The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-11-15
EX-SENATOR RANDOLPH.
Pleasing Ecmcmbranccs of His Visit

Governor Randolph, of New Jersey.
MANY persons who were in Columbia
during the campaign Of 1876 will re-
cclve this news with regret. While
| the contest was at its hci"ht Senator
lt;uldolph left his home in New Jersey
and came down here for the purpose
Of aiding and counscliny the Demo-
| Gratis. tic took much interest III both
the general and the local issues, though
it was plain that he, in common with
many Democratic leaders, had little
personal love for Mr. Tildcn. well
remember his saying that Mr.. Til,lcn
had no magnetism, but !l;at he was a
| great organizer and an aStutc n.uua-
ger, and that he relied strongly on
bringing ont the ">ilrnl votc". Thouul,
speaking Guardcdlv, he left the lnpr, S
sion that he accepted Tildcn a, il nrccs-
silly. lie cave hopes TO the Democrats
here by assuring them that Iilhcn
would raNry New York by about
twenty thousand. New Jersey bv about
| ten thousand, and Connecticut bv two
or three thousand, and the event us.i-
fled lis prediction. He l''o,,ic>i;l
| 'Jiat tic result would rest with the
| South.
Senator Randolph was Il "lcwspapcr
man' and believed in the poNrr Il the
press. He was an experienced writer,
: having in earlier days been connected
with his ta'hcr'> parrr, iIc f,'cdonion,
a Whig sheet, | believe. true to hi>
Interests, the Senator employed him
self in writing a number Of letters to
| leading Northern papers,. lie used 40
adicc:ivrs, but presented bare facts.
| 81 ;,nl experienced cnou"h," hc said.
"io know that adjective. 90 for nuil,-
ing. Instead nt strengthening he,
weaken II statement. Present Tie facts
simply and candihiy aud the public:
Will believe YOU. Insert ahi"riivcs
and they will take you for Il partisan
at once, and disbrlicvc YOU, howcvcr
careful you may hc to couliue Yourself
prift &c h}i,! nls ettit!iiHfnis cIt,.iiii. I,i,.
calm, but furriblc, and they i.ad yrrai
weight in cuunlrraclin~ tie effect OF
vicious assertions Of I,aulcal h.vlin"S,
such az Howard Carroll, " no admitted
that hc came here to write Republic
rnni>m and not truth. In other re-
SpcctS al so Senator RauIulph was
lcvcl-hcadnd. "rhcrt is" sud he.
va great deal of confusion iu~l now.
hnd mitch passion, from which lh,
Hri'nblican leaders will cntiravor ,o
make capital. But as soon as t!,r
blood of The people cools down, they
VIII again reverence tire E,w and The
con -tltnlion. DO not be DISCOURAGED
hv the shameless disregard of the law
amt "1 your own courts ma infested by
your antagonists. Your chief object
should be to abide strictly bv lie law
nn' TO secure. every l"";'I pon! posi-
h!c. Mark my word, Whoever i de-
clarrd Governor by ynur Supreme
Court will eventually y take his seat, in
spite Of all obstacles. Let t'iioui,r,-
LAIN use the Federal administration,
If the court decides for you, the pco-
! Pic OF the United States will ;,cu,.ir>cc
IN few moiths.' ] remember this
especially, for about that time most
people were talking about revolution
and blood>hrh, and it WAS not until
later that all sides agreed to abide bv
| thc law.
! don't mean TO say tlat Senator
| fandoiph must be solely credited with
! 'Hc lhca OF testing the question in the
courts. Bnt il Is true tl.ai hr saw
more plainly tl'tn most other pcoplc
at That particular Irriud, that ihr
! struggle would finally be lcri.lcd l,y
briefs and not by bullets. Later Il
vr!ornrntS showed cunr!usivrlv tina,
! Grant desired Il resort To bullets il
ordr" hat he might step in and "n,aLc
pcIrc' by rcr"@nizin" Chamberlain.
As member OF the $r,latc com
millcc ON military affairs, Senator
! Eandu'ph was IN Il position 10 do sn,ur
! plain talking to General Rh~cr, and il
i probable tha; he cxcrtrl to some
extent at least Il restraining influence
on that doughty warrior.
Scnator Randolph was quite fable
IN hia manners, and could be casily
approached, even by the young and
"nndi<tinguishcd". He is said TO hnyr
gwen an amusing account Of the way
IN which, when Governor, ne once
quclIcd an incipicnt riot. |, was.
, thlnE, during an OrHn~rmcn's parunr
at time when Irish feeling ran Ei.b.
The FcnianS had risen in their MIGHT
TO batter the heads Of their. opponents
whcncVcr they might show themselves.
| The minor officers of the law could do
nothing, and the Governor was sun
moncu to invoke the majesty Of the
! state. Teaching the scene Governor
| Randolph discovered that the aforesaid
| majesty would have little influence on
the sons Of Erin, whose blood was up,
IT was trying moment. Recognize.
ing, however, in one Of the riu9lea
crs man who had, in earlier days.
been one of his most earnest support
crs, the Governor pushed through the
crowd and scizing the fellow half
roughly, half 2ood-naturcdly, said to
him: "Comc along with me, Tom,
and stop This too!ishncss. | am ashamed
of yon; YOU ought to be ashamed ofI
yoursclf." Tom eye. the G., vernon
bali savagcly for a moment, then
yielding to goodnaturcd shove,
marched of, protesting. The riot was
over. In Il short time the Governor
had taken such precautions that he
could have used sovcrcr measures with
Tom.
At another time Jim Fisk, with q !
party OF laborcrs, had torn up the
track OF an Opposing railway line TINT