The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-23

! democracy. and / never voted uny
other ticket until 1858, when the Dem.
ocratjc party had a platform. which
would have brought ruin aud reyolm
ton .Sii u.s.. acted thon with tn.
republican party and voted for Gal,.
eral Grant. lApplanse.] Up to tha,
time General Grant was q Demooisat
ana say it.again, although nv ONO
ncnt hoo ted at the statement tile ollie,
night. 1t Is a.wcll known fact. If vyf
hau been wise we could havo nomi.
mated Grant and elected him in 1875
Dut we fought him bitterly.
In 1872 the Democrats
AFFIRMED TIE AMENDMENTS
and put up, to cap the climax. that
agttator who was always against I,s
Horace. Greeley, who i, iloyer was n
democrat. will balance Grant with
him for General Lawton. rCbeersI y !
III 1876 we nominated Samuel J. MI.
den. (Chccrs.] This time wo wont
it stronger than ever, and declared
that we were "carncstiv devoted" to
the amendments. told somc Of tho
delegates to tho st. Louis conycnt;on
that would 20 with them as had in
1872, but | couldn't swallow their plnf-
form. They said, "whyY' I said.
"bceausc l never was devoted to these
amendments, though they were forced
on me-" [Great cheering Mr.. I'll
den was elected President. rCheors. I
A question was raised on the count 81
Louisiana, Florida and South Cnro-
lima, and If those States had adoutcd
my policy there would not have 6ecn
any returning boards, aud we wonld
have been at the end of a Democratic
administration instead Of al, the Begin
ming Of another Republican admins
tr0tion. [Chccrs.1 -.
l am IN favor Of :...
BURYING OLD ISSUES
IN the grave where our heroes aro
buried. | lost two brothers i'm TINT
struggle. One fell charging Federal
battery almost in sight Of where now
stand. L revere their memory, and
shall teach my children to venerato
their memory aud the memory Of all
the heroes. - "
lfl go back to tho Senate shall not
expect to sit and fold my arms and
represent the sentimentality of the
State. [Chcors.] shall try to go to
work and help my people in any way
That can. shall do all that can to
encourage our agricultural resources.
snail cndeavor to aid in the develop
ment OF our mineral resources. T
snail endeavor to encourage manufac-
lures aud to maintain tho proper bal
ancc between manufactures and agri-
culture. Cotton manufacturing will
Oe one of the grand industries OF tho
future. We arc better prepared for
this work than the North. We have
advantages Of climate. Coal as cheap,
labor cheaper. and the material at our
very doors. | have tho educational
question very much at heart. Disyuise
1t as you may, the Now England States,
with their schools and universities.
nave dictated laws to this continent.
They have
SENT NEW ENGLAND IDEAS {!
all over the West and they dominate
there. Look at Prussia, that little en-
pre- over which Napoleon rushed and
almost oblitcratcd it. Hardly q gen
GRAFTON passed before it had in turn
humbled France and taken the power
from its empire. The bright-eycd
boys in your mountains and wircgrnss
may, represent you nobly before the
world If you educate them. We must
also cducutc the colorcd race, ana they
ought to be educated for the benefit of
the Union, and by the friends of tho
Union. lApplanse.] would give the
proceeds Of the public lands TO this
purpose on d hhsa-is of illitcracy. The
colorcd people arc citizens and we
must do them Justice.
L predicted m 1868 that The New
England States would, in ten years, be
tired of negro. suffrage. When / was
in Florida III 1876, the leader of tho
Republicans said: "Dann the negro.
we made mistake in giving him suf-
rage" l.au9htcr.] Let IT'S give
them every legal right. Social rights
Will take care of themselves. They
arc the best laborcrs you will ever
have III your cotton fields. Applause.
lie Showed tho folly of General
Ioombs' idea Of never asking for nm
appropriation. This idea gave the
Mort II wealth and the South the hon
ors before tho war. Which proved
tho more valuable? We must adopt
some new motion. The world moves
and am i'll favor OF moving with il.
CChccrs.1
HE'S HAD 'EM!-Dclirium trcmensI
Snakes! Jim-jamsl Yes, I've had
touches Of them. You want to know
how it fcelsS III tell you. You have
drank maybe week maybe more.
at last liquor ceases to excite, brace
up or tranqnilizc. You drink q half
pint OF brandy and it has 10 more
effect than so much water. Then Won
are close on TO the horrors. Food
won't hcipyou. Your stomach rejects
IT. Now your punishment commences.
You can't sleep. You are weary. Oh
SO weary, but there is no rest. You
arc tired of thinking yet the tired
brain will think. You lie down, drop
into a doze tor u moment and wake
up with a shock as if touched by nm
electric wire. You are covered with
.pcrspiration. You get up and walk
the room, walk the strcets-walk.
walk, walk, and then fling yourself
down, praying for ever so few min
u'es' sleep. All this for DAYS with
people about you, and through nights.
But no Chinese torturcr employed in
Keeping some miserable criminal
"Wnk c till he dies was ever more fnll
OF relentless vigilance than yoor abus-
cd nerves. breads indcscribablc seize
upon you. Your hands have a scnsn-
ton of being Of enormous size. They