Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-10-27

not convened, the control of the polid
Of the party must rest somewher{
and by our Constitution, it devolvS
upon the Executive Committee.
Article " Of the Constitution \
the Democratic Party Of South Cal
olina is as follows: "The Clubs |
each County shall be held togethe
and operate 'wde,' the control Of l
County Executive Committee, whiel
shall consist of one member iron
each club, to be nominated by the re
spective club, and elected by thl
County Convention, andEsuch oiha
members as the Convention may add
This Executive. Committee, excl
cising light devolved uponitb by til
Constitution, have considered tb
policy Of the Democratic Clubs in Il
County making'an issue within theS
upon the stock-law, and determine!
the same b. an election under til
rules Of the party; and they haYl
decided against. it. And;their decs
sion is binding upon all Democrat
until reversed by the same authority
or the only greater the County Cor
vention.
In what position, then, are til
members of TIE recent anti-stock-laI
mass meeting? They avowedly q
not pretend to represent the Demo
racy Of the County, but only tho9
who held the same views with then
selves upon the stock-law. As fas
they represented no one but theI
selves. Upon an advocate of tR
stock-law attempting to participant
he was Indignantly denied the ,igB
and yet they arrogated to themselvb
to determine for him and all othss
Of the same opinion what should b
the policy of the party upon the isse
involved. l. this Democracy,::or islt
tyranny of faction? They welt
further. They iSoverrode and dh-
owned the authority..of the Executi;f
Committee, and said .thes DemocratE
Clubs of the County shall hold i
election upon this question, Are tbg
not, then, IN the position of bolt,}i
Gentlemen, an election..under4 8 II
auspices, would be futile; it WI L
determine nothing; would bindt \
one-our.. Representatives in. the Il
isIature, nor any one else; but wouId
only tend 10 foment:. :.and ikeepi iaEfe
bitter feuds and dissensions in palF
the preservation Of which, in its q
tegrity,, and unity, is the only sal +
ton Of good government in SoAt
Carolina.
Democrats, beware how you d
Will you submit; to the dictatioHP
perhaps seventy-fivc or hundR
men, who assemble, and, avithoM Ee
Jotc, rush through Il set of resG1 p
tons, which those who voted $l
them can surely not have appreciaR II
the effect of? 'Tis revolution. WI
you stand by the. Constitution AZ
landmarks Of safety which b
guided you so. successfully ips
past? Will you march in ~
as in the past 70 'vv117c:01'Fg i
phalanx? Or will you aban
cipline, become the tool of reckIN
passion-blinded faction, disintegd
and in disordvrly ranks fall vic 56
TO the ravenons wolves Of Radicalism
who, with famished eyes, have beer
watching for five years for break il
our front, to rush in and destroy us
Or again bind us as slaves to cater t.
a carnival of corruption and crime
Citizens, the stock-law question i
purely an economic one. Do not al
low any one, under the guise OF al
advocacy Of either one side or tn
other of it, to make political issue
or to lead you into position whicl
will place you in false light beior
good countrymen. CONSERVATIVE.