National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-02-03

lima protest against such action ON the
part of the Governor, and have even
gone so far as 10 obtain the views of
eminent lawyers and judges on the consii-
tqtionality of such Executive interference.
The anti-BUTLER party insist that it would
be unconstitutional for the Governor TO
aoVo pros cases in the courts, as il would
be a serious interference with the Judicial
by the executive department Of the State
government, thereby violating plain man
date of the constitution of South Carolina.
There seems TO be but little doubt that the
whole design of the BUTLER wing of the
South Carolina Democracy is TO use senator
PATTERSON in the approaching contest of
CoRBIN VS.. BUTLER, and after the ith Of
March they will proceed to prosecute the
Senator with great vigor on the ground that
the Governor had no right to interfere with
the process of the courts.
The following editorial from the Green
vile (S. c. Daily Ne,rs shows the animus
which the unterrilled entertain toward Sem
ator PATTERSON. 1t would he far better
for the Senator to stand by the Republican
party in the CoRBIN-BUTLER contest, than
TO risk the consequences which will certain
| ly follow from Democratic ingrattude and
duplicity, in which event he will not be
reckoned among the astute politicians of the
| day:
portion Of the State press OBJ.
iectcd TO tho proposed pardon Of
CARDozA but he Is no longer of any
consequence. He has been convicted by a jury
of his own color, In part at least. That con-
viction has been sustained by the Supreme
Court Of the State, He has been relieved Of
| much of his ill-gottcn gains, and ho Is n negro
As to him we are Indifferent but Of all the
crew who arc afloat, kIMPToN and PATTER-
son are the criminals who are especially in
need of striped clothes and Colonel LIps-
Greenvilo and Columbia and Blne Ridge rail-
roads, through tho State, and then
the State through the railroads. Mas.
| ters in the art, they even taught
| " FRANK MosEs" how to steal. They made
judges and controlled legislation. They sti6ed
justice and corrupted all law in its very crea.
ton. They created tho storm and ruled the
crew. To them, then, there is and never can
be any "let up" while reason and honor rule
the Commonwealth. No true citizen will ever
say so, and no official dare do 1t. To-day one
is shielded by the shameless trcachery of n
| Governor who has linked his namo with IN
fanny, and the other under the egis of Seua-
torial privileges by corrupt and besotted
Judge. These things can not always he. Lot
every Governor Of Massachusetts, be put upon
record until one be found who regards his
oath and will discharge his duty. The end of
PArTERsoN's term is near at hand, and then
his Senatorial robes, nor the soled ernine Of q
Washington Judge. can longer protect him.
Let the wires of the Centennial Telegraph
flash the news that they are in their own
place.
The people of South Carolina are too mag
unanimous to punish the horde of ignorant
negroes for the crimes these men instigated,
aud let them go unwhipt Of justice" But
Justice is not dead. 1t has slept. but 1t now
claims its own yindication. We believe we
speak the mind of every Democrat in the State
in this matter, and at any rate. If this is not it,
then we have only to say it should be.