Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-06-15
For the Or;,ngcburs Times. I
JAN IsoN, S. G.,
June Hit, 1878.

Nr. Ediior:
1t seems to me your readers woui d
like to have little di,rrsiou from
Primary and Convention systems.
Court House Rings, bridge building,
DC subjects important enough but
1t is better to leave the discussion of
these matters to more competent and
experienced heads.
1t Is to be hoped that our Convcn
ton, which meets i'll July, will bc
well attended and result in mu i
good, both by intu>iny greater zeal
and bringing about Il more praise
worthy concert of action among our
people. 1t is fearful to contemplate
the Indifference aud want of energy
i'll large majority OF our oldest and
best men, SO far rs enrolling their
names on some club list, and per-
forming the duties cnjoincd upon
them by every consideration Of bone,
friend and country, are concerned
1t becomes us us true men to dis
charge these duties aud fulfil all the
obligations we are under to our com
mon interests and county. To fail
here is TO fail i'll every thing, and thus
to jeopardize our lives aul the lber-
ties of the rising generation. 1t
seems that every thinking mind
should ssce that if we lose control of
our State government. and fortun
places il in the hands Of The Rapub'i.
can party again, the shane viii! rest
upon our heals alone. Taxation
without Representations will again be
imposed upon us, which will be the
funeral lncIl of civil liberty AMI
sclf-governmcnt in South Carolina.
1t will then be too late to run around
and 'hurrah' for Hampton. S:rai5h
out aud Home Rule. Now is the
golden opportunity, and if we will
work while it i day, the It'll Novcnl-
Der will give us the greatest Demo
cratic victory ever won in our coun-
try. Hampton will still be our Gov
ernor, our whole county ticket will
be elected and not one Of the Court
II ouse ring vii be on it,
The farmers have enough of sond.
ing "coons," lawyers and doctors to
make laws for them and mean to try
a farmers ticket this time. They
are the men who do the dirty work
(makc corn, cotton, &c y and why
not let them have say so in making
laws. The people at Jamison are
Democrats from the woods and want
a straight0ut farmers ticket, and Just
such men on it rs Mr.. S. ID. Dantzler
to represent them. He is IL farmer,
q mechanic and Il good man where
ever you put him, knows the wants of
t he people, and will rcprcscn, fully
the common interest Of every man in
the county. He can also carry a
large number of colorcd votes with
him. Like every other true ma IL,
Mr.. Dantzlcr does not want, much
less seek the office, and some may
object to him because his "headuuar-
tcrs' are not at Fischcrs's, still SUI ch
are the men we want, and if the Con-
vention would act wisely, let them
put upon the ticket men of this stamp
Snch ticket will insure victory for
the Democrats at the next election.
Now, Mr.. Editor, hope you will
use every effort to spur the older men
of our county up to Il sense of their
duty. Many Of them think after
this fashion: "WeIl, Hampton has
got hold Of the helm, and of course,
he is such good man it's no use
voting for him again-just let him
stay where he is. We don't pay him
more than half the taxes we did
Chamberlain-hc's all right-we are
satisfied" All I've got to say, is let
them stay at home, refuse to join the
precinct clubs, fearing they might be
called ON to pay 10 cents per month
for campaign purposes when every
man in the county has saved, in The