The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-09-12
LET THEM GO.

of the State. Many reasons could
be advanced to account for this were
it necessary, but to be brief, we could
not if we would and would not If
we could, and hence We know and
care no hing about them. 1t is
sufficient for us TO know that they
have left the party for the par'ys
good.
We cannot conceive of any circum
stance, under the state of affairs
which surrounds the white people OF
the State, that would induce US to
endanger white supremacy in the
smallest degree, by countenanclng
any Independent movement tending
to a division of the Democratic
party. We have been trained in such
severe school of politics under the
instructions of some of the very
men who are now advocating so lus-
tily for bolt, that we regard fealty
to party organization as the highest
duty of the citizen.
The dangers of negro domination
are entirely too grave for the white
men to consent at this time to make
it possible for the restoration of such
government that disgraced the civil
ization Of the Anglo-Saxon during
the dark days of reconstruction. 1t
is manly to make our fight before the
people in the primary; it is unmanly,
to say the least of it, to carry our
fight, should our choice of the candi-
dates be defeated, beyond the result
of such election. Let US differ as
much as we please upon policies,
measures and men and work as hard
for the success of what We conceive
to be for the best interest of the
whole people up to the very last mo-
ment of the day of the primary and
across the ballot box let US clasp
hands and pledge ourselves to heal
all differences Of opinion and accept
the situation as shown by the result,
whether it be for OF against US.
We cannot, we do not and we will
not believe that any considerable
number of white men will depart
from the traditions, the training and
the principles of the fathers to fol-
low after this strange god which
has arisen in our State and in
yites the homage and worship of our
people at sacrifice of principle, avio-
lence to our natures and an injury to
State the contemplation of the result
of which is appalling and frightful
in the extreme to every lover of
government of the people by the
people for the people. We are con-
scious of the fact that there is a
small element in the State who, by
long lease of power, imagine that
they hold letters patent to all the
Offices in South Carolina by right of
inheritance, and who have by their
acts, if not in so many words, de-
clared that "they would rather rule
in hell than serve in heaven" But
their day has passed and they are
powerless to exert any perceptible
influence upon the political destiny of
our people. So numerous have been
their kicks and so unreasonable their
grumblings that the scales are be-
ginning to drop from the eyes of
the most conservative of their sym
pathizers IIete1s what the Able
vile Press and Banner, Conserva-
tive newspaper, has to say of them,
and we will only add that the same
feelings which this paper says exists
in Abbeville prevails in this county:
"rhe Register publishes an article,
which we reproduce in this issue, in
reference to an alleged conference of
Butler men in Columbia.
The Register is uneasy about the
possible outcome of that meeting and
seems to fear the putting of another
ticket in the field for the State Off
GERS.
According to- our way of thinking
there need be no fear or anxiety on
the part Of anybody-because of any
action that Buffers friends or per-
haps more correctly speaking-Till-
mans enemies may take.
No movement which has not the
sympathy Of the great mass of the
people can succeed.
No movement which is developed
in secret with closed doors> is likely
, to fire the public heart.
But if such a thing were possible
ffty-eight thousand people took part
in the recent primary and-even if
they had not taken an oath to sup
port the present nominees-they are
in honor bound to abide the result.