The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-30
WHAT IT MEANS.

This is no time for ugly Games OF XII
pleasant and unkind epithets. There
is no need for any one to be hurt. line
issue is not one Of individuals or per-
sonalities. It is not Haskell nor I'LL
man. The principle involved is that
of Democracy. These principles cannot
be maintained nor propagated except
by a party organization. No party
organization can be maintained except
bv the enforcement of some rule oy
which the minority must acquiesce IN
the will of the majority. We do not
see how any one who does not submit
to this will of the majority can longer
claim to belong to that party.
If it were otherwise there coulo oe
no party organization. Those who are
opposed to the action Of the convention
of the people regularly assembled and
acting with delegates regularly elected
by the people are acting outside OF the
party.
But such action in this State means
more than this. Those who were old
enough to know and, experience the
condition of affairs in this State during
that period from 1868 to 1876 ought to
know what such action means now.
The Republicans have endorsed the
Haskell ticket and will, as far as they
can. give it their support. They eN-
pect nothing this year except to see the
Democracy divided. That is victory
enough for one year. If this division
can be made efectual, and by their
help Judge Haskell and his ticket
could be successful, does any one sup
pose this result would satisfy the Re-
publicans. Not by any means. Two
years from now the Republicans would
come in and demand everything, and
South Carolina would again be put
under the rule of carpet baggers ana
negroes. Judge Haskell and his ticket
have taken the tiger by the tail and 1t
will not be long before they will be
calling on some one to help them let go.
We honestly believe this movement
ofJudge Haskell's is tending to break
up the Democratic party and for that
reason we are opposing it on principle.
The Herald and News is Democratic
newspaper and as long as it is we snail
oppose any movement that looks 10
disrupting that party.
The negro race is not going to olVloe
and it is no use talking about. NO
persuasion or argument has ever been
able to accomplish this. If the white
race divides, the negroes would rule
and they would be justified in doing 1t.
The two races are politically opposed
to each other and it is natural that
they should be. Then why should
the whites divide when the conse-
ouences of such action are so plainly
written in the experiences Of the past.
And what other lamp is to guide US eX-
cept the lamp Of experience. we sup
port Tillman since his nomination be-
cause in doing so we feel that we are
supporting the principles Democracy
and the maintenance of these prlncl-
pies in South Carolina means protec-
ton to our homes, our property, our
wives and our children. We may be
wrong, but that is the way we see 1t
and we cannot do otherwise. We do
not propose to say hard things Of any
one. There has been too much of that
this year already.
The situation in South Carolina to-
day is to our mind a serious one. We
trust that that providence which holds
the destinies of nations in his hands
may guide US Alright.
The Greenville News very truly
says:
''We have tried it. The negro is
solidly Republican to-day. We have
been giving him all Hampton promised
and all that Haskell dares to offer him.
If he votes for Haskell now, it will be
under the orders Of the Republican
State Executive Committee, and under
the same orders be would vote for Till
man or Bob Smalls or the devil against
Haskell.
The negro will not divide. Hestands
by bis race and party through thick
and thin. Judge Haskell offers himself
to the negro's hands as club with
which to smash the Democratic party
and to break the white mans line. 1t
is sorry Office. The negro will be glad
to use him in that way and to march
happy and triumphant to resume his
rule and to restore all its horrors with
his grip fastened so tightly that no
power can loosen it.
A Haskell victory means negro rule
in South Carolina as surely as the
breaking Of the bars of his cage means
devastation by hungry and furious
tiger"