The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-05-13

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there is no gratitude in politics. II is
said that Gen. Jackson, the greatest of
Democratic leaders, applied to party sue.
cess the military maxim, ''To the victor
belongs the spoils." If we had followed
this maxim the State would have been in
better condition, and there would have
been greater unity and harmony in the
| party.
Parties are organized by voluntary as.
sociation of the members for the purpose
| of carrying out certain measures and
principles. They are not organized for
the advancement &c oifE;;oe 0ff
or certain families. The door must be
LEFT wide open to all, and not shut in the
face of the most humble and obscure. It
must not become the theatre for the graf
fication of personal likes or dislikes. The
true test should be usefulness and f3elity
to the party.
We are DOW on the very eve of great
State and National campaign; one that
will test the great question of sclfgov-
ernment, and will put to the test the wis
dom, the energy and the pluck of the
National Democracy. Are we prepared
for the contest? There is no Disgusting
the fact that there is not that harmony
in the party as to State and National
leaders. The action Of certain leaders
has been to declare that Mey and not the
people should rule the party. They as
sert the spirit of autocracy, and the peo-
pie reassert the principles of Democracy.
The autocratic and aristocratic leaders
will be driven to the wall whenever the
issue is made up between them and the
masses of the people. They will then
find out that this is a Government of the
people, by the people, and for the people.
The rule of the aristocratic oligarchy
who governed this State for the last one
hundred years is at an end. The parish
system Of representation has been abol-
ished. The Bank Of the State, the great
fiscal agent through which the taxpayers
of the State were robbed by these aristo.
cratic leaders before the war, is an insti-
tuition of the past. The South Carolina
College has been or will be opened upon
different basis; it will no longer 10
supported by taxing the poor man to ed
ucate the rich mans sons; it will be
open alike to the rich and poor white
youths, FREQ Of charge. The policies,
measures and principles of these ''rnle or
ruin" leaders will never be fastened again
upon the people Of this State.
Look, by way Of contrast, at the or.
ganization of the Republican party, with
we'll defined platform, in which the
principles of the party are clearly ennn.
ciated, with no fusion plank in il, no ad-
mixture of Democratic and Republican
principles, with we'll defined policy on
finance, with harmony amongst the lead.
ers, and with touch of the elboy of the
rank and file of the party, with great
captain foreshadowed as their leader,
with the right to send United States mar.
shals to every election precinct, backed
by the United States troops, with the re.
cent decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States, which declares that
judges, commissioners and managers of
election, where candidates for National
otfices are voted for, are subject To i1dict-
ment and triel in the United States
Courts where partisan Radical Judges
preside and prostitute the law for party
purposes. This is all done despite the
senets of the Democratic party, despite
the theory of local selsgovernment or
the doctrine OF State rights. It is
party with the purae and s!yord il their
hands, and party who are avowedly
ready TO use one or both to secure, main.
tain and perpetuate their partyi in power.
THE startling picture of power and
the sinews OF party should cause our
pause and consider their line of action,
and -our most sellihh e-seekeTs TO in.
quire, Are there not others as well uuali-
fed as themselves to hold office? f
In my four years service in the State
Senate have had to expose those who
were high in Office, who had banded to-
gether to rob the taxpayers by compell-
ing them to recognize and pay the
So ,608,717 of those bonds that were
fraudulent. I have had to point 70 the
sbond rings" organized to secure pay
ment. dollar for dollar, for fraudulent
bonds bought at ten cents on the dollar
20 break up, as far as could. their ras.
ca.sy schemes to rob the people of their
scanty snstenance. I have had to oppose
the placing upon the Bench of men
charged with bribery and corruption, to
the exclusion of some of the a6lest and
purest lawyers of our State. have had
to oppose the turning loose upon our So
ciety the thieves and robbers who de.
spoiled our State. The fallacious maxim
that universal amnesty was the highest
craftsmanship is demonstrated to have
been not only an error, Out criminal
mistake-a grieyous wrong to our people.
It is said that thirds Of the members
of the recent Radical Convention which
granted an amnesty-p pardon, or WHO had
@ n@;riTea I5ToIiiia eItiy IL the reports Of the
committees on frauds. To compound Ri
felony is against tho ancient common law.
of the land. III these guilty men had
been consigned to the State Penitcntiary
where they properly belonged, there
would not have been a corporal's guard
of the Radical party left in this State.
Ny unrelenting opposition to profess
sional and unscrlpulous politicians has
naturally caused them TO antagonize me.
in every possible manner inlths party. d
WaH gagged in 1873, for fear that / would
tell what ! knew of their bribery and
vUITu f1ivIi. vliil vuiy lux 70 siis piiIu
patriotic aud manly element OF the Dem.
ocratic masses to sustain my course and
to vindicate my record. During the
whole term of my service as Senator I
have from time to time been the subject
Of harsh criticism and unbiushiDg alan.
ders. / have borne the criticism with
indi florence, and refuted again and again
their lying and malicious ISLANDERS. at
ohatine 1 Sas oiIafg fged aH being abctit,to
join the Radical party, and ttis vile
slander was at once echoed in this county
by those who. have nursed their personal
animosities to keep them warm, and WHO
under cover of political opposition have
given currency to such unfounded alan.