Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-09-04
Nominations.


from tho KEowEE COURIER which pays n
handsome compliment to one of our towns,
mon. In terms Of high and, wo believe, just
praise, our contemporary recounts the distn.
gnished services dono his State by General S.
MCGOWAN and nonlinatcs him for our next
Governor. somc time ago tho Beaufort C,cs-
cent put his namo forward for tho samo Office
and somo other newspapers in tho State en-
dorscd tho nomination. AS an Abbovillc
journal wo thank our contemporaries for tho
compliment thoy pay to ono of our citizons,
Of whom Abbovillo County is and has always
been proud.
Other journals have placed other men in
nomination-Genoral lIagood, General Gnry;
and it is said, too, that Judge Wallace is u
candidate for tho samo Office.
Is not all this rather premature? For
aught wo havo hcord or read, tho present in
cumbcnt, Governor w. D. Simpson, has not
signifcd his refusal to be rcnclcctcd IIo
sorvcd two years as Licutcuant Governor
after having fonght good fight at IIampton's
side during tho campaign Of '7G. lilo is now
acting rs Governor by courtesy, the elected
Governor having gono to tho United States
Senate. Should ho dcsirc to bo elected rs
Governor at the noxt election, wo know not
any man in South Carolina whom wo should
support moro heartily, or who would be moro
acceptable to the whole people, or whose
election would DO more beneficial. During
his current torn he is ruling this State well;
peace rcigns within her borders; thcro is
concord between tho two races; tho laws arc
respected and administered, and order pre-
walls. We do not know Governor Simpsons
intentions or desires but if ho should be n
candidate for reelection wo would vote for
Simpson. a man Of steady head and strong
hand, Of upright character and unblcmshcd
name, South Carolina could have no better
Governor.
But oyon surprising that Governor Simp~
son intends to loavo the Chief Magistrates
chair, is it wise or necessary to bring forward
nominations so long before tho clcction--so
long before tho eonvcntion2 Would it not
be wiso to leave something for the Convcn-
ton to do2 Is it wiso to break the peace
which our people arc enjoying and set the
political pools astir by casting in pebbles Of
nominations? We thank tho Columbia Regis
te. for its words in reminding our pooplo TINT
this is Nn "of year." and counscling them to
lot politics alonc lttlo while longer and
attend to tho peaceful pursuits of business,
and especially to mako this "Fair Ycar,"-
;car of great and successful agricultural
fairs III State and County. This is good
advice, and is the course which is being pur-
sued by Abbovillo County. Abbcvillc Coun-
ty has no candidate for State olIcecc, 20 far rs
we know. Wo hopo our good friend, tho
Ncwbcrry Neps will tako note Of this That
journal published lately with "wc under
stand" list of thrcc Abbeyillc candidates-
for Govefnor, Attorney General, and Adiu.
tant"Gencral." AtNQncc and no wonder
some newspapers copied the paragraph,
adding exclamation points and expressions of
surpri.c-onc journal saying it was a piece
of "grcat check" in Abbevilo. Softly,
friends; Ncwbcrry is some distance from
Abbcvillo, and the Ncwbc,ry Mc,cs published
it only as matter OF hcarsay, and only very
sharp cars could have heard, so Ear away
from Abbcvillc, what was not uttered hero.
Lay it to tho account Of Ncwberry ''cars,"
not to Abbcyille "chcck." Neither by tho
Abbcvil!e newspapers, nor by word-'o.moutl
can wo learn anything about Abbcyilc candi
datcs except this that thoy arc not.
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