The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-01-28
THURSDAY, JAN. 2S, 1892.
T4LL1y.lT TkKCNHEcR.

Ei'Sto' N'''hSSH VII itSlINuilOnS ana uIIer
nearly years preparation comes forth
iii war-paint blandishing his tomahawk
over the heads Of the so-callcd dcmagor-
ucs, anu selecting Governor Tillman as the
devoted victim OF his inspired mission. In
his lntatuatiOn he has worked himself up
TO the belief, or rather is trying to work
others to the belief, that the election of
Governor and the other officers was the re-
suit OF prcjudiCcs and animositics, and that
they were not as much tho choice of the
majority OF the white people as any other
set elected since &c. This is grave
chrrsc, first against the intelligence of the
white voters of The State and county, as
hcing dupcs and fools, actuntcd by preiu-
dice, and voting without reason: next
against the officers elected, as rcsUrting to
such means and tho intimalion that they
were not the choice Of the white voters.
The charges were not attempted to bc,'prov-
cd by any facts, the mere statement of the
SENTlNKL being considered, we presume
sufficient. But the effort of the SENTINEL
TO array the members of the Legislature
against the Governor is highly prcsumptous
Immediately after charging them with dem
goglsm and being the creatures of prciu-
dice and animosiiy. That will ngloliouSly
full and the people will rc-clcct tho faith
full members with Governor Tillman, and
will politically hang the traitors next fall
Peoples Journal.
1t goes too much against The grain TO
handle our ncighbCr so roughly as his case
deserves. "a soft answer turncth away
wrath" lie should have given his readers
chance at what the SENTINEL did say.
They would not have seen as much Of a
"ghost dance perhaps as he did. When a
man gets to seeing ghosts, he is evidently
frightened, and moi in a condition to listen
to reason. Which is worse TO be ''infatu-
tcd,' or frightened? If he meant 'infatu-
atom "ghosts'' and 'tomahawks" and
"war paint' no wonder at his seeing ghost
dances. Chris, don't you think your i'm.
agnation has stumbled and broken its
check rein? Read that piece in the SRNrI-
MEL again, and publish it. We will do as
much for you some time.
The Journal has not been keeping up
with the news, or it would have known
the prcjudiccs and animOsitics Of
which the SENTINEL spoke. But after all,
the charges arc not SO grave as the distoIt-
ed and garbled account the Journal i'll
sinuates. At the worst it could only be
construed property against the crcdulity
and not the intelligence Of those who sup
ported Governor Tillman. The supporters
OF Illman who were not seeking Office and
self agrandizcmcnt, honestly believed that
Iillnan would right the wrongs and
redress the grievance Of which he complain
ci. The others did not, but followed him
more from motives Of scllishncss than from
admiration OF the man or from faith in his
measures. If there had been no prejudice
aroused against former administrations, the
movement of 1890 would not have had n
corporals guard. This can be and is truly
said without any reflection on the intclli-
Gcncc OF patriotism Of those who honestly
believed that Til!man and his followers
spoke the truth, i'll charging their prcdcces-
sors i'll office with being "bambooZled de-
bauchcd and; corrupted" If it was true it
ought to have been. Those who said
1t have had two years in which TO prove it..
1t has not been proved. The Governor has
announced himself as candidate for re-
election and his own words already pub
lishcd in the SENTINEL are enough to prove
to all, that it is the Governor and the Jour-
nal who are prcsumptious and not the SEN
TINEL.
effort Of the SENTINEL to array" Isn't
that cool? When the Governor, in his first
campaign speech called those legislators
who opposed his plans, "rottcn driftwoed?"
Ale is the arraycr. The SENTINEL stated
facts, not propositions. But the Journal is
@
free born white men who dared 10 be indie
pendent and conscientious. Read: "Wm
politically hang the traitors next fall"
What would Donaldson, O'Dcll, Bowen
and Carpenter say if they should thus see
their death warrant in print? Neither one
OF them hired page with pnrchcd pindcrs
TO run down into the Executive chamber
and ask tn, ,ovcnor how he wanted them
to vote. 1t takes long site more violent
presumption to find treason in these men
than it takes to find voters who can be
"dupcd and fooled, and actuatcd by preiu-
dice" Since we come to think about it,
Journal, you had better take that back. or
publish an appendix explaining that you
do not mean any reflection on the Cover
nor, for he accused hundreds of voters of
that very thing right to their face, and q
Tilman man told the SENTINEL last week
that the Governor was right as to his Uhe
voters) miserable case. But the expression
''dupc and fool" originates with the Jour
nal and Governor Tillman, and it is all
bosh for them to be trying to stuff such
ugly words into the mouths of people who
do not r'c them.
But Nc nave no quarrel with our neigh
Dor for being such an ardent supporter of
Governor Tillman. He is riding in the
Governors private car and is obliged to
help him "throw rocks" O, all the good cit
liens who are "driftwood," because they
honestly differ from the Governor and
him. He never has and docs not dare to
pass an adverse criticism on anything the
Governor says or does, and it took him "a
year" to get ready to jump on the SENTlNEL