The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-10-30
VOLUME XIX-NO. 26,
The Liberal Electoral Ticket for
south carolina-An Address to
the People Of the State.

The Liberal Electoral Ticket for
south carolina-An Address to
the People of the State.
To the People Of South Carolina :
On the 9Th of November the
People OF South Carolina, in com.
mon with the people Of ali the
United States, will be called upon
to elect a President and Vice. Pres.
ldent to serve for tho ensuing four
years.
The course that has been pur.
sued by the present Administra.
ton has been 80 subversive of all
local selfgovernment, and hostile
to the rights and liberties of the
citizen, as to have excited the
greatest apprehensions for the safe
ty OF our free institutions, and has
aroused the intelligent and Con.
servative masses of the nation to q
united and determined effort to
secure, if possible, the Government
from the hands of its present an.
dacions and interruptions rulers.
and bring it back to it's constitu.
tional bearings.
More than this-so alarmed and
widespread has been the growth
OF corruption in high places as to
have tainted all the fountains of
public justice, and so reckless the
use OF corrupt instrumentalities bv
public officials as to undermine
every principle of honor and hon.
esty in the breasts of the people.
and prepare the way for the rapid
and Q, almost sure decay of all pub.
lie virtue.
TO arrest the spread of these
evil and dangerous tendencies and
to save to the people the substance
as well as form of a constitutional
republic, the citizens of all classes
and parties have organized holv.
tirm, indestructible alliance in hs,
halt OF purity in government and
sympathy and reconciliation be-
tween sections.
The cardinal principles of this
movement were promulgated from
Cincinnati on the first of last Nav
and so'emnly ratified by the De.
mocracy Of the whole Union in
general convention at Baltimora
Oh the 9th of July.
Horace Greeley, of New York
and B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri
chosen as the standard bearers of
this cause, have been hailed with
patriotic enthusiasm by the friends
OF law, order and we'll regulated
liberty throughout the entire land.
The principles which have been
emoiazoned upon our banner in
the hopeful words of our illustri.
ous candidate cannot die, but must
and will survive even defea. ;f
defeat were possible.
South Carolina, recognizing tb;s
as the only movement in the pres.
ent crisis, calculated to overtbrow
monstrous Capitalization. and to
secure to the present generation
the blessings of a just and FREQ
government, has, through q con-
vention Of her people. recorded
ner adhesion and pledged her sup
port to the movement.
While We are not permitted 70
speak the language of assured vic.
tory to our people in this State II
is, nevertheless, onr solemn dntv
to adJnre them by their enliphten.
ed love of country and their de-
votion to it's institutions. to sum.
mon to their aid that highest for.
titude in man, of fidelity to prin.
clples even in the midst of disas.
ter, and, rallying around our col.
ors' give to our candidates a man
iy' a generous and united support.
Animated by the foregoing sen.
tlments, and profoundly sensible
OF the responsibility devolved ND
on them, and to insure the action
Wh'ch Is recommended, the State
Central Executive Committee of
the Democratic and Liberal Re.
Puohcan parties, after a joint con.
ference, have determined, under
The auspices of the undersigned
representing this State in the Ma.
tional Executive Committees Of
the two parties, to present to the
people OF South Carolina o,d ;n,,
woke their suffrages for the follow.
ing ticket of electors:
State at large-M. P. O'Connor.
OF Charleston; w. II. Wallace, of
Union; 5. A. Pearce, of Ricbland.
First District-W. w. Walker,
of Georgetown.
Second District-Johnson Ha.
good, of Barnwell.
Third Distr;ot C: r..