The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-23

sustained. = majority OF the Demo
Gratis who are embraced N this moEe
ment have just begun % re&l:ze tEt
strength of the organization and tc
recognize the TACT that IN Their hands
rests the political power OF the STATE
under Democratic contlol. We be
lieve that these neither endorse I'LL,
man nor his statements CT methods
as such, but that their sole desire Is
to promote the success OF then OWL
movement. This brings us TO com
mon ground. 4 majority of the farm.
ers in the movement care not Euch
for Tillnan as for the success OF the
movement; the great majority OF 9th
er Democrats do not object to tie
movement but do object to Illlman'
We all agree that within the Demo
cratic lines the farmers OF the State
have decided and available majority
and can, with the assistance OF then
Democratic brethren of other avcca-
tions, so control the policy OF the
party as to secure to all classes then
proper share of influence in the adj
ministration OF the Government. The
attainment of this result requires the
free and cordial cooperation OF al
elements Of the Democratic party.
To secure such cooperation it IS es-
sential that the nominee OF the party
for the high office of Governor Of this
proud old commonwealth should not
be a man who has besmrched her
fair fame, slandered her officials, dis
ortded her history, outrased her
dignity, betrayed the confidence OF
his own supporters and endangered
the integrity Of the Democratic party
by sowing the seeds Of dissension
among its members, and there are
grounds for apprehension that Ii the
event of the refusal by the August
Convention to ordera primary elec-
ton and of the nomination Of b. H.
Tllman by the September Conven-
ton a large number of his opponents
while acouiescing in such q result on
grounds of party fealty and political
necessity, can not be induced to give
him that active support which alone
will insure the election Of the Demo
cratic nominees in case the Republl-
can party puts ticket in the filed.
In the eyes of all true Democrats the
maintenance of white supremacy IN
the State and the preservation OF the
blessings of which that supremacy IS
the only guarantee, areof paramount
consideration, superior to the aspra,
tions of any individual. The free and
untrammeled expression Of the popu-
lar will within the lines Of the party
organization, will constitute an au-
thoritatiye declaration which must
command ready and willing obedl-
ence. But such an expression can
only be obtained by the adoption OF
the primory plan. This plan has
been demanded by the March Con
vention; the demand has been reit,
Grated by the Democratic conference
which assembled in Columbia on July
10th, and express the confident hope
that it will be further reinforced by
the voice Of a united Democracy
From a verdict thus rendered there
can be no appeal.
The crisis confronting US is the
gravest that mas arisen in this State
since 1876. The highest patriotism
can alone prove equal to it's eNgen-
cies. It is time for demagogwes to
be sent to the rear and loyal and un-
selfish citizens brought to the
front. It is with this conviction and
in this spirit that this address is is
sued to our Democratic brethren.
That men VINO belong to the same
household of political faith should be
aIenated from each other by the az
tiGces of ambitious politicians, is as
dangerous as it is unnatural and must
rebound to the lasting Injury of the
party and the State unless the breach
is healed.
[Signed. JOIN D. Kennedy,
IREDELL JONES,
EDWARD McCRADy, JR.
L. ". YoUMASs,
j. S. Fowler,
T. ". WOODWARD,
". r. DAVE,
". D. JOHNSON,
WALTER HAZARD.
Columbia, S. c., July 18th, 1890.