The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-25
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HAMBURG EeelNe FOR SECRETARY
OF STATE coMR's CLOTHING.
mr.. Truman hits Back AND Tells About
the Farr,ner,s ar lIoycnient-Ke Has No
Political Ambition TO sabserve.
since the publication ofEmy recent
ss5pen letter to- the farmers of the State"
: / have been the recipient of many cour-
tesies from the newspapers and their.
correspondents. 7 am like King Lear.
s:The little dogs and all. Tray, Blanch
and Sweetheart. See /! they bark at
+ me-, I have been accused osnearlY
every sin mentioned in the decalogue,
and many others besides, and ] doubt II
ever column Of plain and lucid English
has been so Vario iorsly construed or had
SO many different interpreta atoms put
{ upon it. There has certainly been a
.tring'' firing as me, whether there be a
political .srlng' in South Carolina or
not-and T seem to have pinched many
peoples toes of whom ] WAS not even
T thinking. Such o broadside from politl-
clans and pap suckers has not been
heard in the State in many q long day.
We nr. .ners can now. locate the enemy
and govern ourselves accordingly. But
I feel under lasting obligations to the
gentlemen of the press for SO liberally
advertising ssa farmers convention"
gratis. :sThe agitation of thought IS
The beginning of WISDOM g Farmers
need only to Think, to wake up. and all
will be well. They are doing this, I
5 hope and believe, and I am therefore
more than satisfied with the situation.
THE firing has almost died away and
things are growing quiet. But hush,
hark what deep booming sound is II
that breakes the stiffness at this late
honr Of: the bombardment9 Hamburg
Moses .sMoses Tillman." islander
/: er.n sscrank,'' ssdreamern and ssdema-
gogue,n who somehow feels uneasy at
being the innocent cause Of all this tur-
mol, and who is trying to make out
why a simple suggestion te the farmers
to organize and demand a redress OF
grievances should create such 8 conmo-
: ton. Moses', picks mselfnp, shakes,
feels for his head, and finding he IS not
hurt looks around TO see by whom this
ssair gunu was fired. There was no
bullet in it, or certainly Edgefiea would
have o funeral on her hands. A burly
form as fat as a porksr on Official pap,
and as red with ilnpotent rage as a
turkey gobbler, stands ready to claim
that he Killed ssCock Robin = Moses"
Z has been begging with tears in his eyes
70. some Richmond from the agrlcul-
: tusai bureau to answer his arguments
and disproVe his facts; but our belated
warrior who at this late day appears
upon The scene and fires the gun it
!; has-.s alsan sir lasaa zlsaaIlt tondz
9 IGNORES argument, pays no attention to
facts, dishes out abusive epithets like a
fish wife, claims to be the only original
and possible s'AGricultural Moses" and
winds up with a pitiful appeal to the
farmers and people not to punish him
because he refuses to accept ''Moses
Tillmau as leader" Oh how these
men who are sucking the public teat be-
gin to squeal when they feel or fear they
are about to lose their mold It's heart
rending. Col. Lipscomb has been nurs-
ing his wrath to keep it warm and it is
certainly very hot, but it does not burn
ssMoses" because he has only told the
truth, and Col. Lipscomb must disproye
tthe charges of incompetence, extra
I. yagan ce and inattention to duty made
against the board of agriculture before he
can injure ''Moses" by filnging mud. I
shall not descend into the gutter and
fight this doughty granger with bis
chosen weapon. "A negro can beat us
both on that line. I prefer deeency and
courtesy, although I am accused Of
s.outraging" both. Col. Llpscomp must
prove these charges 'ere they will harm
me. I have been severe but parliament
tary, and have always attacked the Off
clal acts ofmen and not the men them
selves; and although my words were
thus interpreted by many.I have never
said anything about the State officers
except the. agricultural bureau and their
administration Of their trusts. They
are not the ''ring,,,t to which ]. alluded,
but may and doutless do form part of
it, and Col. lipscomb's ready anger at
the mere suggestion of such a thing
makes one suspect that his conscience
accuses him. 1.-The wicked fee when
no man pursueth, but the righteous is
bold as lion."
Ivoted for Col. Lipscomb for secreta-
ry Of State in the State convention in
1882, and have never denied that his
motives are pure. But the possession
of Office has strangely emasculated and
sllenced the sturdy advocate who was
wont to make the welkin ring while he
depicted the wrongs and abuses heaped
on farmers. He spoke for my resolu-
tions al Bcnnettsville, but it was with
bated breath and in general terms. He
was mild; and while 1 have written
nofbinr since which woS nc severe nc that