The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-28

'N'C VI tic N1tt'te' Is Salc III CllD hands
Of her own sons. We cannot live on
the past--progress is the law Of poll
tics, as it Is the law OF nations. Wc
cannot confine our efforts TO the per-
pctnation OF" Democratic rule in our
own State. We must meet the Repub:
licans on the field Of National politics.
1t is OF tho very highest Importance
that we have Democratic PrcsideHt
in the White House at Washington.
You all remember what an incubus
was the National administration in
1875. We had heavy enough load to
carry ,.bttt the chief part Of it was in
the. Republican administration at
Washington. Place, Democratic adj
mnlstlmtion IN power, and you seal
forever tho supremacy Of our party in
the State. a Democratic triumph in
the >NatDbl contest is now quite rs
important as was our victory here four
years ago. We need it, we must have
it. We cannot measure tho extent Of
the revolution that will sweep over
tic land il u, Democratic adnlinistru-
ton be established ut Washington.
Necessary us isa victory here ut Gome,
there are yet higher and broader
grounds on which it is necessary that
Hancock should succeed Hayes. Let
lis lookback upon the course of Re-
publican administration. 1t is twenty
years silme the Republican party
obtained cotrol of tho nation twenty
years the most cvcnllul through which
our country has ever passed, and as
monentous rs any in the history Of any
people twenty years of broken hopes,
dcsolate llomcs-twcnty years in which
has been heard, as was never heard
before, the wall Of human agony, ~t tho
cry of human suflcring--twcnty years
in which has been fully scon mau's iip-
hamanlty to man, yet frightened by
deeds Of patience and patriotism. Lii
this blended web Of suffering anahcro-
ism, VIC can but sec the coming consc-
qucnccs Of times through Which We
hnye passctl-drcad evils Of the future.
There arc before us grave problems
which we must solve. Tho Rcpubli-
can party came into power us a rcyo-
lutionary party. They established
and recognized law hi CHER than the
constitution. They set ut nought the
laws, the traditions, the customs and
beliefs of Il whole people. We once
thought that the Constitution would
check the aggression Of arbitrary DOW
CT and scGNv2tlse rights of the people,
but we'soon learnt how imp0tcnt nre
any written guarantees to protC st those
rights. We have seen the press tram
Piled down; we have seen bastilcs fill
ell with citizens OF our country; wc
have seen corporal OF the guard iy-
more the mandate Of the CHIEF Justice
Of 4 sovcrcign State Of this Union; we
have seen ali the guarantees ofthc Con-
Stitu!ion destroyed with sweep
OF the sword. This. was. what
the Republican party meant wien
they said that there was Il law
higher than the Constitution. We
might have thought that when the
war ended, there would be an end also
Of those measures to which the war
gave birth. But long after the strug-
gle Of arms had ceased, the RcDubii-
can party ''campcd outside Of the Con-
MI the safeguards of lib
crty were completely swept away, aud
corruption ruled III every department.
Asiil the darkest days Of the Roman
empire, so"in our own degradation,
everything was for sale, and the bid
tiers were competing for the purchase.
The Republican party has bonstcA that
it is the ''party Of moral ideas" Yet
what have we seen? We have seen
All Attorney General of this great
country convicted Of petty pcculation;
we have seen the Secretary OF War
guilty of selling offices and privileges
to his friends, and sharing the profits
oi the trade: we have seen g: vice
President of these United States driven
from his high place and sent into oblo-
guy and inlamy; we have seen the
names OF Senators and Representatives
figuring o1. TIC black pages Of tic
book that told Of the darkest crimes.
All this tho Republican party has
done. Is that party to be entrusted
with great power and with the dcsti-
MES of Whole people? No, my
friends! If they rc-cstablish their
power; it viii be reflection upon
those who maintain that high moral
principles should undcrlie all human
Pass over all else that
the Republican party has done, VIC re-
member that in their last dire despcYa-
ton they pcrpctratcd rs their last lcga-
cy the monumental fraud Of the age.
They stole the government they had
not won, and claimed, through this
theft, 10 govern fifty millions Of pco-
pie. Shall that fraud be met and pun
ishcd? We have deep and abiding
interest in tho solution Of that ullcs-
ton in.thc present struggle. We have
another strong ground on which we Of
South Carolina should do cur part to
put a Democratic administration in
power. We must meet and destroy
the sectional feld kept alive by. the
R"publican party. There are hun
dfctls Of thousands Of Northcmn men
who arc opposed to the methods Of Inc
Republican party, yet hesitate whether
they can entrust the future Of our coun-
try to the Democratic party. This
seems to be the greatest obstacle to a
Democratic restoration to power. 10
remove this apprehension depends
chiefly on the South. You remember
the dismay oftlc North four years
ago when the entire South went DcmC-
cratic. 1t was said that the wards Of
the nntion would be PROSTATE under
Democratic power. We have taught
them that Democratic administration
means the reign of law, right and JUS
tice. In tho National affairs it. will
show that the country's rights and in
tcrcsts are all safe in our keeping.
The Democratic party is essentially
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