The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-05-01
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rEATl'sES or THE GAMpAlGN.

anomalous, and are the Ou;gcowtf 0! Inc
condition into which we have been plunged
by the restless: ss and a.iat:on began .."e
years ago aid now culii;natcd Ill the a'u-
tude assumed by T'illman and his followers
For this condition the majority OF Tie par
~ il moi responsible. nor do they "pproVe
of il, but it ra;st be met, "nd the rcsnts
eyerl.latc either in the vi2t"ly or defeat O!
rEe regular Democracy.
We draw l!.:s distinction between the
Tiiluan wing III Il the regular DcmHG'"ry'
betsuse il is Ike natural and proper enc;
for while thcY are not camped outside "i
the regular PARTY they have thrown up :"
fort within it. from which they propose 10
sally fnrtE, and 10y AZ aggressive p"iic!
seize the Offices and dominate ii. rs We
have remarked Lcfogc, their platform i
only i masked battery, from whence 'i!eE
propose t. open Grc. If thcy adhere |" II
alone, ant! abandon the charges preferred
byShell in lis call furtEcr ConVch'ioh'
The csmpaisn would assume Tie form SIM
ply Of \ personal candidacy between lH'-
man and some ether Democrat before inc
August Convention, for there is nothing III
the platform 10 warrant the drnuncsuohS
he has heapcd on the regular party. !lcnce
We cannot conceive that he will take The
platform cs lis text, but launch out on The
line lie has for five years pursued, And
which The Shell call embod:rS and cp'Iom-
Ies. lie is to open his campaign ut Ridge
WAY on Saturday, and his speech Will he
the kcv.no.e thereof Every word should
be reported, so rs to advertise the party OF
the line he proposes TO operate en-.
1t tisan anomalous condition. The "SuS'
c,stoe" Of 4 Convention called by L slnal!
committee of one class "f Democrats, ano
This committee representing very Small
,,n,nr;ion ui farmers iii the COuntieS %llCh
senr delegates, LAYS down platform, ap-
nn;nts 4 committee, AMI this comnlLtc2
proceed to male appointments f"r 'l'ls
'suggcstec." ;n,i ARC thus r"nniGg cam
paig.i .f their own without leave o" license
They claim thai they will have q majority
OF ,ha falicrs on their side, and are ap-
par.utly confident OF su?co<s. In this HEY
will he terribly mistaken, If the proper
efforts are pnt forth ly the regular org"ni-
zatioa.
It must be q campaign of education. -
The reGple CT the Stale must hare present
eI 70 them The facts connected with the
State government since our resumption Of
power in 1876, and the charges made against
it Of excessive taxation !ncompc:c ncy, ex-
,ramgarce. &m,. imputed corruption, lnct
and lissipatod. The charge Of multiply
ing Offices must also bc met and wherever
there has been al additional Office created,
such addition must be shown to havc been
demanded by the Farmers themselves, as
in the case of the Agricultural Bureau and
the Rail Road Commission.
The charge that an aristocratic oiigarchy.
or ring. has ruled the Stale, must be met
Gnd shown 70 he falsc-a iigmcnt OF the
imagination Of the ignorant, or fdlschocd
purpusc!r circulated by those informed TO
the contrary, for selfish purposes. They
must name this oligarchy, man by man,
We want 10 general charge, but specific
proof.
Again, it must je shown by the person
mel Of our General Assembly from 1876 10
date, that seventy-iivc per cent. OF It's
members hsve been farmers during I'll
these years, and the charges made against
lis legislation Is Gro$S insult to the repre-
sentatvcs OF tie farmers themselves. II
such men have stood by and permitted the
State to degenerate into Tic condition i'll
which Iillmsn aid party say il has, then
they were either EnavcS OF fOolS-and Is
there msn in the State who darcs make
such T. charge: And yet, Ibis IS tie prac-
,ical effect Of these charges. We could
take the roll Of every General Assembly
since 1876. and the list will show lis earnest,
honest, able and patriotic farmers rs any
State can least Of. Not q measure affect
ING the administration Of the State Gov
ernmcnt in lis vari'uS dClmrtnCnt:-tnGn-,
cial. educational. penal or chu:iiahlc-haS
been passed without their s"Ection and
concurrence Errors in Judgment mGy
have been T;dc. hut We will compare
them. Assembly by Assembly, in charac-
ter and cHpxcity, with any body Of men
in any civilized country Gil the globe.
Slundrr &ages not point her finger al theI;l,
willis bribery and corruption hide their ig
noble heads in shame Gt The bare s;:"Srs
lit.n Of such IN imrutation.
Il nlsl I,c Il tsnrGia" free from per
sonal abuse. There islo uecc:si;y for such.
Nar should ally man he allowed e. play The
role Of martyr rs a consequence thereof.
Above nil things let there he : rcrudia-
tion bv !hr sell respecting and true people
nil over the State. CT any attempt 10 array
the common people against The aristccracy.
ANY man who attempts ii should be put
down us = hlatan. denagosue. There is no
such distinction in South Carolina. Every
man who attends 10 his business, seeks to
,,ettcr his fortune. educate his children
and make th,m letter mon than he Is,
and Give them Il good start in life, is
an aris,o,.rat, a:.h We know Of no other
aristocrarv. We me iii poor. and stIus-
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