The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-10-24

did he wish to be sacrificed. The man
who stepDpd on his rights was a cuward.
He was not satisfied with the guardian
snip OF the National Republican party.
Let the negro in South Carolina stand
by the man who stood by him. [Ap-
| plause.]
am not here for glory or discussion.
Haskell, because he stands against the
men who conspire against our liberties.
lie did not ask the negroes in the upper
part of the State, whose persons were
In danger, to take this eight upoR them
selves, but from lfichland to the sea
let the negroes roll up o majority for
| Haskell which couldn't be overcome.
l[Applause.l He would rather have the
negro working with the best native
born element than have the entire
| Federal army for his protection.
ll"Hear hear !" Don't sleep on your
rights. Don't adopt these resolutions.
Resolve to stand for Haskell, because
he has shown an indication at least to
stand by us. Cheers.
| S. w. McKinlay, of Charleston, agreed
in toto with Jones, but thought the
matter should be left in the hands of
the executive COMMITTEES. The whole
Atlantic coast was for Haskell. The
committee would carry out the spirit
|
loved South fCarolina more than he did,
her glory and her fame. No man more
admired that element of her citizen.
ship that had made her great. No man
like Tillman, who had tradnced the
State, could have loyalty in his heart,
could be an honor to it or its proper
representative.
Even II -Huskefi wfsadfewi lae-xa,,ld
go to the polls and vote for him. No
4 IlVr,n ,t.,s,N To ln,, - =
defencelesS people should ever receive
his support. He was proud of South
Cardinals history, and of her chival-
rous men. The grandeur of a people
comes from the best elements which
control their action, so that marching
onward under the Haskell banner he
would feel assured of victory and honor
for the old Palmetto State.
Geo. w. Murray, of Sumter, chair
man of the last Republican State Con-
vention, declared that with heart and
hand open he would vote for Alex. @.
Haskell for Governor of South Caro-
lima. The condition of affairs in this
State, which closed the school houses
and ballot-boxeS, was due solely to the
existence of two political parties, one
composed exclusively of whites and the
other OF colored. As long as parties
were SO constituted one would rule and
the other would suffer, and the one to
suffer was the colored party.
All ths papsrs ds A. sysE Teaa ths
Rrandest and wisest. He was one of
South Carolina's chivalrous sons about
whose head dazzling glory hung, and
| he had called for free speech and free
bale, ballet; , (Appl"use.l What was the
The newspapers were crying for
peace and against bloodshed at the
polls. Why? Because two white can
didates were before the voters. The
opportunity for free speech and free
ballot had come. Let the negro en-
brace it-not because it was thought he
would be put in Office, nor because the
supremacy of the race was expected,
but because they wanted the equal
rights to which they were entitled, and
which, he would remark, they never
had even before 1876.
One OF the Democratic parties now
existing was composed almost exclu-
sively OF an ignorant rabble. The other
embraced the wealthy. educated class,
and every man knew the educated, in
telligent white man had always been
friend to the negro.
la the Dsiiocrs1Ys. y
lima so you could have the privilege of
saying who you could vote forw
who divided it. l rejoice in the
division" Cheers and laughter.
Carol: "Don't you think the man
who divided it ought to be rewarded ?"
Murray: "Let us reward men for
| what they did intend to do, not for
what they have done. [Shouts of laugh
ter and cheers.l Though Tillman may
be credited with the division Of the
white people of South Carolina his in
tention was not to benefit the negro.
He boasts that he has rifle now in his
parlor with which he killed negres at
Hamburg and EIlenton." [Cheers:
"Hurrah for Ben Tillman." Great
laeshtefI CsnteIi! Haven't majority of
Democrats gone into office since '76 by
boasting of what they did in '76p"
Murray: Senator Hampton and
other gentlemen boasted of their war
records, of their contests with Northern
soldiers, equally armed, but when Ben
Tillman was pressed to say why he
should be Governor he boasted of his
achievements at Hamburg and Ellen
ton against defenceless negroes"
[Shouts of applause.l
Carroll: "Didn't the so-called
Straightouts do the same thingw
| Murray: I'm all cases where negroes
have been lynched, in all cases where
they have been assassinated, it has been
by the poor whites led on by men like
Ben Tillman." Uproarious cheering
and applause, delegates waving hats,
chairs, etc.
Carroll: "Were they not led on by
aristocratS rs we'll as common men?
| Murray: IL expect that every negro
when he looks through the jury which
ia tostry hin, and Seps two aristocrate
on it knows that he has a chance, but
when he sees the jury composed of such
men as are following Tillman he knows
he is doomed. [Cheers and laughter
When every man can go to the polls
and have his vote counted, when he
can secure his rights without applying
1 t~-ih.e- N.tioE,"L fAa,tarn pan o. u,hrrl
colorcd men Republicans and some
Democrats. When we crowd all white
men into one party and colored men
into another, South Carolina will he
filled with murder and blouhshel iVe