The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-05-27
SOUTH cARoLIHA's DANCER.

4 wheo Farmer TiIlran Of South Carolina
started his movement that made him Gov
eruor Of the State, and dsfested for the Sen
ate that gallant soldier snd abls statesmen
who during the reconstruc' ion period had
Y'-y~u 30 con,picuou.Iy q patriotic part 10
the redemption Of South Carolina from
negro and Republican rule, Wade Hampton,
he little appreciated the trouble he wss stor-
ing up in future for himself and his fellow
ci'izens. In order to attain to the summit
Of his personal ambition, tho governorship,
he excited his followers TO fever heat, no
doubt imagining thst he possessed sufficient
| power 10 call . halt when no sav danger
impending. Dut like Robespierre, who
cultivated such ttirst for gore among the
people Of Paris that il could not be satiated
until his own life's blood bad been drunk by
the remorsele.s and cruel knife ofths guiIlo-
tine, so Tllman has started reign Of chaos
in South Carolina TO which even be had to
bow in order to save himself from destruc-
| ton.
As result Of all thi, what do we now see
in the State! The State convention which
WAS held on Wednesday was Democratic only
| in name and its proceedings were 81 blister
Gus as to become almost riotous. The plat
form adopted indorssd in its entirely that
most absurdly improbable ofail the iupracti
cable notions that ever en,anated from tho
mind OF man-the Ocala platform-with its
sub-'reasury and NIL other foolish schemes.
And then il denounced Grover Cleveland a.
1.-THE tool Of the money k ings Of Wal street."
a. II MIR. Cleveland was ever yet the tool of
any man or set Of men, and demanded the
nomination st Chicago Of an ultra silver man
who would be in accord with all their weird
and destructive ide,s, refusing to vote far
oven Hill unless he would place himself
squarely on the Alliance platform.
Is there any sensible man in South Caro-
lima who believes tst the voice of ITS delsgs-
Hsd aa 4RRbIss thfy AS q
will be heard in the convention? Is there
ono who has the slightest idea that any man
in the world can be elected President on the
South Carolina, so called Democratic plat
form Is there one who does not know
that the eighteen delegates from the State
will make no more impression upon the
Chicago convention than a gnat upon the
horns Of a bull unless they radically change
their tactics
Evidently South Carolina is stan ding on
the crater of volcano. The report Of the
proceeding, Of Wednesdays convention
states that it required all tho influence of
Governor Tillman and Senator Irby combined
to keep down even temporarily, the Third
party sentiment which began to be very
exuberant This shows that the people Of
the State are on the verge of madness, and
that it will take very little for them to start
their Third Party, and this would mean that
all the sensible Intelligent and se!f-respsct-
ing Democrats of the State would DO driven
from them; that the white men would be
divided; that the Republicans would gain
control; that the State would be again sub
jected to negro rule, aud that tho chaos, dis
order and Generalization Of the Rcconstruc.
tion days would come again. Ifthis uohappy
condition Of affairs should result ftom the
present unfortunate frame Of mind of the
South Carolinians, they would pay dearly
for their folly, for what is worse, they would
lose the sympathy of their sister Southern
States, because this time they would have
br ought thoir misfortunes upon themselves
through their own s.-Richmond
Times.