The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-09-26
BEN TILLMAN'S PHILIPPIO.
FURIOUS ASSAULT ON BUTLER
n Superb Description OF Notable
Incidents in the Hampton Cam
puiSn --MaStcrly Tribute to the
l{ulI EnoIr nr ICtlurfrII

a Superb Description OF Notable
Incidents in the Hampton Cam
pai&n --Mastcrly Tribute to the
Bald Eagle Of iGdgcfcId.
Mr.. President: AS my colleague on
my left has asked that Il reason be
given as to why fOur members of the
Edgcield delegation desire to amend
the resolution will cheerfully give it
to him and to this convention. 1t so
happens that on Saturday was absent
when the speeches on THIS subject wore
made aud the vote taken. | have q
daughter who went to Georgia on Il
visit to relatives about live weeks ago.
/ Shortly after that she WAS taken sick
and was dangerously i'll. She had SUI
iicicntly recovered, SO | was informed,
to expect to be home on Saturday
evening, and my only purpose in asking
| leave Of absence was the natural desire
of a father to sec his child. 1t is per-
| haps fortunate That | was not here be-
cause from reports in the papers us to
what was said and what | have been
told it may not have been possible for
me TO discuss the question in cold
blood. | hope, however, that | have
! self possession enough to treat the
matter calmly and dispnssionatcly.
| There are personal reasons Of Il two
fold nature why | would prefer and
could pray God that the necessity
should not be forced on me TO discuss
this issue, but | have never shirkcd Il
duty or been driven from u stand,
which | have taken from principle.
Sentiment rules the world and while
material interests and scllishness
| govern men, no passion can rise above
sentiment, and when the feelings are
aroused or wounded, men will do that
to which nothing else will drive them.
Therefore, rise TO do Justice to the
living and also tc do Justice to tho
dead.
rhc people OF this proposed new
county want the name Of Saluda. They
pctitoned for it as Saluda; they drew
the ordinance as Saluda and they still
want it to be Saluda. Therefore Justice
demands that they shall have it named
Saluda | wish to say here that in
discussing this question shall attempt
not to display prejudice. | hope am
capable Of rising above prejudice. The
question Is necessarily personal in
large measure, because the man after
whom it is sought TO name the county
has been considered somewhat as being
supplantcd in the United States Senate
by me and some perhaps think /
oppose it because OF his name. 1t is
true, but not from prejudice. ! am
simply attempting TO prevent this con-
vention from stultifying itself and send
ing the news abroad that the Reform
constitutional convention Of South
Carolina has rcbukGd the Legislature
which retired Butler from the United
States Senate. TOu can't divorce the
name OF Butler from Nj. <. You must
remember that he is the only living
representative Of his name OF any pro
mincncc Butlor OF Revolutionary
fame, Pierce Butter, the hero of the
Mexican War, who was killed ut
Cherubusco, and a. p. Butler, The
jurist, Judge and statesman, who was
tho uncle OF Gen. Nj. G.. Butler, have
all passed out Of recollection and the
record OF their deeds is ancient history
with which the people of outside States
arc not familiar, and very few inside
the State remember them. That
action OF the convention would herald
1T abroad Jha' the convention had re-
vcrscd the action Of the Legislature as
far as possible and named the county
for Nj. G. Butler. He is tho only one
OF his name and some years ago he was
the highest representative OF that
name. There arc other names illus
triOus in our history that we could
give to this territory. There is Cal
noun, Mci'uiilc, El;tI nc, i1aminnnsl,
Moultrie-scOrcs Of them, ~no have
not yet thus been honorod by the State.
! say here and measure my words,
that this last representative has dis
graccd the name OF Butler and made
it a stencil in the nOstrils Of every
white man in South Carolina who
loves his race and would preserve its
civilization. After he hal made his
fight before the people Of South Caro-.