Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-09-13
COL. CASH INTERVIEWED.

| COL. CASH INTERVIEWED.
Col. f. B. C. Cash, who is reported to have
attended the recent Malone conference in
Washington, was interviewed while in that
city, by a correspondent of the New York
T1nes He said to the correspondent that
he did not think the people and newspapers
at the North took the right view of the In
dependent movement in his State. AS for
himself, he was in no sense an office seeker,
did not come to Washington to get control
of office patronage, and did not profess to be
a Republican. Said Colonel Cash:
81 am Democrat, but left the Bourbon
| Democracy because [ could not stand their
methods any longer. In my State the boss
es have become so corrupt and savage that
they have forfeited every claim upon de-
cent, peace-loving, patriotic citizens. They
have grossly violated every pledge made in
1876. They do not regard theirm most sacred
oaths, nor have they any consideration for
the rights of anybody, and they are plung-
ing the State into distress and ruin. Elec-
tiOns are an absolute farce. The whole ma
chinery is in the hands Of the Bourbons, and
any majority is returned that is considered
necessary. Violence is resOrted to where
fraud fails, and the rioters know they will
not be punished. The BourbOnS defend
their course on the ground thatit is necessa-
ry to keep negroes out of office, but, as Il
matter of fact, there is no race issueat stake.
Last Fall the entire State and Congressional
ticket, and almost every place on the coun-
try independent tickets were white and our
candidates were fully equal to theirs in all
that make up good citizenship. On fair
vote we should certainly have carried my
district and the State. Almost all the col
ored people go with us. There are scarcely
enough white Republicans to fill the FEEDER
al offices, and the few who are there do not
possess the confidence of the coored people:
| think Northern newspapers ought to deal
with more sympathy with these opposition
movements at the South. They 60 far to-
ward making honest elections possible, and
it through them that the tyrannical Dem
ocratic machine can be overthrown.
"There is one question | should like to
ask the Times and the North generally"
said Colonel Cash, in conclusion, ''and it isa
timely and important one. In case Dem
ocrat is declared elected President next year
by the help of certain States, namely, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and South
Carolina carried by the notoriously unlaW-
full methods which now prevail in those
States-what are the people at the North
going to do about it"'
Concerning the above interview the New
York Times editorialy says:
Colonel f. b. G.. Cash, of South Carolina,
complains that the newspapers and the peo-
pie of the North do not take the right view
| of "Independent movements" in theSOuth,
and he asks what the North would do in case
a Democratic President were elected next
year by the help of such States as Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana and South Carolina,
carried by the notoriously unlawful meth
ods which now prevail in those States" "
Colonel Cash may be a very unseltish and
patriotic person, and he may be entire
iy sincere in his wish to overthrow the
Bourbon rulers of the South, but if so, we
advise him to take good care what company
he keeps. He will be an object of suspicion
to most Northern people until he cuts loose
from such unsavory politicians as Mahone
and Chalmers. Such companionship is i'm
proper and compromising for a man who
stoutly protests that he is still a Democrat.
| AS to the possible election of a Democratic
President by the aid Of Southern electoral
votes, it is the present intention of the
| Northern Republicans to prevent such dis
astcr by Il steady adherence to sound princi-
pies and honest methods, and in particular
| by insisting that such fellows as Malone
and Chalmers shall let go the party's coat
tails.
TIE BUSINESS OUTLooK.-In respect to
most of the leading staples, dealers and
merchants take hopeful view Of the situ-
alton, present and prospective. The require
ments for consumption will benone the less,
and values will, it is expected, be maintain
ed. Already many jobbers from the South,
West and Southwest, are in the market, and
evidences are not wanting that importers
are findiug ready sales for their goods here.
Iron and metal, wool, hardware, hides and
leather, groceries and other trades speak for
themselves While, Of course, temporary
drawbacks, in particular instances, natural
ly exist, there is in noe any serious men,
ace to any of the interests named. And it
may also be added that there is nothing in
the general condition of the country to in
licate that the commercial and business
portion is not now on a solid foundation.
The current conditions all tend to fOrtify
that view.
Mercanti nembarrassmentsa appearto have
eliminated With the recent troubles in the
shoe and leather trades in the east. or late
vhere have been no failures anywhere of
consequence, and there is no reason to sup
pose that any are impending. 1t lisa matter
of congratulatiOn, also, that the yellow fever,
which has been threatening the Gulf States,
is likely to be kept at a safe distance the re-
mainder of the season. WOrkingmen's
strikes are about over all the leading in
tlustries are fairly employed; the crops, on
the whole, have turned out well, even with
a shortage on wheat, and there is promise
of a rendy market for whatever surplus we
NAV have to export For the time being,
excessive speculation has pretty much ex-
hausted itself, and, as far as we can judge,
trading throughout the country is conducted
upon an unusually conservative basis. We
enter the first month of autumn, therefore,
with clear skies, smooth seas, and with few
or no signs on the distant horizon that can
be tortured into "breakerS ahead. ."-NeW