Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-18

and all that sort of thing, it will be
proyen. Time will toll. I Dan only
40 she best ] can, and angels will dc
no more. You all remember the
words Of the poet:
"Ho who surpasscs and subdues mankind
Must look down on tho hate Of those
below"
| must take, this hatred as my por.
ton. | cannot help it. 1t is here
and it seems to me it is inoradicablo.
But | can say it truthfully tonight
that | have nopersonal enmity against
any Anti.Tillmanite in South Caro-
lima who has treated mo with decency.
There are a few isolated Instances
where it would be a lie for me to say
it, and you would not believe me if I
were to claim that l have no resent
ment; but take the most of those
that oppose me-I recognize their
right to do it, and l have no enmity
to CRAFTY; therefore, / expect not to
try to punish those who have OBJ
posed me politically.
My limo of conduct, 80 far rs /
shall have any control of the gov
eminent, Or any direction Of affairs,
will be to try to got tho best mon for
the benefit of tho people.
l have made no pledges to any
body. / am hore with clean hands.
| have promised nobody help, or an
office, or anything of the kind, if
you do so and so. I went before
the people on the merits of the
question, after l was selected by the
March Convention. | discussed the
question OH its issues, and | stand
here tho nominee Of the party for
Governor, and no earthly power can
prevent my election unless l die.
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l stand here with none of these
communicating influences which usu-
ally surround politicians. l am not
n politician, thank God.
There + some things / could wish
different, and one is that those who
have opposed nc, having boon beaten
fairly, honestly and s%quarely, should
have long since subsidized gracefully;
but ton days ago the county in which
this city is located, by a resolution
passed Mt their convention, under the
whoop, instructed it's delegates to
this convention to withhold their en-
dorsement from making the nomi-
nation unanimous.
Let's contrast things n little. |
have been in politics five years. l
came here in 1886 with about 1870
men-just came promiscuously with
out concert of actlon-men sent by
the people in the interest of reform
and certain policies. Well, they
beat us, and we made the nomina-
ton unanimous, went home and
elected tho ticket. I came here in
1883 with 14o, lacking only 20 ncc-
cssary to nominate. We were bca-
ten again, and you know how like
good Democrats and good citizens,
we made that nomination unanimous,
went forward without a murmur,
stood up to the rack like men and
elected the ticket. [Chccrs.
Now, forsooth, because the pco-
pie, by a majority unprecedented in
the history of the people, with una
nimity unknown, have seen fit to
place nc at the head Of the govern
mcnt, what do we behold2 Well,
the action of HIGHLAND is like the alb
scncc Of Pompoy's statue at C,usar's
feast. Caesar was giving a feast to
the Roman populacc to try to in
crease his popularity, and in his vast
villas, fine lawn and flower garden,
he had set here and there the statue
of every Roman worthy, but Pom
pey the great was absent. The very
absence of Pompcy, the man who
had died for the Roman constitution
and for Roman liberty, an attempt
ON CAESARS part to cast Il slur upon
his antagonist, only called the pco-
pies attention to it the more, and
Richards refusal to endorse the
Democratic nominee and make his
nomination unanimous only adds
well, | won't characterize it, but
leave you to fill it out. [Chcers.
| will say that it shows that lack
OF patriotism and the necessity for
Democratic unity in this State
which you all feel in your bones is
the very essence of the life of the
State and its p~ostcrity. White SUI
premacy, you know, must be main
tanned AT ali hazards, and.if the ma
jority of white men are not willing
to submit to the minority, and the
latter appeal to the negro, as they
threaten to do, and rs they have
done on the coast, it gives me no
alarm. You put this Democratic
banner in my hands. The Demo-
cratic banner was first brought into
prominence and held up by the strong
arm of 1876, and | have. no more
fear of any effort, if it should be
made on that line, Of any danger or
harm coming to the Democracy Of
the State, except in n few isolated
places, than I fear that I will be
killed, and | have no fear Of that.
take it upon me here tonight,
(though it may be Unnecessary but
it has gone abroad and it has been
told to my dctrimcnt, that | had N.Y.
self guarded in Charleston. 1t is an
Infamous lie, because l knew nothing
of it, and had nothing to do with il,
and if it was done l didn't know it
until left the city. [Chccrs.
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