The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-10-21
Let y our cotton picking 80 for one
day and attend the meeting appoint-
ed by tn Q Executive COMMITTEES.
The October Elections.

The State and Congressional elections came
off i'll Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia on the
18th instant. West Virginia went Democra-
tic, but Ohio and Indiana gave the Democrats
black eye. Ohio was conceded to the Re-
publicans by the Democrats, but the loss of
Indiana is great surprise. That State, we
had been assured by the Democratic leaders
was safe, and with the defeat of the Repub>
licans in Maine and the reconciliation of the
two wings of the Democracy in New York we
had come to consider Hancocks election nm
assured fact. But the une expected defeat in
Indiana upsets oil previous calculations, and
We confess the out look for the Democracy ;s
rather blue, though still hopeful The Re-
publlcans ore making the issues entirely Sec
tional. Garfield besmrched all over as he is
with jobs and corruption had no merits to re =
commend him to the people, and without
raising the secti onal issue had no chance of
election. This the astute leaders of the Re-
publican party soon saw, and they ut once
raised the bloody shirt to their masth ead.-
From very Republican paper and from every
Il epublican rostrum in the North and West
the most terrible invectiv es hav. been hurled
| at the South. Trea son, rebellion, Kukluxism,
murder and every crime named in the Eng
lish vocabular of words, has been charged
against the defenseless South. Religious
bigotry, sectional hate and The money power
of the North have coalesed, and preachers
have quit their pulIits and mounted the DO.
litical rostrum to preach hatred and destruc-
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feared all the time, are having their effect.
and there is no telling what the final result
Will be. But we are not without hope. II
In diana, nll the power IF the Government a:
we'll as That of the entire Republican party
was concentrated to defeat the Democrncy,-
Negro es from the South. bullics from Phila,
delpha and New York were imported into the
State to vote for and do the dity work of the
Republican party. With all this immense DOW.
er concentrated against the brave and gallant
Democracy Of that noble State they only suc-
ceededby about G,00O or 1000 votes In
November this power can not be concentrated
aud we still have hopes of the State going for
Hancock and English. But with the loss OF
Indiana, our friends at the N orth assure us the
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Jersey and Connecticut, which cast their elec
toral votes for Tilden in 1876, .hey assure us
arc equally certain to cast their electoral
votes for Hancock, which will give him more
than the necessary majority. Besides these
States there is probability of three votes
from Maine, with good chances for the vote
Of Nevada and Oregon. Pennsylvania too
Is debatcablc ground. These defeats, We hope,
will stiffen the backbone Of the Democracy
and put them TO solid work The great est
| danger TO our mind is tho loss Of the House Of
representatives. In both Ohio and Indiana,
the Republicans have made gaines. We can
not afford losses anywhere else. The Kepub>
licans are sending money by the barrel full
into every doubtful State, and if money can
win they are determined to succeed. South
Carolina and every other Southern State
must send solid delegation. Aiken's ma
iority in this District must not be less than
5000. Let every Democrat do his whole
duty.