The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-02-12
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ago fully expressed my views thereon.
The silver question. has been so thor
ou9hly discussed that it is not now ques-
ton Of argument. 1t is question OF brute
force and money on the one side, and OF
manhood and votes on the other side. a
reference, however, to the State which !
have the honor to represent, by the gentle.
man fron North Carolina Mr. Pearson ],
renders it necessary tor me to say some
thing IN addition to what my friend al t;
colleague, Mr. Talbert, said last evening
on the spur of the moment
In the first place, the gentleman from
North Carolina [Mr. Pearsonl sp,aks OF
South Carolina carrying u. into new
secession movement"
Mr.. Chairman, it is useless task TO dis
cuss the motives which led to that terrible
war Neither the right nor wrong belongs
to one side alone. Bnt I want to Say here,
that our people acquiesce in the result OF
the war; and that to-day there is not a
State IN this Union whose people are more
loyal, more devoted to our common couutrr,
than the people of South Carolina I Ven
ture the as ertlon that Should foreign ag.
Sresslon threaten Us nc more loyal sons
would be found in any section OF this
Union.
Our people fought not for slavery, but
because they believed that the principles Of
local seN-government, equality IL taxation,
ana all those fundamental questions which
have lain beneath every contest for free !oul
We're at stake; and Mr.. Chairman to-day We
are just Us devoted to the principles OF
liberty and of justice as any people. II IS
time, MIR. Chairman, when the last "cStise
OF bitterness should be wiped out, when the
only memories left, is pride aud glory for
those OF both sides who fought, u.ed and
died for principles which they believed
were sacred. Our people ure glad, Sir, that
the Union was preserved. The time has
come when the people yf south Carolina,
proudrr ct these United States, more Loyal
to Il nations flag than they arc to any
State. whose star is but one of those con.
shutting the bright galaxy, which makes
America tie graudest and greatest among
the nations OF this earth.
Ar. Chairman, the time has come when
Representatives on the floor of this House
who tor cheap applause would revive the
bitter recollectous of thirty years ago
should be frowned down by the great, thu
generous, and the forglving American
public. God speed the day
1t comes, Sir, with poor grace for South
ern man to refer TO his own section, hi:
own people, Il sisters childlen, as tht
gentleman from North Carolina did las
evening. yield to none in love for ,hi:
great county, and my patriotism is no
bounded by State lines, not cra:nped b,
partisan bigotry, nor yet paray wed by
race prejudices. But Mr.. Chairman,
love my native home, the soil which CAV,
me birth. love my people, hot headed
iinpulsive, but loyal and true Theil
fuults would coudone, their virtues
would extol. And Mr. Chairman, shrinl
in horror from the ''biri which would be
| foul its own nest"
The gentleman from North Carolina iIr
Pearson] refers in bitter terpls to speech
made by Senator Iillman in the Senate 4.
.'hoisting the red flag of anarchy or the
black fag Of dynamit.rs in this country,
and as trying Ito carry lis over into q new
secession movement" I am not here tc
answer for Senator Tillman; he is fully
capable Of taking care of himself; but sir
| it would have been better had some Sen
tor possessed the nerve and courage to re-
ply in an arena where he could be ftly
answered, not behind these walls and
through the eloquent mouth Of the gentle,
man from North Carolina. In my State
when 1 thought Senator Ti!lman wrong
have said So and opposed him; where
thought him right, l defended him. Lei
me tell the gentleman from North Carolina
that the manner in which this speech is re
ceived is an omen of trouble. Those aw
ful words were but the echo OF unexpressed
thought in the boSoms of millions o.
American citizens. Instead of referring tc
Senator Tillman as an anarchist, let my
friend turn his abuse upon those who
rendered it possblefor such utterances to &C
unchallenged in the United States Senate
was present, sir, and with esSed the shock
to Senatorial dignity" aud when all eyes
turned toward the David" from New York
he failed to produce his sling and smooth
rocks which have slain SO many Gollaths.
There are all sorts Of anarchists in this
country; the poor devil, shivering with cold
at switch crossing, tie maniac in the
legislative gallery, and the fat, round an
archist robel in power, who, by changing
the unit Of value, has robbed the toiler OF
his just reward, and the producer of the
fruits Of his labor.
Oppression and extortion in high places,
breed the most disastrous forms of anarch-
ism. Rid US of this class, and the former
will disappear and the upper House re-
cover ics ,rma Senatorial dignity,
which of late has been so rd;lely disturbed.
Laughter and applause
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