The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-09-21
MAIICIOUSL.Y UNTRUE.

III an WtiCIc Hchutu IlOW inc hlHE
Operates says:
The people Of South Carolina hear n
great deal about Ring rule II is gene
rally charged that The Democratic Ring
has its headquarters at Columbia II
WAS further charged al the last State Dem
orrhtir Convention that Gems. Kennedy
and 'rattun were the Ring caudI'iatc>
The charges wcr" made by Il set Of oil!cc-
seeking domnppgucs from Anderson.
GrccnNlIIr NcwD"rry ana Darlington.
There were FIVE men III Ia" las; state
Convention who worked day and night
LU form a o","fv ring. They were -urccSs-
iUl, and rrDwcd q, ban'nui-rDuStcrS over
the game cocks upon hos" bpdic- w"r"
the sears Of hard fought battles "Blnod
l. thicker than water, and to the men
Who Lave sacrificed time, means, and
riNkcd their lives to preserve til" surr"-
macy Of the party, properly bclong the
honors Dark horses, significantly
termed, "il! eventually ruin any organi-
zitiOn. The dark horses in the late
state Convention NJ" the mrn rh"
hwk"! ~ N, hoii for iicir own !n.lsniIal
aims. and ,!isr"Yar'l"d the claims ol thDs"
who Lad braNcI all opposition Ia honest
government
The in,inuati"u- andchargr- contained
in isis paragraph Hrc ridiculous and IN
true The Lancaster L"iyrr j, Il chronic
grumbicr, and il, iavurite occupation ;or
two or three year, ila- been 10 charge Tie
existence oC rings in our State govcin-
mcni, without indicating any evidence OF
tic truth Of il assertion. In the late
State Convention we did not hear any
charge thai Gems. Hrattrn and Kennedy
were the ring candidates for Governor, a.
such "A charge would have been too trans.
parcntlv erroneous to be considered for
one moment. No ring would put up
two candidates for the same Office. II
was thought by many, however, both in
and out OF the Convention, that there
would be elements Of weakness in the
nomination Of either Of llir!c gentlemen
for Governor, and before the meeting Of
the Convention there WA. :, wr!l,lciiuci
demand Oh the part of the people for n
third nlan. There WAS no county ring
formed, and no effort to form one in the
Convention. There was a considerable
amount Of discussion among delegates A.
to the available man TO run for Cove rnOr,
and after this discussion made evident
who was the most popular and acccl,a.
bic man COR the position. Col. Thomp-
son was nominated and so enthusiastically
supported ii, 20 render lis nomination
the work of the people. and not Of any
man or set Of men. The assertion that
the ,}trA h".~s OF the Convention worked
in the dark for their own personal aims
is an utter misrepresentation. Col.
Thompson not only did not work for his
own nomination, but did all that he
could do 10 prevent it, in an honorable
aud a.rinlic way. Hc was to have been
President o! the South Carolina Inivcr-
si,y, and preferred it to the Governor
ship. lie could not, however, refuse the
nomination when it was forced upon him,
any more than Senator Hampton could
have done in 1876 To have refused
would have been plain declaration that
hc placed his own pleasure above his
country's call. Col. Thompson had
been honorcd since 1876 with State
position which he desired, and in 1882
when the State desired and called for
his services in another sphere, it would
have been disllonornblc ingratiludc for
him to have refused the nomination.
Gen. Capcrs was the only other dark
horse, and he, sn lar from working for
his own aims, knew nothing about it un-
til it was all over; so it must be seen
that our contemporary incorrectly states
the facts in saying that the ''dark horses
worked in the dark for their own per-
sonal aims" The LriWr then goes
on to an equally untrue assertion in say
ing:
When Rev. Mr.. Capcrs was placed in
nomination for Superintendent of Elu-
cation, tho Convention wns assured hy
one Of tho Country Ring" from Andor-
son, that he would accept it nominated,
and upon II doubt being rniScd, 1t WAS
then understood that if he should decline
that the next highest candidate should
receive tho nOlninA: ion from the Excci,-
tive Committee.
Gen. Capcrs was nominated by the
Editor OF the INrELLItiESCEE. Mr..
Carter, the Editor of the Lcoycr, was
member of the Convention, and ought
to know that the assertion that the Con-
vention was assured Gen. Capcrs would
accept the nomination is not true, for
Mr.. Murray stated cmphaticaIly that
Gen. Capers hnd not been consulted, and
that he did not know whether he would
accept or not, though 1t was hoped by
his friends that he would accept. There
was no understanding, that we ever heard
of, with auy person that the next nigh
est candidate WAS to receive the nomina.
ton in case Gen. Capers declined, and
the Convention did not in any way in
dicatc any such intention or desire. Mr..
Carter has no excuse for these assertions.
He cannot even plead that he heard
them, for he was q member Of the Con-
vention, and it was his duty to have been
in condition to hear and remember just
what was said and done in the Conven-
tion. 1t is also little significant that
Mr.. Garter did not make these assertions
until after the primary election in Lam
caster county, in which he ran nj the foot
of the ticket for the House of Represen-
tatives. Tho whole article is an uncallcd
for and unjustifiable misrepresentation
of facts.
Russell and AIcIane have left Co.