The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-30
EIGnTING Sane. TILpEN.

Tho Netrs and Courier of last Thursday
contains an araicle showing that the NOM
ination Of q candidate for the Presider.cr
next year has narrowed down to selc:,.
tion between Tildon, Hancock and Bay
ard on the Democratic side, and arguing
in favor of the selection OF tho latter.
With tho conclusions of this article we
fully agree, but we cannot endorse tho
tone of tho Ne,es aud Courie- towards Mr..
Tilden when 1t says.
Mr.. Tiidon cannot be elected because
he cannot secure the vote of the Solid
South. Tho argumcn. Is that the local
necessities of the Southern people will
impel them TO vote. for The Democratic
plausible whore local needs come into
play and tho vote for Presidential cleo
tors Is combined with tho vote for State
and County officers. 1t Is futile in South
Carolina, where q citizen must cast two
votes In different places, If ne would give
act of March %, 1873, thero must, at Con-
Breasional and Presidential elections, be
TWO ballot boxes for each precinct, which
boxes must be kept Separate and apart
ana not I'm the samo apartment" In ono
box are deposited tho ballots for Con-
In the other be x tho ballots for State,
Circuit and Coz. .nty onicers. Now there
Is aus much public spirit and rs muc., ioy-
nlty to the ISstionai Democracy in South
CAROLINA as IN any other State, but Mr.
Ahden Is regarded as chronic sneak
anu constr>utionnl coward, and neither
tho mandates of Conventions nor tho an
peals G he Press will induce tho people
10 put themselves to any trouble to vote
ior his Electors. To nominate Mr.. Til
den is 70 throw away the electoral vote
OF South Carolina, and to lose two or
three congressman. Can tho National
Democratic party afford it2 Nor is tho
evi! confined to South Carolina. There
Will be tiOnblo with both Florida and
Louisiana, II the candidate be Mr.. Tilden.
10 speak plainly, while tho South, WELD
ing enormous powor, Ia not disposed to
u,ctate VINO shall be nominated, it has
already said that the nominee shall not
be Mr. Tilden.
We do not agre, with our contempo-
rary in saying tho vote of this State can
not be carried for Mr.. Tildon, as we be-
liove that South Carolina is Democratic
State, and that her nenplo will vote FOR
the nominee of the party, whoever ne
may be, knowing that he is sure to bo q
better man for the country than any man
The i;vpuu;;i;Jss,s VIII nominate. We be-
iieve the snme Is also truo Of Louisiana
and Florida, for the Southern States can
no! afford to permit O Republican SUCCESS
next year. Any thing like tho policy In
dicatcd by the Netcs and Courier would bc
worse than suicidal to ourselves. It Is
nothing moro nor less than encouraging
Independentism, which IS tho hidden
snare that is already prepared for the De-
mocracy in South Carolina. flour peo-
plo prize their liberties and tho blessings
OF good government, they must stick to-
gothnr in politics, voting the ticket nor1-
mated by their party. and the whole
ticket, whether IL quits them personally
or not. We are now fighting TO establish
great principles, the success Or failure OF
which decide the final destiny OF orr Re-
public. Men are matters of small conse-
quenco in such struggle, and personal
likes or dislikes ahould hevo absolutely
no control overa mans ballot after tho
nomination has been made. It will not
90 for O r.::;..;;ss TO say that he will not vote
n part of the ticket and still claim to be n
sound Democrat, for the discretion which
ho exercises can be exercised by others
rs to other parts of tho ticket, and by still
others as to tho whole OF the ticket. in /
each and every of which cases the voter
is giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
1t would present the spectacle OF men
claiiniag TO be Democrats end yet help
ing to elect Republicans. as john Kelly
and his followers ars doingin New York.
We hTye no doubt that we have plenty
of John Kelloys In South Carolina, but
we do not believe they viii find any con-
siderable following. Whatever fight.
therefore, we have &c make Mr.. TIL
den should be mado inside. OF tho party,
and not in such away as to weaken the
organization or to encourage disafFection
aud indepsndentism. Our objection to |
MIR. IIlden is both as TO tho proprlety OF
his nomination and as to its expediency.
We believe It would be unfortungso, be-
canae he wonld bo kept explaining and
apologizing- during the 10 canvass,
keeping us on the defensive throughout
He Is not the strongest man In New
Jersey, Connections or Indiann, and has
no moro strength, IL as much, In New
York than Senator Bhyard would have. I
Wo are decidedly In favor OF Bayard and |
opposed to Tilden, until The nominating
is over, and ihen wo are In
favor Of whoever it nominates. This is,
wo peiieye, the proper ground Tor the
South.