National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-28
LIGHT BREAKING
IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Letter froma LOyallst OF the State, Which Liberal
Democratic Lawyers and Others Ask TO De
Republished and Disseminated
The Villanous Democracy.

Rollin II. Kirk, late Of the Beaufort district
South Carolina has written an open letter to State
Senator Fishburne, of that State, which Is rcpub-
lished from the Charleston MercVry at the sugges.
ton of Hon. Henry BUST, the leading lawyer o
Charleston and other prominent gentlemen.To
desire to sec II widely disseminated. Y|V,rS
says:
DEAR Sin: have read with grey(, ,,..o., ro,,.
able and manly speech, recently q,
and tcn,,LIcans Yy,S composed ofDemoorats
met son,in,nnIs i,,o,, Rte to thank you for the
sIx vears have Sfein expressed. For the past
seIran aIicr been constrained to regard my
and n,,, IRON my native State. have seen
c.or, ,S,thnt her best interests were suffering
y, Yhe blasting domination of n bastard De-
.5craoy and preferred residence in this free
and untrammeled District rather than remain
In South Carolina, where my rights and privileges
as an American citizen would have been abridged.
AN or THE SAME BLOOD
that coursed In the veins Of one of the most Illus
trous soldiers which my State produced In the
war Of the Revolution, and you can appreciate my
motives in declining to be domneered over by
set Of knaves and scoundrels, many Of whom are
ignorant as to who their grandfathcrs were. To
add TO my disgust | found the dominant party
completely under the sway of the NetGs aud Courier
an unprincipled organ, whose editor was desti-
tute of honor Ms he was of money until he made
common cause with well. known corruptionsts at
Columbia, greatly to the injury of the States
chequer.
HAIL WITH JOY
your recent demonstration against the Democratic
corrupuonists of our State, who bid fair to excel
even Moses and his corrupt allies in their hclish
designs against the material prosperity Of the dear
| old Commonwealth. While Moses & Co. robbed
the State of few millions of dollars, obtained
| from too eonfdng Northern capitalists by the sale
of bonds, which have been repudiated by Bour-
| bon Legislature, many of whom received portion
of the money when 1t was divided among the
ring, the present regime robbing the people of
their liberties and arc even depriving them of the
opportunity to live by the sweat of their brows.
What would the good eople Of Charleston, George
| town, Beaufort, Collcton, Barnwell, Clareldon,
and other counties have thought had the Legisla-
| ture in 1870 passed a fence law, thus placing
an embargo upon ono of the most honorable in
| dustries of the State? When a boy my favorite
pony was 'tackey, which was raised in the
tavannas at Blue House, and in later years have
often admired the facilities which the lower por.
| ton of
SOUTH CAROLINA AFFORDS
| for the rearing of cows, horses hogs, and sheep
upon the spontaneous productions Of the soil.
Would the people in any Northern State permit
a corrupt Legislature to pass n fence law In a
country where thousands head of cattle might
be raised with scarcely any care and attention
| They would speedily hurl from power such set
| OF incompetents who would dare trample upon
so valuable a prerogahve of the people. To my
| mind the Democratic programme in South Caro-.
lima is plain one, as manifest rs it is yilainous
| Having deprived the negroes Of the rights of cti-
zenship and remanded them to q condition little
better than slavery, the oiigarchs now design hu-
initiating and degrading the masses Of the white
| people for, exc ye, the men who now control our
State have always regarded themselves the Lords
propreors, and have ever been sticklers for pre-.
rogative which will make the people their hew.
ers of wood and drawers of water
THIS IS THE LAST GREAT CONTEST
of the people against prerogative. Defeated on
many fields and forums, IL has now intrenched II.
self in the home of Marion and Sumter, and 1t be.
hooves the decent men in South Carolina, regard.
less of color to arise In their might and If neces
sary, resort to 'shot-guns' in laying the monster
low. As long as the State possesses men of the
nerve of the Fishburnes have hope that she will
assert herself and prevent her children from being
Inundated by as mild set of scoundrels as eve
| 'scuttled ship or cut n throat 1t will be my
province and pleasure next fall to make thor
ough canvass Of the above named counties ant
urge all Republicans TO rally to the standard 70,
have fearlessly held alolt 10 the end that viru
may
TRIUMPH OVER VICE
anu tnaJ tne people OF my naive section may no
be driven to beggary and want by the knayisl
Democratic tycoons who have made South Caron
Democracy by-word and a reproach anon
decent people everywhere. Let me, in conclusion
inform you that the North is fast becoming tired @
seeing over score ofSouthern men holding seats Il
Congress by means Of tissue ballots. The Northern
people are slow TO anger but they will not Sc
their large Interests legislated upon by men VIII
are SO dishonorabiy elected They say, very justly
that the Representative who holds seat in Con
; gress secured bin by means Of tissue ballots is
reprehensible as arc his strikers who stuff III
5 ballot boxes and that they are per Se rascal
! Therefore, in your demonstration against III
; thieves who are trying to steal away your RICH
? you have the sympathes OF the great North an
' they will literally aid the new movement wit
: money and otherwise mainly with a view of hay
ing more honest set Of men to represent OIL
State in the Congress of the Nation"
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