The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20
,r,,,,,,,,, Remarkable Speech.

l hear Senator 'iTllman speak was so great
L that the galleries were crowded anu the
J. Senate floor thr0ngcd. lnstead Of de-
serting the Chamber, us ordinarily hap
pens, senators on D0th SldcS remained III
their seats with few exceptions. One OF
the most notable absentccs was Senator
Sherman. who may have had private rca-
sons for lettering home. At first Sciia' or
rillmnn started to speak ut his desk,
which is in the real, but he accepted Il
, front place on the invitation of Senator
CockreI. Ills eXOrdium was slowly
EspOkcn, and it was devoted to measured
but pungcnt criticism Of senatorial digni.
ty freezing processes and the custom Of
| reading compositions to empty benches.
| lie was viSibly impressed with the vasi
gathering Of people and thanked senator's
| for the uncommon distinction accorded
| him. For about half an hour he spoke
with slowness occasionally glancing ut II
| small slip Of paper with notes upon it.
| Ills remarkable fraukncSs and grim hu-
| NOR, as he brushed the way for the body
| OF his remarks, awakened interest as to
what this strange and terrible farmer,
who had "GOrcru his way to the Scnltc.'
would say next in staI tling verIacular.
Having expressed freely his opinion Of
senatorial dignity and explained that he
was Il son of the soil without Il learned
profession and used to opcu mir combat,
he pulled from the desk Il roll of n,au,,-
script and raised quite Il laugh when he
said that rs hc WAS just little frightened,
he would read IN essay himself lie
then delivered himself, with alternate
impromptu bursts Of wit, sarcasm and
dcnuncialOn, OF one of the most won.
dcrfut addresses ever heard on the floor
OF The Senate lie scored both parties
will, mcrcieEs severity. and with what
somebody has called 'brntal c,ndpr"
What thousands Of men have in their
own fashion, thought or privately uttered
he spoke fright ont in mcciing,' to the
| manifest amaZcncnt of not Il few SEMI
tors, who were, dirrctly,or indirectly, the
subjects Of cXcoriation. When he dealt
wit the President and Cabinet his
| "piichfOrk,' was in full and tremendous
action. The President WA: up the river
shooting ducks, u "a possibly metlitntinc
Armenian or Cuban messages. but nc
may on, his return. pcru>c The Congrcs-
sonal Record and behold in type what
this South Carolina man Of the new
time thinks of him ant his career. As
Senator Villas Is to"Spcai tomorrow. we
may look for cXtravagant c},lomy of Mr.
Cleveland as an offset to Tillman's vilrl
olic attack. Only one senator vcnturrd
TO interrupt the farmcr-statcsman and it
would have been better PERHAPS if he
had remained silent. The venerable
senator lIoar, OF Massachusetts, who can
be quite rcppcry himself, discIaimcd an
Interpretation put upon some words of
his about Southern men, but. Tilman
answered him so tartly that the old gen
tlcman, though he rcfraimcd from push.
ing the encounter, was viSibly confused
and wrathfnl. Sumcth G like an awful
, hush, broken only by The Stabbing lam
Guagc of the speaker, fell upon thcwholc
audience when h" sulrmnlv warned the
''gold conSpraiors AMI milionairrs" to
| beware OF the wrath TO come unless hey
took their grip from the throats Of tie
people. The orator, with flushed brow
AMI vehement G"Slu,c, grew n!oa prOph
: ct of STERN and revolution. What his
= rr0thcr SaiI in Augusta, and repeats ..i
| Clilrk'S Hills to his ncighbnrs. Ben Till
man disclosed upon the ilonr Of the Sen.
ate and ~ c'li"ted nat the people would
. right their wrongs with the ballot or the
bullet, unless Legislators au,l presidents,
who Lad hahitunlly Betrayed them, turn
, ed back into their druolatin@ work. No
. doubt he will he ccusurch riI,culcd and
tau ltcd by some metropolitan papers and
t. | the bondh"ldinG or monicd classes, but no
4 matter what may be Thought ui his utter
. ancrs. am Of opinion tn / it j. Just a.
, we'll as somebody, in Congress, disclosed
/. the truth or what seems 10 many thous
@ anuS the truth, ami so clca .lcd the atmos
o., .plrrr OF tor and mystery. Go back [,
our earlier history and you will sec tina
q Jefferson, Patrick Henry an,l olhe
}, mighty spirits feared is 40 less apprchcr
n siNc today, and >at Tiilman is announc
r Ing in unconventional, possibly uncharit
y able phnnr>S what they proclaimed il
o more stately or classic phrase. IL mus
# have made the old go!dbn% abolit ion,t
It vince when Tillman charged that the
had freed 1000, coo negro slaves ohly t.
y reduce co., 600 600 whir frcrmcn to bond
. age. and he made Il p,apab'c hit when Ii;
: withcrcd Mr.. Tlyc's cloIucncc by tcllin.
him that the "Armcni,ns were at hi
! dnors,' paraphrasing RandoIph's cclr
DRAFTED reply about the Cheeks. Auolhr,
0 pnlapAblr hit was when he sent to tn
9 Clerks desk and had read the following
9 letters written by Senator Sherman, an,
Q found in n book published by one Of tn,
family in 1891:
@ Senate Chamber, May 10, G2-Pag
q l60,-"Eycn under terrible lmanc,
It pressure and drain OF active war, tn
q country is f"uriSling. Much Of this ma
" hc induced by the initiation of paper mon
Il ry, but gold is abundant, foreign impol
p- lationS active, and Foreigners are makia
| Investment, here heavily. la my cXpn
W ,ri'ncc In public aliars have ncvc
= lMowIl times Nnrr easy
t't". - '>''', IitiIIS ever
/, man is payi g on his debt. The iuia
" tion> Of currency aud rise Of propclt
-, makes this easy. Unlnchily for me mos
OF my money is or was in ''bis rccriva
II blc.' These are paid, or will be, and $
J. find myself with pcAty OF money bu
4 cant buy anything at reasonable prices
+. This Is lha general rule Of creditors an,
perhaps ii * better 50 for The community
l. as the creditor class can more easily bra
s he loss of iullalion.'
# Nov. t. 1863, Page 2l5.--"rhc wonder
=, FIJI prosperity of all Glasses, especially o
> lahorcrS, has tendency TO secure acuui
- c$ccnCc in all measures dc.!iaudcd to car
q ~ on the war. And this is not Show
l. simply oy inflated prices, but by incrraS
~ production, new manufacturing cstab
!'>limcnts, new railroads, houses, etc
, Indeed every branch OF business is nc
II tive and hopeful. This is not u mcr,
temporary imitation caused but is stead,
progrcsg. and almost entirely upon nc