The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-24

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the perTlc and tho only thing thoy
e9'Ild say againt mo was "He is un
lssrue to the m-o.v-o-m. ont" What
showing did | have? In ono night
these chronic liars can tell enough to
destroy tho best man in tho world,
and Pm not that.
The people Of Laurcns and the
Piedmont know that rve always boon
true. Thon, what was tho matter?
1t was becauso l was q Democrat. /
refused to go out Of tho party. 1t
looks hard that [ am to bo punished
because Pvo beon true to the Rotor
mers Of South Carolina. 1 stood by
Iillman closer than u brother; pick
od this man (Eyans) up and made
him Governor. But, because L stood
up in the May Convention last year
and opposed Il bolt from the Dcmo-
cratic party, 1 had to go down. l
s9]id it was wrong in 80, when Has
Ykoll bolted; ! said it was wrong in '02
when Gonzales wanted to bolt, and
again in '0-l, when there was talk of
running an independent ticket for
delegates to tho Constitutional Con
vention, I said it was wrong
Could I conscicntiously, whom OPP
posing bolts, favor Il threatened re-
volt against tho National Democratic
party? No. It was wrong in prin-
ciple. spoke and wrote according
ly before tho May Convention met.
At Il. m. somo Of my frionds
came to nc, Col. CAN'T among tho
number, and told mo that plaoe
had been reserved for me as delo-
cato at largo to tho Chicago Conven-
tion if [ would only tallo back what
had said.
| told thom to 80 to. | forgot
who're l told them to 60 to, but they
went. told thcm that L wouldn't
sacrifice principle for any Office in
South Carolina. told them to tell
those that sent them that whilo I was
better friend to silver than any Of
them thoro wore principles in tho
Democratic party othor than silver.
am talking about Democracy.
This may not bo as much tariff talk
as Gonzales and Hcmphill would
like, but Pm talking about Dcmocra-
cy. Tho fabric can't stand unloss
the mud sills arc ripe.
was elected to tho Constitutional
Convention unanimousl, but on tho
condition that no man that wore
white face and straight hair should
be disfranchiscd. On that account,
and because | would not spit on tho
grave OF a great grandfather who
could neither read nor writo l op-
posed tho suffrage clause. The cf-
feet of that clause is to disqualify
tho poor and illitcrato white man in
South Carolina. Ho is givcn the
privilege, not the inherent right, to
vote only SO long as tho supervisors
SEQ fit to let him havo it.
They expect your poor white man
to explain the Constitution, q thing
that your young lawyers in Darling
ton can't do. Uaughter and APP
plause.)
Ills POLITICAL COFFIN.
My opposition gayo grcat olroncc
The politicians Went out bowling,
"lrby's agin tho Movement
now" L did moro, and want you
Rcformors to know it, to carry that
Constitutional Convention than any
man in South Carolina. | forced il,
and it has been my political coffin.
| wanted to eliminate tho negro and
Iloop down the Republican party in
this State. But you have now Re
publicanism in its incipicncy. There
aro moro Protectionists in the State
than you have any idoa of. The rea-
son thoy have remained Democrats
is because there is no decent Rcpub-
lican party in tho State.
Undor the suffrage clause you'll
have tho two parties. Voting under
it is privilege that lasts only so
long as tho board of supervisors arc
willing. You can't tell who's going
to have control Of tho State ten years
hence. You haven't got control now.
Gonzales is your Governor. He
knew who was going to tho Senate
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