The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-07-14

will revive industry and enterprise; capital and
immigration will flow into our borders; en-
ployments will be diversified; profits increased,
wages made compensative; wealth will accu-
mulate cities, towns and villages multiply /;
manufactures and the mechanic arts, schools,
colleres and churches will attest a great, a
growing. q prosperous, an enlightened and hap
nv Christian people and universal suffrage, no
longer a rod of oppression, will become a staff
of strength and support to great and glorious
Commonwealth.
The platform of this party, while it is historl-
callv true, burics the issues of the past, and
deals fairly, faithfully and wisely with the vital
practical questions of the living present. 1t
peoplc of South Carolina, and holds out to them,
for the first time, the olive branch of peace. 1t
nroposes a fair trial, and in the only form in
which fair trial may be had of the expert
mcnt of universal suffrage, under the most
dificult of all circumstances. If accepted by
the people. the experiment will have proved
the triumphant success of great principle,
and VIC will have demonstrated our capacity to
cmancipate ourselves from the thraldom OF
prejudice, ignorance and corruption, and to ex-
ercise wisely and well that great privilege OF
the freeman sclf-government. But ifrcjected
ours is a sure progress of ruin and decay, of
vice and corruption. and, in the end, almost
inevitably a violent and bloody solution of the
orcat problem which we had not the wisdom
and the virtue to determine upon just, liberal
and enlightened principles. May Almighty
God. who rules and governs the affairs of ma
tions as of men, guide YOU to right conclusions
ON these momcntous issues Where such vital
issucs arc AT stake, it matters little who bears
the standard of the party, since our motto is
prc-eminently principles, not men," but we
are most fortunate in being able to present to
YOU as our candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, two gentlemen who COM
bine and represent, most happily, those ideas
of harmony and union which constitute the
enlarged catholicity, the symmetry and pro-
prictv of the movement. The Hon. X. Is. Car
pcnter stands before you as native of New
England, trained and educated in Kentucky,
prominent member of the Bar before the war,
and consistent and earnest Union Rcpubli-
can throughout that memorable struggle, and
at the present moment. He stands before you
as a man who has laid aside the judicial robe
which he has gracefully and ably worn for the
last two wears. as the champion of justice so
faithfully and honorably administered, as to
subdue all prejudice and elicit the united plau-.
dts of that august and imposing hierarchy of
talent and character. the Bar of Charleston, and
of the people of that enlightened and venerable
city. without distinction of race or party. A
leading Republican, he has honorablv borne
the honors of his party, from the organization
of the new State Government to the present
time, without fear and without rcproach. Able,
Jealous and competent, he has stood forth cmi-
ncntly as a champion for the fame and honor
of the Republican party, against the prejudice
and corruption which have degraded 1t IN
South Carolina.
The Hon. VI. c. Butler, our candidate for
Licutenant- Governor, hears name honorable
and distinguished in the annals of American
history from the days of the Revolution. a
name that numbers its distinguished warriors
and statesmen its martyrs to the cause OF
American freedom and the honor of the flag OF
the country, as well rs to that of the Lost
Cause" to which he attcsted the sincerity of
his devotion, bv giving to it his labors his for
tunes and his blood. Himself not the least
distinguished of his noble race, young, liberal,
enlightened and talented blending most hap
pilv the prestige of the past with the progress
of the present and the hopes of the future; he
is, all things considered, a most fit and proper
representative man of young Carolina. Placed
before the people, as the unanimous nominee
of the colorcd delegates in the Convention, and
accepted by that body with acclamation and
unanimity, he concentrates to himself the con-
tidcnce and esteem of all the good people.
To the support of this ticket, men of Carroll
ma, we most earnestly invite you in the name
of that union and harmony which promises to
our stricken, bleeding, suffering people, so
much of happiness and prosperity in apcace-
full future Adopted by the committee.
j. B. KERSHAW, Chairman.
+. w. SEIBEIs, Secretary.
ColumJia, July E, 1870.