Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-28

ofthe Greenville type do not give
seber-minded & men, anxious. to
learn the truth, fair opportunity,
The Dib bic committee, we hope,
Will arrange for as many Conser-
sgstiae eetings.asg possible We
@lliaEe the argument and the speak
efs1 All we need is the opportu-
lity of utilizing BOTH, =.
ZIG the above plea is not the dying
wail Of q lost cause, We know not
what 90 make. II
iaa3puhlic acknowledgement from
the leading ring lorgsn, and the
medthpiece of those dark closet
candidates, that their speakers
and nominees cannot and dare
not stand before the convincing elo-
qpance of gillman. ,Those
hfoslsidss Of truth and Iemo mocrsey
fired BY our Governor and his
gallant Lieutenant, Gary, at
: Greenyille. .andlthe overwhelming
tunmistakable endorsemeni
by the voters present of their
Gauss, ,4xas jnst. too.much--fo 1.-The
rineyula acandidatas a1d,fher1fea]
and knQH that one auch
meeting will beWorse than defeat
They. ind that instead Of placing
( the Governor and his ad.
minis iHfation on the llsfs1sive,
.IAassthe tablaswere tusisea upon
the ring nominees, and Tillman
had.his opponents on the rack, and
put them to explaining. But we
did not think the nominees of the
Piedmont directors and that dark.
closet committee would be demon
allied at the first fire, and STAN.
pede. But it now looks as if to get
Sheppard and Orr to, face Coy.
\ TMmanlagain it will ibe pecessaFy
to blindfold and back them up to
the stand.
joint dsbatss bsttypen rival
ssnaiaatesa fors pubic Offices isa
custom as old and as honered as
our American republic; and 1d Wien Vi Il
d s@sD aefgses YFet ponspt
. Upon thsa astufnp, l-ie-isF accepted
as q confession of intellactnal
..4KgaJkgp zeal kpssHse gHs of ef ya,aRad cause, er er
political ceswetdiee. Now every
mansknowsIthas hs.d the ring rule
"a andidftes gotten The better Of Of
Tillman ap8d a Gary atthe Gespville
!. meeting, 1se6 plg,or Or beliYed that the crowd
..lWss on their side OF their speeches
made converts, that they would
be eager to have another meeting.
? BBYF3f Roy ;thst Stheif leading organ IL
-lb9a.s lbas tlh1zoYp uR the sponge, and
protests against entering his men
4 for a second round, it is an
iandenisb BE spd hunlil atianIgss 3 con-
fession of both incapacitty to face
5the people s,eandi idates, as Likewise
of defeat.
Fhe ring-rule element of South
Carolina Bin ia certainly !, On ea the dow down
grade when its standard bearers
refuse sto,facs AN antagonist on
the stump with alf of their;
faults, the prsdecessoreF of shep--'
pa1d ggE 9gE &Gp s hsya asness nessEss lalaslaailed llsla led
before s4n3 sQRp1Rsnt, esfea1ed to
facs the people. They were brave
and gallant men, and fought open;
handed and ] lto the 8 last ditch.
They asYYss5 YsI ls'ssstrsessted l'ss rsessted under fire,
but gsXe shot for shot. lBnt here
we find men selected to uphold
the cause of the old illusstrrioGs
hereditary rulers rs Of ous state who l
permit the proud proud banner sz placed
in their hands to- trail inlthe dust
and: are ready to surrender it ere
the battle has begun.
And The State says; I'VE need
smo.a MEETINGS ikeetha in New
s!berfyn--a meeting where gandi-
date Sheppard is slipped in
through a back door; .9r to address
the, factory eratiyess coll.oted to
hear only one. side of the case.
Now, is this Democracy Issuch
q campaign brave, manly or Q!
fair2
But you can't keep Governor
Tillman from before the people.