The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-10
From the Meater Reporter.
What Shall We Do?

| Only two weeks intervene between this time
and the day of election an election that lsto
determine for two years the welfare of the
State. What shall we do about it is the ques,
ton that is agitating the mind of every man
who has the honor and prosperity of the State
at heart. The Reporter, with other journals
| throughout the State, advocated last summer
the do-nothing policy. Realizing how power,
less we were against the combined hosts OF Re
publicans,- opposed the reorganization Of the
Democratic party for the purpose of putting 9
State ticket in the field. Our argument was
that if the Democratic party would pursue this
course, the Republican party would not be
forced to nominate bad men on the plea o.
availability, and would be driven By sense Of
shame to bring forward men against whom no
charyes of dishonesty could be successfully
made. Rather than involve the State in q
heated political campaign we were disposed to
hope that reform would be effected "within
the lines of the party" and that ticket for
State officers would be presented, which, though
not acceptable to US politically, would give
some guarantee of an honest and impartial
administration of the government 1t was on
this hope we advocated the policy we did I;
which policy was adopted by the Democratic
party Of the State. How have our hopes been
realized? The ticket placed before us by the
Regular Republican Convention, with one or
two exceptions, would be- q disgrace to 9 tribe
of Camanche Indians. The ticket offered us
BY the Boilers, though possibly shade better,
is still not such an one as an honestSouth Car
olina white man could vote for without feeling
that he had violently damaged, if not forever
forfeited, his self-respect. We do not, there
fore, intend to vote for either of these tickets.
And in this determination we believe we reflect
e ko,, he of uh ua
ters of the State.
Shall we. then, not vote at allf Shall we
sit with folded arms and leave the two gangs of
thieves to settle it between them as to which
shall take charge of our purses for the next
two years? We say decidedly, not so. We,
therefore, suggest the following ticket for State
officers. composed of gentlemen who are known
all over the State, whose capacity for adorning
public stations has never been questioned, and
upon whose integrity of character the breath
Of suspicion has never dared to breathe. That
there IS any, the remotest, possibility of their
being elected, we have no idea. Would to God
they could be All that we can hope to do by
voting for them is, thereby, to enter our solemn
protest against the continuation of the shame
less outrages in the name of government that
have been pract;ced upon us for four year past,
and to preserve unsullied the glorious heritage
of the ballot box secured for us by our fore
fathers. The ticket we suggest, and for which
vie expect to vote, is as follows:
For Governor-Hon. w. d. Porter, of
Charleston.
Lieutenant Governor-General M. @. But
IS Secretary Ct Of state-cOlonel J. II. Evans, of
Comptroller General-Major R. M. Sims, of
York.
State Treasurer-Edwin J. Scott of Colum-
"A Attorney General-colonel James H. RiOn,
Of Fairfield.
Superintendent of Education Colonel Jas.
A. Hoyt, of Anderson.
Adutant and Inspector General-General
John D. Kennedy, of Kershaw: -,
Congressman at Large--General M. W.
Gary, of Edgefeld.