The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-01
4 GENTLE ROAST
Given Ex-senator M. c. Butler
by The State.
OFFICIAL PAP RUINED HIM.

OFFICIAL PAP RUINED HIM.
Never Will Forgive the People OF
the State for Preferring
Gan Tiilman TO Him.
self.
During the last presidential cam
paign Ex-senator NJ. O. Butler, Of
this State, came out for Mckinley,
and recently he has had an inter-
view with the Washington Times in
which be reiterate his former posi-
tom that the Republican policies are
the best. The Columbia State, in com
menting on the Ex Senator'S change Of
heart say there are various ressons
which may account for his attitude. One
is that he hss never forgotten no7 for
given his defeat fer reelection to the
senate by Ben Tillman, and this dis.
appointment has evidently tincsured
his views Of the ruling. political senti
meat in South Carolins; for We find him
declaring that popular constitutional
e, vernment is in much more danger
from demsgogism, socialism, populism,
anarchisn, aud such heresies and falla.
cies" than from imperialism and mill
tarism. Another reason is that Gen.
Butler wss not long ago a representa-
tive Of this same nititarism, holding .
majpr generals commission in the
United States volunteer army by the
gift of President Mckinley. The
presid ent was very kind to Gen. Butler
and that gentleman found militarism q
not unpleasant experience. A. further
reason may perhaps be found in The cir
cdmstsnce that Gen. Buffers present
and recent professional associations in
Washington have been with corporate
and financial elements holding, like
himself, that the prevalence of the doc
trines be is pleased to term "demsgog-
ism, socialism, populisln," etc, may
"necessitate the employment Of force
to preserve public order, the rights Of
propsrty and the enforcement Of the
law"
So Gen. Butler speaks as one who
was once Of and for US in South Car
olina but is go no longer. he has
found other friends and developed
other sympathies. We are not sur
prised at his assertion that if he had
been in the senste he would have
voted just as McLaurin did, with the
exception perhaps of his vote for the
ship subsidy bill-slthough We do not
see any reason why he should make
this one exception, i1aslnuch as the
advocacy Of subsidies harmonizes with
the advocacy Of prohibitive tariffs, Of
wars Of sutjugstion for commercial
purposes and the other policies upon
which Senator McLaurin and the Re-
publioans agree.
Gen. Butler declares that as the
Democrats did as musb to bring about
the war with Spsin IS the Rapubli
cans they "should have claimed their
share Of its results and consequence"
and that they madesss fatal blunder
when they permitted the Republicans
to appropriate TO their own use the
questions growing out Of the Spanish
war" By this he means that the De-
mocracy, having from sympathy with
an oppressed people at our doors, pro
NOTED a war to liberate them, should
afterwards, from mere party policy,
have rivaled or outdone the Rspuoli
cans in Transforming that war into
one for the conquest aad enslavenent
of the vary peoples the United States
had assisted 10 rescuing from Spain
We must be permitted to say that this
doctrine is thoroughly immoral and
unworthy. If a and B come upon O
who has knocked down and is kicking
and trsmpling D, and they join in
driving G away; should B then, be-
cause A proposes to rob D il compen
ssticn for his work Of rescue--should
B, because Of this proposition, throw
himself promptly upon D and 90
through his pockets with the purpose
Of Citing the larger share of the
spoil? We defy Gen. Butler or any
one else to defend this proposition;
yet the case We have presented Is
perfect parallel in morals to the one
under national consideration. What
ever may be thought nov Of the al
legged folly Of the Democracyin declin-
ing to join the Republican sdripistra
tion in robbiDg Cuba and the Philip
pines Of their liberties after Eesouing
them from Spain, the verdict Of history
will be that the party never acted with
greater sanity nor more praiseworthy
integrity than when it rejected this
temptation to baseness.
We note with some amusement Gen.
Buffers declaration that what is
wanted in South Carolina above sll
things is a greater tolerstion for those
honestly differing with US in political
opiDions-grester political freedom of
action" In 1894, when contesting with
Tillman for the United States senator
ship, Gen. Butler gave, no such e1-
preston to his conviction Of what was
needed in South Carolina. On the con-
trary, Gen. Butler in that campaign
,nounced Tillman for his latitudina.
lar theory Of Democracy which led
i: m f;ar on the path to populism. In
that year Gen. Butler had no tolera-
tion for Tlllmsn's departure from the
Democratic highway. He thought that
Tillman's course wss such as TO de-
msnd his defeat for disloyalty to the
Democracy sni the election Of his
competitor, Fl. G Butler. "Circum-
stances alter cases." They seem also
to alter the political convictions Of our
statesmen, rast and present
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