Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-08-12
For the Kco,ccc Courier
10 tsic Good People ofOcOnce and
PlCkcms Counties.

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FELLOW. CITIZENS Il am before you as
candidate to represent you in the House of
Representatives of the United States Con.
gress, and DO most earnestly and respectfully
solicit your votes and support ut the ensuing
election in October L fully realize the re.
spousbility which attaches to tho trust which
l seek at your hands, but if you elect me,
Will bring to the discharge of my duties as a
public servant all the houcsty, industry, and
ability that L possess. / am, fellow. .citizcns,
a native of South Carolina, and was born in
Grcenvlle. My grandfather aud father were
| also natives OF the same State, and reared
large families i'll Grecnvllc. I am dcvotcdy
attached to the land Of my birth, and have
long since resolved, como veal or como woe
to live and die upon my native soil love
the people OF South Carolina, aud for their
welfare and happiness, and for the promotion
OF their best interests, am | ready to spend
aud be spent. La every respect therefore am
identified with South Carolna--in feeling,
in interest, and by birth. am likewise, nv
fellow citizens, dcvotcdly attached to The Con.
stltutlon OF the United States, and the Union
f! or the States thercunder. [ am us lova to
the Unlon as any man III America, whether
be lives III the North or South And am
ready ana willing to support, protect, and de-
lend the Constitution Of the Union, aud laws
made IN pursuance thereof, as the supreme
law OF the land For in the support Of the
Union and the Constitution of the United
States, and IN the maintenance OF the rights
OF the States under that Constitution, can we
alone become prosperous aud happy.
rs was announced to you, when l. first be-
came Il candidate Tor the position ask of YOU,
my principles POLITICALLY arc Dcmocratic-
They arc fixed and well dctincd-und he who
runs may read. | am u Democrat in politics
because believe and always have believed,
that the safety of this Union and the prcscr
walton OF constitutional liberty in this country
depended upon the adoption, by the people of
the United States, of Democratic principlcs,
and the enforcement ot those principlrs in
the administration Of the government of the
United States. The principles of the Demo
cratic party lie deeply imbedded in the Con
T! stitution of the Union, ms was declared by
TIunao Jefferson, tho founder Of the Demo
cratic party, and the great cxpounder of the
Constitution. The principles of the Demo
cratic party arc immortal. Hence tnc Demo
cratic party in the Uuited States and in South
Carolina is the only party which will survive
the passion and prejudice of the hour 1t is
the only party whch fights for tho truth as it
is found in tho Constitution of the United
States. All the evils which the State and
the Southern States, and may say the whole
Union, are enduring to day are the results of
Il departure by the people Of the United States
from the principles of the Democratic party,
namely, the Supremacy of the Constitution of
the United States, and laws made in pursu.
ancc thereof, and the maintenance of the
Rights OF the States guaranteed by that Con
stltution. This is the foundation and corner
| stone of the Democratic party. These, fellow
| citizens, are my principles and cannot aban-
don them. Come what may | cannot forsake
the truth, and | do not believe the good peo.
pie Of Oconec and Pickens will do so either.
"Truth is mighty and will prevail" "rhc
gates of hell shall not prevail against it,
The Constitution OF my country must bc pre-
served The Democratic party is its guar.
dian, and therefore, | am, and ever have been,
a Democrat. Again, fellow citizens, am an
invetcratc, and an avowcd an uncompromising
enemy to Radcalsm wherever it exists, but
| especially to Radicnlisn IN South Carolina.
From Alpha to Omega my principles are dia-
mctrically opposed to the doctrines of the
radical party, and to the unscrupulous assump.
tions and falsehoods Of the Radical party in
| this State. Being an enemy of the radical
party desire to fight it with vigor and sue.
cess desire to deal with it with gloves off,
for only in this way can it be defeated In
the language of the Richmond Daily En-.
guircr declare that the Democratic party is
the only existing organization, and the only
organization likely to exist for some years
that will oppose with efficiency the Radical
party. Those who really wish to oppose the
Radicals with efficiency have no other place
to which they can 60. 1t is folly, or worse,
to play or prejudice founded on antc-war
opposition to tho Democratic party, to justify
opposition to it or a dclusve neutrality
There is not, and there never has bcen, any
party to which some objection cannot be made.
The question is which is to be preferred. We
take it for granted that the great mass Of the
white men of South Carolina now prefer the
Democratic party to the Radical party Nay,
more, that every white man in South CARROLL
ma is an enemy to Radicaism, save those who
have sold themselves for money. Nor do We
seriously doubt that large mass of the more
intelligent and cultivated colored people will
come to prefer tho same party. Let tho or
ganization OF this illustrious party whose his
tory is identified with tho history of the coun
try from the foundation of the present system
of government, be strengthened and made
ready for action at once Delay is hazardous
to say tho least. The enemy is in the fold
gaining present advantages, and buoyant with
hope for the future. Our men must not sit
idle aud alarmed spectators Of tho unscrupu