The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-18

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rapidly and surely than all tho free trade
in tho world, and he adduced many In
stances, such aS saws, calico, etc, cheaper
now than before the war, in support o.
| his claim.
The other reason, ho thinks, is the
thoroughly satisfactory administration 81
president Hayes, who goes out of Office
with an unsullicd name The easy re.
sumption of specie payment under his
administration told at the North Tho
Judge thinks that we ut least should hold
him III grateful remembrance ~ the res
torer of civi! rule. Another point In his
| favor Is that he had the dcccncy to "gC
west ana avoid saying anything for Gar.
| field
| Ills travels North lead him To believe
that the Solid South is fared by the
masses only OH account fits proposed sol
| idarity for free trade. Tho "bl0Ody shirt"
| issue Is entirely fOrSaken "Tho Solid
Mort, said the Judge, sis Il myth"
lie then went on to state ~ the result OF
elaborate calculations that u change oi
| four per cent, or four men in every hun
,lrcd voters, would give the North To tho
Democracy. Less than per cent. will
change Ohio,.an .! per cent will carry
New York handsomely 1t is idlo, liU
thinks, to call n section, only II portion
of (which Is held, and that by 80 frnil a
| tenure, "sOIid," or to call the Democratic
party with its strength so nearly cunal
Its opponents, in anywisc "dcad.'
AS iNTi:IEsTiN" TALK WITH SENATOR ". G..
HITLER.
The Columbia correspondent Of the Ntms
dnd CDnricr, writing under date Of NOvcm-
Der l2th. gives the views Of Senator NJ. G.
Butler on the political situation rs follows :
Question: We'll, General, what do YOU
think of the result of the late elections?
Answer Very badly Of the result of the
Federal elections. With the result in South
Carolina am quite well satisfied
q. What, in your judgment. will be tie
| attitude of the Solid South towards Gar
fields administration
a. That depends upon the attitude Of
| Garlicld'a administration towards the Solid
South. If Garfield will treat the South with
fairness, rs he does other sections Of the
Union. the South will give him no trouble.
lie can't do us any great harm if he had Il
mind To. lIeis much more dependent upon
the South for success in the measures Of his
| administration than the South is upon him
for anything, and, ns have said. if he will
treat the South fairly her representatives
Will scarcely throw obstacles in his way.
All tins stufi about cOHcHidting the South il
nonsense. The South asks no "conciliation.' -
licr people are not spoiled children. All
That they ask IS common fairness and com
mon justice ut the hands OF the Radicals or
anybody else. She is rs able to take care Of
herself ms any other section OF the Union
and ii this eternal pratingabo the "Sonth-
crn policy oi this man or tha. had been
done away with long ago the whole coun-
try would have been better Off
q. You do not arprclend, then, that the
Radical minority in Congress will attempt
to reconstruct the South?
"A. Not n bit of it. In the first place /
am not sure the Radicals have majority in
Congress. think we shall retain control
Of the Senate BY II small minority, and Rad
ical clerks of the lower house have set us
some valuable lessons in the preparation of
Tho lists of members preparatory to an or
ganizatiOn of the House, and it is by no
means certain we shall lose the House. But
suppose they have majority, what greater
reason is there for rcconstructing the Gov
eminent of South Carolina than of New
York? We are either in the Union, upon
the same terms rs New York, or we are not
in it mt all If we are. then any ."rccon-
siruction' of South Carolina which did not
apply equally to New York would be rcvo.
iuiiunary, AMI the money changers of the
country are hardly prepared fer that. No,
do not npprclend any attempt mt recon
struction, and, il there should he, it will
fail ANONYMOUSLY.
z. DO you think the present attitude Of
The two sections towards eacli other is dcsi-
rablc md advantageous to either?
n. What do you mean by present utti-
tudc?
q. mean is it desirable that there should
be solid South against solid North, or
vice versa.
Al do not think such an attitude dcsi
rablc or advantageous to either section. But
are you not mistaken in assuming such an
attitude? The two parties Mt the North are
very nearly evenly matched in point of
numbers, and SO they gro in the South. So
there can be no 'solidity" whilst this is the
case; The white people of the South are
soiid because the Radical majority made
thcm SO. They are SO not entirely because
they are Democrats, but in selfdefencc, to
protect themselves against the negro donii-
| nation which the Radicals set up over them
That is the only immediate issue in the
South, and just so.lonE rs there is II menace
| or possibility OF negro governments being
restored in The South just so long will her
white population remain solid. And on
the other hand, just SO soon rs we hare
guarantees from amg authoritative source,
Northern Radical or Northern Democrat.
against restoration of carpct-bng negro
State governments, just so soon will that
solidify dissolve, and not before 1t appears
to me that this is one fact about which the
Northern people ough. to have been con-
yiiiccd before this. Let Mr.. Garfield and
his advisers show by his treatment of the
South that he docs not intend to render
POSSIBLE such disgraccfnl State Governments
rs we have had under Radical rule, and the
paramount cause of our solidity is removed.
we want no more such governments in
South Carolina. or anything like them, and
we do not intend to have them.
z. Did not Mr.. Hayes make some such
showing?
A. Yes, Mt first he did, but either by rca-
son OF his own weakness. or because he was
! coerccd by the Stnlwnrt wing Of his Dnrty
he faltered, then turned back, then out
stripped the Stalwarts In his extreme hos.
tility to tho South. Why, it was ONLY no.
ccssary for fugitive from Justice in a
Southern State to 20 to Washington brand
ell all ovenwith ihinmy to secure II ;icra-
tive appointment. Everybody lost conf
dence IN his sincerity. His veto messages
were The EXTREMIST Of the extreme And
ii we had not protected ourselves, his adj
n.inistration would have left us rs conf
pletely at tho mercy of the reconstruction
robbers as in the worst days of the Radical
regime.
@. DO ! understand you to express tho
opinion that tho Solid South is n good
thing for tho South?
~. have expressed no opinion about
q. I should like to have your opinion
upon that question:
A.. Well. 1 say to you frankly that 1
think sec'iomalism In any form is bad for
the whole country, and have never used
an expression or cast n vote since have
been In tho Senate that can be tortured
into sectionalisn. But q much greater
calamity may beinll the South than its
solidity. i am not so sure but that her
solidity will be great advantage to her
In many "ays- 1t Will &c. Interfere " iii
the disch. rye of ovory duty sho owes to
the General Government. It may make
hcr self-reliant and self-depcndent, very
deasrable clements in her future career.
1t will protect her against the sudden in
fuX OF very undesirable population,