Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-01-25
GOVERNOR BLEAsE's ",lEssAGE
Dcvotcs Onc-Third to Sclf-PraiSc and
Venting Spleen.


South Carolina, Ladies and Gentle
men:
Independence Of thought, freedom
OF action, an abiding trust in and
devoted love for. God have won for
III, the greatest political victory that
has yet been recorded in the history
OF South Carolina. Aligned against
me werc Il united daily press and an
almost solid weekly and Semi-weekly
press, pouring forth all kinds OF
falschood, vitupcration and abuse. re-
ceiNlng the assistance OF Il number OF
men who call themselves ministers
of the GoSpel-God save the mark.
who stood behind their pulpits and
gave vent to envy and malice and
slandcrS OF The most vile and mali
cious nature against mo
"Thcsc hypocrites had left their
masks and stood
In naked uglincss.
Thcy were mon who stole the livery
Of Heaven
''ro serve the devil in
all OF these, combined with others
making a set OF political character
thieves, the meancSt and most con-
temptiblc people known to man.
was never discouraged | knew
that God did not love the ugly, and
that the people Of South Carolina
were for fair play to all her sons
alike.
Men have rallied and fought in
hundreds OF battles, but no band of
trucr men or brayor soldiers or more
loyal and devoted friends ever rallied
FOR fight than those $500 brave
and honorable men OF South Caro-
ma, who on September 13, 1910,
said to my enemies, "You shall not
press him down; You shall not cru
cliN him upon cross Of vitupcration
slander and falsehood; you shall not
crown him with a crown Of persecu-
ton, envy and malice" And by the
help OF an all-wisc and all-powerful
God, the victory was won, and we
can and do to-day say:
ings tiow,"
and my prayer is that His choice
blessings OF this earth rest upon my
friends, and may each Of them some
day be crowned with diadem in
Heaven.
For those who opposed me honest
ly and fairly have no word of CEN
sure. 1t was their right to do so, and
feel that they were but exercising
Ahcir high right OF American citizen
snip. For the others | have but pity.
for | well know that their consci-
ences, If they have any, are giving
them censurc and punishment
enough for their cowardly and un-
derhand manner OF opposition.
thank. and wish for you to con-
Vcy my Sincercst. most heartfelt
thanks to, your constituents for their
assistance in giving to me the posi-
tion which was the zenith OF nv 10
hllcal ambition. Should | never be
elected to any position again, per
sonally ! will have accomplished all
that my life's work has been for. SO
far as political prcfcrmcnt is con-
ccrncd. The only ambition that is
lett is that | may perform the duties
or the Office OF Governor i'm such n
manner that | may receive at the
close OF my term the "wcll done"
from those who placed me in the DO
sitiOn.
At the campaign meeting at Flor
chcc in 1910, | said Il notice in
the editorial columns OF the State
newspaper OF this day, we shah in
day or two have something TO saw
in regard to the candidacy of Candi-
date Blcasc that "ill not be regarded
as endorsement. | believe that the
people OF South Carolina arc in favor
OF iair play, and | now request and
invite the man who wrote that arti-
Gle to come on the rOstrum at CO.
lnmbia, at the State campaign meet
ing at Columbia, next Saturday, Au-
gust 4. and have his something 10 say
in regard to the candidacy Of Candi-
date BlcaSc,' to my face, where can
and will have tho opportunity to
make reply. And if he declines this
then demand that he name a time
and place whore he will agree to
meet me face to face and make his
statement. Two years ago this pa
per published articles about me. and
when my friends sent replies TO these
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refused to publish them, thus cutting