The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-05-11
For the anderson Intelige1acer.
YOUNG MEMS DEMOCRATIC CLUB.

MEssRs EDITORS Please allow me little
space in your paper to present few ideas,
which hope will meet with an impartial
consideration before they are either approv-
ed and adopted or pronounced impracticable
and unwise. You have doubtless anticipa-
ted my whole article by merely reading its
caption, for there having been no advocates
of q Young Mems Democratic Club in our
midst, you would naturally expect no argu-
ment against such project. propose to
advocate the immediate organization of @
Young Mems Democratic Club, not because
the young men are not already Democrats
and members of Clubs, but because think
they do not now take the interest in these
matters that they would if organized in q
Club to themselves. Some time since You
advocated the immediate organization of
Democratic Clubs throughout the country,
in order that the strength and patriotism of
our State might be prepared for the coming
campaign-the fight for justice, truth and
honor. How far and how well this organ
ization has been perfected, you and your
readers are aware. You have also doubtless
noticed how promptly and unanimously the
young men have enrolled themselves in the
Clubs: but, we may ask, do they take the
vital interest in the matter that they should
Do they not rather feel that they should
keep silence and let the old Democrats and
old voters do the talking and planning for
the Clubs? It is but natural that they
should so think and feel, and for want of
the proper exercise it is but natural that,
sooner or later, their interest in political
affairs would begin to fail them. We do
not want the young men to lose interest in
this great campaign, but we want them to
move onward with an increasing determi-
nation to aid in one mighty effort to rescue
and uphold our PROSTATE State. We have
in our Town Club quite a number of young
men who have never voted as citizens and
who have never before taken any part in
politics. AS to their voting in the right
way at the next election there can be no
doubt; but we must remember that we are
not only to vote right ourselves, but are to
bring over as many votes as possible from
the opposition.
In other words, these young men are not
only to become voters, but workers also.
Now, we think this end can be best accom-
plished by the young men organizing a Club
among themselves, where they can talk and
express their ideas and opinions freely to
each other, thereby increasing their zeal and
strengthening their patriotism. If this ac-
ton should be taken, they would Of course
have to withdraw from the old Club, but in
doing so the Democracy would not be
weakened. The party would only be the
stronger by the young men understanding
the importance of their position and when
the November elections shall have come
round, they will turn out in full numbers,
both as voters and workers, to aid in ma
king that day glorious and long to be re-
membered.
Let the young men think Of this PROPOSE
ton, and then act according to their best
judgment. If there is any good reason why
the proposed action should not be taken, of
course we would like to have it.
TRUE CAROLINIAN.