The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-01-29
AN ALLIANCE MAN CANNOT BE A DEH-
OCRAT.

OCRAT.
Mr. Irby, on the heels of his election
to the United States Senate, is report
ed as making the following statement:
II am going to tho Senate as Democrat
and in full accord with the National Demo-
cracy. am in full sympathy with tho Al
lance, but whatever may be obtained by me
for the Alliance must be obtained through
the National Democratic party"
L ask Senator Stokes if this statement
of Mr.. 1rby IS in accord with the above
cited agreement? Is 1t Alliance doc
trine? Is it the doctrine Of non par
tisan organization? Can the man who
makes such a statement be depended
upon to effectually protect Alliance in
terests?
The writer has said, and will have to
say, some hard and unpleasant things.
But he will not knowingly say one
word that is not the truth. If he does
an injustice to any one, and it is clear
ly pointed out and shown to him, he
will exhaust every means to repair it;
otherwise, it shall stand forever. lie
scorns the spirit that cringcs, squirms
and covers before any earthly power,
and he equally Scorns the spirit that
for pelf crawls and feels and worms
himself into position by trickery. lie
he feels and believes, and will do so to
the end.
Mr. lrby, with his record, should have
displayeda becoming modesty, and not
thrust himself into position to bring
reproach on the State.
That he has dOne so is a fact. by do
ing so he shows that he is reckless of
the honor of the State.
SENATOR IRBY's RECORD.
A people are always Judged by those
they send to represent them. Mr.. Irby
may be an innocent man, but the facts
are all the same. His name is on the
criminal docket of LaurenS County con-
nected with the most diabolical Of
crimes. 1t is fact he fled the laws of
the State and the people among whom
he lived. The people Of Laurens Coun-
ty are as true, generous and brave peo-
pie as live on the earth. 1t is Il fact he
hid out for years from these people and
the laws Of his State. Is not this
enough to disqualify him from goiug
to Washington city, as the representa-,
tive. on the floor of the American Sen.
ate, of the purity and honor of the
proud State of South Carolina? O.
Carolinians! Shall this man go to
Washington as your representative and
be standing reproach to the State
What has this proud State done to be so
dishonored.
All the glories won by the peerless
Calhoun, who for forty years On the
floor Of the American Senate was the
| admiration Of the world, and who mad,
Carolina perpetual and immortal, vii
| go into eclipse.
OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN THOUGHT Oh
| BEFORE.
And, too, to give this man the posi-
tion, Wade Hampton, in his old age. i
driven from the service Of the people
| to whom he gave lifetime OF heroic
Wade Hampton, whose ipcorruptibl
integrity is known the world over
Wade Hampton, one OF the foremos
| cavalry leaders in the annals of war
fare; Wade Hampton, who shed his
blood from the heights of Gettysburg
to the shores Of his native Carolina fol-
this people; Wade Hampton, who never
saw one moment of his existence that
he would not have cheerfully laid down
his life for the nonor of his State;
Wade Hampton who when your homes
and iireSides, altars and temples, four
teen years ago, we're in imminent peril
of desecration by a vandal horde, brave
ly breasted the storm, and, with cool,
clear head and steady nerve, led you
into peace and security, has been cold
ly driven from the servicI of this peo-
pic he loves so well, and Lhe position
given to this man.
How long, o, Carolinians, will you in
whose veins flows the blood of heroes
submit, yes, tamely submit, to this
crowning outrage on the honor Of your
State and tho dignity Of her foremost
citizen? Will you stand idly and 81
lently by and SEQ all the past glories
of your State, that clu ster thick around
us, and were won by heroic virtue.
buried forever in dishonor? Will YOU
transmit to your children this dishonor
as legacy? No, o,never, unless the man
hood displayed 10y your SireS is extinct
Rouse yourselves, and rally, and
speak out for God and country, or for
ever hereafter hold your silence, and
let it be said to the world that the yir-
tues displayed by your sires are ey-
tlnct, and that you accept degradation
Know that one son Of Carolina Ito the
manner born" raises his voice for the
honor Of the State, and will continue
to raise 1T, and will never fal:cr, mover
yield, until her honor Is safe or life is
extinct.
Yo sons Of Carolina, who upon the
fields Of your country displayed more
than Roman courage and Spartan Valor
rally upon hilltop and in valley and
swear by the Great Eternal that the
honor Of your State shall live and ir
your keeping shall never die. Swear
1t. Swear it, and show to the world
that you mean it. Respectfully,
Ellison ). keitt.
Enoree Plantation, 5. g., Jan II, 1891
$500 for Vote.
OLYMPIA, Wash, Jan. 21.--Just after
Speaker Shaw, Of tine House, yesterday
afternoon issued the call for nOmina