The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-17

SouScHlloll, ui'U L also DellCYe the
nqmination Of Mr.. Tildcn would
leopard, if not rai ', the prospects o
carrying the State tor the Dcinocracy
What effect his nomination would
have upon the several Congressional
districts am not prcparu at present tC
say. The vote would De very close
any way IL may be calculated. and the
fewer obst4cles we have the more cor
tain we shall be ofgctting an uudisputcd
majority in every district and an ag-
grcgatc vote in tho State for the
Democratic candidate which cannot bc
challenged"
NJ. L. O'C0nnor, Of the Second dis
trict, Says:-"Tle nomination Of Mr..
Tildcn in my opinion means the de-
feat OF the electoral ticket in South
Carolina. l have just returned from
Charleston, and the opinion | express
is confirmed by The visit to my home.
The Democracy Of our State would
not think OF boiling the nomination,
but we should be SO indifferent, if the
nomination Of Mr.. ridden wore pre-
scntcd for our support, that ! should
say the vote Of the State would be less
than ii was for Mr.. Greeley in 1872.
| should hardly suppose the strength
Of our delegation would be affected by
MIR. Tidcns nomination. Let any
body be nominated but Mr.. Tiden
and the vote Of South Carolina will be
assured for the Democracy, with vic
tory from one end OF The State to the
other"
ID. Wyatt Aiken, Of the Third dis
trict, says :-''lf Mr.. Tildcn is again
nominated the vote Of every county in
South Carolina would be a strained
vote. While there is no doubt but
that the party would give him its sup
port, it would do it gru,lgingly, as it
were under protest. and go through
the campaign in ii hoartlt.,s manner
'i>hat is my honest conviction. You
must remember we had very hard
time four years ago when all tho en-
thuSiasm OF the Democracy Of the
State was aroused. What would it be
ii we had to carry II dead weight next
fal.? AS for the result in the Congress
Sionul districts, do not think there
would be any break in tho delegation.
Our local interests arc more conferred
in election Of congressman, and be-
licvc we would elect the five members
the State is entitled to. You must
bear in mind that we were counted
out of our vote for the Presidential
electors in South Carolina in 1876, vet
sustained the entire delegation in Con-
grcss. We went for home rule and
won Oh our local issues, hut got worst
cd i'll the Presidential count. Would it
not be reasonable to suppose that with
additional drawbacks this year, the
chances of lrrying the electoral ticket
would be dilninislIcd"
John II. Evins, Of the Fourth dis
trict, says:-''T.,c nominee ofthc Con-
vcntion will be supported, bat, in my
opinion, if il is Mr.. Iildcn. that sup
port will be lukcwarm compared with
our cnt thusiasm for him four years ago.
Ii would be very feeble rs compared
with the support we would give to Mr..
Baynrd or AIR. Seymour or any other
OF the candidates named, except Mr..
Til.;cn. You can Judge Of the ncccssi-
ty of giving rs 4 strong candidate by
recalling the result Of the contest in
1876. "" elected our Governor, yet
We lost tic electoral vote Of the State.
II that was SO in 1876 what might be
expected if Tildcn was again nominat-
cd? What assurance have we or can
we give that we will not be beaten or
counted out? l say tho contingency is
too great to run any risk. There
might be Il dead set made for Rcpubli-
can Con9rcssmcn, and one or two, il
not three, Of Tic five districts would
have Il sharp, close contest to hold
their Democratic strength. Our Sc
curity against defeat will rest in the
nomination of Seymour and Hen
dricks. Mr.. Hendricks will, | under
stand, consent to run as Vice-Prcsidcnt
with Mr.. Scymour.'
George T.. TilInnn, Of the Fifth dis
trict, says:-'I am sure South Carroll
na will 60 for the nominee, whoever
he may be. TO be sure it would be
uphill work with Mr.. I'ildcn at the
head rthc ticket. Any ether cand date
would make tho political campaign
easier to go through with. Somehow
the name Of Mr.. Tildcn is not as strong
as it was four years ago. lie is some
thing OF Il martyr, but not sufficiently
dvcstcd of material prosperity to
arouse that finer spiritual sense which
responds to the suficrings and dcnials
of those who sacrifice much in q Just
cause. lie was cheated out of the
office without doubt, but there is little
hope that politics will ever do justice
to the downtroddcn in this country.
As for our Congressional delegation,
that is different matter entirely.
We arc struggling to preserve our civil
iZation in South Carolina, and there is
not the slightest danger Of the dclcga-
ton being aught but Democratic so
long as we stand by our love for hon
csty and the Anglo-SaXon race"
~ GOOD STORY, BUT VERY OLD
During the Crimcan war CZar Nicho-
las dcigncd to borrow vast sums of
money the wealthy Russian monas-
tcrics, and among others Of the Pet
shcrskaia Laura, a renowned cloiStcr
built over the Kicv Catacombs, which
was totally destroyed by fire only a
tNrtuiGlt 900. ILe mt ri1,tin f..ni a..,i