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time for urging the question Of distsibaio6 before
the people. Is There Is no organized opposition"
he continues, Ito the Democratic party--inased,
there is but one party at the South. No harm can
come of discussion Of this question. If a candi-
date were to place himself before the people for
Governor this ssue in the old asAioaed ssay, BE-
fore caucuses scere inrented, what matters it.? A
Democrat would be elected any way. For my own
part ] wish some practical farmer, Democrat,
would take this issue in hand aud appeal to the peo
PIE upon it
Observe the caution, the adroitness with.which
Mr.. McRae approaches the main point, that Of pla-
cling disorganizer in the field, for GOVERNOR
There is organized opposition" be says, tosthe
Democratic party of the State How does he know
thatP Depend upon it there Is opposition, wheth
er organized or not. Twelve months ago we know
it s0as organized. and not only organized but ss0or
to oppose Democracy in every shape and FORM
Does Nj. McRae expect to convince the people that
the Know Nothings Of this State, who polled last
year nearly fifty thousand votes, have abandoned
their principles, given up their organization, or
joined the Democrats? q. .-.,a .tr..-,-
No HARM" he says, "can come of discussion
Of this question" What good can come oft? Has
not the State repeatedly voted against it? Did not
Mr.. McRae himself take strong ground against it in
1852, when President of the Democratic State
Convention he declared that /" in ederalp politics
hold fast to and stand upon the ancient and time
honored landmarks of Demoeracy?" Why vex the
public ear and disturb the people with. an issue
which has long been settleds Who has called for
this discussion ?" The peoplea No. Mr.. McRae
has called for it. The people have not moved at all
| in the matter .... ...-.. .s.-
But let US get little to the main point.
eff candidate were to place himself before the peo
pie for Governor this issue, In tho old fashioned
soay before caueuses iarente ohat matters itf
There it is. These Conventions Of the Democracy
-" caucuses" Mr.. McRae calls them-have been dan.
gereus bodies, at least since he presided
one in 1852 The " old fashioned" independ-
ent way is the best. So says Mr. Syme, and so says
"Sam" Mr. Syme, in the Register Of the 7th No
vember, very kindly warns the next Democratic
State Convention against inserting " that abomina-
BILE ant-distribution plank in their PLATFORM and
emphatically tells them that if they do so some
patriotic Democrat, whose feelings right about
this, and who has pluck enough to say what he
feels, in defiance Of party madness and tyranny will
speak out and put himself in the field in oppesi
tion" How pleasant it is to see brethren welling
together in unity" OF course Mr.. Syme has become
a Democrat he has come over to Mr.. McRae and
produced this :" unity"-ths concord of 'old-fash.
| Toned, anti-caucus, distribution sounds. Mr.. Nc
Rae cannot certainly have gone to him, for he
still claims to be good Democrat in the oldfash
| toned way, before caucuses we're invented" And
| what does SAM say? Sam" turns over IN his
culvert, knocks the ashes from his dark-lantern,
and says ''good!" The only objection, however,
which Sam" has to caucuses is, that the members
are not s,eorn, as they are when they meet under
| his auspices. 50 -
Mr. McRae wants some practical farmer" to take
the field for Governor on this issue in the old fash
toned way" That is just what Z" Sam" told us when
Mr.. Shepard for Congress against Mr. Branch,
| and Mr.. Reid ran against Mr.. Wnslow. But the
people thought and voted otherwise.
"Independent" candidates and "independent"
newspapers called, are of all candidates and all
newspapers the most dependent. Boosting of their
independence of party, they compelled to re-
| " for support upon every faction and ism which
promises temporary strength ultimate Success
Pledged to all parties and to all sms. no party can
depend upon them and the people, whom they essay
to cajoe for their votes forgotten as soon as the
election passes by. Parties are indispensable in
all free governments Every public man who is
useful, is a member of some party and as soon
as he sets up for himself and becomes "indepen-
dent" he ceases to be useful No public man can
serve two parties. He must either be Democrat or
| a co-operator with the opposition, no matter by
| what name the opposition may be known. If he
makes upon the principles or upon the organ-
cation Of his party, he at once to be of that
! party. We state facts obvious to every one. Like
begets like, like assmilates to like. No man can be
Democrat and at the same time publicly and openly
advocate federal issue and endeavor to under.
mine and overturn the usagcs and the organization
of the party. Distribution is as much federal is
sue as Bank or Tariff, or internal improvements by
the general government. 1t is link in the chain of
Mr.. Clays "American system" doctrine,-it is q
proposition in disguise to assume the debts of the
| States and render them dependents on federal
bounty.
These are our opinions, freely and plainly given.
We expect to maintain them now and hereafter
We have been contending for them through the COL
umns of this Journal for than fourteen years,
and we will never surrender them. .!-.. j.
| SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED STATES SENAroR-Ex-
Governor James H. Hammond was, on Monday, on
the third ballot, elected u S. Senator by the Legs
lature Of South Carolina. The following is the vote
Hammond, s5; Pckens, SO; Dargan, 8; Barnwell,
2; Memminger, /; Allston, 3; D. E.. Treville, I !;
Chestnut, l !; Blank, 4. Hammonds majority over
Pickens, 26; over ALL -.
The Columbia Times says that Gov. Hammond is
"a Of very considerable political ability, and is
understood to be States Rights Democrat Of the
srictes Sort He has successfully filled the positions