The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
To the Members Of the Union
Reform Party.

at an early day, and the dissolution o
the party as an organization under.th'
convention Of June last.
Had ,thc party been successful, o.
even SO far supported 10y the colorec
people as to furnish any reasonable
ground Of hope that we might succeed
in the next general election, it woulC
have been emipently wise and proper
to have held together, to labor with
renewed euergy and faith for the re-
demption of the State by the same
u. cans whereby we had reached such
encouraging results But we -canno,
disguise the fact that though the ma
iority agai,rst,us returned by the officer;
cf elections is probably fraudulent tc
the extent of more than 10000 vetes;
vet enough remains to demonstrate that
alIour efforts have failed to conciliate
the colered voters to any hopeful! ex'
tent, Nay, it is even evident that as
o people they are more emb!ttcred
against the white race thau after the
Democratic. .eampaign Of 1868, aud We,
ry much mule 50 than at the 5cgiuuing
Of the late canvass. Hence there would
be no propriety in continuing efforts
which have. .beenes so perverted as rather
20 alicnate thRn. to attract those w aom
nc would win to our staldlrdS On the
contrary, it is 10th wise and just, that
room should be made for other agen-
cies to do the work that must be done
to save the perishing State. Those
who take our pace in tie arena
will fud the whites arraycd in sol q
y,halsnx; stcn,ly aud determiued, ready,
si!lls. md prepared 10 dY aud to dare
all tiiat honlr would sanc5;on, "a q ID
ae;.ruve. % ,,sere ti,eir pNofie troHl
rain aid despair. They will also,had
by thc side CT thescG faithful and hcro'c
h.;d Of colored, mcu, who, fising
above tie premdices Of their fellows.
!, sppreciatipg the claims Of honesty aud
! the necessity Of good government, have
brayei dangers and prosecutions caica'
dated TO try the s,"utest heart, and vim
ciicated their rights as freemea by vo.
tiag, even Ut the,risk Of life, fur the
meu and measures of their choice-a
h:.ad to be foseered and cherished un-
4 der all the stcru yicissilu4es Oh the
future.
They will frd, also, that DO barrier
exists between the good people Of this
State aud any organization Of conserva-
,tixm that can arise in the next two
years by reason If the principles an
nounced aud established by the Union
Reform party. On the contrary, We
have thereby been brought into perfect
harmony with that type of Democracy
now triumphant in SO many States, and
that enlightened aud conservative Wes
tern Republicauis,u which has so nobly
aud signally won The great State Of Mis-
souri, under the broad banner of free
trade, universal suffrage, universal am.
nesty aud enfranctiseinent. This solid
sritS Of our good citizens, and their
.harmony with the better class OF politi-
Cal ideas now swayiug the eEeat nasses
Of the American people, aud destined
We trust, to restore their broken unity
10 1872, are fruits Of the Union Reform
movement, well worth the faithful Labor
which they cost.
< These, however, arc not the only
fruits resulting FROM the liberal policy
and the self.Sacri6cing labors of thu
party. # hhs exposed to universa
cxecralion tile eorruptions Of the State
: I, government, aud the persons controll
T.ng IL, and forced lis officials and organs
within 'hr State, and It's friends without
~ demand reformation 1t has de-
ourrt at.d t" every ,air mind the de
,erminatiou of the white people Of thi
State to abide by the accomplished
results Of the war, aud reluoves al
pretext for futherr persecution on th'
pari Of tie General Government. |
l,as " rl,ed its hands Of all the bloc,
that ;"uy hereafter flow in Il conflict Il
races so apparently imminent in ce'tair
localities, by public and solemn con
cession of legality to the rights OF tn
.cllore,l race, acquired by iuiormal an
evolutionary processes, thus lnyln
upon tie alter Of peace all it had t
offer consistent with honor, Self rcspec
and self,perservation. Finally, it ha
developed the true condition OF socict
~ The State, aud the real and vital NJ
ture ot The comics, in which we are CT
gagged, aud has demonstrated, beyond
doubt, that Ra1icalsm in South Care
lima rests upon the antagonism OF th
negro race to the Southern whites
T',st we have been defeated by this al
IN oni u. as aprincip'e. willappear irol
a r,'Eic~ Of tie CANVASS.
We entered the contest bv iayiu
down plaiI rm Oh the rights "f race
identical and coextcnsive with the le.
isntion Of the Republican Congre,
upon that Subject. We invited men {
all parties, upon that basis, to unite j
an effort to reform the present su
competent, extrayagant, Prejludiced an