The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-31
A NOTABLE MEETING.
AT WHICH TWO THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE PRESENT.

AT WHICH TWO THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED PEOPLEARE PRESENT.
Senator Tillman Advocates the Uri"n of
the Soutl, and West in the Interest OF
Free Silver--Speeche> Also Made by Gov.
Evans and Others.
Rock Hull, July 25.-Nine years
ago Benjamin r. Tillman made his
first appearance on the musings before
the young men Of York at Tlrzah. a
little town located but couple of
miles from the town that now bears
that name, and the Reform movement
there had its origin. Today the same
mau having met with success IN all
his undertakings in the political arena.
appeared before a crowd of 800 men
and women at the new town and the
coax of national Democracy was
thrown aside, and the readiness Of
South and North Carolina to launch
the long talked-of new national party
was announced. The hundreds of
conntrymen heard Tillmans an
nouncement of his desertion of the
Rotten ,ll ship of Democracy. The
cheers after Marion Butler, the deli
cate looking, peak-headed Populist
Senator of North Carolina, and ex-
president of the National Alliance,
had named hlm as the Andrew Jack
son, the only capable one Ito lead the
masses of the people of the South and
West to victory" in the proposed par
ty.
Again, Governor Evans went into
the details of good many matters
which it is proposed to insert in the
new State constitution. This was one
of the most notable political gather
ings held in the State in a long time
There were present two United
States Senators, Tillman and Butler,
Governor Evans and o.her notables.
The speaking was from stand in the
centre of a lovely, though very mud
dy grove of oak trees, with a band
stand to the right. The stand was
most elaborately decorated with all
kinds of flowers. On each corner were
sunhowers and cotton bushes. The
whole was fringed with green pine
needles. and there were numerous
wreatls. To the right of the stand
hung white and red banner of large
size, bearing the inscription Equal
rights to all, special privilegesto none.
In hoe signo vinces." In the vicinity
were no end of white covered wagons,
schooners, which had been coming in
all night. A heavy rain fell in the
forenoon, but soon all was clear.
There were large number OF women
and children in the crowd.
MARION BUTLER
was the first speaker. He made an
unusually long and vigorous speech,
the outline of which I will give later.
He maintained that Congressmen were
misrepresentation of the people; that
they had covered the financial ques-
ton; that the people had risen in re-
volt; that big crop of millionaires
had grown from the present financial
system; that the currency question
had become so serious that the time
had come for the masses to form their
new s>sy and fight: that the present
leaders were traitors; that the foreign
financial policy was revolving; that
the time had come to choose between
allegiance to party and allegiance to
the Constitution that Cleveland had
acted as faithless overseer to the peo-
pies farm; that party labels should
be wiped out; that he was Popullst
because he was a Democrat. Then he
exclaimed dramatically. would
to God we could cali up Andrew Jack
son today from his grave to lead these
people against the same enemies that
he fought and thought ne had crushed
to hurI defiance at and crush the gold
bugs"
He went on to say that we had to-
day the English on our shores as then
and we:had the Tories here fighting
with them and individuals with Tories
fighting the National banking system.
Now that we have all these dangers
here as in his time we need an An
drew Jackson to lead the people
against this tri-headed monster which
Will destroy American prosperity and
American liberty Il did not have
the privilege of living in Jackson S
time but When saw your Gistin-
guished Senator here CTlllmanl stand
up at Memphis, and noted the flash OF
his eye, the set of hiscountenance ana
the ring of his voice as ne declared
for liberty, first, last and all the time,
I said to myself: Here we've got
another Andrew Jackson who will
stsnd AGAINST the Tories and drive
them out. ,"
After dinner Senator Tillman made
the closing speech of the day. After
some preliminary remarks ne spoke as
follows:
TILLMAN'S SPEECH.
when received the invitation tc
speak at Tirzah my mind travelled
back to 1856. Capt. Tillman, who had
been raising some rumpus IN the News
and Courier with his pen. was invited
to York" The Senator then INDUCED
i a little fun at his own expense, and
referred to the old Tirzah, where he
made his first extemporaneous speech
nine wears ago. II Ead been tongue
tied previous to that. but the people o1
York clipped it, and my tongue ha:
been wagging ever since He wa:
clad to be on hand today. He though
ihev liked him, because he had alway'
tried to tell them the truth. This wa:
what he wanted to do now. This wa
an Alliance meeting. The Alliance
was not so strong in numbers as here
tofore, but as an educative> force 1t
principles were stronger than ever
He felt proud that the Alliance wa
the organization through wn-ch ou
principles of reform had been aovanc
ed. Why are you so poor? lie sal'
Senator Butler told truth when d
said fifty voters in one party are cut
ting fifty others votes IN dltferen
party. :,
s'iook at your condition. A
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