The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
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Political Ends Is
SENATOR MCLAURIN'S
Reply to the Hearst Exposure By tho
| Publication Of the Standard on
I Letters, Who Declares That soass,
Cardinals Natural Progress ss
Throts1ed By an oiisarchy.
Senator AcLaurin gave oct the sol-
lowing statement in reference to the
letters that passed between him and
). D. Archbold, the Standard o.,
masnate while he was carrying on
his Commercial Democracy" agtt
in this State some years ago:
Mr.. AcLaurin, who has Just rs-
turned to New York, gave out q
signed statement as follows:
"An effort has been made TO Gre.
ate political sensation by the pub
lication Of certain correspondence be-
tween. Ar. John D. Archbold. vice
president Of the Standard Gil Com
pany, and myself. For that cor
respondence I have no apologies to
make. At the time the letters were
written had the honor to enjoy, and
am proud still to possess the friend
ship OF Nr. Archbold, for whom I
have the highest regard. At the
time the letters were written was
engaded in a bitter struggle, IN
which was involved not. only my own
political future, but the economic
and political principles for which t
stood and which, stated briefly, meant
the emancipation OF the South from
the ignorant prejudices Of Bourbon
ism and the Bloody shirt into the
freedom OF an enlightened self.
interest and the progress Of an In
telligent industrialisn. =.si;z -
"In the support Of these principles,
and the hope Of this progress, saw
then no improperly In enlist;ns, II
practicable, the assistance Of the
most intelMgently Offered corpora
tioE that human intelligence has
yet produced. Nor has the enormouS
body Of statutory crime since Great.
cd or the hypocritical affection OF
morality assumed BY some os ou:
Legislators and Congress In any visa
changed my point Of view or quick
aned my conscience Of expediency,
as seems to have been the case with
some Of. my former colleagues aud
associates.
"The constituencies that they rep
resent do not hesitate to take Ar.
Carnegie's trust-produeed and tariff
protected money for their churches
and libraries. or accept hr. Rocke-
feller's large sums for the education
of the negro. whom they have dis.
franchised.
''If political campaigns are % be
run without money and political
progress Is to be achieved without
financial expenditure it Is high time
that both parties should be apprised
Of, the arrival of that Utopiaa era,
but until that period has arrived I
can see no reason while I, tn bat
ling for what conceived to be the
light, should refuse TO GEEK or de-
cline to accept the support, whethe
financial or personal, Of which i
stood II need.
"Men may die, but right princ!-
oles persist and in the end they Will
triumph.
81 believs that the South, and
especially the State Of South Caro-
ina, Is today throttled In its natura!
progress and it's intelligent exercise
Of the right OF self-government by
IN oligarchy Of past generation
through the perpetration Of igro-
.anee and the fertilization OF cor
upton, and shall welcome the day
when the educational propaganda.
which can only be spread by the uss
II money, whether it be Standard
Oil money or railroad money, o.
my other money save that derived
rom the government sale OF whts-
key, will enable the people to see
more closely their own best Inter-
ssts and cast out those leaders whose
',ypocritical morality and Ill dis
yuised selfshness is responsible for
he fact that in the South iiliteracy
IS greater and the increase OF popu-
iation and wealth slower than IN any
other great section Of the Union.
81. is the fashion Of present DAY
hypocrisy to decry the corporation,
TO abhor the trust and to pretend IN
public life to prescribe the influence
Il wealth, but as in this country and
n this age wealth is and must be,
he reward Of intelligence am nos
Wiling to be considered amo0gst
hose ccwardly enough to deny sas
influence which intelligence has a.
Tavs exercised under every form OF
| government thus far devised. Or a
| government of ignorance ! have
| lad enough In my native State.
| hone for, and shall continue to work
sor, a government Of intelligence.
"fs;zned) John Lowndes AcLaurtn.
senator McLaurin leaves tomorrow
for South Carolina