The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-09-06
MR.. MOONS MANIFESTO.
PLATFORM WITH GoOP, BAD AND IN
DIFFERENT PLANKS.
Not n Startling State Psp7y--Solld on tho
Dog Law-Wandoring Gp Finance and
Whiskey-Believes In tho Golden Rule.

Whiskey-Belleves in tho Golden Rule.
Mocn, who announced last week
that he would be candidate for Gov
ernor at the November election, even
If he did not get but one vote, was In
the city yesterday. He has been labor
ing upon his address to the people Of
South Carolina, and the following Is
what he has brought forth. 1t Is not
as strong or as lively or as Interesting
as l expected it would be Rhen he ask
didacy, though L had no idea then
what he intended to say to the voters
of South Carolina, for up to that time
Il never had an idea that he cOntem-
plated making the race. He says,
however, that he means business, and
Is going to stay in to the bitter end.
Here Is his manifesto:
10 the Voters Of South Carolina:
AS people expect the reasons why
one runs for Governor, l give mine: l
am outdone at the way in which per-
sons calling themselves Reformers
have out Heroded the same IIerod
whom have been fighting, tooth and
nail for twenty years, trying to "re-
fawn" themselves to the highest bid
der, with the most specious promises
, and least fullillment. The one salts
faction resulting is to see number one
kicked out into the cold, even though
the kicker be no better. 1t seems like
ly to prove q repetition Of the fable Of
the fox, the flies and the swallow. The
new swarm will take the last drop.
They want the earth.
| enter my protest in the form Of
putting up my carcass to be shot at
that Is. "cussed" at. have proved In
, the past my competency to tote more
T "cussing" than anybody, and still stand
, alone. L consulted with no living man
=. about this move. believed 1t tho duty
9 of somebody. / can't mark out a line
of action for other people; therefore,
/ Pm In myself. am little known, but
i. 1t Is better thus than to be known a
t scoundrel. Most persons in our town
y know me, among them plenty Of en-
It emies. l am willing to leave the telling
10 OF the truth to any or all OF them. am
j. as "high kicker" When they get too
bad, kick them out. am Reformer
,s In the sense OF trying to get all tho
Is good we can, and the suppositiOn Is
e that under Democratic form OF gov
@ ernment every one will be the same
d way. The question, then, is, what is
r. best for us all in the long run. don't
n kick at the measureas of Reformers, 80
n called, 80 much as at their methods OF
d self-pertuatiOn.
,r AS to the questions Of the day:
8 Agricultural colleges-l am In favor
m Of making these self-supporting, or rs
nearly so as possible, and IL SILENT ilic
is farming IS not delustOn, we should
d come very near 1t. If 1t be delusiOn,
@ the sooner the bubble bursts the better
O for all hands. | would have 1t so that
: every poor child can, by its labor. earn
a a sufliciency Of wholesome food and
n comfortable clothing and at the same
:. time prosecute it's studies. In case of
n war the State furnishes gun. rations
z and clothing. The nation properly ed
ucatod, L would hope to save the ex-
d pense Of the gun, so that swords might
@ be turned to plOws and spears into
Q pruning knives. No well educated man
I will deny that the ethics Of the Chris
tian religion would, II carried out, be
@ the best thing to live by in all the
9 world.
8 AS to the liquor question, think the
l. dispensary, under government control
8 Of that terrible moral explosive, alcohol
j. the best plan yet discovered. or course
t experience, under management devoted
to the highest good Of the people, will
If modify and improve the carrying out
3 Of the law, and it will not he on the
o line of money profit to the State.
q have pet theory concerning dos
,f disappointed mo. Certainly they will
10 not allow that the subject Is above
Ie their comprehension, and If thay claim
4 that it Is beneath them L Will boldly
~ assert that it will take very little
ID "screeching" for them to get down to
it.
~ My idea Of the financial question,
ii which is today agitating the country,
10 Is that inasmuch as the money Of the
l. State, yours and mine, has been loaned
e. to the privileged class, virtually with
n out interest, for about thirty years, by
Is means Of which they have tbeen able
A to put their feet upon the necks Of the
q producing classes, they depOsiting gov
% ornment bonds as security, that turn
l. about being fair play, we the pro-
IS ducers, by pledging land, and land be.
8, Ing certainly the most stable Of all
Y commodities, should be entitled to at
l. least equal privileges from government
o especially as the tlller Of the soil Occu-
n cial system OF any business whatever.
Q And now l. come to something far
more important than anything else, be-
cause the sum Of all things must be
greater than any part of 1t can be-
the religion enunciated by Jesus. This
is a socalled Christian nation, and
r quite q large number Of voters pro-
\ Tess today to follow the teachings Of
8 this great Exemplar. L am called by
S many persons an inlidel, but l say to
o you in His words, "Unless you exceed
/ the righteousness OF the Scribes and
y Pharlsees you shall all perish" Let
t us come together. Let lis see what
n these doctrines say as to the treatmerit
! of our fellow man. Put youtself In his
n place, is Bible doctrine, and 1T is Dick.
i ems, too. Certain it Is that we shall
t not be wOrsted by this philosophy In
J. the long run. FRANK Moon.
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