The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-10-24
TIE PRIMARY ELECTION.

we publish in another column tabu-
lar statement of the vote cast at the pri-
mary election held in this County on last
Friday. The election for nominations
passed off quietly, although great interest
was felt by the,friends of the candidates
for the success of their respective favor
ties. The Democratic party of Anderson
has now spoken in the manner which it
decree5, and the parties who received
the nominations will receive at the gen.
eral election, to be held on the 5th day
of November next, the undivided sup
port OF the party, which will secure their
election to- the several Offices for which
they have been nominated. That the
nominees are competent and well quail
fed TO fill their respective positions must
be conceded, and the people Of Anderson
feel assured that their interests will suffer
no detriment in their hands. While this
is true, ii is equally true, that those who
failed to receive the nominations are true
and good men, competent to I'LL and
adorn the positions which their friends
desired to confer upon them. The nom
nations having been made, it IS now the
duty of every Democrat to work in earn
est to make the Democratic majority as
large as possible. By doing this we
strike terror into the Radical ranks, and
show them they have nothing to hope
for from division of the Democrats, or
even their lethargy. Previous to the
primary election all the candidates for
nominations we're Democrats, standing
on the Democratic platform, and the
contest was for men and not party; but
now allsis changed, the party has placed
in nomination its candidates, who rep
resent the party, and the contest is now
literally one between the Democratic and
Radical parties. 1t no longer contest
between men, but one of principle
whether the Democrats or Republicans
shall govern the State. In politics
neither men nor parties are anything
except so far as they represent principles.
The necessity for unity and harmony in
the Democratic party was never more i'm
peratiye than at the present time. Di-
Tisions win lead inevitably to defeat, and
1 defeat means the re-establishment Of
s Radical rule with all the terrible con-
sequences which the people of the State
endured for eight years. Party organiza.
tion Is absolutely necessary for the pre-.
aervation and perpetuation of the princi.
pies ofa party, and the unity of organi-
cation cannot be maintained unless the
voice of the party as expressed in con-
yentions, by primary elections or other
wise, as may be determined, shall bind
every member of it. Otherwise there
will be as many factions within it as
there are candidates, and instead of pre-
senting united front to our opponents,
discord will rend the party and lead to
certain defeat, not because there is moi
sufficient adhesion to Democratic princi.
Piles to insure success, but that the an.
tagonism of candidates and personal am.
bition have destroyed that adhesion
The Democratic party of this State have
little to. fear from the Radical party al
present. Its leaders arc mostly scattered
fngitives from justice, and it has no lead.
er to direct it; yet it is not dead, it only
awaits an opportunity to again grasp the
reins of government, and if the Demo.
Gratis by either indifference or divisions
afford them the opportunity nothing is
more certain than that they will avail
themselves of it, and all the blessing Sc
cured to the State by Democratic success
will be lost. Every Democrat in every
County in the State should on the Tues
day after the first Monday in next month
90 to the polls and cast his ballot for the
regular nominees of the party, and not
only will success be certain, but the last
hope of corrupt party destroyed, and
i the Radicals learn that they have moth
ing to expect from dissensior among the
Democrats.