The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-05-19
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f!eeeiveA 45 is1 votes, to 62,9loI for
Grant iTpsa tbe democrats, fnd-
ipg>s asaisbtsoaA fight hop cless, t4ied
q o6mpsQmise,,<a3d ran Carpenter
who recei7ed, -5N5s7 votes. This
was o rheasierp,yotes4st than had ~, been
cast for any straight out ticket, and
as Carpentes qe5sfsadiHusJfss oolor.
ed votes, it was proven tLat just :.s
many WI bite, would vote d;staste.
full ticket filth 4 psSpsbhity of sue
oeas as would vote for their choice
With d certainty of a6FcSt.. t.z''-.ras1ss'sarr'
In 1874, another CON prdnise tick
ct. was nominated which received
just t~enty-Mrse thou,gtd more votes
than bad ever been cast for a
straight democratic ticket. III Those
$4,000 Votes must Rave been cast
either by whites who bad never voted
tho straight democratic ticket, or
else BY blacks who never would vote
IL. '...i - ~....,..r, - y ~
The CfeenS nsOmprohasoo reduced
tthe radical sJmpjsrity' y, over t*enty
THOUSAND votes and for, tIls frs; Lime
gave"'she party a,roalI fright. .a.:
Another good resu!. was tho cleo.
lion 81 ah Increased number Of the
opposition to The Legislature and
better set off, county +, officials. Let
Us inftance Charleston. HID there
been az gular democratic fight, the
result would have been the election
Of Buttz to Cohgress, Of eighteen un
pripQipled rsdicsls TO- the I.osislature,
and Of threelcoupiS com missioucrs who
would b .vs 'plahdsred etlIeo i roasury'
The infamous B,weehhf hfqw qwio0aIlhsvve been
king Of CharlestYn. But tic cou..
promise has sopt . better man than
lsuttzt to Congress, has strengthened re,
for" greatly IN the Legislature, and hos
given q g0od tbOattda ttda"99f "o99f County cssh1 Com:
mlsoiopers! 20 - s,Irg5 ,b' p; -...I.y
10 concluding this matter we defy
any one to provo that a single County
Or Congressional district wasblost to
tho Conservatives by the & compromise,
while wo can easily show that in many
cases this action Of tho conservatives
was productive of the happiest Re-
suits. =" 9..'' - - .,i'|"1 p"
If such bo the case, what cause is
there for regret that there is in
South Carolina no regularly organiz-
cd democracy I There is rcgu,
lar copservativ, State Organization,
perfected at the last convention. This
is enough. We are tired of straight
fights in this State. We have been
beaten often enough. We want to
compromise. again, as soon as boil,
parties gain confidence in these com
promises aud in the good faith Of all
concerned, the compromise ticket W il
be able to defeat any straight ticket
brought agains, it. - :"
And now word to tho Constitu-
tionalist. We admit that in journal
| ism as in street oars and omnibuses
there is always room for ono more,
aud that tho Mercury was live,
spicy and readable paper. But We
want no more politics such as the
Mercury used to preach. That style
OF politics cost the South about -four
thousand III ill,ons of dollars aud
although We may not regret having
once fully tried tho wisdom of it, we
are not ready to try it again. 1t is too
expensive. We can't afford to spend
money now, as we once did. Let us
rock along slowly and comp: omise our
politics as We compromised our
debts after the war. Iu the mean
time wc sincerely trust that the News
and the Cvustitutionalist will BE- pc r.
suaded MOTTO form do m mocratic party
in this State: We expect quetly to fall
in with that grand old party in Ma
tional polisics, bds.in state politics, we
propose to paddle our own canoe For
many years the people Of this state
had policy Of their own. They oau
once more afford to be. independent
And having gained twenty thousand
votea already by a compr omise, we
trust they will endcavor by another
compromise to gain the addition u
ten thousand required for victory.