The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-05-27

ment. And now I can turn to thes
men and say to them that We are read
to meet them today with their negr
vote. If they want to draw the issu
with the Democracy, however, lie
them do it under the name of Democ
racy.
II we stand together like freemen
we may not accomplish what we mop
in national affairs, but we will at leas
exhibit that manhood of manner tha
has characterized South Carolina sire
the days of the Revolution.
This man exhibits lack of histori
cal knowledge when he says tha
South Carolina always voted the De
mocratic ticket. In 1882, Andrew
Jackson ran on the Democratic ticket
and South Carolina was mad at hin
on account OF nulliication and votet
for his opponent; and On another oc
casion, South Carolina cast her elec
toral vote for man who got the vote
of no other State. And so if we 90 t
Chicago, we will not be bound by thu
action of a convention controlled by
men el; cted from States that canno
cast a single Democratic vote in tht
electoral college, and whose represen
tatives in congress are cheek by jow
with John Sherman.
He pointing to Senator Irby) says
that the Democratic party was good
enough to elect me governor twice,
and good enough to elect me as sena.
tor, and that the trouble now is simp.
ly that l wantto be President. I think,
my friends, that the gentleman has
simply misunderstood the situation,
and that all of this outcry is simply
due to the fact that the gentleman
wants to be Senator again. So far as
my desiring to be President of the
United States is concerned, I view it
simply in this way: In the first place
[ come from a State that is hated all
over the north because secession origi-
mated here-I am no fool. Whatever
else may be said of me, no one has
ever accused me Of being a fool.
Therefore, when they accuse me OF
having a presidential bee in my bon,
net they simply magnify the purposes
and hopes of my heart. l have done
my best to elevate and liberate the
people of South Carolina, and my am,
bition is to do in the national field in
those other down trodden States, what
I have done here. III should receive
the presidential nomination I should
receive it with the same missgivings
which many of you heard me express
when was nominated here in 1890;
because I would realize the greatness
of the task that I would have before
me.
Though we may split on the FEEDER
al ticket and have two electoral tickets
in the fall, there is no reason why we
should have split in State politics.
We can 60 on and nominateand elect
our State and county officers as here
tofore, unless some of these men (here
Senator Tillan's voice and manner ex-
pressed great animus) whom the devil
has taken upon the mountain, go to
the negro and try to bring the black
man into South Carolina politics asan
arbieter of our affairs. But if they
do, we can 60 right on and take care
OF the State, anyway.
What principles have we abandon
ed2
Voice-'None."
There is nothing in the platform
that even hints at the abandonment
of principles. Weare simply saying
to the northern friends who havestood
by us as long as they could keep their
hands in our pockets, that they can
no longer dictate to us.
I sat on this floor when a gentle
man from Newberry uttered these very
same things, and told him that he
would be making ourselves the laugh
ing stock of the country if we did
what he proposed. Now, I hope we
will control the convention and will
make the other fellows do the boiling.
But if we don't; if they prove too
strong for US; if by the use OF money,
as they have used it lavishly in Michi-
gan, Florida, Illinois, Indiana and
Minnesota, they buy enough of those
ignorant and corrupt people to force
down our throats the doctrine Of gold
bugism, then I say it will be Cleve.
landism; and we. will say to them,
Gentlemen, good evening" You
can do nothing else. If you wish to
be terrorized by the sheet-lightning
that you have seen tonight into incor.
porating into the platform the resolu-
ton to support the gold bugs, I tell
you, the common people of South
Carolina will never support him.
(Applause.) We must simply say to
these people, You come from States
that have no electoral strength, and
you cannot force us to support your
platform" ="
When the gentleman from Charles
ton says that we cannot carry the elec-
ton on a silver platform, l appeal to
him in the name of the common sense
that he appears to have lost, where is
the hope, then2
1t has been asked where we will 60.
l favor resolution to have the chair
man of the convention to call it to-
gether again in case we have to come
back, to give us fuEher instructions.
The people are moving. Isaw them
in Kansas and Colorado, and Florida
and Kentucky, and when l called a
hand primary on uniting with US IN
Kansas, it might have oeen Anderson
county to judge from the response:
The men who are raising this fuss
are those who feel the teat slipping
from their mouths.
I anu not debating this question
here: I am simply talking to amdse
the Columbians who came QUITO boost
up these other fellows.
South OF the Potomac and the Ohio
and west of the Mississippi there are
POI electoral votes-7 votes more than
a majority, of the electoral college.
EVANS AND TREY.
Governor Evans came to the front
as Mr.. Barnwell was endeavorlng to
get the floor. Governor Evans wore
a pitchfork badge in his coat lapel and
he was not long in stirring up Senator
Irby. He said in substance: