The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-10-21
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 2'lstas7;
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An Unyarnished Story Without a
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Doubtless. the. Charleston ,NegsRnd
csus4sriirnaginedt that it gave sufficient
answer to this burnal as to, the ggsS7i- gTgEsSF
eacyof &C; f drawing party lines in AHeon
County when jtrehearsed it's "StoHsyth
a Morale which appeared in its hdefof
Thursday asdis syil last. The moral is, basel ap5n
thise, result of elections in this CoslIy in
1S70;j 1875 and 1874, and, its, conch5sns'
are drawn FROM false premises as9tie
nature # the contest in each year
propose ,ea to review briefly the statsaslts
of,euS contemporary, and to- shoWthlt
thes is not the'shadowof foundatida f'r
its jmoralizing tendencies: s.::;,s'"s
IN the first place, there has not bsna 9l.
regular, Democratic nomination in Az 4
derson County since 1868, and theeHy 1
Istraight.out contest between Dem6eIFs
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and Republicans eyer made was inlSSs
when. the latter were defeated Soloni (
as we maintained the Democratic oIgani'
zatiog pure and simple there wssint
difficulty experienced in keeping cqntHro pH
within the hands oflthe, Democrats bu'
whenever we departed from this line OIL
policy, defeat and disaster followed iner- |
itably. Secondly, the Republicans have
never nominated a full legislative and and
county ticket since 1868, and their tactics sis;
have consisted in producing disafection
among the Democrats and encouraging
independent candidates, which they Vere.
enabled to do; by the coalition and COM
promisingspiri so strenuously advocated
by the Neus and Courier at this time as
the panacea for all our woes 80. 49,. Is.
Again, as convincing proof that the
Democracy or anti ti-Republican element
were always able to gain the victory
when distinct issue was made, we have
only to refer the .Ne,cs and Courier to the
figures of the Governors election during
the years named. In 1870, Judge Car
J penter1s majority jeirit was SsS votes; in 1872,
Mr.. Tomlinson's majority was 500; and
in 1874, Judge Green's majority was 772
Theyote Of these gentlemen represents
The strength Of the Democracy at the
polls in the respective years, for no one
conversant with the facts will pretend
that either of them received any consid.
erabIe vote from, members of their own
party. Then, we have the solution Of
partial defeat inthe fact that no. distinct
issue was made iinn the contest for local
Offices and further the Republicans care-
fully avoided a. e. square contest every,
time. bel ,.S.,i. is, ~, +
For the enlightenmens Of our Charles
ton moralist, we'will. proceed to examine
the several contests to which it makes
reference. We, deny its statement that.
the Democrats made any regular party
nominations ih1s70, or that any distinct
issue was Joined between the local candi5
dates. Under the Organization known
IS Is tie Union Reform Party afdIl vrcaesI
was placed in the field, nd that. ticket
was partially defeated b! independent
candidates, not one of WHOM at that time
claimed affliation with tB Republicans.
The Republicans made denominations y
and exhausted their ingenuity
in Keeping the candidates for, whom they
intended to vote, from becoming publicly
known as, their farorites. Pretended;
conventions were he'd and the. utmost
tact ;disp.ayedlIto advance the interests Of
the Independents, wahout openly assert
ing thsireintentions. A square nomina-f
tion, ofsthese 1aenlby the Republicans
would have defesed the last one of
them, although, tk regular Democratic
had Ieen-merged into the
coalition movement, and eaectually Grip
pied thereby Another remarkable fea-
ture Of that campaign deserves mention.
Under the ,advita of distinguished lead
srs, the Reform County Convention NOM
mated a colorsd man upon the legislative
ticket, and this fact contributed largely |
10 secure the defeat Of the ticket, for
hundreds kept pway from the polls on
his very account, not being willing to
endorse the movement Of which the
Ne,es Nav.,t, and .cbssiers then separate papers)
vas the especial champion. It is reason
ps5Ig al fair then, to attribute this de-
{Ifeast the adoption Of such q policy as
ldissintgratd the party, organization: in
Ander,n founty. sli l4a,I
The hnpaign Of 1872 does not merit
50 oalnud Il consideration, from the fact that
thseS s IS no general policy for:the State.
lA4yoHrvative Convention was held at /!
. ttelay, and the Republicans seized
,gaa4on disaffscted candidates m sEs to in
yures stial defeat of the ticket put in
1 homhahn. Personal influences andS
I preiuacAontrolled sufficient numberl
If vosrst elect one Republican, one
YAepspdA and one Conservative, but
TIE was istraight-out fight made in-
,w 'ltAeanpai which was exceedingly:
"a 'abA and sNout party machinery on
sosides the Republicans were.
thghk hized. So much for a
M deghre 3 was almost an entire
g I aN5cfpata taganization on the one
sid Aor@ effective and we'll
drAaashinson the other. 1t Is
q pto lusivs@ want of organiza-
"a tiop issus results. g 81
RtyeaSplained the result