Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-08-22

ticket IN the nelQ, DuC Tell you Cnat III
every county where they think they have a
shadow of chance of success they will make
a determined fight for the Legislature.
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES.
, If there is man in South Carolina, in one
single district, who is base enough to forsake
his party at this time and head an indepen.
dent ticket, the Radicals will rally to his
support, and you will be stricken down in the
house of your friends.
You have no easy work before you The
people Of this State must again rally to their
standard as they did before, and must devote
every energy, might, means and work and
their prayers to this great cause; for, if we
lose the Legislature we lose all that we have
fought for--all that we have so hardly won:
MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.
1t is matter of very little moment-as !
told the people of Anderson-who may be
your Governor, but is a matter OF life and
death to this old land of ours that we have a
Legislature representing the manhood, civil.
zation, intelligence and virtue of South Caro-
lima That is your objective point; and if my
words could reach every man in South Caro-
lima, if could but incite each one to renewed
efforts, to even greater efforts than in the
campaign of rs, would say to him in all
truth and solemnity, that he must work now,
and until the 9Th Of November, as if the des.
tiny of the State depended on his work alone.
| have warned you of your danger If, being
warned, you are true to yourselves knoau
the people of Edgefeld will be true. [Cheers. ]
l speak to the whole tate)-if the Democrat
ic party of the State will be true to itself,
predict to you that you will win an overwhelm-
ing victory. ...... ..
You may remember that when two years
ago l stood upon this spot and declared then
that we would win, there were then in the
minds of many Of my hearers grave doubts as
to our success but never-from the 10Th of
August, when I accepted the nomination
never from that day until the 9TH of Novem-
Der, did have one doubt that the Democratic
party would win. knew we would win.
knew we had Right and Truth and Justice on
our side, and that the God of our fathers
would help US if we helped ourselves.
WE CAN WIN AGAIN.
And you can win again, and victory now
means more than you may think II means
giving you the Legislature-drecting the
laws of this county; shaping them for the
common good. 1t means all that we have
cherished in the past and all we hope for in
the future. 1t means more, if possible, than
that. Victory in 1878 means victory in
1880, and victory in 1880 for the National
Democratic party, means peace for the whole
country-restoration of harmony and frater-
nity, and the observance of the Constitution
of the country as it was framed by our faith.
ers That is our highest aim and object,
and we must look to that because, until a
National Democratic party comes into power,
we never shall be safe from recurrence of
these sporadic efforts of the Republicans
against it.
YOU CAN WIN!
And you can win by planting yourselves
squarely and firmly on that glorious platform
given to you by the Democratic Convention,
by devoting yourselves to this work and |
say to you that you must win! | know that
the men who in '76 proved that they could
lift the State from ruin will show in rs that
they intend to preserve it. Continued and
enthusiastic cheering.]
In regard to the pledges he had made,
Governor Hampton appealed to his hearers
white and colorcd alike, to say whether he
had not kept them "literally, honestly and
truly" and was met by an assuring shout of
affirmation set up by his hearers of both COL
ors.
THE COLORED PEOPLE.
intend, he continued, to keep them in the
future 1 can look into my own heart and
say that have administered the laws with
justice and equality, or, if with any partially
at all, it has been more in favor of the colored
people than otherwise They have received
more clemency than have white men, and
have enjoyed more privileges than ever before,
and they continue to enjoy them now.
THE STATE DEBT.
We have no elements in our approaching
campaign to disturb US. The only point up
on which patriotic and able men divided in
the last Legislature was upon the bonded
debt of the State, and that question has been
happily eliminated from politics and placed
before judicial tribunal of the State. Ey-
cry one can afford to abide by its decision, and
to pledge himself in advance to stand by it.
We have now nothing on the face Of the earth
to divide US. We are all working for the
same end, and living on the same soil, under
that Carolina sun all will sleep on the bosom
of this old mother of ours when we pass hence.
Why cannot we all struggle together for her
sake? Let US place our differences in the
background and march forward together to
victory.
A MIsAPPREHENsION CORRECTED.
I am glad to have met you to. day. I have
come because l was afraid there was some
misapprehension on your part in regard to my
course. have seen it stated that had ira
duced you. If you, people of Edge6eld, new
err have any man to traduce you until | do,
you will have an honored and brilliant ca
reer.
have not forgotten what Edge6eld has
DONE l have never failed to recognize the
fact that the men of Edgefeld, in large pro-
portions, contributed to the praise and glory
of my old command, how they stood by ME in
many 6ght-and l never intend to forget
it. When | differ from you it is as one honest
man differs from another, and as friend differs
from friend Cheers
have come to thank you for what you
have done; to appeal to you to work on in the
future as you have nobly worked in the past
In conclusion 1 pray that every blessing
munifcent Heaven can pour out will descend
forever upon this brave people. Cheers.]
ssg> The great Bonanza Mines that have
played so stirring part in recent California
, history seem entirely exhausted and about to