Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-08-10


worth While for the Radicals to put
III nomination State ticket but
should direct thoir efforts to the sue
cess ofthcir county tickets. In view
OF the large increase Of colo1cd Dem
ocrats and others Indifferent rs to the
success Of either party, the Radicals
only here is to effect their purpose
by disorganizing the Democrats,
which they propose to do through
!hc agency of Independent can Iii
datcs.
Now, shall this be done? DO
the Democrats Of Orangchurg Coun.
ty intend TO permit this thing? We
have been struggling for dozen
years against fearful odds and with
Il hcroiSm that has won the admir-
a'ion OF the entire cruotry and
the applause o! even Northern r.
| ruhi:cans, to restore an honest and
rc"iomical government to or State
anu county. An:!,now after these years
OF toll aud sacrifices, when We arc ar
raycd i'll battle order and about t,
make tie @ran,lcst and most glorious
charge ~ capture the last citadel o'
the enemy, and when every true pa
trlots heart beats high with hope, we
are about to be thwurtcl and perhaps
dcpcatcd, by assertions from our
ranks OF men claiming to be Demo
Gratis, and who, for tic sake Of Office,
constitute themselves candidates with
the hope OF satisfying their ambition
outside the Democratic organization
by the aid of Radical votes. They
claim TO be Peters, true Democrats
following the party only at Il guilty
distance, but they will prove to be
Judascs bctraying their party by Il
canning trcacEery. This cannot-it
must not he. The success of such Il
,movcmcnt is nothing more than the
disor1anization Of the Democratic
PARTY and placing it ut the mercy Of
the EadSc;, party. 1t is equal to
giving The general government over
to the ''man on horseback" the South
to rlundcrcrs, and South Carolina to
carpet -baggcrs and the bayoncts.
The man, who would hazard the
success of his party for the sake OF
political position, is not worth the
respect and confidence of patriotic
people. l!c need not claim the abuses
which exist and arc practiscd in
Democratic Convention us Il plea
for his conduct, that their proccel-
ings are not fair, nor are he best men
always nominated. We admit that
this may be true, but the samo ob;cc
ton may bo alleged against til,
Church or any society in the world
the organization of,which is intended
70 WORK out II better conI:. .4.
mankind. Indeed if political Con
vcntions dill not have faults they
would not be Of human origin an,l
we would be disposed to doubt their
efficacy. The movement of Indcpcnd
cnt candidates does not do uway
with the difficulty, because L man be
comes the judge Of his own merits
which is ringism drawn to Il focus.
he man who bolts from his y lrtv
does so with the intention o.. becom
ing candidate and thinks M ,r1 Of
his ow merits than the party does. He
seeks the Office and not the Office the
man.
AS general rule, every man,
spoken Of in connection with the
independent movement, is a!wA;s
willing to take an Office even # il hap
pens TO be 1T great personal sacrifice.
They arc men who talk most about
rngs, cliqucs, trickary an party
lash-hang about Conventions, talk
about peoples candidate or citizens
ticket, and ifnominatcl all is right,
il rot they nominate themselves anl
forthwith begin to whine about the
peoples rights and privileges, hug u
Radical or any body else, singing the
while ""ris sweet to die for one,
country"
The Radical Ring Convention.