The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-09-21
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Japhet in search .iif' 81 father I'd; did no,
evince more deep concern than doe.
our esteemed contemporary Of the Rich.
mond Enquirer to find name for the
party ip Virginia opposed to RadicaIism.
Forgetting that SO roso by any other
name would Smeil az sweet, !" our icons
temporary, day in aud day out, from
early morn to devy eve, cries out /: "Give
1t name; and let that, name.be-Dem.-
ocrat. Nothing else, can be 50 potent.
1t Is name above every other name
earthly. It is talismanic. It rallies the
million. Il Is tho sure augury Of success.
In this sign We conquer. Oh l'lst tho
Virginia STRIPPING, although not the
hrst born among many brethren, be
Embellishments. 1t is such a good
name such grand name. It is hal.
lowed by SO many glorious associations.
1t is redolent of the times. whom the
Virginia Democracy made Presidents
and controlled the country. Let not
this great historic name dio out of the
Old Dominion" These are tho views
of the Enquirer, though We may not
have clothed its thoughts in language
worthy of its daily theme. Having
never worshipped, in old party times,
at the same shrine with the Enquirer,
We may not be able to appreciate its
love for tho old name, nor feel the same
degree of admiration for it. But VIC
havo no lingering prejudices against il.
Every vestige of that feeling long since
died out OF our heart. Nothing remains
to remind US Of former conflicts. Even
tue old scars have been cffaoed. We are
willing to be called by any namo, aud
what is more, would adopt any that
could best serve the great purpose of
rallying the friends Of constitutional
government and individual liberty
against the spoiler that has we'll nigh
deprived us Of all that was good and
praiseworthy in the government of our
fathers framed. But we have very
good name now, and are getting on very
well. Our people are satisfied. They
think that conservative" expresses all
that our party in its organization aimed
at. 1t means tho abandonment of all
the old party names and the obliteration
of old party lines for the higher
and nobler purpose of securing
q thorough fusion of all who are
opposed to tho Jacobinism Of the mod
ern Republican party. We have had
no Democratic party in Virginia since
1861, and we can see no more necessity
Tor adopting the name now than there
would have been in the midst of the
war. The people do not demand it and
our interests do not require it. In
truth, those to'whom VIC have looked
as our natural allies in the North-the
mon who arc there struggling for con-
stitutional government and reform in
the administration Of our national affairs
not only refrain from asking us to
id IDENTIFY ourselves with them in name
but beseech It's not to embarrass them
This is the advice Of the Now York
World, tho leading Democratic journal
in the North. They are certain to have
our sympathy at present, with the as
surance that in due time VIC will be
found arraycd with them in the strug.
gle to overthrow the common enemy.
What then, We ask, is the use of all
this uproar that tho Enquirer Is making
about Democracy? Why is it not con.
tent to acquiesce in the Judgment of the
Conservative Press Of the State, not one
of which, il We except two or three sore.
headed ones, desire a change Of namc or
policy at present? We have enough
to do to fight our own battles with tho
Radical party on our own soil Let us
not reform our lines, repudiate our lea
ders, or change our war.cry, which is
"Conservative," until NO shall have
routed and vanquished the encmy that
is Immediately in our front. Ii there is
anything in name, we have good ono
already, which serves our purposes
quite. Let us Herewith bo content
for the present at least.