Year: 1877




when a man becomes a public officer
he should serve the people and not
party, is received with almost univer-
sal favor Patriotism of the highest
order would lead to such a course,
and while efforts are being made tc
drive the President from his position,
it becomes necessary for all good peo-
pie to extend him support. Blaine
would crush him because he has in
terfered with his occupation, because
he is giving people time to think and
be convinced against their prejadices,
and Chamberlain attacks HIM because
the Southern policy" has relieved
him Of further opportunity to rob an
already impoverished people. An ex-
ecutive who takes such ground, who
would thus inaugurate a system that
will eventually purge the civil service
of much Encouragement and corrup-
tion, who would thus leave the people





vades party nights that both ex-
tremes feel compelled to protect.
Hence radical Republican and radical
Democratic leaders combine to defeat
The President, and TO drive him back
to position of enmity and strife, that
the people may again be robbed of
constitutional government. Ia this
connection VIC are led to Conment
upon public demonstration the other
day at Woodstock, where Chamber
lain, ia speech, denounced Hayes's
southern policy" when Rev. Mr..
Stoddard, of Fairhaven, Massachp,
setts, rose and said he wished it
distinctly understood that Chamberlain
did not reflect The sentiment of New
Eugland. If a nv nifty of the people
Of this Union are dissatisfied with the
policy pursued 10y Mr.. Hayes towards
he South, then this maj Irity is made
up of political extremists, an u!ti-
mately the country must be dragged
INTO troubles as serious as when Radi-
calism held its sway throughout all the
country south of the Ohio and the Po-
tomac. The North never begal to
understand the true position at the
South uutil Hayes became president.
It's public opinions have been
moulded by men who depend
ed upon prejudices to sustain
themselves. They have been fired by
such men as Chamberlain, who wet
to South Carolina without one dollars
interest in the State. He, like others,
came South with no other aim than to
make money. His assumed patriotism
and fealty to the Republican party were
but pretenses, characteristic .of the
mans dishonesty of purpose. His
Woodstock speech was prompted by
the spirit of retaliation for his displace-
meut from Office by the Southern
policy" and the Inauguration of Wade
Hampton, the lawful Governor. lie
was not far from right when he said
"a political patty which cannot bear
defeat in open p Ilitical warfare has lit
tie vitality, little claim to public con-
fidence." His party with all its cor
ruption is dearer to him than the whole
South put together. The perpetuAti,n n
of that party is to be secured, even
though the country meantime go to
ruin. The interests of the plsceseeker
are far more sacred than the lives and
property of every man in the South.
The hue and cry raised by the carpet
bagger against local ostrscism" at
the South is nothing more than would
be measured out to a man who might
locate in any community for purposes
Of rapine and plunder. Chamberlain's
slur upon Mr.. Hayes's "South.Sn pol
icy" is nothing more than the express
sion of hatred for the Southern people.
The ex Governor went to the South os-
tensibly to impress the North that his
was mission in The interest of peace
and protection for the ''poor black
man." but never in the history Of
South Carolina was corruptioi in office
so fragrant as while this political
vagsbond was held 10 office by lited
S;a:es bayonets. His Woodstock
speech should excite only the indigna-
ton of the Intelligent people of the
North, while the spplsuse of the mob
will not be hearl bayoni New Ems
lands nutmeg State.