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

who stepped on hts rights was a onward
He was not satisfied with the guardian
snip of the National Republican party.
Let the negro i'm South Carolina stand
by the man who stood by hiIn. lap
plause.
1 declare my choice. / stand by Aleck
Haskell, because he stands against the
men who conspire against our liberties.
He did not ask tho negroes In the upper
Ipart 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 majority for
Haskell which couldn't be overcome.
I ApplauSc.l He would rather have the
negro working with the best native
born element than have the entire
Federal army for his protection.
ll"Hpar hear u Don't sleep on your
rights. Don't adopt these resolutions
Resolve to stand for Haskell, because
ne has shown an indication at least to
stand by us. Cheers.
:. 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
and intent OF this Conference. No man
loved South Carolina more than he did,
her glory and her fame. NOnan 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 in honor to 1t or its proper
Representative.
Even II -ffrskrff -vtea<ifew- s-sxa,,ld
go to the polls and vote for him. No
Tillmauism in his-no slaughterer OF n
dcfenceless people should ever receive
his support. He was proud of South
Cardinals history, and Of her chival-
rouS men. The grandeur of Il 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. G.
Haskell for Governor of South Caro-
lima. The condition OF affairs ia this
State, which closed the school houses
and hallot-boxes, was due solely to the
existence Of two political parties, one
com posed 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.
Il
manifesto Of Judge Haskettr was me
grandest and wiseSt. He was one of
South Cardinals chivalrous SONS about
whose head Il dazzling glory hung, and
he had called for free speech and free
ballet ballot; !, IAppl"use.l What was the
The newspapers were crying for
peace and against bloodShed at the
polls. Whyp Because two white can
Il: Il
! 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 or 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 Il
friend to the negro.
4ed the Democratic y sWhH -
lima so you could have the privilege OF
saying who you could vote for?"
Murray: 1T makes no difference
who divided 1T. l rejoice in the
division" Cheers and laughter.
Carol: Don't you think the man
Murray: Let us reward men for
what they did intend to do, not for
what they have done. Shouts OF laugh
ter and cheers. Though Tillman may
he credited with the division Of the
white people of South Carolina his in
tention was not to benefit the negro.
lie boasts that he has a rifle now in his
parlor with which he killed negres at
Hamburg and Ellenton." Cheers:
Carroll "liaven't majority OF
Democrats gone into Office since '76 by
buasting of what they did in 1852"
Murray: senator Hampton and
other gentlemen boaSted of their war
records, of their contests with Northern
soldiers, equally armed, but when Ben
Tiilman was pressed to say why ne
should bU Governor he boaSted OF his
achievements at Hamburg and Ellen
ton against defenceless negroes.
Carroll: "Dldn't the so-callcd
SLraightouts do the same thing?"
Murray: "Iu all cases where negroes
have been lynched, in all cases where
, they have been aSSaSSlnateu, III has Decn
by The poor whites led on by men like
D.. and applause, delegates waving hats
{ chairs, etc.
g Carroll: "Were they not led on by
l ariStocratS ;is well as common menp
Murray: Il expect that every negro
when he looks through the jury which
= i3 to,try him and sees two aristocrats
on it knows that he has a chance, but
| when he sees the jury composed of such
| men as are following Tillman he knows
~ i,,, Il Il tnl In "a
: When every man can go TO the polls
s and have his vote counted, when ht
can secure his rights without applying
e." no. N4tioay'L GIf''"s" "A"sss a.htI
i colorcd men Republicans and some
e Democrats. When we crowd all white
S men into one party and colorcd mer
i into another, South Carolina VIII bt
\ filled with murder and biOohShca. We
|. do not favor the Haskell movement be
= cauS.. we pXDpct Republican or negro