The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-24
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right for them to raise the rebel yell
then and cheer their chosen leaders.
Their shouts were musical then, and
Hampton could crook his little finger
and 1.-THE boys" would obey. Hanlp.
ton, who could command stern men to
do his will, did not have them ''in his
breeches pocket" It was all right to
go wild over leaders then. How could
Hampton or any other man, have re-
deemed South Carolina if it had not
been for the men at his back? And
how could Tillman have ever been
Governor # he had not received the
votes? Yes, but Hampton is better
man than Tillman and is not an Office
seeker and it was a different thing then.
Just simply granting that, for the sake OF
argument, this is true, it does not alter
the case one iota. Even if Tillman was
as black as he is painted, it would not
alter the case noaO: he was made Governor
of the State, after thorough canvass of
the State, by the people of the State, and
the minority did not submit, have not
submitted, and, Judging the future by the
past and certain signs of the present, Will
not submit. If the first March conven-
tion was wrong, the second was wrong,
and, if possible, worse, for two wrongs
never yet have made a right. TIllman
was wrong in accepting what he had first
condemned; they were equally, or more
palpably, wrong in doing the same thing.
You can't make black white. But .'you
must fight the devil with fire." you know.
Oh, yes, it is sall owing to whose OK is
gored," of course. Consistency is beau
tiful and rare jewel; it is so rare that it
does not shine in the crowns of that vain
glorious and self-arrogated band of 'tmar-
tyrsa whose briny tears mingle with the
muddied waters Of the Congaree.
TIlman's followers are not blind to his
faults and mistakes; they are not led
around Gby the nose" by 1illman or any
other leader bit more than they were
by Hampton and Haskell in 1876. But
Tillman's supporters are well aware OF
one thing, and that is this, Mr.. Editor, and
it cannot be rubbed out by crocodile tears
or hypocritical prayers: all this running
around, this great interest In tho farmers
and others, this pleading for Sheppard,
this lively looking into the abandoned
land sales, this exhibition of the poll tax
scarecrow, this exposition of the abolition
Of the lien law, this great bugaboo of the
educational qualification, is, separately
and aggregately, for the one and only
purpose of defeating Benjamin r. Till
man and by that means crushing at once
and forever the mighty lever that made
him Governor. They say it is not So;
that If you would only open your eyes
and listen to reason you would see. Lis
ten to reason. Great God! was there ever
such hypocricy? Do you call it reason
when you ask one of them If he ever
reads Tillnan's speeches. and he answers,
ANo, by Cd, I DON'T? Do you call it
reason when the papers parade every
mistake that Tillman makes and never
praise the least good that he does? Do
you call it reason when they condemn an
Anderson smob" for assaulhng Murray
and excuse Abbeville gentlemen" for
assaulting Benet? Do you still call it
reason whenrmen seek to win your votes
by even condemning your Governor for
the good that he does-seeking to turn
honest votes from him because Re upholds
the law?STake the alleged lynching OF
Dave Shaw in Laurens. It was the Gov
ernor's friends, they say, who were lmph-
Gated in that affair. The offering Of a re-
ward for the apprehension Of the accused
anger his supporters, the alleged lynchers.
They are strongly and extensively con-
nected. The Governors enemies seize
upon this opportunity of injuring him
injuring man in the house of his friends
actually attempting to influence votes
against Governor because he does his
sworn duty as Chief Magistrate of the
State towards his own friends. Do you
call that reason? Do you call it honest?
Did ever hatred and bitter malice descend
SC low? Deep down in their otherwise
honest hearts these enemies OF Tlllman
must feel that they are sometimes unjust,
sometimes cruel, sometimes too bitter.
Do you call it reason when Conservatives
ask you if you uphold the wrong on
your side-and after you have the hon
esty to say no-in the next breath excuse
all the wrong on their side, or oftener
never acknowledge any wrong at all?
Would that men could listen to reason on
one side as well as the other! But why
multiply instances? I could fill page
in The Herald and News with their IN
consistences and wrong -doings.
Knowing that there is no use to tell
them what Tillman has done, for they
don't read it and don't believe it, it is
useless to recount his acts here. So,
passing over the facts, I come down to
the very nutshell of the whole business of
the present campaign as now conducted.
Reason on both sides has been thrown
to the four winds of heaven; passion and
prejudice prevail. It is not whether B.
&. Tilman is fit for Governor; it is not
whether Sheppard is better man. It is
that minority have sought and areseek-
ing to force majority to submit to them;
to do their bidding if it brings on inter
necine war. With all their brag and
bluster I think they see the handwriting
on the wall. But it is too late now. The
dye is cast. Even if they were to give
the Governor that which is rightly due,
they could not win a vote. They have
been too malignant in their abuse; too
persistent in their inconsistency; their
work has been accomplished. It is just
such as this that makes the solid Tillman
men the frmer in their determination to
uphold their Governor under any cir
cumstances and in any emergency-the
men who can never be moved by bribery
or intimidation. It is not question that
Tillman should be succeeded by Shep-
pard; it is that a spurning and scorning
minority shall be made to submit to the
viii of majority of the right and true
Democracy Of South Carolina.
NEEDLE.