The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-16
The Way Farmer Peterkin Puts It.

Farmer James A. PeterRln, Wrltlng f0r Inc
situation like man who knows how TO run
straight furrow. He says:
| "Ingratltude embodies all that can be said
against u people or an individual. The most
Of theTillman followers are led by ungratefui
Office seekers; they are those who have been
on the anxious bench for long time; they
look upon this as grand opportunity. They
| ignorant; they are doing exactly what the
| carpet-baggers and scalawags did In the days
OF so called Republicanisnl. Tillman has not
only abused and beIied the good people OF
South Carolina, but has taken them indivId-
| ually, such men az Judge Iz!ar, Colonel But.
| Ter, and any man whom he may think Will
please the prejudiced he has made cp his
'I have stood and listened TO the so-caled
Republicans abuse the same class OF people
that Tillman and his office-seeking followers
are now abusing. have often remarked that
the four years of war was not as bad as the
abuse we have to bear now, when 1t comes
| from our own people-onr own brothers and
sons. know Of men today seeking Office Is as as
abuse CT aristocracy. Yes, abusing the very
men who gave Hampton fifty, Thousand dol:
lars to run his government. They told him II
to the the no now abused cid Charleston and get
more. Isn't this ingratitude? will say
nothing for our lawyers and merchants oil
talents as we'll as their money. No people on
earth has ever done more for the common
people, as the demagogue Tillman calls them.
than the so.called aristocrats OF South Caro-
| lima. 4.
"Tillman has built up class against class.
There Is but one name for it: Communism. A
class Of people In our country openly abuse
his boots we'll shined. Tillman found this
class OF people organized as an Alliance, not
as political party nor for q political purpose.
He takes advantage OF the organization and
appeals to their prejudices. Designing men
| IN the Alliance have carried 1t over to Till
man. This ends the Alliance for the purpose
it was intended for.
THE up country Is abusing the low country.
better people never lived on this green
earth than live in the low country OF South
Carolina. They are day in pitiable condt-
| tiop. They once had the money and the
grand children are now scattered all over the
world. Some OF them are followers OF TILL
man. Ingratituda!
"Wc all, rich and poor. should feel proud OF
| the very people that Ifllman Is now abusing.
Tillman handles his followers just as the Re-
pubIcans handled the negroes. He had TO or
| der them to listen TO Generals Bratton and
Earle in the up country. II you remember
| from the negro boss Radical. General Brat
| ton or any other man, who Is not Ttllman
man, can't speak without Tillmau's persua-
sion. 1t Is to be hoped that the people OF Or
angeburg will not disgrace themselves as
some of our up country counties have done.
| ! am no politician; ] mean just what say.
I say 1t for the good of our country; II TIL
man be our Governor in 1892 We go back un-
der negro rule and war OF races will be the
result. Tilman IS not the man to lead US.
| He has neitherhrainS, courage nor principle.
We have too much at stake TO risk hi His
charges against the government have all
proven false. If he is false In one thing he Is
false in all. He did not make the charges
through ignorance. If he did we don't want
any such an ignoramus for Governor. see
no excuse for him, and see no reason why he
should not be dropped. Don't stick to him