The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-07-31

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Chicago platform and the restoration
of the Democracy of power. and We
Kave:iqsttt &li.tle bone :weahad and got
nothing.
At Memphis. l undertook to repre-
sensahe people Of South Carolina sna
told She friends of silver that If we
could not get man whom We coSld
trust in the Democratic party on
platform that was uuequivocal and ex-
plicit, we would cast our electoral vote
:;for the candidate of some other party.
t xsDid represent you p (Ooe or two
..Noes" and chorus of Yes were
heard
"Well, I'll take hand primary on
it. don't want you to- declare your
selves Pepulists- .,I::ask all of you who
are willing to vote for man for Presi-
dejt, pledged to free silver, whether he
be deusorat or not. 70 hold up your
hands"
(There was forest of open palms in
the air in a moment, only one man, Mr..
Hull, voting in the negative. amid de-
risive cries
"Now. gent!emeut. he's rot to blame
hes only blind. | respect and ad'
mire men who disagree with ne. but
who have the manhood to stand by their
Convictions.
eve are all white men. but for Gods
sake, for South Caroina's sake, never
let it be said that the white men ap.
pealed to the negro to arbisrate their
differences. l am no Populist. The
Democratic party in the Northwest
has been practically disbanded ln
ten or twelve States. What hope
have we of.elecsiog a Democratic Presi-
dent? What sort of hope have We
for genuine Democracy to WIN IN the
next general election ? The result Of
the last election indicates that the Re
publicans have strong hopes Of elect
ing the next President and there are
many men in the South who think it
good time to join that party 10 the
hope of getting Office. | have been
looking for some pew converts TO that
party in this State, but SO far none
have announced themselves. Can we
stand four more years Of this sort of
thing, boys.?" Well, We have stood so
much Of it that / don't believe you can
ssarve US. Nothing can do that, but
my Gcd, ;s is SO awfully tiresome.
while the South is practically solid
for silver our condition Of financial
slavery is almost intolcrable. We must
endure our suffering until the hand of
American brotherhood is reached out to
US by the Northwestern farmers, and
they cry aloud in their distress, Come,
be lip us The only hope is to ally the
South aud West together against the
North. aud East, but dcn't let US i'm
pose toe condition on those seeking the
Alliance that we 60 as Democrats
alone. Those people despise that
pane. That hatred is an Inheritance of
the war-just as we,hase the uame Re
publican. Those States contain
larger percentage of Union soldiers thao
any others, because they moved there
just after the war to get soldiers home
steads and they have been accustomed
to connect the word Democrat aud
Copperbead together just as we connect
Republican and negro together Those
people are nov being ground 20 pow
der between the apper aud neither
mill stones. Why not both sides give
up party names and meet half way !?
Ii your house is burning down, will
Yoa stay ia it because it is labeled
Democratic. We can't take the name
of Populists because they have TOO many
'isms' and radical ideas, aod they have
paodered too much to socialism. They
call me an anarcbist-a right bran new
oueZbut l cannot stand many things
in the Popaiiss platform Why, in
Gods name, stay here and 60 down with
stbe huh Of The old rotten Democratic
ship At Memphis | trod on some
Democratic toes But on the other
hand you should have beard the wild
;Sdrrahs of those who agreed with me.
Il was like = Tiumaoise campaign meet
Ing in 1890. Now they talk about a
ring. Yes. its hand s-all-round ring
of 90 900 Reform Democratic voters
and am proud to belong to it
CONTROLLED BY TRAITORS.
'I cannot see how any man con stand
by the Democracy wheu it is controlled
by such traitors as Cleveland and Car
Isle. say to you now-when the
time comes We can deliver the electoral
vote. believe. | know We eau do it
(Applause) Theouly test heretofore IN
this State, of Democracy, has been white
supremacy The only obstacle to the