Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-10-28
TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF THE
STATE.
Rooms STATE DEMOCRATIC EXEC'vE CON-,

1he feW GAYS WnlCn lnteTVeue ueI"oou 'h'o
and the ID of November, may be decisive OF
the election, National, State and local and
in view of the Importance of the issues In
volved and the absolute need of success, the
State Executive Committee appeals to the
Democratic Clubs and voters Throughout the
State for vigorous and united action.
The failure of the Republican party to
openly nominate State ticket has lulled our
people into a sense of security, and has in
spired the belief that there is no real contest,
and no need Of work, and that success will
come as it came in 1878 Nothing could be
more delusive or destructive. Apathy now
is fatal, and supineness will only pave the
way of defeat. 80
There is contest before us not only for
the Electoral but for the State ticket. We
feel authorized, from the information we have,
to say to you that the Republican party Will
present an unbroken front on election day IN
support of the Greenback ticket and coales.
cling with the small faction of the people, Will
strive under their banners, to win Repuoll'
can victory. The instructions have been al
ready given, the orders issued, the comblna'
nation of forces arranged. and the bargain
struck, which unites the Greenback party
with the Republican for the defeat through
ont the State of the Democratic Electoral,
State, and local ticket.
The remembrance of the dark period from
1868 to 1875 is too vivid for you to tolerate
the thought of again passing under Republl-
can rule. We have realized the blessings OF
Democratic government. The reforms which
have come are not imaginary, nor are they
mere party cries for political effect. They
are substantial, visible to the whole world,
felt and recognized in business circles every
where, and admitted by even the most bitter
and hostile of Republican journals. Peace
throughout the State the absence OF all race
collisions the equal and just administration
of the laws security to life and property ;
the reduction of taxation and expenses, and
a marked and general increase in material
prosperity, are the fruits of Democratic rule
and the results of the overthrow OF Republl-
can domination. ),
To us the success of the Republican and
the overthrow of the Democratic government
means far more than an ordinary change OF
political rulers. 1t means the destruction OF
every material interest," the paralysis of all IN:
dustries 1t means the return to power OF
agance and wasteful and shameless expendl-
ture, an increase Of State debt and taxation
1t means venal Legislature, a corrupt Ju-
dietary and an executive powerless to enforce
the laws. Itmeans daily recurring strife of
races and constant sense Of insecurity and
danger. Under that yoke we cannot and
will not again pass
The bitter lessons of the past will be lost
unless they teach us that is only in the unity
and energy of the Democratic party that the
hope of safety lies By these means we won
in the struggle of 1876. BY these and these
alone, can we win now. The intense enthu-
siasm of that campaign called out every voter
The full strength of the Democratic party is
needed now. On that, and that alone, can
we rely. No party machinery nor political
management, no secret counsels nor subtle
contrivances can avail. To rely on these is
to trust to a broken reed. The race is to the
swift and the battle to the strong and victory
on the End of November will range itself on
the side of the heaviest battalions. 1t is for
YOU and us to see to it that the heaviest bat
talions march under the Democratic flag.
The one paramount duty OF those who
hope to preserve the civilization they have
inherited, and the prosperity they ENJOY, Is to
be active aud earnest; for every man to work
as if success depended on his individual ef
fort, and not to rest until the last man has
been brought out and the last ballot polled
Upon those who have been clothed with pow
er as Executive officers in the Counties, or
chosen by the people as their standard bear
ers in the contest, will rest heavy response
bility. To them their fellow citizens look
for guidance and example. With them is
the real and active management OF the cam
paign. The State Committee can only exer.
else general supervision and direction. The
struggle in each County must be under the
leadership of the local Executive Committee,
and success in the Counties means victory in
the State.
The lines are drawn and the issue joined
Those who are not with US are against u.s.
There is now neither room nor place tor In
dependents or third parties of any kind. No
matter under what flag they serve or what
battle cry they utter, their vote is against US
if is not with US. Consciously and uncon'
sciously, they are working for our defeat
There may be among good men, candidates
and the friends of candidates, a keen sense
of personal wrong and political injustice.
Just claims may have been ignored and faith
full services forgotten. These are incidents
inseparable from political life and contests; !;
but the remedy is not in lukewarmness; not
in resistance to the popular will not above
all, in alliance with enemies to defeat friends.
The State may be safely trusted, sooner or
later, to do justice to all her sons; but it
is equally sure and certain that the just and
wei ghty judgment of the State will fall upon
those who in the hour of peril, forgetting
their duty, remember only their personal
wrongs, or prefer their personal ambition to
the public good. If there be any such we
appeal to them in the most earnest and friend
ly spirit, as they value their own good name,
their hopes of usefulness in the future, the
respect of their fellow citizens Or the peace
and property Of the State, to rise above all
thoughts of self and unite heartily and zeal
ously with their Democratic friends and
comrades in common effort to save US from
the danger and degradation Of Republican
rule.
John Bratton, Chairman, Jas. F. Izlar,
VIM. Munro, Geo. Johnstone, John G. Has
kell, j. M. johnson, j: H. Earle, c. S. Nc
Call, Geo. D. Bryan, B. Presley Barron,
E. B. Murray, T. Stobo Farrow, j. G. Shep
pard, NJ. P. Howell, c. j. G. Hutson, State
Democratic Executive Committee.
Correspondence of the YorkviIle Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CLOVER.