The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-10-29
STAND TO THE PARTY.

to defeat 10 make Sucn q charge
seems wrong, but it is true, and il
true the people should know that they
have been deceived, betrayed, and
bartered away by the man they placed
in charge of everything they hold
dear. The governor of South Caro-.
lima, instead of allowing the appoint
ments for election officers to be made
in the customary way, went to work
and made his appointments il accord.
ance with the wishes Of the '1nde-
pendents," and that is not all, for We
believe instructions were sent to most
of the commissioners how and who
they should appoint, because in most
of the counties the managers of elec.
ton are Independents" instead Of
regular Democrats, showing conclu-
sively that all this mischief was con.
cocted in Columbia, the 'head center
Of devilment-
If the governor was true to the peo-
ple that made him what he is, no In
dependent would have dared to op-
pose the regular Democracy of the
State, but with the election mschin-
cry in the hands of a man who has
already made a reputation of going
back on his friends it is not surprising
that we have been bartered away like
so many sheep.
The burning questions are for you
to determine, for by your action next
Tuesday you will say whether or not
you viii give your endorsement to the
treacherous conduct of the man who
has used his Office to crush our iber-
ties and blast forever the hope OF
white mans supremacy; whether or
not you sanction the conduct of the
pledge-breaking set of men that have
allowed themselves to mistake hate,
prejudice, and defeat for patriotism;
and whether or not you will silently
allow these men to tear asunder the
party that has given US comfort and
protection. It is with you to say
whether you are going to allow a self
appointed few to hurl into your faces
the insult that although white men
you are not fit to select men to gov
ern. Yes, it is for you to say whether
you would rather be governed by
men of your own selection, or by men
that have been selected for you with
out your knowledge or consent
AL these questions must be decided
by you on the election day, and home
or in your fields is not the place to
render the decision. The ballot box
is the place. If you were conscien-
tious in the selection of your nomi-
nees have the manhood to prove it
next Tuesday at the polls; turn out;
work for the cause; do not imagine
that things are now like they used to
be: they are not. In the past the rjng
would put up a ticket and we voted
for it whether it pleased US or not.
We did not bolt. No, every white
man supported any and every ticket
that the convention nominated. But
things have changed: the ring got
beat; the people took q hand in the
making of the State ticket; and behold
the result: A few cod fish aristocrats,
together with some heelers and boot
licks, say they won't submit to the tick
ct, and rather than allow themselves to
be whipped they will let the State go
into the hands of the enemy. We are
not indulging il Imagination. They
propose to rule or ruin, and through
out the State combinations are being
made with the Republicans, and they
are -esorting to all kinds of schemes
to cary on their desperate game.
These Independents have the au-
dacity to claim to be Democrats, and
in Marion county, where the call was
made for the Independent conven-
ton that nominated Haskell, a color
ed Republican was placed at the head
of the county ticket by the straight
outs" This Republican is the leader
of the Republican party of that coun-
ty, and by giving him seat in the
legislature lie is to give to the Haskell
ticket the colored vote. But this is
not all: in Rorry county the straight
outs proposed to the Republicans that
if they would vote for Haskell they
would give them one county commits
sioner and the jury commissioner.
Even the iuries of the land are to be
swapped for votes. In Clarendon it
is to be hoped that no such ccmbina-
lions will be formed, but the opposi-
lion are working in secret, and there
is no telling what plot is on foot, and
the only way to prevent unscrupulous
men from springing their tricks on
you is to be on the alert. By all
means do not be over-confdent, and
think because the Democratic party
has succeeded in making its nomina-
lions that your work is finished. We
have nominated the ticket, and we
must elect it. There is opposition,
and every one of US have duty to
perform, and we must have the man
hood to perform that duty or the en-
amy will succeed in their efforts to
rush into submission the majority of
he white voters of the State.
The Independents are very hopeful.
they are being encouraged by the
endorsements in the sew
,ral sections of the State. In this
county the Republicans very wisely
.efused to endorse Mr.. Haskell or
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