The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-04-04

cd out Tue IOuEtu OTlSduE, VI Oootl0o-
ton, that crack command, and all they
did was to dicker With me as to what
was their duty. I then ordered them,
and those towards in Charleston did
like these in Columbia.
Without a company at my command
I began to cast about and see what l
could do to uphold the dignity Of the
law. Thank God I have found them
10 you You are going on a delicate
mission. You must remember that the
Darlington people are your fellow citi-
Gems. but they are in insurrection and
it is necessary for you to 60 there to
uphold the law. I see that they have
gone to work and destroyed a State
dispensary. Nobody did this but the
ex-barkeepsrs aud their hirelings. You
20 as an arm of the law, and you must
treat Darlington people with c%onsidera-
ton. But if you are ordered to shoot,
you must do it. or anarchy will prevail
in the State. l hope to restore you to
your homes as early as possible. but the
Law must be upheld. or the State
Government will be the laughing stock
of the world. This ought TO be a proud
day for you. In after years you can
hand it down to yeur children as a
heritage, that you went to Darlington
on Gov. TiElman's orders, and you are
proud Of it."
At / o'clock on Sunday Tillman sent
a message to the Governors Guards
requesting them to attend at the
Executive Mansion, as he had some.
thing he wished to say to them. About
% men responded, aud went wearing
their side-arms. They found the
grounds guarded by the Edgedeld
Hussars, Capt. Geo. Evans, but were
finally admitted on the orders of the
Governor. What took place there is
thus reported 10 the News and Courier
Of Monday:
GOV. T1LLMAN ADDRESSES THE GOVERNORS
GUARDS.
Gentlemen Of the Governors
Guard l have sent for you under
peculiar circumstances, which will be
stated in a few remarks. l am the
chief executive of Ssuth Carolina-th
head of. this government. My duty is
to have the laws enforced. When the
civil authorities become poweriess, the
militia is the only resour of a Gov.
ernor to restore order. When my
right arm vas stretched forth night
before last to command the peace,
e~ndeavoring to restore order, you, repre-.
senting that right arm, were paralyzed
by q mob here, when my effort and de-
sire was to send you to Darlington tc
repress another mob. I have been fol
fourteen years a %militiaman, and I know
perhaps better than any o of you how.
as citizen.soldiers, you must feel with
reference to the position you now oc.
cupy. You stand before the State al
disgraced men who have refused tt
obey the order of your superior officer
You have been organized for half
century and this is the FIRST time
in your history this thing has occurred
l have been told by those who were
present that it was not your fault
Thas until Bishop Capers made hi
unfortunate speech you had resisted the
pressure brought to bear upon you by
your fathers and your kinsmen, ans
were ready to obey your Cove: nor
You have disobeyed them and dis
appointed me. l have sent for yor
not to criticize you, or please you,
wish to have a plain talk. | represen
in a great . degree a faction which
controls the State, while you represen
the other side: and because of tn
pressure of public opinion brought tt
bear upon you is the reason you occup.
the position you do now. Let's discus
this question, and let me show you tn
error which your community, as we'll a
yourselves, perhaps, are laborinl
under.
1.-The ~dispensary law was enacted b.
the Legislature, by the majority Of tn
representatives of the people. 1t is tn
Law until the Supreme Court declared
it is unconstitutional. The place t
fight it is at the ballot box and th,
courts, and not with bullets. l, as tn
chief executive of the State, authorizes
by the General Assembly TO enforce tina
law, stand here and see those %appointe'
to uphold it. killed and logged AM
hunted like wild beasts. and When
order the military to 60 to there, the,
are opposed by the sentiment Of tt
towns, where the whiskey and bar me
live. But, thank God South Caroliu
is safe today because she had soldier
who will obey orders.
Now, gentlemen, you live in Colum
bia. My purpose and desire, if yo'
evince the proper spirit, is to show Co
l.--J I.n, 1. ~o1:oo o.S khok