The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-29
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equal rights to all, special privileges to
none should not interfere with religious
or political principles: 1t has not taken
any case into Church yet for trial, but
some of the members Of the Farm
ers' Movement do not see how a
man can have religion and not vote for
the nominee, claim that man cannot
be Democrat and belong to the Move
mens. for patriotism is not known in 1t.
You have got TO vote for the man they
brihg out or your vote Is null and void.
belonged to it until 1t got up the Move.
ment, and now I have to stand on Jor-
dan'B banks and cast willing eye to gee
It float out OF existence and sink in 1896.
So good, 80 far.
Now, let us take up our little Governor,
who claims to have q good deal OF Gen.
Mart. about him, but Gen. Mart. always
held his candy, let it be wrong or right.
Gov. Evans has gone back to 1861. After
the most bloody struggle for principle
in the history OF the world, South Caro-
linians laid down their arms and accepted
in good faith the results Of the war. 1t
was overpowered faith. The Constitu-
tionnl Convention, 30 much wanted by
some, will bring the same days back that
lasted from 1865 to 1876. The brain that
took charge Of the State in 1876 devised 3
plan by which they could keep up
white mans government under the pres
ent Constitution, which is good enough,
and it would be wise at this time for us
all to think 80, as the present Constltu-
ton says every man, white or black, Il
years Of age, who has not been debarred
of the right by crime, shall vote for dele.
gstes to Constitutional Convention, and
as the registration law ls homemade
affair, how can 1t stand in Court that il
founded on justice? This same law has
been before the Courts once before, and
good Democrats-anties, at thatcsaw it
would not do to have 1t struck out, the
State being in the hands OF those with
too much pride and love for white su-
premacy had 1t stopped. They could not
have done it, though, had Constitu-
tional Convention been called. GOV.
Evans says the people OF South Carolina
have always been law-abiding and re-
spect the Constitution and Courts Of the
United States. He surely has been ab-
sent for some time. have lived In South
Carolina 43 years, and never have read
Of as much violation Of law as have In
the last two years. In regard to the Dis
pensary law nearly every man who takes
dram violates that law, and I claim the
State Of South Carolina has violated the
law as vile az any man has by going into
the dispensary business. The Constitu-
ton OF the United States says that no
State shall go into speculative business.
Now, when the State Dispensary captures
whiskey that any man can buy for $l.5O
per gallon, puts 1t into the dispensary
and says you will pay me $500 per gallon
for It or you shall not haYe a drop. the
State might just as well buy up all the
coffee in the State that we now use at four
or five pounds to the dollar, and say now
if you get any coffee you have to get 1t
from me, and you shall not have but two
pounds for dollar. That Is part Of the
good the faI mers are receiving from those
they put In ofioe-the balance will come
soon after the Constitutional Convention
IL we have them to make the laws. Any
man that would stump State, under any
name of politics, for the sake Of staying
in power and holding office, I say shun
him as you would q rattlesnake. II l
am not mistaken B. r. Tillman said he
would do that. B. r. Tillman cares no
more for tho farmers Of South Carolina,
only to put him In Office, than I do tor
eating good dinner when hungry. I
have thought Gov. Evans would mako 9
good Governor, from few letters have
read Of his, but II he takes an apr cal on
the decision Of Judge Golf 1t will cost
the State q large sum and then fail, as
Judge Gof presides over Court with
much higher power than that Of Gov.
Evans. He had much better call the Leg
islature together and rescind the call for
q Convention. Then peace and harmony
would reign, otherwise 1t will die the
death of dog-I mean the farmers move
ment wegging its tail for Office. But
those who jump on that cart to ride In
should remember that the road Is getting
rougher and the'team is getting weaker
every day. Gov. Evans says tho reform
movement had nothing to do with the
election and registration laws. agree
with him. The men who made that law
knew just how to manage it. Such 9
pity for the people Of South Carolina that
they do not control that law now. The
amendment that was made on the regis
tration law was 30 unjust that 1t took two
or three good citizens and half-dozen
lawyers to register one poor negro. /
know man In this community who
had never registered; he went to Ander.
son to gel his bond fixed up; he happen
ed to get two as good men as Anderson
had, who did notbelong to the farmern'
movement, and what do you think ?-he
did not come in. So he cannot vote In
the coming election. God speed the day
when man can 60 into office on his
worth and merit, no movement nor po-
litical strife in 1t. No other way can be
patriotic. I am free to say that Tlllman
has done more for the people Of South
Carolina than any Governor who has ever
ruled the State-he has shown them how
easy one man can fool the people Of ma
ton. He told them that the State gov
ernment was rotten to the core, and we
believed him, and put him In to rule over
us, and 1t has caused more strife between
man and man than anything that has
ever taken place. VIII We go on or stop7
II we 90 into an election for new Con-
stitution under the present condition Of
affairs, we will be much worse off than
we were from 1865 to 1875, saying nothing
about the trouble we have had since 1890,
It Ia hard for one rotten thing to wash
another and not mix little, as we have
all seen 90 we are going to try some
thing new under the head Of a son.
Gov. Evans has good deal to say
about the late war. II he had seen as
much Of 1t as myself and many others
now living, he would be as afraid Of war
as am OF loose lion. His words do
not suit for Governor to speak when he
says Constitution or no Constitution, law
or no law, Court or no Court, the intelli-
gent white men Of South Carolina intend
to govern her. pray let us get In some
of the intelligent white men Of the State
who are out Of Office to help govern 1t,
who were smart enough to manage the
registration law without letting 1t 60 into
Court. I do not like to hear so many
appeals to the people, unless the people
could have equal rights all alike. To
many these appeals mean those who be-
long to the farmers movement, and they
are moving out Of it every day. Let the
work 20 on until we can all shake hands
over land of liberty and freedom.
TowNv1LLE.
The hot-headed little Governor Of
South Carolina has issued a fiery attack
on the decision Of the federal Circuit
court concerning the Slate registration
law. If Judge Goff'S decision is to be
overruled 1t will be by the supreme court
and not by John Gary Evans. The Gov
ernor is making himself ridiculous
Atlanta Journal.
= Governor Evans, OF South Carolina,
las gone into eruption. He defies con-
stitutions, laws and rights. A persim-
mon diet disagrees with him, he Is In
revolution. IfSouth Carolina will solve
the "problem Of fools' she will make q
long step toward the solution Of the
"nigger question." Poor s. O.! She has
suffered grievously from earthquakes and
eruptive governors.-AlabamG Reaper.
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