The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-04

ever rule II again. You responded to the
call Of the Governor. and are here to up
hold the laws. Cheers.>
Replies 30 syor Darcsn.
The Mayor of Darlington. this morning
in an address, tries TO throw the blame
elsewhere. saying that l claim and exer-
else power no other Governor or executive
officer Of the United States ever exercised.
j cannot undertake to go through all the
charges or explanations he 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 10 obey orders daughter
and cheers, these soldiers turned poll
ticians and Influenced by political rancor
and frenzy, have by their action, and
the men In different places In this state
who have sent word to Darlington Offering
assistance, convicted themselves In the es-
umation OF the world. and IL cannot be
disproved that they are lynchers at heart
The information sent forth that these men
were 10 be hunted down and lynched.and
not one TO be left alive. and when l
ordered the troops to go there to stop
insurrectlon TO stop this mob violence, re-
store law, protect life and property and
let the law resume it's way, 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 a mob army under
no officer without the sherin or some
regularly constituted constable In charge
of IL.
Let us look at the ridiculous side or
IT, In some respects il has the appear
ance of big April fool. except that it
occurred on the 30th of March. l say
these men were advertising themselves
70 the world as lynchers, and that they
intended to lynch these constable6 who
were in the woods-none of them guilty
Of having started the row. They were
galloping and hurrahing over the coun-
try, sending for reinforcements, and all
bearing arms. But they have never fred
a shot at a single constable. They way
laid the cOnstables at the depot, but
have never seen one since the first fire
| daughter. and it seems they did not
| want TO find the constables. If they
were lvnchers. as they advertised them
| selves to be. why did not they lynch the
man who they claim originated the trou-
BILE. and whom they had in their power!
| They have proclaimed that they would
lynch the constabes, but would not lynch
the men who they said started the
trouble.
Contracted with 1876
Now, gentlemen it is proper for me to
recall the scene that I witnessed here
| IN 1910. W Htn SDulH (diCiiAN AN"i'~N
that troops had seized this State-house,
within two days time this whole escarp-
ment, back TO the monument, was black
| with indignant citizens q was among
| them). but they were all Of one mind.
| We were all brothers, we were all friends,
| and Carolinians, and patriots. To-day we
find the State divided into two hostile
camps. Why? Simply because the minor
| ity are not willing TO let the majority
10 a.
| is in fever. Why? Because in this city
and in Charleston, the people have taken
to their bosoms a viper in the shape Of
| a newspaper which distils day by day
| poison into their system and Will not
| let the fever subside. They give me
credit for nothing. In the vocabulary
Governor Tillman's side of the ledger is
| all debt and no credit. They try TO
| sting me personally by abuse, slander,
and Misrepresentation. | wear a coat-of-
mail which they have never pierced-that
is an honest heart deslrous Of bettering
the interests Of this State and looking
to the welfare Of the whole people. But
fellow citizens this strained relationship
between the factions in South Carolina
must stop. must cease, it cannot go on
without precipitating civil war. We OF
the majority faction are not to blame.
/ derry that we have done arything, ex-
cept in accordance with the law and the
constitution These men who have op-
pCsed ms and are still opposing US must
come 10 their senses and realize that If
Democracy is to govern in this country
they have got TO submit to the rule Of
the ma jority. These two newspapers are
like a thCrn in the flesh, which continues
to tester, they will not let the wound
which was caused in 1890 by the displace-
ment of the old order of things and the
establishment of the rule of the people.
heal. They keep open the sore, they pour
poison into It, and they are encouraged 10
do il, aided and abetted In doing it by
those who are forever and eternally blam-
ing me with il. Wei, this patient is deli
rious; he is like a maniac, there is a pow
der magazine not far off, he has lighted
match, and is straining all his nerves to
reach IL. The collision in Darlington pro-
duced a flash, but it was gas and not
powder mostly newspaper lies. 1t flash
ed abrOad-hashed a light that Illuminated
the State and the United States-based
on falsehood. The people listened with
bated breath for a reverberation Of the
report; for the explosion they expected
TO follow; the civil war which was predict
ed 1t did not come and it will not come. il
cannot come because the people are I'm the
saddle and will continue TO remain there.
tNuttiS}
His Would-B BE Murderer.
These men would destroy the State in
their bitterness and anger, If thereby
they could destroy me, and through me
the rule of the majority. 1t has been sent
abroad all over this State and the United
States that my life is daily threatened;
that such and such men are offering TO
kin me. one prominent citizen has had
the temerity, or rather the folly, 10 tell
Mr.. Yelldel of my own county, that he
came to Columbia with a shotgun Fri
dav to kill Governor Tillman.
/ will not give his name, because l do
not care to advertise him. but can do it
when necessary. Threatened men live
longest; a barking dog does not always
bite. There never has been one moment
when | have felt the least uneasiness for
my personal safety. My life is not worth
much 10 me, but il is worth as much as
any other mans, and rather than desert
my post TO my enemies by leaving the
Executive Mansion. where you have
..a.oca NO I xrould have gone out of il a