The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-02

were SuaClcIi III <AuI"h0"~ Nv S
prohibition election, common sense
teaches me that, unless more regard
is paid to the rights and WISHES OF
the common people, q split IN the
Democratic party is Inevitable at no
distant day.
THE NEGRO suFFRAGE MONSTER.
The remembrance Of our sufferlngs
under Radical domination grows
DINNER year by year, aud contests
over railroad taxes, prohibition and
municipal politics are famillarlz'ng
our people with the use of the negro
vote to carry elections. We toy
with this monster which is now ieth'
srgic and torpid, but if we DO not get
a constitutional convention to draw
his fangs while he is yet asleep by a
property or educational qualification
for suffrs ge. he will one day be ''en-
ergized' by a division among the
whites and devour US. And yet, with
Chandler's bill providing for Federal
control of Federal elections in South
Carolina, and three other Southern
States, pointing like sign-board the
road we are to travel if ever the Re-
publicans secure full power at Wash
ington again, our ''imbecile" states
men persistently refuse to call CO..
vention, which We need besides to
reduce taxes, because, for sooth,
Charleston, which suffered most nn-
der negro rule, don't want it! Lay
not the fattering JUNCTION to your
SOUL" Oh, City by the Sea ! that you
will always scotch the "Independent"
snake as easily as you did awhile
since. Enough Of the serpent's eggs
haven't batched yet. You had better
lose the extra Senator and the extra
members to which you are not entl
tied : you had better lose them all
and trust entirely to the white men
of LaureDs, Greenville and Edgeield,
who now suffer wrong because of the
greed of the political power among
your politicians. Edgefeld, Laurens
and Greenville made your redemp
ton possible in 1876. and they have
had poor requital at your hands, to
be robbed Of their just representation
in the House Of Representatives and
in the nominating conventions of the
Democracy. "Gerrymandering' is a
common political crime, practiced
alike by both Democrats and Repub,
licans, but have never read Of an
instance where men Of the same pc
litical faith perpetrate a crime like
this.
DEBAUCHERY IN POLITICS.
Then make the debauchery in our
politics, of which this is only sam
pie. Some of the very same men who
ignored their oaths to support the
Constitution aud voted against a
census in 1SS4-5 on the plea of econ
omy, voted against new apportion
ment in 1887, because the amended
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to save the
expense of census-dld not allow
it. Technically, this was not perjury,
but what is it2 Said Madame Roland
on the scaffoll: oh! liberty, what
crimes are committed in thy name -
And so of our beloved Constitution.
This Radical rag, (which fits our
supple Charleston friends and their
country harlots like glove" and IS
off or on at their convenience. will
yet be the death Of Democratic unity
and white supremacy in South Caro-.
lima. But let it always be remem-
bered that the counties Of this State
which are most deeply wronged in
this census matter can always take
care of themselves if our ''imbecili.
ty'' shall cause US to relapse under
negro control.
SOME DIsAPPOINTMENTS
I have strayed far away from
what 1 purposed writing when I set
out, but as this is sort of valedic-
tory or message from the grave
to which the Register and other jour.
nails have consigned me, it may pass
for the "mutterings'' of 8 ghost, or
tue howlings OF a .'disappointed Of
fce.seeker." 1 have not been made
trustee Of the agricultural college,
you know; or become member of
the new board Of agriculture, to
which l was nominated by the Farm
rs Association. Unlike the officer
which Col. Thomas is ever ready to
seek, (but don't gct.) these RESPONSE
BILE positions pay no salary, and
while he cant get in to the
CHEESE" | may congratulate my six
disappointed brethren, who were
nominated, like myself, and "got
left" that we escaped the disagreea-
bic and well-nigh hopeless task of
enforcing either economy. or obtain
ing efficient work in bureau whose
executive officer and assistants were
beyond our control. elected by poll.
.icians in the Legislature for political
reasons. and not because he is the
best man for the place, or possesses
the confidence Of the farmers.
AGRICULTURAL ABsCRD1TIEs.
l termed the recent so called re-
organization of the board Of agricul-
ture an "abortive compromise"
There has been an enlargement Of
the board and they are all to be
"agriculturists.'' but there has been
no reorganization" And now look
at some of its absurdities. AL of
them are TO be "agriculturists,' and
vet they are to have full control of
the States phosphate interest. These
phosphstes lie in the navigable
streams and tide-waters along
onr coast Thav are water mines, in