The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-01-30
national campaign,

national campaign. :,
Byron, after getting the views Of all
the Western arid Southern men on the
matter, wrote TO Ex-Governor Tlllman.
the South" and asked the new United
States Senator for letter. This letter
was written on the 9Th ultimo, and Byron
considers the letter "a powerful one."
Tue following is copy of the letter as
sent on by the Ex-Governor:
TRENTON, S. c., Jan. S, 1895.
1Hos. f. Byron, EsQ.-Dear Sir: Your
valued favor of the 3rd, with marked
copy OF your paper, have been received
and read with interest. Thanks for your
kind words about myself. am called
"Populist" by the Republican papers and
by the Cleveland Democrats-God save
the mark
Both of these names are beginning to
stink in the nostrils of good men. Be-
ginning? Alas, they are byword and a
Kissing to the Democrats who believe
with Jefferson and Jackson. and the Re-
publicans who followed Lincoln. see
no hope Of relief or of saving our institu-
tions, unless the farmers of the South
quit voting the Democratic ticket and the
farmers of the West quit voting the Re-
publican ticket.
We must get together, and names
should not divide us. But the Populists
have TOO many cranks among them anG
want to do too much. We cannot enlisf
the conservative masses unless we appear
to reason and com mon sense; and Ice
moro reforms we demand the fewer we
will obtain. Plutocracy is drunk With
power and the success it has had IN ANAL
gamatiug Republicans and so-called
Democrats under the lead OF Sherman
and Cleveland. The .aps will be screwed
down tighter and after awhile something
will explode. South Carolina is ready
with baggage packed, to join the new
army of femancipation-the emancipation
of the masses of white men from the
slavery to corporations, trusts and mo-
nopolies.
The name democrat" no longer con-
lures here. The name is dear for its
memories, not its present associations;
A new party name seems necessary, ana
all we ask is an adherence to the princi-.
pies of old-time Democracy: Equal
rights, equal opportunities, equal bur-
dens. America for the A Americans, an
ASYLUM for the honest, industrious home
seeker but terror to anarchists and law
breakers-the rich as we'll as the poor.
Free coinage Of gold aud silver, and no
| paper money except legal tender green
backs. A tariff that will enable our
manufacturers to supply the home mar
ket without becoming millionaires at the
expense of the farmers; tariff that will
give work to all who wish it. A Atnauciai
system that will give fair price to the
| farmers for every bushel of grain anc
every pound of meat" This is platform
enough, and any more will confuse ano
divide US on these essentials.
If the scoundrels and traitors who now
rule in Washington are to dictate the
policy and name the ticket, our electoral
vote will not go to q Democrat" in '96.
It cannot 20 to Republican under any
circu instances and Populism, as now
organized and led, cannot get it.
tits the part Of wisdom and patriotism
| for the Third party leaders to retrace
their steps and be less radical in their
| platform. The conditions are similar to
| those existing in '26 and '58. Jackson
and Lincoln were the outcome. Let US
hope the people will be again victorious.
I have great faith. This country is not
| ready yet to sink into servitude to money.
| Ballots or bullets will bring relief. The
Chicago strike caused demand for an
increase in the army. In 1889 the ma
tional guard of France ftaternized with
the starving masses. People who have
ballots should not require bullets. The
people are now bewildered but angry.
Let US pray that the mists will clear
. away by 1896. and that the lost sheep will
have found shepherd.
Abe Lincoln said "You can fool part
of the people all the time; you can fool
all of the people part of the time, but you
can never fool all of the people all Of the
time" It is grand truth, and while we
believe it we can hope.
Yours truly,
/ B. r. TILLMAN,