The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-06-05

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there is no necessity to hurry.
When does he propose to with
draw it? Perhaps after a lot of
bitterness has been engendered,
and he discovers that he has
brought on condition which
bodies no good to him. Is Sena-
tor Tillman unwilling for the
people to enjoy one year OF
peace? Must the happiness and
material welfare of the people
he sacrificed to crafty Senator
Tillman's animosity towards Sen
ator McLaurin? Remember the
people have been educated in
politics and they are qualified to
distinguish whether or not the
contention between South Caro-
lina's Senators is one of principle
OF prestige. Tillman clings to
the tenets of that element which
brought two crushing defeats to
the Democratic party, and Nc,
Laurin has broken loose from
it and seeks to put the
Democracy in line with an ele.
ment which is more liberal and
in closer touch with the South's
progress. McLaurin has dis
covered the war ended at Apo
mattox, and does not have to be
fought over every election year.
Tillman claims McLaurin is
endeavoring to lead South Car
olina into the Republican party,
and to thwart his plans, he must
face him on the Democratic
stump. In one breath Tillman
charges McLaurin with being a
Republican, and in the next he
acknowledges him Democrat.
Suppose McLaurin is advocating
Republican principles as TIL,
man contends, and we are forced
into an exciting and hate-creatlng
primary, that won't help our
Condition even if McLaurln
should be defeated.
The people are well aware that
Congress has a large working
Republican majority, and If
South Carolina was not repre-
sented at all, the government
with it's Republican measures
would continue moving right
along. The votes of Tillman
nor McLaurin are needed to
make a majority when it comes
to a vote on a party measure,
granting they are of different
parties.
Senator Tillman lays much
stress on the recent decision OF
the United States supreme court
and urges the exposition Of the
s.damnable doctrine" and 'splans
must be laid for a battle to the
death by the lovers of Democra-
.cy".# x ''as it was made
against the Dred Scott case de-
cision." This to our mind,
whether the supreme court is
right or wrong, is an invitation
to butt our heads against a stone
wall This. the highest legal
tribunal in all the land has de-
creed with regard to certain pos,
sessions and there is no appeal
unless an appeal is made to the
sword. It is all right, and sounds
we'll to pound the air with clench-
ed fist and denounce a court S de-
cision as "damnable doctrine, "
but what good does it do, it does
not soften the effects nor does 1t
reverse the decision. The Dred
Scott case was one in which a
question of recovering runaway
slaves was involved, and the
contention resulted in favor OF
the South, the agitation contin-
ued until like a small ballat first,
it became tremendous in it pro
portions, gathering other ques=
tions as it went until the climax
was reached when the immortal
Lee sheathed his unsullied sword.
We do not believe the politi=
clans of this day can get the peo-
pie wrought up to such a pitch
on account of the governments
policy towards Puerto Rico, the
Philippines, Hawaii, and other
outlying possessions which are
ours as a result of war with
Spain, to again be willing to set
tie a question with a grape and
canister argument.
The bred Scott case to which
Senator Tillman so vehemently
alludes was but the beginning Of
what resulted in flooding the
fields with the blood of the flower
of both the North and South;
those who made the agitating
speeches and were going to drink
all the blood that would be spill
ed, are not among the armless
and legless Of today, nor are
their names cut in the marble
shafts erected to the memory of
the heroic dead. Senator Till
man may be willing to ''battle to
the DEATH" but from the magnif-
cient chorus of approval of Gov
ernor McSweeney's thoughtful
ness, the people prefer crop to
a :'battle to the death" at least
this summer.
THANK YOU, GOVERNOR!