Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-11-18


immediate Issue i6 thS gouth, aud jost so
long as there is monaco or possibility Of
negro governments being restored In the
South just 80 long will her white population
remain solid. Aud on the other hand, just
80 soon as We have guarantees from any
authoritative source, Northern Radical or
Northern Democrat, against restoration Of
Carpet bag negro State Governments. jus.
so soon will that solidity dissolve, and not
before. 1t appears to mo that this is one
fact about which the Northern people ought
to havo been convinced. before this. Let Mr..
Garfield and his advisers show by his treat-
mont of the South that he does not intend to
render possible such disgraceful State Gov
ernments as we have had under Radical rule,
and the paramount cause of our solidity is
removed. We wont no more such governs
ments in South Carolina, or anything
like them, and we do not intend to have
them.
q. Did not Mr.. Haye ke some such
ehowing?
A. Yes at fret he did, but either by rcu-
son of his own weakness, or because he was
coerced by the stalwart wing Of his party he
falterod. then turned buck. then outstripped
the stalwarts in his extreme hostility to the
South. Why, it was only necessary for II
fugitive from justice in u Southern State to
go to Washington branded all over with
infnmy to secure lucrative appointment.
Everybody lost confidence in his sincerity.
Ills veto messages were tho extremest of tho
extreme. And if We bad NOT protected our
solves. his administration would have left us
as completely at tho mercy of the reconstruc-
ton robbers as in the worst days Of the Radi-
oal regime.
@. Do understand you to express the
opinion that the Solid South is good thing
for tho South.
A. have expressed no opinion about it.
@. should like to have your opinion on
That question:
A. Well, So! to you frankly that think
sectionalism in any form is bad for tho whole
and have never used an expression
or cast vote since have been in the Senate
that Gun be tortured iuto scctionalism. But
Il much greater calamity may befull tho
South than its solidity. l nm not so sure but
that her solidity will bo great advantage to
her in many ways. It will not inter,
fero with the discharge Of every duty
she owos the General Government 1t
may mako her self ,reliant and solf. de-
pendent, very desirable elements in her
future career. It will protect her against the
sudden Influx of n very undesirable popula-
tion, which with tho negroes would constitute
one Of the most dangerous conlmunes tho
world has eSor known. 1t would bring
about thorough introspection Of herself,
md gradually draw her into the line of pro-
gress with the rest Of the civilized world.
There are many elements Of Southern civ.
lization that arc bcttor than the Northern.
md ought to be preserved. And then. ngain
many of our habits that might we'll be
replaced by Northern ideas aud methods.
Besides. the Solid South keeps the rcyolu-
tionary Radicals at bay. and thwarts their
and plans to change tho form
Of this Government from Constitutional
Republic to q centralized despotism. There
is no mere doubt thnt such purpose is con.
seriously contemplated, thun that
we are here. l say, therefore. TIM. the Solid
South il not an unmixed evil. So long az
we have honest State governments we will
advance and develop in marvellous degree,
ana VIII uU tUlS NltuUuI ulu ifpul Y,
and we can stand the solidiiy az we'll or
better than the North If the North Wills it,
so bo it,.
@ Would General Ilancock's election have
broken up tho Solid South.
a. PROFESSIONALLY, because with Ham
cocks election oil apprehension Of carpet.
bag negro governments would have vanished,
md we should have dissolved beyond pcrad
venture, and the last symptom sectionnliSm
would have Disappeared from our politics.
We ohould hnvo divided upon the great cco-
,omc questions of the day ns other people
10. Absolute confidence and lraternal feel,
ng would have been restored between all
carts of the Union, and this country for
quarter Of n century would hnve bounded
urwnrd rs no country under the sun ever
lid
Q. Will GurGelds election keep up this
,olidity in the two sections?
a. That depends upon Garfield himself
Southern Representatives,, the leaders Of
s. uthern opinion. will no dpubt wnit and
watch. If Garfield is tho statesmen that his
friends claim him to be, if he has broad
,uuged mind. if he is not controlled by the
evolutionary elemen. Of lis party, if he has
LIBERAL and positive convictions and tho cour.
lge to net up to them, (yon SEQ thero nrc
great many 'fs.") he has it in his power to
,ontcr great blessing upon his country.
Not only will he he able to dissolve the Solid
South, but tho Solid South as we'll One
hing he and his advisers will have to under
stand, thnt the South cannot DO bulled or
,ajoled. The Southern judgmen, and the
Southern conscience must be appealed to and
satisfied rather than their fears or cnpidity
@ 1t has been suggested Or intimated in
certain quarters that The South ought to
scver her connections with the Northern
Democracy
@. Do you concur in ths2
A. By no means. think such course
on the part Of The Snuth at this junoture, or
Ut any other that can now contemplate,
would bo the most unpardonable ingratitude