The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-03-27
TilImau on the New Party.

TilIman Oh the New Party.
Ex-Governor Tillman is again talking
about the proposed new National party,
to be com posed of the people of the South
and West. In fact, he has, from his
home over in Trenton, written another
letter on the subject. This time the let
ter is for tho New York World, and it
reads as follows:
"In my judgment the organization of
new party is inevitable: and it will
present as the main issue the restoration
Of bimetallism and the conduct of our
finances in the interest Of the people.
The poverty and misery wrought by the
fall of prices, directly traceable to tho
gold conspiracy and the contraction of
parties-equally responsible for this
crime against humanity-and cause
new alignment in politics.
"The South and West will naturally
join in overturning policy which robs
them and tends to pauperize the pro-
ducers and laborers for the benefit Of q
few thousand bankers and millionaires
here and in Europe. Party ties and
sentiment will not hold men whoae re-
sentiment of wrong and whose instinct OF
self-preservation command them to seek
new political alliances.
"Populism in the West was protest
against Republican misrule and Demo.
cratic imbecility. In the South it was
largely revolt against Bourbonism and
bossisrn in State affairs but the progress
sive, restless element Of Southern Demo-
cracy is strongly i'm bued with the idea of
national financial reform, and nine-tenth9
of the Southern people are for free silver
m
"It Was necessary, however, before the
Southern voters could be weaned from
tho Democratic party to have that party
once control all branches of the govern
ment, and be in position to do what it
promised in its platform. The test has
been made, and such disgraceful spec
tacle Of betrayal of the people and disre-
gard for the pledges made before election
has never been witnessed in our political
history. The Senate and House, with
majorlties elected as pledged to bimetal-
ism, demonetized silver at the command
of the President, who unblushingly used
the patronage of his Office to dobauch the
representatives of the people and carry
out his compact with the gold conspira-
tors. The tariff reform promised is an
abortive compromise, reeking with the
strench Of sugar trust deals, and grants
no relief from monopolios.
"The cowardice and treachery of Con-
gress: it's subserviency to White House
Influences: the subserviency of the Presi-
dent to Wall and LON bard streets, with
its phases Of partnership, and the dis
lions of profit stolen from the people; the
whole scheme of plunder involved in tho
issue Of bonds in time Of peace, and the
brazen and scoundrelly refusal to protect
tho treasury by payment of silver certiti.
Gates in silver and greenbacks, or "coin,
as provided by laval these things have
awakened and opened the eyes of the
people to the necessity for new deal.
"Party ties or pledges did not restrain
or bind the so-called Democrats Of the
East and North in the last Congress.
They voted with the Republicans on the
tariff and money questions. Will the
Southern Democrats and Western Re-
publicans follow their example in the
next election and vote together for the
relief of the millions whose interests de-
mand more money and bimetallic
standard higher prices. in word? Are
we Southern and Western farmers idiots
to longer cling to the shadow when the
substance is gone?-a Democracy which
is not Democratic and Republicanism
which is plutocratic.
SIT Beems to me q very plain case
Five-cent cotton and fifty-cent wheat are
arguments which cannot be answered.
The Populists will readily merge their
organization in the new party, once 1t
gets we'll under way. The manufactnr-
ers and merchants, whose business has
been 80 seriously injured by the impoV-
erishment of the farmers and the destruc-
ton of the "home MARKET" will, il not
wholly blind and besotted, lend their aid,
and we will see another revolution like
that of 1928. Instead of government by
the banks, through the newspapers an d
paid attorneys, masquerading as Con-
have government for the people and re-
store the standards of Jefferson, Jackson
and Lincoln.
"South Carolina opposed Mr.. Cleve-
lands nomination in 1892. Wepredicted
what has followed it, but we Loyalty sup
ported the ticket and gave him our elec-
toral vote, and Weaver got only 1900
votes in the State. We are Democrats Of
the straightest sect, but we no longer love
the name. Clevelandism makes it stink,
and this State will lead the South in join
ing the West next year for the abolition
of white slavery, now pressed upon us by
the plutocracy OF the East and England.
sThe Republican party will not grant
us relief. The Democratic party is dead,
though not buried, and will offend the
nostrils Of honest men for two more
years. A union of Republicans, Demo
Gratis and Populists who think alike on
the money question is the only sensible
course left US. Such a com bination is
inevitable and irresistible.
B. R. TILLMAN."
This letter appeared in the World on
Sunday last, along with similar ones
from men most prominently identified
with the movement for 1S96-Petter,
Marion Butler, Congressman Sibley,
Weaver, Howard, Thomas e. Watson and
Taubeneck.
The World also proceeds to analyze the
electoral vote of the country and shows
that the solid South and West, with other
aid, could only secure in the electoral
college 2l5 votes at the outside, while it
takes 224 to elect President.