The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-09-12
THEY DO NOT AGREE.
COLONEL YOUMANS AND GENE RAL
EARLE ON INDEPENDDNTisM.

man, Evars and all Other Candidates o
the Reformers While the latter Oppose.
Such Action.
COLUMBIA, S. e, Sept. 6.-The fol
lowing cards appeared in the Register
Of today:
Editor Register: Your communica
tion of the first inst. received this af
ternoon and in accordance with your
request I reply Immediately. In this
communication addressed to me you
say: knowing you to be staunct
and uncompromisiug foe of aught that
tends to disturb white unity and white
supremacy, and that your words carry
weight and influence, l ask that you
write the Register a letter giving your
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 TillmaD, 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 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 vicissitudes Of the
last quarter of a century, has been the
unfaItering friend of the South. 1t was
due to its persistent demands that
white supremacy was restored in '7G
and in II to South Carolina and Lousi.
ana and its aid was freely given to de-
feat the force bill aud to repeal the
election laws. On the other hand all
of these new political organizations
which nave sprung up like Jonah's
gourd, and will wilt as soon, 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 Demo.
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
tleman from Maine, Mr.. Reed, and Mr..
Boutelle to prevent the Democrats
from even considering bill designed
to lift the burden of tariff tax alton
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 hnan
cial relief to the South. These new de.
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. F. 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 be Is now like
McLane a 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" by 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 OF
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.
irmed in my opposition to it, were it
not for the bloody laWlessness of the
present administration and the promise
of its continuance by the legatee-a
policy of outrage and bloodshed 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 ransacked and their
private packages torn open and scatter
ed by the pimps, underthugs and plug
uglies of any set of nondescrlpt petty
tyrants, or even allow B. r. Tlllman to
blow open their iron safes and break
down their doors. However, upon this
question | am willing to be governed
by the com bined wisdom Of those with
whom have been politically associa'
ted. L.. w. IOUMANs.
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
receot primary elections, the General