The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-05-02
Endorses McLaurin'S Course.

EDITOR THE BAMBERG HERALD:-ln
political trinity this is said to be an cdu-
cational era, and along this line we are
badly in need of education. Will not
some philanthropically inclined man out
side of the political fold give US the
Democratic ritual of the nation in general
and the State in particular? We have
been taught to regard the race question
as the Democratic pass word and white
supremacy as its ultimate goal, but now
and then things will crop out which
shows a many sided Democracy and
brings difference of opinion amongmcn,
both State and nationally. Many of us
remember the Tillman May convention,
and not few were the true Democrats
who would not affiliate on the ground
that it was foreign 20 the regular Democ-
racy..
The series of events since that time are
too familiar to mention. B. X. Tillman
has been sent to the gubernatorlal char
at Columbia and to the Senate at Wash
ington under the promise that he would
accomplish wonders and reform the State
and nation. His administration in the
State and the consequences thereof have
resulted in as much scandal, corruption
and fraud, to say nothing of bloodshed,
in our State institutions as he claims to
have unearthed in his pioneer campaign
and charged to the old Democratic regime.
He has accomplished nothing at Wash
ington except the familiar sombrlque OF
the pitchfork, which he claims to have
sousded into the vitals of every Republi-
can who chanced to come his way. Many
of US remember last year when he came
back to the State and planted his pitch
fork into the haslet of the clergy and re-
ligious institutions of the State, of whom
nothing of sacreligious nature had ever
been known. They were not Democrats;
they were temperance and religious
people. Now he turns up with his instru-
ment of war and plants it into the epigas-
trio region of John L. McLaurin, and
twists it around, as his slang goes. He
says Johnny has been atfiliating with the
Republicans; he has accomplished too
much under Republican administration
to be Democrat; johnny is too mild and
genteel and his winning ways among the
Republican representatives is foreign to
Democracy, and the man whom Ben once
rolled as sweet morsel under his tongue
has suddenly become repugnant and must
be spit forth.
The Democracy at Washington is a
hide bound organization which says thus
far shalt thou go, etc, according to Till
mans conception. We have been con-
tent to send men there, and Mr.. Tillman
is one of them, who do nothing but drink
champagne and curse the Republican
party and come before their constituents
every campaign year and fan into
fame the smouldering emberS of the civil
war and imbue the younger generation
with class hatred, which was never just.
We need men at Washington who can |
pour oil on the troubled waters and by |
their soothing, emollient diplomacy cause
this rent to grow up and get smooth.
Beu needs to convert his pitchfork into a
bodkin and his vituEeration into roll of
diplomatic twine and aid Johnny Nc
Laurin in sewing up the rent between the
States which seems to separate the
South from legislative benefits.
Now, if Mr.. Tillman is the embodied
Democracy of South Carolina, we want
him to explain the bylaws, etc, of the
party, SO that we can see exactly where
Johnny McLaurin deviated from the Path
of duty. We think that any man with a
spark of American patriotism in his
economy should have voted to ratify the
Paris treaty. 1t became national duty.
As for McLaurin's change Of front, etc,
any sensible man sometimes changes his
mind. You know the rest
If the south is to become the manufac-
turing centre of the nation and the navies
of the earth are to be steamed with South
ern oil why should the political future of
the South not avail the opportunities and
advantages which history has proven to
be good for the north and east? | have
spoken. LA-AcooN.
April 90, 1901,