Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-10-14

OF tho air, and while our people arc united,
will thoy poll their full vote or attond to
homo affairs and expect victory from the
very default of the opposi,ion7 We warn
them against such q course, fraught with
danger to themselves, their families, their
prosperity and tho highest interests of the
country. IF on the eve Of tho election the
Radical party should print and circulate their
State ticket and the no opposition idea provo
dclusion, it would, if defeated, provo to us
fearful dclusion. Instead of peace and
contcntment wo would haye crime and dis
satisfaction; for wiso laws impartially ad-
ministercd we might expect oppression and
misrulc. The growing prosperity of tho
past few years would be checked property
decline in valuo. our educational interests
would droop and tho influx of capital and
immigration would cease. The victory of
1876, so hardly won would sink in tho dark
ness of defeat, and our hopes Of future ro-
demption would be moro remote than ever
Eight years of corruption and misrulc should
remind our people Of tho great rick they run,
if they should tail in duty at the general
election. Should thero be no opposition to
tho State ticket, n full Democratic yoto will
strengthen our post SUCCESS and bury deeper
tho hopes of tho opposition. We consider
the highest hopes of good government ccntcr
in the ntter overthrow Of tho Radical rarty
in South Carolina. Its rulc hero has made
it the synonym of corruption and there is no
hopo that it can cvor receive recruits from
the better elements of our population. With
it's overthrow other divisions would arise, tho
race issue would disappear in tho State and
in the division Of the colored vote that class
of our population would secure the highest
protection and prosperity of which it is capa.
Bile. Success is then important for our inn
mediate benefit and also for the future
good to tho whole people likely to result
from it,
Is it true, however that we have no oppo,
sition to tho State ticket, or that our success
is certain unless by great exertion? Already
the Grcenbnckers have put in nomination a
full State ticket, composed comparatively of
unobiecionablc men. Tho Republicans have
their Congressional candidates in all tho five
districts. while in several of tho counties
independents are seeking to divide the vote
OF tho people. Whatever may be the actual
political views of tho candidates thus mt
forth, certain it is that they will get tho solid
Republican vote as far as pollcd and will
detach some votes from tho Democrats. We
may rcaso nebly expect these three clements
will unite and endanger Democratic success.
The Grecnbackors ut Chester have already
endorsed Blythe, tho Republican nominee for
Congress from tho Fourth District In
GreenVillo Judge Cooke has announced him
self as an independent candidate for the
State Senate and will unto tho Republican
vote of that county. From local and general
causes operating in the State, We may expect
strong opposition vote. We will not saw
the Grccnbackcrs are all Republicans. We're
it so, our danger from that movement would
amount to nothing. The great bulk of them
arc Democrats and doubtless they wero
honestly opposed to the sudden contraction
of the currency and return to a spcce basis.
as we'll as favor paper currency based
on tho credit of tho government
and commensurate with the full wants of
trade We're this the vital issue of tho cam-
paign. the party would not be weak one
but it is now hopeless minority and strange
it is that the important issues of government
now Mt stake should be imperilcd by single
doubtful financial issue. Tho strength of
this party in South Carolina has been cstis
mated by correspondent of the Now York
Times at from eight to ten thousand votes,
Of which have heretofore noted
with the Democratic party. Tho same
writer expresses tho belief that it's strength
may increase to twenty thousand votos, and
while admitting it's success hopeless looks to
it to hclp the Republicans in having thoir
votes counted. From its action wo NAV
rather look to it to fuse with the Republicans
and Independents, and tho three to prosont
solid opposition to tho Democrats. Con-
sdor for moment tho relative strength of
the races in South Carolina, with their 20.
litical cast. and how close the vote was in
1876, notwithstanding tho heroulean efforts
and enthusiasm of tho Democrats, and it will
ut once bo seen that we must oxert ourselves.
II wo hold our own against opposing forces.
Suppose our county and State ticket to be
secure, and we believe it is both because tho
good local government kept up by tho party
defios successful opposition, and because
national success is placed by the Republicans
abovo State issues, thon still our Congrcssmen