The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-20

You know all about the repudiatioh OF tlelr
bonds and their reduction to about l5.OOO,WO
or SIG .UUN, ,0O0 when the people OF South Caroli-
ma took charge of the Government The first
thing we did and perhaps the wisest thing
that could have been done, was 70 take Inc
ahjudicate their validity. The result was that
the Courts eliminated tue fraudulent portion
and reduced the amount to S6,5W,OOo. was
that nothing to accomplish? But how Was 1t
furnishing the fair fame Of the State. 1t was
done on honest and fair business principles
such as would have been employed by every
honest merchant. The transaction wns open
to the whole world. The case was argued In
the Supreme Court by the a6lest lawyers, by
our own Attorney General Miles with an abil-
ity that has given him national reputation,
in an argument that has saved the people OF
for Charles Richardson Miles! The Supreme
Court of the United States has by It's solemn
action and decree sustained the people OF this
State. They said you are right. This Is not
ma stands to-day before the world as she stood
in 1869, with her escutcheon untarnished, un-
blemished and without single spot on her
NAME ApDarse What glory ,hat Is FOR
every South Carolinian! Go TO the Exchange
in New York or Philadelphia, or to the mar
kets OF London, and no man would biush 10
say he was Carolinian. He would hold up
his head among the proudest OF the proud.
How stood your credit In 1876? Compare
that condition OF things with that existing to-
day, when you may 20 on the street OF New
York or Charleston or Columbia and with un-
4 single South Carolina security, and simply
because they are such q valuable investment.
They are now selling at q premium Of ten and
and that is better than the State ever did in
all iis pristine glory. 1s 1t not record that
any State should be proud of, that this Gov
ernment for the first three years after the
Democrats came into power was enabled to be
The people came up nobly to the assistance OF
tho Hak,vtt.;,IT; Government. Was 1t not good,
vas it moi extraordinarily goo1 management
In your officials? I wish l could talk to yo:!
all day on this subject wish, IN tno my soul
ment OF your affairs. But let me tell you that
the more you look into the affairs OF your
Government the better. Thore has not been
u single year that the transactions OF my de.
partmenL have not been thoroughly and care.
fully examined by an Intelligent and able
committee OF the Legislature, and l can In
your county refer you TO one, that grand man
w. c. Coker, than whom there Is no better In
the State of South Carolina, lApplause,l OF
more patriotic or worthy Uf the confidence
and esteem Of Qpr whole people. lAPplanse'l
DEMOCRATIC HARMONY THE ONLY SAFETY.
My friends, this little State should be dear to
i
her as devotedly as do, but you all may hot
see the prospective danger as do. What
should most desire TO impress upon you Is the
necessity of harmony and unity. DISCUSS o.
we may. differ as we may, investigate .,s Us we
Carolina under the policy of the party, and
let every man, no matter wEo lie may pe
stand up squarely and fairly, because It Is nee
ranks means defeat. No General can afford to
divide his forces in the presence of the enc.
my. Division with Us means rant and ruin
We should remember that we are not In the
position of Georgia or North Carolina, or Ten.
nessee. We have in our State about l,O00,OGl
inhabitants, 100000 white and about 6W.0Cl
cOIored. You have here. for we might as well
talk plainly, amajDrity.i In actua' votes against
you Of about 500N: How are % you TO meet meet IL =!
mote us it may be, there Is danger In the fu
ture. l love this State too we'll to keep my
voice still when know there ~ danger in the
fy our devotion to our beloved State than the
suspicion Of danger or the existence OF mis-
fortune.
SYMPATHY FOR CHARLESTON.
When turn my eyes to the sea and recall
the calamity that has bcfallei the dear Old city
of Charleston, rendered sacred and historical
by the fortunes OF TWO wars anu Two SiegeS,
such as the world never before saw; when !
look to that diSmantled city, with every street
and stone eloquent with historical rem1nis'
cences; with that old spire of St Michael
pointing still proudly to heaven amid the
cfty's ruins and still tottering from the effects
of the great CONFUSION Of .iature-the land.
mark OF the proud city through years OF dan:
ger aud distress, how my heart pains me; anu
now would that could go To her assistance
in the hour OF need. Grand old Charleston
Great In her history; great In her men great
in her commerce, and now struggling with an
all but overwhelming fate. and exhibiting ev.
cry day, both by her men and women, the
greatest and grandest herosm in the history
of the world! l love every foot Of this COM
mon wealth, from the slopes OF the Blue Ridge
the hills and daeS of the Piedmont and low
lands Of the earthquake-shaken region To the
South, the very waves that wash her shore
rolling up wave after wave as with the kisses
of II blessing.
NV friends, we should be but one people
Otherwise there must Inevitably be rever.
sion to the old order of things. But that can.
not that shall not be. Let US put our shoulder
to the wheel and move along progressively
one OF boundleSs resources. capable OF produc'
ing anything and with water power sufficient
TO turn the spindles Of the world. You are
building railroads TO and across the mountains
that will bring. the wealth OF the great North.
west to your doors.
De not discouraged by temporary misfor.
tunes The future Is bright to behold. The
good things that are In store only wait, like
ripencd fruit for the bold, the daring hand TO
pluck It. Onward! Onward! CarolinianS
Higher and higher be your mark, bolder and
bolder be your march. and let US win for
South Carolina q name grander and greater
and more glorious than that which was won
for her by our noble ancestors. lApplhuse.I