Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-23

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mon she has hoonored and trusted
should speak out in trumpet tones,
that time is now. Il
There ID distinct and open revolt
against the Democratic party by
11ssn who HAYS j s i',tdtnsaa, 81
it and some Of whom have been iita
leaders. An attempt will be made
to defeat the Democratic partytwish
the combined vote Of the boilers,
Radicals and negroes. II & S88
The Democratic organizations has,
stood for fourteen years like q solid,
compact dam keeping back the de-
struotion and desolation that must
come with Radical and black rule.
There is no danger that the dam win
go down this year. There Is danger
that the frantic hands tearing at it
may weaken it or penetrate it, sol
that when its strength is again
tested two years hence II viii give
way and crumblo down and allow
black and horrible deluge to over.
flow the smiling and peaceful felds,,a1
the happy and busy prosperity We
have established and kept with SO
much patience, and toll and hope.
Every man is needed in his place n
now to prevent this calamity. He
who dallies isa bastard and he who
doubts is damned. 1t is no time for
shirking or making polite excuses OF
evading issues. The limo Is clearly
drawn. There is work for every
man to do. There is no neutral
place.
Most earnestly do we hope that
the report that our two Senators are
hurrying home to do their part in
the work is true. They are Demo
Gratis. They hold their seats by
Democratic votes and represent the
organized Democracy of the State.
Their State and their party have
need of them and are calling 70
thom. They must answer one way
OF the other. Their silence to the
call will be- strong refusal.
Wade Hampton has been insulted
and derided and threatened in the
campaign we have come through.
If he was a.spall man tbs might ap
propriato1y sdlk and hold back now.
But he is q big man and high one.
The same instinct Of loyalty, love,
and devotion for his State and peo-J
pie that carried him to the front of "a
war undertaken against his judg-
ment and protest ought to bring him
back now to take the lead in the de-.
fence of the State against this new,
danger, brought about partly, by the
use Of methods he condemned and
by folly against which he protested.
The choice is squarely before him
whether he will In his cid sS:azg
plete and crown the glorious record
of his youth, or spoil it. We ear
Mostly hope and believe that he will
determine right and that before
many days he will again be among
the people he led SO splendidly in
war and revolution--that once more
the true hearts torn asunder Of late
by jealousies, hatreds and mistruat
will be cemented as one by the CONF
mon love and hope they hold--thats
once more the sons Of the old State
will be in solid rank from mountain
to sea, unwavering, unconquerable,
defiant, forgetting everything, ibu5
that South Carolina. is their mother
and that her honor and life are in
their keeping. Remembering who
they are and what their cause Isl
with their old leader to the fore and
his battle cry and Invocation Good
Save tho Old State" thrilling and
nerving every heart along tho line,
there will be no danger. The mon
whose hair has whitened rs his whit
ened, the young mon who. have
grown up to love and honor him,
will stand together and move to-!
gether fearless and inyinoible, al
living bulwark which no force OF
folly or pressure Of corruption 5oan
break, an irresistible force to- crush
down every foe Of the State. s
Let u Senators speak out like
men and take in this time Of doubt
and danger the leadership they have
held through years Of peace and
tranquility. South Carolina has,
need Of them; the call for them haa.
gone forth. Let the answer come
quick and loud that all may hear and
understand --lGreenOiWe Msoa.
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