The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-09

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this generation and its vexatious, temporary
and accidental local issues shall have passed
away.
Let no man deceive himself. The thought
of revolutionizing public sentiment on this
subject by moral forces,is the bllndest and
most impotent faulty. That Of eradlcating 1t
from our system by force Of arms, would be
more than madness and folly-it would be
wIckedness Either movement would begin
without hope, and terminate in despair. Its
advocates would be trampled ont under the
heel of popular progress, but no more arrest
Its march than falling meteor locks the
wheels of the universe.
1t follows that the other alternative must be
accepted. The absolute and sharp dntagonism
bet,oee the races must be so far ouercon1e, as to
enable the good people of both to combine for
the purposes Of good government
This is what the Union Reform party of
South Carolina proposes to accomplish for the
State. It has already been demonstrated that
this antagonism ofraces Is as unnatural as 1t
is pernicious in Its effects. Its flames are fed
and famed by incendiarles, who, demon-like,
can only live in its baleful fires. The fuelupon
which it feeds is the denial Of the legal stdtas
of the colored race as citizens. Elimi-
nate this point from the politics OF
the day. and there remains no just cause Of
difference between the races. Their interests
will then be Identical at all points; the. people
will be united; harmony and peace will pre-
vail; the demagogue and the trickster Will be
rendered powerless; an economical, honest
and competent government will revive indus
try and enterprise; capital and immigration
will flow into our borders; employments will
be diversified; profits increased; wages made
compensative; wealth will accumulate; cities,
towns and villages multiply; manufactures and
the mechanic arts, schools, colleges and
churches, will attest great, growing, a
prosperous, an enlightened and happy Chris
tian people; and universal suffrage, no longer
rod Of oppression, will become staff of.
strength and support to great and glorious
Commonwealth.
The platform of this party. while 1t Is histori-
cally 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, ani holds out to
them, for the first time, the Give branch Of
peace. ltproposes 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. faccepted
by the people, the experiment will have proved
the triumphant. success of great principle, and
we will have demonstrated our capacity to
emancIpate ourselves from the thraldom Of pre-
judlce, Ignorance and corruption, and to exercise
wisely and well that great privilege Of the free
sel:government. But ifrejected, ours is
sure progress ofruin and decay, of vice and
corruption, and In the end, aim ost inevitably
violent and bloody solution OF the great prob
lem, which we had not the wisdom and the
virtue to determine upon just, liberal and en-
lichtened nrinelples. May Almighty God, who
rules and governs the affairs OF nltlons as Of
men, guide you to right conclusions on these
momentous issues
Where such vital Issues are at stake, 1t mat
tiers little who bears the standard Of the party,
since our motto is, pre-emlnently, ''prlnciples,
not men," but we are most fortunate In being
enabled to present to you as our candidates for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor two gen.
tlemen who combine and represent, most hap
PLY, those ideas Of harmony and union which
constitute the enlarged cathollcity, the symme-
t-y and propriety Of the movement.
The Hon. R. B. Carpenter stands before you
as q native Of New England, trained and edu-
Gated In Kentucky, prominent member OF
the bar before the war, and consistent and
earnest Union Republican throughout that
memorable struggle. and at the present mo-
ment He stands before you as o man who
has laid aside the judicial robe, which he
has gracefully and ably worn for the last
two years; as the champion Of Justice, so
faithfully and honorably administered as
I'd subdue all prejudice and elicit the united
plaudits Of that august and Imposing hierarchy
of talent and character, the Bar of Charleston,
and of the people oil that enlightened and
venerable city, without distinction of race or
party. A leading Republican, he has honor
ably borne the honors Of his party, from the
organization of the now State Government to
the present time, without fear and Without
reproach Able, Jealous AID competent, he
has stood forth eminently rs a champion for
the fame and honor OF the Republican party,
against the prejudice and corruption which
have degraded it IN South Carolina.
The Hon. N. G.. Butler, our candidate for
Lieutenant-G Governor, bears name honorable
and distinguished In the annals OF American
history, from the days of the reVolutlon-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 as to that of the Lost
Cause, to which he attested the sincerity of
his devotion, by giving to 1t his labors, his
fortunes and his blood. Himself, not the least
distinguished Of his noble race, young. liberal,
enlightened and talented, blending most hap
pily the prestige of the past with the progress
of the present and the hopes Of the future, he
is, all things considered, most fit and
proper representative man of Young Carolina.
Placed before the people as the unanimous
nominee OF the colored delegates In the Con-
ventlon, and accepted by that body with accla-
nation and unanimty, he concentrates to him
self the confidence and esteem Of all the good
people.
To the support Of this ticket, men of Caro-
J;no n,o,t arnnat1r In vii q unu in thn nomp