The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-12
THEY DO NOT AGREE.
COLONEL YOUMANS AND GENERAL
EARLE lNDEPENDDNTlSM.

EARLE ON lNDEPENDDNTISM.
The Former ID In Favor CT Opposing TIL
man, Exams and ali O.her Candidates o
The Refo-mcrs while the Latter Oppose
Such Action.
COLUMBIA, S. G, Sept. 6.-The fol
lowing cards appeared in the Register
of today:
Editor Register: Your communica
ton of the first inst. received this al
ternoon and in accordance with your
request | reply Immediately. In thi'
communication addressed to me yot
say: "knowing you to be stauncf
and uncompromising foe of aught thai
tends to disturb white unity and white
supremacy, and that your words carr!
weight and influence, l ask that yor
write the Register letter giving yonr
views upon the new Independent
movement about to be started and out
lining the duty of the hour. Hoping
for an early reply, am," Sc.
AS to the "white unity" that was
disturbed four years ago, when Cover
nor Tillman, conceivlng himself to be
the only man with the nerve and the
brains and the ability to array the
common people against the aristocracy
for the accomplishment Of his own sell
fish purposes, spread discord and divis
ion among the white people by inau'
gurating what he chose to term a fam
lily quarrel IN the State.
AS to white supremacy" it should
be remembered that whilst negro dom
ination in the reconstructed States has
been one of the most marked features
of the policy of the Republican party
that the Northern Democracy, through
all Of the political vicissltudes OF the
last quarter of century, has been the
unfaltering friend of the South. 1t was
due to is persistent demands that
white supremacy was restored in '7t
and in ~ to South Carolina and Lousl'
ana and its aid was freely given to de,
feat the force bill and to repeal the
election laws. On the other hand all
of these new political organizations
which have sprung up like Jonah's
gourd, and will wilt as sooD, have gen.
orally acted with the Republican party
aginst the interest of the South. The
Greenbackers, many of whom were
elected in part by denounctng Damo'
Gratis, whom they were trying to defeat
as not sufficiently Democratic, when
elected were found voting with the
Republicans in the interest of all meas:
ures, dragooning the South in favor OF
negro domination.
The Populist and third partyites are
no exception to this rule; they went
over bag and baggage into the camp OF
our enemies during the consideration
Of the House bill to reduce the tax
burdens of the tariff and placed them
selves under the leadership of the gen
tlenan from Maine, Mr.. Reed, and Mr..
Boutelle to prevent the Democrats
from even considering bill designed
to lift the burden of tariff taxation
from the farmers of the South. They
Joined the Republicans In body and
voted almost solidly against the repeal
of the 10 per cent. tax on State banks,
a measure which il it had been enacted
into law would have given great inan.
cial relief to the South. These new &C.
partures, whenever they have taken
place in the South, have nearly always
resulted In an appeal to the negro and
a termination within the Republican
ranks. Witness Malone, McLane, Tom
Watson and r. +. kolb.
The originator and autocrat of your
political faction, for he dictated to 1t
not only as to measures but men, has
admitted that he was half Populist In
the canvass of '92; that he Is now like
McLane Greenbacker, and has served
notice on the voters of the State of his
early expectation to desert the Demo.
cratic party. | think this new 1nde.
pendent movement about to be start.
ed" bv Governor Tillman and those
pledged to support him should be met
by an immediate reorganization of the
Democratic party in the State and that
the duty Of the hour Is for every
Democrat VINO has any manhood or
political principle or owns any proper
ty that binds him to the State or inter
ests him in its welfare to aid this refor-
nation with all of his might.
AS to placing Democratic ticket IN
the field at this late day l stand con.
frmed in my opposition to 1t, were it
not for the bloody IaWlessness Of the
present administration and the promise
of its continuance by the legatee-a
policy of outrage and blcodshed which
If persisted in seems to me inevitably
bound to precipitate the State into all
the horrors of ciYal war. 1t cannot be
reasonably presumed that freemen will
forever tamely submit to having their
private premises rensacked and their
private packages torn open and scatter
ed by the pimps, underthugs and plug
uglies of any set of nondescriPt petty
tyrants, or even allow B. r. Tlllman to
blow open their iron safes and break
down their doors. However, upon this
question l am willing to be governed
by the combined wisdom of those with
whom l have been politically associa-
ted. l.. w. YoUMANs.
Fairfax, S. c., Sept. 3, 1894.
Editor Register: The Butler confer
ences, as reported, are supposed to In
dicate that haying been defeated at the
recent primary elections, the General
will now organiZ9 an Independent
movement, in order that he may have
another chance to be returned to the
Senate. Such movement would be
conceived in sin and brought forth in
iniquity." Surely there must be some
mistake in the published reports for it
is hard to believe that Senator Butler
and his friends, many of whom have
proved their manhood, courage and pa.
trlotism, in war and in peace, would
enter upon venture so fraught with
evil to the State. Senator Hampton in
1878 declared that "an Independent
was worse than a Radical" 1he con-
ditions which inspired this forcible ex.
preston remain unchanged, so let the
word be again passed down the line,