The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-02-01
BELIEVES IN FREE SPEECH.

BELIEVES IN FREE SPEECH.
slsI ifcant Action OF Several Sub ALT
ances in Lane ss.er C;upty.
LANCASTER, S. g., Jan. 24.-The Re-
view newspaper, which has been the
| County Alliance Organ for several
years, having very severely criticised
the Legislature for some OF the acts
passed by it, had its official head cut off
by the County Alliance by vote of
| Is to 19 sometime ago, which body at
the same meeting passed. resolution
boycotting the Review, all because the
Review criticised and condemned some
of the work of the Legislature. In op-
position to the County Alliance several
sub-alliances have taken up the cud-
gels for the Review, and the fight has
become q very interesting one, as it
shows that the boycott business won't
| work any longer to hide the dolngs OF
the demagogues who want to conceal
their performance of duty from
thu people.
About ten days age Carnes sub-alli-
ance passed very strong resolutions
eondemnlng the action of the County
Alliance in attempting to boycott the
Review, and pledging its support to
the paper. and this week the GllPs
Creek Union, which is composed of
several sub.aliiances, passed the : u.
lowing preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, at the County Alliance
meeting held at Midway school house
on the 5.h day of January, 1894, at the
instance, and upon the motion of J.
Copeland Elliott, which was seconded
by James CulIins, resolutions we're
adopted whereby the actisn of the AL
lance in the selection of the Lancaster
Review as the County Alliance Organ
was rescinded, and the support OF the
Alliance Withdrawn from the SAID
newspaper, On account of the editor OF
said Paper publishing an editorial
wherein he saw fit tn criticise the ac-
ton of our recent Legislature. Anc,
whereas, in the judgment of the GiilS
Creek Alliance Union such action IS
not approved. Therefore be it re-
solved,
1st. That we earthly endorse the re5-
oIutions of the Carnes school house Al
lance adopted on the 13 b instant, con-
demning the action of said County AL.
llaDce for boycotting the L 4pcaster
R-vieW for the reason above Stated.
End We most heartily commend our
worthy brother, the E ,itor OF the an
caster R-Yiew, for the manly and fear
less way in which he expressed himself
in the editorial above alluded to, and
We do respectfully invoke our true and
worthy brother to turn on the light
with more just such editorials, and en-
tighten and brighten the minds OF the
deluded people of our country that they
NAV soon see day and the error OF their
way, and for which he shall ever have
our support and conmendatlon.
3rd. We as Alliancemen recognize
fully the guarantee made US before we
became members Of the Alliance that
said Order would in no wise interfere
with our religiousor political principles:
Therefore, we as non-polit,cal ALL
ancemeu will endeaVor hencetortn 10
strengthen our noble Order by turning
deaf ear to the selfish cries OF all DE-.
magogues and political tricksters, ana
to see to it that this Alliance is not
used in any way to promote any mans
cause for political Office.
a motion was passed requesting the
county papers and the Cottoa Plant to
publish the foregoing resolutions.
The following resolution was adopt
ed by the St. Luke Alliance, which is
the strongest sub alliance in the coun'
ty. and one Of the best in the State:
Whereas, The County Alliance at
Midway school house meeting on the
5th instant adopted set of resolutions
resembling a certain resolution preVl'
ousIy adopted making the Lancaster
Review its County Organ and with
drawing its support from said news.
paper, assigning as reason fCC such
action that the Review had gone back
on the Reform movement, and where
as the Alliance and the Reform party
are two distinct organisations, one a
faction of the Democratic party and
the othera strictly non-part1san orgaD-
ization. Therefore be 1t
Resolved, That we feel constrained
to express our disapproYal Of the ac-
ton of the County Alliance IN said
particular, believing and knowing as
we do that the Review has been true to
the Alliance and its principles and re-
cognizing as We do its hight to criticlse
the action of any political party as well
as tie acts of all public officials. That
we commend, instead of condemnlng
the Review for it's honest expressions
of opinion upon both men and meas
ures, whether its views accord Wltn
ours or not, and we pledge to that pa
per our cordial support in the future as
in the past.
a motion was passed requesting the
county papers and the Cotton Plant to
publish the above resolution.
These resolutions are significant from
the fact that many of the members OF
the sub-alliances which passed them
are Tillmanites, but they are done with
the boycott business, and are willing to
hear both sides, provided the criticisms
are couched in proper language, which
was the fact in the Review case. The
boycott, that dangerous weapon OF the
flatant demagogues, has played out in
Lancaster County. Our people believe
in free speech, and will not boycott a
paper simply because 1t differs with
them politically.
A Steamer Lost.