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R tsplll uil tlu c A? l?;iM o: for those f aa an rd. $aia or Japan mnrli to oc <> 1'liilippim >y <l>> along the pe the gateway eoplo ?\f i h. Eereatcd in tin we have only fprovitn ?'s \iin n i k ti t In Char BiiiiK millions ia the groat people Kiiimiii^ai^ thlrt waswx ini possibility. ,v of wearing >so very rarelv U have heard it chief difference ind Japanese is. ?yer wash th?. ?r never wash It wan Mr. Wu ^nlght. to teach cotton ahirta >ror to isHiie an only one inch >n crim, of the URtori by that effc for lCnrope. Miceded to show bo markets, tin ,VT\ 'Ol V'tf'flitv ds are stacked unsalable. and es thought last (1 be twelve and ents per pound, ban throe ceiSts. t?I favor the and rMifiimis ountry. This is rogtess. We can growth and then the individual. fo either move for potion or back ay. There are e lift* of every leads to sm'cci'.s, he chance is lost Ity to take iu) unity constitutes en the man who e who fails, and Ions We have pportunities, an I or of pushing ?! g the past, cen absorbed in test i8tlo:i of eonstitn e governinein Mini of America. The when we must and not merely industrial develop t as necessary t<> rosneritv. Our re population demand es of trade. an<l we the commercial and involved. What ith our surplus pro the tjuostion rnsHK- ; n of all the fiviuzo'i J earth. The o'.Jly Held | Ji the Orient.*? I believe lis near 'at hand when de of the South will lie j ent. When our^^om- ! fe Atlantic will lie insin a red with that of t lu ster Wii gave us some nation at Charlotte, ers are reaching out and what better ran 1 Senator than help them, will reap a richer reward Carolina, with all the and manufacturing de In the Piedmont region, free such harbors as [.Georgetown and Port lean I better serve the is State? They will enefits of this trade, nited States midway pe and Asia. Almost n the canal is cut ? f Mexico on the South Lakes on the North: one side and the Pa ler. and with the poo Inents bidding for our >8flibllitics dazzle the is no idle dream. I >8t jot the people wlth my voiee will live to We have hero me a Mth 5,000 miles of :ean; with the Ha and Aloutlan Islands 58, and the Philippines "Open Door." we are strong enough to com |th h?r trans-Siberian Aspect the integrity of ipirp. Ah long as the and J&p&p say "No." ipirc, must-remain in >r be left open to our 8n I think of how all romp about. 1 llevo that the hand of this government, and Fatchod over and direct the path where lie great and prosperity. I cannot to discuss the question <>f lent for these outlying pos jo. have settled other prob naore complex nature, and )ut believe that a solution ind Just, humane and satis all concerned. My vote on Bill has beqa attacked. * FIRST TIM#" Sm'TH >LINA HAS RISFJN ?ABOVE party. ilong the line of supporting policy of this government, right here, that I am not Congressman from South ;"who has voted against his supporcd the President parr.o to question of a for Threo of the greatest men Carolina, has ever pro Ihonn. I^owndes and CheVes the government against during the war of J 812. ?d these words, whieh I >m the bottom of my heart: IKe of party, for the great {?pt the nation." ctlon with the fight now in aAlaat mo. the first nro-. tariff bill erer introduced was ith Carolina Representative. ?, and advocated by Mr. Cal otte of the greatest speeches Hfe. This Is opt the first time gallant ItttM State has risen ? tectkm aad acted for the in . thq nation. [**?7 Bill provided for a max! oae hundred thousand men ?Wwo of slrf/ flve thousand. ill P W.HW !l I! Os. .lilii :l.t I'lTiulf as i<?:'I III the I'l l hat tunc the insurrection ;i K:ea\. HI id ill > ( itiliilUHI Hr>IIHV liele Was 1 ?ll 1 <.>!!? - of tWO I 111 ll| ?'illii r pill c:)ough\mcil ill ll; ?rush tiio re! ionic. I believe itlli SO \ oted. I'ellow citizens. leal of claptrap ,, I'uii.d States Senate. Alioil AN 'rt.V>"K oK llllf Ol' llMibt hlOIII lll'ul Spt ed ' ^ the great danger of " I tit p<i A. > iit.l -'.Militarism" were for hoi* hy"'1 an a,,'He sumption and the tno.-t of t* >a ul 1 ina?U' after a comfortable l ?v Mi van in ki t in |v;ti. | ami a bottle of "Miimm's IOxtriK,> u> kn,AV ??>ai Mr Uryan I see that since the rebellion il1 ' '>om>erncy <.| bis r< ? the President says that he \\i'.l,u j*' sl|U l> '?*' has the minimum amount, iSurel hu'ie 1 % ? ? t?t> years ago, low citizens. I could afford to i ??>*"/'?? to develop manu man on a question of that kin.l k " Sm" ' < ??"*???na. did we the people of the I'nited Stal. ,|m' ? "Otton mill hy elected to tin- Presidency. Wlf ,l l""" taxation. What exorcise a little common sen'' ,OVN" ?'"untv has not is a simple application of the r| 1 *\ !'>i4 n| 1<,,hVl "lllVl\ three. If an>anny of thirty thoKnlial h'velopinen' .' men Is required for a populallr^ an individual, w ho ever 3C>."")0.o0o people, is an army <i anything. who was 000 men too much for a nation ^P?Mid money on himself, OOO.uOO? .Congress has for ,,s Un\ns- <??"??ics. been spending money along the cy s^\VsV|!!ks to it vit ami buying expensive guns, and , V\I) NKWSP v M-'lVV Iutelv manv of them are lying5 "V*'/' *si A1 hKS , and rusting for want of ....... M" ??"' Southern people. THE simsmv IHM.. theso ta,-s. r pud at.' Now, fellow citizens, this br .*'*'? v'>,J s n*?? ?' ^ hit a me to the much discussed SuirH"M,,'v <?>' Nenators hm.I Hill. In the llrst nluce. it is ainv* ?"??<e . ishing to me what a mlseoneeir* lo nnmse there Is as to this matter There ?? ?'??' l"*?>pj*. when never been a vote on the Subsidy . n,H' 'J?" ,h" and vet even mv gOod friend. (?enex ('HI' 1,NO,?1K ?a :,u')sidy t<> Hut lor, whom 1 love like a tat!' Hailroa I for earry.ng speaks of jt'SlcLaurin's vote on , NS *? 1 '"aus. Subsidy Hill. There never wjuiw"''. th,'v vote on the Subsidy Mill. 1'.? A|.|.ropnallon MM at it was well understood at w'?' ? ?>' . . . .. tillon dollars fur earrv time thru 1 made my spri . ... It is i ? ?;?11 \ a su ishls thai th<re would no: .'"' ines and newspapers of vote at t hat session. II I desired w t])(> r,?.o| a!(. deceive the people and play an l^ | worthy part I nughl jus as w ^ sU,.Sidy of nine ! have kept silent ami not had tha H). js ||iiH.h ()(>tVn sue in this eampa gn; but I felt tlii, ,if ? ju th(> . : the people should be educated on !???., n.af!(, W(. s lMli, important measure. My vote was .|rR r nava, w. . no practical value under any ?? ,y jtj (jtijfks (jf y ;u. j ruins,ances bv< ause. it it could ho(h ju I been brought to a vote, there ??s j majority ot eighteen to twenty 1 - ? : favor of the lull. 1 did not uuen ? 1 i . ? . .. . . i?l war I he (in.'stion just at tha tune to make a s,( I)ril?:ip,? ()f t,?. Hl.ls ! spccch on the bill. 1 uroBe u, u>\ a r nf onr p? neat to present the reso hit ion of th. hnth Rt|ifp an(J Nj| ?ottoii spinners AssocUtion and b.J of, ,his parti,.(l. fore knew It I had drifted into L (M>ral NV(.,. ?speoel, on the general primipbs n\]if.nt js j( wjs(. Rm| the bill What is known as the Han-,. . , ... , , , , ..tew moments to this . na l avne I',!'.! has nlreadv been ,,,, . . . ,, jise. Inert? was .i ?.hanged so much that the authors of , . , t in i> ?, r .i .government niu ami ! the hill would not know it if ha<l a 11H.n ,ianl , met It it. the road. 1 here was at the. ^ p)ll(.(v (.t.n, time a great many amendments pend- , as( V(.ar inn. and nobody ever knows what a ,..,,i.,i , ... .... . ... . ?, nl. was eari led in Pill of that sort will be until it passes , ., . ., ... .. '>. \\n\ isiiiis. I t!x? ( onfVronr<? ( onimittfe W<M4M |\iXFl) ST\TFS I ho two Houses: this bill never worn so far as to net a vote. let alone .? ronfercneo. So tar as I am con < orncii, i uO not |>roi?*8s lo ? tor of the subject. When you enter the realm of ocean freights. with the relative cost of high knot and 1 >v knot speed. tonnage and wages. i' takes an export to understand ii Senator Fry is a very aide man. ami I do not believe there is a more lion est one in the Amerieau Congress. He has devoted twenty-five years to j the study of those questions, ami vet I have no doubt that you eould And some members of the South Caro lina Legislature who never saw a bigger ship than a canoe on a mill oonil, who know more than Senator Five, or anybody else, on the sub ioct of shipping and ocean freights. ONLY A "STEAL" WHEN NOT COMINT(? THK1K way. Olio of the great objections to the subsidy is they **a 11 it a "steal." Well, fellow-citizens, that is a very poor argument; opponents of t-h?* river mil harbor, postofflce, or any other bill ??an make the same eharge. I was a little amused to sec the head lines of the News and Courier. "The Ship Subsidy Steal." when in the sam* week the Mayor of Charleston and the editor of that impel' were in Washington wanting nine million dol lars Rpent on a naval station, and a subsidy of a quarter of a million for the Exposition. It seems that a sub sidy is only a "steal" when it is not comipg their way. H.' such foolish denunciations of the subsidy 11 ? olple it lias been difficult a fair consideration. Talk atjhout lob hies. There never wan a more pow crful lobby in Washington than that opposed to the subsidy formed by the great trans-continental railroads and the foreign steamship owners. I may say something later on this subjoct which will emb&rra*" some people, hut will refrain at this time. There Is nothlag In the principle of the bill itself which involve* stealing, de frauding the government or sectional I advantages. There mav have been j some abuses in granting subflldle? j when. It was In the experimental I staRe. but there is no reason now' why tlvere should lx?. abusns. in i.n? ?.u- , ministration of any 'uxv there is a ' x;hanre of abuse. ami yet the law may bo a pood one tho abuses being more- j ly Incident to its execution. This Is I what the friends of prohibition and ' the dispensary each cjaim. Subsidies ! are no fiew the<5fy in the South. Con- ' mentions were held during: tho twenty ' "preeedln& tho"T\r to encourage I th? "building np o? th<? commerce and ? industries of tho South. Hayne, Oaf- ? houn and Mc Duffle w?>ro loading spirits in those enterprises. The e?- ; tahlishmont of railroad and steam- .' ship llnoR by government aid was ad- j vocated. Soutjh Carolina subsidized railroads before t??o war. Two mil- i lion dollars were Riven to construct tlirt Blue .Ridge Road .which hns nev- I j or bebn completed*. I yiink l can J aay' that nearly every line of road ? construefed in tbis State b*'ore the | war was subsidized, either dlrSctly j or Indirectly. The Legislature of; I^nuisslana granted a subsidy of $5.00 ' per. ton for every vessel of more than i 10% tons bu|lt in cth?' sut? ? gave 4.00 a ton. and exempted from^ taxation all poods imported Into tfie State from foreign countries. The National Government connected the -Atlantic and the Pacific by subsidli ing railrods. and in thia policy we have uneqnaled railroad facilities, and hart developed' our interstate traflje to soch aa extent that we are sow f-*^ed to seek <aa outlet for oar sur anwfue'^- ^'1 that la oroooaed. | t his contest of Ku jl'nitcd States, for jet a snbsidv from l <?!" twenty m!l ips the advantage fl liuve tluss driven ''rom the lii?h seas. Idv to the foreign ifreight rates over l*e are rtraiped ??' wis a year which Jssels in freights. Vould stand sueh jjthen, we are pay , ence iL is a ques , will subsidize ' n vessels. It is ? jisciiss before this ; . the importancc , l! If Knrope and tc{' <,<)rnP(,t> ? f the world, ran (^-lves entirely in tri. l>ower to ^x* jt)l?em l.li o power Jr cotton, wheat lducts. i,i,jd be a general mJ the merchant WHj'ninny and Nor Spj| for transport on | be the effect mods? I tell yoi int ^''l simply hauled cotton hauled nvllle and not 1)11 v rou Id he no Hht|i would be no iibrd <>0tton goods ian* ra ]d be failures chnii""ons have buy.f we were ^-e .are sellers. clian[rt no\ to *'x buv roniP here to a Fkf?r ,n ^aR^tif wouU,on- Tju,y wh/a?ro 10 buv aaEt an<' horses. they er War. but year P""? [?r ,il 1 neede3 wo">'l he ! an,l ,dstuffs hiKh ; ,1I1| t what could j. Is mo v ,af- "??"? tiian 1 r,can ?hips Dooi suppoi 'on aonso trade < **1 for the ' Gorma e (?/ Klvo ij firoinR to I tboy d< Kos that 1 Thiil Q ?? As Mr. i "Every ntly ?ai(|. J and ht* trade. j oountrl hoir own for the ,os work 1 absurd r* is g.* I upon f<i4 to rely I goods, j huto hor j no8a ho no hi^si-J of a^j'ori wagon* j Mvorjes. 3 its do- I vitally I -U.3I1 h;> South. as tho. Now Or!and ! So* 'ar a r Xorlr. j fiafo afn ?d- *Vo ' Asiatic b ?f our 1 hllKfeti ? ' possl-1 have che! must | tlon. and 'Porta- j can lAmerl- . Southern Our 1 against b Inated j line* that i'road tor an A 'unity' Wo m us t *r' no. not a Soul >?rco. fluenoo h? '? in tlon of tta 'true P?^dlot thi Ad | natfl Its frfanaJ. ? aBerohaifce of wor?r 13 M and 4P v'. ; : s;. i !e. Tiiey will either 1:i'i I i>r ,.;??< , e I I . i!.. r - v !?.? - thai time ni'liilnst w ?11 V* \m i!i .? ;i 1 s.uutt ins;, a I ??! <'a : ivi West (Mu ports will be 'the r-i.ii- .?'u, an.I the South will develop with ??? *?(1 uat'i'iI r.iphlil\. ('annul ;nn ui.ni i .siii.se that the motley itnwi'r lu u ! ?? I !i\ (' I1. Iluntinntou ami Hill. will. uivhi railway systems runt.im; I'ast an I \\ ?':^i. ilo not w ant 11 ?t? ? fit ?'ti'iI South? Willi thi ( *? linage. ilie -erxud Coast I,.lie ami S.r.lt'.l.S'.l would rival in greatness (he three trans continental linos The pro Jwer o! raw material will prosper, just in proportion to the demand lor his product. All thai our Southern l)i> ?1?I *" have to ilo now is to I e wise ami i oti.M'i valive. ami I'avtir the m eat puhl:. measures looking to the pro motion of the material ami industrial interests of the country ami t lie honor i!,n.I glory o! the uittion IK) VOl |{ OWN THINKLNd. Fellow-.it i/dis. with so many things to talk ahoiit. it has not been possible for ine io ilo more than skill) the sur faen. hut I hope I have been so fortu nate as to excite a desire on your part to in\cstigatP for yourself ami not let some ojj r.pss-buek. who does not Rn >w that the war has ended, do your thinking 'JTIiese are practical. vital is sties. As your Senator. I have frankly stated inj position. There are two sidi s to these questions. I respect nil hoiust ditfereiice of opinion, but no man can ii I '/'V ill u >. i' \. NOT AN AITOMAT..N I n?*\er could answer the ends of ; a automnt en in p.ditiis or luis ne s I y ield to the dictation of no man. It in eharai lonsth of a Seoti hmati to think and ail for himself. I have asserted ami wiil always as^.-rt my personal and polilieul individuality. I have hla>'? d out my own path inoie than ome in Coiniiy. State u:id National polities, ami followed it without re paid to popular applause. I made "I'eaie and unity" very popular Mine in this State too popular. In fac t for some of those who ouee denounced the "Leader of thMovement." now grovel iu the dusi at tin' feet of their old time loe. humbly content with the curses that fall from his lips, for the sake of ;he few i ruiiihs that drop from tie table. KLKl'SKS TO I'KICACII TIIIO Co;' |I. I >' I ' IVr?l N 1 1 V ' ,, i,mI. us far as ... me Hos my V llIl(| vole v. ill he used ni behal of those measures whi< h maK?. toi 111 man pnisri'ss ami human haPP<? present ttorl'l; tneusui os NN',l"l > will nniti' ami Knit men into a wi?.. ? ft?Hi???i <?f the motherhood of nam Ms voire wiH 1,1 lntfwkt m'1(; tu eimli' e am! part> passion. ??it i , .,,.?i ,,?? drsnair. nut to li''lp prea? li a }-ot>|? I ' t , rt-witn I.tn.-.II.SK, lull to 111 "? lomollt of party sp?'U. t?J? J*11''ZZ , sM)oi,H .,ni| selllsh ends t h ' the fetters ihat ?-Ior. tlo- manaehs 'that imp ion^levcbunnent ami thrcatcn otn nat.K?nal life. \ COMMISSION important ;ro thh sen n . WP.cn a measure is before o I'tcss m-oposl.iK til.- .1 ration ot a m - 'rsa,, commission of tral.md brnd ?osk moil to Visit China. n,,<l .'iT""1 ''hIh. ts may be obtained anioni; \ he''oi'kIit hundred million of , ... ?iiv <?mclc economic imasui "vor introduced into Congress shall 1 XuVTllow Ui, load Of the modern apostl-s of IIimih.m rai }' an.l .. iT*. i*i jt it because tin. nio.v against Rppuh ;;;j?:naUVai.wn Republican President would have the .nunlng u iS,i,-h commission? l*or one. hlKhor conception. not alone o .m> privilege. but aiy duty, to stand >> . ;:iva,?Jbv .very honorable effort 1he tin crests -of those Pt,0l)1( Uu V f , whose favors I have a place in th b&SS3 55JS ,.<1 l.v the latter-day saints of I>(.mo J .Vrefe to believe that my eon gitosrftJSS Ss?S5?asr J," !!',, ll?'t)UKl"ii" ??' "/' "." 'riy party of process as well as the party i'iVS'PH.TV *> KRI01W"-". A l>ll ,\M ( M . Whenever prosperity Ib ?o ? phantom that I must cithei gow<?r ,.,1 ut that phantom or stand y "Tfr^rr^aildSd^'whenever certai n 1 a 11 or-da y saints'' nttempt to force me to the aceeptan^e # 4? trine tii?4 ? Jead ifi-swe of th I a"lt,,77on-o In ?1? ^Bh J ss r .'?""v^nA'cT'i'n'i'ho0 fa!-"'of a ?" ',W,;,V^ron .. ?Sor he*. KO.up bushel ; ca< h l,nl . , 0 rf.a(i8 an a rent a pound; ca..h timf " /cach advan?-.o of ten lu thc pal>or of time lie sets a a Industrial -Men Wanted in ??r :^ mg^m army; vacW lira ..ed; each time jnp .I"ort^? new r00f put upon the that he 8. ^ f^s mon"" comforts for the house ar?i a few n, cach tline oUt mother at the flreji ? c loll he ?eea the hyrdeW oi ^ ?r ^ lightened for the "??' f Mr oompelied^ have a ehlU by Bryun* i^UTf These varied olrcum cach and all o three or tour ntancCT <lurlD? ??> tartjgJ . p,r. y?r?. r>?11 h V bxm,(. rather than petual ^iver. ^ ry afue, b^aauffewr '^fSTri l? the* 1 ***" j^QiPWi'r ???> hap^pew, I dettcM of 7 them op aa ip?<" rather than^ chances t lit> '.-st noil. I \\ :? i- in i ? i'i| |iy ' the ! if'?? I* ? ! ' r Miiu! P.i ::.d. :a? > as a ? I 11 in ?>art> man. * hi ?? must luni his ? '.i \ ! > in1 i Is.> .in an 1 w a i?'h a I n ?.? .(?? soiling. :i 11 ? S when. ius;??a11 of viow 1 mij; J it- .? U11 :1 ? s of the morning, 1)0 I mi si conjure up the phantom? ot ii!" Iir I >;l?ai! rest i.uti m to pla. e my faith 111 those immortal principles. \\ 111> h the faiiici.-'. <>i I i. uitu pvn mitigated at she formal ion ofoui gov I iiiuni nl ami which have been scaled ! > 1 In* tit? \ *?iion of I'.ii ti iotic moil HinI < tiiisi'i rat i'il l>\ the I'looii of lit'i'ot s Winn a..ti> ilia.; 1 ton) a condition 01 nii'!t'i \. w hen iloeing from a land ol Sod.>111. 111 ujsI out* nt't'tls look back Willi \ earning ' lit'ii. Iikt? tin' . hosei of (!otl es caping fiom llif task masti'r.s ol Kg.vpt. j.linl mail lilng lowards tin* land of pro J mist'. Mowing with milk and honeyf' I wiih wealth of t orn, vino and olives, abounding in falni'ss. must we still al (tempt to satisfy the niorhil cravings I of that appetite whlrh > et yearns for I tin* flrshpots of ICg"> pi? j Willi the great rare problem, which I has for so many years confronted us. j happily set lied as I said at Charlotte, j 'why should we be tiiikerublo slaves of one pail.v. and a toot-hall for the oth er?" Let il he nl)derstiM>?l that the ill dustriiil and rommt'leinl intuitu! of the South r"u;v before the intercut of any | politician I cannot believe that nar . ?'? C?V.*r. , V#t "YOVh I of the wiU politician. should be pet - ? inittetl to iiM-i \c ps from a tours.? | whirli loads to the attainment of these .objects, whiih bring in their train bb^s-incs to evi'i'.v Iii!*m and llre>ld ?. o i i ven In art ami home, in our grand olfl j commonwealth. j W lii should l In* arhievemc >t of some . narrow political ambition stop the j young men of the South from tlie op 1 poitnuitv of winning the same success | whiih is open to the young men of the i North'.' Some twelve years ago, a !??>n I of ilermau parentage just out of a In : ilesiliool m ar rillsbiirg. went to work j in an iron mill, (.juit k. active, vvilliiit; ; obliging. he wan so.>11 promoted in .1 I position 111 the draughting office. A short lime afterwards he was promoted 1 its assistant foreman, then as foreman, j then as superintendent, then as 111:111 i ager. ihoti as president. ami today he ? stands as president of the lageat cm 1 poriition thai the world has ever 1 Known, and by common report draw* I a salary of one million dollar* pot year. This is an extreme case, hut mer ol\ an example of thousands and tens of thot sands of similar eases in the North. I 1 annol tioiieve that there are higher inlelligenro, g valor capacity j or truer worth, to be found anywhere ! thfj11 among the y.ml lis of our State, j The difference arises alone from con it'll ions and en v i roil incut. What lather or mother, what Rood patriotic citizen. w.hat Christian man. then, would consul / mo. realizing as I do ille tuarvollous advantages that ! Sunlit (':>.!<?!imm ?ss''s."h foj' uianufac j till ing, and recognizing the infinite 1 possibilities of development, if I hope [that that devt lopmoiit shall come speedily as a blessing to you and i Minis. | Can t here In- 11 commerc^i trtumpn. an industrial success, that will not bring pleasure to my heart? I believe that tin* intelligence and the (Christian [patriotism of tli?? people of this Stat'1 I v.'ll rise to a conception of our grand ] possibilities If mv lift* shall be pre I served to witness this marvellous tri umph. <lo you think the attacks made I upon mo hy solfish, Ignorant, men, with I their own purposes to servo, will not. j lie forgotten, or. at least the wounds they may leave will have healed, and even those who condemn today will join with me in a shout of thanks-'iv. my that will stir every heart capable of lofty sentiment. Fellow-citizens: Urfore I close 1 de sire l<i say something in defonse of, .? distinguished gentleman of the Stat" of Georgia. After I made iny s<po?ch at Charlotte. I received several bun { di ed letters < f congratulation fr >m prominent Democrats in ovory ?tal ? Houth of Mason and Dixon lino. Anion# them all there was 0110 letter that, had Mir-h a ring of truth about It. that I wrote and requested permission to publish it. It was from the Hull road C>nini is.-ion of the Stato of Georgia. As soon as this letter appeared in the m;1>iif prints, the politicians bo^an the; ftime attacks upon Mr. Crenshaw that they were making up^n me. <A politi) clan out of ofliee wants only sufficient agitation to get in. 'Ilien he wants political stagnation to enable him i> I ronfiniir? in ofllce. Mr. Crenshaw does not belong to this potty class. J The-.o newspapers ohargo that Mr J Crenshaw U seeking my aid to secure j ja Federal appointment. I denoting I the assertion as an absolute fa I school, ; as I have never Sfon Mr. Crenshaw. I The only letter that I iiavo ever receiv I f^m hi m t hat has hot be.on puh 111 1 n"7w hold in my hand. Thli | letter will toych tlio heart* of every , father ami. niotiJer in this .broad land l I make no a^olozy for reading this pa I triotic gentleman's letter, ii is si i>a | thetic and breathes the spirit of a no ble. chlvalric soul, that iit will abso lutely stamp as false anything of a sordid nature in o-onnt-otlon with him. wrrriou of mh. ohrnishaw. . ate Capitol. \ Office of It ail road C nrmisslon of f Georgia, T. C. CrenshawjC.haJrman. I .Ma.y 17. IrtOI. H >n. John I.. MoTaurln. BennoUs j villo. s. C. I 'My l>ear Sir: The publication of tt'.y letter to you of the 2i>:h ulL, ondors'n< year Charlotte speech, has hea|K*d npr.n me a storm of a'mse and mlsrep re-Mita-tlon in t-hU State. -This l? to be roKri'U j(1 mere on account of tli j dogmatic condition that it evidence., Ihn fir anv~fc??rm that It can brins iij. in me. In order tciat you may read and see for ycurgrff how* unjustly 1 *have been assailed, simply for having ttieroura~3 to express my u on est con victions. 1 hand you herewith clip pings from several Georgia papers I ec-pt'JaJly Invite youtyattemtlon to the outrageous pubTI'a!lorfw In tha Even ing News' issue of Ah* 13th, Inst, headlined "Capital Ceaooerata Hot at Crenshaw.'' You WIM <-.baerre In tors publication, I am charged with Hot motives; that I an seeking ? Fed eral appointment, and an coaatiag <nt your support. I aotartalnaf lh? rlasrs ? ?* 9 ni my I c:er 1 ,i? is ill-: ;i< lo Willi :i i'ii' r i'i <i ;> .iu'4 on a ay <im >?I h i: 1 w : >:,? r > i'i i, :i !.s 1:1 * *!.> ? ;>?; I N. v "i : iv .Hi t hf > u!?.v\ I .1!' >1: II y ?? anil h:s plallo'in. i i wh.ch 1 1 ?< .vs>,-.i ?!'\S. ! t" |: I? IV i'\tl'?MUi !v i Y.il I >1 .1 .1 1 .: lie.- 1 : m> 1.1 > nit 1 li.i \ .mi tit 1 1 iasi iit pnvKto coax . ? j sarion* with friends, mad* stal-uncius ? :..ii!.i," to -M'ii*' hi 1 i 1 > ir t? 1 ? ?> to > .mi I sianil 1 v 11:1 1 it 1 vc w ri ' 1t'H.U'dle-s df w !.?a I tliiv may sii> , 1 .1:1 I there is 11.> i> >w (ni iiii i'i t hat III ill Mi' lilt' lYojIl HI, p.is. I ,l?il |. .my j man r\ \111c.ri1 a is t;> In- all ,1 t ? | ? 1 :!<? t 1 s.i\ what hi- th tiUs of \l.'. Hryan and his absurd r> of imp<> ia!< i - "11. w It hunt Ii", 11 ; brandid ;i~. ,? 11,1 - <'>'? I certainly ?ni"ht 10 In' xraatcl H 1.0 pi i\ i j I .rn one of ihis" who bo'ieve Mr. j Mi \ an. b\ his u 11 pa; rii:t .?? utteran-04 I I'ti'iri'i 11 ii)^ 1 h*? policy ?f *>11 r kovim'ii I in ''ii t in th*- supprc.;- > n of ihi1 I'. I | tppino lnsi?ri i\ I Ion is indirectly i tv I p.iiis hie f >, n!aa> liven liiat liavn been I >si, ami much o: the hi ami that has hrt'ii .she.I in ili iv' i-dands (Sen (Mill I .aw ion sani "If I am Kill..I. Mr. Mv><ui. by 1 iio encouragement he uivlnvt tin* insurgents, will be re.tj?nn< si hit- for my deal h " I I. id a ?-n in the full visor of hl< >01111.1; inaiihooil, with a t hiiroiinh mil i? 'J ?'?' ivj u.-u ' i ??? ? ,* J k n.'iH'ss of >*???? -? i ii'ii( Mi Kitilrs. was j 1111 " ' ???ii" or . iinaln in I ho |i ,'1 Vo'im* | Seer I '."iiry Mi* was lo >ki'(l upon l?y j nil who k.'ii'.v hin. anil re'uj'.ni/.'. d 1 j v all his superior officers. froaS <;.?: 1 1 .1 I Ma. \: 1 h 111 1 lo a n a - imio 1 ' 1 hv I? ? 11 >? ->t 1 t,iai.t?4 n ih> rh'.lipMiiii' r r ii\ \ . h ? ? w as <i!so dreaded by 1 !r- i 1 .11 < ut . j p;.<!i.iii|y it > inii< h as any <> In r \?ij t j jvan otlb 1 :. on a: >int {if In; daiin^ I (1 mi! - ih ???? .! ::I >???. Mil in.; ' mt/i pl:i ?? I 111 it ivufi' thought to bo i uprei'iia 1 ?. .lac mountain of Civile, m 'It" Ha lo of l'iy:i;ia, 111 Hat :i'i>;a . pi'ovitii ?. on I th" Irtlainl of lai/.on. is stailU'i i ht lis blotii) a n't I bsiiiis. and 1m nov> >.1 m i mi .1 tobl and siUmit mavt*. with a I yoiuu: w idow to strliuijli' llirciica , Iff ? j v. il.hnui his h< Ip. anil four 11:: !?? < ^il?. . I'll rn to ii ? .aiJfl to womaaliMinl wi !:? j 1 i.f .i lalhrr's pr;:t: rt 0:1 I lovr I 1:1 y ?:t. anil was proud ot tin' n >? <vil !i > I mail'' as a s>!il!t'J". On i? .cipl of tlii ! tif .vs of his tb'jirh. his r.iiiiniiiniliiu ? M.-rv iTt'Ttirdiarnly issnrrt thf ; 10 a M a I orib'r j I; is no c'cm^cnil ion 1 ? siv ihil in , (.'aptain Ci'iMishiiw's death tin1 it; ? I iiii*iit lias fiutTrri'd an Inf.i irah'e lo--i. ' 1 .u!. in a hl?h t'.nt'.ouiiuiii, but in h^.? t tt !.- drForvrd " This saaie ollb-er in wriiivo; to Mai >r { (b'li'.'rn I II (<" >1 bin. \dnl < ??? 11. IT. . S. A . said anions other things: ' \1 v. Crenshaw doe.x not Know what ' 1 fearless and di ? ol?'d soldier his s hi I \v;t<. 1'n.ai the lirst moaieal i.jy eyi s 1 |i*il upon hlin at Manila, lie vim-* all alt-'iiition to duty. Ktvir hr did not Ktnnv; his physical p;w<rs never l! si - K?'tl; Ins w lllinvjit-ss it? work i:? th* lltve ol his profesfdon km w no b lantls ? and Ii*1 had the rare faculty ?>f iasair 1114 his men with Itis spirit, lie was brave and constant. 1 was just 11pm | Hi ? point of recommending 11ii?i ^t?r the brov?l i? maj >rfy mill lirm? ! colonel. wlir? word was recilvtd lint In- all T," "11 pas.-,<d beyond th<? roach of eartiily rownnl," .>ii.li are tin' rcvords on (ll"> in th? War Department at Washington, I). <*. conyiruing my son. How could i f????l utnorwlsp than proud of li in? Although shot in the head, with h'.A brains oozing out, ho n^'ncil liitt pres ence of mind and-?-directed tin* light" unt'J his soldier*, who 'had Warned ti love him, hart rout oil ami put to ilis'nt an rnoiiiy outnumbering his command Inn to one. After suffering months of pain through the cavity made by an iiuurgwit bullet, ho reached home, where he had came to dio among h'a loved ones. On hi? death bod ho sai'1 to mo: "Father, \Vm. Jennings Llryan is certainly responsible for my condi tion; all of Bryan's utterances ar>j knr?wn and understood by the insu? gents in the Philippine Islands a* well as they aro hero, and they are t-implv keeping up the insurre.-t.ion in hopes th it Bryan will be elected. and ihat thciroo'ps will be withdrawn an I :1ih islands turned over to them." j!o f^r'hei said: "If Bryan is defeated, they will soon fpiit lighting." Mr. Bryan is against'the rotenHwUf^w ? he Philippine Islands, and has c.oniv, :nit!od tin? D< imoeratlc party to th? same lino, of policy. Mr. Bryan favors ) tho pulling down of the Ilax of our I country which our gallant soldiers, by I the sacrifice of their llvrs and the shed ding of their bloo<l planted upon ^th<*nc islands. I favor its retention forever, and if it is treason against tho Democratic party for me to to ex press rnyfelf, then I offer m\v?!f as a willing sacrifice to the decree, I cannot ain^ will noi admit ;h? cause for which my Ron fought and gave iiis iif? was wrorvx, Nariow-m.n ?led men, who are afrai'J of a free and fair discussion, may charge me with bolting the Democratic party. with "seeking an appointment from I'resl donr McKinloy." and with "counting on the junior Senator from the I'almst to State to help him out," or withwiiit soeyer they please, yet I will steadily maintain that I am right in all that I have written. With highest repards and t?"Hi wiehos. I am yours truly. a T. C. OltKNrtllAW. Fellow citizens, th-it let'er needs n> cc.v.ment. A groat .ponl breathed in every line and sentence. Thrt Yan kees struck the shackles from limbs of c.:r slaves thirty-five years ago; elu cation and Indtutral development i3 rapidly emancipating the-^'hlte pr?o^l? oi the South from a pjflivery infinitely more hurtful, because It fetters tie soul, and cloxa the wheels of progrejs. Dr-piocraey U bread enough to admit cf the dlscuiwlon and settlement cf these *^Vs w^JtiTn Itie party lines. I hear c?> talk of a new party, except from the enemies of progress. Talk about tbo great heart W the man wh> wrote this letter ooing Influenced bv a desire for a FVdcral appointment. it Is the Inspiration cf a narrow mini ?ad a small soul. What care I for a seat In the Senate,* compared to W?'? grest movement whlci meant lb* d**-, strnctlon of' sectionalism prsjud^ Mi partisan latnismaoa