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

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Every man, woman and child in
the South 10 interested ia the sitca.
tion,im South Carolina. IT is both q
threat and a peril. 1t is.a menace
TO tho peace and prosperity of that
State Its promises of evil are such
thatif a remedy is not speedily found,
the very men who arc now engaged
in making issues of thoir partisan
prejudices will Org out against the
ruin they have wrought.
The nomination of Judge Haskell
for Governor by tho so-called straight
out Democrats preoipitates a'condi-
ton Of affairs that ought not to be
tolerated by the white people of
South Carolina. They have it in
their power nov to smother the dcs-
peration Of the reckless white mon
who sock to make the negro the
political arbitcr of the State, but if
they propose to nov in the matter
thoy will have to move quickly.s
What is tho platform on which
Judge haskell proposes to run 2
What is tho point-tho meaning OF
his campaign? What is tho issue OH
which he proposes to hopelcssly
divide tho Democratic party and
hand tho balance of power over to
tho ncgroes9 Why, simply prcju-
dice. The whole movement is based
on the fact that there are q number
of honest, but very reckless politi-
clans in South Carolina who resent
Tillman and Tillman's candidacy in
a personal way, and arc determined
to cry havoc and loose the dogs of
war rather than support him. Rather
than submit to the will of a majority
of the Democratic party as expressed
Mt the polls, they arc willing to tu~n
tho State government over to the
control of the negroes.
1t is the old cry, of which we
heard so much during the summer
anything to beat Tillman, who is the
choice of an overwhelming majority
of tho white people of South Caro-
lima. SO long as Tillman represents
a majority Of the people of South
Carolina, there can be no objection
to him, but the so-callcd straightouts
who have nominated Judge Haskell
propose to make issues of their per-
sonal prcjudiccs. They propose not
only to set the will of the people at
defiance, but they arc willing to see
the State turned over to the negro
rather than that Tillman shall be
made Governor.
The people themselves seem to
appreciate tho situation, but our dis
patches from Columbia hint that
those who are supporting Haskell
are not at all avcrse to organizing
anarchy in South Carolina. They
have ceased to be Democrats, and
seem to be determined to ruin the
party rather than submit to the
majority.
AS We have said, this matter inter
ests the whole South. Independent
ism in South Carolina means ruin,
and the man or set Of men willing
to be hold responsible for it must be
desperate indeed. 1t means political
and industrial ruin, and opens wide
the door to the every evils which the
white people of the South have been
seeking to avoid. In South Carolina,
of all tho Southern States, it means
the collapse of the white party and
a breaking down of all barriers.
1t is not too late for Judge Has
kcll to withdraw and save his State.
1t is not too late for the white men
who arc acting with him to recover
from their frenzy and pool their pre-
judiccs for the good of the Demo
cratic party. There is nothing ahead
Of the Independent movement in
South Carolina but disgrace and dis
astcr.-AUdnta Constitution.