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I I i =/~ ~ = The Press and Banner. : I BY HUGH WILSONS ABBEVILLE, 1. C the new constitution. _ text of the instrument adopted by The state convention. We Foundation of the Rights of the Cltiktn and the Powers of the State Govern| atmeat, f / ARTICLE IV: I I EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. L / Section 1. The supreme executive auf fchorityof this State shall be vested in rrrVirv cVldll (jt.vlp.H jib cneu UUIguuaw, ? uv >U>... ?J I "the governor of the State of South I Carolina." I Sec. 2 The governor shall be elected / by the electors duly qualified to vote / orfmembfrs ofthe house of representa/ tives, and shall hold his office for two / years, and until his successor shall be j chosen and qualified, and shall be re/ eligible- He shall \>e elected at the t first general election held under this Constitution for members of the general assembly, and at each general t election thereafter, and shair be installed during the first session of the , said'generaTassembly after his election ; on such day as shall be provided by law. The other State* officers-elect shall at the same time enter upon the performance of their duties Sec. 3. No person shall be eligible to the office of governor who denies the I existence of the Supreme Being; or who at the time of such election has not attained the age of 30 years; and who shall not have been a citizen of * the United States andn citizen and resident of this State for five years next preceding the day of election. No person while governor shall hold any office or other commission (except in the militia) under the authority of this State, or of any other power, atone / and the same time. Sec. 4 The returns of every election * -? ?i~J .? ^ I or governor sna.ii do seaieu up uj mo y boards of canvassers in the respective counties and transmitted by mail to the seat of government, directed to the secretary of state who shall deliver them to the speaker of the house of representatives at the next ensuing session of the general assembly; and duplicates of said returns shall be filed with the clerks of the court of said counties. It shall be the duty of any clerk of court to forward to the secretory of state a certified copy of said re' /: rams upon being notified that the returns previously forwarded by mail i have not been received at his office. It K shall be the duty of the secretary of state, after the expiration of seven days from the day upon which the votes have been canvassed by the county board if the returns thereof from any county have not been received, to notify the clerk of court of ' said county, and order a copy of the returns filed in his office to be forwarded forthwith. The secretary of state shall deliver to the speaker of the house of representatives, at the next ensuing session of the general assembly j and during the first week of the session, or as soon as the general as sembly shall have organized by the election of the presiding officers of the two houses, the speaker shall open and publish them in the presence of both houses. The person having the highest number of votes shall be governor; !but if two or more shall be equal, and highest in votes, the general assembly shall during the same session, in the house of representatives, , choose one of them governor, viva voce. Contested elections for governor shall be determined byUhe general! assembly in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. v Sec. 5. A liewtanant governor shall be chosen at the same time, in the same manner, continue in office for the same period and be possessed with the same g jalifications as the gover nor, and shall, ex officio, be president of the senate. Sec. 6. The lieutenant governor while presiding in the senate shall have no vote unless the senate be it M. 1 equally aiviaea. Sec. 7. The senate shall as soon as practicable after the convening1 of the general assembly, choose a president pro tempore to act in the absence of the lieutenant governor, or when he shall fill the office of governor. Sec. 8. A member or the senate acting as governor or lieutenant governor shall thereupon vacate his seat and another peeson shall be elected in his stead. Sec. 9. In case of the removal of the governor from office by impeachment, aeath, resignation, disqualification, disability or removal from the State, the lieutenant governor shall then be governor; and in case of the removal of the last named officer from his office by impeachment, death, resignation, disqualification, disabilitv or re' moval fmft&be State, the president pro tempprei* &e senate shall be governor; frn$ iqK last named officer snail then forthvpSi, by proclamation, convene the sd$ate in order that a president pro tempore may be chosen. In case the governor be impeached, the lieutenant governor shall act in his stead and have his powers until judgment in the case shall have been pronounced. In case of the temporary disability of the governor the lieutenant governor shfdl perforin the duties of the governor. Sec. 10. The governor bhall be commander-in-chief of the militia of the State, except when they shall be called into the active service of the United States. ^ bee. 11. Jtie snan nave power 10 grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction (except in cases of impeachment.) in such manner, on such terms and under such restrictions as he shall think proper; and he shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, unless otherwise directed by law. It shall be hiB duty to report to the general assembly, at~the next regular session thereafter, all pardons g ranted by him, with the report of the board of pardons. Every petition for pardon or commutation of sentence may be first referred by him to a board of pardons, to be provided by the general assembly, which \ board shall hear all such petitions under such rules and regulations as the general assembly may provide. The governor may adopt the recommendations of said board but in case he does not he shall submit his reasons to the general assembly. Sec. 12. He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed in mercy. Sec. 13. The governor and lieutenant governor shall, at stated times, receive for their services compensation, which shall be neither increased nor diminished during the period f< which they shall have been elected. Sec. 14. All officers in theexecutr* department, and all hoards of publ institutions, shall, when required I the governor, give him information i writing upon any subject relating 1 the duties of their respective offices < the concerns of the respective instit tions, including itemized accounts * receipts and disbursementsSec. 15. The governor shall, fro time to time, give to the general a sembly information of the conditio of the State, and recommend for i consideration such measures as 1 Shall deem necessary or expedient. Sec. 16. He may on extraordinai occasions convene the general asset bly in extra session. Should eith house remain without a quorum t five days, or in case of disagreeme between the two houses during ai session with respect to the time of a journment, he may adjourn them such time as he shall think proper, n beyond the time of the annual sessk then next ensuing. , Sec. 17. He shall commission all c ficers of the State. Sec. 18. The seal of the State now use shall be used by the governor of cially, and shall W called "the gre seal of the State of South Carolina." Sec. 19. All grants and commissioi shall be issued in the name and b^ tl authority of the state or souui oar lina, sealed with the great seal, sign* by the governor and countersigned t the secretary of state. Sec. 20. The governor and lieute ant governor, before entering upc the duties of their respective office shall take and snbscnbe the oath < office as prescribed in article 3, sectic 26 of the Constitution. Sec. 21. The governor shall resi( at the capital of the State, except j cases of contagion or the emergence of war; but during the sittings of tl general assembly he shall reside whe: its sessions are held. Sec. 22. Whenever it shali' 1 brought to the notice of the govern* by affidavit that any officer who hi the custody of public or trust fund is'probably guilty of embezzlement < the appropriation of public or tru funds to private use, then the gove noy shall direct his immediate prosec1 tion bv the proper officer and upc true bill found the governor shall su pend such officer and appoint one in h stead, until he shall have oeen acqui ted by the verdict of a jury. In cas of conviction, the office shall I declared vacant and the vacant filed as may be provided by law. Sec. 23. Every bill or joint resoli tion which shall have passed the get AMcmKltt erpAnf nn a mipfition < viax aoovutvjj f vAWj#? v? ? adjournment, shall, before it becomi a law, be presented to the governo and if he approve he shall sign it; not, he shall return it with his obje< tions, to the house in which it orig nated, which sball enter the objectioi at large on its journal and proceed 1 reconsider it. If after such reconsii eration two-thirds of that house sha agree to pass it, it shall be sent, t gether with the objections, to the oth< house, by which it shall be reconsi< ered, and if approved bj the two-thin of that house it shall have the san effect as if it had been signed by tl governor; but in all such cases tl: vote of both houses shall be taken I yeas and nays, and the names of tl persons voting forand against thebi or joint resolution shall be entered c the journals of both houses respectiv ly. Bills appropriating money out < the treasury shall specify the objec and purposes for which the same a] made and appropriate to them respe lively their several amounts in di Unmo nnJ Canfl'rtnO . Tf t.VlA cm UUVb IWLUO auu owmv?AW. a ernor shall not approve any one < more of the items or sections containe in any bill, but shall a prove the residue thereof, shall become a law as to tl residue in like manner as if he hs signed it. The governor shall then r turn the bill with his objections to tt items or sections of the same not a proved by him to the house in whic the bill originated, which house sha enter the (Ejections at large uponi journal and proceed to reconsider f much of said bill as is not appftm by the gevernor. The same procee ings shall be had in both houses in r considering the same as is provided i case of an entire bill returned by tb governor with his objections; and any item or section of said bill not a] proved by the governor shall t passed by two-thirds of the two housi of the general assembly, it shall b come a part of said law notwithstan< ing the objections of the governo If a bill or joint resolution shall n< be returned by the governor withi three days after it shall have bee presented to him, Sundays excepts it shall have the same force and effe< as if he had signed it, unless the gei eral assembly, by adjournment, pr vent its return, in which case it sna have such force and effect unless r turned within two days after the ne: meeting. ' Sec. 24. There shall be_ elected t the qualified voters of the State a seer tary of state, a comptroller-general, a attorney-general, a treasurer, an ai jutant and inspector-general, and superintendent of education, wl shall hold their respective offices f< the term of two years, and until the several successors have been chose and qualified; and whose duties ar compensation shall be prescribed law. The compensation of such ofl cers shall be neither increased ?< diminished during the period which they shall have been elected* ARTICLE V. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. Section 1. The judical power of th State shall be vested in a supren court, in two circuit courts, to wi A court of common pleas having civ jurisdiction and a court of general se sion with criminal jurisdiction onl; The general assembly may also esta' lish county courts, municipal cour or such courts in any and all of tl counties of. this State inferior to circu courts as may be deemed necessar but none of such courts shall ever 1 invested with jurisdiction totrycas of murder, manslaughter, rape or s tempt to rape, arson, common la burglary, bribery or perjury: Pr vided, Befoie a county court shall 1 established in any county it must 1 submitted to the qualified electors at a majority of those'voting must vo for its establishment. Sec. 2. The supreme court shall co sist of a chief justice and three ass ciate justices, any three of whom sha constitute a quorum for the transa tion of business. The chief justii shall preside, and in his absence tl senior associate justice. They shs Kw o inint. irivfl. VfWfi vnto , UC CIVVI^U WJ M JViMV fx- ? ?WW T vw the general assembly for the term eight years, and shall continue in c >r fice until their successors shall electcd and qualified, and shall bi re classified that one of them shall ic out of office every two years. >y Sec. 3. The present chief justice i in associate justices of the supreme cc to are declared to bejthe chief justice; >r two of the associate justices of f u- court as herein established until of terms for which they were elected si expire, and the general assembly m its next session shall elect the third s- sociate justice and make suitablepri ?n sion for accomplishing the classif ts tion above directed. 16 Sec. 4. The supreme court s] have powet to issue writs or order T injunction, mandamus, quo warra: n" prohibition, certiorari, habeas cor er and other original and remedial w; And said court shall have appel nt jurisdiction only in cases of cnanc 17 and in such appeals they shall rev d" the findings of fact as well as the 1 to except in chancery cases where ot facts are settled by a jury and the m diet not set aside and shall consti a. ponrt fop the correction of error law under such regulations as the f eral assembly may by law prescrib Sec. 5. The supreme court ahal held at least twice in each year at at seat of government and at such ol place or places in the State as the { QS eral assembly may direct. 10 Sec. 6. No judge shall preside at '9: trial of any cause in the evenl which he may be interested, or w }y either of the parties shall be conn ed with him by affinity or com a" guinity within such degrees as r )n be prescribed by law, or in whicl '3i may have been counsel or have ] sided in any inferior court In< >n all or any of the justices of the . preme court shall be thus disqualif ,6 or be otherwise prevented from pre tn ing in any cause or cau 55 the court or the justices th 16 of shall certify the same pe the governor of the State, and shall immediately commission, es] 5e ially, the requisite number of i 5r learned in the law for the triali as determination thereof. The si s, course shall be pursued in the cir< )r and inferior courts as is prescribe< sc this section ior cases 01 me euprt r- court The general assembly sJ a- provide by law for the temporary >n pointment of men learned in the s- to hold either Bpecial or regular tei is of the circuit courts whenever tl t- may be necessity for such appo ie ment 56 Sec. 7. There shall be appointee ;y the justices of the supreme court a porter and clerk of said court, ^ J" shall hold their offices for four y< l* and whose duties and compensal shall be prescribed by law. es Sec. 8. When a judgment or dec r? is reversed or affirmed by the supn " court, every point made and diftini 3." stated in the cause and fairly arie !** upon the record of the case shal 18 considered and decided and the rea ^ thereof shall be concisely and bri< [*" stated in. writing and preserved v 11 the record of the case. ?* Sec. 9. The justices of the supn *r court and judges of the circuit cc shall each receive compensation ls their services to be fixed by law, wh 16 shall not be increased or diminis 16 during their continuance in off 16 They shall not be allowed any feei perquisites of office, nor shall t l.? hold any other office of trust or pi under this State, the United States n any other power. eI Sec. 10. No person shall be eligibl ^ the office of chief justice, assoc 's justice or judge of the ?ircuit. cc re who is not at the time of his elect tt *j i rii.i j a citizen or tne umiea oiaies anu s" this State and has not attained the 7' of 26 years, has not been a licensed torney at law for at least five y\ :d and been a resident of this State P" five years next proceeding his e " tion. ^ Sec. 11. All vacancies in the J e preme court or inferior tribunals si ie be filled by elections as&erein presc ed; provided, that' if the unexpi ? term does not exceed one year s U vacancy may be filled by execul appointment All judges, by virtu their office, shall be conservators j the peace throughout the State, i when a vacancy is filled by either ~ pointment or election, the incumb - shall hold only for the unexpired U Lg of his predecessor, if Sec. 12. In all cases decided by p. supreme court the concurrence >e 4hree of the justices shall be necess ;s for a reversal of the judgment bel< e. but if the four justices equally div J. in opinion the -judgment below si P> be affirmed, subject to the provisi >t hereinafter prescribed, Whene^ n upon the hearing of any cause or qi m tion before the supreme court, in exercise of its origina or appelate 3t risdiction, it shall appear to tne jus a. es thereof or any two of them, t e. there is involved a question of con 11 tutional law, or conflict between e- Coustitution and laws of this State i ct of the United States, or between duties and obligations of her citiz ,v under the same, upon the determi e- tion of which the entire is not agre n or whenever the justices of said coi or any two of them desire it on i a cause or question so before said co] 10 the chief justice, or on his absence )r presiding associate justice, shall ca] ir the assistance of the supreme couri ,n of the judges of the circuit court; ] Ld vided, however that when the ma >y to be submitted is involved in an 5- peal from the circuit court, the cir< )r judge who tried the cause shall )r sit. A majority of the justices of supreme court and circuit judges a] constitute a quorum. The decisioi the court so constituted, or a majoi of the iustices and judges sitting,sl is be final and conclusive. In such < ie the chief justice, or in his absence t: presiding associate justice, shall] 11 side. Whenever the justices of ,s. supreme court and the circuit jud 71 meet together for the purposes af< b- said, if the number thereof quail ts to sit constitute an even number, t] ie one of the circuit judges must ret Lit and the circuit judges present si * determine by lot which of their ni ber shall retire. es Sec. 13. The State shall be divi rt- into as many judicial circuits as w general assembly may prescribe i 0_ for each circuit a judge shall be el ed by joint viva voce vote of the g tje eral assembly, who shall hold his td fice for a term of four years; an< te the time of his election he shall b elector of a county of, and during n. continuance in office he shall reside o_ the circuit of which he is judge. ' jl present judges of the circuit 001 c. shall continue in office until the e; ce ration cf the terms for which tl ie were elected, and, should a new di jl ion of the judicial circuits be m? 0f shall be the judges of the respeci 0f circuits in which they shall reside >f. ter said division. \ ' ? - *' ? " i'r Y: r ;/ be Sec 14. Judges of the circuit courts ^ b so shall interchange circuits with each [ go other and the general assembly shall provide thereof. p and Sec. 15. The courts of common pleas >urt shall have original jurisdiction, suband ject to appeal to the supreme court, to said issue writs or orders of injunction, n the mandamus, habeas corpus, and such iall other writs as may be necessary to car at ry their powers into full effect. They as- shall have jurisdiction in all civil casovi 68. They' shall have appelate jurisica diction in all cases within the jurisdiction of inferior courts, except from s iall such inferior courts from which the d s of general assembly shall provide an ap-1 ti a to, peaicurecuy w u?j supremo wuid. v pus Sec. 16. The court of common pleas rits. shall sit in each county in this State I late at least twice in every year at such n :ery stated times and places as may be ap- v iew pointed by law. a aw, Sec. 17. It shall be the duty of the n the justice of the supreme court to file b rer- their decisions within 60 days from a tute the last day of the court at which the if s at cases were heard; and the duty of the) n jen- judges of the circuit courts to file o e. their decisions within 60 days from C ] be ^e rising of the last court of the cir (i the cuit then being held t< her Sec-18. The court of general ses- tl ren- sions shall have jurisdiction in all ii criminal cases bxcept those cases in tl the which exclusive jurisdiction shall be v fc of given to inferior couirts, and in these d hen shall ha ve appellate jurisdiction. It a ect- shall also have concurrent jurisclic- c jan. tion with,, as well as appellate juris- ti Qay diction from, the inferior courts in all b i he eases of riot, assault and battery, and d pre- larceny. It shall sit in each cotfnty n iase in the State at least twice in each year h i su- at such stated times and places as the tl led, general assembly may direct. t: sid- Sec . 19 The court of probate shall a* ___ Mmoin aa now Antnhlished in the h ere^ county of Charleston. In all other e< to counties of the State the jurisdiction t] he in all matters testamentary and ot ad* tl pec., ministration, in business appeartain- m nen *n& to minors and the allotment of n and dower, in caste of idiocy and lunacy, cj ime and persons non compos mentis, shall a juit be vested as the general .assembly may (j 1 in provide,anuntil such provision such ;me jurisdiction shall remain in the court si mil of probate as now established. p ap. Sec. 20. A sufficient number of law magistrates shall be appointed and a rms commissioned by the governor,by and d ,ere with tbe advice and consent of the tl int- Senate, for each county, who shajl f< hold their offices- for the term of l;wo a 1 l years and until their successors are y appointed and qualified. Each ma gis- 0 _ho trate shall have the power,under such tJ ?ars ^gulations88 may now or hereafter n ^ be provided by law, to appoint one or j( more constables to execute writs and t< processes issued by him. The present a ' e trial justices are declared magistrates ,tj 83 herein created, and shall exercise g in?r the powers and duties of said office of 5 2 tg magistrate until their successors shall a be appointed and qualified./ Each fl magistrate shall receive a salary, to it be fixed by the general assembly, in a lieu of all fees in criminal cases. g _ Sec. 21. Magistrates shall have ju- b + lisdiction in such civil cases as the d fQ funeral assembly may prescribe; pro- 0 ich ^ded, such jurisdiction shall not ex- ^ Vje(j tend to cases where the value of prop- (, fy in controversy, or the amount ' claimed, exceeds $100, or to cases h where the title to real estate is in c ouestion, *or to cases in chancery. ^ They shall have exclusive jurisdiction f in such criminal cases as the general ti assembly may prescribe; provided, c; . further, such jurisdiction shall not y )Urt extend to cases where the punishment y on exceeds a fine of $100 or imprisonment tl 0f l'or SO days. In criminal matters be- n a_e :?ond their jurisdiction to try, they tl shall sit as examining courts and com- c mit, discharge or (except in capital jQr cases) recognize persons charged with y j mlch offences, subject to sucn regula- ^ lions as the general assembly may p provide. They shall also have the p joower to bind over to keep the peace a ^ lind for good behavior for a time not & nt)' to exceed 12 months. tl Sec. 22. All persons charged with t) 4ctl an offence shall have the right to de- ^ av? :mand and obtain a trial by jury. The p e ?? Jury in cases civil or criminal in all s| of municipal courts and courts inferior a 111(1 to circuit courts, shall consist of six. cj aP" The grand jury of each county shall 0 ent consist of 18 members, 12 of whom " )nn must agree in a matter before it can be ft submitted to the court. b the The petit juiy of the circuit courts tl of ishall donsist of 12 men, ftll of whom a ary must agree to a verdict in order to a oomo m *n ISVTy ACiiUOi lug oauuv / ^ ide Each juror must be a qualified elec- C lall Lor under the provisions of this Con- tl ons Btitution, between the ages of 21 and h rer, 65 years, and of good moral charac- Jt xes- ter. ! 8 t?10 Sec. 23. Every civil action cogniza- I Ju" ble by magistrates shall be brought p ?c* before a magistrate in the county v where the defendant resides,and every it criminal action in the county where n the the offence was committed. In all ri cases tried by them, the right of ap- ei t?ie peal shall be secured under such rules tl ens and regulations as may be provided ir by law; provided, that in counties aj :e^'" where magistrates have separate and f< exclusi ve territorial jurisdiction, crim- b iny inal causes shall be tried in the magis- ei ***? trate's district where the offence was h tne committed, subject to such provision p 11 for change of venue from one magis- a trate's district to another in the same t< county as may be provided by the It general assemblv. C Sec. 24. All officers other than those & Ju*t named in section 9 provided for in this article shall receive for their services h such compensation as the general as- n ia4 sembly may from time to time by law f< direct. ' p Sec. 25. Each of the justices of the ? 'ase court and judgus of the cir- b 'tk cuit court shall have the. same power ^ _ at chambers to issue wits of habeas 11 tke corpus, mandamus, quo warranto, a certiorari, prohibition and interloctu- j* tory writs or orders of injunction as 0 ge j when in open court. Th e judges of the circuit courts shall have such ^. - powers at chambers as the general asii: sembly mayprovide. f,1 Sec. 26. Judges shall not charge 11 juries in respect to matters of fact, but ?' j j ; shall declare the law. " the I ^ec* ^' ^'aere k? ?lected ia s I each county, by the electors thereof, 0 x one clerk for the court of common j* " pleas, who shall hold his office for the p1 j term of four years, and until his sue- 11 j T cessor shall t>ejelected and qualified. ? ) an He shall, bv virtue of his office, be t( ^ s clerk of all other courts of rscord e: |n held therein, but the general assembly c< may provide by law for the election r( irts of a clerk, with a like term of office, e:i c_-_ for each or any other of the courts of ^ ~ record, and may authorize the judge d v^_ of the probate court to perform the ^ tlje" duties of clerk for his court under ? ^ Vg such regulations as the general assem- ? | af_ bly may direct. Clerks of courts shall ^ [CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.] g yHAT THEY REALLY SAID. | s ra ULL TEXT OF THE SPEECHES OF EVANS AND TILLMAN. h< ui lead. Their Utterance* In Atlanta and th ^ Form Your Own Judgment as to the ^ Truth and Propriety of What They Said m on Carolina Day. > The following is ihe full text of the of peecji of Governor John Gary Evans, 81 elivered at the Cotton States and In- ta srnational Exposition, Atlanta, G*., nc n November 30th? 1895: er Mr. President, Your Excellency, w< iadies and (Gentlemen of Georgia and th xn-11 rr_ ?. ly uwurciiuw viuzouo; iu oaj tuon ui re thank you for this hearty welcome, mi iems cold and indifferent from a sy lother to her daughter, for it has he een truly said that Georgia is really yc daughter of South Carolina, and she pe i a daughter indeed. {Groan.) You be lay groan,but yet she is not ashamed T1 f her daughter. (Applause.) South er Carolina is proud 01 her daughter, ua ipplause) and she stands here today bj > bear evidence for what we did in pe le past; that when we nurtured this be lfant; when we protected her from bt ae Indian and Spaniard, it was not in wl ain we stand here today and say, in- th eed you do us proud. (Applause an nd cheers.) And now his Ercellen- Gh y, the Governor, has seen fit to say lo lat the Governor of South Carolina wi as no appreciation for her lovely ha aughters. Why, sir, you don't know mi le. (Applause.) We have brought an ere upon the soil of Georgia 265 of tr ae fairest maidens that God Almigh- be f ever created. (Applause.) They th re stamped with more purity than he th as stamped the lily; they are stamp- de i with beauty than he hai painted lat 3e rosebud, and, sir, when I stand in on ie .presence of these holy creatures; do rhen I stand here and contemplate cu ly own miserable self, I can only ex- la [aim, "How unworthy e creature you is re of one of these lovely women." St Applause.) That is my appreciation, of lot lack or appreciation; tnougn pos- yo bly some may say, too great an ap- fri reciation; but it cannot be. of South Carolina is proud of her wo- th ten; she is proud of what they have W< one in the past; she is proud of what let ley represent in the present; and she mi jels safe in what they will accomplish to nd speak for her in the future. an Thii day has been set apart as a day ra f Thanksgiving by the President of la! le Unitea States and by the Gover- of ors of the separate States in the Un- in >n. We have much, fellow citizens, go > be thankful for, but South Carolina go ad Georgia stamped by their individality can exclaim without any de- Le ree of hypocrisy of spirit of the Phar- no ;ee, "We thank theie, oh, God, we sa; re not as other people ai-e." he There is a characteristic individual- wl y of the South Carolinian, that char- th cteristic is not so great between the th outh Carolinian and the Georgian Y< ecause we are people, and although yc ivided by the Savannah, in the. words Cf f your own immortal Grady, "That ar i more of a bond than a boundary." a? ipulause.) pr We cannot forget,as your Governor ci] as said, you cannot forget, South pr Carolina cannot forget that when she ca ras oppressed; when the heel, of the tn ^rant Dore heavily upon her, it was th le strong arm of the Georgians that sfc ame to her rescue in '76. We thank N( ou for it. We thank you for what tn ou have done in the past and we fit lank you for giving us this opportu- fu ity of coming here and showing to to ae world the superiority of South Carolina. (Applause and cheers.) m Why, the other day I saw an inter- w] iew frorfi a Yankee General, in th rhich he stated that the South was co rogressing; that the South was im- w< roving, except poor South Carolina, nd she was still feeling the effects of he ^cession. Yas, she feels it; she feels th le effects of the tribute she pays to to le national government for being he 'hipped; but when she pays it, she in ays it with a protest, and when it is ^ ated that she feels the effects of se- ex ession it is true; but today, fellow bu itizens, we stand and proclaim as our th wn Pinckney did, that we still have So Millions for defense but not a cent Sc >r tribute." South Carolina pays tri- re ute to no man and no State except th lat imposed upon her by force of law an nd of a strong hand; but we pay it, da ua as we pay n v?o uu uui. uiuimu. lit the time has come for the South co larolinian and every Southerner to Cf link for himself and to speak for imself and in the halls of Congress w< st it be known that these Southern th tates are in this Union, a part of this go Fnion and by the grace of Qod we W( ropose to control this Union. (A on oice, "That's right.") Why should an not be right? (Applause.) Was it ha ot right in the past? Was it not th< l;ht under the training of your fath- pe rs? The training of statesmanship plj lat you received, the principles they lculcated in you, are they not just , j dear as they were before 1865 ? And. sllow citizens, this Southland will loom in spite of the remarks of genrals, in spite of the remarks of judges ^ ostiletous. It seems now that every ^ residential candidate of the Republi- rc m party feels it incumbent upon him l0] > hit South Carolina a lick. But, fel>w citizens, the result is .that South larolina never has to go out of the P? jnfiict for repairs. (Great applause.) an Now, fortunately, our works are of ere to speakfor themselves; we are saj ot a i>eople to herald our virtues be- foi ?*? the -world: we are not a people to ce] roclaim vrhat we are doing. We are oo ot a people possessed of two much no rass. We have always had brains; ho re have always had integrity; we be ave always had statesmen. (Great Cc pplause and cheers.) That speaks wt lore and sounds louder than the eating of cymbals of past triumphs, est That is where she stands today. She an pologizes for nothing she has (lone in do lepast; she apologizes for nothing ad ae does in the present. She is today eig le leader of the South in industrial ho aterprises. She spends more money tin 1 proportion to her wealth than any ye tate in. the Union for the education be f her children, and we do it without ha word. It is not necessary to blow if umpets. We stand, fellow citizens, do 1 this position, our industrial pro- Ca ress lies in the manufacture of cot>n; in that she comes first; we cannot m< spect to be anything more. That be :>mes to us naturally. But we stand an ?alizing that grand principle of gov- Se rnment that South Carolina has al- sti rays recognized, that true Democracy an wells only in the hearts of the agn- an ilturist. Sir, what concerns us to- tw ay is, that what was once a solid m< " ' -1-' ?i j i ?? Wti OUin IS now uisiiiciiiucrru, tt.uu. wu ave a solid North confronting us. 7? 7bere is Democracy on this Thanks- 1?' iving Day? We can only say, Thank I \ # od, it is no worse. It is bad enough, tl it we, fellow citizens, cherish Democ- y ,cy;and today the only Democracy cl una in this glorious land is South a< 1 Mason and Dixon's line in the o iarts of the agriculturist who lives P ider his own vine and fig tree, and tl tat aldne can nurtue patriotism, u oat is what concerns us; that is what s< e of the South have to meet and we ? uflt meet it like patriots. We will ft eetit like patriots. We are told to ai vide while the industrial enterprises t? the North; consolidate; while the ? lylocks consolidate and continue to tl ke their pound of flesh, if possible, oare? the heart: while some South- e1 A ?? - J X- I J ners are lempieu w uuw uuwu uuu u. unship the golden idols. We are told h at "you are fanatics; you do not k iderstand the principles of govern- a ent" and unless von allow this tl phon to be introduced into your r< tart and allow them to suck from you t> iut life blood, they say, "That pros- 01 rity and true government can never ti obtained." Sir, it can be obtained, h le principles upon which this gov- 01 nment was founded can be perpet- y .ted, but it will never be perpetuated I p the Shylock, it will never be per- di tutted by the banker, it will never h perpetuated by the manufacturer, si it it will be perpetuated by the men di bio own the soil and the men who till ta e soil; who live under their own vine w id fig tree, who love the trees as fi rady said, who love the forest; who la ve the hills that stand in their path- F ly and glories in the home he in- s< bits. (Applause.) These are the I en who give birth to patriotism, these ni e the men who can save this coun- ei 7 against corporate wealth that had * en amassed and is being amassed in G e North; there is no hope for you in ai e Northeast. It is solid. Their only h sire is to fleece you, and to get the si it penny from you they can. The I ilynope for you is in the West Why ol > I say so? The South is an agri- tl lfcural country. South Carolina n: ids in the manufacture of cotton, it true; but she is an agricultural fin ate; she realizes that the foundation n] all wealth is agriculture. Where do di >u find them? She must get her lc ends from those who are the friends bi agriculture. Where do you find UJ em? Only in the West and South- p< jst, and there is your alliance, and tu i me give warning here today; let 3 tell toe young Southerner who goes yi Congress that he should go there Si d let his voice be heard; let him tl ise his protest against this accunra- & don of wealth; against the destroyers <L this republic, and as his father did n< the past, for the principles of good n< vernment. Let the principles of si od government fall from his lips as tl did from the lips of his forefathers, oi it it never be said that we can do thing. We can do anything. Don't p< y we can do nothing; God never p lped such people. God helps him a 10 helps himself. And unless you go u ere and make this fight ana. make ? is protest you can never hope to win. ai 3u will be criticised if you do, as tl ni see now the criticisms of S6uth ^ irolina and Ben Tillman. (Applause tl id cheers.) Throw it aside, cast it a: ray, because it is simply the true p: inciples of Democracy; the true prin- a, ?les which alone can perpetuate and tl eserve any republic. No republic C n live with centralization and con- <x iction of wealth in the hands of ? e few. No country can live which b irves the great mass of its people, si 3 country can live and proper on h e amount of money which is seen n -'"' J ?"< +? if in o farxr liand. _ IW UO UViCU UUI IV iu ui ia ivn ??.?. n lis by capitalists. Why, twelve men a: day can- bankrupt this nation; c< reive men can paralyze this govern- h ant; twelve men can today stop the is heels of progress and commerce in tl is great republic. Shall these things g ntinue? What an object lesson have tl 9 here? u What does this exposition teach? It ? is opened the eves of the world to h e wealth of the South. It has shown tl the North that the South can make di ir own future. It has shown to them, I deed, that she is independent It tl is shown to them the resotfrces that tl ist here; that live here and are d< tried here,, only to be dug out by e; e faithful worker who loves his own b uthland. (Applause.) When the w luthi takes again the lead which she h linquished only by force of arms, ei en and not till then will prosperity ei id progress be assured and her foun- n tions strengthened and this country h safe, and the flag of our united w untry be raised on oar National a] ipitoL (Applause and cheers.) is I thank you, sir, again for this hearty fc ilcometo Georgia: I thank you for tl e good words said of us and of n iuth Carolina, and as I said before, tc ) are but one people; we have but w e home; we have but one destiny, w d that destiny must be worked out sc * l Li. A ,nd in nana ana aeon, in ucuxi uj ? ose who love their country, its proa- p< rity and its progress. (Great ap- s? luse and cheers.) TILLMAN'S SPEECH. ** rhe full text of the address of Sena- rrr )r Ben Tillman is as follows: Your g, :cellency, Mr. President, Ladies and ^ sntlemen?The good book tells us ^ at there is a time for all things, but lo not think that this is a time for j ig speaking. (Applause.) w A. voice: 4 'Hurrah for TillmanI" w "Tillman: "They say that hungry K ople have no ears, (laughter) and I fr 1 sure that I can see a good many T you here who would like to have a aj adwich about now. I shall, there- a{ re, not trespass on your patience expt for a brief period. This is not an g| caaion for lengthy speaking. I have & set speech prepared. I don't know tl w to make set speeches. I have m en in constant attendance upon our ?j institutional Convention for ten cc ;eks and I didn't know until about m : days ago that there was the slight- w ; chance for me to come to Atlanta n< d see what she and the South have a ne. Our Constitutional Convention 55 jourued on Tuesday afternoon after th ;ht days' constant work for thirteen 0f urs a day in order to get through in ae to come here. 1 got to Atlanta su sterday evening at 6 o'clock and th ing worn out, I went to bed, and I go d no time to have fixed a set speech ^ I had wanted to, and besides what w I come to Georgia to talk to South p? xolinans for, (aoplause) any way? p it seems to me that every man I ar "> if a Qnti(Vi P!nwklinian Vifls i en saying ail day, 4Howdy do, Ben? & d 'Howdy, Governor,' 'Howdy, at nator,' all up and down the streets, w 111 thought I was at our St-tte Fair, pe d I see so many familiar faces here ai d realize so clearly that probably th o-thirds of this audience have heard gj > speak time and time again, that I ar ow it would be intruding upon th ur time and patience for me to speak ta came here not to brag. I leave * iat to our young Governor. He is oung and green, (laughter and beers) 'and besides he has such an J sute realization of interpretation of or State motto: 'Animis Opibusque arati.' The only thing that I know iat he hasn't any sense on, whatever i women. With as young and hand>mea facias he has got and a rear >nable amount of brain-and a pretty lir character, f01 him to get up here ad tell these ladies that he, in conim plating their beauty, has such a Mtlization of his own unworthineas tat he cannot afford to put himself a one, (laughter) is very good, howrer, when ne knows that every wotan here who isn't married-wants a usband. Why, that sentiment you now won't do. It's 'agin' natur for woman to do anything else, and ley say and I say for him that if, by sason of his unworthinesa, he has Ben unable thus far to induce any of ur fair daughters to take him and 7 to cultivate those little locks of is that are crowing so thin, that he light to do like I did. I came into our State when I was a boy before was twenty-one yean of age, and inaced one of your best women, who as been mv olessine and wide ever nee, to join hands. If he cant inixce any of our own daughters to ike him, then lam sure that, if he ill come to Atlanta some time in the . iture that some of these Georgia , dies will?well,. I think he might. grsuade them. (Applause.) I am a >rt of half Gteoreian, anyhow, for as got my wife before I got away from' iy mother I got under pettiooat gor nment before I was a man, and have ept under it ever since and I thank od for it In fact if I hare made aythingof a name for myself and ave come to be anything, andcondering the amount of cussing I get think I must be a pretty good sort f a fellow. I attribute it to the fact lat the women have had charge of te all my life. "I come to extend to you fraternal reetinff, brotherly greeting, while . ? ly friend claims that Georgia is the \ lughter of South Carolina, I rather ok upon her as a big sister, a great .g handsome one, I mean. Doubling i in area, nearly doubling lis in jpulation, and more than doubling I in taxable, values. "But go into any county in Georgia , ou may; go into any county in any Late West of the Savannah Kiver to ie Bio Grande, an?l you "will find Duth-Carolinians, or the sons lughters of South' Carolinians; and I ever have seen one of them who was at proud to acknowledge the relationdp and to send back the greeting / lat we love our mother, and are pCOtm fher. (Applause.) "Mr. President : Ihave had no opDrtuniuV as vet to look at Tour Ex Dsitioa. I have only been able to j?et glimpse arounds the grounds indrrvig through them in a carriage and in >ming in on the train yesterday fternoon, and to read the account of te papers and hear from my friends ho have Deen here and looked at lie grand collection of the resouroes id manufactures of theSouthern peole you have here as to what has been xompliahecL The most natural ling for a person who visited the hicago World's Pair is to make a jmparison between the two, and I iy to you, sir, that from what I have sen able to see gathered together \ lowing what you nave done that yon ave come up to that magnificent and mot ?lnwnn? tVlftt thft 'orldtias ever seen, as a good second; . ad I say here again that no city ex- " u ?pt the Chicago of the South could ave done it. (Applause.) To! whom i credit duet Your Governor says le Southern men did it. Southern enius and Southern capital I don't link this is altogether^-well, I won't, ly that he has not given due credit to >me outside help from those men who ave come from the North and tact leir fortunes withyou, and aretoey as good Southerners as I am; andwant to call your attention to onq lought. and then I shall stop. It is . lis; We hear and we read a great Bal nowadays about bringing Northrn capital and inducing Northern tains to come amongus and develop or waste places. The newspapers arp on this in the South, and North* m papers twit us with our incompetlceand lack of progress and- lari- " ess; and too many Southerfi papers ? ave become the echoes of this unorthy thought But pause andan[yze the conditions which have exted here since the war and consider >r a moment,' to enlarge uponkthe lought which my friend, the Qoveror of South Carolina, has just , >uched?upon, the pension tribute hich we pay, and you will see that e have not received back from that >urce or any other source more than tithe of the money that the Southern x>ple have dug from the earth and int northward to remain there. "Now I will give you a few figures ^io io flin /mlv fliififf T f/v.lr the AU vmo 10 VUU T- ? _ ouble to look up to tell you about, he entire amount paid by the United tates Government since 1861 for penr ons has been eighteen hundred and xty millions.' Of that sum the nount paid to the veterans or widows : veterans of the war of 1812 and the ar of Mexico and the Indian wan as $59,000,000, so that the Union ?ldiers nave received $1,800,000,000 omtbe United States Government, heinumber of pensions in the South 1 told?I mean the eleven Confeder? States, or the Cotton States?is 5,000. The number in the United ates, as a whole, is 960,000, so you e that less than one-sixteenth of lis money comes back here. How uch do we pay? Statistics will ove that these eleven Cotton States >unt them in any shape you will, and eastire them by any yard stick you ant, pay not less than one-fourth and jarly one-third of it. If you deduct reasonable amount of the sum paid icktothe southern pensioners and - T 9? flL. e most of tnat is paia in uie ou* ira Arkansas, Tesxas, Virginia and mnesee, I say to yon that the total m that has come to the South since e war from pensions, from any urce following the Union soldiers, is not exceeded $150,000,000. That ill leave $1,650,000,000 that has been tid to the Northern soldiers, and you ive paid one-fourth of that, which mnyek tVinn 440.000.000 of UUUUW3 IV U4ViV w-" j j ibute to our conquerors. Am I gettig up a new rebelion in talking >out this? Not at all. I know full ell that the Southern people as a sople will never govern this Union ly more. We can only hope to be e balance of power between the ant West and the greedy North that e now marshalling their forces for e control of this country on the riff and financial issues, and we [CONTINUED ON PA.QE FOUR] ; /' V rjj?