The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, July 24, 1877, Image 2
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Tutesday, July 24. : 8377.
L. MItAW8 D)AVIS, Editor,
I No. S, REY'N OLDSY, A ~couhito 1ikU~o".
I)EMOCRAIC( 'IICKI'''.
r'oll COfUNT V' ('0MM (M-.ION I ES,
R.E LYSN RJOHN A. UIINNANT.
-COIRNELIUS It. ME~ANS,
Lj~T Ei.vlmY man, ais ho pays hit;1
taxes0, retnmmbr that for every (d01- 1
Jar nowv paid, tiro Democratic or- t
ga.niz .tion lil.'i SIl 1 him Seventy 1
coni Ls.
-i'' Iulu" out Iaan~llll
'Oaleaves, J Ityno. J)niui, Cairdozo,
nd tile rcpt f' lol .1 Il ic~l cattI o 7 1
A solid 1)onuoertice 01t.r:ii1 1. ttioll.
1againl '? A divided J)onawcraey.
iN 'Ill: days of inll .Ueindeii 1.IIovo
menl Is, t11;: Li esi of .L6i .l It' ';re t
I teal t.1i' I)oeI')citic (1ay". thley 1r
]'arty flivii.ai'l dot lii s, with it a.:
p(.ct of? futhe rlot' 'Cd( i. Which t
shal:il we choose '?r
Th'Ie lawl of the1( A eiicli.ia c'iitireli
l'oil)J( )i .WOin.'l1 tI) spea~k to her I'' vf 'r1oruc FPti ' r
aftler mularrti e. l1i1 ti.iS ('11111. -v ;t f-l iler iw h r da (ltes
]uiisblmnd with1 a 111o0i )11 recl It ll
in~ i~nll inIt mny d iys. .Bit LI[hell
'll'0 ('lt atllb 1)0ll) it~piyt once.
I'llir'.VC a 1r1e only f i'ar iefi in the
ITiijel L. anid only' two in ihl;: I
S ('ito ; il the'' arie liftte'Iy h" r
iii sIic. On)e or Iii e otlt e r its I ti-i- 1
niu1ph. Thlere is no t hird party.
Aydecolfonon.111( teer relativ('lv Stronmger. 1.t i:, well
A 10 ntimh a,,~) the I li'lO.LI1 Jai'fy in
Fcairfield w Is a i ul'i 1 :u'; a (low. nail.
iT:I, is now wvide awaik'. anid ac(ti velyv
1'O'i ii~.j ~..1 it sif' tlie fraLgra iii]
smell of htav anO~ d fishles ill te
)'1 e.e, and its mom il ,valt'~s for
Ihiec cler' li; slhi ts in th1e I.Ois~IllI'i',
andi Itoe:i ions e('lmlty ofles toc
he tiled niext year. 'I hit. the Stole
is Iemociratic is not ii ia'. to I la'mn.
fle'ilil an be1~dcl ut t lclfoit, or (A4'orgetowvn, or i
iiuiinsh)i'g or (Jhirclndoi i4! r Iid it L
To the Good People of Fairfeld
Mortho ihan a-week has passed
mice the Dolocratic con vention
not 0 ud muado nominations, iud
vhile there hiss b)00n, as there alw ays
S, s01 dIsatisfaction in conse
Ilence of the course of the conven
,ion. still a sunficiet atio has
)lapsod for heated blood to cool, and
'or calm reason to reassert its sway.
riet us therefore cahly consider the
iatter, both in its past events, an)d
n its bearing on the future of the
)arty.
A call was mado for the Convenr.
.ion. Mleibers of the )emocrttic
)arty who had signed the conHt.itu
ion, including the eighth article,
omo long ago, some just now for
ho first time, met in their respec
ivo cubs, and l ctod dlegatoe
0 represent them. In sutme of
hose clubs it was charged that there
ind been "log rolling" and "wire
mtlling" previous to tho meeting;,
Lml that matters thoro were cut and
hried. To this the answer was that
he majonity had the right. to organ
zo to carry its nC1si1res into efet,
m(I that, heing a clear n1i11j1rity, tit(
ninlority must yield. In every case
lie m1inoic11y did yield, and no con -
estait ts 1111)(';tred Iore the (n11
'itIionn. Be'foire the niclting of
he Convent ion, some of the dele
atis, ho favored ia particular
>olicy, that, of (leet in it a meuber of
[lie org~lanizatioll, hl ai ennus to
m1il0 uponi (OnW mpan-j ust as in
owniship j meetings consultations hiad
Cn hitbl to sceuro the oloctioni
if a certain class of delegates. The
Onvelt0)m1 ion et. An eflort was made
.O postpone )olmlilltti11 for
lie time. After much diseussion, it
vas agreed on all sides to go'oni with .
hto nomiLnations. The coil n'veiion
"dopted resolutions providing what
iledges should be made for the can1
lidates, tie chief being that they
hould abide the niOllilatiol, and
efuse tonecept oflice if ele'cted by ie
miblicanii votes. Under these th ih an
liihitcs were nominated and pledged.
I. free ballot was hold. The present
)cmocratic llOnilee for clerk reeoiv
.1 forty-ono out of seveity-five votes.
[is nom1inatol was 11e(1n llanlolllulIs,
'ithouit a dissenting vote-the
0otion boig very generously
lade by one of the strongest of the
1pposition. One Cunlllty Coimlis-,
iner was nominated by acclaina
on, alother by fifty odd votes, the
blrd by a majority. After the
doption of resolntions looking to
lie perfection of the~ orga~nization),
lhe convention adjoiurned.
It is in) consequlence of the acts of
hi s convention, as narrated nabluve,
hat the D)emocracy have beo'n at
iaince ; t hio'gh we are pleasedi to
ly a mnch het ier feeling now exists,
nW we tink by (liigent effort
armllony canu11 haltir'ely r'estored
of ore the day of election.
We muist say wo do not soo an~y
anab)lo gr'oundi for refusing to supj)
ort the regular ticket. We migh t
Cr0 saiy that nal snch action is
>rostalled b~y the sign ing of the
~ilith A rticle of the constitution
'hich binds the parts together.
hut we put it onl a hlighoer ground.
Ye inmst look to the future, and
tot h)0 distraCted1 byl morer incidents
if party. If those who arlO now
Iilsapointed lhad been succe'ssful,
hey would havO ins~isted1, and no
i'ould wo miost stronuously, 111on1
he duty of thle party to suppo rt th1e
iomninations without reoservation.
If anything wvrong had been done
>O fore tihe mocetig otf tihe con von
,ion it w~as the dutty of the0 delegates
lmt to cuter tho convention. Ihult
ill onterod1, and alnost all voted
>gainust tho( postponomnont of nlomi
tat ions. This action was$ final
We cannlot expet-overybody to 1h0
)loalsed, hutL we d10 expect those
1-ho, having entered their friends
Iipon equal11 footing, lost after a
Kiar lll' igh't, to supjpor't the hnina..
ion, just, as they would havo d10
nianded it of the ethers.
Again, what haive the coulnty' coml
niisionlers to do wvith tie matter?
Wa there any "wiro-pulling" or
'Oaucassinig" aibout their nomnina~
i-m, any irregulairi ty that would
llibsove the voter from his (duty ?
N4one whatever. Then wvhy are they
tacimd ? The and, . ... wola
tho candidat for Mlork, in the or
gnization, and theo fight atgainst
them 1is the fight I: inst the orgali
zation. Now, we hcar it reported
on good authority that the -Radicals
propose to endorse privately tlt
wholo ''itizouIn' tickLe." If this bo
so, thon he who votes this ticket is
adding one voto to those brought
by Iho ltadicals purposely to
destroy the Democratt.ic party.
'lctlier the 'citizeins intend it or
not. such will bo the (1'het. 'Then
the lRadicals. Imiv I ng diviled the
1)emlocrats ati roodtinled power,
wiil rule the roo :t ts in days of
yore, ill hdnjiest meun, "Citizenis"
and Il11 will be ground inl the dust.
Friends, .Demuocral s, peoplO of
Fairfield, ato yoV prepared for
this ?
OUR COUNTY POLITICS.
A Lettorifrom Major Woodward on ,ho
Sit atinI.
.ld/o N .wS .NI) 1 f 1i1.\1.) :
As manzlIy in the couttry do n)t
understand the "Citizens' Ticket"
lovelmient, antd unduly miagnify its
ilportianeo il town wLhere it origi
ntod, I ask the inisertiol of the
following, in oder thit the de.r
pico.le wholuso rights havlio bieenl st)
grossly ilfilged, and w 1ho..o( voice
wa":1s ;o complctely V tilled inl the re
Ceni 'oie1) it Chibl), hi0 yV have at
proper co~ncept ion of the wrongs:
donle 11hem1.
It is :tllegtd Ihat dlissatsfLactinii
exists foi 1.1ir t cases:: F' irst. IeC
caus~e Of imlproper" l'.roportional rop
resnIlotitn h' I1n IIim ' TV1oIsihip
(ljuls ; secoid. 1be:msl~e of what is
lelieved to have beeo'1 unll faii iess te
C ipttini (ilow'ne'y in1 il he straigLt ,ut
(:1 tleus; and third, )e111(t th op
positicn, as they t o0s to terli those
who dill'red fron them, was1. i
mnovemnlit u1pon the part of (aristo
'r(1/, wVhose att h lplllt(, 1. ii scitationi
was an evil to b-e avoideed.
T.hat t ICer is hiisllroportional and1(1
iunfair rCpresel l It in, is not denied.
It is a dlliculty ill Vhich the
la nioeratic party found itself in-.
volved ill its contest last year and
one which it haol no timeo to rep~air
-for 5 Vol all kitow \ wero then
engaged ill i lilt -an1d-de:tlh strlug
gle. Lilt h:ts it b'een of real lis
advaultage to the iiterests of the
"Ciizens' 'Tieet" party ? If not,
their complltint is not only unfound
ed and improper, but puerile.
There are two sides to every
question It is said tLtL a Clii), n't
whicll )ily hi.e membiriujers were pres
ellt, eltete l /ie'e Clowiiey tleleg rtes
and that lit another point lit which
there was prob)ahly the next small
est ciub, there was no election nt
aill, Lc thait five dlologaites wo~ro ap
p)ointed by the chair, for the avowed
lun'pose of voting for Captain
Clowney. Again, it iS claimied that
projoeLtS asliscovered in) timeif to
p~osition" delegates were lugged in.
At intiihier einb), one (If the largest
ml the coutly, it was opouly boa*sted
bothi in thlis towin and ill 110 'ounl
try, that onie of thle oblest andit
hardest working "straight-outs" was
heafoni, as 1)er pro'grannno11) arranged
im the Jior)ot, bjeenuiso lho was sus
peeLld of a w~ant of symlpathly. At
imother' club! that 1 waot ofI, worId
came that Cap11taini Clowney desired
that Mr.--- and M~r. --- shoul
Comlo to thio noinai~ting Clubi.
They cameio but with inistrucitions to
advance the caiusO of strighltoultji.
In fact, from all tho clubs colmes
the unlcotrtadicted statemfenlt that
eifforts were madleo inl bohaldf of tile
difloront favorites, whlilst it is a
notorious fact thait the Winnhsboro(
clubi masdo ai sqjuare fight in favor of
Captain Clownley, anid elected, ias
mons11 delegation for hlimi. In1 my~
tll lOp llo, .1ieefore, al1l parties had
ai fir sho(wing. Ini anly (eent, it is
well knowni t hat the( anhti-stra'*ighit,
outs were ql(t 01n y "(di satis/idc
\vith thio fir flid tha ihaI Vd b~eenl af
for'ded tihew, buit lready', illn1 olance
of 11heli meeting of the noml inatin jg
Cluib, wase Conispicuoueisly dlisplaye
a list oft thle names ofS the foti y six
adhlernt ti Ihat they hlad se(edred( ,
and loudt mou~ithed~ were'( Lhirl brlazeln
triuts solii unig Lthe pe0:mis ofI
Itproaebling victory. The sa' nies
haivinig shliflted', we h ear mhil of un -
fairnetss anld "juigglig,'' fr'oi menu
who hadt no0 right to comfplin
and1( who had ini tile mlost
solves t) aidot tihe wilhl of the
mfajority. bIdood does it miake a
dliflore(neO whose ox is gored.
.But you were badly treaited in tli(I
canoCu-donied admuission, askedl to
-vacato your sonts, &c. &c. From0ll
time immuiemnorial Jils existed, and1(
to 11h0 endt of time wvill go (down, the
right, and( esltabllishod usage, of a
eleti1, of a party, anid (If at factjin of
a nart.1 to nwec ini cuwn .rivat.,
I if they choose, and discuss the
advantages or disadvantltges of !
a par'tic~ular schemne--atyo, ands
if they prefer, to canvass the
personal and political claims or dis
qualifications of any aspi'iant for
public favor. Having had the honor
to occupy the chair on this occasion,
I aver most solemnly that thoro
was no departure from established
usage. And whilst upon this sub-'
joet lot me say that it is also my
Opinion that haid the anti-straight
sih-'outs, snppo(sed1 for at moment that
tiheir couitet was oven in remote
danger of defeat, we would have
witnessed the not Unusual s pecta
ele of two opposing faetions arrayed
ll catcus in their respective in
torests. I can state farther, and
I know whereof I speak, that your
defeat was not co1S(mmauhted in this
dreadful caellus, i)it wV'as aln accon,
plishod fact from its inception. and
you woro only enabled to make the
exceedingly creditable light which you
did, by using to the best advantage
the strong; perso11a1 popularity of
you1' canhdi edat. 'horeo is, then, no
I just cause of complaint hero. The
gravest crimio whib lncn be impted,
w ilh proper r(gard for truth, is
that yoIt have ien beaten at your
own gatIe ; and ordinary propriety
1ei111pires that, you slhould hold your
tongues, submiit like men, learn
w\isdoni, and hope for better luck
anothel.r tion
l uch is said cf the mac'hiillations
of or ix./oera/.2', of their el'oi ts to es
t:ablist the sIupr1ncey of the rich
Over tie poor, anid of the great and
po1we1fl over the humble. Not
Slciving w'2 W -iessed iho ('h1ots alladfled
to, nor klnowingil2 ('.me(//y/ to whomi
rorece n(s had. I emmot.0 meot the
altteinlpted aspeilsion. nilay
IhoW('ver, tailli if to (1esire to be' a
hligh- mindet,l, hon:ralie muan, :.nid to)
ha:t\ te uo eg:ird for p ledg(s--not
1) utoig one's self inpont anl)y ad.Il\l
tag;"e of birth, nor yet mnortilie( that
you the are slon of a gentlemuan who
was himself descended from a gen
- leinan1--constit uto th1e requliro
ments, thOlen am I an1 ia.ristocrat
aIind 1I cheelrfltlly necept and plrouldly
hear my portion of t1ho onus.
It was this sa1 Coullnlillists' C y
of " )owi with Aristocracy." time
sold Rome to the highest biddetr, de
stroyed the splendid colum Von
domo1, muirdorcd the noblest bishop
of France, and has (isgr'aeCd civi,
lization in every era of the world's
history. Steer clear of it,. my couni
trymen ! It hies you on to hlli !
What are you doing, heads of the
"citizens' " moveimelt ? Are you not
urging the ('hlims of one of the rich
('st and most, pow1'er'fil meon. atgaiist
one of the poorest, most unassuliini
attd worthiest (tisabled citizons in
the county ? Stop, I pray you, and
iake a retrospect.
Smart ing under these w'ron gs-whc'h
I. I; priioen do not (xist.-. "Cti!i.
zenis." uinder the lead of Major .fault.
and Mr. R. J. McCarhey, open com
ni'lication with tho hostile 1tdi
cal convention which assembled on
the next Mondaiy after 0111 nonma.
tLion, aind no0w it is openly bioasted that
anl allianice, ofleonsivo and dlefenisivo
ha~s boonl formed wtith it for the piur
poses of the ensulinig campaign, and
tihroughthis negro maort it is
p~roposed to defont the regular D~emo
e'ratic nominees. In other wvords,
the "Citizens' Ticket" party have con
spired thriough these, their head
men, with the assistance of the re
mlainis of the old Radical corpse, to
defeat the will of tile whito maijor'ity~
Witness, if y'ou leaise, the largo
gathiering of tihe 01hl Radical negr'oes
iln towvn on last, Saturday. Liko
viultur'es, which they are, they are
alrecady nosing ar'oulnd for thme mfonley,
whiskoy and tobacco of whito men
in the miovemeni,, andl now that
Gov'ernor' Hamplton is in ail i-n
N~ew, York, as is currently reported
and generally beiehived by thomn,
they at10 alr'eady flapping their sable
wm'igs in happ~ly welcome at the ox-.
potedct r'eturn'1 of Chamberlain.
iMessrs. Faint anid McCar'ley are
bo0th most estimlablo menC~, aind I amii
pr1olud--for atughit I know to the
contray-to ('ounlt themi 1vmong st
myl p(ersonalI friumnds. But I do niot
regard either01 of them its posseCssed
of that matituro~ wisdom an ~ld pro~founid
stat esmnanshiip whlich are alon11o ac
<piired by long aind vaied ob~serva.
tion, so esseintial to leaders 01 new
mlovemlents-oespoiially wvheroe it is
proposed to take 8o wVid(e a depar4
to as4 1- is con templated1 ini the pres
(lnt insuttaneo. Nor do I1 holhievo thtt
thie- C genltlenonael are atwarI' of lhe
apipallinig enlormity of their conlduc(t
noril of the disastr'ous consCqulenes
of their course, shlould they be able
to maike any conisidorabtlo iniroadi iln
our1 or'gai zati(on.
For' oneW, I shall not followv thum,
pre'ferr1inlg y(et a whilo longer to aid
here to the teachings and land -
mriks of Democracy.
It is also0 w~ell knowvn that Captain
Clownoy has publicly doelin'ed,
through the papers, to alhlowv
them the use of his name, that lhe
was pledged to abide the decision of
the noimnating Club, and that lho
disavows any~ connectioni with the
movement. Why, then, should his
friends attemplt to force him into a
pobsitionl revoltinlg to his mlanlhoodl
'4
md at varianco with his oxpresso
dow, of proprio's ? It is simply n
)utrago u1p1on this m1ost oxcollcnt
ientleIman, whlen they attempt Co
nake him the figure-head of their own
L oriidioutsness.
Such, then, men of Fairfield, is in
fly opnion the truo statenent of
facts. Believing that there aro yet
bloso amongst us who will not will
ugly so all our rich blessings, tho
Fruits of our campaign in Novoi'ber
ast, frittered away, I have carnestly,
but not unkindly, disclosed the situ
bion Gird on your old Democratic
urnor, draw sharply your party lines,
p)erfeet more thoroughly your or
}ani7ation, and hko monl crush this
novenent, though it bo but the
wriggling of the tail of the headless
Radical serpent.
T. W. WooDWARD.
How Hayes' Cabinet Dross.
Hayes wears during the week
rlays an old black soft felt hat, of
what is known ats tho army style.
It loolcs as though it had dono
servico enough to ho turned in.
On Sunday Hayes redeems himself
by wearing a very fashionable black
kilk hat, which he bought in Cia
cinnati just before he was in
uugurated.
Evarts wears dnring the wari
days a sluall whito straw hat alter
nated with a brown straw. Ke'
wyears the worst-looking dicer ever
seen. Ho bought it when he cano
to Jill Andy Johnson's seat in tho
Sonate. Key's beaver is three sines
too small for hin and sits on tp)1)
of his iron..gray bristles ; and,
secondly, it has not ben inl style
for four years. It is a horrid -loo.
ing all Lir, though Key feels happy
wile wearing it, reared back on his
-ars. Key Canl safely sing that
0om1ic ballad entitled "I am the nut
with the shoeking bad hat."
Sherman wears a calico hat,
which is made upon a light steel
frame, ali it brown straw, whicl is
well ventilated on the sides. 13ot1
are what are knownl ats choap bats.
Sehnrz, while particnlar in the cut
)f ins pamtaloons, so ti is legs
will appear to the best advantage,
Hiot at all particulaur about his
head wear. Ilo has one straw hat
whicli has done him sorvi(ce for two
ummiliners, and recently purchasedi a
:tter-looking one, which le wears
a'lien walking-which is very sels
.lon. I hive not seen Mr. Schiurz
eopt mi I his curria'ge, or sitting at
lis desk in the Interior Depart,
1t,31. since hle has been in the
a;inet. KCev i groat tramp,
ted. like McCrary, the best-naturedl
nlan of them all, often is soon walk
og the strects.
iC(rarv wavnts a 1iow )avol hat
vo -yv badly. His prset one is in a
a ialo <ondition. It. neo:s to
c' I'ackl1 vcy much. Hie: his
iiade tit, sam11o he(ave- do servieo for
recepti0nIs, luunherals, etc., for theu
pa 4 Ioiur ye-trs. I recognized his
a a;t;; the 0110 worn by himt in th:e
rtsession of the Forty-fomurth
M~r..Devons, the attorney-.general,
when mi full dress, wears a hatnd
10ome and stylish silk liat, on whi hi
thoro is a wide band oif crape. At
>thoer times lhe wears a soft felt,
wvhich looks well on him. Ho is'
very prin in his enitiro dress.
secretary Thlompson makes a
specialty in dress, and of course lhe
V:roar a beaver to suit. Hie has of
aute left off is blue coat and1( gold
>ulttons, wvhich lio had wvorn f >r the
)mst forty years, atnd now wears a
niore modern covering, though not
;o showy. He takes great painis in
mvmng his lint look nice, anid aul way
ucceeds.
at Coblenz the .Bon/lor family
iolebrated the two huunredthl anni
rersary of the founding of the Hirsch
i.pothekok, an apothecary establish..
inent whinch has b)oon iln the family
rom1 tihe 15th of June, 1677.
MansuiIAn S iA~N ummno, of Colen
ado, wrho carried that State for the
oplublicanR, and thiereb~y helped
>loct Mri. Hayes, has been'convicted
mdlt sent to the ponlitentiary for
areony after trust.
JLOUR i FLOUlI !
A lo, of Flour , to sell onl connai)issijoi
whlitlh we o 0otlEoring v'ery low.
Jully 23 -ixl J. F. McMAS i'ER, CO.
NO)TICE
S'gnwor (hon MfIIaon 5's Oi? C,
W1-Nilnono, S. V., Jnly13 20, e877,
A ) pesons holing tenehiers' pany
LL crti lleaites issue0( ini flis cottra111y
pior~l to October I t., I 87C, are id reiuested
0 Ipres mnt. I th sat rin to (~ho iud-ersied
ItayOhel t wtil b1 mail on40 registeredt
WI LLARID RICIA Iii )ON,
july 21 Ixlw u-. C. F. c.
HORSE AND CATTL.E POWDERS,
ii eurs~ orrvent DIs.aan. *,