Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-09-07


the State canvass will formally open
on September 10 Already the coun
tics, in gen cral, are ready for action
ANA the committee cann,t Il ,:ib: that
the campaign will he us brilliant rs
brief
Throughout the canvass the Dem,
crncy Of South Carolina will have
hnt one rule of conduct The plat
form Of 1876, adopted and rca flirmcd
in 1878, is the supreme law ofthe
Democratic party. BY it the highest
and the lowest arc bound. No per
son or body ofpcrsons, other than
Sta,c Convention, can change or
modify its wise provisions and patrio,
tie declarations. Within the line of
The platform of the Democracy we are
safe Outside Of II, and beyonl it,
there is no true Democracy in South
Carolina. No issue not made in the
platform, and incon sistcnt with it,
can be raised. No issue made in the
platform and consistent with it can
be ignored.
The platform of the Dc mocratic
party of South Carolina is at once q
history and Il prophecy. It's the re-
cord OF what $ past and the assur-
nncc Of what is to come In it are
declared Democratic principles und
Democratic practice. The issue in
South Carolina, rs made hv the
Democratic party, IS not an issue Of
race. On tho contrary, the object,
of the Democracy in retaining con
troll OF tho State, are to complete the
retorm OF abuses, to punish public
criminals, TO maintain the purity and
n!lli'y Of the government in all lis
branches, to lower The rate of taxa
ton and lessen the burdens imposed
upon the people, to enslra paaea az,
concord, and. includ ns FL else. .
give equal and complcte protection
to every public and private right of
person and property, i II order that
| the government, in the hands "t the
Democratic party, shall ,bc The
government of no one section, of no
one race, of no one csnss, but Of the
whole people of South Carolina, with.
out Limitation or restriction.
So Tar ns time and opportunity
| have admitted, the Democratic party
has kept to the letter, and in spirit,
every pledge or promise made in the
platform Of 1875 The State officers
| elected two years ago are again tho
candidates of the party. With she
same platform and tho same candi.
dates, holding bonelicent possession
of every department of tho State
government, the Democracy ofSou.h
Carolina deserve success and cNn com :
mnnd it. Vigilance is necessary.
Active and incessant work is inlis
pensablc. Unity must be had. They
who slumber OH in false secnri ",
they who postpone the preparations
for the fight, they who encourage or
permit dis-cnsion nnl division, for
any reason or upon any pretext, arc
as much the public enemies rs are
the polite al lcpcrs whom Democratic
rule drives into the penitcntiary or
out Of the State. Malcontcnts, lag
CARDS, disorganizors shall not pull
down the Democratic party; although
they may multiply its difficulties anl
make the struggle harder and more
desperate. And when the battle is
won, rs it shall be, tie Democratic
party, for its own sake, will pass sen-
tence upon any who, not being with
us, are against us, and make them
for all time political outcasts, de-
spised by Democrats of their own race
and Stunned by the colorcd Demo
crafts who have been tried and have
kept the faith.
For the white Democrats, the State
Committee arc sure no other eXhortn
ton is needed. They know full well
that Democratic rule is worth hay
ing, and that what is worth having is
worth keeping and will be kept. By