The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-09-13


victions and feelings of the overwhelm-
ing majority of the true South Carolin-
ians and American citizens. 1t is in
bad taste and does not represent the
feelings of the citizenship of this State.
IT was useless, harmful and uncalled
for, and we disapprove most emphati-
cally the whole manner and tone of said
editorial.
We, the citizens of Union, South Car
oiina, in mass meeting assembled, fully
realizing the political force of the eX-
prossion contained iu the. immortal
Declaration of Independence that ali
men are created equal and still main
tanning that every man is equal before
the law, yet realizing that every blow
aimed at the Chief Magistrate of our
great republic is in effect a stab at lib
ertv, an attempt to institute anarchy for
order, lawlcssnesS for law, and en-
dangers the autonomy and freedom of
the greatest, the grandest, and pnrest
government among the nations of the
world, and that he, the President, is the
embodiment OF the nations thought
That in him is centered the hopes, the
aspirations and policies of a nation
whose government is of the people, for
the people and by the people, and that
his official position makes him dis
tlnctivc and extraordinary parsonage in
the affairs of our national life and that
Il successful attempt upon his life NAV
be the cause of indescribable confusion
III the affairs of government at home
and among other nations, NAV retard
the prosperity and paralyze the indus
tries, cause panic at home and bring
about general suffering to happy and
prosperous country.
Therefore, be it resolved, That we
urge the Congress of the United States
to pass law amendatory of the COnsti-
tuition making all attempts upon the
life OF the President by anarchists
whether successful in their execution OF
not, the crime of high treason. And
we further urge our representatives in
Congress to lend their efforts in favor
of such law.
The Estates" Challenge.
The Columbia Estate of Wednesday
| replies editoriallv to the resolutions
passed at the Union meeting. With his
usual irony he says: "Three hundred
| people, tlren, out of the 1000 claimed by
| Union, assembled to express the feel.
| ings of the citizens etc. We are rather
| surprised that the astute editor of the
| state should h I'VE left down such a gap
Let us look ut this. Suppose there arc
900 inhabitants, our esteemed contem
! porary must know that this would in.
| clude every man, woman and child ir
| the incorporate limits. Does the editor
OF the state think it necessary to have
. the women AMI children of commu
, NIFTY present 10 get an expression of the
| opinions Of the citizens of town? An
! expression from the business men, tax.
! l'ay"rs and voters is usually accepted as
pretty thoroughly representing the sen.
timent of the community in which they
1--we. We suppose the editor of the
state will grant this, now, if we mis-.
! tax" not, the general average is five tc
the family, leaving aboat one voter to
every five inhabitants. Deduct this
! tuUr,tif,hs from the 1000 and YOU
. have 400. Now the editor of the State
must not forget the fact of the disfran-
. ch:Scd negro who does not cast vote.
In this 700 population we have very
large number of negroes, men, women
anG children. suppose we say they