Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-12-04
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SOUTH CAROLINA DAY.
A Notable Event at the Atlanta Exposition
Tillman and Evans.


Tillman and Evans.
Last Thursday was South Carolina
day at the Atlanta exposition. 1t was
also Atlanta Day, Savannah Day and
several OF her days. 1t had been pre-
viuusly designated as South Carolina
Day, and the other days were after
ward tackled on. 1t was by far the
biggest day of the exposition and
Sou,h Carolina has full credit for max
ing it such.
1t is estimated that there were in
the city between 10000 and $4,000
Carolinians. They were from all parts
of the State, and they gave the occa-
sion an Importance that it would not
have otherwise have had. Among the
distinguished visitors were a large
number of the members of the consti-
tutional convention, Senator Tillman,
Governor Evans, and nearly all of the
most prominent military men, togeth-
er with three or four regiments of State
troops.
And South Carolina was given a
royal welcome. AS the long procession
was on it's way to the exposition
grounds, the people cheered and cheer
ed. Tillman and Evans came in for
their share, and in his speech, Cover
nor Atkinson said the two South Car
olinians had elected more applause
than had President Cleveland and his
cabinet.
Governor Evans was the next speak
er, and begun with entertaining pleas
antries about Georgia as the promising
daughter of South Carolina whom the
Palmetto State had nourished in in
fancy and protected from the Indians
and the Spaniards. Very soon he got
on to the line of State pride, saying
that South Carolina had never had
much brass. She had never needed it
as she had always had brains and in
tegrity. He spoke of Georgia as if
it were part of the same State, quot
ing the words of Grady that the Savan-
nah river was more bond than a
boundary. 1t was in this part of his
speech that the governor exclaimed,
"The Southern States are in the Union
for good, and they are going to control
it.n Then he said: "And as for De-
mocracy 1--WE ought to be thankful for
what is left of it) I want to say to you
that the only Democracy in America is
in the hearts of the agricultural popu-
lation of the Southern States"
Senator Tillman's speech was short
and little more conservative than
that of the governor. He amused the
audience very much by saying at the
outset: II did not come over here to
brag. l will leave that to our young
governor. He is young and green you
know" After some pleasantries and
witticisms for which the stern senator
showed much aptitude, he began q
comparison of Northern and Southern
capital in the Southern States. Allud-
ing to Governor Atkinson's statement
that Southern development was the
result of Southern capital almost en-
tirely, he said that he was not prepar-
ed to say that this was wholly true,
but the pension tribute which .he
South had paid to the North exceeued
many times the amount received from
the North. He said that in the past
80 years the United States government
had paid in pensions 81 $3.50, 900, 900 aud
of this he said 81 $50, 100000 were paid
to people in the Northern States. Of
this 81 $50, 100000, between a fourth
and third was contributed by people
Of the South. II don't know" said he,
show much money they have invested
with us; but I do know that it is not
a tithe of the amount we have given
them in pension tribute"
Senator Tillman then went on to
speak of the tariff tribute and the finan-
cial tribute paid by the South to the
North, saying it was many times as
great as the amount which the South
ern States had contributed to the
North in pension money.
Here he remarked II know that the
Southern States can never again con-
troll the Union but they can be the
balance of power between the gigantic
West and the greedy North and East in
their great struggle over the financial
question, and if we weld this power
right, we can bring the agriculturists
of this section to a better condition,
where they will have something more
than bare existence, and in this we
should have the help of all the mer-
chants and bankers who are not domi-