The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-06-13

IhactoH-sons OF sciOnS whose COurtly
pollteness and high sense of honol
nave been traditional for a century.
Ihese people will not surrender to the
aespot or lptcrnecine strifo and hum.
ole themselves ana their past gieutncss
BY the continuance Of nm ugly and
ecemlnglcss local agitation which,
Whethcr justly so or not, is making
south Carolina the subject of the
Jccrs and ridicule OF the continent.
Io what agency, above all others,
should we turn in invoking tho resto-
ratlon OF harmony and In appealing
| ior such dispassionate consid Grafton of
issues as will enable men to meet as
brothers and bury their differences in
the arbltrament of the majority,
which Is the true essence of Gemo-
cracy and the corner stone of Republi
can form OF government Naturally
to the press, and it is to you, follow
Journalists---t you, fellow South Caro-
llnlans, that | como in this spirit.
"IO the man who holds faction
above State my words will fall upon un-
willing ears, but to the patriotic press
that to which am invited to address
my remarks, in response to the senti-
ment given me by your chairman--I
approach the subject with confidence
that my words will not be misunder-
stood, nor my motive misconstrued.
ITO the factionist l say-'A plague
upon both your houses You have
more to live for than the mere triumph
of personal ends. You have charge
to keep, and you must keep it in a
manner that will honor the past and
glorify the present. Let the press
start the strain and sing the anthem
Of peace until the populace will take
up the chorus and echo the melody to
the farthcst corners of the earth. If
you arc as successful at peace as you
have been in strife, the world will
rcsound with your good deeds, and
instead Of outsiders commenting upon
the stereotyped and misiit phrase that
'hclls broke loose in South CarOlina,'
universal praise will be sung that,
here in this Stale, first in so many
things, the advance guard of the
millennium has como to keep company
with tho historic tradition of the first
shot on Sumter.
"GlOrify the State and make peace
with the union The wal. has been
over thirty years. and the flag OF tho
union belongs as much to South Caro-
lima as it does to Massachusetts
Instead OF fighting among ourselves
let us devote the same energy and
make practical illustrations OF the
parable of the bdndle of fagots, by
gHtting together and fig hting tho other
fellow.
"There is ~ world OF meaning in the
term, the other fellow rs hero used
He Is gnunt, determined, ic0n0-
elastic enemy who cares not for tho
sacred traditions of the republic, and
whose chief occupation is the destruc-
tion OF the ideals which prompted our
forefathers to establish government
OF the people and for the people of this
country, and not for any other country.
This enemy walks like q stalking horse
over the hAllowed traditions of the
past and makes merry music as he
skaters the inspired sentiments around
which our national glory was built. I
refer to that Weather-be relic of
the past who choked tho struggling
republic in it's infancy, but who him
sell was chokcd out of existence as
soon US the young nation was big
enough TO stand alOne--the Tory. He
departed with the last century, and by
some strange mishap he has come to
taunt the dying years of this ono but
by tho grace OF God and the patriotic
assistance Of the American people, we
will do with him as our revolutionary
did at the close OF tho last
century, and we will, like they did,
enter the now century with clean bill [
OF honlth, us far as Toryism is con-
cerned.
THE modern Tory is moro insidious
than his prototype of old. He is more
cautious, but no less dangerous. If he
moves along different lines it is because
are different, but oppor-
tunity would clothe him with the
same habiliments of his ancestors.
lie sneers at the doctrines which,
through the usage OF time and good
service, have become part of our fixed
public policy, and tells us that Jefferson
was demaGogne and that Monroc's
bold contention that America belongs
to Americans is out OF date, and that
it must yield to the theory of 'intcrna-
tional commercc'-an insidious pr ctcxt
which is being used in many directions
as Il Trojan horse to turn the Greeks
into the walls OF our independence and
to surrender the control of our affairs
to foreign shylocks. IIc views with
cquanimity the construc-
tion of massive Notifications on the
Gordon of English possessions COM
mandlng the GateWays of the oceans
around lis receives with stOlid indif-
ference or positive approval the news
Of the lowering of the stars and stripes
from the flagstaff Of the public build
ing Of Hawaii, and when all America
has ccntercd it's hope and It's desire for
the construction of n waterway across
Nicaragua, to be under our control, ho
statutes the raising OF the union jack
at Corinta, and sulks at tho protest
that it must come down or the United
States will know the reason why
If any people of this country ought
to know the Tory, it Is those of South
Carolina, for here he flourishod and
festered in the days of his early glory.
DO you recall Tarleton? Twas he who,
reinforced by the Tories, marched his
cavalry over the Americans on the
Waxhaw, and while negotiations for
surrender were pcnding massacrcd the
whole company; and in the words
OF history, for this atrociOus deed
COrnwallis commended him to the
special favor Of the British parliament.
There are TarletOns negotiating for
terms Of surrender today, and there
are Tories helping him, and woe be to
tho hOplcss and helpless participants
when the modern Tarloton and his tory
brigade, in possession Of the weapons
OF defense, charge our national pros.
perity and lock again the bonds which
were stricken from our limbs by the