The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
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If a newspaper or a man in
public life, refuses to sneeze
whenever a political leader opens
his snuff box, the leaders hench-
men see spooks Of treachery,
and look about for weapons to
destroy such heresy. When the
United States was engaged in a
way with Spain, the Democratic
usurpers, now recognized as lead
ers, thought they saw a chance to
make political strike by
thwarting the government in its
effort to settle the war. These
leaders believed if they could
prevent the confirmation Of the
treaty, the republican party
would be held responsible for
prolonging the war, and it would
cause them to lose votes in the
elections. Those who believe
fealty to country is a higher
duty than fealty to party, es-
pecially when they refused
to longer follow the leaders
after the country's flag had been
fred on by the enemy, and
joined in to give their aid to
bringing about the ratification of
the treaty were denounced.
Their independence was a great
disappointment to the political
bandits in charge of the party,
and they made it a vehicle to de-
stroy those who thwarted then
in their unpatriotic scheme.
Party success at cost of coun-
try BODIES no good to the people,
and can only inure to the benefit
of the politicians and, when pat
riotic craftsmanship prevented
the unholy scheme, all manner
of devices were manufactured to
prejudice the public mind. In
this State, those who believed
it was to the country's interest
to ratify the treaty we're charged
with "republicanism, and those
who thought the government
should swing on to the Philip
pine possessions, and build up a
new market for southern pro
ducts we're derisively called
Commercial Democrats, " which
was impressed upon the mind Of
the masses as being ':republi-
canism in Disguise" There was
method in this deception; it is a
known fact that in the South
anything which has the word
s'Republican" attached to it,
matters not how remote, is obi
Gus to the masses, and it takes
but little to infame it into
passion the professional politi-
clan knew this, and that is the
reason we heard so much about
::republicanism" the past sum-
mer. it was a deceptive scheme
to play to prejudice to advance
the political interests of politi-
clans. We hear minnow-minded
politicians pirate about ':repub-
iicanism" when we know they
are as ignorant of a republican
principle as a heathen Chinee is
of American politics; yet these
same men wall hang out at a
country store with a jack knife
whiting a stick in one hand,
and a "chaw" of tobacco in their
mouth, and make strenuous eff
forts to show how this or that
man is not a true Democrat, and
cite some remark or article
which differed from his political
god as proof. The fact of not CO.
inciding with his political leader
is clear proof of heresy, and
then he proceeds to hurl all the
anathamas of befogged mind at
the man who will not yield to
what they regard his superior
loyalty to party.
The day is fast approaching
however when this class of po-
litical snivelers will have little
weight: the people are rapidly
learning that politicians are
working on the Barnum princi-
pie, that ''the people love to be
humbugged" and as they realize
this, they become more and more
anxious to investigate for them
selves, and the heeler's day is
drawing to a close.