The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 24, 1901, Image 4
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for those
f aa an
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$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