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


worth while for the Radicals to put
i'll nomination u State ticket but
should direct thoir Efforts to the sue.
cess ofthcir county tickets. In view
OF the large increase OF coloIcd Dem
ocrats and others Indifferent rs to the
success Of either party, the Radical 5
only here is to effect their purpose
by disorganizing the Democrats
which they propose to do through
The a>'"ncy of Independent can Iii
dalcs.
Now, Shall this be done? Do
The Democrats Of Orangchurg Coun,
ty intend to permit this thing? We
hay been struggling for Il dozen
years against fearful odd, and with
Il hcroSm that has won the admir-
alton Of the entire c,untry and
the applause Of even Northern IL G
ruhI;cans, to restore III honest and
"coiomica III government to or State
anu county. Ant,now after these yc""S
OF toll and sacrifices, when We arc ar
raycd in battle order and about t.
make tie @randcst and most glorious
charge TO capture the last cii.lcl Of
the enemy. and when every true pa
trots heart beats high with hope, we
are about to be thwartcd and perhaps
dcpcatcd, by dcscrtions from our
ranks of men claiming to be Demo
Gratis, and who, for tic sake Of Office,
| constitute themselves candidates with
the hope isatisfying their ambition
outside the Democratic organization
hy the aid of Radical votes. They
claim TO be Peters, true Democrats
following the party only at u guilty
distance, but they will prove to be
Judasos bctrayiny their party by i
canning trcacEcry. This cannot--it
must not be. The success Of such Il
,mo"cinoiit is nothing more than the
Reorganization Of the Democratic
party and placing it ut the mercy OF
the Ead>cal party. 1t is equal to
giving The general government over
to the imam on horseback" the South
to rlundcrcrs, and South Carolina to
carpct t,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 a patriotic
people. l!c need not claim the abuses
which exist and are practiscd in
Democratic Conventions, us plea
for his conduct, that their proceed
lngs are not fair, nor are the best men
always nominated. We admit tlat
this may be true, but the samo ob;cc
ton may be alleged against til,
Church or any society in the world
the organization of,which is intended
70 work out a better Gtt1., conf;
mankind. Indeed if political Con
vcntions dill not have faults they
would not be Of human origin all
we would be disposed to doubt their
efficacy. The movement Of Indcpcnd
ent candidates does not do away
with the difficulty, because i man he
comes the judge Of his own merits
which is ringism drawn to IL focus.
The man who bolts from his y ,rtv
docs so with the intention o. bacom
Ing a candidate and thinks Drc Of
his own 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!w,,'s
willing to take IN Office even fit hap
pens TO he ut Il great persona! sacrifice.
They arc men who talk most about
rings, cliques, trickary IN party
lash--hang about Conventions, tall;
about peoples candidate or citizcn5
ticket, and irnominaicl all is right,
il rot they nominate themselves anl
forthwith begin to whine about the
peoples rights and privileges, hug Il
Radical or any body else, singing the
while CTS sweet to die for ones
country"
The Radical Ring Convention.