Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-08-14


doctrines announced in dobao, as tho settled
policy of tho General Government, an entiro
chnnge OF our system Of government will
follow. A constitutional government of
limited powers, operating Upon the individual
citizon through tho States. except as to those
powers specifically granted in tho Constltu-
tion, or such as aro necessary to carry out
specific grants, will be converted into con-
solidated centralism--ifI may usc tho ternl---
responsible only to tho leaders Of tho domi-.
nant faction, who WELD lo supreme power
ipr th,eaggrandizement =, of their party and for
tho distribution of tho spoils of Offices and
this change will follow wuct moro speedily
than you suppose. Tho exercise of national
authority, in their view, mcans tho destruction
OF State authority, except as far rs tho State
governments may bu convenient instrumen~
talties for enforcing tho national will. Tho
torn OF government is much moro cfioctualy
changed by this means than by q dissolution
OF the Union, or separation of tile States, for
in tho latter case Republican Institutions n,ay
DO preserved, but in tho former they will bo
entirely and h0pelessly DESTROYED" !"
DO you think that Mr.. Hayes sympathizes
with tho extreme doctrines Of his party lead
ors, and is ityour opinion that tile rank and
tilo OF tho Republican party concur in thom?"
~ Will reverse the order of your question.
do not believe tho rank and flo of tho Ro.
publican party in the North do concur in
such doctrines or principles as a general
thing. Tho rank and file of tho Republican
party in the South have no opinions IF their
own, and consequently can scarcely be held
responsible. | believe that great many of
tho moro conservative Republicans of tho
North nrc really devoted to correct principles
constitutional government, but their leaders
nrc ablc, aggressive and, in many instances,
unscrnpulous men. who lovo power for the
sake OF power and tho cmoluments and i'm
portanoe that it gives them, and not for tho
good tlnt they may do to their follow man,
and, under the cry of party necessity and
party supremacy, many Of these men will DO
borne along and committed to policy of
government which in their hearts they do not
approve. Tho battle ground will be at tho
North, and everything depends upon tho
pluck and energy Of the Northern Democracy.
lfthcy do not permit thc Radicals to raiSo
false issues and frighten the people by false
alarms, they can win. But they will have to
press homo tho real danger to liberty with
unirng pc. tinacity and tact. The pendulum
has been swung back in tho South rs it was
when NV. jefferson went into power in 1901
and upon similar issues. as to Mr. lIaycs.
I have no doubt he is in ,ull accord aud sympn.
thy with the extreme men Of his party on
these questions II you will read his veto
messages to the late appropriation bills of
Congress. you will discover that he pusbed
tho right Of Federal interference with the
affairs OF tho States further than any man has
ever vcnturcd in this country. NJ President,
not oven Grant. with ali his reckless disregard
of civil ins,fnmon,altics in the a.lmiuistra-'
| ton Of government, and reliance unun force
and tho strong hand Of central power, h,s
ever dared to claim far tho executive arm of
the government the power which Mr.. IIaycs
insists upon. Read his veto message care
FULLY, and see if cxagScrac their scopc and
| meaning"
"WelI, General, the impression got abroad
in the country. i'll the earlier stages Of lie
debate, that tho Republicans outgcncvnllcd
the Democrats and put them at y di>ulyan.
tagn. low do you account for thai?"
~ is duo to several causes. AS have
said. the Radicals sounded their gongs aud
made the most noise at fi,s. and frightened
the timd minded of brth parties They
talked about revolution and rebellion and
secession and slavery and treason aud
'Confcaeratc brgadicrs' and almost every,
th'ng else. except the real issues under dis
cnsslon But the country got accustomed to
this and rs soon rs it was discovered that the
revolution did not begin and that tic Con
| fedcrato brigadicrs' were the most conscrvar
tive and prudent mon in Congress, tho people
began to look at the facts, the scare wore of,
and the Radicals wca akcncd. Another cause
| for the Impression to which you refer is to be
found, think, IN tho colorng which was
| given to the del atcs in the Associated Press
dispatches from Washington. When | came
home sick in June was struck with the char.
acter of these dispatches In them the Rad
icals were almost always made to appear to
better advantage than the Democrats, whether
dcSigncd!7 or mt | cannot snt, Bot having
u pretty correct idea OF he drift Of tho debate,
| could sec that there Was IL parlial,y shows
I" The Radical speakers and the people natu.
rally formed erroneous conclusions from those
| dispatches. AS to the Democratic mnnnee.
meat of course there were mistakes but in
the man tho controversy was managed with
great skill "nl tact and ability by the Demo.
cratic LEADERS,"