The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-05-02

the miserable vultures that they are,
they would be the first to turn and
rend his vitals. I will follow no man
blindfolded, but if l had been even
willing to do this, would have died a
thousand deaths before I would let one
of the political "hell-hounds" that
can be bought like piece of dog meat
in the market, pop his whip over my
back and drive me cringing to his mas
ter's feet.
It is not love for Tillman or their
country that influences these blatant
bawlers. I know some of the loudest
mouthed who hate him most. They
want an office. This tells the tale.
Governor Tillman does not need help
now, he is in the very zenith Of sue
cess and power. Let the tide turn,
let danger, defeat or disaster threaten,
and then he will see who his friends
are, men who stood shoulder to shoul-
der when the battle was thick, men
who have the courage to differ with
him, or the miserable parasites and
barnacles that only exist amid un-
cleanness, and who, unless scraped off
at regular intervals, eat through the
hull and sink the stoutest ship to the
bottom Of the sea.
It is notifying, humiliating, for
politics to be upon The low plane
where such explanations are demand
ed. Now, as to the other question
which you asked me about the dispen-
sary, I am more than ever convinced
that some modification along the line
suggested by me at Spartanburg is a
necessity. The establishment at Co.
lumbia with its host of officers, is too
cumbersome, and the profit feature is
morally wrong. It is better to under
sell and starve the "blind tiger" than
to shoot it; especially when the beast
shoots back. Besides, any law that
necessitates standing army for its
enforcement swill fall of its own
weight. I am glad that you heartily
support ME in these views. We have
had enough turmoil and strife in
South Carolina. There were old, deep
seated abuses and traditions that had
to be destroyed and rooted out. Till
man was the man to do it. His genius
is essentially destructive, and as he
has about accomplished his work in
South Carolina, send him to the Sen
ate, where he will find enough abuses
to employ his genius for the balance
of his life. In South Carolina we
want something now on the construct
i've order. We cannot live there in
two armed camps, and if we undertake
it the Federal government will put us
through another course Of reconstruc-
tion. We do not need an "apist" to
prance around over the State, squint
one eye, "cuss' and try to play s'Ben
Tillman," I think that the soil was
exhausted when it produced Ben
No. l.
The squeak of the "squedunk" try
ing to masquerade as the blast Of a
trumpet will make US ridiculous and
contemplate. What the State needs
now is sedative to steady the "old
lady's" nerves, and then good tonic
to build up the waste tissue. After
so much. one <, two K, three and
four <, a short course Of "Keeley
Cure" would not be bad investment.
In other words, we want "oil on the
troubled waters.
A good, conservative, business-ikee
Governor, who is not an "imitator,
not brilliant, but sensible, will bring
us round all right, and the "old lady
will be all the better for the little
shaking up she has had.
Thanks for your kind reference to
my political future. If my record and
zeal that I have displayed on every
occasion where our demands are IN
question entitle me to this considera-
ton, we'll and good, otherwise l do
not want it. 1 have borne for six
months patiently and silently these
continued misrepresentation and
ISLANDERS. I am 500 miles from home,
trying to do my duty, and if my Ian.
guage is strong, it is because | feel
outraged at the malicious meanness OF
these attacks.
Yours truly,
JOHN l., MCLAURIN.