Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-09-28

ourself at one or two of the joint discussions,
our presence being distasteful to his serene
highness, would he have charged us with being
! actuated by sinister motives Let him answer
the question, for he Is an honorable man. Or,
again, had we not published the short COM
munication which so stirred his bile and over
whelmed him with emotions Of unutterable
surprise at Hickory Grove, even hiding the
sun from his eyes, would the noble nature of
his compassionate heart have permitted him
to produce his favorite Jack-in-the-box, the
Ku-klux image, anddisplay it with Juggling in
cantation lie may answer the question, for
s43srdtus is an honorable man,
/ He complains that We have attempted to
burlesque him. Never were we further from
entertaining such thought or desire. Bur-
lesque or ridicule is not our vein. We have
only attempted to answer, in plain, unvar-
nis!led way, his unprovoked attacks upon our
self, directed in well rounded periods of ornate
oratory from every stump save one in this
canvass. We have never thought of indulging
in ridicule or burlesque If the innocent
,
we promise to atone for the sin by omitting a
headline of any description to this one And
in his lame condition, to whch.he himself
refers, our sympathy towards him is as sincere
as any mans, and ouradmiration of his record
as Il gallant soldier in the cause of his State is
s'ss1b passed by no one; but while our physl-
cal condition is no better than his own, we
claim that his lame condition gives no immu-
nifty for making unprovoked attacks upon u.s.
! And when lie publicly makes them from the
stump, he may expect us to reply from our
forum, if we see proper to do so. His fortuit-
Gus nomination in the primary election, and
the support which we shall accord him as one
of the Democratic nominees, present no bar.
rier to our right of repelling, in our own way,
his inane attacks.
"sTxrT pUErTrc1b-4pBMs:
The Richland county Convention of the
Greenback or Labor Reform party met in Col
umbia on Tuesday.
The Dem 1cratc nominating convention Of
Orangeburg county, which met last Friday,
I was composed of two hundred and forty-nine
delegates.
- The Democratic campaign meeting at
>~Sumter was the first failure of the canvass
Only small crowd was present, the effect of
the prevailing stock law disaffection and dis
satisfaction with the results of the primaries
being distinctly visible.
! Democratic rule saved the people in State
taxes, in four years, S2 9O1 900, which is equal
to Mirty-two dollars for each one of the nine
ty thousand Democratic voters. Shall the
Democracy be repudiated because they have
reduced the expenses of the government?
Remember that during four years of
Radical rule, ending 1S74-75, the people of
South Carolina paid 50, 900 in State taxes,
while in four years of Democratic rule the
people have paid only S6,973,00O. The saving
to the people in four years was So, sol 600 in
State taxes Is not this worth having and
.keeping?
The Democracy of Barnwcll county are
not afraid to discuss questions within the
party lines. The Anti-Stock law men will
make the fight for repeal within the party in
a manly and sensible way. For a man to 60
over to the Greenback- Radicals because he is
opposed to the No-fence law is as wise as to
of one room is not to his liking.
The Greenbackers of Lexington county held
a, meeting in Lexington last Friday. j. Hen
dirk McLane and DR.. Durham, the anti
poll tax preacher, delivered their harangues.
There we're ten white Greenbackels, about
forty colored Republicans and two hundred
Democrats present. McLane and Durham re-
fused to divide time, but after they got
through, Col. John r. !Abney, of Columbia,
and Gen. Y. J. Pope, of Newberry, made STIR
ring Democratic addresses and turned the
batteries against the Greenbackers.
The Hon. James B. Campbell, of Charles
ton, is the nominee of both the Greenbackers
and the Republicans for member of Congress
from the Charleston district. No sign has
been made by Mr.. Campbell, and we have
no idea that he desired the nomination. But
he has it and is not likely to resign it, in
terms. The Ners an0 Courier says the object
of the Greenbackers and Republicansis to make
MI. Campbell wedge with which to rive the
Charleston Democracy asunder, and this must
be prevented at any cost. No candidate of the
Greenbackers and Republicans, whatever his
intentions, can remain the friend Of the white
people of the State.
GENERAL POLITICAL NOTES
The Democrats of Massachusetts have
nominated Ben Butler for Governor.
Mr.. Blaine's anti-Mahone views are to be
put in pamphlet form for circulation in Viz
ginia.
- The Boston Post thinks that with proper
amount of work the State of New Hampshire
may be carried by the Democrats.