The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-11-12
y 3 l,sis! 3 . s>aa sAs sspsa|Ia Causes.
2s y y s, i q the recent election bat.
~ oii ~ tho field of conflict is
s@ stsaapoint, the reported

pClAls upon 3Ga<1 nnox
upon'one point do al agree aissl ~ q:
Northera State but oue-glerious iiltle. New
Jasey--went for Garfield Ahopg sn3r the.
theories advanced by Newspaper Editors and
correspondents the following, which we fnd in
the Columbia Register, over the signature of
'Vox,H comes nearer to our opinion than any
other, Of the true inwardncss of the cause of
our defeat
The army Of croakers will now be busy in
solving the problem of our defeat, but there is
really no mystery aboutit. The Republican
party had the official patronage to begin WITH
In addition to this it bad the money power of
the North, of the Railroad magnates, United
States bondholders, Protectionisls, land we ore
ashamed to confess it., the ministers of the Meth
odist Church North and that Puritan pet, Henry
Ward Beecher This would seem enough; but
when the Republican speakers, with the new
| orator, General Grant, the quandam man of
| golden silence to- lead OFF, took the ground
| that the election of General Hancock would
| place the government in the hands of the Con.
federate Brigadiers; that everything would be
run in the interests of the South TO the ruin of
rthe North, Ind another would be in evitable,
| alegular Bull Run panic seized the, North and
| West. Tire shout that the "Greeks are ut our
doors; strike for your alars aud your fires" rang
out, and the Hancock boom collapsed. 1t was
but history repeating itself again-the remem-
brance Of old Horace Greely's war cry-"the
crack Of the slave drivers whip in Congress"
came back, and Southern supremacy, the bete
NOR of the North, loomed up before panic
stricken people. -.
The election hinged upon two cardinal points:
The North feared the solid South, and the old
South feared the Republican party; and the
North had tho numbers, the money and the
ction.machinery on us, so it won.
i 1t was very evident that much of the sectional
hatred aud prejudice against the South had died
out among the masses of the Northern people.
This was plainly seen by the Northern Republi-
can leaders and they tremblei for themselves
and their party. Not h man among the mana
gers and leaders of that party was able to stem
the tide of public feeling that was setting in
against them, and Us q last resort. and reluc
1 runtly, we think, they called upon Grant to stel
forward and save.to them the State of New York
Added tothiswas q debased floating population
in each of The cities of New York, Philadelphia
Washington and other larger places within
few hours ride of each This floating popula
lion is always for sale and was kept osciating
for registration and voting purposes, from ware
to ward in New York City and from city to city
without any apparent change IN the population
of either. In this way, we are told, tn
increase Of so, 1881 in the registration gave a,
Increase of 4s per sss" IN the repu .dican vo.
aud only per cent in the democratic vote.
But it is no use speculating upon the cause
of our defeat. Garfield will be our next Presi-
dent and the South cannot prevent it. The
South must acquiesce ia The election and with
the best grace possible At present it is a waste
of words to theorizc upon what course it will be
best for tire South to pursue With regard to Ma
Ftional politics. That will depend entirely upon
bow the Garfield administration treats the South;
SO far as State politics arc concerned, there can
be no wavcring in the democratic ranks The
alternative presented to the people of the South
ern States, is, will they have intelligent, honest
| and decent State governments or surrender the
| administration of their home affairs into the
hands of ignorant, venal and profiigate negroes
who, in turn will be controlled by impecunious,
| corrupt and thieving scallawags and carpetbag-
gers? For just sure as the Southern States
or any one of them gets back into the hands of
the republican party, just so sure will the car
petbag vultures again flock around it and fatteu
| on the eSpoils.
No, the South must stand firm for home rule
and honest government in State elections. The
peace. the prosperity, the safety and the happi-
ness Of every citizen Of South Carolina can
alone be occurred under the proud banner of
straightout democracy. We must not, may, we
dare not. lose the democratic grip we now have
upon our State government. If we do the "Rve
! years more Of good stealing" will begin, and We
shall be lost
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The Presidential Count.
According to the present count the elector