The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-06-12
IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH

10 the Straightout and Reform Demo
Gratis Gentlemen: Is it possible that we
can not act together as voters at the polls :
Why can We not do so. Is not our every
interest and future destiny the same? Are
We too proud to make mutual concessions
Are we so unpatriotic as to shut our ewes
to the dismal future which awaits us
should We be so unwise as to act indie
pvndently Of each other?
! Elatter not yourselves that bed of roses
is ahead OF yon. have no confidence
whatcver in the Republican clement at the
North or IN the South. It smells the same
i; Democratic no-tiilS uow as it did when
| il WAS be,laubed with rotten eggs in the
town of Boston. 1t is the same old devil
wilici, SO intlamea the Lobe mind of the
great McDntiiee in the Seua.e chamber as TO
inspire these burning words. which fell
from bis eloquent lips: when J. Eerr a
Northern man ciying ont the glorious
union netiiinks hear the bnsle blast OF q
loIbcr's band, &ni when hear Southern
al CRYING ont the glorious union me.
thinks | snuff treason in the taint,
gale.
The above indignant remark of the re-
nowm.a McDuiirc was lcveled solely at that
ri. spirit OF tv,arnicai consolidation
wi..ci: hu1.,cl in Hamilton, anil bios
soarri in Il Lircola.
Had thora never lived the master-minle,l
Tnmilton 50 I;:t?e I man as Abe Lincoln
would ney' have rode upon the WIN IS Of
abolition fanaticiSln into the presidential
chair.
However kinl:l"arted, just anl bencv.
o!cnt President Lincoln may have been
she who!c country knows that his election
S..s entirely due to the impetus which Was
,iv2n so innoccn;lv to con soil ilation the
parent Of American flnaticism -bv the
great hamilton and which was, as | have
stated. so eiolu"ntly denounced by our
OWE McDuifte
What Newton, franklin and a few other
first lights were to our present develop
mcnt ct science, jaSt so WIS Alexander
Hamilton to the expanding of American
f;.Daticlsm FROM his day down to this
present junctrrc Of time. When such men
rs Calhoun, Webster and Clay-the great
est Of onr statesmen could not attain to
the presidency We feel sure that "tEere was
something rotten in Denmark" Yes, and
that rottenneSS WAS the same-made fury
brought on the late war. and is at this very
tine sowing the seeds of diScord AMI
trouble all over our sunny land.
Gentlemen. wake up to the situation and
the dangers that surround us Let US of
South Carolina nip the bud of Hamilton
before it shall have expanded into the
bloom of a Lincoln Let Us not trust any
Republican element. find 1t where we may.
Whether it be black or white, we should
shan it as we would the poisonous viper.
Can we put any confidence in Southern
Republicans? Try it, if you dare They
are as nluch your natural enemies as are
those OF the North They are the allies of
Northern Republicans. Have they not al
WAYS acted together? How, then, can we
ever expect to VIII them over to our side
in politics:
Let US unite like men and brothers =; that
is the only possible way for US to win.
The Republican leaders OF the Sonth have
too strong a hold upon the members Of
their party for Southern Democrats ever to
expect or hope tur any considerable acces-
Sions from that quarter. They are backed,
too. by Northern Republican leaders.
must be pain Win you--heed me or not,
as you may See fit.
Ii we divide the Republican party Of
our STATE VIII make the most nonstrous
DE- N .nds OF tlc Democrats who 'hold out
the o.ivc branch" 20 it. Il will then be
too late 10 mend or un.!o srch an error.
We have nothing very stlioaS to fear from
each other You. fellow citizen,
JOHN L E.lsTsELISG.
Fort Hill, Clarendon County. S. c., June
s, 1895.