The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-02-27
WHITE UNION FOR WHITE RULE
The Appeal of the State Democratic
Committee.

| GGIIIiilillcc.
Co!rMnlA, February 1".-1t was
som. time after | clock when the
subcommittee Of the Icmocratic cx-
ccul ,c committee, charged with issu-
ing an address to the Democrats Of
tho State. finished their work. What
they did was Of the utmost Importance
at this time, and after considering the
matter it was decided to show the peo-
plc the position Of the executive COM
mittec. At such an hour the address
will speak for itself, and no doubt il
will prove a cannon ball in the discus
sion preliminary to the Convention.
Here is the address
To the Democrats of South Caro-
lima: The demand fora Constitutions
al Convention to frame an organic law
adapted to our people and our condi-
tions has become a cardinal principle
of the Democratic party of this State,
The call for such Convention has
been duly made by the people, pro-
vided for by the Legislature, and the
Convention will assemble to do its
work on the - day Of September
next.
l'pon the complexion and acts of
this Convention depends the welfare
Of our people for many years to come.
Therefore the election of proper dele
gates to the Convention is of para
mount importance. Our best and
wiscst citizens should be chosen for
the great and responsible trust. Real
izing this your State committee,
charged by the constitution of the
party with the execution and dircc-
ton of tie policy of the party in ac-
cordancc with its constitution and
platform Of principles, has unanimous
ly resolved that delegates to the Con-
vcntion to represent the views of the
Democratic party Of this State should
be nominated at Democratic primary
to be held in each County on the -
day of July next, unless the County
executive committee shall adopt a
different mode of nomination, and the
State committee will, in due time,
prescribe suitable rules to govern the
primary election.
1t cannot be ignored that two fac
tions. "Rcformers and Conserva
tivcs, exist in the Democratic party
of this State, and that much bitter
strife existed between them. But no
matter where the blame, if any should
be. the time has come when union and
harmony should again prevail among
the white Democrats of this State.
We believe the great body of the Dem
ocracy earnestly desire the restoration
of peace and harmony, and We observe
with pleasure that patriotic men on
both sides are sincerely endcavoring
to bring about union on fair and just
lines. BY every fair and honorable
means We should strive to prevent
bitter factional fight for the control of
the constitutional Convention, with
its inevitable appeal to the negro to
arbitrate the differences among Demo-
Gratis. There is no reason why all
white Democrats in South Carolina
cannot heartily agree and unite in the
adoption Of Il Constitution. The trans
ccndent issue is the preservation of
white supremacy by qualified suf-
frasc. In this issue conservatives
and Rcformcrs alike arc equally and
vitality concerned. On this supreme
issue the tocsin should be ';whitc
unity for white supremacy There
was once such time, and it may not
be amiss to recall it.
Nineteen years ago dual Govern
mcnt existed in the State Capital,
Will, two Governors. each claiming to
be the LEGAL Executive, and two Lcgis-
latures, with full sets Of State officers.
The one Government was composed of
CARPET -baggcrs, scalawags and negroes.
the vilcSt set Of thieves and scoun-
drcls known to American history, was
sustained by Federal troops, who had
been ordered to seize the State House
by Grant. The question Of Prcsiden-
tial succession was in doubt, and the
iron-willed President, without scruplc,
proppcd the cdifice built by General
Candy and the carpet -baggers with
bayonets, because the States electoral
vote was necessary to save the PreSi-
| dcncy to the Republican party.
The other Government was sustain
ed by the white people of the State
with unanimity and determination
born Of despair. and an immovable
purpose to throw off the yoke Of igno-
rance and vice, let the consequences
he what they might. But it was a
period Of doubt and gloom, and the
minds Of men have never been kept at
such high tension for so long time.
The campaign Of 1G: with the cxcit-
ing scenes which it cngcndcred. the
Hamburg and F,llcnton riots, the Cain
hoy massacre. The red shirt cavalcadcs,
the troops at the polls-all these are
fresh and vivid pictures in the minds
of our people.
South Carolina has been and was
then in sore straits. Her citizens
had been sub jcctcd to tyranny such
as had never been borne by an Eng
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