The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1856-06-06


absorbed by either as to IL great principle.
WAS then very young member of the
House, for the first time, and voted for illir-
| ty-two others for it, i'll the shape of three
resolutions, embracing the identical princi-
| pies Of ;lic present independent Treasury
of the General Government. In 1896, Tie
National Convention Nominated Mr.. Van
l'uirn, and from our peculiar position ut
that period, it wls natural for South Caro-:
| lima 10 fec! no interest i'll the general move
! ncnts ct the more national branch of the
party. IT was 0ct 50 much hccausc She
opposed their policy Of organization, but
bccalls" she was indifferent, having been al
| icna!cL from the general party by her
course oil many exciting points. Things
! thus stood until the spring OF 1897, when
universal suspension Of The banks took
place, and will. that, what WIS called the
Pet l;ank system blew up. Mr. Van Eu-
rrn called All cy!r:, session Of Congress, a,.l
w:,s i":crI to recommend an lndclen,lcut
Treasury. The jackson branch OF the
Democratic party had varied upon Il Mi
! tional Bank, and property varied upon il.
for "vcr %:l~ at amy period OF nv liz, and !
comm"'.ccl public lil;. 1T the c"riv a". Of
twenty three, Il United States Bank man.
Nf; ' III l'"rch c"ni'i not rcc"mn'cl'! that,
ami The iavoritc antagolst measure of the
State Banks had blown up. so there WAS
no alternative h"t the Independent I'reasu-
riy' The very identical measure that had
been introduced, February, 1850, by Gen.
torI"n, and for which tllirtv.t!:rcc Of II,
then voted. This position Of the President,
= Il
then th" head Of til" great Democratic
party, "i coarse involved ;;!l those great
'r'h':ii'!'S c"Hi!cclcu Will! the fiscal HH.,i":i
"' IL" ',"Hrrnnlc"!, "!';,!l IL at the i"ua-
";a!"i! 81 our PECULIAR system. At the "N-
ira SESSION u: lS5', WAS nrl"intc'! lv the
i''m''r'tic party t" call up anl take
ci;ir2" "i The Sub. Treasury bill, i'll the
'"'n'nt!er oI The W hole; | did So, and
I"f' !! "i"t ihrn lay 1t Oh the table. 1t
The ONLY lnc,,,Lrr from south UarTGtII,,a w;IiI
yucd i,,r ,l., mc:,surc that session. wo.
ccn.ulrl severely for il in ,lit,.rcn. p:ui, Of
the State, rs it WAS slpnoscd ut that timc
20 SAVIOR too muc! of support TO the General
Democratic party "nd Van Eur.u ,1r the
politics OF this State. l;u, rs soon rs Mr.
Calhoun took his stan! for if. nublic ,ru,i
men, here chan-ct,. His ,.rcnL spcrrb.s
on that subject soon BROUGHT the State t,,
ac, cordially once more with the national
partv. from whom we hal been na,;:lIy
nlien",cd for several years. ". then wen,
into the campai.,n with them. and Mr.. Cul.
l,oun became rcconcl,d TO Mr.. Van B;lrcn
even SO much SO, that he Iiuct with him.
and il was pulliclv announced through the
Richmond Ennuircr. We afterwards went
into Caucus with them on all important
questions; and in the Great contest uf 1910
Gov. Thomas of MARYLAND anu myself, wrote
the address and resolutions of tho Demo
cratic nartv, upon Which the canvass was
conducted. or rather in caucus the .rcport
wa, made bv Mr. Gruuly, and ON the mo.
ton Of Mr.. r,ik it was referred back to. \
subc committee Of Gov Thomas and myslf
and we rcmodclcd it. South Carolina went
heartily into tic contest. uu,I tn, nonina
ton of Van Buren, WIS 4 mere nominal
.nattcr, as there was no division. We were.
beaten, because the resolutions and r.nor,
had too much strict priuciplc for ,h. times
and our opponcnts under Harrison carried
it without princinI,S, or rather tirhtinr for q
National bank in some sections and a'r,ins,
it in others: and 50 of all the other great
ISSUES. A, the cx,r, session Of 1912 thew
cnde:yorcd TO carry every thing in the
shape of a National Bank in some form,
but were defeated in all. They succeeded
in the Tariff of 1912. Tie compromise Of
1888 made biennial production of ten