Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-25

committee on arrangements. With
a brigade of assistants he selected
and put in shape the beautiful
grove at Boyd's Cross Roads for
the purposes of the meeting. The
stage, noted elsewhere, Was dec
Grated under his supervision.
Excellent accommodations were
provided for the ladies, and the
immense crowd was supplied with
the purest spring water al day. A
more delightful place could not
have been chosen, and it.has been
appropriately christened "Tillman
grove" by Colonel Shaw.
Everybody at the meeting, and
especially Colonel Shaw's many
battalions of lady friends, con-
graduated him on his arrange
ments, which made so large part
of the pleasures Of the day.
But to return to Tillman. 1t
would be difficult to describe the
effect the appearance of the great
leader had on the assemblage. To
say that the crowd went wild
would be but to expressit mildly.
Cheer after cheer arose, and the
demonstrations of applause, wav-
ing of hats s,waving IF handkerchiefa
by ladies, and other indications of
the warmth of the Governors re-
ception lasted for more than ten
minutes, during which time he was
obliged to stand and accept grace
fully the pleasing inevitable.
Immediately after this a distur-
bance took place on the right OF
the stage, which, being personal in
its character, had no i'll effects on
the subsequent conduct of the
meeting. 1t was only those who
did not see the disturbance, and
especially the ladies, who were at
all annoyed by the occurrence.
When peace was declared Gov
ernor Tillman began his speech,
but not until he had received a
second and mere intense edition
of his first reception. He COM
pllmented Laurens County on it's
loyalty to the cause kaown as the
Farmers Movement, a county
which had always stood by B. R.
Tillman and which was going to
do it again.
He recalled to the attention of
the audience that now, as in go
they had the privilege of freemen
of having political issues dis
cussed and choosing their represen-
tatives. He maintained that the
joint discussion two years ago was
rendered absolutely necessary
because heretofore the government
was run by newspaper editors
who had become Infamous liars,
and absolutely incapable of telling
the truth. There was no other
way then to reach the people than
by public discussion.
The discussions was also a
school for ring-rule politicians
who are now going to the people as
their schoolmasters. They are
being taught that in the future
the majority must submit and that
if there is any appeal to the negro
they must be beaten as was
Haskell
The campaign had taught the
people both their rights and their
duty. 1t had aroused them from
lethargy and stagnation to sense
of their independence and power.
The people were teaching the ring
masters that there shall be no
more utyiuc rignI IN South Caro-
lima and that the people were no
longer the fools the ring masters
believed them to be. It also
teaches the same lesson that revo-
lutions don't go backwards
Governor Tillman here referred
to the manner in which the
compaign of 1890 was fought, He
referred to his leadership, and
defed the opposition to point out
a single official act in which he had
been found derelict. and yet the
opposition wanted the people to
send him home in disgrace. Two
years ago they swore that March
conventions were undemocratic.
Yet in 1892 Governor Sheppard
and his ticket appear before you
as the nominee of a March conven-
ton. They nominated their ticket
by a committee after the most
approved old ring rule fashion
and system, this ticket being, in
fact, corporation ticket.
The opposition was learning
very fast, he thought, and he had
no doubt that in about four years
or more they could be taught some
sense and politics.
They claimed that there was no
difference between the platforms,
or, in other words, they had simply
stolen the livery of heaven to
serve the devil in.
He had said at Greenville that
they were Haskellites in disguise,
and at Darlington, the home of
McIver, he stated that there was
IN the ticket one who had voted