The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-12

Thuraday Mornlng, nov. z. Iasse.
The South Oaroiina DelnosTaoy.

VAe scum aOArotine Deinpprncy, Il
Most heartily do we congratulate
the Democratic party of South Caro-
lima .upon the result of the canvass in
this State. The full and complete
returns OF the election have not yet
reached US, but enough is known to
establish the fact that We have elected
two ont Of the four Congressman, and
fallen only q few thonsand short of
carrying the State for the candidates
of the National Democracy. f,A'
Ever since the Democratic party of
South Carolina was organized in
April ia.sst i:.sst; it has been steadily In
creasing its influence and adding to
its successes. Step byiSstep it is
marching on tothe attainment of its
Legitimate. aspiration. Based upon
wise and just and equitable princi-
pies, providing for the.rights of all
classes of the people. it will ere long
command the uhwavering support of
amaiofity of the voting population
of South Carolina. In the, meantime,
let the party remain loyal to its
standards. 2 Other fields will soon
invite us to new battles. We stand
in the shadow of defeat. but we stand
undismayed. We remain resolute.
firm and hopeful. The pride of
good and gallant fights ours. The
ardor of young and growing party
is ours. From the nettle defeat we
intend to pluck the flower of future
victory. And we echo the sentiment
that "a beaten Democracy is q nobler
thing than q triumphant radicalism.
Preserving its organization, re-
naming true to its principles, let our
party now bend every energy to the
industrial regeneration of the State.
Let our people go brayely to work.
Beck to have peace. Seek to invite
immigration and capital. Look to
the mechanic and manufacturing arts.
Stir the soil and make it bring forth
its ample fruits. Dignity and enno-
BILE labor and make honest toll in all
its forms honorable. Let wealth
come to help us in our poverty and in
our politics. Better than logic, bet
ter thnn rhetoric, is material deve-
lopment when a State policy is to be
affected and mated, ar
Nor think that in the national can
rass all has been lost The Demo-
oraticicandidate received, perhaps, q
larger popular,vote than his Presi-
Dental opponent, and larger gains
have been made in the United States
House of Representatives. Against
gigantic odds, the National Democra-
cy fought in the late struggle. The
weapons Of passion, prejudice, mis-
representation and fraud were freely
used against us. The wealth of the
bond-holder was poured into the
treasury of the radical party. Sixty
thousand office-holders were against
us. The army was against us. All
the officers of the National Govern
ment, except it's powerless chief,
welded thcir influence against lis.
fNearly half million of negroes
voted against MS. and three quarters
Of million of white voters have
been disfranchised. Yet. under these
disadvantages, the National Demo
cracy made noble fight and deye-
loped vast power. That power re-
mains. The party will yet prevail.
at least it viii fight for the control,
by tlIe ballot, of the Government, as
long as there is a Government to pre-
serve. We refer, in conclusion, to
an extract from the New York World
which has carried high and far the
banner of the National Democracy:
''It is not merely as the represen-
tative of beaten party, pouring oil
upon their wounds, therefore, That
we vindicate in this the very crisis of
our misfortune, and as We believe of
the conntry's calamity, the ardor and
the courage, but the desperateness,
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