The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-19

| portauce Of the struggle in which We are en-
gagged; but relying for success upon the
| righteousness Of our cause We shall defend
with all possible vigor the positions taken 10y
our party. Wear not surprised that some
OF our opponents, in the absence OF better
| argument, resort to abusive epIthets bat they
may rest assured that no language, however
violent, no inyectives, however vehement
will lead us To depart a single hair : breadth
| from the course marked out by the national
convention. The citizen, either public OF
| private, who asSails the character and 4ues
tious the patriotsm of the delegates assem-
| bed IN the Chicago convention assalS tho
character and questions the patriotism oi
| the millions who have arrayeI Themselves
| under the banner there raised.
1t has been charged by men standing high
in business and political circles that our
platform is n menace TO private security and
public safety; and it has been asserted that
those whom have the honor, for the time
being. TO represent not only mediate an at
tack upon the rights OF property but are the
foes OF Socia! order and national honor.
Those who stand upon the Chicago platform
are prepared TO make known and to defend
every notion which Influences them, every
purpose which auirnates them, aud every
| hope which inspires them. They under
stand the genius of our institutions, they
are staunch. supporters of the form of gov
ernmepl under which We live and they build
their faith upon foundations laid by the IA
Tiers. Andrew Jackson has stated with ad-
mirable ,cieaSness and with an emphasis
which cannot be surpassed both in duty and
spirit OF government, He said: @Dlshnc-
lions in society will always exist under ev-
cry just government. Equality OF talents OF
educatSon, or:o{ wealth cannot reproduced
by human Institutions. In the full enjoy
ment OF the gifts Of heaven and fruits OF su-
perior industry, economy and virtue, every
man is equally entitled to protection by
law We yield 10 none in our devotion TO
the doctrine just euunciated. Our cam
paign has not for its object the reconstruc-
tion of society. We cannot insure to the
vicious the fruits Of a virtuous life; we would
not invade the home Of the provident n or
der to supply the wants OF the spendthcift;
We don't propose to transfer the rewards OF
industry TO the lap ofindolence. Poverty Is
and will remain the stimulus Of enGeavor
and the compensation for toll. We believe,
as asserted in the declaration OF lndepen-
dence, that all men are created equal, but
that does not mean that all men are or can
be equal in possession, in abilityor in merit
1t simply means that all shall stand equal
before the law and that government officials
shall not in making, contrasting or enforcing
the law, discriminate between citizens.
assert that property rights, as well as
the rights of persons, are safe IN the hands
of the common people. Abraham Lincoln III
MS message sent to Congress in December
1861, said: '-No men living are more wor-
thy TO be trusted than those who toll; none
are less inclined TO take or touch aught
which they have not honestly earned" |
repeat his language with unqualified APPROX
al and join with him in the warning which
he adaed, namely: ''Let them beware Of
surrepdering political power which they
already possess and which power, If sur
rendered, will surely be used TO close the
doors of advancement against such as they,
and to fix new disabilities and burdens upon
them until all of liberty shall be lost. :"
Those who daily follow the injunction: 'ln
the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,
are now, as they ever have been, the bull
wark of law and order-the source OF our
nation greatness III time Of peace and its
surest defenders in time Of war.
But have only read q part Of Jackson 5
utterance, let me give you his conclusion:
But when the laws undertake 20 add to
those natural and just advantages artificial
distinctions, 10 grant titles, grautudeS and
exclusive privileges; TO make the rich rich
er, and the potent more powerful; the hum
bic members Of society-the farmers, me-
chanics and the day laborers-who have
neither the time nor the means Of securing
like favors for themselves-have q right 10
complain Of the injustice of their govern
ment" Those who support the Chicago
platform endorse all Of the quotation from
Jackson the latter part as well as the form
er part. - q;
We are not surprised TO find arrayed
against us those who are benefclaries OF
government tavoritism-they have read
oar platform Nor are We surprised TO
learn that we must in this campaign face
the hospitality of those who find q. pecuniary
advantage in advocating the doctrine of Eon-
interference when great aggregatlons OF
wealth are trespassing upon the rights OF in
dividua $: We welcome such opposition-lt
is the highest endorsement which could be
bestowed upon us. We are content 10 have
the cooperation Of those who desire to have
the government administered without fear or
favor. Its not the wish of the general
public that trusts should spring into exis-
tence and override the weaker members OF
society; it is mot the wish Of the general pub
lie that these trusts should destroy competi-
ton and then collect such taxes they will
from those VINO are at their mercy; nor Is 1t
the fault ofthe general public that the in
strumentalities OF the government have been
so often prostituted to purposes OF private
gain. Those who stand upon the Chicago
platform believe that the government should
not only avoid wrong doing, but that 1t should
also prevent wrong doing, and they believe
that the laR should be enfororced alike
against all enemies of the public veal. They
don't excuse petit larceny, but they declare
that grand larceny is equally crime; they
defend the occupation Of the highwayman
who robs the uususpecting traveller. but they
include among the trausgressors those who,
through the more polite and less hazardous
means OF legislation, appropriate to their
own use the proceeds Of the toll Of others
Referring TO the income tax plank
of the Chicago platform Mr.. Bryan
said:
For a hundred years the Supreme Court
of the United States has sustained the prin-
ciple which underlies the income tax. Some
twenty years ago this same court sustained
without dissenting voice an income tax
law almost identical with the one recently
overthrown. Has not future; court as
much right to return to The judicial prece-
deuts Of century as the present court had
10 depart from? When courts alloy rehear-
ings they admit that the error IS possible;
the late decision against the income tax was
rendered by : majority of one after re-
hearing While The money question over
shadows all the other question III Importance
desire it distinctly understood that shall
offer no apology for the income tax plank of
! the Chicago platform.
4 law which collects from some citizens
| more than their share of the taxes and col