Year: 1871

From the Char 2estOn Courier


President Grant, it appears by the
Washington accounts, has ordered
from the West twelve companies of
infantry and four companies Of cav
airy into this State. His object, he
states, is to protect the peaceaOle citi-
Zens of this State. If this was the
fact, there might be some ground of
excuse. But it is palpable that his
whole design IS to


OVERAWE IN THE INTERESTS OF HIS


PARTY,


and to uphold those who have desc
lated the land by their corruption and
misgOveTnment. And this he frankly
but .unWittingly acknowledges, by
adding "that if a Democratic Presi-
dent is elected in 1872, one of his first
acts will be to withdraw the troops,
and that he would advise Republicans
to follow the troops out of the State. y
There could be no clearer statement
that the whole purpose of President
Grant in sending troops into South
Carolina is to


SECURE HIS RE ELECTION IN 1872,
and to prevent any other rule than
that which now prevails over this
commonwealth to the disgrace Of all
civilization and right.


More than this il is a confession that
he has discarded patriotism and no
longer looks upon himself as the Pres
ident of the whole people and of every
section OF the country, but simply as
a partisan, bent, at all hazards, on his
own reelection, regardless of the pub
lie welfare, or whether, in his and
their


SCHEMES OF sELF-AGGRANDIsEMENT
the public welfare and prosperity is
wrecked. There can be no OtEer con-
clusiOn. For his statement admits of
no other construction. The real diff
Guilty in this State has been simply the
character of the government which
has been imposed, to which the people
Of Massachusetts, and of New York
would not have submitted for & mo-
ment. On every side,


CORRUPTION, IGNORANCE AND MIS-


RULE PREVAILS,
until at last the cIy comes up from
every portion Of this Commonwealth
for peaceful and honest government
under which the people can live with
some degree OF liberty, without being
driven as eXiles nom their homes, and
their lands confscated under a system
Of spOliatiOn and wrong. The protest
against the wrong which exists, is for
honest and for safe government. 1t is


ON BEHALF OF LIBERTY.
1t has no other object or purpose. 1t
is the white race of the soil of South
Carolina who are under the heel. All
that they demand is the guarantee to
them of a Republican form Of govern
ment, their protection against the in
vasiOn of their rights, and their res
tOratiOn to some participation in the
affairs OF their own Commonwealth,
in which at the present they are
HELD Az THE MERE SUBJECTS OF TAX.


ALTON,


but without the slightest title to rep



If, therefore, the object of military
force in South Carolina is to prevent
the oppression which reigns and to
restore TO the vital people of the State
the rights and liberties of which they
are deprived, this is one thing. III it
be under the dominion Of the Presi-
dent to
USE THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE


UNITED STATES
to enslave the popular thought, to
bind more firmly upon the people a
corrupt and Odious government, which
is in no wise the representative Of their
interest and sentiments, and to fasten
them to the wheels of a despOtism
which is eating out their very vitals,
then it is at once not only the declara-
tiOn, but the very presence, Of


AN ARBITRARY POWER,
which means the destruction of all
liberty.


1t is now six years since the war
closed. During all this time the peO-
pie OF the South have been in allegi- |
ance to the United States and the Con- !
stitution. The party in power have, /
in defiance of this allegiance, treated !
the intelligence and worth of this sec
ton as aliens and strangers upon their
own soil.


THEY HAVE DENIED TO THEM PEACE. |
They have imposed upon them gov
erDments which they would not tOler- /
ate in their own homes. They have
subjected them to every species Of op-
preston and plunder. And now,
when they simply ask protection and
their recognition as American citi-
zens, and as parts Of the body polite,
President Grant,


IN DEFIANCE OF THEIR JUST CLAIMS,
would place the bayonet at their
breasts to suppress their utterances and
prevent their appeal for a common
freedom and common heritage.


President Grant, in his wild career
for the succession, has overleaped the
mark. There are those in his own
party who have the vision to perceive
and the manhood to recognize
THE REAL CAUSE OF THE EVILS OF


THE SOUTH.


and the true remedy. Among these
is the Chicago Tribune, with whose
statesman-likeu uttarances we close this