The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-16
For the TIMES.


Mr.. EDITop: The crops in this section
are very short. Cotton is very s,rry, and
corn is not as good as the farmer, thought it
was.
Mr.. Editor, election i, over, and some of
us arenot sorry Of il. Now let all white men
of South Carolina unite and help d. II. Till
man to make his administration o success, as
we did Hampton in 1876; and If we do I'll
vouch that in two years from now we will
not have that bitterness among the demo
Gratis that we have had this year.
Mr.. Editor, | said in my Article week
before last, for all Of our best men to come
forward aud discuss the great issues which
are being agitated, etc., and you say, if they
did they would be insulted and howled
down. When have the f,rmers how.ed
down any one The white caps tried to
howl down Governor Tillman Mt Spartan
burg, but they failed, and how did the town
ofBnion, some few years ago, treat Uncle
John Long and other citizens of the State,
because they tried to express their political
views as free Americans? They were
howled down, and l say that the Green
back Labor platform at that time was more
in sympathy with the laboring people than
either the democratic or Republican plat
forms is now, and if thore isany one doubts
it let him compare them. No,\we want edu-
cation, not abuse, and VIC believe that is why
| our opponents are s, bitter against Tillman.
We followed him instead of bowling him
down, as some hoped we would do.
Two ,Orongs never made o right, and we
were as much opposed to bowling down
our iriend Long, as we were 10 bowling
down Sheppard, Tillman, Orr and Youmans.
If you don't wish to listen to q speaker
leave the place, but don't play the coward
by showing that you feared to hear the
truth, or both sides of a observation-disclosures
We agree with you in part, about labor
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dollar = st::s their brains 10 sco now ihey
can raise the value of the dollar and lower
the value Of labor and that is what we are
fighting now. And let me say that this great
reform movement has come to stay. 1t ia
no old woman's dance.
What has the dollar and brains accom-
plished? A great deal. Where is the ere
nation act which destroyed hundreds of
millions of the peoples money? And again,
where is the decentralization act which limi-
ted the coinage Of silver and made money
higher and the products Of labor cheaper?
That's what we are fighting, class legislation,
not merchants and lawyers. doctors, and
other Professional men, nor even editors,
80 long as they publish facts on both sides.
We have taken tho liberty to suppress o
paragraph here, as it smacked strongly Of
personal allusion that may be eonsiderei
objectionable, and oouid not possibly subserve
any good purpose. Upon mature thought
we are confident our correspondent will
agree wi us.--EDIron.1
noticethat the Union oorresp pondent for
the State, in giving an account Of the Union
election. said "Iopg defeated two Alliance
men FOR Sheriff" il seems That he wished to
create the impression that Sheriff Long is
not an Alliance man.
The correspondent surely knows that
Sheriff Long belongs 10 the Alliance. but
from his report TO the STATE, he would make
it appear to the farmers Of Union that he
was not true Alliance man, and only
joined the order for the loaves and fishes.
The correspondent should have stated that
Long was an Alliance man. 1t is true that
Long was in the Haskell convention two
years ago, but he saw their folly, came back
and Joined the Alliance, and has been a
supporter of Tillman ever since. / suppose
the correspondent presumed that Long was
no Alliance man because the Conservatives
almost to man supported him.
BAcKwooDs FARMER.