The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-06-09

such years farmers make their ARRANGEMENTS
O kind OF uncertsinty-an apprehension
oil will not end well-that they are des.
produces this apprehension? They are not
that the rains Will cease. or that the de-
immutable: 1t is because they fear their III.
will become demOralIzcd and d democrat
lied labor is rs unit for the production of n
crop, rs q ddmornlizcd army Is to achieve q
victory; There IL still anoths a,,,r reason on
adopted. II the nominations are made
we lose the most essential ele.
mcnt Of IL. successful cumpaiSn,. and
that Is enthusiasm. This enthusiasm should
'mud to order" 1t should appear to the OPP
position, and the world, that 1t IL IN uprising
Of the whole party In q common cause and us
n III o siak t cS sna ,or tbc tbr ~tu ": :o kec roi mon BOD %efc
or spirit from now until next November Is
impossible. We want Il short, vigorous and
victorious struggle. The poet Pope says 'vice
si,a Ss fe af q es; nss eaIr 1u to to to- s Of sfrI;" nes SH; b bmf
TO be felt. Now the doctrine Of tho e
who arc opposed to the minority und
In favor OF the majority report TO
ma, MAKE c,n nomin nnifI scn m9W ana p %s ["Is'.
ns 1t Is absurd. South Carolina may be com
pared TO n sick patient. The time to treat a
patient IL when he first takes sick. SO. II
nominations nrc made now, begin the canvass
ut once. But TO make them now and post.
pom tho nj vaSs until September, Will be
like sending for II doctor when ynu arc ready
to die. The very moment you make nOmlnn.
lions your pnlicnt Is sick. physic him at
tho minority report produce no argument
whntevrr to prove that the party Will be DAM
ngcd by pOStponing the nominations. but, on
the contrary, only Insist upon this cause us II
niuftpr nf nrafarrnrn with tllpnlSelV nS.
Nominations should be mnde In the season
of The year, that will do the least damage to
the agricultural Interests OF the country. BY
making the nominations now, we gain moth.
Ing. BY poStponing them, we lose nothing,
but by so doing, we crafty md heartily enlist
In the cause. n controlling element In the
party,
Gen. NJ. W. Gary rose md said he spoke
with more embarrassment than on II pub
lie occasion here. He stood in the Conven'
ton Tn mn individual and IN a representative
capacity. lie had been spoken OF MS q candi'
date against Gen. HnGood; he had been dis.
cuSscd In the Press, but he challenged proof
Of his ever having either accepted or declined
this nomination.. He did not feel 1t incum.
bent upon him to disclose What he would do
10 accept n nomination before q platform WINS
framed was, in his opinion disqualification.
Twice since the war he had refused to vote
for the nominees OF the Democratic party be.
cause they were. not true Democrats. He was
u Democrat, not for the spoils of Office, but
HUH pTlDClplc. ~ uCtl III luIb W WAS III u
up Its mixed ticket OF Carpenter and Butler,
he mad refused to have anything to do with 1t.
The QUESTION before the present Convention
was very plain, No one could deny that In
South Carolina there were two elements In
the Democratic party, the one wns for
straightOut Democracy, and the other was fOr
fusion; and twist and turn as they might,
hat was the question before the Convention
tonight. If he Ind any ambition for Office II
was not for the gubernatorial chair OF South
Carolina. lie had always believed that to
elect q man Governor was to virtually place
him on the shelf. He didn't propose to go on
the shelf, unlrss he was forced there. He pro
posed TO remain an active member of the
Democrats party OF the State, and sink or
swim with II. The claim that 1t was neces-
Sary to make nominations now was absurd
He did not charge the executive committee
with acting IN the Interests or any particular
man or set Of men ; but he did ASSERT that
their action had certainly lulled into security
those who did DO expect nominations ut the
present time. Those who had said that he
had his eye upon the ~Gubernatorial chair oil
tice. He had frequently said that he would
rnther be right than be Governor OF South
Carolina. He had always believed that 1t was
an office which should not be sought and no
those who had charged HIN With being d can,
djdate for the office of Governor, that he had
never taken a step to secure the nomination
In This Convention, and he never would. HI
considered the election Of electors before the
President was nominated only a species o
independentism. II, as had been said, those
counties opposed TO nominations ut the pres
ent time contained any actual majority, ther
ment demanded that the minority should
yield. The Democratic party could no. AFFORD
to be divided. The revival Of the Republican
party was sufficient to put every patriot or
his guard. He had no personal feeling against
Gen. Hagood or his supporters. He had twice
nominated and supported him for office; bu'
he did not think 1t fair to those In the party
who desire office to force these nomination.
now Look. he said, at the injustice to Gen
~Isratton which this nomination would entail
Do you propose TO do injustice to him anc
Others who have been nominated for this Of
flee, and say the fight Is narrowed down tt
Hagood and Gnry? Throw open the gates
men, who do not take their cue from any one
man. will not bow to the ipsc dirt Of any au
Gen. II. il. 'Hemphill, of Abbevllle, said
I feel that 1 would not do myself Justice, OF
my full duty to my constituents, 70 whose
confidence and Partially. / ain indebted fol
the seat / now occupy In this distinguished
body. or to the l emocratlc party OF the State,
If ibid not rise and enter my solemn pro
In doing So, l express my " individual
opinions, and the sense OF the Democratic
party Of Abbeville county. The political sit
uation In this State In 1879. must be vel
II IL W CNSlJ StIto ~ bbtc
Convention. The Republican party was then
In full control Of the government or the State
They had the Governor. tho Courts, the Iegis
iature. and the slnews of war, for they had
the treasury. Besidesthis, they had the whole
machinery Of elections, and behind nil this
tho United states Army was at their call, fol
Grnnt was President and would scruplc ut no
outrage On the law and the Constitution, thai
mishtbe necessary to ensure the success o.
laid the plan for the memorable campaign Of
that year, and led the Democratic hosts on tc
n signal triumph, thought that Il little moro
pose. The wise men who led In 1878. thought
the same time was quite enough TO gain an
other victory and continue honest govern.
mcnt In the State. With these two grand
Is proposed TO abandon n practice and q rule
without my good n Just reason being
brought forward to Justify achangc. N0good
argument has been or can be produced for the
mentioned In connection with these offices
were by some sudden stroke OF Providence
stricken down dead, who OF all this assembly
would undertake TO prove that 1t Is necessary
to the success Of the Democratic party that
nominations should be made now? What
special reason can be given for precipitation I
Can any reason at al be given for 1t? WHIT
can produce m argument? 1t Is not sound
wisdom Ia leave the beaten truck that, In ev-
cry campaign since the redemption OF the
State, has led the party on to a certain and
glorious success. Nominations now are ir.
regular. 1t Is taking matters by invers.on.
We ommence Mt the wrong end. Nc plat
form has been adopted and we put up men as
not as yet been announced. The National
Democratic Convention has not met. The
failure Of the Democratic party to gain its
ends In the United States Congress In rela.
tion to the election laws, renders 1t necessary
hat some deliverance shall be made by the
National Convention on the subject. Do we
propose to endorse what IL still In the womb
Of the future2 How can We then make our
ty, unless we make some public declaration
by m authorized body OF our adhesion TO II.
This caI only be done by calling n Conven-
ton after the National, platform has been
adopted. Another singular and Irregular fca'
ture about this whole business Is, that we
~fOrestell our new executive committee and
restrict them in the course they hould pur.
sue during tho campaign: The committee
1878, for two years, but we propose to permit
them to dictate the plan and policy OF this
cImpnlgn. The new committee will be con.
from taking amy action, no matter
what turns up, and, with hands tied, will be
helpless t. take advantage Of the mistakes OF
our a~dyersarIes. There is no precedent for
the proposed action. There Is no necessity
for 1t. 1t Is without authority, precedent, ex'
cusc. or necessity, md l again enter my sol
emn protest aguinst 1t.
(tCn. SOUUST Stutcu IHtI lc HOulu Clulul Iue
right of making n brief statement In closing
the debate, rs having handed In the majority
report. Under parliamentary law he claimed
that he had the right to pen n close the
debate. If there was any one else TO speak lie
would walt.
Col. J. y. Lipscomb said II the debate was
to be closed, he desired to say II word. He was
a member OF the Executive Committee OF
1870, and this same question:, whether there
should he one Convention or two, arose, and
upon It the committee was divided. Tine
committee determined TO make no nonlina'
lions until the platform of the National De.
was known. The question for con.
sidcratiou Is, Are the people Of South Carroll.
prepared to announce n platform In ad.