The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-18
GOV. DlEAsE'S oxA VERSION.
SsENOGRAPIlIC REPORT OF
WHAT HE SAID To COVER
NOR CAREY.
Governor Wants People tn Read Iii,
full Remarks - VIII Incorporate
them I'm Message to General Assem-
bly, - Stands by Everything lie
Said and Doesn't Gaze What Any
body Thinks oi IT,


Richmond and Washington. and today
Governor Blease addressed a letter
TO the correspondent of The News
and Courier at this place. enclosing Il
copy Of one of the speeches which ne
nors. and which has raised such a
storm OF comment In all parts of the
country.
The Governor stated that he had
purchased the copy from the Rich
mond Times Dispatch news bureau
and he makes the request that all Of
the newspapers in South Carolina
print It,
Il stand by every word / said" he
declares i'm his letter. IL have abso-
lutely no apologies To make to any
man or set or men i'm this State. or
outside OF II. and. as ! said in Rich
mond and repeat now. l do not care
what the Governor or Governors OF
any State or States thought about IL
or what anybody else In the American
Union thinks about Il. This is what
think. and I said there only what |
said on the stump all over South Car
olina. And l am receiving letters and
teltgrams from all over the state, and
from many other states of the Union,
nj
The Governor offers the originals
Of these letters to any papers which
Will agree To publish them
Governor Blease says that he has
asked for stenographic report OF
the speech he made after the adop-
tion OF the resolution which is known
as the resolution OF censure and that
both OF the speeches will be incorpor-
ated In a message To the General as
sembly when that body meets SO that
they may be made "a part OF the Of
fetal records of this State"
The following Is the stenographic
report OF the speech. publication of
which is asked by Governor Blease:
The views OF Governor Blease on
marriage and divorce were brough.
out forcibly In an address delivered
before the Governors' Conference on
Thursday afternoon. Governor VIM.
H. Mann. Of Virginia. had just fin
ished discussion OF turning the trend
OF population from the towns and
cities to the country. and referred 10
the great work being accomplished by
the boys corn clubs. giving statistics
as To the corn yield accomplished by
these young farmers. Governor
Blease said:
Mr.. Chairman, / shall not under
take To discuss with the distinguished
Governor OF virginia the question OF
raising corn. because South Carolina
holds the worlds record. and as to
the quality OF his corn. I would not
Tor a moment discuss that. because
all through prohibition South Carolina
we have examples Of the quality of
his corr. shipped from The Capital Of
his State by his wholesale dealers.
But Mr. President. the other ques,
tion In which south Carolina stands
alone. and In which. i'm my opinion,
she is superior to all the States of
the American Union. written i'm the
fundamental laws of my State by "A
Constitutional Convention. composed
OF men of both races. i'm 1865. anC
even more cmphatiCally i'm 1895 by
the white people of south Carolina.
are the word: No divorce from the
bonds OF matrimony shall ever be
granted II may he. sir "A hardship
in some cases. and possibly ! might
refer To- cases where other states
might think Il was right still say 10
this aduichCc this afternoon. and
say " with pleasure. that the only
correct rule following both the Bib
Heal injunction ana the injunction oG.
man. is that which south Carolina
follows when she says. Those whom
God hath Joined together. let no man
put asundcr. W there bc one thing
in the American Union that t. 20 dis
grace o. American CIVILIZATION. il &C.
the sale of American womtnhood rOr
wealth; II there bc another. a. is the
wholesale and uuwnrrantcd grant.ng
of divorces because. forsooth. some
woman or some man has not got a.,
much money hy their marriage as
tncy expected when tho marriage ccrc-
mOny was performed am glad that
We have no divorce iow in South cur
olina. pcrsonnIly and 10 you Will look
90 tho rcar of this hall and pick out
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