The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-12-08

ton OF the habeas corpus aud trial by |
Juries impartially selected. These princi.
pies form the bright constellation which has
gone before us and guided our steps through
an age ofrcvolution an reformation The
wisdom ofOur sages and blood of our heroes
have been devoted to their attainment.
They should be the creed of our political
faith, the text of civil instruction, the touch
stone by which to try the services of those
we trust and should We wander from them
in moments of error or of alarm, let Us hasten
to retrace our steps and to regain the road
which alone leads to peace, liberty and
safety"
A more forcible exposition of Democratic
principles is no where to be found. When
ever and wherever they have been the guide
OF the party the partyhas been successful, and
Its success has been honorable to itself and
useful and advantageous to the country.
In the judgment of the State committee,
the active organization of the party in this
State should be continued, in order that the
Democratic clubs may be in full vigor when
the time shall come for entering upon new
polit:ca! campaign. The Democratic clubs
can now be made POLITICAL schools, so to
speak, in which the principles ofthe Demo-
cratic party in their practical application
shall be taught and explained. A genera
tion ofSouth Carolinians has grown up since
the secession of this State, and those who
had not seen the light when the first gun of
the war was fred in Charleston Harbor are
now of full age and capable Of casting
their .svote at popular elections. They
have grown up in the midst of turmoil and
aynItamant Wor fhosr oroIlo
construction their nursery, revolution the
attendant Of their early youth For them,
as for many who are older, the name of
Democrat has no special significance, be-
yond its local and limited meaning rs the
designation of those who possess the intelli-
sence, the experience and the property in
the State. 1t is indispensable to the well
fare of the Democratic party in South Car
olina and paramount necessity for the
maintenance of good government, that the
young people of the State, and the older
men besides, shall become familiar with the
Democratic faith as taught by the Fathers
of the Republic, and shall see in the Dem
ocratic party something mole than an agen-
cy for preventing misrule and for securing
decent government in the State. The whole
people should be made to understand that
only by the assertion and supremacy of
Democratic principles can the United States
be maintained rs tho Republic ofRepublics,
and that only through and by tho Demo
cratic party, which has been from the be-
ginning the party of the people, can repub.
lican institutions in their full vigor and
efficiency be maintained and preserved.
There are many complex questions that
must be decided by tn, people at the next
election and the next, and it is needful that
the people shall pass upon them deliberate.
ly and iutelligently. The State Committee
hope, therefore, that the Democratic clubs
throughout the State will be made means
OF instructing the people, so that every good
voter, by the discussion in which he shall
participate and the exspositous he shall
hear, will be instructed as to his own rights
and the rights of his nsighbors, his obliga-
tlon to himself and those around him, his du-
ties to the State, and his duty to the Union
which our fathers in the original thr-
teen States formed and cemented with their
blood-the Union which, under Democratic
guidance, shall be the home of liberty and
progress and Of comfort for all those who
by birth or by choice, have the privilege to
be called Americans and ireemen.
JAMES +. 1zLAR, Chairman.
G. d. BRIAN. J. OTEY REED.
@. w. CROFT. JNo. b. ERWIN.
ID. +. SOJoURNER. c. J. c. HUrsoN.
E. Is. GARY. GEO. JoHNsroNE.
E. b. MURRAY. C. ST. G. SINKLER.
WIN. MUNRO. r. p. TooD.
WILLIE JONES. GILES. j. PATTERSON.
I. STOBo FARRow. JNo. w. WILLIAMSON
j. F. RHAME. ]. D. McLUcAs.
WIN. ELLIOTT. Jos. II. EARLE.
F. w. DAWSON.