The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-06-26


lutely hostile to us. By reason of sec.
tional feeling and hostility, it has ac-
quired even the means to absolutely
] deprive us of all power and authority so
far as it is concerned; and by it's restric.
tions, not upon the production of wealth
by the people but upon it's just distribu-
ton, it has established a money power
which has taken that government by the
throat, and wields it for its own purpose,
and we have q favored class fixed upon
US absolutely unlawful, which leyies
heavier exactions upon us than any he.
reditary lawful class Of the arbitrary
governments of the old world. While
we pay, according to the best estimate I
can get, S12 per capita in taxes to that
government, only 81 of that amount goes
into the public treasury, and eight goes
into the pockets of this moneyed power.
This state of things cannot be met by any
bulwark that ne may use. 1t will take
all the liberty loving people of this coun.
try. to plant themselves on the lines of
their Constitution and demand all that it
is necessary for them to have, and TO
demand the obedience of government to
their will. We have made attempt after
attempt to do it, but we still have this
hindering facsional trouble in the party.
We have protection Democrats which
prevent solid array to achieve the pur-
pose which we seek to accomplish. Here
in our State we have the farmer Demo-
Gratis in movement which is distracting
our attention from the grand object, and
is impairing our array in the desperate
effort to throw off the tyranny of class,
combination and money power. My
appeal to you is to look the situation
calmly and squarely in the face, and de.
eide as you would in your private affairs,
though it is serious business, and one
more far reaching in its effects and i'm
portance than any mans private business
can be. We cannot meet the dangers
which menace US with dissepsions and
strife in our midst. We are surrounded
by dangers to which no people on earth
we're ever before subjected, and we can.
not, with contentious among us, throw
of, if ne would, the sectional government
which threatens to overwhelm us. We
can rush in blindly and reckleasly, but
the most prudent of US should seek to
avert the storm. We must decide now.
Let US look calmly at the questions before
US, and determine what benefit is to be
derived from the organization of faction
among US. If, which I do not admit, a
faction could even benefit itself, it might
act under short sighted conviction Of
your interest; but if you will be governed
| bx, 1on, cf aurar;apoo uou m; III lao ~,
that faction never has succeeded in
bene6ting itself. The very principles of
our government require that in order to
secure the rights of any ne must secure
the rights of all. When ne were plunged
into the thraldom of black rule, aud had
to make that grand atand shoulder to
shoulder as free men, demanding the
enforcement of the Constitution, we had
to relieve from their own oppression the
very class that plunged us into that
maelstrom, and to secure our own rights
we had to secure theirs. Then ne relied
upon the principles of the Constitution,
and upon the only party that has ever
been organized to enforce them, and it
will be, in my judgment, fatal error if
ne depart from the faith which has
guided us, and place our reliance upon
any mere faction or combination.
Gen. Bratton, at the conclusion of his
remarks, was greeted with considerable
applause.
Gen. Earle's Speech.
Gen. Joseph Il. Earle was announced
as the next speaker As he advanced to
the trout of the platform lie was greeted
with enthusiastic and prolonged cheer.
ing. Addressing himself to the large
audience before him he said:
We have met here to discuss the issues
which have been presented in this cam.
paign. had hoped when I commenced
that there would be enunciated certain
principles which would be discussed
fairly and dispassionately in order that
each man might consider what was best
for the State, in order that each man
might determine for himself the truth
or fallacy Of tbs proposition that would
be advanced. I have followed Mr.. Till
man who is spoken of as the "great Re.
former" I have listened to all that he
has said, and l have failed to hear him
enunciate a single principle. I will
undertake to show that his appeals have
been to the prejudices of the people, that
his attempts have been to array class
against class, and am here to say to
you that as he proceeds be is sowing the
seeds of dissension, which must spring
up, ifsuccessful, and bring about the ruin
of the State. I have nothing to say
against Capt. Tillman's private character.
I am not here to consider that, but it is
my business to discuss his political char
acter. I have nothing to say about the
private uttersnces of Capt. Tillman, but
it is my duty, it is my light, to discuss
his political sayings, aud show if ! can
that they are wrong. (Applause.) I will
say as I have said before that instead of
being campaign of education, instead
of being q campaign where the candidate
! for Governor of a certain faction of our
party presents his views in q temperate
manner, it is one that appeals to the pre-.
judice of the people.
This government is in theory and
should be in practice government of
the people, for the people, by the.people,
not government for farmers, for mer-
Cuouto VI aoA huy OLuCA Ctf1oo. IAo lOCfa
of government is this: that the people
come together, give up their rights except
the right of self.defense, which is always
reserved, and agree in a state of society
to formulate and carry into effect those
rules which will be conducive to the
good of all men; and hence when the
prejudice of those people is excited they
disregard the very theory of government,
and those things are brought about in
practice which must in the end break
down all that the Anglo saxon race has
fought for in the past and should fight
for in the future. say that Capt. Till
man has appealed to classes. He has no
more regard for farmers than have He
has has no higher opinion of the farming
class than have. We all know that
they are the backbone of the country, but
they arc not backbone, ribs and all.
Other people have rights as we'll as the
farmers, and am glad to say that only a
part of the farmers agree with Capt. Till.
man in the appeal that he is making.
| Cheers.
You are entitled to your opinion. In
reply to voice in the audience the
speaker continued: AS Capt. Tillman
| told Mr. Gossett "v0,1 are lyed in the