The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-01-29
inian to South Carolinians.

linian TO South Car0linians.
| TO meet these responsibilities. to "X-
| "cutc tho various and OncrouS dat les
| Of my Office: to givo my time. my
| thoughts and my every Cndcav0r 10
| the service OF my State | feel wuu!i
| indeed be q poor rccOmpcnSc to my
people for tho trust and confidence thcy
| have placed IN me. beg, my friends.
] and my feelings on this occasion It.
| speak to you OF heart filed with love
for South Carolina and for South Caro-.
| hnians-let them speak to you. for me,
| or devotion to the welfare Of or;
state. which with your continued ;ruy,
ana help. Will endure all Things &c
| &chiGTe thiS end: let them speak i,, vul
or determination to know no higher
ambition than to labor for the best in.
tercStS Of all the peolc of South Caro-,
lima.
need not assure You that no create
pride is mine than lies in the fact that
| was elected to this Office by South
Carolina from every county and from
almost every precinct OF our State.
Our fellow Democrats OF South Caro-
INA came together as brethren. and
this can have bu; one mcaninE--a deep
ana holy meaning which cannot pos
slbiy auSnr other than the best. trust
state. go IA: towards advancing the
interests OF botI races. Our wh;,/ citi-
HenS arc. rs they should be, in ,miiS-
pnted possession OF every department
oI our state. county and municipal
government. Will" this naturally gives
us great cause for rejoicing it should
at the same time make us deeply SpnSi-
lie of the fact II is iucumbonl uron
MS to enact and TO administer laws
when enacted that the humblrst cit
&cns. be they white or black. can look
to those laws for the protection Of
life. liberty and property. 1t is only
by acting in this spirit and under the
divine guidance of Him who holds us
all, State and nation. i'm the hollow Of
His hand that the great problem
South. and especially the peole Of
South Carolina. can be rightly and
finally solved.
Gradually the colored man is awak-
ening to the fact that the white man
OF the South. whose land he tillS and
from whom in various ways he de-
rircS his entire livelihood. is at last
his best and truest friend. and instead
OF seeking to attain political office he
il now hcvoting hiinSclf to those OC-
cupatiOnS for which by nature he is
most fitted. and in the pursuit OF which
alone he can advance bis own material
interests and in SO doing the best in
tcrcStS OF his State.
In connection with this political con
;itiOn it is fully as significant and
quite as gratifying to add tnat our
industrial conditions were never so
satisfactory as they are today. In ag-
riculturc, and especially in manufac-
turcs. South Carolina has taken such
strides that the attention OF the out
side world is upon us. While we can
congratulate ourselves upon this
however. remembering that there is
still SO much to be dOne-we cannot af-
ford to rest here. South Carolina,
though one Of the original thirteen
States, has fully one-half Of its great
resources yet undeveloped.
No one doubts the truth Of the state
ment that the general prosperity Of
State is dependent primarily upon its
farming interests, which establishes
the fact that a government should in
every way possible foster and protect
this industry. The steady. persistent
work Of the farmer is not bla2oncd
forth to the world in meaningless fiat
terry. but the results Of this faithful
labor most forcibly gives its own
speech ask you all, each and every
one Of you, to stand by me in the ad-
ministration Of the high duties of this
office. even as you have manifested
this spirit by your votes.
Thc address deals with 4 number of
questions tnat will demand the attcn-
ton Of the Legislature. and closes with
an appeal for harmony and good feel
ing among all the people.