Georgetown Enquirer : volume 01, number 29 - 04-27-1881

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GEORGETOWN, S.C, WEDNESDAY,  APRIL, 27, 1881.
VOL. 1.—NO. 29.
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Schedule »t the Arrival nud Departure ¦oftlio Malls.
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THE
SOLIDITY SOUTH.
OF    THE
Heal Motives of Both Sides to tlie Senate Deadlock.
It is a mistako to regard tlio struggle in the Sonato as a more vulgar piece of office grabbing. It means a great ileal more than tliis.and that it sbould moan Mahone to carry Virginia this fall that more is a curious proof ofthe condition of "unstable equilibrium" iuto whicb tho politics oftlie Southern States have fallen. Southern senators acknowledge that thoy maintain the deadlock, be¬ causo tbe election of Mr. Riddlebarger would probably givo Virginia tbis fall to a coalition of tho Mahone Indepen¬ dents, and the Northern Republican Senators in tboir turn say tbey mean to enable liim to achieve that itis no¬ cossary to show the Viiginia Indepen¬ dents that tbe Republicans will stand by them to tho last. That is to say the most prominent men of botb sides agreo, when interrogated, that Riddlc- bargor's olection or defeat is n mattor on which* hangs the political futuro of Virginia.
If this'seems preposterous to you, it is, nevertheless, the belief of both par- tios,' nor is it even tho whole truth. Southern senators say, in private, con¬ versation, that if Mahono sbould sue coed in' Virginia there would bo a break iu tho Democratic line in every South¬ ern Stato, and that thoy regard tbo de¬ feat of Riddlobargor for that reason as a matter of absolute necessity, and, as they add, of patiiotio duty.
WHY. THE SOLID SOUTH  IS MAINTAINED.
Tlio maintenance of the "Solid South" seems to thoughtful Northern men so mischievous and unnatural a policy and so unstatesmanlikc that your correspondent, hearing tho asser¬ tion that it ought to be maintained from one of the most eminent and usu¬ ally moderate of the Southern senators, asked with amazement: "How can yon justify tho policy of a solid South¬ ern wbite voto?' His reply deserves tho attention of Nortliom mon who •desire to heir both sides. The senator aaid;
"I agreo witb you that it would bo bost to bavo the white and tho black vote in the South divided in such a manner that there should be intelligence and probity at tho hcadof each party .But I sec no chance for the attainment of such an ideal condition.   I wish I did. What tbe Republican leaders noiv pro¬ pose and wbat thoy signify by tboir adoption of Gen. Maliono and thoir nomination of Mr. Riddlebarger is tlic formation of a party in every Southern State whicli shall adhere to them, but which ivill bo composed uot of a fair proportion of tlio respectablo and hon¬ est wbito vote carrying a part of the colored with them, but it vill bo com¬ posed of a small number, a minority of the least scrupulous whites, native born to bo sure, but demagogues, wbo, witb Republican holp, with tbo help of mar¬ shals and other Federal officers, will carry off and unite tho solid black voto and coutrol tho Stato governments and tho county governments.   I say that .;'     these whites will bo tho dishonest aud
marshal is final when tbey como to voto and our demagogues know tins. But when these demagogues havo gain¬ ed control of the State and local gov¬ ernments no influence to whicb they will then be amenable will prevent them from setting up robbery and cor¬ ruption ou a scale equal to that the memory of which makes the carpet¬ baggers hateful to ns. I foresee only a now period of bitterness, public spolia¬ tion and demoralization to industry in this plan of breaking the Solid Soutli, from whicli you anticipate so much good."
REPUTABLE MEN WITHOUT INFLUENCE.
"Cannot you, who aro reputable men, then, influence and control somo part of the colored voters for good ?" your correspondent asked.
"No," was * the reply. "The mo¬ ment the Federal authority-shows its hands in our States we loso all bold of the colored voters. At present wo have such influence. In my State wc put negroes on our tickets in tho county governments. We ask tlicm to bold conventions, to namo their men, and theso ive accept, and thus tbey, to a certain extent, voto with us becauso wo share witb them.We only tell tbem thiit wo require tbem to send us colored men as candidates, not whites. But tho new plan of the Republicans looks to the use of Federal in(luence,Fcdoral patronage, Federal marshals acting as organizers of the colored voto, and the moment tho negroes see this thoy will run in a mass to the side thoFcderal powor seems to them to favor. This is tho difficulty, and it is fatal. The policy ol tbo new Administration may, I think, break tho Solid South, but it will break it iu a
profitable industries. The rapid and continuous increase in all tbe Southern crops shows this also beyond a pev- adventure. Tho South is prosperous and peaceful, and tbo negro follows tho plough and makes his crop everywhere in as absolute security as any laborer enjoys in tho North. But Northern men say that his vote does not tell. It does not tell for tho Republican party—that is the real cause for com¬ plaint—and for tbat reason the wliole Federal power is to be put forth now to interrupt the wholesome growth of tho last four years, to destroy what timo lias peacefully accomplished to¬ ward making a truo citizen of the black man, and to summon him anew to the former methods of political cor¬ ruption, only this time under native instead of imported demagogues.
WHAT TnE NEGRO ENJOYS.
"You say tbe nogroes do not voto. They do voto, but tbey do not all vote. That is true, and moreover tbey do not all voto the Republican ticket. But if many of them do not vote, or do not care to vote, or are persuaded not to vote, perhaps, do they not enjoy all tbat tbe citizen needs to make him safe and happy ? If he does not voto he has, nevertheless, an honest and economical State government; be lias honest local government: he has more tban bis share of schools; be bas the good will of his white neighbors; ho is contented and is growing in tho real qualities wbicb make a citizen. Are you willing to upset all this and to make liim once more a mere political mercenary, organized' in bands by Federal politicians, marched in drove? to voto as tbeso tell him to vote, not in
officials, a.'iiin tho resulting struggle for supremacy'it seeks, as I said, to tbe nso of the .basest arts and devices to overcome the Federal interference and save local governments from the grasp of corrupt demagogues."
Rigbt or wrong, tbat is tbo judg¬ ment of a Southern senator who is a true and patriotic man.—Letter to N. Y. Ilerld.    ,
TIIEPETOF1HE TREASURY
An Exposure ofthe Crooked Ways of 11. B. Elliott— Oiice'More he " Costs More than lie is Worth."
manner necessarily   disastrous to onr I Presidential or Congressional elections peace and-prosperity and debauching] only, remember—for about that I for
to our politics.
CHAttACTElt OF TIIE NEGRO VOTERS.
"The negro is slowly growing in sol-respect among us, hut tbo niass of tbora-aio-still-vbry ignorant, very-easi¬ ly corrupted, very timid, and thus they aro a population fitted to become the tools of the worst men among us. Con¬ sider what this means. It means that tho now party, to compass success, must either intimidate the blacks by telling them that we whites are mon¬ sters who want to re-enslave tlicm or it must buy tbeir votes. Now negro votes aro easily bought. From twenty five cents to two or three dollars is the usual price.aS you may bear any whore in tbe South. To save onr State gov¬ ernments we also aro, theroforc.compel- lod to buy voteR. Is it not a bud alter¬ native you force on us ? Can you con¬ template witb pleasure a policy which will compel honest mOn to corrupt the ballot in order to secure honest gov¬ ernment, which will make political cor¬ ruption by wholcsalo tho sad necessity to which self-preservation will con¬ demn a whole great region—nearly the half the Union."
FEAR OF FEDERAL PATRONAGE.
'What you fear, then, is the influ¬ ence of Federal officers in tbe South?' asked your correspondent.
"It is precisely tbat," replied bo senator."In the last four years the negio' has been slowly learning of tho meaning citizenship. That lesson can bo learned by him or by any half-civilized being only very slowly. The North ought to bavo patience with us. It has im¬ posed upou us a terrible burden and problem. Not only that, but for years it hindered the real and only solution of this problem by insisting on Fede¬ ral interference. Tho negro can be¬ come a citizen in any true senso only very slowly. Part—and thc first part —of the lesson for bim is to learn that hois part of the Commonwealth in which hc lives; that bis interests and tboso of his white nighbors are syn- nonymons; that the State or the county
or parish cannot be misgoverned with- domagoguo part of our population, and out his suffering as well as the 'whites, I say what I k,iow.   Even if somo and that part of the duty oi citizenship well-meaning men   should take part is to -_bk to the general welfare.   This with thom thoy will bo swopt into the he ______ bee„ learning only since Mr.
Hayes lifted the Federal arm from  our States, and forbade Federal officers to
vortex.
HEW EHA OF ROBBERY FEARED.
"You must romoinbor that men in . office are no bettor than their constit¬ uents require them to bo. Now tbo constituency of theso men will be the solid mass of ignorant, prejudiced, easi¬ ly frightened and cheaply bought color¬ od voters. To theso colored men tho I secure in tlieir lives and property ppiniou ofthe United States deputy ] other rights and turning ,tp useful
take part in politics.
rROSr-ERlTY OF THE NEORO
In the last lour yoars all Northern men without exception, who havo visi¬ ted the South have reported that the negroes everywhere were  prosporoiiB, and and
one should not trouble myself—but in State and local elections, where this system will introduce among us tbe spoliation and corruption which prevail iu yonr Northern-cities?"
PAVING THE WAY TO REr_Dl*A3-IOX.
"The North," continued the Senator, Jabhors repudiation, but by consenting to this new policy it is paving the way repudiation of debts all over the South, aud forming a political army whicli will some day take sides in favor of general repudiation. You cannot striko a blow at propeity anywhere in a country without making property everywhere less secure. You cannot for tho second time since the wrar band together the ignorant blacks to voto under the gui¬ dance ofthe worst and least responsible class of whites withont striking a blow at property all over the country. Thc black voters are too numerous. They form too large a proportion of tbe population, not merely of thc Southern States but of the whole Republic, to make tampering with them iu tbis way* a safe- proceeding for the countTy at large."
"What you fear, then, is tho Fede¬ ral influence over the black voters
"Of conrse. Tbe mass of them have as yet no political convictions. They look to the Federal power, and they ave obedient as children to tho repres¬ entatives of that power. No Northern Republicans of eminence have ever come down in a canvass to address either our whites or ouv blacks. The blacks know nothing of politics. They follow the Federal marshal because lie represents the Federal arm. Tbat is enough for them. You can use them; you can enable om* worst demagogues to use tbem, but that is not to make citizens of them, but thc contrary
WHAT A POLICY *SUOUT DO.
"If tlie administration bad a policy, a goneral policy for the whole country, or if the Republican party bad such a policy it could, I think, split the South with advantage to the country, for our protection, on internal improvements, on subsidies, on a whole range of na¬ tional questions. There aro among onr whito pcopie large differences of opinion, and these would tell after they began to bo discussed. But tbe present policy of breaking the Solid South by patronage, and by Federal influence and power is fatal to all good results. It will and can, in my belief only end, in banding tbe mass of white voters more solidly than ever together, aa a measure of neccessary self-protec¬ tion against the mass of black voters banded by demagogues  pai Federal
A South Carolina Republican, whose apcarance indicated that lie ought to have been iko sharp to be duped, was making things, lively at one of the up-1 Times. town hotcls.last night by his unstinted denunciation of a Boston negro named Elliott, who was most unfavorably known in connection witb corrupt sche¬ mes during; the administration of Gov¬ ernor Scott. It was charged that El-! liott bad been trading on bis supposed influence with the new administration and had been receiving retainers from a number of office-holders and office- seekers in the Palmetto State witb tbe assurance that ho could secure the re¬ tention or apponilment of tbe various clients.
No less than three men relied on his influence to seenre the poslmastership at Columbia, whilo as many more were willing to stake their "bottom dollar" tliat thoy would succeed to the United marshalship. When the various ap¬ plicants reached Washington and com¬ pared notes they smelt a huge mouse, and the result has been that Mr. El¬ liott's game has been exposed. It is even rumored that Elliott's fnll history will be published in a tew days so that the administration may be reminded of his antecedents; He is at present a special agent of the -treasury depart¬ ment at a _alory of^$2,500 per annum, j This position wa's given bim by *_ohu' Sherman, personally, for his vote at the Chicago Convention. Itis known lhat Elliott haB been rnnning things witb a high hand at tho Charleston Customhouse. He has completely overshadowed Collector Baldwin, and presumes to fill most of thc vacancies that occur there. One of bis recent appointments is a Jamaica negro named Straker, who has made himself especially obnoxious to tbe officers and crews of such unlncky English ships as may havo been forced to enter the Charleston harbor. Tbe people of South Carolina can nevet have respect for the Goneral Government so long as such characters as Elliott are fostered in positions in their midst.—Washing¬ ton Post.
brium." He comes to tbo breach.hoUU out his claymore—"Como ono, come all; this rock shall fly from its firm base as scon as 11" He has received tho unction of redeemer of Democracy in extremis, and, his fino brow glowing with the divine chrism, he flings dafi- ance on the lowlandera wbo dare affront the tartan of Clan Cameron. It is an honest ballot that Don seeks for Vir¬ ginia—not tbe honest ballot tbat Don doles out in Pennsylvania, but a ballot that bhall break the Solid South. Was tbere ever such chieftain in peace or in war as tho Don ? Pennsylvania is filled with joy that hor favorite son has found his tongue and his mission and listens while he eclipses eloquence with his    golden    truths !—Philadelphia
Tlie Dog.
Clan Cameron.
Since Milton's hero fell from dawn till dewy eve, the heavens, the earth nor the waste places under the earth, never witnessed a spectacle so altogeth¬ er wonderful as our  own Silent Don opening his lips in the Senate yester¬ day. It is true that the son of his fath¬ er spoke with the tongue of men and not angels, but all the same his lis¬ teners must have been ice or stono to have refused to molt uuder such im¬ passioned vigor.   As John Adams is supposed to have said when the virus' of liberty ran red hot in his veins at the Proclamation of Independence—re¬ ligion will approve it and  tbo lovo of liberty will be bora again by its ac¬ cents.   How the Democrats, crouching on the verge of the cloak rooms, must have shivered as the young bead of tho house of Cameron lifted his claymore and sounded the pibroch.   "The Scots ivha hae wi' Wallace bled"  will be proud of the forensic splendor of our own Don.   Who shall   6ay after his | masterful exposition of the crisis that the lips of the Cameron are tied, the oracle of the glen dumb ?   His is tho arm, his the voice to proclaim and pro¬ tect the intrepid Virginian who takes the shield of repudiation to cover the nakedness of the administration minor¬ ity.   Listen to Don's inspired accents as ho recounts the task ofthe Mahone! Wheu did the thistle of Caledonia and the shamrock of Erin form a bouquet so frgrant?   "The Democrats of  the South," sayB Don, '.'have appealed to the South to coyer Mahono with opp'rb-
The dog is a digitigrade carnivous mammal. This will bo news to most persons, who had always supposed that a dog was simply a dog.
It has been bruited about tbat the dog is the best friend to man among the brute creation.
He pants after tbe thief. Wlien once he gets hold oftho thief s pants, he makes breeches.
A barking dog never bites; that is to say, when bo begins to bite he stops barking. Conversely, a biting dog never barks, and for similar reasons.
The hair of a dog will curo his bite. This is a curc-ious superstition among hair-brained young men who aro fast going to the dogs.
Dogs aro dentists by profession. They insert teeth without charge.
Tho sea dog loves his bark. Did you ever see a dog that didn't ?
The bark of a tree is unlike thc bark ofa dog.    Even a dogwood know this. Dogs arc not always kind, though tbere are many kinds of dogs.
Evory dog has his day, although dog
days*laet-but a-few weeks'in the-year*
There must be a Sirius error here.
The doa   star is   tho dogs' planet.
They planet so that their days come
wliilo the star is in the sky.
They do not fear it. It is not a Skye terrier.
Whon a dog enters a pitched battle he uses the dog's 'tar.
Brutus said, "I bad rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a Roman." He had seen the dogs roarain' around on the bay. Tbey never get over tbe bay. Sea?
A living dog is said to be better than a dead lion. Thero's no lyin' about this, but a dead dog is dog gone bad.
Tray was a good dog, but tres is worse than tbo deuco when it is against you.
Dogs were the original Argonauts. They have nover given over thoir search for the fleas.
The bull dog is a stubborn fellow. Hc is uot easily cowed.
A great many stories about the dog have obtained currency. Tho man who has left a part of his clothing with the dog has cur-rent.    See ?
Puppies aro bom blind. They are not see dogs then.
Thera are many types of dog, in¬ cluding the doguerrotypo.
But perhaps we had better paws here.
Howl this do for tho dog ?—Boston Transcript.
remark. Everywhere it is tbe Bamo way. Go to church—which somo re¬ porters do because they enjoy it—and you aro met with the iacctious lemark, "Well, you have to bo pious onco in a while, don't you ?" Meet a man on thc street car and ho asks you if thero's any sensation afloat. Peoplo don't seem to think that we fellows know anything but "shop." Why don't tbey ask a lawyor out in society if he is look¬ ing for a case, or a doctor whether ba expects somebody will be sick before ho leaves, or a bank cashier what the high¬ est^ pcr cent, is upon first mortgage loans? I can't understand it. We are just Uko other folks and thore aro times, rare, it is sadly truo, when we are not on duty and feel that wo would be glad to enjoy social life just as other people do. But I suppose it always was so and I am too tired and sleepy to try and understand why.—Leaf \from  his Diary.
Tlie Good Old Winters.
In 401 the Black Sea was frozen ov¬ or. In 763 not only the Black Soa, but thc Straits of Dardanelles were frozen over, the snow in some' places rose fifty feet high. In 822 tho great rivcrB of Europe, the Danube, the Elbe, &e., were so hard frozen as* to bear heavy wagons for a month. In 860 thc Adriatic was frozen. In 901 every¬ thing was frozen, the crops totally fail¬ ed, and famine and pestilence closed the year. Iu 1067 most of the travel¬ ers in Germany wore frozen to death on tho roads. In 1134 the Po was frozen from Cremona to the sea; tho wine sacks wero burst, and tbe trees split by the action of tbo frost, with immense noise. In 1836 the Danube was frozen to the bottom, and remain¬ ed long in that state. In 1316 the crops wholly failed in Germanyjwheat, wliich somo years boforo sold in Eng¬ land at 6s, the quarter, roso to £2. In 136§"the crops tailecTin Scotland, and such a famine ensued tbat tbe poor wero reduced to feed on grass, and many perished miserably in the fields. Tho successive winters in of 1432-44 wero uncommonly severe. In 1368 tho wino distributed to the soldiers waa cut with hatchets. In 1683 it was ex¬ cessively cold. Most of the hollies were killed. In 1303 occurred the cold winter; the frost penetrated the earth threo yards into tbo ground. In 1716 booths wero erected on tbe Thames. Iu 1744 and 1745 tho strongest ale in England, exposed to tho air, was cov¬ ered in less, thau fifteen minutes with ice an eighth of au inoh thick. In 1809 and in 1812 the winter was remarka¬ bly cold. In 1814 there was a fair on the frozen Thames.—Hunt's Mer¬ chant's Magazine.
Highly interesting experiments with? a newly discovered mineral essence took place lately at the laboratory oftho eminent Parisian analytical chemist, M. Wuertz, in tho presenco of several members of tbo Academic des Sciences., Having filled a lamp witb the liquid in question and ignited tbe wick, M. Kor- dig, tho discoverer ofthe essence, tossed tbo lighted lamps-up against the coiling, besprinkling tho bystanders as well as himself with the flaming fluid, which, however, to the astonishment of all prea- en, proved utterly devoid of heat or. burning capacity. Ho tben soaked his pocket-handkerchief in the essence and set it ou fire; tho essence burnt itself out, but the handkerchief remained un¬ injured, as did bis bat after subjection to a similar trial. Then MM. Wuertz, Dumas and Friodel plunged their hands into a pan filled with the burning liquid, withdrawing them with their fingers alight, like so many thick jets of gas. They experienced no sensation of heat
Woes of the Reporter.
Well, another week has gone by in
about thc usual way.   I've been won¬ dering lately why somo pcopie don't
know any more than they do; why
tbey will persist  in talking "shop" to
one of tho fellows every time thoy meet
ns in society.   Now, I am not auham
ed qf my business, which, I think, re- whatsoever upon the skin surface thus
1 apparently in a stato of active combus¬ tion. Other experiments followed of an equally wonderful nature, conclusively demonstrating that tho Kordig essence? is capable of producing light without beat. AU that is at present kuown of its special physical characteristics seems to be that it is a thin and colorless oil evaporating witb great rapidity.' Its discoverer proposes to adapt it to general domestic uso for lighting purposes, its chief recommendation being absolute harmlessness, for it is ineapablo of ex- ploding.and may bo poured while burn¬ ing upon the most delicate textile fabrio without tho least i.sk of igniting thg, substance.
quires a considerable amount of brains. Tho other night I went ont for a little while to a sort of social gathering, and had'nt got into the parlor before  a
young lady Bimpered, "Oh, Mr. ,
you ain't going to put us in the paper are you ?" I had a big notion to say something bad but I didn't. Then go to some public exhibition, and overy acquaintance I meet says, "Well, are you getting all down ?" sir, "got some¬ thing to writo up, haven't you?" "I s'6poso yon fellows get into all shows for- nothing" or somo other equally flat
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