The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-01-24
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The Debate on the Clemson College brings
out a Candidate for Congress.

out a Candidate for Congress.
To THE EDITOR OF THE TIMEs.-Thc last s
Session of the General Assembly will go {,
sounding down the ages in South Carolina
history, as indeed memorable one-memo-a
rablc. il for no other reason, surely because 9
the Clemson College was established This
was great work. Industrial educstif ~
to-day impcratively demanded. 1t
only open Sesame to success; and Glen
College when she begins to turn out skill
farmers. will have begun to convoy the ol
ship of State into the quiet roadstead @
material prosperity. We have not estab-
lished a luxurious lounging place, downy
Agora for the "Curled darlings' of society.
These precious infants have provided for
them by the "hrute work" of the "horny
hands an luiirmary ut the Capital, where
they can make all the demands within the
bounds of unrcason on their Fortunatus
purses, perfect themselves in the 6ien seduces
of life, and imbibc an incalculable quantity
of supcrcilious conceit We have no war
to wage OH the South Carolina College
True we wish that ii would rouse itself from
the lcthnrgy Of its provincialism, and the
scrotulous contemplation of its glorious ira
ditions and splendid history that it would
taboo the syllabub and curds of education,
and instead feed the "young idea" on n
literary nutrimcnt that would make whole
some men, educated to know and appreciate
the immcasurablc difference between the
boisterous assumption that is generated by
scanty education, and the modcsty that
comes from Il thorough realization that one
has just begun the grand ascent to the tenn
pie of education when he receives his degree
of bachelor of arts.
The opposition which the college "bilf
encountered wss 99dasSrMh9Sns &c anu mang
whip plated with the velvet of legal tech
nicaIity and noxious sophistry Haskell
pounded it with the hludgcon of the Rheto-
ricai savage. Graydon stabbed it with the
dagger Of the ''envious Cascn" Abney
struck it with the Stlctto of the Italian
Lazzaronc. McCrady gave it the unkindest
cut OF all with rapier, battoncd with the 4
awkward sham of patriotic ntcrcstedness
and zeal for agricultural education.
The bill WAS ably defended by Abbe-
vile sprdc and Carolina glory-W. c. Benet
McSsrs. Tindal, Evans, Bowen, Bean and
hltl0ck got IN some trcnchant blows for the
college. The lattcrs short speech was one
of the most effective delivered 1t was tersc.
inciSivc and convincing. lie reminded tho
House that the acceptance of the bcquest
was the paramount issue in the campaign
of 1883. That, rs evidenced by the votes of
last Session and the votes of this Session.
the majority of the people of the State were
i'll favor of establishing an aaricI,lt,.sai. COL
tbsss tbsssr r"Sr"vSa by men learned in tl,
That II sought to equip and furnish forth tn
college hy indirect taxation that the prd
visions of the bill were unobicctionabll
Notwithstanding these indiSputablc fuctst
opponents had snccrcd at the advocate
''tactious discontcnts' He repudiaicd
cpithct. If the veil were lifted disconta
would be found on the side of the opponents. y
'ihcy had hotly contested the bill Of last
session. They were found opposing the
present bill with perfect unanimity. Their
tactics bctokcncd factions, discomfort, as did
also their wcapons-lcgal tcchnicality and
spccious sophiSry. Mr.. Whltlock thought
that the advocates were more honest than
the Opponents of the bill. If the second
sober thought lad rcpudiatcd the college,
aS insnuatcd by the opponents, then they
were dcmagogucs. catering for votes, not the
advocates. We were standing intrepidly to
our convictions, they were aligning theut-
selves with public opinion. Mr.. Abncy had
said that the proposed college would be the
hot bed of agrarian politics. Mr.. Whitlock
had heard it charged, and he did not deny
was political institution. lfthis were true,
the middle class in the State--the class that
Burke said conserved the virtue, and was ut
once the strength and glory Of the common
wealth. needed q college to countcractitS irt-
tlucncc.'
ihlS young orator won our fcSpece anu
admiration. lie stood up si,n.rcly and
boldly for economical measures. He rarely
spoke. but when he did commanded the at
tcntion of the House, because his speeches
were pregnant with cogcnt thought and
cioqucntly delivered.
| give this testimonial of him hrcausc
Uuion should feel an interest in him.
His father was born and reared in this
county. Ii the farmers want Il friend in tho
Nati"ma! ll"n." Of Representatives, take
the liberty OF recommending +. l., Whitlock.
Ills metal has been tested, it's ready for
the stamp. Highly educated, Sagacious,
intrcpcl, man of untantcd integrity and
deep reflection, nominate him. Will the
people of the 9TH Congressional District
second the nomination? ECoNoMlsT.
DEATHS GASTLY SwEEP.-Raiinorc Nd
January lS.-rhc number Of death report
ell this week was 2SG-l52 males md 11t