The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-18
,redy-alWays understand, with the con-

sent OF England. (Applause3
tended to deceive himself with that deluslon
know that they can never legisate after thsy
have repealed that law? Does he not know
that Cleveland will veto everything they 40
| If they pretend they are bi metallists ana
friends Of silver they simply lie. lGreat ar-
plause.j l told you l would speak plainly
and hlunty.
| Governor Tillinap-I speak the language oi
the Bible. the plain Anglo-Saxon. why, 1or
the conditions they are Offering MS the rem
edy reminds me OF the old doggerel:
"Mother, may go out TO swim?
| Oh, yes, my darling daughter;
Hung your clothes on hickory limb,
But don't go near the water
| (Laughter.)
| Don't you 20 near the mint with your silver
bullion don't keep in that direction. we
want you as COMMODITY, not as money
will redeem you In gold. and therefore, oe,
stroy GU as money OF fiual redemption. And
they tell you they are bi-metallsts! ZAP
plause)
| THE SoUTHS SITUATION
Gentlemen. SO much by way OF generailtles.
ain not trying to convert any OF YOU 10 pl-
| mttalliSm. IL Is useless to talk or that 70
you. l came here for another purpose, and l
want now TO proceed TO fu I'll IT,. | want you
to understand once for and fuily, the SIT
uation in the South. The talk which we near
from some of these timid patrios-patriots
God forbid that should ST. desecrate the word
politicians, these uDid politicians VINO
have refused 10 participate In this lneetlng,
who have sen! no delegates here or who nave
not taken any pains 10 become acquainted
and get in touch with one another-these fel.
lows who feel one side with gentle touch 10
they say that this is q sectional government
that they cannot take part In IT,
The Globe-Democrai, one of the morning
Gailes of this city, had In 1t this morning a
little squib:
'rhose who are proposing TO array the
South and West aga inst the East should read
some sentences of Weoster's speech IN reply
to Hayne."
Well, gentlemen, we may disguise IT. as we
will, try to disguise 1t. try to pretend this
that or the other, but have always noticed
Interests dictated. They have always voted
and will continue to vote, and IL Is their duty
TO vote, for what they regard as the interests
of their constituents. / mean representatives
Of different sections In Congress should vote
for what they regard as the interests OF theii
constituents, and II IL not sect ionallsm at all
within reasonable bounds. This Is grea'
country, and IL Is SO great that the extremi
ties of 1t know nothing OF each other. The
papers of one State do not circulate III anotn
er. We never see In South Carolina any pa
pers from up here and you see no papers from
our State.
COMMON MEETING GROUND.
The only place where the people OF this
grand country can meet upon common
ground is In the halls of Congress. and here
wish to suggest an idea that has caused me
great uneasine ness for the perpetulty OF our IN
s,hutions and the coniinuance Of the Union
as IT is-that Is the great diversity OF Interests
and that partisan adherence 10 party which
max eS men forget that OF her men have rights
I[Applause That makes them forget that
some classes which they are legislatiue
against may be absolutely ruined by the pass
age of a certain law, and announce to-day
,So wh N Ia hrNQI pn0nyh nd
patriotic enough to consider The whole nation
consider the interests OF every State In this
Union, Is not fit TO represent any State in any
Legislature anywhere. [Great applause.
Talk about sectionalism! When the fiat
went forth from the leaders of the Republican
party that The fourteenth and fifteenth
initiate and punish the Southern people, they
lacked one vote OF the necessary two thirds
majority to carry it. What did they do? Ne
vuda, at that time, was a mining camp The
discovery of the ComStock lode had filled hel
with adventurers from all parts Of the earth
and she had a floating population OF 100000 OF
10000. They admitted Nevada into The
Union solely with view 10 get that one vote
posing TO do with Nevada? Laughter.
Now they propose to obliterate as far az the,
may Nevada by adding Utah TO II and givinl
got no objection In the world, because thinf
Utah IL Democratic or POpuist or something
Of the sort-[laughter and applause}-at leas
tle people are III IdNOT vi ISS eilNCI, anu
don't think they will get rid of Senator
Stewart and Jones by that sort OF hocuspocus
!, PROBING OLD WOUNDS.
Now, let us come on down to the end. Yor
will excuse me If rip up some old wounds
or II probe those that are healed. do IL II
, kindness and In sincerity, but IL Is necessar,
in order 10 have clear and perfect under
, are-more or less creatures Of habit and edu
cation. We inherit our religion, We inher
our politics, and we transmit " our children
our hates. 1t is not worth while to talk abou
the war, or how II came on, or who got th'
most glory out of II. You got all the glor!
. and we got all the bitterness and ashes. an
not going 10 speak Of that just want to at
tract your attention to II, that those o! you II
erything, who have been following the bun
ner of New England and those Eastern man
ufacturing STATES In your Efforts to crush ant
enslave the Southern people by your adher
epce to the Republican party-those OF yoI
who have been told 10 vote as you shot ant
, have done i'll simply SanL To ray to Jot
ing aud that you real ze, after twenty-five
, years, that We have community OF Interest,"
between The South and the West, and you ar
. turning To us with ioneing eyes 10 come ant
help yvu bat' lie for your own Interest, and nm
do the wrong you have done to us. Ap
plause] We can stand anything down on
, way. lLaughter.] Our climate Is 80 genial
, our soil so fertile that we have been enabled
to rehnbililate our country and to enter tht
race with tue Northern people,, long way
behind 1t Is true, hut still rapidly gaining
Although we are behind you In the produc
tion OF iron. we are steadily approaching yot
in that, and the same Is true In the manufac
ture OF cotton and other enterprises:
The interest the farmers down there hav'
paid since '65 has amour tetf 10 from 10 To 10
/. per cent. for what We have bought on credit
; andtyet we have stood II, and We are not Sc
; deeply In debt now rs you are lLaughter1
tell you that we may haye been tkinned b!
the financial system and the tariff so lol.t
that we have got no skin left and have learn
T ed 10 live without 1t. daughter and ap
} plause.) 1t does my soul good to know thai
your withers are wrunV, that your backs art
!, being barred until you have risen up and In
tend TO help us grow some skin ourselves II
applause.)
THE NEGRO QUESTION.
What Is the matter with us? What hal
been the bone of contention? The negro
question. The Republican party has beeI
waving that old rag-the blondy shirt-ant
has made accusations OF murder and Of bull
doing. OF ballot box stufting and all that sor
OF thing, but the greatest curse Of all 10 us ha.
been those who were told to Vote us they sho
and who have followed bindly the dlcfator
of Republican orators, and voted on Sectiona
and race lines only. You shot Us back intC
plause.] We are ready TO help you to make i
u real Union. (Applause.) We are ready L
shake hands across the bloody chasm anC
throw awuy the malice aud hatred we have
Can we ' trust T you9 lCries Of "Yes!" "yes!"
But let me call your attention 10 something
lLaughter.l A voice: spit It, our."
1t may be bitter, but you people up here
have The fever and quinine will do you good
[Laughier.] | have found my old friend, the
Governor OF Colorado. the most recHlcltrant
k<,t "a ,fatr rIrl,t r