The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-05-22
4 White Primary.

in extra session on account OF tne
neculiar conditions which now con
front us by the decision Of Judge
Goff in the registration cases. Be
fore the State Executive Committee
met after reading the Governors ad
dress We were inclined to think the
Governor had allowed his lndlgna
ton to get away with his calmel
Judgment and that after a few day:
he would call an extra session te
remedy the devilment done by those
who were bought and paid for with
our enemy's gold to disrupt the gov
ernment of the white man in thl:
State. But, after reading the rea
sons for his refusal, we are satlsfleo
that the Governor is right and the
calling of the Legislature can 90 nc
possible good. Besides heavy OUT
lay for the necessary expenses OF con.
vening the Legislature 1t woulo give
our enemies just what they wanU,
an opportunity to get another Unlteo
States Judge to set aside what mlSn1
be done by the Legislature.
It is not a matter OF law or rlght
with these judicial autocrats; 1t is
matter of party advantage and
might. They have the power to en-
ioin the State and, whether right OF
wrong, just or unjust, they will issue
iniunctions, and we can not help our
selves. Therefore, it is useless tc
"kick against the pricks'' and, as
our fingers are in the lions mouth,
the easiest way is the best way to get
them out.
The Constitutional convention has
been called, and there is no use
mjncing words about 1.-THE white
men of this State must control 1t.
We favor, for the sake Of peace, the
making of such concessions without
a sacrifice of principle as will bring
apouS unity in our ranks. We want
all tie white men and every Interest
represented in that convention, but
there is ore thing certain II peace
is to be secured by the lines laid
dov,n by the Columbia State las ex-
pressed in some of It's recent editorl-
als), then we say, To the dogs with
such peace.
If we, the majority of the white
vote of tie State, N st bend the
kree to men Tho thre: ten US with
the negro if We do not accede to
their terms, then let US make hight
and accept any resdlt. It would be
far more preferable to be forced to
give up the ship by weight of num-
bers than to be N" de abject asses
of by allowing ourselves to be
bulldozed with the threats Of certain
white men hell-bent on destruction.
The Democratic Exc Live Commit
tee has ordered primary election to
be held between white men and, rec
ognizing that there are two contend
ing factions within the Democratic
party, they kcve arranged that both
factions be equally represented at
the polls. What better plan would
the people have to select their dele
gates Is there a plan more fair? It
is with an absolute fair election that
every peace-lo,-ing man will be salts
fed, and to insure fair election the
committee wisely fixed things so that
neither faction can be charged with
cheating. The committee went fur
ther and recommended that factional
differences be laid aside, which was
another step in the right direction !;
yet there are some who are so thor
oughly bent on destruction that they
say the committee did well las far as
il. goes,' but they did not go far
enough.
In the name of common sense, what
will satisfy such people? Do they
want the committee to issue an edict
reading all men out Of the party who
will not support in the primary such
men as Gonzales, Darlington, Pope,
Douglass, Brayton, Melton, Johnston
and Dargan? The Democratic Exec
utive Committee, composed of both
factions, acted wisely at it's last ses-
sion, and every white man in the
State, be he Conservative or Re-
former, should go to work and carry
out in good faith what the committee
has recommended.
There are no factional issues at
stake in the Constit ltional Conven-
tion, and we see no reason why white
men should not be able TO make a
satisfactory selection of delegates
among themselves without appealing
to the negro. There is one strange
thing about this business. We hear
men deprecate an appeal to the
negro when in conversation with
those opposed to such a course, yet
at the same time by their silence they
encourage those who are threatening
such an appeal.
We size up the situation thus !:
There are men who have not discov-
e. ed ''where they are at" and, Mi
C. wber-hke, are waitin- for some
thing to turn up. They K ow that
the negroes have large majority,
epd if led by white men may be sue
cessful. Then, again, they know
that the election machinery is in the
hands of white men who will make a
desperate struggle before relinquish-
ing their ho'd upon it. Now, these
Observation-Disclosures pa
triots are not anxious to array them
selves against the malcontents that
have already sold themselves to the
enemy, but by judieious silence
they propose to keep in with all the
political elements. It VII not work.
The people are watching, and they
know who to trust. They will not care
to take stock in fence-straddlers nor
the class of political cattle who think
the present state Of affairs ''very. .un-
Fortunate" but will not do or say
anything in public to repudiate the
cono let of some of their political as
sociates who are now threatening a
large majority of white men with
an appeal to the negro unless thei1
unreaso 7able demands are acceded
to.
There will be a determined effort
made to capture the constitutional
Convention, in order to prevent from
being accomplished that which the
white men in this State realize as
their only salvation-the restriction
of suffrage. The suffrage must be
restricted by some constitutional
means, or through the Vaccinations
of hired traitors and antagonistic
judges we will soon be at the mercy