoes. When, therefore, ne de-
nounced. the Democrats as revolution
airy he was not arguing, but only
haranguing. When ho asserted that
the Democrats themselves had voted
in 1865 for the measure they were
now repeating he was corrected by
Mr.. Wood and others, who explained
that the Democrats then supported
this as choice between this and q
worse proposition, and it seems that
Mr.. Garfield was here led by his
tervor beyond the cloar region of
facts. He recalled tho old slave-catch-
ing times before the war, he recalled
the days of 1861, tho results of tho
war, and tho folly and iniquity Of the
men who forced tho war. I'm tact he
"made 1t ugly" for tho South and the