The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-04-12
GOV. TILLMAN'S SPEECH.
Says He Has His Hand on the Throttle
and Proposes TO Run His Train,


Now let US look for moment at
the consequences. Ii the claim set
forth that private residences shall
not be searched, where whiskey is
once admitted, it simply repeats the
dispensary law and it repeats it in All
unconstitutional manner; for if
whiskey can he sold from private
residences; if mans house can be
turned into saloon; if Il private
residence can be made a bar from
which whiskey can be transmitted in
pockets or by other means to regu-
lar saloons, and We are not permit
ted TO GO into that private residence,
search for and seize cOntraband
goods, you can readily see it is use
less to pretend TO say that we have
diepensary law. 1t is a law; it was
enacted by the legislature and 1T is
on the statute books. l, as chief ex-
ecutlve, have sworn that the laws of
this State shall be obeyed and re
spected; and until the dispensary law
is repealed, legally, SO help me God,
I will exert ali the powers L have to
see that all the laws are obeyed.
The States side Of the controversy
as to the blame for the shooting is
thus given:
The constabies had discharged
their duty and had gone to the
depot; they had been sent to Darling
ton because the six who were on the
ground had been nearly rnolbed the
fret dav: had to desist from the ex-
ec;tion OF warrants and return to
their hotels, and when the chief was
ordered there, there was interference,
the mayor had allowed them to be
insulted, abused and cursed to their
faces al armed mob had broken into
/ the armory and stolen the guns of
! he military company and the spec
tacle was presented OF citizens Selling
the arms OF the State for the purpose
of shooting down officers of the
| State. | ordered out the local com
pany and the captain telegrapfed
me he had recovered the arms. Not
trusting his command | ordered the
| Sumter command to go there; when
they reported everything was quiet,
! | ordered them to return home.
'tNow when the cOnstab le got to
the depot, two boys, strip'ings, got
into a fight, one got whipped and
ran oft and got reinfOrcements and
came back with twenty-five, armed
to the teeth They rushed down to
the depot and picked a quarrel with
| the constables; the collision occurred,
! men were killed on both sides, and
! the fault cannot be clearly placed
yet, if it is ever clearly placed. Now
! he mayor OF Darlington said that
| the taking of the arms by the mob
/ was fun-the same kind of fun we
! Il
armorie5 were broken into here, and
/ the armory at Chester was broken
| into and some of the militia have
been in open mutiny against the
c0mmanderin chief, and have refused
to obey orders, but thank God,
enough were left TO respond to the
cali-enough of you old soldier boys
to realize the danger and know that
| this government is Of the people. by
the people and for the people, and no
oligarchy shall ever rule it again
You responded to the call of the
governor and are here to uphold the
laws Cheers.)
THE mayor of Darlingt on, this
morning, in an address tries to
throw the blame elsewhere, saying
that claim and exercise power no
other governor or executive official
of the United Sta ties ever exercised
[ cannot undertake to go through
all the charges or explanations be
has made. / will briefly show just
what the facts, as stated from their
own standpoint, prove. These troops
these band box troops, who have
refused to obey orders, daughter and
cheers these soldiers turned poll
ticians and influenced by political
rancor and frenzy, have by their &C
tiOn-and the men in different places
in this State who have sent word to
Darlington Offering assistance-con-
victed themselves in the estimat ion
OF the world and it cannot be dis
proved that they are lyncheTs at
heart. The information sent for tn
was that these men were to be hunted
down and lynched and not one to be
left alive; and when | ordered troops
to go there to stop insurrection, to
stop this mob violence, restore law,
protect life and property and let the
law resume its sway, they would not.
The mayor said he had the right to
arrest. Of course he did, but he had
not the right TO send out o mob
|
sheriff or some regular constituted
constable in charge of it.
''Now, gentlemen, it is proper for
me to recall the scene | witnessed
here in 1876. When South Carolina
learned that troops had seized this
State house, within two days time
this whole escarpment, back to the
monument, was black with indignant
citizens, i was among them,) but
they were all of one mind. We were
all brothers, we were all friends and
rarolinians and patriots. Today
We fiud the State divided into two
hostile camps. Why? Simply be
cause the minority are not willing to
let the majority govern. The body
polite is diseased; it is in fever.
Why? Because in this city and in
Charleston, the people have taken to
their bosons viper in the shape OF
a newspaper which distills day by
day poison into their system, and
win not let the fever subside. They
gave me credit for nothing. In their
vocabulary, Governor 1illman's side
of the ledger is all debt and no credit
They try to sting me personally by
abuse, Islander and misrepresenta-
ton. | wear a coat of mail which
they have never pierced-that is an
honest heart, DESTROYS of lettering
the intereste OF this State and look
ing to the welfare Of the whole peo-
pie.
| But, fellow-citizens, this strained