The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-07-25

| rcs's None, therefore, but a downright
| fool would willingly throw an obstacle in
! the way of its success. If it was ncedful
that any oue industry should have the
preference over another in our legislative
enactment, with one consent all would say
| let it be the farming interest. But is it not
manifest to every thoughtful mind that
| there can be no real prosperity wh;te
| supremacy in South Carolina without
happy blending and mutual protection5'ss
| all the avocations that contribute aught OF
character or strength to the State govern
| ment? The excitement that is now cOavu
| sing the State seems to have been born of
| the idea that the worth of the farmers to
| the State h,s not been full y appreciated All
| consequently they ore Suffering from legis.
lative oppression. If this is the the germ
| from which sprang the agitation that has
| torn our people asunder, then | submit that
the blame lies at the door of the farmers
themselves. Four years ago Congress WAS
| i'll the hands Of the democrats and the
country held them responsible for the laws
they enacted, rs the republicans in turn will
| be held responsible for the laws they are
now making. BY parity of reason, since
the farmers arc i'll a majority in the lcgis-
lature they arc responsible for the laws that
| appear on our Statute Books. And the ac-
| cusatiUn that the farmers ia the house were
| hamboozlcd does not shift the responsibility
| The farmers pay thrcc-Scvcnths of the
| taScS, have four-scvcn'hs of the population,
and hvc-scvcnths of the rcpr cscn tativcs.
| No one objects to this inequality of repre-
| sent'',i"n. They hayo hni the louu share
| in the law making department of the State
| since '1G, aud when their selfish desire for
the whole carcas is realized, we only hope
that the wisdom of their cractmcntS will be
| equal to the greatness Of their rcspcnsi-
| hility. but we trcmblc for the honor of
Sout h Ca olina if the present class agitation
| Is Il forecast of what the fu'urc will be- If
it had been the deliberate and studied pur.
| pose of the farmers in this move to destroy
the unity of the white race and oisintcgratc
| the democratic party, they could not have
| hit upon plan that would have been more
| successful. There is no objection to the
farmers holding conventions and crnbodying
| their views i'll platforms. But the friction
| that caused the blaze of opposition Was the
| man that they put forward as the exponent
| of those pr'ncinlcs. 1t is well known that
| Capt. Tilman was an EXTREMIST aud inmicr'
| toa l'rcc numher of our citizens. And the
| very STATE of things that now exit IN tic
| State was predicted before the March con-
vcnrion met. If some one of our able con-
scrsativc farmers had been nominated tho
race would doubtless have been made with
| out opposition. Objection to Capt Tillm,n
| uOcS not iicnu opposition - the FuImrIs
| Movement. | presume, however, that Capt.
| Tllman was put forward for gubcruati oral
| hono"S, because he was the first pa, ,riotic
Watchdog whose false bark led the people
| to suspect that the public crib was being
| plau !crcd. His claim to cXaitatiou rested
i'll the presumption that he had detected
wrong doings among the State Officials, and
| that he had the brain and the courage of
| his conviction to expose the corruption to
public g,ze. Virtually, self nominated,
watch him, with his eye riveted on the goal
of office, ns he, step by step, proceeds to
disintcgra'e the democratic party. His de-
| sign must be hid from the farmers, and ut
the very outset he attempts TO cover up the
| truth under the debris of such cpithets rs
| blnboozlc, dc5auchcd, leprosy and the like
Ills first charge WAS that the democratic
| govci nmcnt of South Carolina was per-
mcated with politicrl lcprosy. The honor
| Of the parry, the iaicgIity of the State, and
| the honesty of her officials demanded that
this charge should be refuted. He was
made publicly to admit tina, his accusa ion
hNls sr"i,,Gnc" npy,p lhs tHH"G 'mNyEfs
that he claims TO wag, then tura around and
say yon arc responsible flr the excitement
IL the State. II you hal not replied to our
| chIrscs there would have been no cuIsc for
| excitement lon should have let history
cnSt"uc your silence in:o gnilt. To hanga
man without trial is II specimen of re-
formation that stands badly In need of being
reiormcl. His. :neXt thundcrbolt is
| launched at the members of the lower
| house. From the stump hal he declared
that they were deluchcl, hamhoozlcd. etc.
| Now no honest man believes that McKissick.
| Sarr"It, Thomas, Fowler and Beatty sold
| ;hcl: vote for bottle Of whi>E or n
ho"dy-do. There are men who are not
ri%ht themsclvc', ever ready to suspect better
M nf, 4.
| Wal Of wrath Ill the Senate chamber and de-
| cli"cs that those honorable men are guilty
| o.; PERJURY The an,mus of that charge
| grew out of the fact that ccrtaiu Senators
refused To burden our people with sixty
| thousand dollars for taking an unnec-
census by waiting fewyc'rs tn, other NJ
"M, L%, Can't TiIlmon h.I;.vrr.~ 's'~',' ~ ..'
| field or the State has suffered h'trimcnt be-
cause Of this delay? In the next ace he
.mns his guns on the 'a!r Dad commits sion.
| lie declares that these mca we're tied up
| aud tuned as n Wild animal. Meaning that
| they were brIbcd. STRANGE enough he for
| rot to tell the farmers the immense benefit
| the con mission had been To them. Before
| the commission came into cX $t"ncc, the
| taxes rae of freight the Columbia.
| Charlotte Angus Il road tor 10 tom each
| for 30 miles was as follows: Fcrti ihc"s, $50,
|
| See the difference To-day, and notice the i'm
men>c saving - the farm -: Frci!ht on
| fcrii izcrs is $50 80. on seed, 80, an ON
| c,'tDn seed meal, $50 80 \ saving Of
| more rhen 81 per cent. That il the way
| these tanned men helped the farmers. His
| next blame falls on the friends "f tnc Safe
| University AMI the Citadel. He charac cr-
| iA,s their ,rl'luates rs du!rs and arislo.
| cials-Mcm who led us - riously to victory
| on the cnsanguinc field dUring the war and
safely gLlc Us when the storm "f human
| passion ran highest III -. ii these men
| VINO iclt the touch uf our clhow in war and
in peace are dudes and ar, ,ocrars, then give
| uS more Of the same cllihc". One would
| now imagine that he had cmpl'rd himself of
| all his pcnt up wrath. Not 50. His last
! blow is II drive ut the hard earned houOr of
| our sold crs they chrrgch into rhc jaws
of death. The men who followed Lee and
| Jackson and bore alnit and uuSulIicl the
| nn,c # hn nf,, I,