Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-09-14
Platform of the Grccslback
crs and thcir GanuidntcS

COLUMBIA, September 5.-The hall of
the House of Representatives was abont
half filled to day with as singular a D Assem-.
blnge of men as ever gathered in Columbia
not excepting the political mobs which
were accustomed to meet hero during the
Reconstruction era. Tho Convention ron
resented the Grcenback Labor Reform In.
dependant party in South Carolina. and
was made mp of variegatcd material or
tue ono hundred and twenty delegates pres
enf, about one-fourth wero colored and tho
the rest OF tho number was made up of dis
Affected Democrats, chronic offi,e.seo|, arc
and their dupes.
The following platform of principles was
adopted: 49,
TIE PLATFORM
declares that under tho Constitution Con.
gress alone has the rower to mako and lin
it money and regulate it's value. That all
money emitted by Congress should be
legal-tender; that the National bonds arc
heavy burden upon the labor and Industry
OF the country and should be paid az
rapidly as possible; that legal-tender green.
back money, gold or silver should be issued
,n, a'reot'y from tho treasury at Washington
mat the interests and rights of labor
should DO protected by tso Government
and not sacrificed to National banks and
monoopoies. That the State Legislature
should not have passed the No Fence law
against the will and interests of voters in
certain sessions. That all citizens should
DO equal before the law, and that all at
tempts to interfere with free and untrarn- =
meied suffrage are crimo against oivili-
zation. The committee also submitted the
following:
ADDRESS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Ihcro novor was 10 tho history of the
world ln any State solo power or partv
whlch was not tyrannical. The Democratic
party OF South Carolina to-day asserts that
u should remain as it has been the sole
power for several years past and it * M
exception to the general rule of tvrannies
a tyranny is partial, unjust and Oppressive
~ oil exocpe itself. Such is tho Demoo-
raoy OF this State. A tyranny has to adopt
unusual and unlawful means to retain itself
10 power from the application of real force
10 Judicial or official murder to tho sooial
prescription OF its opponcuts The Gle
hon's OF every tyranny tho world has ever
known are found in this State to day, from
murder 10 the streets to ballot box stufling
and the silent but savage process of starving
out, oil, are found here. The murderer
goes free, the suffrage frauds arc protected,
grim starvation is justified and our murder
Gus Star Chambers are styled Temples Of
Justice. No intelligent man can object to
Two parties at any time, but whom such a
tyranny should be overturned it is time
that the best men in the country should
step to the front aud demand two parties.
II the Democracy can justify itself why
should 1t object to try the issue fairly and
without passion before tho grand inquest
OF the country at the ballot box. The only
reason must be it stands convicted in it's
own consciousness Of its own tyranny and
Will not listen to reason or allow the voters
OF tho State to hoar tho case or even to
question its integrity. Was thero over
such tyranny? And yet we are called the
floo and indcpendant Commonwealth of
South Carolina, where life, liborty and tho
pursuit of happiness arc to be enjoyed by
all. Our institutions arc not safe until
every oitiaon entitled to voto is allowed to
vote. Tho Republic is not secure until
every honest voto is honestly counted
Whocvor casts an illegal ballot, whoever
refuses to count legal one is traitor to
tho great principles upon which our
Government is founded. Tho existence of
the nation depends on our ability to ascer-
tain the will Of tho people, If wo cannot
prevent fraud from receiving tho ballots