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

OUuuIy OOllVeutlOu. w ueE lQlS T.
not convened, the control of the polid1
of the party must rest somewherf
and by our Constitution, it devolvy
upon the Executive Committee.
Article " of the Constitution 4
the Democratic Party of South CaH
olina is as follows: "The Clubs (
each County shall be held togeths
and operate mnc7cy the control of \
County Executive Committee, whiel
shall consist of one member IRON
each club, to be nominated by the re
srective club, and elected by thl
County Convention, andEsuch oths
members as the Convention may ADD
This Executive. Committee, excl
cising the light devolved upon it by tls
Constitution, have considered tb
policy of the Democratic Clubs in tlE
County making''an issue within thets
upon the stock-law, and determining
the same b. an election under til
rules of the party; and they haH
decided against. it. And;their decA
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 the recent anti.stock-lal
mass meeting? They avowedly q
not pretend to represent the Demo-
racy Of the County, but only thog
who held the same views with Their
selves upon the stock-law. As faS
they represented no one but ther
selves. Upon an advocate of th
stock-law attempting to participant
he was Indignantly denied the ligB
and yet they arrogated to themselvb
to determine for him and all othss
Of the same opinion what should 3
the policy of the party upon the isse
involved. Il this DemocracY,'or ist
tyranny of faction? They wet
further. They ;Soverrode and di-
owned the authority.,of the Execute
Committee, and said thes Democraf
Clubs of the County shall hold b
election upon this question. Are tbE
not, then, IN the position of bolt,B?
Gentlemen, an tion..under4 }h
auspices, would be futile; it w%d
determine nothing; would bindAo
one-our.. Representatives in.the L.
islature, nor any one els; ; but woq %
only tend 10 foment. and ikeepi aHe
bitter feuds and dissensions in palf
the preservation of which, in its q
tegrity; and unity, is the only sal1%
tion of good government in Soi.h
Carolina.
Democrats, beware how you q
Will you submit::to the dictatior b
perhaps seventy-Gve or hundE ID
men, who assemble, and, 1vithom Be
Jatc, rush MrougA set Of reaG1 d
tions, which those who voted $r
them can surely not have apprecia.k ID
the effect Of? 'Tis revolution. VII
you stand by the Constitution Ad
landmarks Of safety which hSfe
guided you So successfully /
past: Will you march in ~ = Z
as III 'Ths past % 'v7css56ef5 i
phalanx? Or will you aban
cipline, become the tool of reclIN \
passion-blinded faction, disinteg4
and in disordvrly ranks fall vic }8'
10 the ravenous wolves Of Radicalism
who, with lamished 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 tx
a carnival of corruption and crime
Citizens, the stock-law question il
purely an economic one. Do not al
low any one, under the guise OF al
advocacy Of either one side or th'
other OF it, to make political issue
or to lead you into a position which
will place you in false light befor'
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