The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-24
Letter from Hon. j. Z. Tindal.
Editor The TINES:

Editor LIE INES:
Please allow me space 70 thank the peo-
pie who petitionel me to be candidate
for tie Senate. vas out OF the State for
nv health, and did not receive the petit
ton until two days before the limit Of time
for fling pledges. am sorry that CAN
not afford at this time on account OF busl-
ness or risk TO health to return TO politics.
But appreciate this petition. 1t express
ses in effect your appreciation Of past SER
vices and continued confidence and puts
me under renewed obligations.
For more than twenty years l have given
thought and time and unselfsh devotion
to the Interests of the people, among whom
| Lave lived and MAY be excused for offer
! iug a word OF warning. Some office seek
ers would take advantage OF what they pre-.
sume is the Ignorance Of the poor people
aad would tear down the colleges under
p-etcnse of helping tie public schools.
| Others would excite prejudlces against
other classes don't believe you Will be
! duped.
The pubic schools could not succeed if
there were no colleges or universities. Your
corn and cotton cannot produce fruit with
ont the light and heat OF the sun aud the
rain, which come down from above. The
roots would perish. The public schools
are the roots OF the educational system and
would perish If thrre We're no colleges or
universities The people who See the ad-
vansages enjoyed by educated people are
! induced to educate their children. The
! higher education, therefore. not only furn
!shes teachers FOR the schools, but the in
soirauoa to parents. 1t literally sends the
children to school 1t is the light aud
heat and rain iro,I above
You love Nour liberty did it come
FROM? Long ago the world was ruled by
military powers The masses We're peas
ants without any political rights, or hope
Of betterirg their condition. The great
universities established in England and
Germany threw the hight over the world.
which slowly but steadily broGdened the
liberties and privileges ofthe people. There
| is where your liberties come from. Those,
therefore, who would blot out or cripple
our colleges would put out the lights.
The world is wiser now than ever before,
and recognizes knowledge as the secret OF
power. so it not only has great univerSl-
ties but s3ecia! schools for special pur-
poses. When our navy smashed the pow
t: O. Spain it astonished the world. Where
did the knowledge ana skill! Of orr navy
coElc from? It came troEl our Naval Aca-
6euY at Annapolis. Many Of you did not
know it existed. Ia peace times you did
not notice y, but il was silently and surely
| doing its work; so when we ueeded it. it
| brought protection and hunor TO the whole
people.
Clemson College is & like special school
io. TIE industrial classes. 1t IS the first in
the history Of tie State TIM; these classes
have been specially recognized and cared
| for by establishing i silent but effectuai
power slowly to lit them NJ. And now
men want vour votes to give them power
10 cripple a;.d then ie-troy It. They would
| literally have Your threats cnt By your own
hands
You are not taxed one crnt for this col
lege II is supported by the United States
government and the privilege tax, which
was being collected before the college was
ever planned or thought OF. Some very
gooi meaning, bn. mistaken people. would
reduce the privilege tax aud thus make
Clemson !. fourth-c!uss school. 1t would
not reduce tie price OF gunno one cent to
the pcor. II the wholesale price OF sugar
sixteenth or twentieth OF Il cent il conld not
i.eip the man who only buys !. pound or
two at > time. No retail dealer could
afford to marx down his prices :or 81 small
decline. And so i! ten cents y ton was
taken from the privilege tax It could not
reduce the price of gnano one cent to the
small farmer
One thought more. Ali classes OF people
are necessary to society. All taken to-
gether make y body. Now the parts of a
body canno. var against each other with
cut injury to the whole, and injury to one
part lnjures the whole. Therefore, let rs
! fight against any evil to any part OF the
body, but not cne class against another
class. Itany !&w EartS a part OF the pee
pie let all help to remove It. Let rs not
pull down, but build up. Il the feet sre
cramped let the head and hands help - re-
move it. Don't vote for a governor or tor
senator OF representative who would pnls
down. or advocate any measure which IS
not tor the good of all. Let US strive for
equal rights 10 all and special privileges to
none.
J. i. TISDAL