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


AUGUSTA. Ga, Sept 25.-The follow.
ing is George ID. Tillman's speech be
fore the nominating convention al
Aiken Friday us reported in the Au,
gusta Chronicle:
Mr.. Chairman, gentlemen of the Con,
vention and Fellow-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 L am
grateful and proud of it would be to
tell the simple truth. TO be chosen st
often as representative from this his
torical county, to serve longer than any
other congressman in this State, 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, CIR for both. l am
not vain enough to take this display
of regard as evidence Of any ability in
me, but because you have faith in me-
You know that will serve you to the
best of my ability. and under no cir
cumstances betray your trust.
What adds to this qualification is that
Ihave 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
aour midst, whom our enemies have
sought to raise to our standard, or
rather level us to theirs. 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 a 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 it is the higher taxes you must pay
to 60 out in pensions High taxes
don't impoveriSh a people provided
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 it. There is too much taxation
and too little money in circulation to
meet the taxes. You ought to do all
you can to have an income tax to the
rich men of the North. The East
owns the West and South. They own
all the rail roads. There arc "a char
tered reads in South Carolina and the
citizens of the State do not own ma
jority of the stock in any and the
tracks all go one way.
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 whlskey and tobacco, U
see one friend shake his head over
there) but to get rid of the horde of
official vermin who go 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 go into n long
speech on the sub-treasury and give
you something better than that bill
You ought to issue more money. IL
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 d
tax on Southern cotton Seei oil sc
that it will be tit for nothing but ma
nure Where were your Western sub.
treasury friends when Congress taxed
your cotton seed oil; when it added 3E
per cent on your cotton ties; when that
infamous force hill was passed, and
when the West refused to vote for free
silver
1t is sickrning to see the South talE
about forming political alliance wifi
tho "cst. 1t is not worth while TO q
into details about the sub-treasury
(Cries of go on; tell us I'LL about it,
Well. will tell you ahoutit.
Mr.. Tillman then recited the pro
visions of the bill. Continuing he
said:
1t is paternalism and protection run
mad. 1t is Il proposition to let the gov
ernment take care of yonr crop AND
after while tell you how to run it
Hampton and ColletOn would not ge,
ware mouse.
A Voice-l}ut does not the bill pro
vide that two or three counties MAY
combine and get ware house?
Mr.. Tillman- Yes. but it stipulatrE
that you must carry your produce t.
the nearest ware house.
McCunc is the originator of that bill
lie is a reformed Republican, who fail
at dentistry in Indiana. !loated about
California for while, and hnally went
down to Texas, where he manipulate,
Alliance money.
Is there any justice in taxing other
industries to build warehouse for The
products of the farmers. The Alliance
processes equal justice to all and specia
favors to none. If that aint specia
favor what is it?
Two Republicans framed that bill
There is no Democracy in it, 1t is {
bridge to carry the Democratic party
over, horse, foot and dldgoon, to tn,
Republican party. 1t provid' for tn,
election OF warehouse managers, bu
the constitution says federal officer.
must br appoint 4 and not elected, an,
you know whom the Republicans will
appoint. 1t says there shall be an eiec
tion to decide where the warehouse
shall he built H. will bp a federal elpc