Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-02
AS Others Sec Us.

We reproduce tho following double
loaded editorial, which appeared in tho
Atlanta Constitution, 9th September,
setting forth in a strong light tho noces-
sity for union and reconciliation among
: tho Democrats of South Carolina. What
is there said meets so we'll with our
approval that we lay it before our readers
without further note OF comment:
eve trust that Colonel A. G. Haskell
and tho gentlemen named with him on
tho ticket suggested :. being considered
by tho South Carolina Republican Exccu-
two Committee, will not allow tho usc of
tlloir names for such a purpose, nor do
wo believe they will. Certainly it is not
to be expected that they will thus give
aid or comfort to tho party which once
held South Carolina under bayonct rulc
and carpetbng oppression.
at cannot DO presumed that because
tho farming masses have taken hold Of
tho State government, through tho Demo-
cratic party, these gentlemen, who have
boon accustomed to rulc, will refuse to
submit to tho will of tho people.
"It cannot be expected that mon who
have always boon brave and loyal to thoir
State will now plunge into n policy of
rulo or ruin. 1t annot bc takcn for
granted that tho classes who have been
favored SO long by the masses, who stood
shoulder to shoulder with them in tho
trying times of 1870, will now desert the
masses Of their w race to bring back
tho ascendancy of tho negro and the
con1ayyor FNhnSn fhinno rn,,,,o 1o {,1,n,>
for granted, and wo have too high re-
gard for Colonel Haskell and tho gontlc-
mon mentioned in connection with him
to believe that they would for a moment
tolerate such use Of their names.
at is true that tho bitterness of fac
tions has boon extreme. and that tho
voice of c~riInination and rccrimination
has been malignant, but it is tho part Of
true mon and patriots to put their loyalty
to South Carolina above all personal con
sidorations, and on no account would
thoy be justified in CONSUMING their fair
State to tho danger of anot d. ora of
negro domination and Republican plum
dor. This is tho inevitable result of
Democratic disruption.
"As to the fairness of tho Democratic
nomination there is no question. Tho
farmers sent up q majority, and they
nominated Tillman. 1t is tho duty Of the
minority to submit gracefully, as other
minorities have submitted before. Tho
bitterness of tho campaign Is no excuse
for boiling the nomination, 80 long AZ it
is tho fair expression of tho will of tho
majority. If thoro arc personal griov-
anccs growing out of tho campaign, thoy
should be treated rs personal matters,
and ought not to be made tho excuse of
dosortion from tho party which redeemed
South Carolina, and to which these gen
tlemen owe, not only whatever official
prcfermcnt they may have enjoyed, but
oven the protection Of their property
from tho despoiling administrations Of q
corrupt party.
"Tho time was when tho people of
South Carolina wcro robbed by q corrupt
government, and industry languished
while freedom was a farce. The noble
virtue of ~solf-control, so nobly oxempli-
fed in tho conduct of tho whito people
of South Carolina during tho struggle
for lior redemption, should not desert
them now. If class agitation has divided
the people, lot them make tho most OF
tho situation, and lot tho ruling class
look we'll to thcir laurels.
"a timely word to tho majority is here
not uniting. Lot them realize that i'm.
med:atoiyssupon their victory a now duty
falls upon their charlottesville duty OF
Cancellation. Tho voice Of ontcry and