Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-11-25
@. Would Gen. Hancock's election have
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broken up the solid South?
A. Unquestionably. Because with Han
cocks election all apprehension of carpet
bag negro governments would have vanished
and we should have dissolved beyond perad
venture, and the last symptom Of sectionalism
would have disappeared from our politics
We should have divided upon the great
economic questions of the day as other peo
pie do. Absolute confidence and fraternal
feeling would have been restored between all
parts of the Union, and this country for q
quarter of century would have bounded
forward as no country under the sun ever did
@. Will Gar6eld's election keep up this
solidity in the two sections?
A. That depends upon Garfield himself
Southern representatives, the leaders OF South
ern opinion, will no doubt wait and watch
If Garfield is the statesman that his friends
claim him to be, if he has broad.gauged
mind, if he is not controlled by the revolution.
ary element of his party, if he has liberal
and positive convictions and the courage to
act up to them, (you see there are a great
many "ifs, y he has it in his power to confer
a great blessing upon his country. Not only
will he be able to dissolve the solid South,
but the solid North as we'll. One thing he
and his advisers will have to understand,
that the South cannot be bullied or cajoled.
The Southern judgment and the Southern
conscience must be appealed to and satisfied,
rather than their fears or cupidity.
@. 1t has been suggested or intimated in
certain quarters that the South ought to sever
her connection with the Northern Democra-
cy. Do you concur in this ?
A. By no means. / think such course
on the part of the South at this juncture, or
at any other that can now contemplate,
would be the most objectionable ingratitude
to that great army Of Copstitution-lovi
Democrats at the North who have stood by
us through evil and good report. Nothing
would justify it. But taking the question
out of the domain Of sentiment, it would be
suicidal as matter of principle and policy.
The Northern Democrats have had great
odds to contend with, many embarrassments,
and everything considered they have made
splendid fight.
O. Well, General, what was the cause of
Hancock's defeat? He appeared to carry
everything before him at first and it looked
as if he would be elected. How do you &C.
count for it
A. Oh there are a multitude of reasons.
I thought at one time that he certainly would
be elected, but was anxious from the be-
ginning about the immense amount of mon
ey that the Radicals could command. You
see, there is large purchasable vote at the
North, that can be carried for anybody or
anything for money. Our people know moth
ing about it. I saw enough in New England
summer before last to satisfy me as to how
elections could be carried at the North. In
political contests of high excitement this ele-
ment is always a6oat, and the party that has
the most money as corruption fund, and
will use it, can get them, and they turn the
tide. Why, every large corporation at the
North sypathized with and actively aided
the Radical party, because the Radical party
believe in centralizing everything, making
the strong stronger, the weak weaker, the
rich richer and the poor poorer. The man.
moth railroad corporations, as tyrannous over
their employees as any petty principalities in
Europe, with their president kings, as fond of
power and welding as much of it as many
Of the subordinate potentates Of the Old
World, prefer radical rule because they can
purchase what legislation they want when
the Radicals are in power, and they cannot
when the Democrats are / would not be
understood as saying that all Republicans are
purchasable, but they generally are of easier
political virtue than the Democrats.
@. The proposition to investigate the frauds
in the New York election appears to have
created some anxiety?
A. Yes, and I do not see why. If New
York desires to investigate her election, why
should she not do SO? Why should the
country get on its head because New York
proposes to purify her election? If the Rad
icals have colonized voters or corrupted the
sufrsges of that State in any way the people
of New York ought to know it; and if they
want Congressional committee to make the
investigation they ought to have one. am
opposed to any revolutionary measures, or to
any measures which, by technical points,
would reverse the popular vote; but that
New York has right to investigate have
no doubt.
G. What do you think of this periodical
anxiety and excitement in South Carolina
about her elections? Do you believe that
the people can stand this perpetual conflict?
A. Oh, yes the people can stand it. "Thun-
der storms purify the atmosphere"
@. What had we best do?
A. My remedy for very many of the evils
that beset US is by Constitutional State
Convention. We ought to have one at as
early day as possible and clear off many of
the barnacles left by the Radicals upon our
State government. There are many features
of the constitution of 1868. that 1 prefer to
our old constitution, but many changes could
be made for the better, and we ought to have
a convention. Of course I cannot indicate in
this form the changes that in my judgment
should be made, but there are changes in the
organic law that think might be made with
great advantage to our whole people, white
and black, and at some future day I may
suggest them.
After this full expression Of bis is ziaEs LEY 4 The
retical depression of the South with her prac-
tical prosperity. N. G. G.
SENATOR HAMPToNs VIEWS.
COLUMBIA Friday, November Ex-senator
Hampton is a known foe to interviewing, but
| chanced to catch him for moment at the
Fair to day just before the races began, and
obtained the following expression Of opinion,
although given necessarily very hurriedly
and briefly:
l said, General, have you time to give the
News and Courier your views of the mooted
question of Democratic dissolution
He replied 81 will try to do so very brief:
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