The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-25

and of the wrath to come, but /
tell you for all present purposes CO.
lumbia is HE'LL.
The System plan, its servants exc
cute. Behold. Gonzales caught in the
proposed Asylum deal. in which we
saved four or five million dollars
for the tax payers. see our s7050
beauty when caught robbing Luther
Kelly. See his great Seminole Edi-
tion of The State paying him thous-
ands, but when exposed we find him
as ever swinging to Hampton's coat
tails, and yet Wade Hampton voted
for John T. Duncan. and said that
every honorable man should have
done so.
My independence 1 have never re-
linquished. and own no master, but
my God.
believe that ne has a work for
me to do, and that you are going to
join hands with me for its accom-
plishment.
have recently fought and won
for you, with the invaluable aid of
good men, victory for the tax
payers of South Carolina which in
volved millions of dollars in that
ASYLUM deal. and more recently our
Capital City. that place so appro-
priately described by Sherman in his
definition Of war. poor, robbed and
graft ridden Columbia. has been
aroused to the smashing of Con-
zales and the Rings slate
1 bring you a gospel Of hope and
OF better days to come. Surely. the
past has served out to me the black
est draught ever pressed to the lips
o. mortal, besmirching the fair name
OF which 1 had the right to be proud,
and driving from my impoverished
board TO the generous care of kin
dred my wife and children, for whom
did duty call I would yield up my
life.
The unsupported word Of a perjur-
ed and repurjured negro. was all
sufficient for a willing and subser-
Went Court, aided by character wit
nesses, who, with one exception
though bent on being rid of me as
an obstacle In their crooked work,
nevertheless failed to give that pos
tive answer which the rule requires.
1 am not here to discuss myself,
but / will say that a fouler slander
was never charged to man, than that
pressed against me by my enemies
The Court knows it now, the court
knew 1t then, but later seeing their
false affidavit charge did not kill.
they sought to end my agonies by
declaring that agreeing to pay
fine was practicing law. and that we
were in contempt.
The court ordered us to pay a fine
or suffer Imprisonment.
We again did its bidding. We
deem 1t better to suffer injustice
than impose IT, We would not like
TO be pressed just yet to give our
opinion OF the individuals Of that
Court, while we strive hard to re-
spect its constituted authority. We
seek not TO destroy. but to reform.
We know our constitutional right
Of free speech, and dare to exercise
IL. The Sovereign voters of a free
country constitute our final court
OF all. and to you 1 appeal for the
good OF mankind. to save your in
stitutions in their integrity. and so
man them as TO deserve the respect
and obedience of honest men, and
the regard OF all. Our moral pace
settlers strike at bad personal hab-
It's, but act as II there was some
thing sacred about money getting.
The master iniquities OF our time
are connected with money-making,
and there you are hands off.
You deal in platitudes about good
roads. good schools, good liquor, and
the good Lord knows that we all
want all the good that comes our
way. and some of us are even will
ing to go TO meet 1t.
Now those OF you who have moth