The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-08
4 PILL FOR THE Co1UMR1A RiNa.
A Grant Organ Threatens u Bolt
"ReguIarity' no Longer nm Apology
for Rasoality.
,From the Southern Celt, July ell

{From the Southern Celt, July 6.l
Many Of our political thinkers in this State
are busily and anxiously engaged at the pres.
ent time, suggesting plans and establishing
organizations to secure the election Of certain
favorltes whom they intend to put forward as
honest and capable men for State and county
offices In the coming campaign. From the
DRIFT of their thoughts and movements the
opinion is fast gaining ground with the peo.
pie that, like Arkansas, Louisiana and other
Southern States, We are to have two Republi.
can factions or parties 10 the field.
In due course or time convention will be
held at Columbia 10 nominate candidates tor
State officers, at which 1t s supposed the Ra-
publican party of South Carolina will be we'll
and truly represented. Now, The question Is
asked by many, why not send men 10 this con-
vention who will give Us good ticket that
every honest voter can support, and therefore
cut off at once the necessity of placing another
Republican ticket In the field The answer to
this question is the old story: "There will be
fraud In the convention, and delegates sent
from the people will bs excluded by certain
riDg-maste. 8 In Columbia"
We haze conversed with many good men
on the subject, who firmly believe that the
State Convention will be managed by Scott,
Moses and Neagle, who, 1t is asserted, will see
tnat none but their own satellites are admitted
as delegates If this View Of the situation Is
correct, and Scott & Co. should .att-mpt to
slifle the voice Of the people, and refuse ad.
mission to legally elected delegations, as was
the case with the Charleston delegation Two
years ago. the people could not, and we be.
iieve would not, support nominations made
in such an unfair and very irregular manner. A
ticket thus put forth would be great imposl-
ton on the peoples rights, and would invoke
the earnest opposition and condemnation OF
every honest m An in the State. If the will OF
the people should be defeated In the selection
of candidates, and dangerous demagogues be
nominated through the agency of corrupt tao
tics, every sensible voter In the State would
then unite, repudiate the action Of the con.
vention, and send Its nominees to political
perdition.
We, therefore. earnestly advise the gentle.
men who control the regular Republican
party machinery in this State to be very care.
full and place no obstacles In the way Of an
honest and free expression of the peoples
will, or they may haue genuine Republican
ticket to tight toh,ch loiu render their expected
victory a sore defeat. Party machinery and
party tactics may be successful in making
homlnations, but 1t Is for the people who dc
the voting to say whether nominees shall be
elected or not. We have faith In the honesty
and good aanse of the people, and kao'o thes
can no longer be nntsled. In euery county IN
the State there are large numbers Of voterS 1ohC
are determined to support rascality no longer
euen If it haue the endorsement Of ''reguldrity.'
| 1t would be we'll fur those who expect tc
manipulate the convention to consider wheth
er 1t would be polite to drive these into re-
volt, and thus deprive themselves oil all chances
OF success.