The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-05-27
THE ADMINISTRATION
TTTECT OF ITS WORK FROM
SOUTHERN STANDPOINT.
,ttrr, from Two Prominent south Caro-
IipIau- ON the Results Offhe DemOcratic
,ir,iui.tration on Southern Problem.

T..
81 tl,. College of Charleston, ). G., writes of
81 ,l. result of the Democratic Administra-
81 f.. Ilon race questions, and the question
,rCjvIl Service Reform III the old Pal
81 ,artto state There is no more scholarly
8 ra4t ln the South nor better Southerner.
II FI- uttcranccs the mature dehbera
Il nhtr a thoughtful man. Ed.
u from the hite Mans Point of View.
Copyright 1856.
CHARLESTON, 5. c., May 20, 1SSG.
8 ann decidedly of the opinion that the
q m.nd and political influence of Mr.. Cleyc-
q aIs administration, has been salutary
8 t, effects 50 far as my observation IN
q fac south enables me to form a definite
ad Lmcnt My range Of observation IS
q confined to Charleston and III the State of
~oIth Carolina, and within these limits,
there is, it seems to me, no reasonable
ground for doubt, in regard to the bene-
nccut effects of the present Administers
Il ton The most cogent argument in favor
If this view, is the significant and unmls
taxable circumstance that hostility to Mr..
3 Cleycand's policy appears to proceed from
hat element of society, which follows
B politics us a trade, and is therefore inca
8 pabe Of estimating dissssionately the
z conduct Of the Administration, or of at
Il trIJutiug to it any motives save those by
III which It's own actions are governed. This IS
81 the most substantial proof that the present
IL administration is brilliant success IN the
d southern States. in the pureSt and highest
ii eccptstion of the term. The enlightened
81 moral sense of oar com munlty, the men
III al4J are free from mere considerations Of
81 personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT, are IN cordial
q sympathy with the Administration. The
8 sentiment of which speak, has assumed
8 the gratifying and solid form of confidence
our people believe in Mr.. Cleveland, and
81 respect hm as u man Of pure intentions
and IuVincible rectitude. They believe
q hat in cases where he has erred, a. IN
the notable Maryland appointments, that
hc has been deceived and mised by the
very elements which are crystalllzing into
j autagouislns to his principles. They la
meut the crafty imposture, but they do not
lose confidence III the man; the sentiment
Of loyalty is not diminished The doctrine
rI CIVg service Reform, IS III marked ia
Nor Wltu the discriminating and rejecting
81 element in this community. Those who
oppose it, so far as | am aware do not
hesitate to ground their hostility upon an
s Iugruuuusly expressed preference Tor the
81 Jachsonian system Of unqualified spolla-
q iIon. The sentiment favorable to the APP
81 piiration of Civil Service Reform, is in
81 large degree, the logical outcome of that
81 luuIute and pcrvaslve corruption which
nj #eNJSted under preceding Administrations.
s% 1t our Intelligent people are not such
A21ranog gcudentallsts or ldeallsts, rs to regard
~ lNu Service Reform rs I'll instantaneous
#lrmedl for the accumulated abuses OF five
.tcctdes our history. They have applied
st he suggestive lessons learned from the
- we're experiences Of other nations as set
s#torth by Ircacly an IN hi, Life of Macau
So lay and by Eaton III his History OF Civil
4 g. L
aware tiat its curative favor must be grad
81 ual in It's workings, and they are not ap-
Iailcd by the current defamation IN re-
gard To AN arlstOcracy of office holders,
being sincerely persuaded that no type of
8ariStocracy is 50 Odlouo and Intolerabie,
as perpetuated and transmitted corruption
in positions of public trust
@ The status of the colored population
must improve if Civil Service Reform is
dcveloped to its possible limits The elec-
tion of Mr.. Cleveland produced Il tempo
8rary apprehension and dlstrust among
#thcm, but this seems to have passed away
and whatever anxiety has existed. was the
effect of instigation upon the part of GER
3 tain designing persons whose vital air Is
unrest and agitation. Civil Service Re
form may become a potent agent IN adj
busting the race question III politics; the
spolis system can only prolong the strife,
and intensity the bitterness which it gen
u crates The development of Civil Service
sN Reform has quickened and stimulated the
a moral sense of our people. Familiarity
#@ayIth the atroclOuS vices of preceding Ad-
m nistrations in the State has not excited
tho sentiment of pity, endurance, or the
desire to embrace. In this respect, we
shave set aside the famous teaching of our
ssNYIII century poet and moralist.
# NV observation leads me to the cOnclu-
sion that no Administration has ever poss-
essed more implicitly, the confidence of our
a,ureSt and best people in South Carolina
ID han that of Mr.. Cleveland. There is a
steady advance IN political morality, as is
forcibly attested by the unsparlns severity
s with which every deviation from otficla
rectitude is condemned and exposed by
our leading Journals. The Admlnstra
zion of Mr.. Cleveland appears to have in
fused new hope, new yigor. and cheerful
mess into the purest elements of our society
#Ihe reign Of chaos and old night L
gone ana ''SlOw but sure, comes on the
S. golden year.
/ caII rec no reason for supposlng tha
81 Mr. CIeveland's Administration will in
so teusify the hostility of parties in the Soutl
@ or cause party lines to be more rlgldly OBJ
served. The principles Of Civil Service
N Reform will attract and solidify the pures
"a elements in all parties; intense loyalty K
@ party, merely as party. seems to be The
& distinctive characteristic of those whost
political creed and political ideal are EN-
~ bodied in the spoils system. My observa
ton in this locality, leads me to the con
clusion that Mr. Cleveland's policy mus
q, its logical result, gradually relax th'
stingencv of party lines by drawing tia
Z best elements of all parties to itself.
Nor do | see any reason to apprehend
pro 0nged continuance of a ''SOlid colore'
versus solid white vote" My impression
/, that the state of feeling between tn
two races will be improved under Demo
'@ cratic rule, and that the tendency of ou
@ development, in this section at least
s# rather III the direction of harmony an
## political fusion among the races, than tC
wards greater alienation or wider estrange
meut HENRY E. SHEPHERD.
Samuel J. Lee is a colored lawyer VIII
90 practices in Charleston. In reply to tn
8 question, What has been the effect c
90 President Clevelands Administration /
the South, especially as it relates to tn
racial question: he writes.-ED.
|A From the Coiored Mans Point of View
copyright 1851
CHARLESTON, S. c., May 10, 1885.
ON the election of Mr. Cleveland, it wa
as natural for the colored people of the SOut
8 10 De somewhat alarmed, and that alarI
was not leSsened by the boast of the ran