Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-03-17

separated by a gulf of hate and
bitterness that will not be bridged
over in a generation. Let us dep.
recate any such action and fight
together as good Democrats against
the common enemy.
My voice is for peace and har.
mony and for the people Of South
Carolina; and my fight is for oul
party and against faction.
The danger of negro domino.
tion is ever present with us. The
growth and perpetuiry of faction
feeling will increase that danger
You remember who courted the
support Of the negroes in 1890.
Do not forget that Tillman de-
clared he did not want and would
not have their votes. With all
his faults, be sure of this, that no
dangers nor temptations will ever
induce him to appeal to the negro
vote. In his hands, SO long as he
is Governor, white mans rule is
secure in Soath Carolina.
THE VOTER IS KING.
The campaign of 1890 changed
all that. Then for the first time,
it was proclaimed that the voter
is king and ofice-holders and
administrations are his servants.
Then for the first time was felt
the full force and masterful mean
ing of the opening words in our
Constitution, "We the people of
South Carolina"
This is the lesson which the
Thirteen have not learnt. They
do not seem to see that the
old custom of selection by a
few has been abolished, and
that selection by the people reigns
in it's stead that this is the day
or Primary elections, and not of
selection by Conventions; that
nominations to Office are to be
made by the people and not by
the place-men.
The Thirteen make the mistake
of supposing that the people
having once tasted the sweets
of power, will now replace that
power in the hands that formerly
welded it. This the people will
never do. Revolutions do not go
backwards. And they can no
more change the great result of
the 1890 campaign than they can
turn back the shadow on the
dial.
They concede that the Farmers
Movement has good in it, and
they make their fight, they say
not against the movement but
against Tillman and his admins
tration; and they ask those who
elected Tillman to come over and
help them to defeat him. Why
should they go out into a camp of
their own constructing sort
of cave of Adullam-and ask you
to join them? Why not stay in the
main army with you and fight their
fight there?
LOOK OUT FOR A BITTER CAMPAIGN
lido not belittle the Thirteen or
the men and the influences they
represent. I foresee that if their
March Convention is even moder-
ately we'll attended, it will entail
upon our distressed State a cam
paign of bitterness, strife and per-
sonal animosity which will do us
more harm than the 1890 cam
paign.
The Thirteen represent the asso-
Citations connection with the war,
the Wallace house, the South Caro-
lima College, fellowship in public
Office, strong antipathy to Tillman,
and-we must admit-a sincere
patriotic desire to work for the
good of the State. With these in
fuences combined they will be
able to stir up deep and strong op-
position to Tillman. And Till
mans record will, unfortunately,
furnish burning texts for fiery
stump orators for he has made
mistakes and has been imprudent
in his speeches-which is just an
other way of saying that he is hu-
man, and, is not paragon of per-
fection.
Yet the struggle can have, I
firmly believe, but one conclusion
the reelection Of Tillman. The
u L. I>o.L T.l1...3)