The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-12-15

ancc, ana II our path be lllumined By the
declaration that what we most de lire is
Justice aud equality in the State, so as to
ensure harmony aud good will between the
races, and that what We look to and work
for is an "indissolublc Union of indestruct-
ibse States" We cannot go astroy aud shall
be proud Of our position as Democrats and
as members of the party which represents
the great principles of, American progress.
The Democratic party is the soul$f action.
1t has confidence in man and an abiding
reliance an his high destiny. II seeks the
largest liberty, the greatest cood Its OBJ
Ject - to build up the great interests of the
many to the least detriment of the few.
1t remembers the past without neglecting
the present 1t establishes the present
without failing to provide for. the future
1t cares for the weak and permits no inj US
tice to the strong. 1t is the pioneer of
humanity and the couservator of nations.
1t fails only when it-ceases to be true to
itself. We recall here tho essential princi-
pies of Democratic faith as declared by
Thomas Jefferson eighty years age:
equal and exact justice to all men, of
whatever state or persuasion, religious or
political; peace, commerce, and honest
friendship with all nations, entapgling alli-
ances with none; the support of the State
Governments in all their rights, as the most
competent administrations for our domestic
concerns, and the surest bulwarks against
anti. Republican tendencies; the preservation
of tho General Government in its whole
Constitutional vigor as the sheet-anchor Of
our peace at home and safety abroad a
jealous care of the right of election by the
people, mild and safe corrective ofabuses
which are Topped by the sword of revolution
where peaceable remedies are unprovided
absolute acqulesecnce in the decisions of
the majorty-the vital principle of rcpub-
lies, from which there is no appeal but to
force, the vital principle and immediate
parent of despotism; a well-disciplined
militia, our best reliance in peace and for
the first moments of war, till regulars may
relieve them the supremacy of the civil
over the military authority; economy in the
public expense, that labor may be lightly
burdened the honest payment Of our deb,s
and sacred preservation OF the public faith
encouragement of agriculture and of COM
merce, as its handmade !; tho diffusion of in.
formation, and arraignment of all abuses
at the bar of the public reason freedom
of religion freedom of tho press and
freedom of person uuder the protec-
ton of the habeas corpus and trial by
juries impartially selected. These princi-
Piles 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.
ko tho lof "a.
faith, the text Of civil instruction, the touch
stone by which to try the services Of those
we trust and should re 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 forcble 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
political! 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 Of South 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 fired in Charleston Harbor are
now Of full age and capable of casting
their vote at popular elections. They
have grown up in the midst Of turmoil and
excitement. War was their cradle, re-
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 as the
designation of those who possess the intelli-
gence, 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.
ocratc party something moIe than an agen-
cy for preventing misrule and for securing
decent government in the State The whole
people should bo made to understand that
only by the assertion and supremacy of
Democratic principles can the United States
be maintained as the Republic ofRepublics,
and that only through and by the Demo-
cratic party, which has been from the be.
ginning the party of the people, can repub-
lcan 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
tho psepl. sl>>u -upuu Ireea doi oiifu.r avy-