The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-06-15
LAURENS, S. c., June Is, 1897.

gions had his feet divided. Cerberus
guarded his dismal abode. Tillman
and McLaurin voted with Hoar and
Allison and the leaders OF tho Repub-
licans on the raw cotton question. Four
other socalled Democrats were found
voting with the Republicans, and two
were Georgia Senators, and these will
no doubt be able TO persuade their con-
%stituents that they are Democrats
Certainly, there are men right here
amongst us thai they can satisfy that
Calhoun, McDunie and Hayne were
fools. But, surely all the people arc
not fools, and we are not going TO be
fooled all the time. We havo Ger
tainly until January to come to our
senses. The vote in question was to
impose a twenty per cont ad valoren
tax on raw cotton imported into these
States. The bulk Of the Democratic
party with Vest leading stood like n
stonewall in the breach while our Sena-
tors deserted, joined the enemy, and
fired upon their friends. They had
the applause of the Northern Sena-
tors, and will get their reward a thou
sand fold. The principle for which
the SOuth has contcnded for q hundred
years has been sold bodily out. We of
the South have to find q foreign mar
ket for eight millions bales OF cotton,
whilst only about one hundred thou
sand bales long cottor is raised in all
this country. We buy untold millions
Of sugar; in a district as wide as Lau-
rens county sugar is cultivated in
Louisiana and for these miserable in
terests the Democratic party and the
South Is bodily sold and sacrificed. We
had better buy at a double price these
miserable long cotton islands and tho
sugar farms in louisiana. That
Northern Republicans arc hugging
Thorn to their bosoms Is not to be won
dcred at-join your Senators and you
have your loving rms enfolding the
necHs of the Northern brethren who
enslave you. What fun to soc Laureus
Democrats and Maine Republicans
drink from the loving cup and shout
Ing hosanahs TO protection. But, we
are saying it, as perhaps, ought not to
say 1t. Let these Senators OF ours
satisfy their intelligent constituency
that they wore right in joining tho
Republicans who wore voting a high
protective tariff on a schedule of three
thousand articles OF which the South
are consumers for the sake of a few
miserable bales of long cotton raised
on islands that q coop can cross in
three jumps. But we fear hat they
may succeed. In the meanwhile we
will ransack Europe, Asia and Africa
and the islands of the seas, for people
to take u raw cotton and cotton
goods.
Xxx
Senator'S Tillman and McLaurin,
with Congressman Stokes and Lati-
mer called on President Mckinley and
asked thai Gen. Hampton be retained
n the office of United States Rail
Road Commissioner. This will be bad
nows to those who yelled six year ego
over the discontinue of this great
Citizen. The President assured the
gentlemen who went without solicita-
ton, that Gen. Hampton would not be
removed pending his feeble health. 1t
was a graceful act on the part of Till
man and the other gentlemen.
NV
For six years we nave e~ndcavored to
Impress upon our readers that politi-
clans belonged where they voted and
should be classed by the company they
keep. Boar in mind too that this fall
when the primary comes they will al
most persuade us that protection and
helping the yankee manufactures with
ahigh tariff Is Jeffersonian Democracy.
Watch.
Xxx
Goals are not brought to Now Castle
wool Is imported to q goats house. |
Watch that the entire Egyptian cotton
output is not dumped upon the great
cotton patches Of Col. Mccall and
Chancellor johnson over In Marlboro |
and Marion. No wonder hat Frye and
Hoar are coming to tho help Of Nc
Laurin and Tillman.
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The exhibition tho State is making
of herself Mt Columbia, through her
High Court Of Inquiry, Is supromely
ridiculous. Only a finding against the
commandment of the troops can be 9TH
erwise thar fatuous. Governor Ellerbe
fs-belng made a cats-paw OF and we
fear that he is not aware OF the fact.
The burning question at this stage
OF the game seems to be-what Ia an
"original PACKAGE? " may mean that
the Dispensary must pack up and pack.
The fact is that the Courts are far be-
low the capabilities OF our American
English.
XIV
Bacon comes from Macon, and he is
close upon the wire grass region OF
South W.oS Georgia. When the SEN
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