The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-01-16
Grants Southern Tour.

UIant lOuE
No man of ordinary common dcccncy and sclr
respect could have expected the re rospectablc peo-
pie Of South Carolina to aid the Grant furorc
which the toadies and oice-sceking radicals,
North and South, arc trying to get up. South
Caroliniaus would degrade their manhood by
showing any sign of even respect for him, and
we regret that in his passage through the State
any white democrat had even curiosity enough
to step aside to look at him. We thought
little of the man and his coming into the State
that we did not even publish his advent to our
subscribers. lie should have been permitted to
pass through the State without the slightest
demonstration from any one, but more particu-
larly from any democrat. Ills present position
entities him to no more notice from than
would be accorded to that other cx. official and
cocqual in fraud, Belknap, and his past treat
rcnt Of this State certainly can give him no
claim TO our respect. Let those who had any
hand in swelling the "boOm' in this State look
upon the following accurate picture of them,
selves as drawn by u Northern man and soldier
and reported to the Charleston Nc,cs anil Courier,
aud ifthey don't blush, their faces are too black
to show it:
His (Grauts) recent progress through the
South was closely and curiously watched by bo,h
parties here, and while, perhaps, the dcmonstra-
,vno - -,.-I = ,n..n;Gnnnt and mann
lar character as to merit the foolish c%pccttions
of his friends, there
A GENERAL FEELING or DISGUST
among the friends of the South in view Of Ger
tain .'rcccptions' and other expressions of n
toadving spirit which ncedlcssly foistcd
upon him. Mr.. Hayes left Washington to avoid
entertaining him, and the only attentions shown
| him during his stay i'll this city, where he is
| best known, came from few chronic Office
| holders with whose names and fame his own is
| indssolubly connected, and who expects to ride
into power and profitable employment yet rs the
| first result of his expected and arIeuty desired
| re- election.
| have sail that some Of our Northern friends
| were profoundly ashamed Of some incidents OF
! his trip from here To Savannah and desire to
repeat the words of one, an cX-oiiccr III the
| Union army, upon this subject, whose remarks
| to me ral"".'i = Whiting for this DccIsiun.-
| lie said "!f there was anything the Southern
men were distinguished for before the war it
was for their chivalry, dignity and high sens Of
| prOrricty. Such conduct rs some Of /. ~
| have recently exhibited towards Grant is calcu-
| latcl to con promise their whole honorable re
tV"'s i:. ...o r"-. No southern man can .cIsh
| over this fcIlow (ScD without rNci,iny con,Sinpt
| in every honest and honorable Northern mind
! They show that the North not only whiupc,i
them i'll the rebellion, Tut hihIi!cd them and
| every demonstration they make over Grant anu
| his lieutenant, Sheridan. is as humilia,nr To us
rs II ought to u" to themselves. 1t is pure toad
| wing and is SO regarded hy the North no.with
standing all that may he said in approval hy
| Grant organs. And as for Sheridan, he ought
to To- i"tcstcl at the South. after his conduct in
| louisiana, quite rs much vas Butler. who
| characterized the women of the South rs pros,i-
im!cS. It seems as if the South has lost all its
| SilTit and nearly all its Sc,f.rcSpcct.'