The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-08-21

When q man is well he can kick the
doctor out of the door and throw
physic to the dogs When he is sick
and weak his spirit fails him and he
welcomes and holds out his appealing
arms to the roller of bread pills.
"The devil was sick, the devil a saint
would be,
The devil was well, the devil q saint
was he"
The State, THE ADVERTISER, Wade
Hampton, other journals in South Car
DINA, and Black OF Pennsylvania,
urged the formation Of democratic
clubs In this State. The advice was
ignored. Like Micawber, we have
waited for something to turn up.
Something has turned up and we are
spilled out and are woefully in the
soup. The democracy is safe in every
State except South Carolina. 1t is
too late to talk OF Dr. lay the blame and
fix the responsibility. We must &C
cept the situation as we now find it and
make the best OF it. The machinery
OF the democracy in the State has
been for four years in ~unfriendly hands.
A minority composed of those who de-
nounce the democratic platform, hat
minority manipulated by a half dozen
who despise the traditions and history
of the State and determined to rule or
ruin, while they hold the spoils of
office, have by the throat u hundred
thousand white people-dominate their
destiny. In the bosom of the dominant
clique we're some thoughtful, %conserva-
tive and we'll meaning men, as Ellerbe,
Tindal, Marlboro, Evans and others,
who saw the danger Of extreme meas
ures and outrageous tyranny, but they
too have been UNDECIDED and in the
conflict driven to a corner. They will
tamoly submit and pass under the
yoke. This is the situation in brief.
There is q large minority Of conserva-
tive white democrats in the State who
would cooperate in any reasonable
course to redeem the State to the dem
ocracy and bring her round. But in
our view the opportunity has passed.
Between this and the 2Sth of August
efficient cooperation could not be Sc
cured. The white population of the
State are to be trusted and a proper
effort should be made to bring them
to take a dispassionate healthy Wow of
the situation and to adopt q policy har-
monious with the Democracy of the
country, and the party of their fathers.
But for the present, in the emergency
that is upon us, what are the Conscrva-
tives to do? We are not assuming to
advise, but we speak our mind. The
Greeks suffered while Achilles sulked.
Lot us make the most of q bad situa-
tion. While our friends were making
q Governor and Lieut.. Governor they
might as we'll have named tho State
ticket in full. 1t was miserably small
TO stop. But the leaders left the offices
with sop as sop for their subordinates
to name the beneticiaries. If it salts
fes them, which is all they want in
the premises we perforce, must be con-
tent. On the 2Sth of August we should
go to the polls and vote for the best
men for oil places, State and county.
There will be no harm in disfranchis-
ing ourselves to vote an opposition in
November, for no substantial Demo-
cratic opposition can be organized.
This is the best that wo can now see to
do and VIC give these vicws with mol
e5ty, leaving every man to do his own
thinking. In choosing men for the leg
islature and for county offices, let bust
ness qualifications and character
govern.
We are sick and at deaths door and
let us take the physic as prescribed by
the doctors and supplied to hand.