The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-09-04
It to yourself, and you owe 1t to the

It to yourself, and You owe 1t to the
State. - -
I have been trsted by the people
as well as you. They have, shown
their love and confidence In no uncer-
tain way and I therefore claim the
right to yarn and to offer to help you
in all matters of pardons If you will
deign to ask my advice. Nobody In
South Carolina will doubt the justice
of any pardon I recommend. Ilis Is
"a thankless burden I am willing rt
assume for theepublic welfare, and !
do not expect to do any OF, the drudg-
cry Of it, but know menI can trust
whose honor and. .patriotismeare not
only above suspician, but who have
the respect and confidence, Of their
fellow citizens. I will enlist'tle help,
ii can, OF these to- examine the petit
tions in; order to. help you, but you
shall Motif + can prevent 1t, carry
out your threat to make the people
Of South Carolina "sWe;at blood" be-
cause so mary OF them have not been
"bambooZled and debauched" by
your demagogic appeals. Considde,
governor, what it means to turn loose
criminals, murderers and cut-throats,
and then consider the infamy Of bold
ly and openly offering to pardon any
man who would kill certain people.
Don't you see TO what criminal folly
you have been led to give people the
right to think that you will pardon
men who assassinate your enemies?
Such an Infamous idea never entered
any but a crazy mans brain.
In your desperation attempting to
reply to my indictment Of you In the
Ferguson letter you were unscrRu-
lous enough to say:
II fear no evil from Senator Till
mans letter, except that possibly his
mind has become more diseased OF
late than 1t was when I had my last
talk with his confidential physician. -
Everyone knows that you alluded
to DR.. Babcock. And a more knight
ly gentleman or more loyal friend
to me never breathed, and l know
you had no authority for it. He Is
not the type of doctor who discusses
his patients and their ailments with
Tom, Dick and Harry.
| Mind is Stronger.
want to say to you that I know
since my last stroke Of paralysis in
February, 1910, my memory has been
very much impaired, but the other
parts of my brain have gradually and
very perceptibly increased in eff
cheney and vigor and am now fully
capable Of doing as much work as
ever did. The only reason why
have felt unwilling to make speeches
in the Senate and on the hustings
this summer is because I know T can
not speak with any force OF vigor
without turning on the full voltage OF
the dynamo. Under excitement the
blood rushes to the brain for that is
the way the mind works. DR.. Bah
cock had warned me that to attempt
to make q speech would mean grave
danger and the probable bursting of
a blood vessel followed by paralysis
or death. Therefore have refrained
and restrained myself, though at
times the temptation has been very
very great. But, governor, while my
memory Is poor the moral fibre in me
is as sound as it ever was, and my
patriotism burns with an even bright
er fame than when wy health was
vigorous. And my conscience Is II
fine working order, too, can assure
you.
When told my wife that I intend
ed to write an open letter to you and
outlined some Of the things intend
ed to say, she pleaded with me thus:
"Blease Is not wholly bad man. He
is passionate and has been tantalized
abused and misreDresented until he
has lost all sense of responsibility
and self-control." Recollect, govern.
or, this same noble woman has been
:our advocate with me until your re.
cent statement came out about what
occurred last spring In Washington
She knows ou told an untruth and
has never forgiven you. 1t is in this
| spirit / now speak. You have been
lied on, slandered and abused almost
beyond endurance, but so was I. ]
had courage and self-ontrol enough
to rise above 1t. You have been weak
enough to surrender to the impulse
to strike back and to strike below the
belt.
| I want those who consider Blease-
ism as Tillmanism to take this con.
trast in consideration when they
make up their final judgment. TILL
manism as Tillman breaches it and
has always preached it is noble, high
and elevating. Bleaseism Is selfish,
low, dirty and reyengeful.
| ! have bee nvery greatly blessed in
my life and every day I return thanks
to the Creator for his many blessings
The greatest among these has been a
good woman whom God gave me IN
her ysrth and purity forty-five years
ago. I have had one grief and that
was the knowledge that so many
good men in South Carolina seemed
implacable and irreconcilable in their
hatred of me. These men truly and
honestly hated me as badly as many
South Carolinians hate you now, but
there ara more of them in your case
than there ever were in mine, thank
God. Honesty compels me to say
that you deserve the hate and dis
trust in which they hold you. l new
er did. You had an opportunity
when you went into the governor S
| office such as comes to few men in
this life. Your inaugural was great
disappointment to your rfiendadns
disappointment to your friends and
provoked your enemies to renewed
al & relentless activity. You had
shcw yourself too little and narrow
to be governor OF any State for, my
dear SIR the governorship is d very
high honor indeed, it also carries
the very heaviest possibilities.
you will recall when you were elect
eG two years ago l wired you congrat-
ulations and added, "let the heather
rage. The heather have ragged, but
| the righteous have also moaned and
their cries are now rising to heaven
in accusation of you.
One Satisfaction.