The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-09-21
CAMDEN 8. c., SEPTEMBER, 81.

The Charleston NeWs, in it's anxiety
to defeat the present organization of the
Democrats, assumes that the Radical
majority in the State is 10000, and ar.
CUES, therefore, that any struggle under
the Democratic banner would suffer inev-
liable defeat. Passing by for the pres
cnt the point that this argument, if good
for anything, goes to the length of de-
termining now against any organization
Of the Democrats now or mert year,
which really seems to be the drift of the
Neses, we desire to protest against this
ratification of the election frauds of last
year, whereby this assumed majority
was piled up. In the face of the evil
dence accumulated in Lancaster and
Chesterfield, and the concurrent and in
dignant protests last year-which went up
from nearly every county in the State !;
in the face of the evidence spread upon
the records of the courts Of justice, it
will not do to give the assumption any
respectable endorsement. The Reform
vote of last year was a gain over the
Democratic vote of about five thousand,
nearly allof which came from the Radicals,
and assuming the Radical majority in
1868 to have been nearly 10000, which
is2, 500 more than the records show, the
real majority last year ought to have been
little more than 5000 votes, which we
believe to be an outside figure. No fig
ures eulled from the Radical census of
1869 can be relied on to overthrow the
known facts of the case as demonstrated
in the elections. They were probably
taken by parties interested to falsify the
truth and to give margin for mapipula-
ting majorities, and to bolster up the
fortunes of the Radical party. Let us
not help them. The analogy drawn be-
tween the Democratic party Of 1868 and
of 1871 has no place. The one re-
pudiated the whole process of recon-
struction; and the other accepts them all.
If the News or its friends design taking
newer departure and drinking deeper
draught from the cosspool of Radicalism,
in order to effect its combinations to Sc
cure such State government as will sat
isfy them, at the expense of all political
safinities outside, We don't think the peo-
,ple hereabout will care to partake.
I'VE repeat our position. We prefer
'to,seorganize 4he, DemeerHtic
'EaNo it now-that is, to complete it ty
thesSsat Of January, 1872. 10 endeavor
by all legitimate means to bulld up a
Conservative party among the colorcd
;pespae, Gle foundations fo. which work
We belieYe can best be laid i'll the carly
ssontl.s..5f next year. And if there be,
as we beltege there is, Sufficient clement
of Conservatism among item Tor the
purpose, form an alliance with them upon
such lust, fair and liberal grounds as
will demonstrate that the Democratic
party of ;Ssath Carolina is the best and
most rdlidNe guarantor and prescrvcr OF
the rights of the colored people, and
their sure and only dependence for ma
a.rial advancement and development, in
asilestuaasy and morally. We have had
our say on this subject of organization
for the present, and may not return to
it. We are not favorable to political
amalgamations, and because VIC believe
there is danger Of this, VIC have urged
our arguments the more earnestly.