The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-09-13
ADDRESS EP nfiis sSTA9E DEMOCRAT.
&c EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
l!EApcv.lsrgas STATE DENccnArtc)
,iSENgcrTivE CoMMirrEE,
CoLr:iB;A, =. c., August ~, 1873.


To he People cf' Soa,h Carv!iaG:
The State Democratic Executive Cca,mittcs
announce TO their fciow-citze,,s that, tho ssule
canvass will formally Open on Septeni,er. Ip,h.
Already the counties in general arc ready for
action, and The Committee cannpi doubt ;h;I, the
campaign will bo as brilliin, rs brief.
Throughout the CANVASS the Democracy Of
South Carc!ina will lave but rule vf con-
duct. The PLATFORM OF 1876, adopted anu rea:
irmcd III 1875, is the supreme law of the prm-
cratic party. Ey Il, the highest and the lowest
are bound. No person, or body Of peHens.
other than u State Convention, can chnnS or
modify its wise provisions and patriotic dcaarl-
uons. Within Tie lines OF tie platform tlt De-
mocracy are safe. Outside of il and teyol ld it,
there is no true Democracy in South Cariina.
No Issue made in the platform and consistent
with it can be ignored.
The platform cf the Democratic party ofSUuth
Carolina is II once history and q prophecy
1t is the record of what is past, ana the hssur-
nnce Of what is 10 col"e. In it arc declared
Democratic principles ana Democratic ptctice.
The issue in South Carolina, made ~ the
Democratic party, is Oot al ISSUE Of raE. On
tAa c0atsarx. ths- ol.ecis- Of TIC Usaciaey, in
The reform of abuses, 10 pdi.ish Pubife-rs iDals,
to maintain the purity anu ability of the Gov
crnTent in all its branches, TO lower The rate OF
taxation :Ill lessen the burdens imposed upon
The people. 10 en.ure peace and concord, and, i'll
Guiding all else, to give equal and complete pro
lection TO cry public and private right oi person
and property. i'll order that tie Government. in
the hands Of the Democratic party, shall DC
the Government of one section, Of no one
race, Of no one class, but Of the whole people
Of South Carolina, without iimitation OF restric-
tion.
So far as time and opportunity have admitted.
the Democratic parry has kept 10 the letter snd
in spri. every pledge or promise made in thc
platform Of 1876. The State officers eleSed
TWO years ago are again the candidates OF the
party. With tho same platform and the same
candidates holding hcne!iccn; possession Of
evory department of the State Government, The
Democracy of South CaroiiHa deserve success
and can command it. Vigilance is necessary.
Action and inccssant work arc indispe: sable
Unity must be had. They who sluu,ber .on in
false sIcnEitS-hsy who platpaLe- preparations
for the fight, they who encourage shermit dis
senSion and division, for any rLaspn or upon any
preteXt, are as mucl. tc public enemies as the
political lCpers whom Democratic rule drives
into tic Pcnhentiary or cut u the State. Nal
contents, laggards, dise-yanizers, shall not-pull
ooWh The Democratic party, although they may
multiply its difficulties and make The struggle
harder AMI more desAakate; and, when the bat
lie is won, as il shall JG, the Democratic party,
for its own sake, will PASS sentence upon any
who, not being with us, arc against us, and
make them, for all time, political outcasts, de-
mel by the colorci Democrats who have been'
tried and have kept the faith.
For the white Democrats, the State Commirtcd
| are sure, no o,her cAhortuiion is needeA They
know full well that RenIoc, attic rule es worth
having, and that what is worth having is worth
keeping, and will be kept BY the colorcd
Democrats, as the State Committee believe, tho
teIl hre trrrctzrru.
| have seen and felt the difference tetwccn intcg
rity and rascality, between lofty justice and
partisan rule. The hope is that the colored
people, in larger numbers thaa ever before, VIII
march beneath the folds OF tie Democratic ban
ner and go assist the Dem ocracy in rerpetuating
| thc work Of Governmental reform and industrial
restoration.
Tie reign of ignorance and vice in South
Carolina is past anil gone. Virtue, intelligence
and elevated stateslnanship shall, rs during the
last two years, ccntrol the public affairs OF Soaih
| Carolina. For this the people fought in 1870,
and the sccptrc t,sen graepcd for The first time
! inci.h years by pure and strong hands VIII
| not Leiaid down and shall not be wrcsted away.
| Jomy d. KESEEDY, Chairman.
J. NJ. Jouxsoy, W. c. CoHEr,
j. J. DARGAN, i. W. DAWSON,
J. T. lzLAn, j. +. EuAME'
| 9 NcGowAy. JonN +. BACON,
I n LuscoMn, y. SropO FARRow,
| WILLIAM MuNro, joins Z. SnErPAhp'
/. w. YouMAxs, WILLIAM ELLIOTT.
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