The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-10-03
SOME PLAIN TALK.
UNCLE GEORGE.TILLMAN TEARS UP
THE sus-TREAsuRY.


fore the nominating convention at
Aiken Friday as reported in the Au-
gusta Chronicles:
Mr.. Chairman, gentlemen of the Con-
vention and Fellow W. Citizens For the
eighth time in succession have 1 had
the proud qualification to receive the
nomination of the people Of this dis
trict for Congress. To say that I am
grateful and proud Of 1t would be to
tell the simple truth. To be chosen 50
often as representative from this his
torical county, to serve longer than any
other congressman in this State, q dis
trict once represented by Calhoun and
his distinguished successors, says a
great deal either for me or for the peo-
pie of this district, or for both. I am
not vain enough to take this display
of regar'l as evidence Of any ability in
me, but because you have faith In me.
You know that 1 will serve you to the
best of my ability. and under no cir
cumstances betray your trust.
What adds to this qualification is that
lhave been chosen during most trying
times. We have just come out of a
war. We have been plundered ever
since we were conquered. but all con-
quered people must suffer. Unfortu.
nately We have an unfortunate race in
lour midst, whom our enemies have
sought to raise to our standard, or
rather level us to theirs. I am sorry to
say you are q conquered people, and
your enemies are trying to see how far
negroes can be made into whittier men,
how far u people can be taxed and pay
tribute to the conquerer and survive.
The harder the agricultural class
works, the more SELF denial they prac-
tice, the poorer they get. The reason
OF tits the higher taxes You. must pay.
to 60 out in pensions. High taxes
don't impoverish "a. people provided
they are spent among the people who
pay them, but when they are paid out
to another people the one who receives
grows richer. So as Ireland is impov-
erished to enrich England you are
being Impoverished to enrich the
North, but the taxes they pay they get
back In appropriations and pensions.
You pay between forty and fifty mil
lions year taxes simply because you
were on the wrong side. Your chill.
dren must continue to pay these taxes
and your grand children. Neither the
sub-treasMry nor any other device can
stop 1t. There is too much taxation
and too little money in circulation to
meet the taxes. You ought to do all
rich men of the North. The East
owns the West and South. They own
all the rail roads. There aru "a char
tered reads in South Carolina and the
citizens of the State do not own a ma
jority of the stock In any and the
tracks all 60 one way.N
BY the time you meet the interest on
your debts and pay your taxes and
fixed charges there Is not enough
money left to bring fair prices on your
products. You want an income tax,
and you want to abolish the tax on
whiskey and tobacco. / do not mean
to have free whiskey and tobacco, Il
see one friend shake his head over
there) but to get rid of the horde of
official vermin who 60 around and
smell your bottles and nose around
your tobacco and who as much as say,
help yourself, If you dare. Let the
State and the counties and cities get
the benefit Of the whiskey and tobacco
tax.
am sorry can not 60 into a long
speech on the sub-treasury and give
you something better than that bill.
You ought to issue more money. If
you do not the North will own you
body and soul. They own the West too,
but the West is mere bitter against the
South than the North is. They put "a
tax on Southern cotton seei oil SO
that 1t will be fit TOR nothing but ma
nure. Where were your Western sub
treasury friends when Congress taxed
your cotton seed oil; when II added 800
per cent. on your cotton ties; when that
infamous force bill WAS passed, and
when the West refused to vote for free
silver.
1t is sickening to see the South talk
about forming Il political alliance with
tho West. 1t is not worth while to go
into details about the sub-treasury.
(Cries of 60 on; tell us all about it.)
Well, will tell you aboutit.
Mr.. Tillman then recited the pro-
visions Of the bill. Continuing he
said:
Its paternalism and protection run
mad. 1t Is u proposition to LEI the gov
ernment take care of your crop and
after while tell you how to run 1t.
Hampton and Colleton would not get
ware house.
"A -DVt uOcS uOL LIl6 Dlll pro-
vide that two or three counties may
combine and get n ware house?
Mr.. Tillman- Yes, but 1t stipulatts
that you must carry your produce to
the nearest ware house.
McCune is the originator of that bill.
He is a reformed Republican, who fail
at dentistry in Indiana. foated about
California for q while, and finally wen
down to Texas. where he manipulated
Alliance money.
Is there any justice I'm taxing other
industries to build warehouse for the
products OF the farmers. The Alliance
processes equal justice to all and special
fayors to none, II that aint special
favor what 10 itpg.s %ef3's
Two, Republicans framed that bill.
There is no Democracy Ia It. II is a
bridge to carry the Democratic party
over, horse, foot and dfagoon, to the
Republican party 1t provide for the
election OF warehouse managers, but
the constitution says federal officers
must he appoint 4 and not elected, and
you know whom, the Repubsfcans will
appoint. Itt4ys Mere shall be anelec-
ton to decide where the warehousez
shall bu4utIt. II will be federal cleo