The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1880-09-29

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Statc-I shall know onlr her sons, and
do my full duty in all That affects her
welfare and her honor. lfFremcndous
cheering.
Major Woodward next introduced,
in appropriate terms,
GEN. JAMES CONNER,
who was greeted will, enthusiastic
cheering. lie said:
1t ;,ivGs nc. unfcign.M I'll pleasure 60
meet YOU here to-day-to see here
gathered the vignr and manhood vl
your county, grlccd ~. fair womnn's
SMILES. II gives ne great qualification
to sec tic interest you al feel in 'tic
cause to promote which YOU arc assem-
bcld here. This OCCASION rGvivcs
memories of recent past tho grand
campaign of '76 in wlicl 50 o,nl'uch was
accomplished for Democracy and for
South CarNlim. We owc.t0 the wo-
men of CaVnlma. in great measure, the
victory Of '7G and the redemption of
tho State. Your standard bearer has
just told vou, III figures Of arithmetic
far more GipIent than figures ofspccch,
what has been done in u,r State III the
way Of governmental reform, Tha
| Democratic party rescued Tic State
from turmoil auI confusion, and cs-
tablishcd the reign Of justice, law and
peace. OUE present effort is net TO
gain new 'triumphs but to hold what
the past has secured. The future Of
the State cannot be in doubt as long ;ls
the people are true to the principles for
which they fought in 1875, TEis
splendid gathering. the enthusiasm
sI f,tl l,nt, n,f, 4 fl,,
deep intercst and the solid unity every
where pcrra;ing our organizat:on-:lll
show that the people are true to. them
selves arA TO the great raNty TO which
they owe their redemption. The fu-
turc Of the State is safe in the hands
of her own SONS. We cannot live on
the past-progrcss is The law of poll
tics, as it is The law of nations. We
cannot conllnc. our Efforts 10 the per-
IpcluaiOn OF Democratic rule in our
own State. We must meet the Rrpub-
licans on the field Of National politics.
IL is of the very highest importance
| that we have Democratic President
in the White House at Washington.
| You all remember what an incubus
was the National admins! nation in
1876. We had Il heavy enough load tu
carry, but the chief part oft was in
WnshinIton' pl,c" ~ mrn',crai;, sIH o,i ~
n,,nistr9iinm IN n"wn' @ " 'r'''V, nI "''o u1 'o"
rnrr,n,. tho .,,,nn'n'., ~ e." 49,"
Ihr Stntc. nr,mn:r,,;,, u W., ,ri''',,I, '",,, ~,
,Ir Nnliouoj ,nntnsi !. u,,. '"m, ,,,i,n o1 o,'
important as was our victory here four
II W. cunnt ,mo,S,rn ,H ~, W. W. ,"T' '",t ,'rt
ihc rrvoln,in, thot vii, s,,nn" n,'', ,,"r w.
| lhc land ia Dcmocrat;c '"1, ,Jn,;,;atrn n,n'
,ion .bn = ostuhlishT;lg ~: Wosh;ns,n"
Necessary as is Il victory here If home
there arc vet hi~hcr and brnndcr
grounds on which il is necessary ihot
Hancock snould succeed IIovcs. Lei
us look back uron the course OF Re-
| publican administration. Il j. twenty
Years since the Rcpublicaa party
obtained cotrol of th:. nrtion tWrn,y
| wears tic mos, cycntfultI,rulluh which
our county has ever passed. and as
momcntous MS any in the HISTORY of any
pcoplc-twcntv wears OF broken bopcS.
dcsOlatc chomcS--iwrntv wears in which
has been heard. as was never heard
before, the wall Of uul.al, as:onv. the
cry Of h.ti,;,n sttlcring--iwtiltv' wears
in wliich has been ruly seen MANS in
humanity to man, vet frightened bv
deeds Of patience and PATRIOTISM. IN
this blended web Of sullaiimg and hero
ism, we can hl;t Sue the coming consc-
qucnccs Of times through which we
have passcd-drcad evils Of tic future.
There arc before us grave problems
which VIC mu$, solve. The :Rcpubli-
can party came into power as rcvo.
lutionary party. They established
and recognized a law higher than the
constitution. Thcy sol ut liought the
laws, the traditions, The customs and
beliefs Of whole people. We once
thought that the Constitution would
check the aggression of arbitrary DOW
cr and secure Tie rights of the pcoplc
but We soon learnt how impotcnt are
any written gunranlics to protect those
rights. We have seen the press tram,
pied down; we have seen bnstilcs fin
cd with citizens Of our country: We
have seen corporal of the guard i".
more The mandate Of the Chief Justice
Of n sovereign State Of this Union; W.
have seen IN the guarantees oflhc Con
siiution DESTROYED with T. awcc,
OF the sword. This was wha,
the Republican rayty meant whc,
they said that tlrrrc was q iav
higher than the Constitutions. ".