The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-19
81 STATE PRESS.
What They VIII Do About 1t.
We print some extracts showing the drift Q
opinion in the State press:
Take What we Can Get.

We print some extracts chewing the drift of
opinion In the State press:
Take What we Can Get.
From the Sumter News, Dem.l
II President Grant fails to secure the re-
nomination at Philadelphia, some candidate
may possibly be placed In nomination who
will prove acceptable to the South and whom
We can support. Il, however, ne IS renoml.
mated, then there will unquestionably be o split
In the ranks of the Republicans, under :he
leadership and guidance of Horace Greeley,
Carl Schurz, Governor Trumbull and Charles
Sumner, who will call another convention,
which will place q moderate conservative Re-
publican In nomination. We ought then to
the election trlumphantly. II we can't elect
such a man as we wish, 1t is our policy to take
the best one We caa get, and a conse rvative
Republican Is the best we can get for the pre-
sent.
From the Abbeville Medium.l
South Carolina is, without doubt, the right
place for the poor man, or for the man with
limited resources. Aperson here, by honest
toll, can make q good, comfortable living The
SOL Yields handsomely, and all can do vel" II
they will. The land In South Carolina, on an
average, will make more to the acre than the
rich lands OF the West. An acre OF our land
Will produce. at the least, two hundred pounds
of lint cotton, which, at twenty cents per
pound, will be worth forty dollars. An acre
Of land out West will yield, on an average; ten
barrels of corn, worth about twenty dollars.
These figures are facts and stubborn things.
OurHoil, though not so rich as the soil OF the
Western States, yields q crop which well re-
pays the labor and energy oil 1.-THE husbandman.
The Obliteration OF Party Lines.
rFrom the Sumter Watchman, Dem.l
It is evident that the lines which have, for q
quarter OF q century, marked the division OF
the country into TWO great fercely contendlng
parties, are rapidly fading aTaS S aIo ceas nag 70
cratic party. which eliminated under the
administrations of Pierce and Buchanan. is
dissolving; and we think 1t scarcely a doubtful
forecast to say that 1t has made its last Presi.
together with the generally acknowledged
establishment Of the great matters (the aboli-
ton of slavery and its concomitants) against
which II mainly commended, together with the
continued triumph of the Republican party In
State elections, up to the present moment;has
stripped it of vitalizing principles, and brought
Its great leaders to see that 1t would be no
match against the concentrated power and
patronage of the government In 1872. There
can. therefore, be no further rally of the
Democratic masses, In distinctive lines or
forces, on a national field.
Start In Time.
From the Orangeburg Ttmes.l
The probability is that in case of q Republl-
can break, we might be masters OF the sltua-
ton. But in order to make use of 1t we must
prepare for the crisis. Start In time. Start
now. Start here in the country-1n the
town. Get the first minds In each community
to organize you, and have your central COM
mittee here in town.. Work slowly-work
.surely-work completely. Let your God come
first, then your profession and your children,
and next your politics or individual devotion
to the welfare Of your %neighbors, the commu-
nifty, the State. Prepare for the crisis and take
It, and while awaiting the opportunity Of sue
against dishonesty. In this behalf we will
enlist the support of many Republicans.
But first of all, throw aside the uncertatL y
and dead Issues. Recognize facts. that color
ed people are free and have the right to vote,
that their votes are enlisted Ia suppurt OF dis
honesty. Be ready to vote with them where
they vote In support OF honesty. Lend them
your aid on all such occasions. Organize on
this basis, and make them feel your efficiency
by YOUR organized assistance. They and all
Others will learn to respect you from your re-
cord OF deeds accomplished. Away from the
polls they will look you more respectfully,
more confidently In the eye, and work for
you more cheerfully. Their conversion to q
faith in you may be slow. possibly one at q
time; but york, slowly, surely, perservering-
complete. And with their conversion we
have q resident friend, an efficient ally, and 8
happy husbandman, experienced and accll'
mated better than all immigration.
SODTH IL COAL,