The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-05-10
No. 19.


nv; my determinstlon to uphold tbo
laws w OF tho State and to protect its
officers. and the fact that / would be-
supported by tho best citizens of the
state, overawed the conspirators and
they subslded. 'N
The trouble at Darlington cn1s
minated Oh Friday, March 20 a+
4 a. IN. Valuable timo was lost
that "Voning and night while wait.
ing TO mobilize tho militia which
tailed mo at tho last. Orders aid
not 60 to tho companies which re-
SPohaod until Saturday MORNING.
tho llrst company that could be
o"pCha'd on arrived in Columbia
on Saturday evoning at S o'clock
AS a moro dangerous mob had no.
semblod III Columbia on Fr;dav
night than was pursuing tho con
stables at tho sccno of tho d;stI,r
banco, | deemed it wiso 70 conoon
trato troops there to ovorawo it and
not to havo tho Capital unprotect.
ed or movo on Darlington until I
had a. forco to do both. Saturday
night and Sunday militia and vol.
untcor companies of farmors con-
tlnuod to arrive SO that on Sunday
cvcnlng | folt warranted in order.
ing 3oo mon to Darlington and
hau as many moro in tho CITY Of
columbia. This last force was
mostly volunteers who had taken
thor horses from tho plough, md
shonldoring thoir shotguns, hasten.
od to sustain tho govornment Of
thor choice.
oho OF tho most potont factors
III tho suppression of tho rebellion
was tho seizure of the telogranh
llnos and tho railroads. 1t is hard
l" say how much mischief would
haVo boon dono had | not ayailod
myself OF the old statute which was
u"nbtlcss placed among our laws
ior Just such an emergency. Bv
TINS means oNcitOment was allovoa
ana tn" insurgents woro kopt from
h''ng reinforced. Tho people had
ho"h wrought up to a fronzy of OK
ci'"mont by tho many blood-curd-
ing ana sensational dispatches
sont out before tho seizure of the
wires, and feel suro had l not
stopped thcir transmission. wc
would have had collisions botwoen
'h'"Nc'l'd and angry countrymen
hna towhs-poopIn in several parts
"l 'h" state. Tho railroads obovod
'ne "rdrr and co-oporatcd with mo
| "''nn"l protest, deserving great
q credit therefor, but / had to invoke
= !ho assistance of tho judiciary by
Injunction on tho telegraph com.
PanH until | could uso the milltar,
S ana s"lzr tn" Offices of tho comma.
) ny by force. This caused consider.
abl" dissatisfaction among the
newspapers, but under like circu1n-
stances | would do tho samo thinu
agan, oven without authority of q q
statute, for tho public wclfare de-
mandcd il.
=, prompt reorganization of the
mlllIla has boon ordered. All the
mon VINO dlsgraccd themselves bv
REFUSING to respond to my orders
VIII ho dismissed from the sorvice
Inc conspiracy is crushed and will
taIsc ITS horrid head no moro. The
ln"vltablo conflict with tho whis-
koy olomont, which was made more
il"rco than is ordinarily tho case
| by the political complications 7
havo briefly skotchod, has boon
fought, and tho Disp ponsary law
VIII horcaltor DO enforced moro rip-
idly than ovor.
AS stated in an address to the
troops: WV
"Tho Dispcnsary law was onactod
by tho Legislature, by tho maiori.
OF inc representatives of tho people,
1t IS tho law until tho Supreme
Court declares it unconstitutional
or until repealed. The placos to
light Itaro tho baIlot-box and the
courts, and not with bullets"
And until it is declared upcon-
stltutional by tho courts, or TO-
poaled by tho Fodoral Assembly, it
shall DO enforced at all hazards.
b. r. TILLMAN.