Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-08-08

assembled at St. Louis, and in-accordance
with the declaration Of that platform and the
utterancesand acts of our distinguished lead.
er, Wade Hampton, we call upon all Of our
fellow citizens irrespective of race, color or
previous condition, to unite with Us in contin'
uing the work of reform and redemption, in.
augurated by the Democratic party of South
Carolina, for it is evident that substantial
and lasting reform is impossible without the
ranks of the Republican party Of this State
We have charged and convicted the" Repub'
lican party with arrsying race against race,
creating disturbances and fomenting diff.
culties; with prostituting the elective fran:
chise, tampering with the ballot;box, and
holding unfair and fraudulent elections; with
having accumulated an enormous debt; mis-
managed the finances, and injured the credit
of the State; with levying exorbitant taxes
and squandering them when collected, thus
wringing from the toll and livelihood of the
honest poor man Of the State large percen.
tum of his hard earnings without giving in
return any compensation therefor, and reck.
lessly involving in debt majority of the
counties of the State Its management of
our penal and charitable institutions was a
shame and disgrace. We charge its legisla,
ton as demoralizng, partisan and digrace.
ful, and the veniality and corruption which
characterized every branch ofthe government,
executive, legislative andjudicial, as having
no parallel in the history of nations. 1t Gre
ated multiplicity of unnecessary and useless
Offices, complicated in their. system and On.
necessarily expensive. and can never. purify
itself, give good and impartial government,
or by its moral force and character exercise
in it its full sovereignty the law of the land.
We do not charge this condition of things,
which every patriot must deeply deplore,
upon the masses of the party, but upon their
leaders, who made such fatal use of their
confidence and trust, for it is our firm convic.
tion that all the good people Of the State Of
both races desire peace and prosperity" we
therefore call upon all of our fellow.citiSens,
irrespective of race or past party afiliation,
to join with us in preserving the good name Of
our State, and in maintaining her dignity and
character among the Commonwealths Of this
great country. We discountenance all dis.
turbance Of the peace Of the State, and de!
nounce all instigators and promoters thereof;
and earnestly call upon all of our fellow.citi.
zens, irrespective of party lines, TO- exercise
forbearance, and cultivate good, will; and d
the government Of tho STATE Is continued in our
control, Oe pledge ourselues to protect the per:
sons, rights and PROPERTY If all its people, and
to speedily bring to summary jutics' any sshc
dars violate them. ~ .sol: "a" / .7i'"i
We desire a fair and peaceable election, sp.
pealing to the reason and not the passion OF
the people, and have guaranteed by law 3 fair
election aud fair count. We call upon all
Of the patriot SONS Of Carolina to join US. Our
object is continued reform, retrenchment and
relief, that by honesty and economy we may
still further reduce the taxes and tighten the
burdens of the people, giving At the, same time
absolute security to the rights and property
of all. Upon these paramount Issues we cor.
daily invite the cooperation Of every demo.
crat and Republican who is earnest and
willing to unite with us in this great work.
We recommend to the favorable considera.
ton of the Convention the following named
resolutions, and recommend that the same do
pass, namely: the resolution offered by Mr..
Buist, of Charleston, lin relation to the unity
or Lne DeUOCTaLlc party, W VIII.
fResolUed, That the unity and integrity of the
Democratic party is Of paramount importance to
the success of our cause and the welfare OF our
people in the ensuing election, and we 'repudiate
all fusion or coalition with the Republican party,
and most unqualifedly condemn any Indepen-
dent movement whatever, as inimical to the peo-
pie and destructive Of their interests and welfare.
We recommend that the resolution offered
by Mr.. Aiken be laid ON the table, and offer
as substitute, therefor the following: ''' =
"Resotved, That for the development Of our
growth as q people, and of our resources ss a
State, bureau of immigration and agriculture
should be established, having for its object the
encouragement of and holding out inducements
to, honest and industrious emigrants from other
countries to settle among us, and designed to
stimulate increased and improved production Of
whatever may be grown upon our soil and we
recommend to the General Assembly the speedy
enactment Of such laws as will found such bu-
reau upon permanent and practical basis, and
provide for its ready and active operation, to the
attainment of this desirable end"
In reference to the resolution of Mr.. Ira.
cy they say awhile We approve Of the prin.
ciples contained in the resolution, of Mr.. Ira
cy, of Colleton, in relation to the legislation in
this State, yet we recommend no action there
on, for the reason that the same principles
are fully announced in the platform of 1875,
and again reiterated in the platform herewith
reported" '''. ."; 80 ',.' I MUS @.2'" s.'''
The committee recommend that no action
be taken on the resolution relating to monopr
oies, offered by Mr.. Woodward, of Fairfield,
inasmuch as the same involves no question at
issue between the Democratic and Republi.
can parties; and the committee see no neces-
sity for its passage by this Convention. '''!
They say 1--WE recommend that the reso-
luton of Mr.. Tillman, of Edge6eld, on the
necessity of calling constitutional conven'
tion, be laid on the table; and We make the
same recommendation as to the resolution of
Mr.. Aiken in relation to the claims presented
to Congress by post bely,tm loyalists, and known
as Southern war claims We recommend
the indefinite postponement of the resolution
offered by Mr.. Lartigue, by instruction of
the Barnwell county Convention, in relation
to the appointment of representation ln the
State Convention being based upon the num-
Der of enrolled Democrats 10 each county"
The committee recommend the adoption
of the following substitute for Mr.. OCennor's
resolution on the excise law: ...I II -
Resolved, That this Convention views with the
deepest concern the troubles which have arisen in
the upper portion of the State in the enforcement
of the excise laws of the United States, relating
to the Illicit dishlling Of whisky. and Is extreme
ly solicitous that this subject should be fairly con-
sidered by Congress, and some law devised in
amendment of, or supplementary to, the present
SYSTEM that will remove the existing causes Of ir-
ritation alleviate the present troubles Of peo
pie, insure obedience by virtue of recognition
of the justice of the laws. and restore peace and
quiet where discomfort now reigns and, as pre-
liminary to change of these laws we invoke his
Excelency, r. B. Hayes, President of the United
States to extend amnesty unto all persons in this
State who have violated them.1
Resolved, That this Convention commends with
entire appreciation tie course which has been pur-
sued in the late session CT Congress, by our dis
tinpuished State Senator, the Hon. M. Q. Butler,