The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-10-26
: MI~T.lIiE. CORRECTED
The Carolina .I.ortpn says

The Carolina .I"r'"n says
The State EXrcutiv" trmull:t"" oI tn"
Drm"rrnti" party wiil iInv" III" tick"ts.n
the Constitutional Amendments printed
witlI yes On AL uf them The" are
three aincunin"it. 10 l." vote! on. ltWill
hr necessary III order that ia" people. may
,uiD ~ :!.C,' i,.:.4", .:., ,i'l,"i- l." !iiu-
ted with mo. or left blank II, least, OF
course th" EE""utiv" Commute" ha, -
right To dn 81" il Ii"as"- ia ,la' rnatirr.
and the people i1av" II right - rci"r. their
tickets il they wish. On AL these uII"s.
lions there nrr many voters who viii hon.
cstly nnh cvisci"ntiuilSly vote no" nni
IL is the duty OF the opposition tnpr"parc
tickets for such persons as may have The
trmrritv 10 differ from the Committee.
As tn" opposition J.. not "organizcd," )" and
has no fiinis, il may be well for each
County To have its own tickets printed.
II this il done the printer Hliullh rru
tho act on ia" subject, 80 nS To havn the
y"t" Just cxnr,ly The right size aud on tho
vote mo on any 0f these questions can
do so by taking one OF the 'rnuhinc'
tickets and marking out ''yrs'' AMI
writing mo.
In this the .Spnrfnn makes IL mistake.
The Committee will have tickets printed
yes" or "nn" upon the amendment pro-
posing q reduction o.! the requisite area
for new CnUUtics, and either or Dnti.
kinds Of these tickets will be furnished
to each County Chairman in such mum.
har. - he may cal! fer. The Committee
is itself divided IA To this amendment
and every facility will be afforded for an
untrnmm,llcd expression Of the will ol
the people. There il no machine" in
the politics of this State. The will OF
the people is nuw and always has been
respected, and its expression carefully
provided for by the Democratic party in
South Carolina, and our friend. of the
press ought, in our opinion, to be more
careful in the application of terms tn our
organization which are unmrrited, aud
which tend TO produce disaiI-vtion and
encourage tho tendency Of II portion OF
our people to suspect some sinister pur.
pose where nUne in the world exists. On
the other two amendments, all the tick
e!, will be printed yes" because there is
no apprcciablc difference of opinion in
the Democratic pnrty concerning them
The first of these tlisfrunchiScs persons
convicted Of int. Oils offences, and We
believe MI good citizens favor il; and
the second allows the separation Of the
days for holding State and Federal cleo.
tions. So far ~ We have heard, there is
no difference Of opinion as to it, There
fore to save the expense of printing tick
cts not wanted, the Committee has dcci.
drd only tn print affirmative ballots on
these two questions. On, neighbor will
therefore perceive that the Committee
has provided amply for the expression OF
opinion upon the only question where n
difference OF opinion exists. This ought
to be satisfactory to the people of the
State. The Executive Committee did
not submit these amendments to the peo.
Pile, and have no interest in them, other
than ns citizens Of South Carolina. |,
makes no Difference to the Committee
whether they are adopted or not, and il
u majority Of the people do not want
them the Committee will certainly not
seek to have them adopted. 1t will not
be tsm'rify in n. citizen to vote for OF
against any one or all of the amendments
aud tho Committee have no objection to
each man doing just as he pleases abont