The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-02
JUDGE HASkELL'S MANIFESTO.
lie VIII Net Vote for Capt. Tillinan and
Says an Opposition Ticket Should Be
Put Before the People.
Record, September 30.]


Col \ C Haskell, in an article in this
mornings News and Courier, defining
his present position on matters politi-
Cal, begins by alluding to the frequency
with which his name has been used in
connection with the office of Governor,
and opposition to Mr.. Tillman, and to
the difficulty with which he remained
quiet under the journalistic advice and
the inquiry of friends as to what he
would do. He then quotes from an in-
terview with his brother, Col. J. G..
Haskell, by a representative Of Wash
ington paper, in which the following
paragraph occurred:
q am certain that this movement
will receive no aid or encouragement
from my brother or the other Demo
cratic gentlemen on the ticket. Though
they dislike Tillman, they are Demo-
Gratis. / had a talk with Judge Has
keli rec, ntly; and if he had enter
tanned any idea Of allowing himself to
be nominated by the opposition, he
would have taken me into his conf
dence."
jndse Haskell says that his brother
docs not fully understand his position,
and that the opinions expressed by his
tile public mind.
Judge Haskell says his position is
this: Il will not vote for Mr.. Tillnlan,
and contend that no Democrat should
vote for him for these reasons:
First. (A.) That his manifesto was
false and hostile to our Democratic par
ty; OBJ That his speeches throughout
the canvass were slanderous and mis-
represented the State and the people;
CO.. That he charged our government
since control was acquired in 1876 by
the white people with dishonesty, cor
ruption and perjury, all of which he
and his associates know to be untrue.
"Second. That the August conven-
ton wantonly and wilfully violated
the written constitution and the spirit
Of the party, and that by eXpelling
certain duly elected delegates to that
convention. the convention was dis
solved, and all further acts by it be-
came illegal"
That the September convention was
really called to order by an illegally
elected chairman, and was therefore in
itself illegal, and that the convention
acted in an arbitrary and tyrannical
manner; therefore, in his own words:
Technically, therefore, as a true
Democrat, I cannot vote for Mr.. Till
man. Legally, should not vote for
Mr.. Tillman. From self respect 1 will
not vote for him. Morally cannot vote
I for him. Not only not vote for him,
but ticket should be run against him.
Minds that are entanged by political
office are warped by the importance of
success"
He describes the position of the ne
gro since 1876 as being passive, and at
tributes this to two conditions, both Of
which he says have steadily decreased
since then.
"The first is government which
commands the approval and consent of
the whole white population. The other
is such protection of person and prop
erty and all legal individual rights of
the colored race as reasonably compen-
safes their surrender Of suffrage, and
renders their condition better than one
of antagonism."
AS to the Tillman leaders, Judge Has
kell merely says:
II simply say that their principles
and their practices are alike inimical
to the notions and actions Of the ideal
government of 1876"
His closing words are:
''ro end it in a word: 1t seems to my
humble judgment more important at
this day to oppose the election of Mr..
Tlllman than it was to oppose the cleo
tior of Mr.. D. H. Chamberlain in 1876.
Friends loved and esteemed charged
me then with folly or madness. 1 will
be charged in like manner now. The
results vindicated my judgment then.
God only knows the future, but my
conscience is my law, and no party will
or race terror shall stripme of the right
to say or do what my sense Of duty die
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The article is very long, but the above
extracts cover all the main features of it.
1t will be noticed that Judge Haskell
does not point out any way OF defeat
ing Mr.. Tillmau, merely expressing
the opinion that an opposition ticket
should be placed in the field, saying at
the same time that as he is Democrat
he cannot accept Republican ncmi-
nation.