The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-10-31
Wednesday, October 81, 1894.
Do Your Duty.

The political situation in the State
is such as to require general wax
ing up Of the Democratic forces. There
never was time in the history of
white mans supremacy when it was
more necessary for the Democratic
voters to turn out on election day
than at present. All kinds of COM
binations have been entered into by
the defeated soreheads with the op-
position to defeat the Democratic
standard bearers and to keep our
politics in a condition to force the
negroes to come in as an important
factor. If the opposition to the con-
stitutional convention succeed, the
people of this State will have to con-
tend in 1896 with more fearful state
of affairs than they had in 1876.
Already it is authoritatively reported
that deals have been made in certain
districts to defeat our Democratic
congressman, and in this district
there are several Independent county
tickets which means nothing less
than the knifng of McLaurin for the
future support Of the negro.
There must not be any staying
away from the polls on election day.
Every man must be at his post to see
that the Democratic standard bearers
succeed in trampling under foot the
last 7estige of Independentism. COL
Davie the Independent candidate for
congress against DR.. Strait sounded
the doctrine of the opposition when
he said ''the rule of the majority is not
Democracy. The people of this
State had true example of the rule
OF the majority in the period from
1868 to 1876" This man had the
efrontry to stand up before the peo-
pie and with his brazen tongue put
the majority of the white voters in
the same boat with those that con-
trolled the government prior to 1876.
In other words the Reformers accord
ing to Col. Davie are no better and
no more fit to govern than was that
black horde that had control Of
affairs until the white masses hurled
them from power.
Col Davie is not alone in the ex-
preston of such sentiments, in fact
there is an element in this State will
ing and anxious to resort to any and
all means to again get control. They
would if allowed sink the State in
perdit;on rather than have the con-
troll of the government in the hands
of the majority of the white men in
this State.
Before the revolution OF 1890 when
such men as Colonel Davie filed the
high Offices no such expressions as
the majority being unfit to rule was
even heard OF. No, any attempt
then, to place obstacles in the way Of
those in power was frowned down,
bat now, after repeated futile efforts
to recapt:re the Offices a few men
in the opposition ranks are not only
WullnS TO oDstfuct the progress OF
white mans rule, but are actually
engaged in making all kinds of deals
to destroy it forever.
If an Independent was worse than
radical in 1878 be is no better to-
day, and if it was necessary to crush
out Independentism then it is more so
now. Let every man make it his busi-
ness to lay aside everything on the 9th
of November and go to the polls to
work for the maintenance Of the white
supremacy. Let US show Doctor
Pope and his fellow conspiritors that
the people have their eyes open and
will not be hoodwinked into sacri-
icing their political freedom. Go to
the polls and vote for every Demo
cratic candidate and for the constitu-
ional convention.