The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-06-19

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With the Frsuch, the efigics OF hour-
bon;sm, Imperialism aud Orleanlsm
hang like ancient hauherks on the wall.
respected for tLeir past, and useful IN
their day as agents Of civilization and
rr6srcyS. The grim visage Of Jacobln-
ism has driftcd almost cut IT sight INTO
the dim and distant rast, crouchins
like one of Ossiau's misty ghosts under
the shadow of the guillo'ipe, and the
Gem muue palcs its Intellectual fires,
France, great and mighty with the
day break of constitutional govern
mtns lcall it by what pamc you wllD
lighting her future, has conquered her
nerjls. and has nov 10 deal with the dIi-
ticcl,ies that surround her from the
contest between the great minds that
achieved her redemption and the I'm
trisuants' who increase, if they DO not
create her difficulties, and who now as
sert themselves as pilots through the
smooth waters into which the ship OF
state has been guided by stronger.
hands.
The men who led our people through
tae terrible struggle Of 1876, upon
which 50 much depended, so much
that wc look back upon it with terror
at the danger We escaped, have with
great propriety been scot to deal
with the difficulties of final adjust
meat Of orr rights iii the national coun-
ell. Our Senators, Hampton and But
Ter, Lave had singular opportunities LOT
proving their fitness and Devotion IN
the forum and in til" field. The peri!s
loye ended; the difficulties have COM
mcrrrd. IT, 1876 audacily was prudence.
The people Of s"u'h Carolina pressed TO
the cIge of Il precipie", eoud retreat no
further, could endure no longer. deter
mind to accept any alternative but
submission TO negro supremacy. ASSERT
themselves, end won. WHO led us then
Cool, unselish anil d"roted--as devoted
rs he was when he first buckied on his
g,,urs at the beginning OF the war, and
~ ha proved himself to BE- in hum
dred fights. Can we doubt or lear 10
trust him now? tie Grrst,oa has been re-
lcga.od to the domain Of >tatcSIaHsh'p
and diplomacy. There is much that Is
not upon the surface that determines the
course to BIS pursued. Allowing. Tor
the sake of argument, that many Of our
politicians at home arc equally fttFd oy
intellect aGI -.-.,aing to form a Judge
,uent, are they in a a-posi'ion to do so /!
Have they the opportunities of counsel
with the other leading minds Of the
South equally interested in the great
question of Southern rights, or the re-
spopsibilties that arise from the position
of those WHO represent the interest OF a
people We have placed these men as
OUT leaders-men we were willing to
.ely % absolutely when all We bad was
at stake, when peril threatened US on
every sidc-is it not fair TO let them
dea! with the questions that have arisen
since. and which the French statesman
calls the difficulties Of the position 3?
and not trammcl them by undue strict
ness aud exceptions?
The strength Ct the Southern qu"s-
,ion in national politics has to be crys-
talised out of what are unlike, and,
it may be, opposing elements. There
never was q greater field for the excr-
else Ct the highest order Of diplomacy
and political talent than the present.
Our Legislators are in the position of
the British statesman who found in
his day, when his party achieved u
victory from the d;scordant clements
Of which party consisted. that he was
"a near the most conservative OF the OPP
nosirion az the EXTREMIST Of his own.
The national parties ore R"rubIiea" aud
Democratic. We have the declared en-
NIFTY Of the Republicans, the sympathy
Of conservative Democrats, and are ac-
copied as necessity by the war Demo-
cr.,s--represented Ly class Of mon
such as braeg,:ot Wisconsin ready to
biame the South Tor tic pnst ard pre-
sent. and certainly we would not like to
lc"vc our future to their disintercsted-
ness and generosity. Then the Repub-
licans know that the Southern vote is
tie backbone OF the Democratic party.
So great many things go to make up
tie raast effective lite Of action. In
mechanics, It is but the two thousaudth
part of an ilch that makes the differ
encc between a loose and binding fit.