The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-20

be tramplcd out under the heel O.
popular progress, but no more ar
rest it's mach than afalling meteor
locks the wheels Of the universe
1t follows that the other alterna
tive must be accepted. Tile aJso
lutte and sharp antagonism JetWee7
the races must be so far overcome az
to enable the good people Of both tt
combine for the purposes Of go00
government.
This is what the Union Reform
party purposes to accomplish tol
tho State, 1t has already been
demonstrated that this antagon'
ism Of races is as unnatural as il
is pernicious in it's effects. Its
flames are fed and famed by in.
cendiaries, who, demon-like, can
only live in its baleful fires. The
fuel upon which it feeds is the de-
nial of the legal status of the col
ored race as citizens. Eliminate
this point from the politics Of the
day, and there remains no just
cause of difference between the
races. Their interests will then
be identified at all points: the peo-
pie will be united; harmony and
peace will prevail tho demagogue
and the trickster will be rendered
powerless all economical, honest
and competent government will
revive industry and enterprise
capital and immigration will flow
into our borders; employments
will bo diversified; profits in
creased; wages made compensa-
tive; wealth will accumulate;
cities, towns and villages multi
ply; manufactures and the me-
chanic arts, schools, colleges and
churches will attest a great, a
growing, a prosperous, an enlight-
ened and happy Christian people ;
and universal suffrage, no longer
a rod Of oppression, will become a
staff Of strength and support to a
great and glorious commonwealth.
The platform of this party,
while it is historically true, buries
the issues of the past, and deals
fairly, faithfully and wisely with
the vital, practical questions. of
the living present. 1t presents
the only possible basis Of union to
the people Of South Carolina, and
holds out to them for the first
time the olive branch Of peace. 1t
proposes a fair trial, and in the
only form in which a fair trial
may be had, Of the experiment Of
universal suffrage, under the most
difficult Of all circumstances. If
accepted By the people, the OK
pertinent will have proved the
triumphant success of q great
principle, and we will have do
our capacity to eman-
cipate ourselves from the thral-
dom Of prejudice, ignorance and
corruption, and to exercise wisely
and we'll that great privilege Of
the acknowledgements
But if rejected, ours is sure pro-
gross of ruin and decay, of vice
and corruption, and, in the end,
almost inevitably q violent aad
bloody solution Of the great pro-
blem which we had not tho wis
dom and the virtue to determine
upon just, liberal and enlight-
oned principles. May Almighty
God, who rules and governs
the affairs Of nations and Of men,
guide you to right conclusions
on these momentus issuesl Where
such vital interests are at stake,
it matters little who bears the
standard Of the party, since our
motto is prc-eminently, "princi-
pies, not men; but We are most
fortunate in being able to present
to you as our candidates for Gov
crnor and Lieutenant Governor
two gentlemen who combine and
represent most happily those ideas
Of harmony and union which con-
stitute the enlarged catholicity,
the symmetry and propriety ofthe
The Hon. r. B. Car
penter stands before you as a
native Of New England, trained
and educated in Kentucky, a
prominent member Of the Bar te-
fore the war, and a consistent and
earnest Union Republican through
out that memorable struggle, and
at the present moment. Hestands
before you as a man who has laid
aside the judicial robe, which be
has gracefully and ably worn Tor
the last two years, as the cham
pion of justice SO faithfully and
honorably administered ss to Sub
due all prejudice and elicit the
united plaudits of that gust and
hierachy of talent and
character, the Bar of Charleston,
and of tho people Of that enli ght-
ened and venerable city, without
distinction Of race or party. A
eadiug Republican, he has hon
orably borne tho honors OF his
party from the organization of
,he now State government to :he
present time without fear and
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