The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-01-09
ortbe Times.
A Spicy and Interesting Lset6fs

Spicy and Interesting SLa<t6f.
a happy New Year to you Mr.. Editor. May
you be blessed sin basket and store and long
list of prompt-paying subscribers.
The furry about the reception Of Gen. Grant,
among the fiunkies who are always readyto toss
up their sweaty caps to chose in authority, has
collapsed, and people are wondering how oil at
once it had been discovered that We hre under |
Maj. Perry has spoken the sentiment of every |
true Carolinian. We aresunder no obligations
to Gen. Grant. Whatever he.deser7ed for his
| treatment of General Leo or his kind &expres-
sions.about the South, on one occasion. i've bseu
counterbalanced by his acts President and
| the pressure of the iron heel upon our necks
when Hampton was struggling to extricate the
| State from the talons of its spoilers. We can
never forget, or forgive, the indignity Of filling
our State House with his hired soldiery and at
tempting to overrule the voice of the people and
fasten upon us an odious carpet-bag government
which had bankrupted the State.
We have had enough of Grant, aud have no
desire to worship him, or TO take him as the
least of two evils There is mischief in him.
beware the claws will be found beneath the
| velvet.
Hon. ID. Wyatt Aiken seems to have stirred
up the bile in his district Wcl he likes to give
people shaking uP, now and then-it is good
for their digestion aiIG helps TO bring to
tho front aspirants for vacant seats. BROTHER
Aiken, however, will have to make tho Changers
over, before he can mould them into u party
strong enough to accomplish a revolution
There is very little adhesiveness in Farmer pol
iticans. It's very hard, however, to get around
brother Aiken's stubborn facts.
The Hampton an Gary ambroglio seems to
have come to an end, and we'll for Gen. Gary
and his hackers that it has. Among the jokes
of the season may be numbered that Of General
Gary letting Hampton alone if Hampton would
let him alone. Gary on the defensive But it
is all very plain to the dulest comprehension
that there is n determination to force Gen. Gary
into the Governors chair, and it is very natu-
raj that those Edgcfeld people should think
that the only way to DO il is to be on the aggres-
sive. They have no other way Of managing
things in Edge6eld, and they know how to
manage their weapons, too-they are skful of
fence. Whenever you see man suggested for
office from Edgcfeld or Abbeville you may look
sharp--it means business, they have counted
|
Gen. Gary wouldn't knew him if was to meet
him but, from. his acts. and speeches and gene
rai character, he is about the last man would
want TO see Governor. We don't want any more
, fighting men in power--we want peaceabie,
quiet, clcar-hcadcd, discreet aeacious men, who
Gnu keep their tongues still, control their tem-
t per and keep COOL Campaigning is over in this
State, we hope, and what is mere, most of the
1 men who have done the fllibusteriug have been
paid up, and it is time to stop talking about back
r rations, "Pve done the State some SERVICE" and
5 let in the quiet men who have been looking on.
Gen. Gary can't do much hai in the Senate
| it is heavy body, somewhat, and will anchor
, him, keep him there.
Some very invi6ious remarks lave been in
, dulged in in of Ihe Western .papers of the
sip.a about the analyjs Of ahe yate east for Nc
a(bwan and WaIlacess Eh ssTng mean as
8 it was unjust. Everybody wha Knows Judge
G Wallace knows that he would NOT enter jnto a
scramble for an office or use any tfickery',o ut:
tain it. lie can afford to wait, and there is nc
doubt but the State will do him justice.
1t is huInilatng to every right minded man
y to witness the greed for Office and the wire pull
ing and manGuvring that is resorted to 10 achieve
success.
Maj. Walthall has got "Bob TooInbs and Little
Aleck" in n pretty pickle hasn't he? Toombs
:, 'cH keep talking Georgia wanted all--she al
ways does. Tombs Cobb and Stephens! wha
q precious administration il would have becn-
: 1t is about time for General Toonbs to come
:, ;. out with another Hamilcan speech and retire.
. Every time MIR. Davis is assalcl by his enc.
mics the better we are satisfied of the wis
dom of the body which selected him for Presi
dent. There are always plenty of prophets, af
= the event. IRIS.