Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-08-10
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES.

Side by side in the Reform Signal are the an
nouncements as independent candidates for
Congress in this the Fifth District, of Col. E.
B. C. Cash, of Chesterfield, and ex-Judge
Mackey, of Chester Col. Cash leads the van,
and without committing himself to any spe-
cial platform, declares himself a candidate
s'without any variations" The gst Of his
card is that while he claims not to be a Green
hacker, he endorses the speech made in Sum-
ter on the 22nd of July, by J. Hendrix Nc
Lane, the Apostle Of Greenbackism in South
Carolina, and twill work with that or any
other party to rid this State of the thieves. ty-
rants and cowardly murderers who are crush
ing out the life and liberty of our people"
lie then produces extracts from the Grand Ar-
n,y Journal, published in Washington City,
which paper has private advices to the effect
that Col. Cash will be candidate for Con-
gress at the approaching election, and warmly
commencing him as an Independent Democrat
in whose success ''to rescue his native State
from the clutches of the Bourbon leaders he
has the best wishes of Hon. a. S. Wallace,
Judge Samuel W. Melton, Hon. A. Blythe,
Hon. Simeon Corley, Col. Thomas Cavendar,
Hon. E. NJ. Brayton and dozens of other Re-
publcans.'
Judge Mackey's announcement, under the
grandiose heading of "The Unholy Sacrament
of Fraud" is more elaborate than that of Col.
Cash, and is made Sin obedience to the wish
of large number of his fellow citizens who
speak from the ranks of the people" He oc-
cupies nearly three columns of the Signal for
the PRONUNCIATION of his views upon State
questions, and though grave and solemn, writ
ten in ornate prose, it partakes somewhat of
the rondo style, ''going round and round, re-
turning upon ITSELF" the refrain, which is no
more nor less than Judge Mackey, occurring
regularly and inevitably at frequent intervals.
lie recognizes this call of himself by the peo-
pie ''as a protest against the disastrous mis-
rule that now upholds itself in South Carolina
under the falsely assumed name of Democra-
cy' He then proceeds to charge the DemOc-
racy with notorious violation of the sanctity
of the ballot repelling capital from this State
as the deadline of American civilization :;
claims that "the cOlored citizenship do not
and will not challenge white supremacy !"
and says "When this is the true issue,
shall stand on the line of my race and march
to fate abreast with it. But the colored peo-
pie have not attempted to assert their race ma
jority by even nominating a State ticket since
1876. l advocate for them fair representa-
tion in the legislative and executive depart
ments of the government. This is needed as
measure of repose for the State, and is de-
manded by every consideration of policy and
justice. would still keep the reign in the
hands of the white race, but l would give the
colored people comfortable seats inside of the
car of modern progress, instead of trying to
crush them under its wheels.'
With this sop to the colored voters, he pro-
ceeds to attack the election law enacted by the
last Legislature the general stock law; the
excessive pay of members of the Legislature,
and the meagre remuneration of teachers Of
the common free schools while 'to cap the
climax of extravaganza, they have recently
appointed tbirty-tlIree supervisors of registra-
tion, who for about sixty days service receive
each five hundred dollars, Or At the rate Of
over eight dollars per day"
lie then criticises "tlIc same spirit Of false
Democracy in the National Congress, exerting
it's baneful influence upon the fortunes OF our
people, and closes with q modest allusiOn to
his past services to the State both IN the tent
ed field and the less exciting pursuits nf civil
life.