The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-21
TIE TILLMAN
BROTHERS.
'ECNCLE GEORGE" GOES FOR
CLEMSON AND SUFFRAGE.
1.<1s Brother Ben Replies, and There
Was an Interesting Debate.


section On EGucation Hon. George d.
TiIlmau made au hour and half $
speech which commanded close atten-
tion. He was afraid South Carolina
was about to attempt too much for her
means. South Carolina, though lit
tic patch OF the world, about the size
,of three Texas cpttlc counties, had al
the aspirations Of an empire. 1t WAS
;:dlm spiro spero. spes.' He gave q
liberal translation Of this motto, and
said nobody but Huguenot could
ever have conceived It. He referred
TO the late Alliance craze winch had
swept over the country. He said th%t
rs The promise of 10 acres and mute
had drawn all the negroes into the Re
publican secret union league, the rural
popuistion in South Carolina under
;ook to stem the tide, He cited the
trouble Georgia had had. Georgia
had gone along smoothly after she
took Northern for Governor. 1t had
not been 50 here All this, he said,
was merely Introductory t. Il long
winded talk.
We are attempting too mitch. We
arc trying 70 provide al ela5orat" sys-
tcnl ior divided, Impoverished and
small State. When the nil. tax went
into operation it took several years to
get the system organized at al. Our
old State hadn't had a showing when
the system was started. We have been
TOO impatient. We should have re-
formed the motto ou the coat Of arms
Instead Of the picture. We arc at
tempting too mucL. Why increase this
tax from , 10 8 mills? \ good dea! OF
perjury had already been committed III
this State in the matter cf the rnlcr
valuation OF property. il this tax was
increased then there would be more Of
it. Under this thing We c;:u l"t 4 white
man fail 70 pay his poll aEl Yet let
bin vote. And there's that eternal
fraud va have been practiciuG and Will
still vracticc with tlis-Srbcmc. il oHr
white men divide, rs they are certain
to do, all advantage will De taken Of
the prosperous man.
This WAS supreme effort ou the part
Of the State for education, because it
was q qualification for suffrage now.
Such qualification for suffrage aiu, t
worth snap OF my finger. Ia En-
gland, whence We came, there.s:Mas
never such thug An1..; ioz
7ofd age, say nov TbelieTo the Eng
FISH government to be to-day the best
that ever existed Oh thc face OF til.
earth. They base their suffrage "n
property.
An educational qualification was
never heard OF in this country until
Connecticut and Massachusetts, adopted
Il to exclude men from the polls instead
OF admitting them thereto. -
Let us discriminate if We lscc against
the negro and it vii! csiise Il MGn
school for them to be erected by the
northern people op every 10 miles
square OF this Sta+e'
Tie negroes have ten times more IN
tcrcst in lco.niug to read and write
than or "nitc children. Prussia had
not shouted for education to qualify
her voters; but it was to make hcr
soldiers better. Besides We can dis
crin,inateagainst the negro IN hiGhcrea
ucation. Ihe gentleman from Beaufort
need not have one momcnt's fear oi
South Carolina daring 20 fnil 10 take
care of Clatiin University. Ii 1892 ul
sci was passed by the United States
government to give $4,000 acres Of
land 10 each State TO erect institutions
upon. Scott sold it, and Moses stole
the money. Mr.. Tillman told how the
matter was brought about. Half OF
this fund went to Ciatiin: the other
hall goes to Clemson college. Then
ia 1892 congress gave each State the
Hatch fund to establish al educational
agricultural station. Five Thousand
Of this was given to Clatiin: the rest
went to Clemson or the South Carolina
college, + don't know which. Then
came the Morrill, fund, appropriated
in 1890, large portion being required
to be applied 70 coloreG education. The
intention OF Mr. Morrill, VAS that the
colorcd colleges should hAve the bulk
Of il. He (Tillmar) had tried hard to
get the fund from the government and
the trouble vas that South Saro!ina
didn't want 20 give the negroes more
than half o} tue money. He had to
Get hill through both houses in order
to get the fund. He had to show
how generous South Carolina had been
with the school funds towards the
negroes, when she was not compelled
TO be 50. There WAS a provision III
both the Hatch and Morrill, bills which
allowed congress to recall these ap
propriatious. Now let us dare not to
De liberal with Ciafin and see what
will happen:
Now sir, I. for one am not IN favor
of having il the Constitution any Of
.na State colleges. It might he wis-
dom t. always give CIaf!a has ot ibis
1895 ;ond. ani; put it IL the CoHstitu-
tio1. But that college is provided for
snG. 70 power IL this country can take
il away. Some action ought 10 be
taken either By the general assembly
Or bv this body tor our higher insti-
tu1;ors. Think for 3 moment how
much money has been spent for our
higher Institutions. What cones II
IN the way OF tuition funds? Is the
State IL furnish all this for nothing?
Three hundred students there are at
Clemson. How many OF them pay
r..;:u!. and how much? I am told
;hotlt;s $50 or $40 8 year. What
about 'sequa! rights to all and special
privileges 20 Done:" 1t is the same 1t
7a1 Stste .coi!ege. Il the amount Of