The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-25
TIE STATE CONVENTION.
A Hearty Endorsement OF the Call.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS.
sTATEsBURG, May 20.
The recognition on the part Of your journal
of the expedency of sending delegates from
this State to the "Natlonal Democratic Con-
yenten," aad Its hearty endorsement of such
policy, give unequivocal satisfaction to many
in this section Of the State. Our fixed opposl-
tion to what might possibly be, In o paroxysm
Of faulty, the action of that body-a Demo.
cratic nomination-must be sharp, deter
mined and pronounced; and that by antago-
nism presented on the floor OF said convention.
Our settled resistance to procedure 30 aisas-
trous and pregnant with future miscarriage
and calamity to these Southern States must
not be left to inferences from certain or
rncartain Manifestations -nnnaiaiinr nf-rr,ant-
ings and vague utterances here. We do not
think it probable that course 30 lmbecle
(crlmlnal In the present position Of parties)
will BIZ taken. But The acllOn OF large polltl-
cal assemblies is often In the last degree
unsteady, caprlcious and perllou5, ana we can
afford to risk nothing.
The conviction, we think, Is very universal
and very profound, through this State at least,
that there Is no escape from present thral.
uoms aud, perhaps, future ruin, sava through
the instrumentatles furnished by the Clncin.
natl Convention.
For even the Northern Democracy, sound
statesmanship admonisnes acqulescence in
modified and honest Republican admnistra-
lion of the government for the next term; but
for some OF the leaders OF the party there, the
anomalous aspect OF the field Tin some regards
apparently favorable) may prove too seductive.
For us The question Is one OF no ordinary
political significance. 1t transcends all party
Issues, afflnities and antagonlsms-it involves
for us, apart from such, society, morals, IN
word, civilization.
The plank offered at Cincinnati Is all we can
lay hold on In such sea as this. and 1t will be
sufficient; with lhat platform, and the success
OF the nomination, we have every hope Of
uding over an epoch as stormy and dslntegra-
Ting as any offered In political history.
II this be admitted, then our first, and for
the present our only duty is clear and patent,
and that Is to express In the most etectudt
manner any attempt on the part of the 'BaItl-
more Convention" to imperil future which,
for us, begins to wear some OF the features OF
hope and promise. We feel satisfied that the
most effrctual course to meet such move.
ment would be an antagontsm, uncompromis-
ing and inciaive, presented In convention oy
delegates instructed to do this, and nothing
else.
And now, one word more. and that, as re-
cards those who may be elected TO bear 10
Baltimore the behesis of the State Demo-
cratic Convention. The signs Of this day, we
think, admonIsh us that We are about entering
upon an era of reform and readjnstment; the
tending to this Is deep 10 the poll lcal thought
OF the times. We have heard enough of lne
expedlency of forgetting "a dead past" and
OF leaving "burled Issues" to dusty slnmber;
let US procl lin to the world that these are &C
complished facts" In view OF doing so, might
it not be wisdom when we send men beyond
our borders to select for such purpose indl
viduals as little connected with that past and
those Issues as Is possible? Let fresh and
younger element come to the front, men
abreast with the new era, and maintaining TO-
wards it vital, healthy and natural connec-
tim NNfT