The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-30
CH ARL E S TON.
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 80, 1869.
The state Elections.

from the County Of Kershsw.z In Aobevllle
the Anti Radical candidate will, we hope.
be triumphantly elected; and in Kershaw,
and even in Sumter, the opponents OF
Radical corruption may, if they work
Alright, succeed in electing competent and
decent men.
The Radical candidates are already cho.
sen, if not yet in the field, and it may
safely be assumed that they are creatures
of the same, stamp as those nominated by
the Radical coteries at the last elections,
and obediently elected by their dupes, the
colored people. It is but fair to judge the
Radicals by their actions, rather than by
their high-sOunding professions. There is
no impropriety in making the deed the in
terpreter of the word; and, according to
this standard, the Radicals in this State
have never desired to FILL the public Offices
with persons who were qualified to perform
properly the duties entrusted to them; nor
have they ever attempted to give the State
government which should be at once able,
diguifed and honest. As they were at the
beginning, and as they are now, 80 will they
he to the end. Their whole policy is q
party policy applied to furthering personal
interests. Tneir government is party
government. carried on for the benefit Of
the party Leaders; and whenever the party
interest-thst il, the interest Of the Rad
ical ring-is opposed to the public interest,
as it has been evsr since the Radicals came
into power, the public good is sacrificed and
abandoned without moments hesitation.
And while the whole State has been
MANNED and wounded, the masses Of the
colored people have gained nothing by two
years of Radical rule. A number Of oolored
men, in one way and another, have been
put in Office; and we do not hesitate to say
that the colored Radical officials are far
more respectable and trustworthy than their
white Radical colleagues. Nor do We blame
the colored people for Selling every oppor-
tunity Of elevsting themselves to positions
which not long ago were as FAR beyond them
as the mountain peak is above the broad
and level plain. What had been impossible
became possible, and is; and it is not
strange that the freedmen desired to
prove the fact by eagerly accepting every
position that the white Radicals doled ou t
to them. Moreover, the oolored Office
holders do represent largely the raw mate
rial Of labor, the crude productive force.
The white Radica. officials represent them
selves alone. But the novelty is wearing
of, and the oolored people are not as crazy
to tack some Official title to their name as
they were year ago. A class will cling
to the poor sweets of Official life as long as
they can't is their trade; but the masses
begin to understand, what the whites have
always known, that no State can prosper
unless it has government which COM
msuds respect, aud officials who have tai.
ent and experience, as we'll as the wisato
do what is proper. The colored Office holders
have fallen under the influence Of the white
Radicals; their constituents gain nothing
from the government but excessive taxa
ton; and it Is not surprising that oil those
who live by honest labor, desiring to be
good and faithful citizens, should be inolin- =
ed to cut loose from Rsdicslism and join q
party which will secure to them all the
privileges they now possess, and more than
the freedom that they now enjoy.
This party is the Aati Radical party Of
South Carolina The platform Of the party
is broad and strong. Southern recoustruc-
ton and negro suffrage are recognized as
accomplished facts, and it is-not proposed
to interfere with any right which the col-
ored ncn now have. Here ct once is offered
10 The colored voter ell that his Radical
frient- osu give; and the Anti Radical party
prnm,ss, besides, an honest and economic sl
government, which shall enable trade and
buslurss to flourish, and make the lsLoriDg
classes prosperous and happy. Upon this
platform ths Anti Radicals of Abbeville,
Sumter, Kersbaw and Georgetown oan rally
to their support hundreds OF oolored .votsrs.
and can elect men who will represent all
classes Of the community and strive to re-
trieve the State from the burdens which
press so heavily upon her.
There may be found some men who will
not consent to work with the large m ,jnrry
Of our people upon the Anti Radical plst
form; bu' public opinion in its favor grows
daily mors strong, aud will increase in vol
ums until the strongholds Of Rsdicslism
have ell been swept away. A common
sense submission to the inevitable neoessi
ties Of the situation is the only course
which will save the State from ruin. And
the work should begin without an hours
delay.
TIE Marion Agricultural Society have
called o grand meeting Of the planters and
farmers Of the county, to take place on the
I4th Of October. There will be barbecue