The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-10-12

termination of Republicans. Murder,
are done every day of which not whis
per reaches the th.--Neto York 7ri
6nac.
1t is not my meaning that we should
take the pains to deny every error that
iiiay appear in campaign speeches o,
papers, but | do mean that when ST
ments appear "a coming from yourself, ol
from Others who are robed with the dig.
nifty of Office, which ought to attach In.
portance and. y ctedibility to what they
say, and when these utteranccs, as in the
instances above cited, are totally false
and affect the character of the State, it is
! the duty, / respectfully submit, of the
| Governor to deny them. And ifhc (thc
Governor) believes them to be true, it is
ms duty to restore peace and order; and
TO do so 1T is his sworn duty to call upon
the citizens to sustain him and enforce
the law. Al! these assaults are made
against the Democratic party. What
ever may be our political error, in your
estimation, in belonging 10 that party,
we are none the less citizens Of this State.
and rs such We have the -ight to ask OF
you the protection which in your official
| position you alone can give. Z y J =
If there be terrorism and violence in
the State, call upon us to suppress it, and
dc net let the :amio of The State be per-
verted to dishonorablc political purposes.
You, and no one better, know that the
white people of South Carolina are strug.
Cling as few people ever have done to
cast off burthen of corruption and
wrong such as yet fewer people have evet
borne so long. In your own words,
speaking of your own party:
Reform, if it was rot Of itself right,
has become absolutely necessary, or the
State will sink"
The party has ever been going into
campaigns promising retrenchmcnt and
reform and never performing it,
Matters cannot rmn :0r six years to
come as they have for the past six years"
a"These figures" speaking OF Legislative
cxpenscsl 81 may say are unparalleled
in the history of American legislation.
1t is stealing pure and simple"
And, referring to the election Of two
Judges-elcctcd, ! may say, by the lead
ing man now on the ticket with you,
''Their election has sent u thrill of horror
throughout the State. | look
to their election as horrible disaster"
| 'sThc civilization of the Puritan and the
Cavalier, of the Roundhead and the
Huguenot, is in peril. Courage, deter
mination, union, victory, must be our
| watchwords.'
mo party can rule this State that sup
ports Whipper and Moses
There is but one way to save the Repub-
lican party in South Carolina, and that
way is to unload Whipper and Moses
and all who 60 with them. y u
Neither the administration ut Washing
ton, with ali its appiiances-civila and
military-nor all the denunciations oi
the world hcaped upon me, can save the
Republican party here from overwhelm-
ing defeat during this year, unless VIC
can persuade the people of this State
that such things rs these judicial elec
tiOns will be undone and never by posi-
bility repeated"
| You know that the men who were tht
leaders, who conducted that election
and who perpetrated the wrongs Of whicl
it %as q feeble expression, arc the sant
men who control the ticket upon which
your name stands. who devised YOU
party platform, and are to-day your polit
ical opponents. You know that it i,
against all this that our unfortunate peo
pie are struggling; and yet ycu know
full we'll that their efforts, although i:
the warmth of canvass, arc orderly ant
within the law. Your manhood compel.
you to approve oui course, but we do moi
call upon you for that AS candidate
you are entitled to all benefits which car
accrue from the measures which youl
followers Tor, ifyou would permit ME,
would say your party leaders, for youl
independent course was, very different,
have adopted. But as the Gc:c1nor O
the State you are called upon to either
contradict the assertion that the law i,
overthrow and that terrorism prevails
or to suppress this lawlcssness and ii ii
our right that you call upon us before
you appeal to the government of ths
United States. Our services arc at you
command, and whatever is our duty We
are ready to do.
To recur. beg leave again to extent
to you the invitation, and ask of you t.
communicate it to the c. ndidates upoI
your ticket, "A it is meant for them a
we'll rs for yourself. 1t is the wish O
the Democratic party that you accept it
for we are earnestly desirOus to remoy,
the bitterness of race feeling, which w
attribute to the preiudices and erroneous
views which have been instillcd into tn,
colorcd race. And we honestly desir,
peaceful and untrammelled discussion
that the people may become enlightenc;
on the Issues of the day"
Your early reply will be decmc'
favor, and if such be your wish, prep. "A
tion will be made to receive y0n at th
first meeting that it shall be your pleas
ure to indicate. -,e,, rTf a.gf
1 have the honor to be, very respect
fully, your obcdicnt servant.
A. @. HASKELL,
Chairman State Democratic Executiv
Committee. iii ~ 5'iiUf& isi