Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-24


e and when they go home they will prosecute
r the canvass in good faith, upon the principles
( enunciated at the convention. Concert among
: ourselves, with the aid of the conservative men
, at the North, may enable us to save constitu-
r tional union; if that cannot be preserved, it
will enable US to save ourselves and our insti-
tutions. Are we alone to have unoccupied
seats, when such grave matters are to be de-
cided by the Cincinnati Convention
Suppose the Democracy of this State should
decide not to send delegates, and the other
J States of the South should follow her example,
! who would be voted for? Could the party,
cven at the South, without some concert, which
could only be secured by meeting rally upon
the same man? No well-informed person
would venture an affirmative answer; what
would be the result? The Democratic party
would certainly be defeated, and the Know
Nothing, or Black Republican party, would
as certainly be successful. Our policy, then,
would inevitably bring upon us defeat; and if
we are to be saved from Freesoil President,
it is only to be done by the party in the other
States assembling and making nomination in
which we refuse to participate. Even those
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but IL violates the "tlme-honored polcy OF
the State, " say the obicctors That may be
."c' ana YET S'i0uIo De o' 'l'''c consequence
IN { acc'otns our course now Inc "o'V'nc
risn' % h'"Ss 70 lule 'ie PeoP'c was eou'e'
cratcu py '''e lapse OF cehturics ana II lhat
had been conclusive Of the question, our 1afh-
ers were guilty OF a grave ohcnco when they
announced the plcbcian doctrine, that the peo.
pie had the right To govern themselves and
make their own laws ltmay be wise to wear
cloak to-day, AMI very foolish Tomorrow, and
yet involve no Inconsistency Ii is much cas-
Ter to assert the existence Of the practice than
oprove ITS wlsdcm We have persisted In 1t
for fifteen years, and have made no converts
by preccps or example -lH the other States
IN the Union "oie send delegates to National
Conventions. There Is no party, that L have
any knowledge of, or fragment of any party,
tnat opposes tiiat plan OF asccrtainins the voice
o, Tue party IN sei!ec'ing Sc! caHo'oa'es lor the
!eSiuency "nu wee rresiuency however
WISE anu ueiens''le our oP,nlohS may nave
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Inc long and well dehned usage OF the De-
mocratic party gives US the privilege OF voice
IN nominating candidates. but we have mere
totore refused It, desire to see South Caro-
lima now exercise 1t. desire to see our dele
gates there, controlling, to the extent of their
votes and intelligence, the nomination and
platform. am tired, heartily tired, of seeing
the delegetes of the other States determining
whom we shall vote for, unless we have an
equal voice in the selection If we have de-
MED the right of uniting with them, we would
complain OF 1t as an unDearaple grievance;
and yet our voluntary refusal works just as
great practlcal INJURY Since lo4o, we nave
invariably voted tor their nominee, and YET,
during all that time, have had no agency IN
determining whom he should be, or what
should be the platform In the future, we will
most likely vote for the nominee; even an OBJ
jectionable Democrat will Be taken as choice
of evils, before Wing, Know Nothing, or
Black Republican, because he will more near
ly represent your political opinions than either
OF them Our delegation might defeat an OBJ
Jcctlonab'c man and secure good one; in such
a contingency, would we have acted Justly to
the Democratic party OF the Union, who have