The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-06-06
South Carolina Divisions.

says ths Ao0eVille Medium, the Spring
field Republican attempts to make
good the unfounded assertions con-
tanned in q recent letter from South
Carolina to which we have heretofore
alluded. 1t is not necessary here to
take up the charges of the Republican
in detail-a few well authenticated
facts prove thatit is steering very
wide Of the mark and that it is in per
feet ignorance of the subject it has
essayed to grappIe There arc 70
."divisions" in this State of the kind
and character the Springfield paper
would have it's readers believe-Wade
Hampton and his people are ono, one
in aim and sympathy and bound SOL
idly together on the platform adopted
by the State convention of 1876. That
platform pledged full and equal pro-
lection to all the people of tho State
in all their rights of person and prop
erty and nothing more. 1t contained
no Typographical llnes," it made no
pledges for "the full payment of the
State debt" it was broad enough for
all men TO stand upon of whatever
race, creed or condition, it embodied
the true political sentiments of our
people and upou it Hampton and the
party have made u firm and success
ful fight. There are differences in
matters of opinion simply but they
do not amount to anything like q
'division," as the solid Democratic
vote next fall will prove. The last
election was engineered and won by
the up country and under the most
trying conditions of this revolutionary
period tho Governors strongest sup
porters and frmist allies came from
the up country. In the State Con-
vention Of 1876 the policy of the
party was shaped by up countrymen
who, with a courage and wisdom far
above the selfish views of their timid
low country brethren, determined to
make square and honest fight with
out concession OF compromise. That
fight was won and the history of the
State since the day the old Wallace
House first met in Carolina Hall is
familiar to every ono who has kept
step with the progress of cvonts and
takon cognizance of the actions of
those composing tho legislative de-
partmcnt of the State government.
The "ignorance" and poverty" are
not the special products OF the up
country aud that tho wealth and re-
tincmcnt of the State arc not confinei
TO tho coast counties it is only pcces>
sary to refer to the latest census sta
tlstics. The up country in fact, it
matters not what tho prosperity of
tho lower counties may have been TO.
fore the war, is now beyond all ques-
ton the leading section of the State
III all that goes TO mako substantial
prosperity. Oflate years our people
have gone to work with uncommon
energy towards the full development
OF our grand resources. Factories
have been erected, railroads construct
ed, immigration encouraged, and the
whole genius of the country has been
energized into activity. The march
OF Improvement is everywhere visible
and wo are moving onward to a glo-
rious destiny. 1t is q notable fact
that all the manufactures established
in the State since the war, with the
exception Of the phosphate findings
on the coast, have been pushed for
ward by the up country capital and
energy. In educational enterprise,
perhaps the surest indication OF refine.
mont and good manners, the up coun
try is far ahead of It's coast wise noigh
bars. Every college or high school
OF any consequence or reputation in
the State is built on up country soil
and supported by up country. libcra~
lity. There is only one college on tho
coast and it is not patronized by the
people who live almost within shadow
of it's walls. Tbeu the up country
refers with proud qualification to the
long list of distinguished divines, able