The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-24
THE Two PERCESTEEs" AGAIS.
"The Bailiwick OF Inutilitarian RrpOse"
No Comfort to be Taken from the Pick
aninIcar' Efforts of "Traitors''--
when the Majority Speak there
VIII be Cnaniinity."

TO the Editor OF The Herald and
News: In this isolated portion ofthe
moral vineyard we are somewhat at
fault. We have read and re-read the
statements Of the press in regard to
the Prosperity debate between DR..
Stokes and Senator Butler, or rather,
that particular portion Of the subject
matter connected with the two per-
centers, over whom the contids Mt old
General felicitated himself as having
driven his sixteen horse wagon. Can
it be that the peculiarly dense atmos-
phere obstructed the sound waves to
such an extent, as to compel miscon-
struction of the utterance of General
Butler on this one point? Or is the
General forgetful Or, still yet, is
there any new parliamentary discovery
which enables one to double out of IL
very uncomfortable position in Linn
boz in which he may have been placed
by an inadvertent, and slightly too
previous eXuberance?
These are questions, Mr.. Editor, pro-
pounded solely with a view to obtain
information on a point which seems TO
us to demand incandescence Of high
power, for, if our ears are not sadly at
fault, the Senator surely said, (referring
to the different classes of borrowers:
The third class is the man who will
borrow at any price never intending to
pay back. This is the class who want
to borrow at , per cent"
Now whilst l appreciated both the
quality and quantity Of mud into
which the General had so incautiously
plunged his Congress CATERS, l did
not get green arouHd the mouth about
it, but just charged it up to profit and
loss, mostly loss of respect for either
the opinions or feelings of others en-
gendered by the too continuous occu-
pancy of a position of trust, honor and
profit.
I know of no rule which would
compel either General Butler or DR..
Stokes to submit for my inspection
and "paternal censorship" their re-
marks neither am l coguiZant of any
enjoining the prerogative OF expressing
my opinion of such remarks when they
have been presented through h the usual
channels; consequently, feel no hes
itation in saying that all of the twad-
die about Butler downing Stokes" is
bosh of the most transparent consis-
tency, for DR.. Stokes made 70 effort
at oratory, but simply stated the posi-
ton of the Alliance in regar1 TO the
sub-treasury, whilst Buffers divine
affiatus, was rehash of the "wise
saws and modern instan ces" to which
we are periodically treated and, on
which we look, as the usual thing in
high-falutin politics. 1t is time that
we were served with an extra course,
which should go down On the bill of
fare as the crena de ld crem Of journal
istic impudence; but, taken altogether
it was that same old ragout originally
prepared by Martin Van Buren and
handed down to succeeding genera
tions as State secret.
I do not wish to be understood as
wanting in admiration for General
Butler, nor, to a considerable extent,
in Senator Butler, recognizing as do
his eminent services i'll the no distant
past, but when any man tries to make
me agree that there is difference in
a tax of one per cent and interest of
one per cent, L feel like asking him
if he takes he for a fool; or yet, when
he tries To make me believe that the
capitalist, who receives A per cent
from me, through the government,
and from 10 to II per cent from Inc in
dividually, is not violating both the
letter and spirit of the law, and elbow
ing me into the realm of poverty, my
resentment is aroused, and | feel very
much like voting for some man who
viii! vote for some other man for the
Senate. 1t may be that the rank and
file of the Alliance do not understand
the sub-treasury plan as well as they
would wish to, and it may be also, that
the plan will not. be adopted in its
present state of formative existence,
but will you kindly request the auto
cratic official to lean over toward me
to whisper in his ear this fact: Either
the sub-treasury plan or one based on
very much the same principle will be
enacted into law by t. be early successors
of those whose vlsl0Ls are so opaque as
to prevent thens' from reading the
signs OF the timss. Personal magnetism
is no longer trumps. A full hand,
now, copsssts in that sine Q1ta non, per-
sonal l~preservation and every one who
eldeavors to head of the column III
It's determined advance on the bull
warks OF corruption, be he Ingalls,,
Hampton, Mcklnly, Hall, .McAlIister
or Butler, will be unceremGuiously
dumped into the bailiWick of inutill-
tartan repose. DO they take comfort
at the pickaninical efforts Of such trail
tors as Hall and McAllister to disrupt
the determined organism of millions :?
'Tis but the feeble tiickering of rush:
light in the resplendent e1ulgency Of
livid lightning. Do they remember
that "those whom the Gods would de-
stroy, they first make mad?' ] would
thunder IN their ears this friendly
warning: Reflect, Repent and be
Saved for no matter what differences
of opinion may he entertained in the
Alliance before the final action of that
body, which differences are permissible
until that time-yet when the majority
speak there will be unanimity of ac-
ton. There is touch Of the elbow
dll dlOllS IuC 1luCJ CD w oufou iOl-
ward. Eyes front, is the command.
Think you that am a fanatic? Jonah
was called so by the Ninevites. Out
on the bleak mountain side, (in the
secrecy of night, in highest Scotla) the
proud Lochiel spurned as a "soothless
insuller'' one who would shield him
from the embrace of death. On the
morrow his brave clans were anuihil-
ated and his proud blood bedewed the
plain and stained the lowland steel.
Methinks l hear the sneering taunt
historical. Historical let it be, and
philosophical too, if you please. Like
causes give like results" Not that l
portend the shedding of blood-far
from it.Orhis is a revolution in which
the ballot aud not the bullet will have
place, and l would, were able, invoke
the combined results of erudition TO
induce the sober, candid and unbiased
consideration of the portentious issues
confronting the whole honest body OF
citizens of that government which is a
republic in many leading essentials in
nothing but name and appearance. A
broad assertion, is it? The proofs are
ha+uoop Won and com Dptpncp. theV are