The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-03-06

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Besides, there has been the excuse
that the craftsmanship at the North
has greatly degenerated and it is flung
Ito their teeth that they boast now
lch mon as Webster, Seward and
in, while the CalhOuns, Haynes,
fords and Randolphs are seen no
from the South. The last is but
q subterfuge and q poor answer.
lion turns upon the charge of
1T, whether it is true and
M $yr it was in taste that he fling
tho fact into the teeth of Southern
gentlemen whose guest he was.
If it be true, there can be no harm in
it being squarely told. Hewitt has al
ways been q friend to the South and
he had a right to tell us of our short
comings, as much so as any among us.
1t is not pleasant to be told unpleasant
truths about ourselves, as the bearer
of bad news is rarely thanked. Bear
in mind hat Mr.. Hewitt spoke with
reference to the whole South and not
alone with reference to South Caro-
lima: from Delaware to Texas inclusive
AS ~'hraced in his characterization.
a be IN doubt that he hit
I'll on the head: that he made q
ike and expressed u most patent
~,Altion; and it is the sober truth
ich has stirred the hornets about
mis- ears. The men in Washington
from the South at this time can hardly
rise to the dignity of the ''makeshift"
Of ave these times. To assert that
we have men in Washington
from the South to compare in
statesmanlike attributes to Crawford,
Berrien, Cobb, Calhoun, Rhett, Davis,
Mason and Benton and others in the
not distant past whose name is legion,
is.to invite ridicule and not argument.
TO have it flung at us at this juncture
when the highest craftsmanship is
wanted is and we trust will prove
wholesome for our section. An old
man like MI. Hewitt could well afford
to make the thrust. Whether the mo-
tive, the force behind that impelled
the old gentleman into the field was
honest we are not inquiring. We hon
estly believe that it was a selfish and
sordid consideration that loosened the
old mans tongue. He was driven to
speak for the rich and selfish, sordid
KID grasping North and not out of any
good will and noble purpose to inspire
the South. All the same they
we're words fifty spoken and we trust
now that they are said, the Southern
people will be made to think and in
spired to send ADLER, purer, nobler
men to represent them in the halls OF
Congress.
Hewitt was speaking at a banquet;
he was a guest; the fitness of the oc-
casion is not in question; the men he
addressed were as much at home as he;
it is idle therefore to talk of whose
turtle, canvas-back n champagne he
was guzzling. He has told us a whole
some truth and we should make some
thing out of it. 1t will do no good, nor
alter the fact to tell Mr.. Hewitt that
Cummings, Tom johnson, Boutelle
and Tom Reed are not to be named
with Webster, Douglass and Lincoln.
gu dTc dnODlcf, l0Nef was dHu Is HOJ
now a logical or sufficient answer
Who in Congress are you proud of
and for what?
President Cleveland has beeh hunt
ing down in Virginia. The following
dispatch was sent out from Norfolk:
"When Mr.. Cleveland returns to the
White House q handsome bear skin
will adorn the interior OF the executive
mansion as a trophy of the the Presi-
dents excellent Workmanship.
Let the President gun around Wall
Street and he will find the game so
plenty that he can carpet the White
House.
Gentleman jim Corbett was tried
before Judge Philips at Jacksonville
for prize fighting. The jury were
out twenty minutes and returned a ver-
dict of not guilty. Thus Corbett beat
the law. Charley Mitchells case was
not pressed, as he had already been
beaten by Corbett. A first class farce
passes into history.
*x*
The reported extreme illness of Gen.
Jubal "a. Early, will be lamented
throughout the South who appreciate
soldierly qualities and patriotism. He
has a great heart all for the South.
Gen. Carly died Mar. End, at 1890 p.
M. at Lynchburg, Va.
**
And now they say Premier Gladstone
will certainly resign. He 10 four and
eighty and the world has been bene-
fitted by his life work.
Gladstone resigns and Lord Rose
berry, a Scotch laddie, succeeds to the
Premiership. Gladstone declines the
Queens offer of a peerage. Head level
to the last.
New York by Act of Assembly alb
serbs Brooklyn and other suburbs and
becomes the second municipality on
the globe. Alas, poor little Chicago!
Ways and Means Chairman Wilson,
reported seriously sick in Mexico, is
out OF danger.