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Word OF Warning to tho Democracy {
South Carolina Tho Dang crs of til
Situation,

Word OF Warning to tho Democracy of
South Cnrolina--Tho Dang crs of the
Situation.
-, From the Lancaster Ledger
The second Tuesday in November
will soon be hcrc-thc day that will
| decide one OF the greatest political con-
tests that tho country has ever witness
| cd. What is the Democracy Of South
Carolina doing? Since the nomination,
! OF State officers last June all excite
mcnt has ceased and but little interest
manifested. The race is not so easy n
one as some people imagine. a cou-
pie of thousands of "Indcpcndents"
and "Grccnbackcrs" may turn tho
scales against us. 1t is thought bv
men Of prominence that our State. to-
gcthcr with one or two other Southern
States, will be stubornly contested as
to [ he electoral vote, and in doing this
VIC have no doubt but that the 9ubcr-
natorial vote Of these States will un-
dcrgo similar procedure for the pal
| llation and satisfaction Of the Radical
rabblc in tho States. Tho National
Republican party know full well that
they will have their hands full to de-
feat General Hancock for the Prcsi-
dcncy, and they intend TO use every
mcans possible to secure his defeat,
and therefore hope, under the guisc Of
contcsting so-calIcd doubtful States, to
inauguratc kind of "clcctoral COM
mission or cight-to-scvcn game,
| whereby they can secure al easy VIC
tory for Garfield. And now arc our
people going to lay dormant and be
! indifferent to the principles upon which
our party is founded, or sit idly by and
sec the electoral vote wrcstlcd from
our grasp, when, perhaps, the fate Of
he National Democratic party mag
depend upon the seven votes Of South
Carolina? Tue Republican party of
South Carolina will certainly put q
ticket in The field, and will, no doubt,
be financially aided by sonc of tho
Radical stalwarts, and when tho State
is contested as to the electoral vote,
our State ticket will certainly be con-
tostcd 50 rs to keep the faith with the
Republican party Of This State. a Re-
publican ticket has already been
spoken Of, and we cannot fold our
hands and complaccntly await tho
triumph Of the Democratic party with
out working for il. There need not
be the lenst doubt as TO the success of
our State ticket, but taking the above
tacts into consideration WC ought to
bcstir ourselves, and cnlGavor to roll
up a majority so large that there can
not be tho least shadow of u chance to
contest either our State or National
tickets. We must work, work, work I
labor hns its reward, and the Rcpub-
lican party will be Just as apt to reap
that reward as we, if We sit with idle
hands and wait for chance TO gain us
tho victory. flour people will only
think a little they cannot help but see
tho Importance of working hard in
this campaign; for where the weakest
point is observed, there the enemy in
tends to strike. South Carolina stands
a chance OF being tho pivot upon which
the wheel Of government shall turn,
and hence it not only becomes us and
our State to obtain and secure this
power, but wc owe it to the National
Democratic party to use our utmost
cndcavors in carrying The State as
largely for Hancock rs possible.
a CURIOUS COLLECTION or PATRIOTS.
Taken individually and collectively,
tho patriots who were invited to New
York to meet the Credit MobiIicr candi-
date for thc prcSi1pnrv xVcrn pcruIi =,