The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-08-26
HILL BEFORE PUBLIC AGAIN.
address 10 The Pioneers Of Niagara
Ceunty, n. Y.
Ex-senator David 3. Hill Has
Something to Say About Lynch
ing, I.Spectacularism,' Ficti-
tious Prosperity AMI "the
Rubber Currency"


Rubber Currency
Olcott Beach, n. Y, Aug. 19.-Fronn
twenty to thirty thousand people at
tended the annual picnic of the Mag
ara County Pioneers Association to-
day. The morning was taken up with
business meeting Of the Association
followed by reception to Ex-senator
David B. Hill.
An immenss,crowd gathered at the
open air the atre, where the exercises
Of the day were held.
Attorney General Cuneen was the
first speaker. He extoled the indus
try. intelligence and character OF the
pioneers of Western New York. Mr..
Cuneen then paid tribute to Senator
Hill, who was the next speaker.
Mr. Hill in opening discussed 8 Mob
Law Versus Due Process Of Law. -
He said:
Mob violence is not rendered less
objectionable If it be true, as frequent
II asserted, that unles it shall inter-
pose its strong arm the guilty may es-
cane punishment through lax ad-
ninistration Of the criminal law or
indifference to its enforcement on the
part of the people themselves. The
yery excuse offered is a reflection on the
community itself where the crime has
been committed, and the remedy lies,
not in the people themselves overrld-
inc the law, but in the people uphold
ing and enforcing the law and in an ap-
peal to their patriotism, their good
Sense, their innate love of justice and
respect for order qualities which are
seldom If ever invoked in vain. We
cannot permit this Government TO be-
come mobocfacy, which acts upon
smpulse, feels no restraint and re-
cognizes no appeal from its hasty pre-
Judgment.
Crimes which can only be punished
by such irresponsible tribunals as
nobs might as well not be punished at
all; because, in the end, the remedy
viii be found to be worse than the
disease.
The duty of every American citizen
VINO loves his country and its tree in
situations is plain. He should assist
IN the creation of healthy public
sentiment, which should demand
that no person charged with crime
shall be punished therefor except un-
der due process of law and by lawful
officials and under a trial before a
Court and jury as provided by the
wise and bene6csnt provisions OF our
Federal Consti tuition, and these vital
provisions, SO essential to the public
welfare, most be respected in every
mart of our domain and wherever our
American fag shall permanently
float: and every man, whether white
or Black, native or foreign born, rich
a. NOR. educated or unlettered, must
s,a nrotectea in his life and liberty
'Tafing up another subject, Mr.. Hill
said
wards indulgence IN that pecnllar
species Of sensational performance
which may be characterized IN general
terms as spectacularism,' II may be
ugrmitted to coin that word.
seSpectacularists usually affect su-
,,er;ority over other people; In the
mater Of patriotism they desire to be
reoarded as the only true patriots; they
assnne TO possess all the virtues, while
Other s,sb. peopIe. in their estimation, pos
ssss ali fine vices. They abhor silence
snd otscurity. They assert the COM
Inonest kind of sef-evident proposi,
fions. which have become moss-coVered
from age, with an emphasis as though
they were oracles, and as though their
platitudes be original.
s.They have their press agents, who,
unsolicited, supply the newspapers
grafuitously with the details of what
fhey do each morning, noon and night,
as fhouph the world was holding Its
meath for fear that something would
eseape il pertaining to themselves.
If thew happen to hold public Office
thew are delighted to see their small
est public acts paradeds magnineo
and applauded. They are sure that
there was never before such pubic ON
ciaIs as therselves-so earnest, so
honesS, so self-sacrifcing. They med
die. with everything, whether within
or without their, offciai Jurisdiction
and usually muddle everything with
which they have anything to do.
sSpectacularism, as here interpret
ed is a sort Of disease-it expands
the head and contracts the conscience,
and may appropriately be called ego
mania, which is another name for
egoism.
.sThe hope of the country Ii es inthe
great mass of cool, deliberate and con-
servative citizens which oppose their
ayersions and perform their duties
unostentatiously, and entertain sincere
convictions Of their life's work. They
neither delight in war, in contention,
nor in unnecessary strife: They carry
no chip upon their shoulders, always
looking for trouble. Their ways are
ways Of pleasantness and their paths
are peace, and they believe that
Righteousness, more than the triumphs
of war, exalteth nation.
Mr.. Hill discussed 9 'fctitions versus
real prosperity as follows:
.Thsre is a chorus Of assertion,
constantly reiterated, that the coun-
t-va AT the present time is enjoying a