The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-23
THE STATE CONVENTION.

I'M II. IN
ILL OIh4h. OoN ot'
Let conservatives Not Enter the Race
for Delegate - Let TIC
Have the Convention all to Them.
selves.
,,o,v oo,s,der.b,e nr,nters, ink has been
,,,astod', in taItinr ahont holding q non -parti-
wa Stata c,onvenfion1
Wby The change of front now that the most
,as, for ,nanv daw mas been brou: hit about /?
uy tor ~ oy ~ yySarsS,ot Reformers or Tillman-
AZ, ny ~, w 30 -. for q harmonious State Con-
s SsnSon, % naiiine q Convention. as we verify
SaIia,e e aeainst the will of the majority OF
tbe people:
Without the use o. E,lIiai on MorapSnser;np viii Of
QUIZ ouS 'I1 1wo or ihres men in this State no con-
Son,;on somG ,von,d have been called No copven-
tinn was needed, and, as q rule, the intelli.
gence, the wealth, ano the representative peo-
PIE oi LIE SIhs ,be election bosses at Columbia re
ssr,sd or nroposed to resort to the dirty trick
of furnishing only partisan election tickets to
oe yotsu az Ioe 6avins sanctioned the nfair
al tnT nT fneir leaders. can take the Conventi
&C far as this newspaper is concerned, and
make The most of it.
SeiS Srespecting conservatives. who were op.
noSed m the Con yention. ana voted against IT,
posSuId poId ~ ;r rn onr nnininn nave nothing to do
With Il rbey Shouldn't compromise them
ai.,as WILL ~ haS9o candidaies for q position to
hteS seeS ~ ;be Rsformers as n whole. do not in.
Wnicn Ghe LIZ re,or thona "'
tepa 10 elect snen. 40 .,oon,;ons bpt ipdo;np
: VI course tuete aIe eNSopS ~ az ,, haI,ssva 7ha a7
the future oy Inc paS., we nS Reformers will
any consiaeaao1Jh @ Hnhn vnieS aoainst the Conyen.
ZION, ton or Who Thought, or may now think, the
present Constitution is good enough. rms
newspaper believes that we now nave oet,er t,er
Constitution than we VIII ever nave altel
this one Is done away WILL; anu anu, iv mn,,e Ge %e
clared Intention to commit frauds on the ne.
gro, yet we will be excused from taklng any
active or jealous part IN any moSemeutL y
whose ayowed cnlel ana cro%nlns aini 10 ~
commit q lrauo Oh huihah risu's'
Article XIII Of the Constitution OF the
1I,,,ad S4o,es aavs.
oui'eu
servitude, except as punishment ioT crime
Whereol thS parry suaii hase ave J1ad EsT1 d S,a,es
yicted shall eHiss wto1m tha,r rp1 fnr;taiction
or any Piace shs 10 have noWer To- enforce
sec; Sohgress nar,a,a saari naVe ,sppSyaIioU
this Artlcie oy aPpropria1e esi'i"ciou'
The XIVth Article OF the same INSTRUMENT
.o,,.
'aSe'
Section Al persons ot o0th OF ,Sa ,nzss
In the Untted StaCes, aIu sueoS ~ .nG ninS
dictlon tnereot sse ot ene tnhare,O " ,bav resiSa
States, ana o, tme Loe or enforca anV law Which
rIxytla Nr riF,nr nnnft inc
shall aorl9ge sGG Hhg,aG ht Sfstes. nor shall any "
citlZens " sne O,iSo% Sorson ~ ,ife lihar,v -,
state oepriss any ~ nronaSS co ~ Iow nnr DO
properly auson u;tbin ifs inrisdction The
equal projection Oh tne ia%s avs, n.u. nouor :,
sec. o. me griete SongriSets IeniS,af,nn p,he nro
ENFORCE, 9y yhdsp app rttcie" s"' -. p'0
vslons ol .nis a. 's'-''
The XVIII Article says:
- eSection /. The right of citizens OF the
United States to vote shall not be denied Of
abridged by the United States or by any State
on account of race, color, or previous condi
tion Of servitude.
..Sec. Q. The Congress shall have power tc
enforce this Article by appropriate iegisia
tion.'
dn not e ace how II eonid be. But it NAV be-
t.t tUg UpoSornom hos q new set of glasses thai
1nat @ nahSs tboss learned in .Reform" to se.
,rha+ t%s ,,naided eve has not vet discovered
pnWer1,,I mi Classes enable MS To see some very
sm"Ij THINGS right at 'us. and by the same
means we may see or discover large
hodies at Immense distances. But with onl
Hmifed knowledee OF the English Language
we cannot see how q law can be made 10 ap
niy 70 the negro that does not apply to the
White man. 'a...
. II an educational qualification is applied
then the officers Of the State must enf force II
fairly and Justly or else engage in the un
worthy business Of teaching her citizens Q
disresard of the moral law, which would null
iiSv Ire nrincinles that are taught in her pub
+ iicS schnpnis The State Of Sonth Carolina
,1o,,IH liz cease n teach her children that man
I. hooI &c the ,rne test Of citizepship and en-
e'.so.o .e TIC heIief in her chiidren that the
coinr 81 their Saces marred or made the citj
1en - -. -
n q nronerty qualification is REQUIRED, then
y, nnst annly alike TO all The peeros money
10 90 God aS the white mans. and If citizen
sh;n % ~ he con farrod hecanse of the accnmn
1a,ip, ~ ~ wsoiih' then the Stste shonId aci
hnnnrob,y end treat all alike.
pnt aha prass and Ranner ia dead opposed To
,ho nus rscnirenosnt Of either onaIif,catiop>
'nT The nosaession of q Iittle money and the ac.
ntuerppon5 oS Soma edncation docs mot make
qebarocier Some of the most accomnlished
Gig, @ @Sais ,hSS nonntrw hoe eyer Gnown ba ve
aS ,nas, LIE ma edncS,nn Too Some IF abe
hsat noS a'S ,aot s,hoie ntiaI man In abheviiie
oess auo - % Sesoiant a. one or both ~ Ibase
county aue usneien' in o''' VI oo'H Va ''e'e
qnaiinGatiSn.s: c,,,,,, ,,o, oo ,o .ha,r
NO, sir iestne CGt @ senton neu 70 % a;ae Saeii
own ConVenLion ~ Lakes ~ soI. VI uine,
ence 10 tue. puolic Wuicn pa! tieu'ai inuIsiuua =
represents AooeVilie County; Oue hau is
ABOUT as good as announcer, anu ~ 10 noG ubely
that anybody Will oe eiected VINO VIII pave
much influence beyond MS own yes or
mo" AS q rule ABOUT tnree-!ourtns or Iour-
flfths OF the members OF convention or Gen.
eral Assembly seldom open their mouths ex,
cept on local matters. sucn as COTTON seeo
laws, dog laws, foX laws, turtle laws, the regu-
lation OF the salary OF the little boy That