The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-08-07

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world that magnauimous spirit char.
acteristic Of South Carolmians, re-
membcring that so err is human,
but divine to forgive"
For the State Democratic Execu-
tive Committee 1 entertain the high
est regard, so also with my distin
@ulshed friend Gon. John ID. Kennedy,
for whom l feel more than ordinary
concern, but l can not, to save me, see
any good that could result from a
Joint conference such Us proposed by
you.
The August Convention meets in
twenty days. It's action will be con
elusive as TO the matter Of primary
or no primary-the latter condition
being most probable. / dcprccatc
the thought ofprccipitating a primary
upon the people during the campaign.
and nothing could be devised that
would contribute SO much to divide
the Democratic party. The very
least friction just now is the most
desirable thing hoped for, and the
adoption OF amy suggestion looking
toward the perpctuation of conflict
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reflect the ultimate result OF the Sep
tcmbcr Convention, which IT. true.
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AGAINST fheHron0snI Tonfcrnncn. 90 T
am sure you have misconcciyod tha
main object Of confcIrinr torcther
upon tho noIiticol situation. II ;s
also unfortunate fbot our intoTvinIv
(Which Vns held Mt your rem1nst to
avoid such i rcsuit. ~ nndorsfooG
it, should have failed to imnress vO,
with the real purpose Of the confcr.
cnce. I sought to convey th,. iIea
that the paramount object in Wow
was tho concentration Of forcoa to q
particular end. namely. tho unitv ond
perpetuity of the Democratic nortv
in South Carolina, at the close of nm
exciting and cyentful campaion, #
was not my purpose to make tIr con.
ference on occnsion for ,1rc,inm fho
adoption of the primary sysfcm in
III choosing delegates to the Septcm-
be-. Convention. That matter will
be settled at m early day, but as YOU
seem to hinge much objection against
the conference on this score ALLOW me
to say that | do not at all agree with
You as to the effects of primary
election for delegates, such rs [ pro
posed for the consideration of the
August Convention. The pcoplc are
gong 10 nave Dll0ll1N elections III
every section Of the State. and to elect
delegates by this method is not "nre
cipating" anything they do not want.
It would be easy enough to ARRANGE
for the election of delegates at tie
same time the county officers ore
chosen in this way, and it is possible
to do so without friction or unncccs-
sary excitement confess that the
adoption Of this method of selecting
delegates would interfere with the
prevailing mode by which q few men
arc deciding upon representatives for
whole counties, but nevertheless [
give the primary plan the preference
III all cases.
But, [ wishto say on the main point
at issue that it was expected to meet
III conference for free interchange
OF opinion upon the political condition
OF the State, and not to gain advant-
age for any faction, nor to bind any
one to a given course against honest
CONVICTIONS of duty andresponsibility.
IiG STRAINED l'p1ot lo