The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-08
HAG0OD AND KYsNNHDr.

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On bsinS iatrodused 70 The Conven.
tisn, 0eperal Hagood spoke as fol,
lows:
It is with feelings Of profound graft
tude for the personal honor conferred,
and with deep sense Of the RESPONSE
bility imposed, that lacccpt, gcntlcmcn
Of tho Convention, the nomination yo,,
hove been pleased to make. Your Sc
lection might we'll have fallen upon
ono worthier of your choice, for the
time has come again whom no son of
the State could look to q higher posi-
tion than that in connection with
which you have named mo. It was
only in the dark days OF our history,
when the alien and the drcgs of our
own population riotcd i'll power, that
shame was ever suffered to approach
South Cardinals Executive. 4 long
list OF illustrious names adorned it in
! the better days Of the past, and Ilnmp-
ton and Simpson have filed it III the
present. However may fail, if your
nomination becomes an election, il,
the ability with which, rs compared
with these, the trust be discharged, |
confidently pledge You that the banner
you place IN my hands will not be
lowered, and that no shadow of dis
honor or taint of personal ends shall
dim its folds.
You have not, gentlemen, called ME
to lead holiday pageant. The dcs-
TIMES of our people for veal or woe
are involved in the success Of tile DO
| litical struggle in which we are about
to embark. The redemption of tic
State from the rule of Ra,licalism was
worked out in 1876 by efforts made in
the white heat Of revolutionary trrvor.
1t was maintained in 1878 by Il triumph
won over an opposition not vet re-
covered from The decentralization of
defeat. 1t must in this year be secur-
cd by conclusive victory, if the
efforts of the past are not to go for
naught. But your opponents arc
ncrvcd by the knowledge that they
are now fighting for their life, and
they may be backed up by powerful
eXtrancOus aid. One more crushing
defeat and Radicalism as party, such
AS we have known it, will cease TO
exist in South Carolina.
| But it may be that in this Trcsidcn-
tial year one of the great National par
ties will find its lease of power de-
pendent upon the restoration TO rule
in our State of the hybrid concern,
which here assumes and diSgraccs its
name. and that party may seek its
purposes regardless Of the local iuin it
will inflict. 1t is the part Of wisdom
to be prepared for this, and TO marshal
our forces to meet it successfully. We
cannot rely upon the fcrvor Of 1876.
Such efforts are not repeated in gen
Grafton. We can only succeed by
thorough organization and diligent
work, and in preparing for this you
have, in my Judgment, seized upon the
true plan of battle. When the can
vass, with its disturbing influences, is
limited to the short period necessary
for the only purpose it can effect, the
arousing and solidifying our friends
for the final effort, YOU have given the
time to do the work which will be
most powerful i'll accomplishing the
result. This is 4 contest TO be won bv
| votes.
There is portion Of our people who
are reliable to man, and who heed
no summons but that Of the Democra-
cy. TO bring these to tho ballot box
is the only problem. ~ very large
part Of the remaining portion of our
people have now voted with the De-
mocracy in two successive campaigns.
We have only to poll the same votes
and to supplement their number. The
time you have wisely given to the
purpose will enable your executive
authorities, both State and county, to
quietly and patiently organize our
forces to move when the signal is
given. And opportunity is afforded
to recruit our ranks by the cXcrtion
OF the full influence Of the individual
! Democratic voter, That coach man a
man policy, which we have before
found II powerful factor of success.
Accepting in perfect good faith the
enlargement and debasement of the
suffrage which events have compelled,
we will and must preserve the life of
the Commonwealth by keeping its
control i'll the hands Of its better clc-
mcnt. Seeking to deprive no man of
men their rights under the law, the
Gou-glven right of sclt-prcscrvation
remains, Of which neither laws nor
constitutions can deprive people,
ana we will assert it by those appeals
10 reason, to interest and to personal
assoclElions which influence men
| WV hSiC' ~ IEtNC IOtlllu tnCm
potent before, and VIC will find them
potent now. have spoken of the ap-
proaching canvass only from our local
standpoint, because the necessity of
local success is to us supreme. But
our interests and welfare cannot be
discovered from the National Democ-
racy. Until the General Government
is .'estorcd to the methods and doc
trincs of its founders, until the Amcri-
can doctrine Of local government in
local affairs is again made the key
stone 0! the structure, until there is
blaZonc0 upon its portals once more
that "the powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution nor
prohibited by it 20 the States arc re-
served to the States respectively or to
the pcoplc"-mtil this is done the DO
sition of civilization in South Carolina
and Of all that makes the State fit for
irccmch to live in is at best but that Of
armed neutrality. Our people want
peace. They want ropose from rcvo-
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