The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14
NEWBEaRY's "CoNTINGENT."
CounrcSsionnI District and Not COun-
ty Pridc---"X.' and the ''Newberry
Herald and NewS."---Thc Real Is-
sue Of the Race.

NEwBERKY, July = 1856
Editor Press and B0nncr:
just n word in reply to your editorial nOte
which ! failed to gel off In time last week. L
was quito we'll aware of Judge Cothrhh's
excellent war record when first wrote you.
My reference To ''olu war horses was IN r.
Nr,rs appealing To the voters OF Newoerry
To support its candidate aS an "old war morse.
My point was that the .'war hose' record
alone is not, or should not be, a Sulfcicnt
qualification for II member Of Congress.
There wis many Il brave fighter on both sides
in the late war who knows little about nation
al legislation, and the important questions ol
trade, and finance, and taxation, ana reform
i'm the government service, which are now
the leading issues before the country. Let
such men, If disabled and IN want, be pch-
sioncdl-at the South the States may do this
but do not send them to Congress, to perform
duties they arc not capable of performing lil-
tclllgcntly, and for the Wei being or the counc
try. l have been appealed to on the score on
county pride. and have replied that In the
choice of Congressman, comfy pride should
not come i.tO consideration, but CongreSsloh-
al District pride. We should select the man
us our Representative VINO Is nost capanie'
and who will do our district and State in CON
grcss, regardless of what part OF the diStrict
he halls from. or the candidates announced
Jude CDthrln Is in my opinion the Dcst
qualified for the position, and l therefore pre-
fer him. This is all there is about it. have
not attacked any other candidate, and 40 not
Dronosc TO do 81. But l claim the right TO
have u preference ana 10 express IL, ailu lliiiI
right | propose To maintain. But the IlcruM
anil NCHx GOES not admit this right anu calls
il "chcclt" for me to have done so. Its aim Is
manifest, to transfer the discussion from The
living issues Of to-day and Tomorrow, where
il knows its candidate is weak, To the dead Is
sues of the past. In This do not propose 10
aid him. | will only inform, IN case he Ices
an interest in knowing, where he can always
find me: tInt Is in favor Of going forwards
and not backwards, of looking 10 the luturc
and not to tn" past, an advocate oi REFORMS
wherever there are abuses. | would remind
the U,1qiid and .NctrS, in II friendly way, oi y
French saying, ''Surtnuk pas trOp dc Zclc
above ALL not too much Zrll. am told IT.
was II common saying at the Democratic
meeting here on Saturday that tue licIWd
nnd .NctrS had quite ruined any possible
chance for It's candidate by its Incorporate
aud udiScrcrt Z'ul.
In conclusion would ask the UCrd'd dhm
Stlfs how il can claim the support ot The
FARMERS iur lis candidate III view of tho fact
that he has put himself nj daggcrS points with
Capt. Titlmin, whn is the originator ana re-
cuguiZr:l leader of the farmers movement.
There can he Hut lilIlc doubt rs To whom
Capt Tflnlan would support were he in our
Congressional District and about nS liitl" as
To whom Il pretty considerable" contingent
of the farmers Of Nrwhrrry will cast their
votes Tor, in the primary plan is adopted.
y.