The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-27
The Way to Win.

The political campaign has opened, the
Union Reform candidates are already In
the field, and the State may expect to be-
held, between this and the end Of Octo-
Der, as exciting and as important can
vass as ever engaged the hopes and sym.
na,hics Of a people. On the one side will
be ranged the enemies Of coed govern.
ment, the retainers Of the Ring, the venal
politicians who have added milliorsto the
State debt and have filed their own pock'
cts while cmptying the pockets of their
so.cal!ed fellow.citizens. On the other
side will stand the intelligence, the worth,
the honesty and the decency Of South
Caro!ina-all leagued together for the
one great purpose Of obtaining State
Government which shall make life and
property secure, and may be handed
down, with becoming pride and conf
dence, to the second and third genera
ton. There is no splitting Of hairs.
The whole canvass is square and fair
contest between honesty and dishonesty,
economy and extravaganza, public purity
and public corruption.
With an organization as thorough as
that Of the Radical Ring, the Union Re-
form party an carry the day but po-
li:ical rabble cannot hold its own against
trained and disciplined forces, the more
especially when the larger ba,talions and
the better discipline are both on the same
side. The Ring count upon the igno-
rance Of their adherents; the Reformers
count upon Intelligence and upon truth.
And the one sure way of exposing the
rascalitics and deceptions Of the Ring,
and Of proving the broad generosity and
enlarged libcrality of the Reform move
ment, is by giving the Union Reformers
arallying point in every precinct and
county in the State,
The formation of Union Reform Clubs
will set discipline against discipline and
organization against organization. 1t will
do more than this. In each precinct the
Reform Club will be the centre around
which may crystalize all the elements
which gives force and life to the Reform
party. And the Clubs will gain rapidly
in strength. When the standard.be
ers Of the party pass through the Safe
they will add hundreds of names to the
roll of the Reform Clubs; every effort,
every speech, every campaign document
will widen their sphere and increase their
usefulness. And without Reform Clubs
it will be very difficult to carry on the
campaign. When announcements are
to be made for mass meetings, the Re.
form Clubs should take the matter in
hand. When speakers are appointed
to canvass a district, the Reform Clubs
in the district should spread the news
abroad and make preparations for their
reception. When documents are to be
distributed, the Reform Clubs must do
the work. The clubs, also, will have
the duty Of supervising the voting, so
that no illegal voters may sneakinsly
cast their ballots for the Ring. In
word, the Reform Clubs will bring the
State Executive Committee face to face
with the people. The chain will be un-
broken-begining with the small central
body in Columbia, and spreading out
with increasing strength and thickness
into every corner of the State. By means
of these clubs the whole people will be
joined together; they will feel the touch
of the elbow all along the line.
We hope, then, that steps will at once
be taken for forming Reform Clubs.
The people should form Precinct Clubs,
and from these may be organized Coun-
ty Club. Union has already moved in
this matter, and the rest Of the State
should follow her excellent example. |
With a good cause, with good candidates,
With Reform Club in every township,
with q long pull, strong pull and a
pull together-we can and shall be sue
:essful. Ledger.