The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-06-10
ANDERSON, S. q, THURSDAY MORNING. JUNF:l TO- 1880

South Carolina can be coaxed and par.
sdaded and our enemies say they can be
united in buli.dozing. But they are q
very poor people to be kall.dozed. He
was one Of delegation instructed to voto
against 8 nomination now. but at tho
same time If the nominations were made
they were instructed to vote for General
Hagcod. He tho1ght that General Ha-
good would ba as strong in August as he
IS now: The party was not prepared for
q nomination now. The clubs were not
organized He knew of several clubs of
lsrge numbers, but which had but very
small proportion of their members pres
ent ct recent ,meeti1ge. TIE majority of
the convention could not claim to repre-.
sent majority of the Democratic voters.
The majority of the Democratic voters
IN TINS State were opposed to making
nominations now. A nomination now
would produce apethy and indifference.
national platform was adopted, it would
be committing the State to it., no matter
wha, it may. contain, and that would hs
equivalent to O declaration that We care
nothing for principle, bnt that it Is party
we stick to, and that would compromise
the State. ,...ir se
Mr. James Aldrich said that tradition
should be yenerated, bnt DO. lawyer would
say shat one or two instances make q tra-
dition. The May Convention Of 1876
could form no binding example. Tho
i9:no before. the Convention now :. was
whether there was anything contrary to
principle or good policy or prudence in
making nomination now He denied
that such action would have the effect of
binding Us 70 abide by the action of the
National Convention any moro than
sending delegates to that Convention
would. If that Convention should take
any action defoSatory to the honor of our
State, our State Executive Committee
could call Convention to act upon it..
If any man was paralyzed or. rendered
apathetic by the. action Of this Ceuveu.
tion 1t would be because he had already
made up his mind TO be made apathetic
because. he could not rule. ,,a.il isi.-s
Mr.. Earle said thas at firat he was in
clined to oppose making nominations, at
this time, but the more he had heard and
thought about 1t the moro he had been
convinced that they ahould be made aow.
The Convention had right to make the
nominations now because the people had
| gates to the Convention to decide the
| question. The majority Of the people in
his section expect the nominations 10 be
made, and would be disappointed if they
are not made. They do not desire to be
troubled to send men to Columbia acc.
ond time to make them. He Was sur
prised 20 Lees .iao, suggestion that
apathy would be caused by making nom-
| nations now. And as 20 independents,
who would be the independents? He
kne1 of but two. men who had been
prominently spoken Of in connection
with the Office Of Governor, Gen. Hagood
and Gen. Gary, and neither of them
would lead an independent movement.
Mr. w. K. Wideman said that the class
of men who were clemoring for post
penemenb were the class who, had to
work for the election of the ticket; they
| were the men who had 60 90 to the bal
lot box aud work there and remain
there all night if necessary, and put
on the red shirt and ride where
their services were needed, and they
wereaa class whose yoicu could not be
unheeded. denominations were made
| now, and the practice were kept I'D for
five yeara, our enthusiasm would Be at
e Low ebb. The campaign ought 20 be be-
gun just as soon as the nominations were
| made. To mako the nominations now
and commence the canvass in September,
would be Ike waiting to send for the
doctor till the patient was ready to die
instead OF doing it as coon aB he took
sick. H. n .li.f{Si3.,4.i .ssst
General Gary said he rose to sneak
with great emoarl assment, because he
| stood here in both q representative and
| an individual capacity. He had been
alluded to in connection with the Office
of Governor, and he had been much dis
ouRsed in the newspapeys, yet he had
never yet announced his intention of &C.
cepting or declining the nomination.
AllIdipg to his experience In the war,
he said he regretted that there had been
one man who, in this canvass, had seen
| fit to cast giur upon his military re-
cord. He would not detain the Conven-
| tion to answer. that slur now, but he
wouH do 30 hereafter. .j a
II the National Convention should
| nominate such men as .Greeiy and Gratz
E;iown he4wonld not support chem as he
he'd refused to support the Fusion move-
ment in South Carolinl, and as he would
always refuse to support any fusion
movement. APPLAUSE aj ,atisls
Is he had any ambitionait was not in
the line of the gubernatorial chair. He
had always heard that to elect o man
Governor .1as to lay him on the shelf,
and he did not propose to go upon the
shelf unless ne was forced there. He jE.-.
tended to continue an active member of
the Democratic party and to follow iitt5
banner whether It led to victory or de-
feat. [Applause.] -.
as 10 Ine question before the Conyen-
tion, he said that the proposition to
make the nomination now found its
birth in the action of the Executive
Committee. Those who said that to
make nominations now would be contra
ry to Democratic precedent did not limit
their view 10 this State, but that no pre-.
cedent could be found for it In any other
State. ~ .sgi.i. 4 s. f.}.3 .6l
It had been charged that he had his
eye on, the guheFnatorial chair and
would not take it of. Those who had
made that charge had done him gross
Injustice. and thoso wiho new him most
intimately knew that he had frequently
desired to Withdraw his name, as he did
not desire to assume the grave responsi-
bilities attached to the leadership Of the
party of the State.
The nomination nowtis premature and
unYise, and without proper ,sdvisemept
throughout the State. 20 make them In
advance of the plat form would be q spe-
cies of iudepsnde dentism, and If conven.
ton should meet Ia August and make
nominations it would override thsse
nominations, because one Waa regular
and the other Yves not. he had been
sent here instructed to vote against q