Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-07-28
WALHALLA, S. c.:
THURSDAY, JULY 2s, 1892.
MR.. COLEMAN IN REPLY TO
REV. MR.. WHITAKER.
SENECA. 5. c. July 26th, 1882.

SENECA, 5. c. July 26th, 1882.
MESSEs. EDITORS: am in quandary.
as l see in your issue of the 11th an arti-
Gle signed by Mr. NJ. f. Whitaker, which,
If l mistake not, refers to me.
Nv articles were not intended to be
insidious attacks on the Farmers Alli-
ance. In order to illustrate my position,
however. so that may hereafter be fully
understood, l will reltte an instance Of
actual occurrence, which will show my
position more accurately than l am able
otherwise to describe: y number Of
years ago some polio:ca} difference arose
between the Rev. Mr.. Sigh. OF Newberry,
aud the Hon. George .Johnstone, our
present Representative il Congress.
which resulted i'll a tisticufi Afterwards.
when Mr.. JohnStone was a candidate
electioneering among the people, some
one was bold enough to tell him he could
MT GET the supporter that section because
he had struck preacher. Mr. John
stone at once denied the charge and
explained himself in this way He said
Mr.. Sigh was not onlya preacher, but
a politician. and that he had not struck
the preacher, but his blow fell on the
politician.
This had a good effect. just as TO the
satisfaction of Robert Dale Owens, Katie
King. the terrestrial. vanished into Katie
King, the celestial Mr. .Johnstone' sman.
however, represented only swo profes-
sions. while mine represents and honorS
three. namely. preacher, Allianceman and
politician. want ii understood at the
outset that what expect to say or write
is at the politician, and Ishall use no
language which is not respectful.
"Denunciations prove nothing. One
fact is stronger than the strongest vocab-
ulary of vituperation. Logic may be
enforced by rhetoric. but rhetoric with
out facts is idle breath Genius may ere
ate the one. but truth must supply 7fT7
other. The nuest eloquence is often but
the simplest narration; the srongestrea-
soninS is often but a statement OF facts.
The srandest. the most terrible dcnun-
ciation is the condemnation pronounced
by truth.
The cry, he says. is raised against secret
organizations. OF which he knows nothing.
except few pass words and SIGNS. The
same can be truthfllly sal 6 the Masonic
Fraternity. Odd Fellows, Knights of
Honor. &C., and they donot object TO be-
ing called secret organizations, nor does
the Farmers Alliance pure and simple.
Mr.. Whitaker falls into the same line
OF argument and commits the same error
that the editor Of The 0conee -Ne,cS Goes,
which grossly lnisIepresentS my position
He says. ley inference. II not III direct
terms, that the private soldier has not
been accorded that just mead OF praise to
which he is justly entitled, which take
for granted, from the connection, is in
tended for NE. l don't believe Mr..
Whitaker would Intentionally attempt to
create with the public wrong impres-
sion, and for that reason VIII BEG him
to read again my tribute TO the soldier.
and if in his opinion DO not rank him
with the highest then l am willing to
uncover my head and bear my breast, and
without a murmm take all the punish
laent he is able to inflict: for ! know
what the private soldier endured, and.
further, know that many OF the rude and
untended graves around Northern prisons.
around all the hospitals ana battle fields
OF Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania,
are filed with our noble heroic dead, !
trust not forgotten. but as yet unhonored;
he who wore the epaulet and sword. lies
side by side with iIim who always had "a
place in the picture amid the flashing OF
the guns. taking their long, long rest
together: the family at home so rich in
love is too poor in purse TO remove them
TO the family burying ground, or erect
an humble slab to mark the spot where
all they most loved in life lie sleeping.
All is quiet, no rivalry here, for the grave
levels and evens up everything and makes
Kings and Princes oar bed-fellows.
The place where all >;iII-the grave.
The charnel house. the mighty lnll.
Earth's yawnms gulf and drowning wave
whici, soon or late o'ersweeps th. world
The vicissitudes and changes of time
and the hereviyifying powers OF nature have
healed many sorrows. but the mother
may God bless her-refuses TO be com
forted. and with her finger still pointing
in that direction. as though she was
yet looking for the return OF her long-lost
boy, with tears streaming down her aged
cheeks, with low. plaintive moan she
exclaims:
u would not give ny dead sou
For any living one IL Christendom-