The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19
Wednesday, September IS, 1894.

The editor of the Times has been
reported to the postal authorities
with vilifying and abusing the ma
tional administration. The columns
of this paper never has contained
abuse and vilifcation, unless express
ing our views on the various public
questions can be termed abuse. We
have endeavored throughout our ed
itorial career to be fair and just,
writing nothing from malicious
spirit. II at any time We have gone
beyond the limits of decent journal
ism We were unconscious of the fact,
and those taking offence at any OF
our editorial expressions wouldshave
displayed a more manly spirit had
they come to US and pointed out the
offence instead of reporting the mat
ter to the administration for the pur-
pose of having US removed from a lit
tie position we hold under the gov
eminent, and we will say that al
though needing the little income
from the post Office, we would rather
lose our little governmental position
than to have our freedom of thought
stihed. The Times Will continue dis
cussing public questions in the clear
est manner it knows how, and we do
not believe the powers that ben will
ever offer to choke US down.
The Times is Democratic news
paper, and it intends to in the future
as it has in the past support Demo
cratic measures. We believe in the
supremacy of the white man, and we
believe it is for the best interests of the
people throughout the State that the
present wrangling cease, but it will
never cease as long as there are at
tenpts to disrupt the Democratic
party by men who have their
own selfish ends to crafty
Let the people alone and it will
not be long before the faction
al lines will be obliterated and we
viii have peace and happiness. We
believe in the doctrines set forth in
the national Democratic platform
adopted at Chicago, but we contend
that the party has not carried out its
promises, and when we say so our
enemieseharge US with vilifying the
Standardization. President Cleve-
land himself is guilty of vilifcation
if we are, because in his letter to
Representative Catchings, and we
approve of what he wrote, he used
stronger language against the nation
al lawmakers than we ever did. Wei
say Congress did not give the people
a tariff bill as promised in the Demo
cratic platform, nor was its financial
legislation satisfactory to large
number of the Democratic party. We
also say that when Congress was dill
ly-dallying with the silver bill the
suspense from their long and pro-
tracte6 exhibition Of endurance pow
ers was damaging to the country and
resulted in a panic the effects of
which is still felt. Is this abuse and
yilifcation2 While we diferIwith
the administration on certain ques-
tions, we had the fairness to express
our endorsemea&=eshos things that
Mger0dF approval, and we did not
hesitate to express our disapproval of
a certain publication going the
rounds of the press that We consid-
cred gratituous insults to the Chief
Magistrate of the nation. No one
took the pains to report this to head
quarters, nor did they report our en-
dorsing the Presidents course in
withholding his signature from the
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