The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-05

his invasion of their rights. and Ii would be
the rart Of prudence on his part to go slow in
the rigid enforcement OF very unpopular
step.
Il would not be understood as encouraging
In the slightest degree lawlessness or resist
ance in any form TO lawful authorities. The
people Of Darlington and Florence as q rule
have not resisted the lawful authority. There
may be exceptional instG ees as there are in
every community. but they do not justify the
wholesale denunciatiOn which he seems TO
have put upon lem From what 1 observed
In 10th Of these counties there has not been
tne least excuse or justification for ordering
tne military to these points. He has done so
at an enormous expense to the taxpayers Of
the state and, OF course, he will have to look
out for that
While in Darlington 1 advised, as far as
had the right TO advise, that the friends OF
the deceased who were killed in the emeute
at the railroad station 20 before the trial jus
Uce, make afidaVit charging the accused
parties OF the offense which they thought they
were guilty Of, demand the issuance Of a war
rant let the same be placed in the hands OF
| uuIy authorized constable or citizen, and
Where the accused has fled the jurisdiction Of
warrant that II be sent to the Sherln OF the
county where they are found. indorsed and
served by him so that the parties might be
arrested according to law, required to appear
| give bond and answer to the charges IN the
due course Of judicial administration. If re
slstance should be made to the constable OF
the trial justice and he should fail to make
| tne arrest, he should be required to 1ndorse
| such failure on the warrant, and then, and
| then only, the civil authorities should call on
the military to act as posse for the arrest of
| the accused,
Il see by the papers that Gov Tillmau in a
| nOte 10 Capt McCaughrln, OF the military
| company, has stated that the duty of the sol
! der and the militia are soldiers called into
| service. is blind obedience to orders from his
| superior and not TO question them in any
| way To my mind this proposition is simply
monstrouS and is not true, No officer is bound
to obey the order Of hts superior when the
fe hArl fg hot tors nf-
| tled IN military law than that. Suppose the
| governor had ordered Capt. Mclaughlin to
1re into church hlled with women and chill
| dren suppose he had ordered him to set fire
| to the town Of Columbia, suppose he had or
| dered HIM TO throw a railroad train full Of in
! nocent passengers from the track. Accord.
| Ing TO his theory he would have to obey, and
| yet II he had obeyed, Capt. McCaughrtn and
| MS company could have been arrested, tried
| and doubtless convicted Of murder,
Ora or arson, or incendiarism and =, tn. the
the governor. would not have
| protected him. This shows how wild and un.
| tenable and absurd is his proposition. re-
| peat, no officer can be compelled to carry out
| and If he declines to obey it, the only penalty
| he incurs is trial by court martial. would not
| advise any officer or soldier in the military
| service OF his state or elsewhere to acts OF
| tnsubordinatlon or diso6edienCe of orders
| but they are as amenable to law as any other
| citizens, and should never forget that they
| ernment. We have had a recent example of
| how sensitive the officers and soldiers of the
| regular army are at Denver, Col, where Gen.
| McCook, Of the regular army, refused to In
terfere at the Instance Of Gov. Waite, saying
| that he was present with his troops as pre-
| servers of the peace, and could only inter
fere when the civil powers are paralyzed.
| This, think, would be safe rule for the
military of this and all other states.
| Gov. Ttllman has ruthlessly and
wantonly insulted this gallant young officer
Tf fnr
| cation for such crulty. Capt. Mclaughlin is
| a gentleman and exercised the right which
every soldier has of tending his resignation
rather than serve under a braggart or an in
competent superior of1cer. He has a right TO
exercise this privilege at all times and the
exercise Of the right does not justify or
excuse this wanton insult from his superior
officer. l cannot comprehend what Gov.
Tilman means by his wild and reckless con
duct. The thinking people Of this state of
all factions are tired of dissension, wrang-
ling, and OF his fire alarm, pyrotechnic style
of government 1t is having a bad effect
upon the material and social interests of
the state 1t is making US an object
of ridicule and a by-word with all enliRht-
need, intelligent people. We want re-
pose, quiet, peace, order, And 1t Will not do
for him to say that these disturbances are
brought about by an oligarchy or an aristroc
racy or ring he has mad undlSputed control
OF every department OF the government for
nearly four years and ii is very strange that
all Of these disturbances and d1ssensions and
all VI lLlS hIdBlluB anu ulpUu5hGh HuOuu
spring from his own administration. Does it
not argue that there is something rotten
radically wrong in his administrations The
people of this state are not felons or outlaws
AS rule they are conservative and law
abiding people of all factions. In 1876 they
arose In their power and hurled from the ad'
ministratiOn of the state government officials
who had brought disaster and sorrow upon
the people They are long suffering and
patient and he ought to stop and
think. lie ought to call around him In
council the most prudent and conservative
men OF all factions. NOBODY wants to thwart
him in any honorable effort he may make for
the general welfare OF the whole people. He
ought to know that he cannot run rough shod
over the people, or any part Of the people of the
state. lie says he represents majority. Does
he mean to have it inferred from this that he
will trample on the rights of the minority
and ignore themy Is he prepared to admit
that two or three or a dozen newspapers can
prevent mis- doing justice to all the people?
win he say that the newspapers can drive
him into extreme and resentful measures?
should re very sorry to see the governor OF
this state in that position.
TILLMAN's INCENDIARY COURSE.
"Why does he continue in his efforts to
array class against class, country against
town? Why VIII he appeal to the prejudice
and passions and resentments of the people
rather than to their reason and wisdom and
forGearance, one for the other We are one
people, with. common interest and com
mon fate, and 1t behooves him, as it behooyes
all the good and patriotic men OF this state,
to keep cool to obey the law, and to respect
honorable differences Of opinion, one for the
other. There is no occasion for the disturb
ances now existing in this state. There is no
occasion TO call on the military Let him
send them home and administer the laws in
mercy and justice, and, my word for it, all
will be well
u see by the papers tonight that Gov. Till
man proposes to issue proclamation taking
charge OF the entire police force OF the state
How he can have the eGrontery to do this
when the last legislature, representatives Of
the people, refused o give him that power in
terms 1 cannot understand. Why he should
desire TO destroy home rule and local self.
government, the very foundation stone Of our
peoples institutions. is equally surprising
He had better leave to ca n community the
right TO govern itself according 70 it's own
exigencles, subordinate Of course to the para.
mount power and authority OF the state. II
he does this, if he docs take charge OF the
police he will add fuel 10 the fame and may
precipitate bloody collisions and infiiet end
less harm and injury upon the whole state
Let him attend TO his own constitutional
duties and leave the people to govern them
selves. He is not wiser than all the people
nor more patriotic than the majority"
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