The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-07-27

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| lynchings, and at the same time appoints
lynchers to State Offices?
| Again. You heard Governor Tillman
say two years ago that he would see that
State officers who violated the law were
prosecuted, or words to that effect, and
yet he has heard the Attorney General,
the highest officer ofthis State, admit that
he went to the Greenville meeting with q
pistol concealed about his person. The
highest officer Of the State, to prosecute
those who break the laws Of the State,
himself vioating the law. We frequently
see some poor fellow who has rusty
up and punished in our courts, and yet
this high State officer violates the law
with impunity and Governor Tillman
takes no step to have him prosecuted
| despite his promise of two years ago.
| And again, Governor Tillman after
having sworn on the holy Evangelists
that, as Governor of this State, he would
discharge the duties of that Office, which
are to enforce the laws mot part of them)
to the best of his ability, 80 help him
God, publicly declared that as Governor.
with the sanctity of this oath on his lips
for one crime he would lead lynching
party.
What right has he to say which laws he
| will enforce and which he will bl eak9
II he can select one to break he can select
another, and another, and SO on as far as
be pleases.
How can you expect the people to obey
| the laws when the Governor and Attor-
ney General act in this way?
: Does it not look as II the Governor
thought laws were made 10 be obeyed by
the common people and to be broken by
State officers?
Have not made good my charge that
| this administration is responsible in part
for the lawlessness in South Carolina?
must condemn without reservation
the charge made by Governor Tillman
that Governor Sheppard and his ticket
are Republicans at heart. You all know
there is not one particle of fact to base
| this charge upon.
Voice in the crowd Did not Hampton
say that an independent is worse than q
radicalf
believe so.
Do you think that'
Yes.
Then amt the Haskellites worse than
| radicals
No. think judge Haskell and those
| who acted with him made mistake, but
there were great many irregularities two
| years ago, and you all know that Judge
Haskell and most of the men who voted
for him were honorable men, and as hon
est In their convictions as either you or
I. But that has got nothing to do with
Col. Orr or / voted for Judge Haskell.
/ We voted for Governor Tillman because
he got what we considered the Democrat
10 nomination, and when Governor Till
man says that Sheppard and Orr are
| Republicans you know it is not true.
In 1876 when the Wallace House made
| the famous march from Carolina Hall to
take possession Of the State House, John
C. Sheppard marched at the front Of
that column, and when they reached the
door of the House Of Representatives it
! was the strong arm and cool courage Of
James L. Orr which burst the sentinel
guarded door open, and under that arm
John G. Sheppard was the first man to
| the people Of South Carolina, and ever
since that time both of them have been
in the forefront of every fight for the
Democratic party, long before B. R. Till
man was ever heard of.
Call these men Republicans. Either of
them young, intelligent and influential
could have had the highest reward from
the Republican party when 1t was in
power, but they helped with all their
might to hurl it from power
You know that if there are any two men
| in South Carolina whose democracy is
beyond question or cavil John G. Shep-
pard and James l.. Orr are 80.
To-day J. L. Orr stands before you as
the candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
purely from patriotism. He could have
had the unanimous nomination for Gov
ernor, but declined it because his busi-
ness would not permit him to take it. He
would have taken that if he was hunting
an Office.
Again we are told that Orr and Shep-
pard represent the factories and the
banks. I do not think this is any objec-
ton to them.
When analysed 1t simply means that
they have been honest enough, intelli-
gent enough and successful enough for
| their neighbors and acquaintance to be
willing to risk their property in their
hands.
Ifhonesty, integrity, successful bust
ness management and the confidence Of
ones neighbors and friends is to hurt
man in this country, greatly misunder-
stand the temper and spirit of our peo-
pie.
Voice in the crowd-What about Gov
ernor Sheppard drinking and gambling :
was Governor Sheppard's room mate
at College, and have been associated
lature and never knew or heard Of his
being under the influence ofliquor or
betting at all.
He was elected four or five times
| to the Legislature, three times Speaker
Of the House, and once Lieutenant Gov
ernor and you know 1t would have been
! charged on him if true.
] You know that no bank in this coun-
try would keep man for president who
either got drunk or gambled, and last of
all, Governor Tillman either insinuates
what is not true about Governor Shep-
pard or he attempted to get the conven-
ton to nominate q man for Governor
who is drunkard and q gambler, when
he seconded Sheppard's nomination in
| the State Convention. Let his friends
take their choice in this dilemma.
Either way it reflects severely on Gov
ernor Tillman.
In conclusion, arraign Governor Till
man for lowering the standard of moral
ity in this State by his example, and
call on not only the Christian, but on all
moral men in this State, not to endorse
him es an example worthy of imitation
by our young men. No man in this au-
dience, venture, has ever before beard
of Governor Of South Carolina publicly
profaning the name of God In public
address to the people OF South Carolina.
No one ever heard of Governor of this
State, because he was provoked publicly,
declaring in formal speech that he
would rather 60 to hell with his party
friends than to heaven with the others.
No one here ever heard of q Governor Of
South Carolina being 30 vulgar in his
public speeches as to make men afraid to
take their wives and their daughters out
to meetings where the welfare of the State
is to be discussed.
My fellow citizens, the Governor has
| always been regarded as an exalted type
of manhood worthy Of emulation and adj
miration. Are you willing to affix your
appreciation as Christian and moral vo-
ters to this conduct? Is there any man
here who would be willing with the re-
sponsibility of q father resting uron him
| to train up his children to take his little
boys around his hearthstone and point to
the character Of the Governor of South
Carolina as suitable type of noble man
hood for their emulation. I take it not,
and if not, then let us vote for men that
do not thus offend the moral and Chris
tian sentiment of our people.
It was William Penn who said the
best government in the hands of bad men
IL as bad as the worst, and the worst form
of government in the hands Of good men
is as good as the best.
We believe this republic Of ours and
| this State government of ours are tho