The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-08-12

or the other, It would be tiresome to
me-, after the first one or-two occasions,
to hear ahe, same old ffelcss charges
sponred for, 3 rom every platform, and
it would he not only irksome but un-
pleasant to the opposing speaker to hear
what l shall have to say, because I pro-
pose to call everything by it's proper
name, and not mince matters anywhere
or with any one." Sa,s NV +
captain Wise seems to have opened
his campaign ut Atlanta, Ga. Did you
see the reportof his interview there ?'
!, Yes I gsawzthat Wise had been talk
ing to the reporter, Of the Atlanta Con-
stitution, and that tho Iintcrview pub
lishcd in that paper had been sent 70 the
New York Times. Formerly when Ma
hone and his people wanted to talk
to the outside public they used the
columns Of the National Republican
at Washington, but they have since put
their interviews in the New York Iri6.
une, ,(not the Iintes,) as; the more un-
Charitable journal Of the two on every
subject affecting the Southern people.
| see that Wise says he is pleased with
my nomination. The phrase was cut
and dried to be applied at the proper
time to the Democratic candidate, who
ever he might be-. l expected his pre-
tensesofsb being pleps eds and equally an
'ticipate hiss disappfobation when !
am elected" 81
General Lee spoke at some length MS
to the methods by which the Rcpubli-
cans hope to succeed, summing up what
he had said as follows:
The new Republicans expect to get
the bulk of the negroes as a matter OF
course. The fight is being made in the
Southwest to get as many white votess1s
possible to add to their negro vote. The
Malone candidate, in the Atlanta inter
view, says that out of 2l0.OU whites
votes in Virginia he expects to get
$4,000 or $4,000, and OF Of l2S,WO
negro vote he Will secure 100 coo. With
characteristic folly he practically tells
the Southwest that he expects to be
elected by the negroes. His total OF
100000 is ridiculous. According to the
figures have sc"n, Cameron, when
elected Governor, had l13.473 votes.
Use received, when he ran as Congress-
man at large, 1892, while Blainc's' vote
was 1896. This latter vote was the
union Of the OLD and the new Republican
white vote with n nearly solid negro vote.
Much Of the old Republican vote will
not go to Wise, and in all State elections
the negro vote is considerably less than
at Presidential elections" . 49,.
The Sans correspondent d~iscerned
that the mail on the table was pressing
for Generally ce's attention and took nc
moro or his time. sr9tn.
Good day, Governor" said he OH
leaving. a0
"Oh! You are somewhat Previous
laughed the General. Il am as good as
elected by my nomination, but l do no,
wantt to be calledsG Governor till the SIN
has published the exact figures of my
majority"
The correspondentwassoon rccross-
ing Cameron IL en- 7'rutc for the Wash,
lngton Bureau. On the route the atten.
tion Of Il COMPANION Of Gen. Lees was
called to Capt. Wise's rcmarkat Atlanta
to the effect that if "~Fitzhugh' Lee had
been named Fi,zhugh Smith he would
never have been heard Of" While ex-
pressing surprise at the rudeness Of the
language, it was hoped that Capt. Wise
had been unsupported. "For," said tKhc
gentleman pithily "Gcn. Lees life has
always done honor to his name. 5BMtit
is a capital misfortune when Il good pa1se
becomes a%.misnomer and is contradistsa
Ivy the ;fippant t,lk OF hiDs who bears
it," sr.