The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-14

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va, ~. ;,ir s?.;es o. m. Sonfb have he.n ir.
nora3 II. mia climate NEGLECTED. and the
C;n,}fv co,,r,.sv ~ nature leir unused. Most
i ever ra.ol;n tbus@ Can we not unite as
ora mon -. demand our rro,er status among
the m aterial interests Of the nation. Let Us
wv il. Lc; rs start the ball rolling here ia
So,,,h Carolina and undertake. to do some.
thinr for the financial prosperity Of our State
and reoDfe.
Fallow cit;zons nv convic,io1s. are the re-
.,,I, of ,hssrrs,;on and carefnl Investigation
| onj wv, r,,,,nsnns are nnaIterab,a with the
Tir5,s ibo, a~a now before ne Nv position
on the ways and means committee of the
House enabled me 10 study this matter from
its ceaterto circumference When saw the
far reaching conspiracy Of the North and
East to plumber aai despoil the South,
| was amazed at its magnitude and the success
with which ii was applied.
| But when | discovered that no one from
the South was lifting hand in her defence
was absolutely concounded. Financially
spaakipr. the South was on her knees to the
North and East, and submitting without a
| protest 10 the most Gastarily system Of plum
| ieripr that Yankee shrewdness could devise
tried 70 convince myself that was wrong
that these conditions we're natural and right,
| but utterly failed ia the attempt. The more
thought OF it, TIE more firmly became con.
vinced OF the outrage. Day after day, week
after week. our committee room and the cor.
| ridors of the Capitol were crowded with Eas.
! tern and Northern men seeking Government
favors for their different industries.
| They were cunning. bold aud threatening.
| and ;bev rsralIv carried their point. Wa.
@ ,bs Son;b ran~ssan1edo No i,aeed from al
annearances i had neitber mart nor lot in
y TsYSs,rI -o.osaS (sc;SIa,ion .f,nr tine ~
| Sonfhern blood BEGAN to assert itself.
| corI5 on;ctlr suhmit no loprer 10 see nv
sect;on and the people represent plurdered
w;,bont makinr = nrotsst2 finally con,
| .1n5o3 - n,oLe a sr9n8 for inc mo,er;al in.
.,, 49, of tho Sontb n mqta . ioLt ror tbs
nnclc, ~, ~: hools Of NV constituents
Tbara are two ways Of octt;nr equal
r;rbrs one j. 10 take awav from the otber
fa7Iow ,ba RIGHTS thai he orrbt NOT tr
have the ot6ar Is n demand tbe Same
-;rh,s vonrseIf FouaIitv hefo-a the law
| NJ Cbo;rmqn fr,m rbat 8ov nntii the
,-asan+ tina have made rbe hest fight that
| 7 co,,IS ,,noo tbaon T,ao on5 "a baIn M.
| Ga = +norr,;,ta5 sboI, con,i,rn tho con.
tast mn, rba neonle or the Sonrh are nrivi
fegsS lo s,srd nnon an enral;tv with the REQ
ne of tbn orba- sections nnIsr the u W. Of
hi. nation
Tho snaacb -n,ia ,asi March wos tho tirs
,,aonh a-,~ -,,oIa ,,-,o,, tbot +l,o, doro,,nc
~ sao,;o.ol fsoti,rns o,,- 70 -;tF iac;SIo
,;o, a,1 Jar,on5;ny anroI owl eyoct stic.
for The Sorrb, That spcecb has no: been
answered, and predict that it will not bt
| very soon.
The more looked into the matter thu
| more firmly I became convinced that tht
! material interests Of the South were bein.
neglected and that her people were beinG
robbed without objection.
That speech subjected me 70 severe crit
icisms here in South Carolina. refused tc
answer them. but instead cave out an ad
dress on The South and her Opportunities. ;
| could hardly believe my own statement!
Of The vast possibilities it contained Tha
speech has gone throughout the length anc
breadth of the land and fully established tht
fact that the South had opportunities tha
should be considered.
followed this with recent speech !:
the Senate, the first of It's kind ever hearC
in that chamber. In the discussion Of thi:
bill in the Senate, the speech Of Senator
Bacon vas the first real danger signal thC
Republican party received from the South
| Followed up by my speech on the sectional
ism Of the tariff bill, it was home thrust ii
g vital spot and created 40 little anxiety
The Republican party cared not a snap oft:
finger for the academic efforts Of Jones, YES
and Mills. Spending hours discussing the
meaning of the word only So long a:
they confined the discussion to the question
Of free raw material, or the abstract theorie:
Of revenue or revenue only tariff, they
listened inditferenIy, and languidly
voted down our motions, bat when
the unfair and Infamous sectional
ism Of the measure was disclosed
and demand for justice and equality made
there was sudden change. The Repu5li-
can leaders saw the strength Of my position,
and that should the plan succeed the entire
protective fabric would collapse. Ifthere
| are 70 ne eOusl rights where does protection