The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-09-13
ADDRESS GP r'ifE Svl9E DEMOCRAT.
&c EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
llrApoys,grsas STATE pENecaAric !
.s;sExEclTlvE ConM,TriE, IA
CoLtsfBiA, :. G., August ~, ISIS. !

To the isypie c:f ,Seuth Caro.iaG: ~
The State Democratic Executive Coaim;t, tee
announce TO their toiiow-citzeI,s thats rho 5ntc
canvass will formally open on Septenjey. tpil..
Already the counties in general arc ready for
action, and the Committee cannpt doubt tla, the
campaign will bo as brillian, rs brief.
Throughout the CANVASS the beiaocracy OF
South Carolina will lave hut one rule of con-
duct. The platform OF 1876, adopted AMI rea:-
irmed in 1875, is the supreme law OF the DEM
cratic party. By .sthe highest and tho lowest
are bound. No person, or body OF pe1cns
other than State Convention, can chnp4 or
modify its wise provisions and patriotic dcdara.
tions. Within tle lines of tie platform till Do
mocrncy are safe. Outside Of il and beyutd it,
there is no true Democracy in South CarIiina.
No issue made in the platform and consistent
with 1t can be ignored.
The platform cf the Democratic party South
Carolina is At once history and prophey.-
IL is the record of what is past, and the kssur-
nnce OF what is TO colae. In it arc dtlared
Democratic principles md Democratic -rtctce
The issue i'll South Carolina, As made ky the
Democratic party, is not all issue Of rnk. On
ihn cnntGarx. The oLiccts Of the De;nccfacv, in
the reform OF abuses, 10 pui,isI pubifeti fDas
to maintain the purity anu ability of the Gov
ernment iii oil its branches, to lower The nto OF
taxation aal lessen the burdens imposed uron
tho people. to ensure peace and concord, AID, in
Guiding all else, to give equal and cohi ,e pro
lection to every pubic ana private right OF person
anu property, i'll order that the Government in
the hands Of the Democratic party, shall DC
tho Government Of no enc section, Of no one
raco, OF no one class, but Of the whole people
Of South Caroliua without limitation OF restric-
ti0n.
So far as time and opportunity have admitted,
the Democratic party has kept 10 the letter ,nd
in spirit every pledge or promise made i'm tho
platform of 1876. The Stats officers cleaed
two years ago arc again the candidates of the
party. With the same platform and tho same
candidates holding henefcen; possession Of
evcry department of the State Governmei,l, the
Democracy of South Carolina deserve success
and can command it. Vigilance is necessary
Action and incesssnt work arc Indispensable
Unity must be had. They who slumber .on in
false stsasits- -.thsy who paataare- -p.cparations
Tor the fight, they who encourage orShermit dis
sension and division, for any rtason orupon any
pretext, are as much tho public enemies as the
political lcpers whom Democratic ruls sdrives
into the Pcn,teAtiary or out Of the State. NAL
contents, lnggards, disorganisers, shall not.pu!l
"owh The Democratic party, although they may
multiply its difficulties and make tho struggle
harder and more desAafate; and, when the bat
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-
spisel by Democrats ofthcir own race and shun-
mel by the colorcd Democrats who have beerf
tried and have kept the faith. 4
For the white Democrats, the State Committee
are sure, no o,her exhortation is ncedcA They
know full well that Democratic rule % wortl,
having, and that what is worth having is worth
keeping, and will he kept. BY the colorcd
Democrats, rs the State Committee believe, tho
Hfe- hlt preciaeel l. 1re
have seen and felt the difference between integ.
rity and rascality, between lofty justice and
partisan rule. The hope is that the colored
people, in larger numbers than ever before, will
mar ck beneath the folds OF tic Democratic ban
ner and so assist the Democracy in perpetuating
the work Of Governmental reform and industrial
restoration.
The reign of ignorance and vice in South
Carolina is past and gone. Virtue, intelligence
and elevated craftsmanship shall, ms during the
last two years, control tho public affairs of South
Carolina. For this the people fought in 1876,
and tho sceptre then grasped fer The first time
incigh years by pure and strong hands will
not beiaid down and shall not be wrested away.
JOHN d. KENNEDY, Chairman.
J. NJ. Johnson, W. C. COKEn,
j. ]. DAn0AN, +. w. DAWSON,
j. T. IZLAn, j. F.. RMANE,
8. MCGOWAN, JoHN 4. BACON,
]. n. i.IpscoMB, n. SToBO FARRow,
WILLIAM MUNRO, JOHN e. SuEPPARp.
L. w. YoUMANs, WILLIAM ELLIOTT.
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