The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-25
Major Tsrrel)'s Speech Concluded.
REPORTED BIZ J. L. STRAIN,

| den OF debt makes us cowar,ls If Won oo
TO merchant who holds lien or mortoaee
on your crop, and perhaps everything You
possess, IN property sense, and tell him
you want little bacon, he will very likely
tell you that you and your family are eating
| up more than you are making, and he will
not let you have it. You belong to him.
and you can't help yourself You can't say
word, but must submit to his autocratic die
tation. fouwilreven crouch your heatiand say
WIN q forced smile, that you are living on as
ittie as you possibly can. What o shameful
condition you are in. or course you ought to
pay every debt you contract, but it is such
folly on your part to contract debts YOU can
not pay. tell you it is more honorable 10
go In rags and live on the cheapest scale,
than to be some rich mans slave. Come up
and say, from this time on, "me and nv
family are going to do our duty. We are
going to pay cash for what we get, and use
nothing we can possibly do without"
poor, honorable boy, in my neighbor-
hood, started out in the world to make n
living for himself his mother and two sisters.
lie had nothing in the world but himself and
his honor. Renting place, and by his in
dustry he procured some corn bread and
sorghum for them to 1.-Two upon. lie
also raised some chickens. He went to work
and got his crop started, then he went to a
merchant and wanted to get some supplies.
The merchant wouldn't trust him. So he
went home and continued to live on his corn
bread sorghum and watcr. Tho first We
knew about him ne had his crop we'll nigh
raised-' We went to him and told him that the
way he had been treated was scandal and
shame, and told him we would stand by
him. He thanked us very, kindly and said
he did not need any help just then That
was ten years ago. tell you, my friends,
that boy is the most prosperous farmer in
his county to-day. He has never bought n
thing on credit, has money in the bank
and has ono Of the most refined and intelli-
gent families I ever saw. He stands upon
his honor, and has fairly won independence.
lie IS an exemplary man, and has an envia-
bic future ahead of him. Amen to that, by
friend franklin wish you had few like
him in this county to set such IN example as
nc has put upon record. Can't you, too, my
friends, colored rs we'll as white, live on
bread, sorghum and water for a few years, if
you and your families can be independent?
("fcs. md we's gwine to do So" comes from
n crowd of colored hearers in rear of the
Speakers standl Then you my friends will
feel and know that you are free and indie
pendent. You will dash aside the siackles
that have bound you in the most cruel bond
labor would jusrIIy y0lr 1empTdyersr payY
you $25 dollars per .iuonth for your labor. /
But he too is living hard and making Moth
ing, and you see his land and property grad
ually getting away from him. The products
of his labor is gone into the pockets of these
trusts that are to-day grinding the life out
of you, ms well 90 the -k;te man, ani you
must organize for your own protection. Get
up your Alliances and work with n determi-
nation to better your condition in all the
avenues that that organization will open up
for you. Let no skulking white man, who
the white farmers won't have in their Ali
ance, come into or have anything to do with
you or your affairs. Your white Alliance
friends will advise you how and when to act,
and you will receive the same advantages
from the organization that they will. Take
IN obligation that you will not again 90 in
debt, and make your word your bond. Come
out with that determination to your sub-Al-
lance, where it will u brother helping broth
er. Talk to your 6.lfidren that it is the man
who does his full duty is the man after all.
God forbid that we should worship wealth
the most contemplate thing on earth 1t
gives neither refinement, beauty or charac-
ter. The man who uses his wealth to tyran-
izc over the POOR is the most contemplate
demon on the face of the earth, [Applauso
and cries of chats so. i do not pretend
to say that wealth is not good thing to
have; bul if a msn is1a gentleman he is as
good with it as without-its tho gentleman
not the wealth that makes him 50. Don't
have your wives and daughters to 60 in
finery because somebody else is able to do it.
Teach them that piety and beauty of char
acter arc moro in the eyes of n true man,
than oil the finery they could put on. 1t is
81 tla hot fro ITO hnft tha
after all. Any good man loves n woman be-
cause she is true woman, but not ON account
of what she has on.
BY paying your merchant, You farmers
ought to understand that you are helping the
Alliance iD the best possible way. If a mcr-
chant has trusted you, don't make war on
him if he wants his money. If you become
satisfied that he don't sell you reasonably 60
| and buy somewhere else. But bind your
| self to no merchant and then cry when he
| skins you, Support your families, get out of
debt and stay out. If all the farmers who
hear mo speak would organize properly there
would be no cause for complaint In q short
time. l don't wish TO say that the mcr-
chants don't cxtort from you. know they
| do; but, my friends, you would do the same
thing if you could, 1t is our sinful nature,
and if we could get dollar for our cotton VIC
"oulu lake H. Inc way Ior us to uo lS 10
hiring about such q condition of things that
wo will have say so, rs well as the mer-
chants. They price our cotton and they
price our supplies, and any fool could make
money on that plan. The Alliance will bring
us out of that position, if We stand by it.
There is another matter of which wish to
! speak before close: There is feeling OF
hostility among some Of You against the law.
yers. That is oil wrong; but if lawyer has
been guilty of or caught in questionable
act--if lie has done wrong and secured the
passage or execution Of laws detrimental
to your interests, and you know it, then re,
member him. Lawsuits are like whskey;
they won't hurt you rs long as you let them
alone. Settle your differences at home,
among your friends-zthose who feel OH in.
tcrcst in you and your welfare. AS intelli
gent men you can come together and decide
your own difficulties without going into ex-
pensive lawsuits. If you can'tdo so you
can't expect lawyers TO work for nothing.
| | will relate an incident of an artist court
ing farmers daughter. The old man didn'
like his daughters sweetheart, but finally