Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-07-25
For the Advertiser.
DEMOCRAT AGAIN ON THE
EIGHTH ARTICLE.

NJ ESSRS CDlIOES - cIou S"G
proposes to the people to bring out other
candidates to bc voted for acithin the
panty and by the persons to whom the
privilege is limited by the Eighth Ar
ticle of the Constitution. Democrat
amends by suggesting that the issue be
made and submitted to the same UoterS-
no others.
What treason is there in this Demo.
crat' says tha: when wo accept office! or
ask for Office, or vote under this article,
,cc are bound by it, unless we vote strong
enough against it to repeal it.
there any treason in this? Is it
treason to differ in opinion, or is the
treason only in daring to speak it out?
Now all democrat asks is that the
people have the opportunity Of voting
upon this article. which was an innova-
ton upon the platform of the party of
the County and State, which opportunity
they have not yet had. There is divis-
ion in opinion, Messrs. f litors, among
the Democrats of the County, and we
propose settling that difference 'cihin the
party, and leaving no excuse for 1nde
pendents," which will be the inevitable
result of denial Of and opportunity to
test the question whether the majority
Of the voters, undcr this SM article, APP
prove OF the secession of the party of
the County from the rest of the party in
the State, and in the Congressional and
Judicial Circuit to which we are attached,
or not, and thereby jeopardi@ing the
election of our candidate for Congress in
the ensuing election.
All the opponents of this article desire,
is this opportunity. If that is given by
the powers that be- we will acquiesce
in the result, be it for or against us.
The editorial in the Monitor, is The
first and only indication. from any one
who is in position, that thoro was the
least hope of having this question sub
mtted to the people through official
channels, and am so exceedingly anX-
ious that the people have the opportuni-
ty of expressing their opinion quietly
and dispassionately upon this question,
that forego any reply to Zone OF the
People," at any rate for the present
There is certainly a radical difference
of opiniur between him and other men,
bcrs of the Convention as to the circum
stances attending the adoption OF the
Sth Article. 1t matters not who may be
right, as to them it is certain that the
people have never had the opportunity
of voting upon this issue, either direct
ly or indirectly. Let the County EX-
ecu,ive Committee adopt the suggestion
of the Monitor, and of PRO Bono Pub
lic' and give Us this 9ppHfftnrIi pFp@af ~ il
Convention upon this issue or by 81 Girec.
vote. in all the Clubs, and we are con
against us. we p edge ourselves. living,
to cast ou' vote for the Congress, iona! and
all the Democratic candidates. If the
decision be with US, we not only pl gre
,hisxe:e, bGt all the votes we can iniln-
rncc from "our friends. the negroes. =
Wrcan' promise any by ''intimit!a,inu,
f,r we and every other nian in Ed -e-
ti-l'l. except - One of Tie People, know
tina. "our friends, the nc -;ro"s" don't lin
timidate worth cent and that there
are hundreds of Democratic cotton
planters who will employ all those who
lose their homes ;or not "intin idatin"' -
Ard right Eerc wc will say for the
benefit of lone of The People that We
are no cotton planter" and never en-
pect to bc a candidate, having reached
the prescribed age for office in Edge
field, nor are any of our kin" ut pres
ent candidates, nor are we advised that
any of them have any aspirations that
way. We have lived too long to have
any confidence in intimidation" or
"seven to eight commissions" or desire
to sec that which is behind all this (and
'Vtich is the "Trogdn horsc") cngrafscd
upon the politics and all the relations of
life IL this old District
We have confidence in the motto "di-
vide to conquer and no confidence in n
policy which ",celds" and consolidates :
opposition to weaken it.
DEMOCRAT.