hip, integrity of purpose and courage of performance
that command the respect and approval of all good men,
irrespective of party.

Resolved: that the Governor, having taken care of the Charleston
and Sumter circuits by refusing to commission Whipper and Moses
and not being able to reach Wiggins in the same way, we of the
Barnwell circuit must see that he does not defile the bench and
debauch the county now adorned by the virtue and the learning of
the incorruptible Maher.

Resolved: That we recognize and appreciate the difficulties that
the Governor has had to contend against to maintain his position
as a political reformer, that we acknowledge probity in redeeming
the pledges contained in the platform on which he was elected to
office, and admire his boldness in resisting the pressure of
those who were not in earnest when they made them; that we are
fully sensible of the opposition that he encountered and the
difficulties that have environed him in acting his arduous role,
and that we take this occasion to show him and the men of his
party who endorse him, of our cordial support.

The resolutions were unanimously and enthusiastically adopted.
The Honorable A. P. Aldrich by invitation, then addressed the
meeting. We have already published his remarks.

It was resolved that the President appoint, at his leisure, an
executive committee of five to carry out in Barnwell County such
recommendations as might be made by the Central Democratic
Executive Committee, at its meeting in Columbia on the instant.

Mr. Simms then offered the following resolutions, which were
carried out unanimously: Resolved, that in view of our repeated
failures to reform the State Government by the policy of
co-operation with the Conservative element of the Republican
Party, who professed the same object, and of recent events we
recognize the absolute and immediate necessity of reorganizing
the Democratic party to restore an honest and economical
government.

Resolved: That the Democratic Party of South Carolina will in the
future, as it has in the past, support principles, not men, and
we hereby extend a cordial invitation to all men in the State,
who desire honest government, to unite with us, at least until we
have accomplished our purpose.

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