Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-10-19
How tho Groenbaclxors Look
Through our Eyesights No. 9.
WALuALLA, S. c., October lG 1880

WAlHALLA, S. c., October lG, 1882.
McSsrs. Editors: In your last issue at
tempted in my feeble WY to discuss to some
extent The political aspect Of South Carolina
ms regards Grecnbacksm and Rcpublicanism
| trust have done no ono who proposes to
vote the Radical and Grccnbuck combination
an injns'cc. II have caused any one Jus,
to stop and think of lie effect Of their pro-
posed course, have most certainly accom-.
pliShcd my purpose. I'm Democrat be,
cause think their principles if carried into
elect Will condncc more to tho happiness Of
the great masses Of the people Of the
United States than that of the Republicans
lthc Grccnbackcrs are only "Frduys" to
either Que or the other Of the great political
parties and can be nothin. more, because
they advocate no question nf goycrnment)
and when say Republican mean National
Republican,. for there never has been ANY
principle in the South Carolina Radical party
except to destroy the +" bite man and aggran-
dizo and make rich their leaders from the
public income. There is not charge of
dishonesty made against the Democratic Ads
minis,ration in this State. neither can there
trushin!ly be. 1t is true that they aro ar
raigned Tor eNtravagancc in the conduct o (
public affairs, but does not every informed
man in Oconce know that since 1876 their
money has not been misappropriatcd, and
besides It has been in tho hands Of men who
arc property holders and consequently help
to raise it, and is 1t not equally true that the
sworn testimony taken before tic committee
on frauds appointed by q Democratic I.ccis.
latnrc and assisted by Mr.. Cochran, a Re
publican, to investigate the public cxpendi-
lures, show that the Radical Legislature paid
from the public purse an account for almost
every article imaginable frcm womau's
under" ear to a set Of bed room furniture. a
gold watch and a three or four thousand dol.
lar blibc? And still this party has the as,
suranco to appear before an intelligent
audience OF Carolnians and charge The
whi,o administration with cxtravagancc
Is it it rot tho height Of presumption But
is there not another consideration to be taken
when you think for whom you will cast your
vote, siz: What will be the result? Let us
calmly consider the consequences ola change.
AdHlt lot argument mat inc coalition will
carry the State in November. How will il
affect us !? McLanc will bc Governor instead
Of Thompson and IL majority Of tho I.cgisla-
tnre will be Radical. AS | showed in my
last letter tho Radicals support the Grcenback
ticket in few of the upper counties and
have their own in the lower counties. In
these lower counties the GrccnLackcrs will
divide tho white people and not the blacks,
SO they propose for tho whites to divide and
tho blacks unite. We know tic minority in
thosc counties nrc blacks and further that
the majority of whites arc Democrats. If
this be tho case tho Radicals or Democrats
will gain the victory. because the Radicals
there will certainly vote their own ticket and
not the Grocnback. So, should tho Green
hackers succeed in dividing tho white vote to
any extent and the Radicals carry the
counties, they having the majority of the
representation in the Legislature, it will be
Radical. And further, any sano man will
admit that the Democrats will carry somo
of tho connies, therefore tho Grccnbackcrs
will not get all tho counties that tho Radi~
Gals miss. Bot tho Grcnnbackcrs will bo
60 with tho Radicals on q yoto
in.tho Legislature in order to bo consistent,