The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-04
A Traitor to the South.

Among tho newspapers Of tho South We
have discovered one journal. and only ono
journal. which refuses to do its duty in tho
Democratic tight against tho Force bill,
Federal interference, and tho Negro DOM
ination that will follow. as surely as mid
night comes after sunset.
The shameful exception is the Nens and
Courier OF Charleston. In South Carolina.
That Is the State which has suffered more
than any other In tho past from negro rulo
with its attendant OWLS. The white pco-
pie OF South Carolina look back upon the
years between 1868 and 1876 rs upon some
hidcous nightmare. They shudder at the
memory Of those dreadful years when their
State lay PROSTATE under the heel OF
brutal and ignorant master.
That is tho State. too. which has more to
fear than any other from the programme
which BENJAMIN HARRISON and the Repub-
lican party have prepared for the South.
The white population Of South Carolina by
the census OF 1890 was 45s.452. The colored
population was G92.5O3. More than sixty
per cent. OF the inhabitants OF tho State are
negroes. The excess OF black over white Is
greater there than In any other State in the
South. The neurest approach Is in Missis-
sippi where nearly flfty-eight per cent. OF
tho population IL black. And better than
Mississippi. better than Florida. Louisiana,
or Alabama. does South Carolina know what
is meant by negro government.
Yet we find this traitor newspaper OF
Charleston advising the people OF South
Carolina that tho issue OF Negro Domino.
ton is OF little Importance to them In COM
pnrison with the question Of the size OF
customs duties. Tho fight" 1t says. lis
going to he made In tho Northern and
Northwestern States on the issue OF tariff
reduction. There Is no other issue OF SO
vital importance to tho Southern States"
Aud 1t adds. concerning the monaco OF q
Force bill: Don't cloud the real issue in
this part OF the country by raising false
ones. We are not worrying ourselves ouer
tie threat of such a measure
Why Is it that tho Ne,os and Courier OF
Charleston Is not now worrying itself over
prospect which fills the heart OF every
patriotic Democrat. North and South, with
apprehension
Is 1t because this same mercenary news
paper did not worry ITSELF greatly over the
condition OF things In South Carolina at the
| time when THE Sun was helping the decent
pcOple VI LILO OtuIo W lTcC LIcIlSclNeS from
the clutch OF the Infamous gang Of carpet
| baggers and native scoundrels that ruled
the State by means OF the negro vote? In
| credible as 1t may seem to those not famil-
| lar with tho history OF South Carolina Jour-
| nnlism. tho Investigations at Columbia
| after the overthrow OF the South Carolina
Ring disclosed the fact that the Charleston
Ne,cs. while pretending to be Democratic,
had been in secret correspondence with the
Republican agents OF SCOTT. MOSES. and
PATTERSON. 1t had solicited the patronage
of the boss thieves. and had offered for
few dollars To sell out tho white Democrats
OF the State and to promote tho schemes OF
tho most rascally band that over plundered
u State. 1t WINS In tho pay OF the Rcpubli-
can Ring; and tho evidence OF its unspeak-
able treason was discovered In the handwrit-
| ing OF Its own editor
THE fact 10. wan: to mako all we can and VIII
go far car TO support scorr and tho Govern.
msnt lof Negro Donmstionl wo treated well We
caunot DO blind advocates That would DO to ruin our
influence II we could permit ourselves to adopt such
| course. We must preserve our ence but wo
will 10 than Just to our friends and per.
sonny abusive because It IL contrary to our views Of
propriety. Send US all bills &c" that printed. and
pos. u about any scheme that puing or crush.
Ing. All this Ii CONFIDENTIAL
| And again:
| I'VE count on you to push tho State printing acts
The best do 10 this: II we get 10 cents q
line which woald DO about sac n column. allow
the paymAster 20 per cent and yourself 10 per cent
which would only leave US . very moderate profit. II
NO can get I2H cents line. which is $40 coum n
or moro. allow you 20 per cent. instead OF 10
| Now you have the whole programme and can blaze
away will We are willing to lcnd helping hand to
any upcountry project railroad or Otherwise and free
| Keep US informed"
These Infamous letters were written from
tho office OF the Charleston Ne,cs. by the
editor OF the Charleston Ne,0a. to WOODRUFF,
tho Republican factotum OF the Republican
scoundres who then ruled and plundcred
South Carolina by means OF the negro vote
and Federal force.
Docs the Charleston newspaper now see
In the possibility OF new era OF negro
domination and wholesale plumber In South
Carolina an opening for further enterprises
OF the same sort Is 1t anxious for another
chance to profit by secret and corrupt bar.
gains with rascals In power: to puff OF
crush. at the dictatlon Of another gang like
MOSES. SCoTT. and Honest JOHN PATTERSON
Ia return for favors received from the State
Treasury Is this why the News and Courier
Is not worrying itself at present over tho
prospect OF n Force bill and negro domino
ton. and wants Southern Democrats gener.
ally to join 1t In concentrating attention for
the next four months upon tho schedules OF
the tariHY
! 1t Is creditablo to the South that the