The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-22

IIll6 SAEIuS GIaC inc nGalJ SPEAKS Illus
when the lips move not, aud am sur'
that is recognized BY every member
here when l attempt to express my ap
probation of this nomination which
means an election to the highest Office
within your gift. Tnere is in my NomI
nation an expression OF the people
which means more than any pen Cal
, write OF any human lips confess. | rep
resent that element in the Reform fac
: tion which was born during or since
the late conflict Of arms between ths
North and Sonth, that element of the
young Democracy which now must car
~ the older elemeDt-.our grandfathers
and fa:heGs-upon our shoulders as
E1eas aid the old Anchises-a precious
burden. 1t has been truly said that the
hope Of the State is III our young men
but 70 less true is it that the pride OF
the young men is the history and the
traditions Of the Old men who have
made this country glorious. (Cheers
and Voices, "EhatS so; every word OF
it.'l
l stand here as a representative Of
Reform and rebuke to your enemies
who have attempted to say that the
Reform movement is to array class
against class. | stand here to defend
the principles of my father and your
fatheTs-that principle for which they
fought, bled and died, that principle
which is dear to our hearts, that prln-
ciple which has been denied to US, but
which has been recognized by the Re.
form movement OF South Carolina
Equal rights to all, special privileges
so none" (Cheers.) Previously, a man
without history, without war rec.
ord in South Carolina was thought to
be Ineligible to office in this State.
While am here as a young man and
| | don't mean that in the sense which
| that word has been stigma in South
Carolina, but l stand here as a young
man who was born since the late con-
liict, and l have grown old in the eX.
| perience, which has enabled you, fel-
low citizens, to stand here as represen-
tatives OF pure Democracy, demanding
that The will of the majority, when
fearlessly and honestly expressed,
must govern.
ANY man who attempts to put the
Reform movement Of South Carolina
! upon narroW-minded basis, who at
tempts to array class against class,
who attempts to say that the Reform
principles OF South Carolina are
founded upon animosity and prejudice,
in my nomination, you have a contra
| diction of such perversion Of its prin.
ciples. The Reform movement is a
movement of the people and one of its
fundamental principles is that the ma
jority must govern, giving due re.
spect to the minority when honestly
expressed. (Cheers.)
Now, gentlemen OF the convention, L
take 1t that it VIII be improper for me
at this time to outline to you the poll
cy which shall govern me III The fu-
ture; I take it that the people Of South
Carolina have spoken through you to
the world, and l take it that the peo-
pie of South Carolina through their
endorsement of me have endorsed the
administration which has preceded me.
Our past administration has been con-
Quoted with an ability and fairness
that should satisfy the most hypercrit-
icaj, and has set the pace for our sister
State of the South and West, which
must finally result in the disenthrall-
ment of our people from the oppres'
sion from the money power OF the
East shall .endeavor in my acmlnls-
tration to bring about this corsumma-
ton so devoutly to be wished for. |
say to YOU and to the world that the
Reform administration shall have but
one object. and that is the happiness
and prosperity of the people. This. l
am sure, is the sentiment which has
been expressed by the Rsformers and
which has resulted IN my nomination.
There has been one law which has
been fought more strenuously than
any other in the history of our legis.
lation-that is the dispensary law.
The overwhelming sentiment Of the
people of South Carlina is that that
law has in view the happiness of the
whole people, and the voice of the peo-
pie must be carried out, let the con-
sequences be what they may. The
people have spoken by their represent.
atives, and 81 per cent. of the honest
white men of South Carolina have
spoken in favor of 1t. Gentlemen, that
voice shall be needed By me; the en-
forcement Of tlat law shall be my
prime object, aud believe I have be.
hind ME the honest men, the virtuous
women, and even the little children of
South Carolina. (Cheers.)
shall not attempt to outline my pol.
icy-that will be given later, when l
shall have the pleasure Of addressing
the people of South Carolina as a unit.
Let me say that while peace and har-
mony are the great objects to be de-
sired ami to be obtained by all civil
lied governments, yet you must recog-
nize that in South Carolina, where
there has been but one party, such an
idea is an ideal conception. There can
be no such thing as unity IN the midst
of political dissensions. Our principle
is that the majority OF the white cisl-
Zens must rule and the minority must
submit. Gentlemen that is the only
cause of dissension today in tie poll
tics of South Carolina.
What are the principles of Reform ?
| shall not enter into them. You kno W
them too well; you know | have tried
to be the exponent Of them. You know
have loveJ those principles; you know
| have voted for those principles. The
only opposition in South Carolina to.
day to the principles of the Ref5rm
movement is based on prejudice. No
reasonable man, especially no reason
able white citiZ9n can oDjecS to the
principles Of the Reform movement in
South Carolina. They cannot. (Cheers.)
Those principles are laid down even by
our statesman, John e. Calhoun, as the
grandest to perpetuate popular govern.
ment. and embodied IN the Farmers
Alliance, principles upon which might
say, depend the success and prosperity
of the agricultural people. (Cheers.)
eau there be any objection TO that?
Can there be objection to that interest
upon which We are dependent? We
are dependent upon the agricultural in
terests, and must recognize the prlnci
pie upon which depend the life OF pop
ular government in this Union. 4
combination of the South and West
alone will save popular government in
this Union, and that viii! D- expressed