Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-09-13

doubtless decline to assist tho gentle
man in any such manner as he indicates
and it will be we'll for their representa-
tives to consider well before they lend
themselves to any scheme of the kind.
Bourbon Rule In the South.
There was meeting last week in
Washington of Messrs. Malone, Cash,
Chalmers and Lengstreet, to devise
ways and means for convincing the adj
ministration, and through it the republic
can party. that they and they alone are
the Moseses, who can carry the
southern section of bourbonism out of
the benighted darkness of Democracy
into the glorious light of Republican
ism. The meeting in its primary and
principal phrase is worthy of no noto-
riety or attention. Disgruntled Demo-
Gratis are but frail reeds on which to
lean in sharp political campaign. A
liberal offer from their old associates is
all that is necessary to bring them back
with run into the fold. But when a
disgruntled Democrat, especially one
of the southern section, allows his feel
ings to get the better of him to such an
extent as to induce him to rise above
partisanism to the level of the truth, his
utterances are worth noticing.
When Republican journals have as
serted from time to time that the entire
south was honey-combed with rascality,
crime and fraud. they were met with
the cry of "bloody shirt" and their
statements regarded as incredulous
Time and again it has been asserted
that this section was made solid for the
Democratic party by ''hickories" and
revolvers, but this too has been hooted
down as mere campaign roorback.
The testimony of Col L. b. Cash, who
made for himself rather unenvinable
reputation in South Carolina some time
ago. in regard to the political freedom
in that state, win therefore be found
interesting reading in view of the al
legged instability of Republican state
ments. The Colonel was until recently
staunch supporter of the dominant
party in the Palmetto state, and even
now declares himself democrat and
nothing else. He can therefore hardly
be charged with waving sanguine hued
garments. In regard to the situation
in South Carolina, he said to CORES
pendent;
"Well, it's hi of a place just
now. They don't have any elections.
Negroes can't vote. Poor whites can't
vote. You never saw such state of
things. Every pledge the democratic
party made in 1876 it has broken.
can't stand up and defend the party
after it breaks its word like that, though
| am as much of a Democrat now as
ever was. What / am opposed to is
the peculiar set of democrats that are
running the state now. They are worse
than the Whippers, Scots, and Moseses
of the carpet-bag time. Those men
robbed, but these men murder. Take
the case of those niggers killed in Lam
caster last year. | was there at the
time, though did not see the shooting
Nobody was ever arrested for the crime
There never was any investigation.
You can't investigate anything in the
state. My son tried to investigate the
frauds that beat me for congress last
year, and had three pistol-shots fired
through his room the first night.
Hampton is devil of ways from
being bad man, but they ran him off
to the senate before going into these
things. AS for Dawson and Butler. il
you combed hi with fine-tooth comb
you could not find another such
pair. At Lancaster the Bourbons
got the fuss up expressly to kill the
negroes. | was told the night before
that three negroes were to be killed.
but did not believe it. In 1876 we
promised that the rights of no man,
white or black, should be impaired If
we were successful, and Hampton said
he would resign rather than allow any
thing OF that kind to be done; aud now
the Bourbons have passed a law pre-
venting men who can't read and write
from voting. What kind of a way is
that to keep pledge? Why. negro
now has not one solitary right in South
Carolina except to lay down and die.
In 1876 we abused the republicans be-
cause they had created great many
useless offices simply to give their poll
teal workers salaries. 1t was all true,
but now we have 1,162 offices in tue
state that the radicals didn't have.
Many of them pay as high as $500.
Last year the republicans did not care
much about the election, and there was
neglect in appointing supervisors of
election. Whenever there were super
visors | got majority OF the votes.
Everywhere else they counted ME out.
Next year the republicans will have
plenty of interest and the supervisors
will be looked after We can't do any
thing unless we can get fair count,
aud we can't get that unless we have
United States supervisors. | don't
think the faction now controlling the
state offices can get 10000 votes in a
fair count.
Facts are stubborn things. Plainly
1t would have advantaged the Demo-
cratic party. state as well as national,
TO have secured the continuous silence
of the daughty Colonel by the coveted
Office. Not having done this the obvious
fact remains that Notwithstanding the
enormous increase of offices the de-
mand still exceeds the supply. The
result is before us as another illustra-
ton of the old adage, when rogues
fall out honest men get their dues