The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-12-01

UNION q. h., SOUTf
force, the vital principle and Immediate
parent of dcspotism; a well,disciplined
militia, our best reliance in peace and for
the first moments of war, till regulars NAV
relieve them the supremacy Of the civil
over the military authority economy in the
public expense, that labor may be lightly
burdcned; the honest payment of our deb s
aud sacred, preservation Of the public faith !;
encouragement.ofa agriculture and Of com.
merce, as its handmaid; 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 under the protec-
tion of the habeas corpus and trial by
juries impartialy 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 of our 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 aud should y:e wander from them
III
to retrace our steps and to regain the road
which alone leads to peace, liberty and
safety"
A more forcioe exposition of Democratic
principles is no where to be founds When
ever and wherever they have been the eguide
ofthe 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 pr nciplcs ofthc Demo.
cratic party in thoir practical application
shall be taught aud 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 Grst gun of
the war was fired in Charleston Harbor are
now Of full age aud capable of casting
their. .Rvote at popula, 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
!. .aepce. the experienca and the -nroperiysain
the State. It is Indispensable to the VI
fare of the Democratic party in South Car
olna 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 Deui.
ocratic party something moIo than an agen-
cy for preventing misrule aud 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 as the Republic ofRepublics,
and that only through and by the Demo-
cratic party, which has been from the be.
gin ning 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 b. the people at the next
election and the next, and it is nccdful that
the people shall pass upon them deliberate
ly and intcligently. The State Committee
hope, therefore, that the Democratic clubs
throughout the State will be made a means
of instructing the people, so that every good
voter, by the discussions in which he shall
participate and the cxpositions he shall
hear, will he instructed rs to his own rights
and the rights of his neighbor, his obligation
to himself and those around him, his du-
ties to the State, and his duty to the Union
which our fathers in the original. Thir-
teen States formed and cemcntcd with their
blood-the Union which, under Democratic
guidance, shall be the home of liberty and
of progress and of comfort for all those who
by birth or by choice, have the privilege to
be called Americans and freemen.
JAMES +. IZLAR, Chairman.
G. d. BRIAN. j. OrEY REED.
g. w. CROFT. JNo. B. ERWIN.
d. p. SoJoURHER. C. j. C. HUTsoN.
L. b. GARY. GEo. TOMBSTONE.
| E. b. MURRAY. c. ST. G. SIYKLER.
WIN. MUNRO. r. p. TooD.
WILLIE JONES. GILES. j. PATTERSON.
| T. SToBo FARRow. JNo. w. WILLiAMsOS
| j. F. RHAME. j. d. McLUCAs.
WM. ELLIOTT. Jos. IT. EARLE.
F. W. DAWSON.
MURDER NEAR Rock HILL-Rock Hill, Novem.
Der 20.-A murder was com mittted yesterday