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THE CLINTON 7 CHRONICLE
Thursday, August 21, 1952
COMMENT
ON MEN
AND THINGS
By The Spectator
Was the South Carolina Demo
cratic convention a cut and dried
affair? Was the result a pre-ar
ranged agreement to endorse the
Stevenson-Sparkman ticket? Is the
Stevenson tickei. a Truman ticket,
c nceived and born in the White
House, an offspring of the Truman-
rtes’’ Well, if the dominant lead
ens of the party in this state called
for support of the Sevenson tick
et have they changed heart “since
1948? Or. were they merely sub
merged in 1948 by the onslaughts
cf Strom Thurmond, George War
ren and others 0 A review of 1948
will show that the leaders,-who to
day urge support oi ‘ the , regular
ticket, took no active part for the
States Rights campaign of 1948.
They have not changed,, in effect;
they have denounced Truman and
Trumanism; but they were regular
in 1948! they are regular today.
What has happened is that the
real effectiveness of 1948 is lost be
cause Strom Thurmond and h’.s
staff are not in power.
Certainly every argument for'
separation in 1948 applies today if
we care to think straight.
The water is muddled because
Senator Maybank and Senator
Johnston, in all good conscience,
regard their championships as of
paramount importance. And many f
others are equally impelled to sup
port the Stevenson ticket by reason
of some political side-issue, which,
to an outsider, is largely a con-;
fusion of thought and a regrettable
misconception of the fundamental!
issue.
South Carolina, as I find the peo
ple. are leaning to Eisnehow’er.
As to the convention: The acous-|
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tics of the hall are very bad. As
my Spanish friend would say—
atrez—atrocious. And many of the
speakers wore like muffled drums.
Governor Byrnes could hardly be
understood by me. though he is ac
customed to speak. Gov. Byrnes
was sincere in an attitude of wait-
and-see, but he lost the opportun
ity to become a leader. Leader
ship is based on positive convic
tion. high courage and unswerving;
purpose. The Governor adopts a'
respectable middle-of-the-road po- 1
sition. but it is not leadership. ’ J
Here I should like to speak ofj
the fairness and liberality of the;
Chairman, John I. Rice. Senator|
Brown moved endorsement of the i
Stevenson ticket, but did not great
ly elaborate. R. M. Kennedy of
Camden; Baskin of Lee; Thomas P-j
Stoney of Charleston; Douglas Mc
Kay of Columbia; Carroll Nance of
Clinton; George Warren of Hamp
ton; spoke vigorously against the
Stevenson ticket.
Senators Maybank and Johnston j
sppke for it They don’t like some
things, but they will support the
ticket.
Conclusion: Here we stand, the
South Carolina delegates. Every-;
one wonders where the people |
stand.
Are the people for the office-1
holders and their chief supporters? j
Or. are the people ready to think j
and act indpendently?
Are we for the loaves and fish-1
es, only, the proverbial mess of
pottage? Or are the people desir-j
ous of cleaning house? Do they re;
bukc the entrenched mink-coaters, j
and percentage favorites? oD they
want to win the war in Korea and J
quiet? Or dol
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spoke with the vigor and conviction,
of men who resolved to take a
stamd for right and truth, in the
face of prejudice and personal asso- j
ciations. When you reflect on this
well, you w’ill conclude that they
are of the stuff of our early heroes.
Nor would I deny my w’ord of
praise for Governor Byrnes. Con
sidering that he has spent his long
life in the hurly burly of political
activity he stood with courage
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even declaring that he was not|§
definitely and definitively commit-1|.|
ted. Although he would have.jjjt
shown greater and more heroic 3
stature if he had clearly and forth- 1 jj»
rightlv challenged all the conven-jg
tion to follow a course of decision,
still he assumed an attitude of op-
en-mindedness that w’as far beyond
the attitude and vote of the con-
vention. The Governor was adroit, £
sagacious, somewhat elusive, butig
not hide-bound: he was refreshing,,:^
but he missed the opportunity * to 8
be remembered with the great de-
liverers. g
Nothing in recent history ^ as jj , {
been more refreshing than the en-
thusiasm of the people for a thor- j j*:
ough house-cleaning.
Men in office, whether National,
State, County or Party, will not
lead against the Party: leadership
must come from those who have no
affiliations, no ties, that bind them
to the Party organization; no per
sonal interest that beclouds their
judgment and confuses the issue.
Men on the outside can look at the
problem with clear view and with
a finer spiritual vision: they are
not wedded to their idols, as The
Book tells us of Ephriam.
The Truman ites—and Mr. Stev
enson—tell us of the South that we
must get rid of our prejudices,
though founded in traditions of
long standing. Let us take a leaf
out of their book and get rid of
some political prejudices of long
standing. I admit the inaccuracy
of the word “prejudice 4 *; we hold
certain predelections as a sacred
memory of our heroic grandfath
ers, but the very foundations of
our belief, the rock of our faith—
all have been destroyed by the Po
litical Party of our fathers which
has today nothing that our fathers
respected.
As your self, each one of you,
why have we been rock-ribbed sup
porters of the National Democrat
ic party. You will think of Recon
struction, of the forcing on us of
many things obnoxious to us. Well,
that is today being done, but by the
very party we have been support
ing.
Do we pledge our allegiance to a
party label, regardless of its plat
form and practice; or, <Jo we stand
four-square for the rtaditions and
ideals of our people?
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