Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01

caste against caste, and, dividing the
white people, cndangors Anglo
Saxon supremacy. Believing that
upon the pcrpctuity Of tho Demo
cratic party in South Carolina as at
present constituted depends the peace
and prosperity of the State and the
general welfare of the people; boliev-
ing that tho methods OF nominating
State officers by that party in the past
have been fair, honorable and Just to
all classes of our citizens, regardless
OF occupation or calling; believing
! that the administration of the State
Government has been in the past
and is at present able, pure, honest
and free from corruption; believing
that an attack upon tho party under
these circumstances is reflection
upon the intelligence and integrity
of the people; believing that the
party's mott. in the future should
be as it has been in the past, Equal
rights to all, special privileges to
none we, the undersigned, farmers
and Democrats, desire to enter our
solemn protest against the unusual,
unprecedented and revolutionary
action of the Shell Convention.
GAS Democrats VIC cannot witness
without protest the control of our
party by faction; us agricultural
lists we will not permit oar honorable
occupation to be degraded into a
spoilsman's 'macllinc;' rs citizens we
will not be silent under misrcprescn-
tation. We believe that in these
declarations we voice the sober opin-
ions of amajority of our Democratic
farmers. The success of the Till
man movement under the tShclr
call would mean the discredit of the
Democratic party by itself; it would
declare slandcr truth and reward the
slandercr. 1t would cmbroil the
party, make local quiet impossible,
and check the industrial develop
mcnt Of the State. In the eyes of
the country it would be a verdict
against the Democracy of South
Carolina. We confidently appeal to
that Democracy to arouse itself, and
to support our protest against the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of one man at such
great cost to the State"
The address was signed by the fol-
lowing members, all Of whom were
present: Iredcil Jones, President Of
the Conference, York; John j. Oar
gan, Secretary, Sumter; l.. f. Camp
bell, Anderson; i. w. Youmans,
Barnwell; Thos. r. Hayward, Beau
fort; w. &. lIinson, Charleston; A.
Mcqueen, Chesterfield; G. S. Land,
Clarendon; ID. L. Rcdish, Collcton;
e. w. Cannon, Darlington; ~. w.
Woodward, Fairfield; Smile A..
Gregg, Florence; Il. Il. Causcy,
Hampton; A. II. Boykin, Kershaw;
5. ID. Darlington, Laurcns; Thco. E..
F. lloltzhauscr, Lexington; ID. w.
Bcthca, Marion; JAS. A. Petcrkin,
Orangcburg; }. G. Il. Sims, Richland;
Edwin Harper, Williamsburg; J. r..
Davidson, Newbcrry.
The Conference punctuatcd the
address with applause, especially
that part expressing their detcrmi-
nation not to allow the agricultural
interests to be degraded into a spoils-
mans ''machinc." There was more
applause at the close. The question
Of the adoption of the address was
put, and Col. Youmans, speaking to
it, made a strong but short speech.
lie said that the address presented
the views entertained by the commit
tee and, he believed, held by all Of
the members of the Conference
present. That South Carolina had
been ruled by an oligarchy of aristo-
Gratis; that Hampton and his associ-
atcs and successors had not repro
sentcd the common people of the
State rs well as others; that our
Government had been inefficient or
corrupt, were assertions which could
not be sustained and which the Con-
ference would feel bound to reject.
Since 1876 the Government of South
Carolina has been as pure and patri-
otto as any which ever presided over
any organization of civilized beings.
Applause The committee had
been conservative in it's report, but
with tolerance for differing opinions
of some Of the brave men who had
sustained the State in its new decla-
ration of independence in 1876, it
felt warranted in challenging proof
of the charges against the Dcmocra-
cy which had been made to delude