Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-10-03
The Mercury and the South carolinlar

inc tUFOttHiUHt lUCtS Stdtcu uhSutlSilCtOIy
authority have been disputed, but not dis
proved. We will only give from, the last
Learchworh Joamdi a apaperonc of whose
editors is lbzan,J Rice, u South Carolinir
an, the following extracts; showing that
the pros slavery organization has been aban-
doned for the Democratic. 1t is printed
H'cTdtini 1:
"Attempt to disguise, eyade, avoid,
shuttle off the issue,as they may, ThERE Is
DUr ONE ISSUE. We have said before
there is but one issue in the election for
Delegate in October. We again repeat
it, and the PEOPLE of Kansas know it.
"That issue is Domocracy--mt im
It's ims-imtional its views--national im
its tendencies opposed to rampant disor-
&anization--- -run mad Aboiitionsln, and
inecndiafisnt and rcvolutionisni of the
blaclScst aud foulcst dye"
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Men who have been National Demo
cruts in Muincamd Massachusetts, in Gcor-
ga or South Carolina, can and will vote for
Ransom. He is no sectional candidatc.--
He was nominated MS ITO sectional man. lie
accepted tho nomination. not as.such. He
stands upon wide and a firm platform,
and that platform is Democracy.
In regard to the origin of the Democratic
party in South Carolina, wc will say few
words. Wehayc before us a pamphlet of
" Proceedings Of the Democratic State Con
vcntion, composed of Delegates from the
several Districts and Parishes of the State
Of South Caroliua, assembled at Columbia,
on the I'D May, lS43. Columbia; Pnut-
ed at the South Carolinian Office"
1T commences
In pursuance of resolutions adopted by
the people of the respective districts and
parishes of the State, the delegates appoint
cd to meet i'll General Convention ab Co
lumbia, assembled in the House of Repre-
sentativcs, at II o'clock, on Monday, 22d
May, 1S43, and were organized in Conven-
ton, on motion of T. III Elmoro, that the
Hon. w j. Hanna be called to the chair,
and James simons, Esq, be requested to
act as secretary. The delcgntcs then at
tended at the secretary desk and recorded
their names as follows"
Here follow the names of Ill delegates
representing the several districts and par
ishes.
The convention was organized, and an
address Unanimously adopted, to- tho
Democratic Republican party of the Uni
ted States, lin which it is distinctly stated
that all important points relating to the
General Convention were scttled--no OBJ
jecten was made to the principle, or rather
policy of such convention--but only two
points as remaining in reality unsettled
the number of delegates to be appointed
I'll i-tt ,nl Il Al ~.
In the address of the Committee of Twen-
ty-Onc, presented by Col. 7. N. Dawkins,
recommendations are made as to tho NUM-;
Der OF delegates and mode of voting, and
in conclusion, the following recognition of
the Democratic Republican party or Ma.
tional Democratic party is distinctly given:
4" We have now declared our views cx-
plicitly and frankly on the points in iela-
tion to the Convention, which, as we be-
lieyo, rcnnincd unsettled by the public
voice. Dur object is not to throw lificul-
ties in the way of General Convention.
nor to distract or divide OUR COMMON PAR.
TY. II is the reverse, to harmonic and
unite, &c,
Gen. Buchanan's n's.rcport from the Com
mittec of Eifteenwas unanimously adopted,
"tlat this Convention concurs with the
Democratic Republican party in the States
OF Maryland, Massachusetts,, Rhele Island,
&c.; &e., in the appointment of a General
Convention to assemble at Baltimore, in
May, 1874"
The Convention recognized the Demo
cratic Republican party by going into
ballot and eleeting Coils. EImore aud picl-
ems to represent in it the State at large.
Hthis were not the origin of the Natior-
al Democratic party in South Carolina,
'our common party as the Committee
called it, We know not the meaning of the
term.
In the fall after this Convention, Mr..
Calhoun came out against the mode Of or
ganizadon, of the Baltimore Convention.
and his name was withdrawn as caudi-
date before it. Under his influence the
districts became Indifferent to il and seut
no delegates But upon the great Texas
question coming UP, Mr.. Calhoun wrote to
Messrs. Elmore and Piekens, and urged
them 10 So to tho Baltimore Convention,
which they did do; and though not at first
taking part in the proceedings, Vet wept
IN and spoke in approval Of the nomination.
of Mr. Polk. They came home and cot
mp meetings to ratify the nomination, ana
Sonth Carolina ehterod into tho canvass
for President and Vice pfcsilcnt.$
We refer the MefcVrY 10 The SimDIleb
alluded ta for tlle names Of tIie prosntpeut
state flights Democrats of the present
hour, who constituted the Democratic Con.
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