Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-11-18
From tho Charleston News and Courier.
Interview Of Senators Butler and
Hampton.

CoLUaBIA, Friday, November l2.-Not the
least benefit Of Fair to the newspaper fra
tornity is the aggregation Of prominent men
thereat, whose views can there be moro
readily obtained than amid tho heat Of
political contest. Meeting Senator Butler on
the street yesterday, drifsed into q long
talk, which have been able to write out
formally today. 1t was rs follows:
Q. Well, Gonoral, what do you tn ink of
the result of the late elections2
A. Very badly of the result Of the Fede-
ral elections. With the result in South Car.
olina am quito we'll satisfied.
Q. What, in your judgment. will be tho
attitude Of the Solid South toawrds Ga.6eld's
administration?
A. That depends upon the attitude of GAR
folds administration towards the Solid
South. IF Gurfeld will treat the South with
fairnoss. rs he docs other sections of the
Union, the South will give him no trouble
He can't do us any grent harm if he had II
mind 10. lie is much more dependent
upon the South for success in the measures
Of his administration than the South is upon
him for anything md, as have said. if he
will treat the South fairly her representatives.
will scarcely throw obstacles in his way. All
this stuff about concilia,ing the South is
nonsense. The South asks no ncilation."
Her people are not spoiled children. All
that they ask is common fairness and COM
mon justice at The hands Of the Radicals or
anybody clso. She is as able to take care
of herself rs any other section Of the Union.
and if this eternal prating about tho "South-
ern policy" Of this man or that had been
doue away with long ago the whole country
would have been bettcr cff.
Q. You do not npprehend, then, that tho
Radical minority in Congress will attempt to
recons truct the South2
A. Not q bit Of it. In The first place am
not sure the Radicals have majority in Cons
gress think we shall retain control of
the Senate by small majority and Radical
clerks Of the lower house have set us some
valuable lessons 10 the preparation of the
lists OF members preparatory to on organic
cation Of the House, and it is by no means
certain that we shall lose the House. But,
euppose thcy have n majority, what greater
reason is there for reconstructing tho Gov
ernment Of South Carolina than of New
York? We are either in tho Union, upon
the same terms as Now York, or we arc not
in it at all. If wo are. then any "reoon.
struotion" Of South Carolina which did not
apply equally to New York would be revo-
lutionary. and tho monoy changers of tho
country are hardly prepared for that. No, do
not apprehend any attempt at reconstruction,
and, if there should be, it will fail igno.
minously.
O. Do you think the present attitude Of
tho two sections towards each other is des-
! rable and advantageous TO either7
A. What do you mean by tho present atti-
tude9
o. l mean is it desirable that there
should be solid South against q solid North,
or vice vorsa2
A. do not think such 40 attitude desi :
rable or advantageous to either section. But
are you not mistaken in assuming such an
attitude2 The two parties at the North arc
very nearly evenly matched in point of mum,
bers, so they are in the South. So there can be
no "solidity" whilst this is tho case. The White
people of tho South are solid because tho
Radical majority made them 80. They are
so not entirely because they arc Democrats
but in self defence, to protect themselves
against the negro domination which tho RAD
ioals set up over them. That is tho only