The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-15
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Noes-Hayne, Peel, Parker, Bamp-
field, Wilson, Miller, Mel Kinlay, Shrews-
bury, Pitts, Deas, Rafra, Moultrie, Dun
can, Wright, Goode, Webster, Jefferson,
McMullen, Hendrix, Rawls, Holloway,
: Crawford, Pinckney, Stubbs, Coghlan,
Swails, Mouzon, Montgomery, Roberts,
Morrison, Rue, Scott-35.
The committee on Platform and Reso.
lutions, desiring to finish their delibera-
tions, at 2.45 q recess until halfpast 4
was taken in order to allow them time to
prepare q full report.
At the appointed hour the convention
reassembled, and the members having
said all that they desired to be kept from
the outer world, motion was made and
adopted to hold an open session.
The doors were thrown open a few
minutes later and the reporters and spec
tators were permitted to enter. But few
of the latter, however, were present, as
they had become wearied by the long
session of the morning and early after
noon.
The Committee on Platform and Reso-
lutions submitted their report.
Mackey suggested that each plank OF
the platform be acted upon separately,
but the Chair ruled that It would be read
and acted on as 8 whole.
Swails then proceeded to read the
platform, which was listened to with the
closest attention and yociferousty ap-
plauded several times. 1t is IS follows:
/. The Republican party of the State
of South Carolina, in convention assem-
4 bled, believing that the principles of
equal civil and political rights are vital
to the interests of good government, and
that they can only be enforced by the
party which has engrafted them upon
the State and national constitutions,
hereby reafirm their earnest adhesion to
the platform and principles adopted by
! the National Republican Convention at
Cincinnati on the 18th day of June, 1876.
2. We reiterate our abhorrence and
Reputation of all forms of violence, In.
timidation or fraud in the conduct OF
elections, or for political purposes, and
denounce the same as crime against
tie liberty of American citizens IS well
as the common rights of humanity; and
while we insist upon and will zealously
guard the right Of every citizen freely to
choose his political party, and deny the
unfounded charge that the Republican
party countenances any interference with
7 the colorea voters who may choose to
vote theSD Democratic ticket, We do pro-
I test against and denounce the practice
inaugurated in the campaign of 1876,
and again revived In some counties by,
the Democratic party, of attending Re-
publican meetings and conventions, and
by show of force and other forms OF, in
tinidation disturbing snch meetings, or
tak ling part therein without the consent
or invitation Of the party calling them.
3. We charge the Democratic party
: with being unfaithful to the many
) pledges and promises made during >the
Campaign of 1876 as demonstrated by the
LEGISLATION Of the last General Assembly,
the journals Of which show that the only
pledges redeemed were those for which
the entire Republican vote of both
brarches of the Legislature were cast.
4. We Genounce the Democratic party
forthe frauds, violence and intimidation
committed during the general election OF
1875; for the assassinations and murders
committed during the canvass preceding
: that election; for the violent seizure of
the State government after that election /;
5 for the frauds committed at every special
election held since they obtained control
of the State and for the system of in
timidation which still prevails in many
counties, whereby the Republicans are
actually prohibited from meeting and or
ganizing.
5. We denounce the Democratic party
for the outrage perpetrated in unseating
Republican members of the General AS
sembEE, so as to increase their majority
in the Legislature, and especially for de-
priying the seventeen Republican repre-
sentatiyes from Charleston County Of
their seats to which they had been elec.
ted by over six thousand majority; and
when elections were held to fill these
vacancies in Charleston, Orangeburg,
Beaufort, Sumter and other counties for
refusing to give the Republicans any
representation whatever on the Commis-
misioners of Elections or the Board Of
Managers for the frauds committed in
the management of those elections, and
particularly for stealing six ballot boxes
Containing Republican majorities in the
county of Sumter, and for refusing to
count the votes cast at certain precincts
ct such elections in Beaufort and Orange
burg for alleged irregularities on the part
of the managers appointed by them
selves.
6. We arraign the Democratic party
for enacting at the last session of the
General Assembly the law whereby nu-
merous voting precincts in large Repub-
lican counties were abolished so that
thousands of Republican voters are yir-
tually disfranchised or else compelled to
walk twenty miles or more in order to
vote, and in some places to cross rivers
in order to reach polling place.
z. While condemning the conduct OF
all public officers who may have in years
pest violated the trusts confided to them,
and while denouncing all fraudulent and
dishonest practices, and disclaiming any
desire oshield any individual proved to
be guilty Of. such ofenses. we denounce
the method by which the Democratic
party, through manufactured testimony
sought to inculpate men whose only Of
fense was their Republicanism, and we
1uILQSI utuOuuCC bliO auiealA aaN PoApiooA
character of the recent legislative inyes-
tigations in this State whereby the frauds
committed by Democrats have been care
fully screened from public view and all
! testimony looking to their exposure has
been studiously suppressed.
- 8. We reafirm the declaration made
from time to time that at the general
election held in this State on the 7th day
of November, 1876, for presidential elec-
: tors, Governor and other State officers,
not only were the Republican presidential
electors, duly chosen, but that Daniel b.
Chamberlain, together with the entire
Republican State ticket, were also elected
by the votes of Q majority of the qualified
electors of this State.
8. We deem it inexpedient to nominate
candidates for Governor and other State