The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-22

| COLIplItutbLtu SdIu6lu slUlilly, puI saiu
he is totally unreliable, and that his
election would forebode the greatest mis-
fortune to our government. Col. Aiken
then arraigned the Northern Democrats
for insinceri,y and prejudice towards the
South. He said that the North only
| allowed the South n very small prcrJr.
| tion Of the appropriations for rivers and
harbors, and that they had repeatedly
Mexican war living in the South TO the
maintaining high tariff, aud said that
were generally Republicans. That they
ture Of the North, and were more con.
genial to his tastes than the Democrats
He was unwilling for the South, which
Democratic party, to be controlled and
ignored by the minority. Col. Aiken
claimed tLat the elections in the North
crn cities are controlled largely by the
use Of money and by the exercise of the
money power, and thought this the great
est trouble the Democrats will encounter
in carrying the Presidential election.
He said that the host Of Office holders in
-
encc, ell Of which will be given to Gar.
field in order to retain their own posi-.
tions. lie thought the contest in lndi
ana a very important one to the Demo
Gratis, for if We carry that State in Octo
Der we will be very apt to carry the Pres.
idental election, but if we lose Indiana
then we have very little prospect Of
success. Col. Aiken closed his speech
by saying that if there is Democrat in
South Carolina he il one from head TO
foot.
Two weeks later Col. Aiken spoke at
the great Bayard meeting at Anderson
and seemed to be more thoroughly organ
lied than at these other times, for he
said then that 'as important as the cleo
ton Of our Stale ticket WAS, it was even
more important to sec that our electoral
ticket was elected" This speech, how.
over, followed grand speech upon
national politics by Senator Bayard, and
the enthusiasm which the meeting had
evinccd for the Democratic Presidential
ticket was calculated to organize the
candidates Of the Democratic party.
But in November, 1880, Col. Aiken was
again in favor of his independent organiza
ton in the South, as is shown by the
following letter to the Greenyille News:
CoKEsBuRY, S. G.. Nov. H. 1880.
10 the Editor Of the Daily Nc,cs:
Yours Of the 10Th instant awaited me on
my return from my plantation to day.
You PROFOUND to me two questions, to
both of which unhesita!ingiy answer,
mo-" loudly, qualifying my reply to The
frat by saying not in partisr" Yense.
If you desire TO know my poiti . opin.
ions read the letter wrote the Neus and
Courier almost year ago. And if you
want some reading that is more Pick.
wickian than Pickwick himself, read the
editorials of that clustering sheet from
that day 10 this and see how easily lhey
have jumped from one side to the other
of the political fence. know more
about the rank and file Of the Northern
Democracy than all the Editors in South
Carolina, and never bad any fuith in
them. They are larty with name,
but without principle. We Southern
ers, Democratic to the core upon princi.
Pile, have pinned our faith to that name
or mere shadow, and Of course have lost
by it. have long contendcd that the
South should become more nationalized
and lay less stress upon "the principles
for which Lee aud Jackson fought"
Suppose you and believe in State rights,
secession, strict construction, "blood and
thunder" and all else upon which We
attempted to found II Southern Confeder-
acy. what sense is there in kicking
against the pricks7" j never had The
faintest hope of Hancock's election, but !
had'I said so, the wiseacres Of the State
would have sworn was not feal to the
party. Indeed, when in retired, seclu.
sive locality in my own district l ventur. |
ed to counsel with some of my friends,
and predict future events, it was heraded |
to the world, and by no paper with more
zest than your own, that was u renegade |
and should be run out of the party"
Now that their hind.sights are in front |
what do some Of these same wiseacres
say7 Nothing of any consequence, but
they are all ready 10 watch (which way
the cat Jumps"
l need not worry you with long epis. |
tie, but will simply say, believe the
South in Congress should have nothing |
to do with partisan entanglements, but |
stand aloof until the time to vote, and |
then upon all questions of national i'm.
portance cast solid vote for what they
believe to 90 right, reg ees.sdless of the fret |
whether the issue was Democrat or Re. |
publican in a partisan sense. In this |
way we could hold balance OF power
that would result in our being courted by |
both parties North, and enable us fre-
quently' to dictate terms upon important |
Issues. But many Southerners in Con.
gress would follow the Democratic party
as Gov. Perry said he would follow the
State in 1861, and "you know how this |
way was yourself"
Very respectfully,
d. WYATT AIKEN.
From these utterances, both oral and |
written on the part Of Col. Aiken. We
submit that we have made no platform
for himi but that he has made his owp
platform for himself, and very bad
platform i; IS, in our opinion.
Col. Ak proposes to split the Dem.
ocratic party into two factions, because
ha cannot have his way with things. If |
the party cannot win united, we would |
like Col. Aiken to show US bow it can do |
so by dividing. In 1860 tho Northern
aud Southern Democrats divided, when
they had.a large majority, and almost
irretrlevable ruin followed that division. |
II we should again divide while we, arc
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