The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-07-20
NO LIFE, HOWEVER PURE, FREE FROM MIS-
REPRESENTATION.

] arraign Governor Tillman not only lot uc-
Stroying confidence between our own people,
but also for destroying the confidence OF the |
people outside Of the State In u.s. He has de- |
clared that there was incpient rottenness In
our government, and without Justification or
reason has abused our best and purest men. |
There has been no name so high or so revered
as TO be free from traduction by him and his
followers. There has been no life however
patriotic and devoted to the people of South
Carolina that has been free from mlsrepresen'
tatiOn.
THE QUESTION OF judges.
He has abused the judges of our State, and
not only did he go To the extent Of setting his
legal opinion up in n message against that OF
Judge Wallace, when rs the executive ne
should not have sought to interfere with the
judiciary, but he went actively into the cleo.
ton Of Judge for the Supreme Court, ana
secured the election Of an administration car
dluate for Associate Justice.
And now that In one case Judge Pope as AS
sOciate Justice has had the judicial integrity
and the honest manhood TO decide case as
he believed the law was, Governor Tillman ls
going over the State abusing him and the Su-
preme Court. and to show his contempt for
the learned and pure Judges of this State he
has rcsOrted TO the new practice OF putting
his friends from the lawyers on the supreme
| Court when any Judge OF that Court Is dis
qualified.
| LEG GISLATIvE AND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS
MUST BE KEPT SEPARATE.
! The Constitution says that the legislative
| department and the judicial department OF
| our government shall be kept separate anu
distinct, and yet he has attempted TO appoint
the Lieutenant Governor and the Spea >er OF
| the House Of Representatives to sit rs Judges
| OH the Supreme Court.
1t is due to Mr.. Speaker Jones to say that he
promptly declined, because he knew he was
disqualified.
| IMPORTANCE OF \ PURE JUDICIARY.
! My fellow citizens. the judiciary Is the most
important department OF our government.
so long as 1t remains. pure and independent
your liberties are safe, but 1t Is the last ram
part behind which free people can protect
their liberties. When the Judiciary Is
brought into contempt, when it Is made the
reward for partisan political services. and
when 1t becomes servie and supservent to
the will of any man, your rights, your lives,
your liberties and your property Will be lnse-
cure, and the permanence Of free institutions
Will be endangered
phatic manner this attempt to override and
destroy our Judiciary in It's integrity and pu-
| rlty.
! l arraign Governor Tlllman for RESPONSE
biiity for much Of the lawlessness In this
State. He has been at many public meetings
in this State where riots have been 1mml.
nent and has reoeatedly seen the right oil
free speech abridged and even denied TO men
simply because they were criticisins his o.
i ficiAl acts. If he did not approve OF this
course why has he not taken measures TO
due to the dignity OF his office that In his
presence no crowd OF roughs shall be permit
ted 10 break up public meeting or prevent
man from speaking his sen timents. lie may
claim to dlSapprove OF these things, but al
Lexington where Col. Cal Caughman led the
party who interrupted the speakers and re-
fused TO let COL Ioumans speak, Gov hi
man went arm in arm with CauGhman 10 MS
house as his personal and approving friend,
SO far as appearances 20. Is 1t TO be Won
dered that we have disorder at our public
his rrsendship for the ringleaders of the dis
order?
Il LYNCHISGS AND LAwLESSNESS.
You know that Governor Tillman has pro-
fessed to abhor lynchings and that lie prom
: lsed 10 stop them in South Carolina. Inere
have been more lyncbings In this State since
he was Governor than in double the same
time before. rs far as remember: but be tnls
as 1t may, At the last session of the lIegislh-
ture he sent a message TO the Legislature,
charging them with responsibility for Inc
: lynching OF prisoner In Edgcheld. because
they did not give him power To remove sher-
IFS, anu in less than three weeks alter writ
Ing that message he appointed Cal Caugh.
man to the only office created 6y that Lesisia
ture, although Cal Caughman boasts that he
was present and helped TO lynch Willie Leap
hart in Lexington Jail. Now, what do you
} think of his sincerity when he processes 10
i wish to stop lynchings and at the same time
appoints lynchers to State offices?
HIGH OFFICERS VIOLATE THE LAW.
| Again. You heard Governor Tlllman say
two years ago that he would see that state
officers who violated the law were prosecuted,
or words 10 that effect, and yet ne mas hsaru
I the Attorney General, the highest law o1lcer
| of this Stale, admit that he went to the Green
vile meeting with pistol concealed about
his person. The highest officer OF the State,
i 10 prosecute those who break the laws OF the
State. himself violating The law. We fre-
quently see some poor fellow who has rusty
pepper box in his hip pocket brought up and
punished in our courts, and yet this hign
State officer violates the law with impunity
and Governor Tillrnan takes no step 10 have
him prosecuted despite bis promise of Two
| years ago.
LAW FOR COMMON PEOPLE WHICH THE Of
/ FICERs VIOLATE.
And again, Governor Tillman after having
sworn on the holy Evungelists that, as Gov
ernor Of this State, he would discharge the
duties of that office, which are TO enforce the
laws mot part or theml 10 the best OF us
ability, SO him God. publicly declared that as
Governor, with the sanctity OF this oath on
his lips for one crime he would lead lynch
Ing party. ,,, ,
will enforce and which he will break?
If he can select one to break he can select
another, and another, and so on as lar as he
How can you expect the people to obey the
laws when the Governor and the Attorney
General act In this way?
Does it not look us If the Governor thought
laws were made to be oOeyed by common
people and 10 be broken by State officers ?
Have not made good my charge that this
administration is responsible In part for the
| lawlessness in South Carolina
Il REPUBLICANIsM AND HAsKELLIsM.
! I must condemn without reservation the
charge made by Governor I'll Imam thnt Gov
4 rrnor Sheppard and his ticket are Republ-
cans 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 radical? !?
i believe SO.
i DCyou think that?
i Yes.
Then aint the Haskellites worse than radi-
Gals?
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
are honorable men, and as honest In their
convictions as either you or /. But that has
nothing TO do with this question. Neither
RI Gov. Sheppard. Col. Orr or voted for Judge
u Haskell. We voted for Governor Tillman be-
cause he got what we considered the Demo-
cratic nomination, and when Governor TILL
man because he got what we considered the
Democratic nomination and when the Gov
ernor Tllman says that Sheppard and Orr
are Republicans, you know 1t Is not true.
WHAT SHEPPARD AND ORR DID.
!, In 1876 when the Wallace House made
the famous march from Carolina Hall to take
possession of the State House. John Z. Shcp-
pard marched at the 'front.' or mat column,
and when they reached the door OF The House
OF Representatives IT. was the strong arm and
the cool courage Of James l.. Orr which burst
i the sentine guarded door Open and under
that arm John c. Sheppard was the first man