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

eighteen months. i have been al
Columbia to perform the public
duty. and 1 need not tell you that
it affords me pleasure the most
exquisite to look my friends and
fellow citizens in the face.
Sir Walter Scott in one of his
novels gives the history Of one
Rob Roy, Scotch freebooter
His hand was against every man
that is he resisted oppression and
outlawry was pronounced against
him. The war against him was SC
strong that he was compelled tc
change his name and acknowledge
allegiance to the chieftan of an
other clan. On one occasion
he was hunted by troops OF
the King of England; while
in the fastnessos. of the noun
tains, beset and surrounded,
stranger came to his camp. He
had changed his name to Campbell,
He escaped and got back and
found his wife leading his fol
lowers. They burned his cabin
and destroyed all he had. So
when the stranger approached
him on matter of business and
addressed him by his assumed
name, the vigor of the free-born
Scot broke forth and he said: my
foot is on my native heath, my
names McGregor. I who have
been equally traduced, slandered
and abused ever since I took up
the cudgel for popular rights say. ]
am glad to be among you to look
these men in the ey and let you
Judge between us: They are the
solicitors. I am to defend myself,
I appreciate your applause and
good will. 1 believe and will
prove that I have earned it,
Voices: "You have."] I was
reared among you and I wantto
ask if there is man who has
ever known me to do an act OF
dishonor or dishonesty, to tell a
falsehood or do anything little OF
mean: Voices: "No. We never
have"
I have a rough outside. God
didn't make me of silken material
to bamboozle men, to give Lip
service, or pretend what l do not
mean, but my heart beats as
warmly as any mans for the peo.
pie of South Carolina, and those
who know me best love me most
| 1 am the best hated man in South
Carolina. I come here now as
candidate. ] ask you to re-elect
me Governor. Voice: Well dc
it. When 1 was put forward by
the March convention two years
ago I said: you ask me to lead q
a forlorn hope. 1t is long, stumpy
and hard road between here and
the State House, but if you give
me that banner I am going te
fight. I fought and won a victory
for the people, not victory Of
Tillman over Earle. Applause
I said after I was nominated l will
be watched closer than any Gov.
ernor of South Carolina ever has
been. Was I a prophet? Il
foresaw the policy of the opposi-
ton. I said a bolt if there was
any would come from the other
side and it did. The Haskellites
went out and appealedto to the negEs
We. used to have stagnatie1
politics. Along i'm 1882 andI168a
the Democratic candidates
couldn't get a respectable crowd
to hear them for they had the
nomination already and you
couldn't help it. You are here tc
swallow me if you like me, Shep,
pard if you like him better, but
the thing is not fixed. [Applause.
We have at last a genuine Demo.
cratic government of the people
Voices: Tillman, Tillman.
have already told you what were
the issues in 1890. 1t was not
whether Tillman or Earle should
be Governor, but whether the peo.
pie or the ring should rule
| TVoice: "The rings broken.'
Yes, we broke a little ring but the
pieces are wriggling together
again. The issue now means that
| if I am made Governor the people
will rule, but if Sheppard is made
Governor, the banks anc
corporations will rule and you
can't denyi t.
Sheppard appears as the nominet
of another March convention
Last year my enemies were saying
even through thepress, that Till
man has made a good Governor
Invoices: "He has, When tht
Legislature adjourned and they
saw signs of disintegration among
the politicians in the movement
and as soon as the Legislature go
home, charges of abuse ant
Misrepresentation were heraldet
throughout South Carolina
Were these papers bought? 4
bank president Of Greenville wa
heard to say, "We'll raise $10C
900 but we'll beat this man
Voices; "He'll never do it."''
100000 can't buy the farmers 0
South Carolina, but a very feV
thousand can buy few penny-'