The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-18

Read Their Uttr:,.nces in Atlanta and
Form Your Own Judgment as to the
Truth and Propriety of What They Said
On Carolina Day.
The following is the full text Of the
speech of Governor John Gary Evans,
delivered at the Cotton States and In
ternational Exposition. Atlanta, Ca,
on November 30th, 1895:
Mr.. President, Your Excellency,
Ladies and Gentlemen of Georgia and
my own Fellow Citizens: To say that
we thank you for this hearty welcome,
seems cold and indifferent from a
mother to her daughter, for it has
been truly said that Georgia is really
a daughter of South Carolina, and she
is a daughter indeed. (Groan.) You
may groan, but yet she is not ashamed
of her daughter. (Applause.) South
Carolina is proud of her daughter,
(applause) and she stands here today
to bear evidence for what we did in
the past; that when we nurtured this
infant; when we protected her from
the Indian and Spaniard, it was not in
vain we stand here today and say, in
deed you do US proud. (Applause
and cheers And now his Excellen-
cy, the Governor, has seen fit to say
that the Governor of South Carolina
has no appreciation for her lovely
daughters. WHY, sir. YOU don't know
me, (Applause) We have brought
here upon the soil of Georgia 265 OF
the fairest msidens that God Almigh'
Ity ever created. (Applause.) They
are stamped with more purity than he
has stamped the lily; they are stamp.
ed with beauty than he has painted
the rosebud, and, sir, when l stand in
the presence of these holy creatures
when stand here and contemplate
my own miserable self, can only ex-
claim, How unworthya 2 creature you
are of one of these lovely women.
(Applause.) That is my appreciation.
Not lack of appreciation; though pos
sibly some may say, too great an ap-
preciation but it cannot be.
South Carolina is proud of her wo-
men; she is proud of what they have
done in the past; she is proud Of what
they represent in the present; and she
feels safe in whatthey will accomplish
and speak for her in the future.
This day has been set apart as a day
of Thanksgiving by the President of
the United States and by the Cover,
nors of the separate States in the Un:
ion. We have much, fellow citizens,
to be thankful for, but South Carolina
and Georgia stamped by their individ.
uality can exclaim without any de-
gree of hypocrisy of spirit Of the Phar'
isee, I'VE thank thee, oh, God, we
are not as other people are" "
There is a characteristic Individual,
ity of the South Carollnian, that char
acteristic is not SO great between the
South Carolinian and the Georgian
because we are people, and although
divided by the Savannah, in the words
OF your own immortal Grady. THAT
is more Of q bond than boundary.
(Applause.J
we cannot forget, as your Governor
has said, you cannot forget, South
Carolina cannot forget that when she
was oppressed; when the heel of the
tyrant bore heavily upon her, it was
the strong arm of the Georgians that
came to Eer rescue in '76. We thank
YOU for it. We thank you for what
you have done in the past and we
thank you for giving us this opportu
nifty of coming here and showing tc
the world the superiority of South
Carolina (Applause and cheers
Why, the other day l saw an inter
view from a Yankee General, IN
which he stated that the South was
progressing; that the South was i'm
proving, except poor South Carolina,
and she was still feeling the effects OF
secession. Yes, she feels it; she feels
the effects Of the tribute she pays tc
the national government for being
whipped; but when she pays it, she
pays it with a protest, and when it Is
Stated that she feels the effects of Sc
cession it is true; but today, fellow
citizens, we stand and proclaim as oul
own Pinckney did, that we still have
millions for defense but not a cent
for tribute" South Carolina pays tri.
butte to no man and no State except
that imposed upon her by force of law
and of strong hand; but we pay it,
and as we pay it we do not murmur
But the time has come for the South
Carolinian and every Southerner tc
think for himself and to speak fol
himself and in the halls of Congress
let it be known that these Southern
States are in this Union, part OF this
Union and by the grace of God we
propose to control this Union. a
voice, That's right.'D Why should
it not be right? (Applause.) Was II
not right in the past2 Was it moi
ri ,ht under the training of your. faith
ers? The training of craftsmanship
that you received, the principles they
inculcated in you, are they not just
as dear as they were before 1865? And
fellow citizens, this Southland vii
bloom in spite of the remarks OF gen
erals, in spite ofthe remarks Of judge:
hostile to US. It seems now that every
presidential candidate of the Republi
can party feels it incumbent upon hln
to hit South Carolina lick. But, fel
low citizens, the result is that Soutt
Carolina never has to go out OF The
conflict forrepairs. Great applause.
Now, fortunately, our works arr
here to speak for themselves; we ars
not people to herald our virtues be
fore the world; we are not a people L
proclaim what we are doing. We arr
not people possessed of two mucl
brass. We have always had brains
we have always had integrity; w
have always had statesmen. (Grea
applause and cheers That speak
more and sounds louder than tn
beating Of cymbals of past triumphs.
That is where she stands today. 81
apologies for nothing she has done II
the past she apologies for nothlu'
she does in the present. She is toda,
the leader OF the South in industrla