The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-09-03
( From the Chu,lote Observer.

| From The Charlotte Obse,rer.]
In the light Of our own recent OK
pcronce we are prepared to give
our South Carolina brethren O. little
advice which we trust they will &C
ccpt in the spirit in which it is
intended. The Republican party in
our sistor State is playing tho samo
sharp and effective game that it put
in operation III North Carolina, and,
its partial success here very likely
has something to do with it's adop-
ton over tho limo. Tho North
Carolina Radicals, seeing that they
could not carry tho State in tho
August election, refrained from
putting out ticket, and rolled upon
the absence Of opposition and upon
independent democrats to disor-
ganizc the Democratic party. Their
scheme, it cannot be denied, was in
some measure successful. It is
true that we carried tho Legislature
10y a large m&ority-a majority, in
fact, altogether larger than we have
! any need of but at tho samo time
VIC sustained losses and permitted
the entrance Of elements and infu-
cnces which even yet distract the
party in somc sections of the State.
Had the Republicans put out q
State ticket, and had they made their
usual fight, in the usual way,
through their own men in the sever-
al counties, independent Democrats
would have been 1lnheard of, and
having the advantage Of thorough
~ united party our people would
have como to the polls and swept
the State by q majority greater than
eyer before. In the conduct of tho
campaign the Republicans exhibited
their usual tactand political sagacity
They knew they could not elect
their Judges nor carry the Legisla-,
turc, SO they determined to do what
was next best to disorganize the
Democracy with view to whipping
it in somo of the congressional
districts in November, and thus
rendering it's majority imperative in
the future elections Subsequent
events have shown that this was the
object of the enemy it was success
ful, as stated, to the extent of re-
ducing our majority in the Legisla-
tulo slightly, anu ur giving il,ona
hopo in the congressional cam
paign.
Tho campaign in South Carolina
indicates a line of action on the part
of the Republicans, similar in all
respects to that pursued in this
State. There is no opposition to
the Democratic State ticket. Tho
immediate tendency of this is to
lessen the interest Of the Democrats
i'll tho campaign, just as was the
case here. We shall see rs the cam,
paign progresses if the parallel ends
hero We venture to say that it
will not, but that in tho decidedly
Radical counties, straight Radicals
will DO put up for the General
Assembly, while in many Of the close
and doubtful counties, and oven in
some which arc counted strongly
Democratic, there will bo mixtures
OF Democratic, independent Demo-
cratic and Radical candidates, with
hopo in all these cases for the olecs
ton of tho Radical. There will be
no avowcd opposition to the Democ-
racy, but in all tho counties except
those conceded to the Republicans,
a guerrilla warfare will be conducted
with q view to disorganizing tho
Democracy, securing tho election Of
tho Radical candidates for Congress-
through tho divisions Of the Demoo-
racy: and by the samo means So
curing sufficient power in the
General Assembly to be ablo to
name tho successor in tho Senate Of
Honest John Patterson. .".
The announcement" columns of
tho weekly papers of South Carolina
give ominous signs. Wo have
pointed out to our friends across
tho line the danger to be appre-
honded they know for themselves,
without no6ding to be told,} tho
remedy. Their only hope is in
turning out in full force in support
of their nominees. They are not yet
so strong that they can afford to
fight among themselves. Their
salvation depends upon unity Of
action. If they falter they fall.