The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-10-24
THE PRIMARY ELECTION.

We publish in another column tabu-
lar statement of the vote cast at the pri-
mary election held III this County ;,u last
Friday. The election for nominations
passed off quietly, although great interest
was felt by the friends of the candidates
for the success of their respective favor
ties. The Democratic party of Anderson
has now spoken in the manner which it
decreed, and the parties who received
the nominations will receive at the gem
eral election, to be held on the 5th day
of November next, the undivided sup
port of the party, which will secure their
election to the several Offices for which
they have been nominated. That the
nominees are competent and veil quail.
fled to fill their respective positions must
be conceded, and the people of Anderson
feel assured that their interests will suffer
no detrimcnt in their hands. While this
is true, il is equaRy true, that those who
faile' 70 receive the nominations are true
and ..sod men, competent to fill and
adorn the positions which their friends
desired to confer upon them. The NOM
nations having been made, it is now the
duty of every Democrat to work in earn
estto make the Democratic majority as
large as possible. BY doing this we
STRIFE terror into the Radical ranks, and
show them they have nothing &c hops
for from division Of the Democrats. or
even their lethargy. Previous to the
primary election all the candidates for
nominations were Democrats, standing
on the Democratic platform, and the
contest was for men and not party; but
now allis chSnged, the party has placed
in nominat. its candidates, who rep
resent the party, and the contest is now
literally one between the Democratic and
Radical parties. 1t is no longer contest
between men. but one of principle: !:
whether the Democrats or Republicans
shall govern the State. In politics
neither men nor parties are anything
except sc far as they represent principles.
The necesaity for unity aud harmony in
the Democratic party was never more i'm
rerative than at the present time. Di.
visions will lead inevitably to defeat, and
defeat means the re-establishment OF
Radical v-'s w;.h all The terrible con.
sequences which the people of the State
endured for eight years. Party organiza-
ton is absolutely necessary for the pre-
servation and perpetuation of the princi.
pies ofa party, and the unity of organi-
cation cannot be maintained unless the
yoics Of the party as expressed in con-
yentiens, by primary elections or other
-;.;; -.sS, a. a.sy &c dietterm;:ncd, snail bind
every member of it. Otherwise there
win be as many factions within it as
there are candidates, and instead of pre-
==ee::..sss;g 6 d united front to our opponents,
iiscord will rend the party and lend 10
certain defeat, not because there is not
sufficient adhesion to Democratic princi-
pies to instire success, but that the an.
tagorism Of candidates and personal am
bitissfi ibiittifi iss isa7s dituiiroyed tllat adhesion.
4he Democratic party Of this State have
little to fear from The Radical party at
present. Its ieaders are Ia. ostly scattered,
fugitiyes from justice, ard it has no lead
er 70 direct II; yet it Is not dead, it only
aWaits an opportunity to again grasp the
reius Of government, and If the Demo-
ctats by either Indifference or divisions
afford them the opportunity nothing Is
moro certain than that they viii aveiI
Iheunselyes Of il, and ell the hlessihg se-
se;;sssss sc The Ststs by Democratic saecess
VII Da Ion. Every Democrat in every
County ia tho State should ON the Tues-
dsy after the arst Monday in next month
go 70 tlie polls and cast his ballot for the
yeguiaE nominees of Tho sSt.ty, aud not
gniiz vii VII aaCcess ba certain; bilE tle lass
EioPe of q corrsiht nerty Destroyed, and
lle adicals lean that they have moth
lsa to expect from dissensian among the