The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-05-01

his nerve and be prepared for greater
shocks, for the Soutterner in the
near future is going to assist in tits
great issue will surely show his hand.
Our newspapers are all one way and
our people get only one side Of any
question. They are coming to where
they will have both. "Wisdom is justl-
fed of her Children" and to this de-
cision I can quietly await for justi-
cation. desire no Office from any
one and all that have done is in
obedience to what I felt a duty.
The white mans Republican party
is necessity pure and simple and
to this have always agreed. When
put on a State ticket for Treasurer in
1896 without my knowledge or con-
sent, 1 just announced myself for
Congles just TO take side tract. 1
never printed ticket, nor attendeda a
meeting except the Congressional
meeting at Orangeburg, and then
stated my position so plainly for
white supremacy that I knew they
would not accept it. Early in the
morning I asked the convention to
hear what I should cay the very first
thing and it gave permission, and I
then got in my buggy and went home
without any care for what they did
agcinst me which I knew they would
do. I came out late in last primary
simply to force position with no de-
sire to do any more than set prece-
dent and am still willing for all is.
sues we claim to go in the primary
to- be settled there. I had no inter-
est in the race beyond this and cared
nothing for The results of the Sena
torial race and 1 am willing for the
future to tell the story. But I do
desire to see au organization n to fight
aud stand as monuments against the
petrifed orthodoxy of Democracy
and if I know my feelings Go de-
sire the supremacy of genuine
streightout Republican party here to
fight for State and National life. I
have no hopes of the Democratic
paaty doing anything. Their plat
forms are like these at the end Of
cars only made to get on board and
not 10 stand on when elected. If
both platforms were the same I
should still be Republican. The
Republican party make platform to
carry out and the element at the
North would not allow any party to
carry out any wise or progressive
measures now controlled by Demo
Gratis. New York very largely con-
trolls the Democracy, and yet Tam
many Hall is as corrupt body OF
men as ever was organized on earth.
New York is hopelessly and belplessly
under foreign control. Out of
population Ct 100000 there are
nearly 100000 Of them foreigners.
Only little over one million of them
Anglo Saxops. and just this state
very largely exists up there. On the
contrary the Republicans rely for
protection mainly. Toe Northern
Democrat cares but ktyle for Amer
ica's Constitution or a,g. The South
erner for long years cared but little
but is learning very much better by
little experience. Democracy never
learrs much from experience natu-
rally and the reason Of that is the
non progressive element at the North
that controls its policy.
1t fought for free silver for years
and lost. It fought against expan-
sion last year and lost, and is now at
sea. There are progressive men here
who desire to move on to our politi
cal Caanan and not stay around Mt.
Sinai and prate forever about Jeffer-
son and jackson It was the iron
willed Jackson in 1882, who told CAL
houn that South Carolina had to
quit her d-n foclishness or be would
have him and Governor Hayne exc
cuted for treasou and put the whole
army in South Carolina or make her
behave. What difference had he
been President in 1861 might have
been.
I asked the Editor of the Dispatch
at Swansea to get me down exactly
right as I desired to appear in my
right attitude. 1t was the first meet
ing and then aud there I wanted to
start correctly. I had received let
ters and messages from friends and
desired that they see where I was.
I was asked by friends to straddle
fences so that they could come to me
at once aud renounce no national is