The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-13
HE LIKED IT..
What Julian Hawthorne Says
About TilIman's Speech
HE SHOWED A MIMI,

LILY oAAO ILL
Which, When Thoroughly Ar. used, "a
Rise to a Height Of indignation
and Insight to Which Not Many
Men Under Any Circum.
stances Attain"
Senator Tillman's great speech II
the United States Senate last month
has been fearfully misrepresentec
and the Senator himself has beer
held up to 1iduoule by some OF TIT
State papers for oritic'z!ng some O.
his fellow Senators. LAST week We
published an extract from that spasoh
giving the Senators views on : GER
tain crime for which black fends are
generally lynched. There is hardly
white man In the South bat what
endorses the view expressed In that
oxtrsct. Below - publish what
Julian Howthorne says OF Tilman's
great spaeoh In the Ssnats. In writ
tng to the New York American
Hawthorne says
Today will DO remembered long by
thosa who hxva followed the course OF
tina Senate In Washington. and many
years from today Students OF our ma
tsonsl Congress, and men who wish to
read for themselves how much OF the
ancient energy and elcquence which
made 1t renowned In the era OF Clay
and Webster, Calhoun and Benton,
will find In the latest uttersncs II
TIllmsn, of South Carolina, words
AMI thoughts which will make them
know that there is still 1t lest one
statesman left who has fo,cs, SINGER
tty and thai pssural and spontaneous
sloouence which Is seldom heard at
any time, but which, when 1t is heard,
stamps itself upcc the mind and ! Of.
ings In q way which time ian not
efiace.
~Ttllman, rs noted last week, has
kept silent since the remarkable at
tack upon him Of Senator Spooner, In
tho latter's plea for the President, IN
regard to the Brownsville outrage
But the longer he kept silence the
more GOD vipced did those who know
his character feel, that, when his
time came, no would make himself
felt.
EVERY SEAT FILLED.
Accordingly, when it was rumored
this morning that he would address
the Senate, every SCAT In the galleries
was filed, and the crowds In the cor
ridors stood packed like commuters
ut the entrances to Brooklyn Bridge
In New York. -.
The Senators themselves found 1t
convenient to lsavo their chattings
and intriguss In the lobby and com
mittee rooms, and nearly every enc
of them will be able to tell his grand
children, II he have any, that he waa
present on this memorable occasion.
Not q few Of them heard things
about themselves, which there is no
likelihood of their ever forgetting;
and If they might otherwise plead
forgetfulness, tho press and the Con.
stitution would find means to remind
them.
Such an arraignment, it is safe to
say, has not been heard before In the
annals of the body. and while 1t was
filed with caustic essence OF . grim
humor, there was yet such e&rnesthes 81
and meaning In it, that the laughter
was mingled with that uncanny feel
Ing which ever attends tho uttera nee
of truth, in surroundings more used
to listen to compromises and Woio
juggling.
Tfllman's grasp on the entire sisua'
ton before him was remarkable ane
showeda mind which, when thorough
~ aroused, IAN rise to . height Of IN
diRnation and insight to which moi
many msn under any circumstance
can attain. Had Tillmsn never
spoken before, or were this his las'
utterance, he would be spoken Of II
the records as capable OF great Fer
osption, dauntlsss courage, and, wha'
ia more than these, OF sound ant
weighty craftsmanship.
LOWERED ABOVE COLLEAGUES.
He lowered above bis colleaH ues
he asked and gave no quarter, ant
yst nothing that he said could b
termed unjust or unfair. No one va
aver in doubt what he meant by ~ha
ha uid: and his blows resounded Of
headpisces and on breastplates, bu
were never aimed to take adVaniag
of weakness or to wound by lou
means.
The Senacor ia now, I believe, si1t
years Of age, but he has only rip ne
and gained strength with the passinI
of the years, and now proves hin-sel
to DO q man who must seriously b
reckonsd with, and who, whatsoever b
the Vaccinations against him, OF tn
politicians, will be trusted by tn
people at large as n who speaks tn
inmost feelings of their own heartt
and who is prepared to resist douol
dealing and chicanery In their behalf
without regard to the power or IN
f]uence Of those who may oppose bin
When he rose 1t was seen thai b
had the notes Of his opening rem srl
beside him, but the manner IN who
hs pronounced them dotracted rotf
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