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* Cg& . r Wr STABLISHED 1865~~~~~S, -- - E BRY,S.T ENSA ' BUTLER IN DARLINGTON 'IASsIONATE REVIEW OF THE s11 UATION. sad Conditions as- He Found Thet ..lmaan's Extraordinary and Unwar ranted Course-Wanton lutult to Capt. McCaaghrin. [Special to The State.J Ese , April 3 -Senator Butle through Florence to-night oi way from Darlington to Wabhing and I asked him to give me hi of the situation in this "in ionary" district. I have come down from Darling he said, "where I have been tb twenty-four hours. As far as : d learn everything is perfectli and the civil authorities prepare( discharge their duty. It seems tha number of State constables or spies they are called, had been to Dar for the purpose of ascertainin? ere was any contraband whiskey the search they made, they were ed by the mayor and eivil au es of Darlington, as there was the slightest resistance to this en. nt of the dispensary law; on contrary the people of Darlington perated with the enforcement. This prior to Thursday, March 29. It the force of constables or spies increased on that day, by a rein anentofabouteighteen men, armed Winchester rifles and pistols. y this reinforcement of armed men Id be sent into a peaceable, law ing. community where there had n no resistance to law, I cannot derstand, and I thiyk the autho -will h'ave difficulty in explaining It also appears. that this armed nd were about to retire from that mdtolty where they had not been tested or disturbed, when a personal difficulty arose between two young at the railroad station where ese spies were. This difficulty, from what I can learn, was an entirely per I matter between tbe parties en and in no way connected with execution of or resistance to the nsary law. "One of these armed constables, Mc S Lendon by name, interfered in this Xrivate difficulty. A citizen, Mr. Nor ment, at the depot on business, made ome. remark, and there was an inter hange of epithets between him and Wtis constable, whereupon the consta hie opened fire upon Mr. Norment, wIth the remark, -G-d d-a it, boys, let her rnll.' The firing then becane ; general between the armed constables and the few persons who ap to have been at the station by accident or on busin.ss. The result of this firing was that two unoftending citizens were slain, one constable killed and this man McLendon badly wounded, and several other citizens, among them the chief of police, who was trying to pre serve order, were several times wounded. "The people of Darlington, naturally indignant at -the extraordinary and violent measures adopted by the au thorities of the State, were outraged, and upon the information of this eme '-ute at the station they set out and pur sued the men who they rightly thought --had committed a wanton and unpro voged murder. upon two of their best citizens. They pursued these men, I take it, as long as there was a prospect of arresting them, and, we must assume, bringing them to justice for what they considered an unprovoked homicide. As a proof of their conservatism, the wounded man, McLendon who had shot Mr. Norment, was taken to the jail and there protected from further Sinjury, although the people of that town were greatly infuriated at his conduct. "I think it may be safely asserted that there is not a more law-abiding, intelligent community anywhere in the United States than the two coun ties of Darlington and Florence. Now, it does seem to mnethat iflIhad been Governor of the State of South Caro Slina I would have felt it to be my duty, -upon being informed of the occurren ces at Darlington, to have gone prompt ly to the scene of the disturbance and ---assured the people of that hit.erto law abiding community that they abhould have fair play. I think if Governor Tiliman had done this matters could have been composed in twenty-four hours, and whoever should have been proven to be in,fault would have been made amenable to the law. Instead of that he issued a proclamation denounc ing the good people of these two coun ties as insurgents and insurrectiomists and ordered the military of the State nm ttay at Darlington I was deeply impressed with the anxiety of both the citizens and the military to keep within the limits of the law. I advised as far as I had the right to ad vise, that under our form of govern ment the military be subordinate to the civil power, and the use of the mil itary arm was only justifiable whben the civil authority was proved to he pow Serless and parelyzed, and, I think, if SG.,vernor Tillman had or could recog nize this Constitutional relation of the two. powers of our government, he would avoid many of the blunders -which he has made. There are two ways to execute any law. The one by Twisdom and conservatism and fairness, and the other by harshness, violence and an overbearing disregard of the citizens. i"I need not now express any opinion inregard to the dispensary law, t'ut I may say that, in my judgment, the SGovernor is attempting to en force it in 'a harsh, violent and ill-advised muau ner. He ought to know that the An glo-Saxon race, particul.rly in our day and generation, will not submit, be Syond a certain point, to be har ried and repressed and pursued. The >Constitution of the United States -and of the State guarantees the 'citizen against unreasonable searches, ~and there is nothing in the dis pensary law that I know of, which iustifies an invasion of this sacred right. Governor Tillman must not imagine -gfrom the patriotic and quiet submis sion of the people in the city of Char Sleston, where he seems to have prac tically unchallenged sway in the harsh execution of this law, that the people outside of that city, less accustomed to the restraints, of municipal govern ment, will quietly submit to his inva sion of their rights, and it would be prudent on hia part to go slow ini the rigid enforcement of a very unpopular law. "I should not be understood as en -couraging, in the slightest degree, law lessness or resistance in any form to -lawful authority. The people of Dar lington and Florence, as a rule, have not resisted the lawful authority. There may be exceptional instances as there are in every community, but they do not justify the wholesale denunciation which he seemis to have put noon them. From what I observe in both these counties there has not been the least military to these points. He has done E so at an enormous expense to the tax- < payers of the State, and, of course, he I will have to look out for that. "While in Darlington I advised, as 'far as I had the right to advise, that t the friends of the deceased who were C killed in the emeute at the railroad i station, go before the trial justice, make a affidavit charging the accused parties a of the offence which they thought they a were guilty of, demand the issuance of l a warrant, !et the same be placed in n r the hands of a duly authorized consta ble or citizen, or, where the accused . has fled the jurisdiction of a warrant, that it be sent to the sheriff of the county where they are found, endorsed P and served by him, so that the parties nY might be arrested according to law, required to appear, give bond and an- ti swer to the charges in the due course of judicial administration. If resist- C ance should be made to the constable J, or the trial justice, and be should fail to P make the arrest, he should be required to endorse such failure on the warrant, m and then, and then only, the civil au- Pl thorities should call on the military to at act as a posse for the arrest of the ac cused. is "I see by the papers that Governor fa Tillman, in a note to Capt. McCaugh rin of the military company, has stated t that 'the duty of the soldiers, and the e military are soldiers, when called into t service is blind sobedience to orders fr from his superior; 'and not to question J them in any way.' To my mind this of proposition is simply monstrous, and at is not true. No officer is bound to t obey the order of his superior when the w order issued is illegal. Nothipg is bet ter settled in military law than that. " to Suppose the Governor had ordered t Capt. McCaughrin to fire into a church ie filled with women and children; sup- m pose he had ordered him to set fire to the town of Columbia; suppose he had - ordered him to throw a railroad train, d full of innocent passengers, from the dh track. According to his tbory he would have had to obey, and yet, if he g' bad obeyed, Capt. McCaughrin and his of compa6y -could have been arrested, a tried and doubtless convicted, of mur der o arson, or incendiaryism, and the in order of the superior officer, the Gover- bI nor, would not have protected him. This shows how wild and untenable ?W and absurd bis proposition is. I re- W* peat, no officer can be compelled to an carry out an unlawful orderof his supe- an rior officers, and if he declines to obey erul it, the only penalty he incurs is trial by court martial. "I would not advise any officer or ne soldier in .he military service of his ga State-or elsewhere to acts of insubordi- en nation or disobedience of orders, but nel they are as amenable to law as other the citizens, adtd should never forget that stu they are subordinate to the civil power an of the government. We have had a e recent example of how sensitive the or officers and soldiers of the regular army ch are. At Denver, Col., where Gen. Mc Cook of the regular army refused to interfere at the instance of Governor Waite, saying he was present with his troops as preservers of the peace, and - could only interfere when the civil - powers- are paralyzed. This, I think, Oh would be a safe rule for the military of this and other States. "Governor Tillman has ruthlessly Atn and wantonly insulted this gallant fro] young officer of Newberry. There is, fe and can be, nojustification for cruelty. Capt. McCaughrin is a gentleman, and co exercised the right which every soldier d has, of tendering his resignation rather tnan serve under a braggart, bully, or era an incompetent superior officer. He th has a right to exercise this privilege at fi at any and all times, and the exercise gre of the right does not justify or excuse Wf this wanton insult from his superior ~ officer. "I cannot comprehend what Gover- nal uor Tillman means by his wild and we reekless conduct. The thinking peo- to ple. of this State, of all factions, are we tired of dissensions, .wrangling and try] confusion, of his fire-alarm, pyrotech- hot nic style oif government. It is having san a bad effect upon the material and A social interests of the State. It and is making us an object of ridicule drei and a by-word with all enlightened, this intelligeut people. We want repose, the quiet, peace, order; and it will not do to for him to say tRiat these disturbances apri are brought about by an oligarchy or timi an aristocracy or ring. He has had in- tala disputable control of every department out of the government for nearly four years dice and it is very strange that all these dis-. one turbances and- dessensions, and all of '6 this wrangling and bloodshed should nOtU spring . from his own administration. p Does it not argue that there is some- a vi thing wrong, radically wrong, in his ove. administration? vie, "The people of this State are not poli felons or outlaws; as a rule they are this conservative and law-abiding of all fac- to v tions. In 1876t;bey arose in their power b,iti< and unrled from the administration of fror the State,government men who had the brought disaster and sorrow upon theju people. They are long suffering and ors] patient and be ought to stop and think. woc He ought to call around him in council po the mo.st prudent and conservative sup] men of all factions. Nobody wants to it. thwart him in any honorable effort he wht may make for the general welfare of go the whole people. He ought to know mor that he cannot run rough-shod over the not people of this St ate. He says he repre- any 1sents a majority. Does be mean to But have it inferred from this ihat he may ble trample on the rights of the minority forc< and ignore them? Is he prepared to ply admit that two, three oi a dozen com newspapers can prevent his doing jus- mior tice to all the people? Will he say that whi the newspapers can drive him into ex- hibi treme and resentful measures? Ishould tion be very sorry to see the Governor of or d this State in that position. Why does to t he continue in his efforts to array class inc against class, country against town? and Why will he appeal to the prejudices cont and passions and resentments of the This people rather than to their reason and mati wisdom and forbearance one for the for a other? We are one people with a com- as it mon interest and a common fate, and rema it behooves him, as it behooves all the shot good and patrietic men of this State, any to keep eool, to obey the law and to re- were spect honest differences of opinion, one are for the other.- that "There is no occasion for the dis- tend turbances now going on in the State. ders1 r'here is no occasion to call in the mil- plan tary. Let him send them home and but administer the laws in mercy and jus- dice tice and, my word for it, all will be wrou wvell." muea The Senator said further, "I see by wrot :bie evening's Columbia Journal, that H. I 3ov. Tillmnan proposes to issue a couli arociamation taking charge of the en- the iire police force of the State. How he poor :an have the effrontery to do this just wvhen the last Legislature, representa- to a tives of the people, refused to give him whiR that power in terms, 1 cannot under- have stand. Why he should desire to de stroy home rule and local self govern nent, the very fouc dation stone of our yopular institutions, is equally surpris- Tu ng.1ur Governor Tillman had better leave . bloo o acah community the right to gov- it. rn itself according to its own exigen ies, subordinate, of course, tq the aramount power and authority of the ;tate. If be does this, if he does take barge of the police, he will add fuel to be flame, and might precipitate bloody ollisions, and inflict endless harm and njury upon the whole State. Let him trend to his own Constitutional duties nd lcave the people to govern them elves. He is not wiser than all the eople, nor more partriotic than the iajority." A. E. GoNZALES. aehman Chapel and Union Academy Chips Some sickness, together with the ressure of my farm work, has caused iy delay in writing. Mrs. Lizzie Hunter is visiting rela ves at Slighs. Communion services were held at olony Church on last Sunday. Rev. ames D. Kinard, of the Seminary, reached for Rev. Prof. W. K. Sligh. There will be communion at Bach an Chapel on Sunday next, with pre tratory services on Saturday previous ?3 p. m. The principal part of the upland corn planted and a few of our earliest rmers have begun to plant cotton. There are various opinions in regard last week's freeze. Some think the rly grain is ruined, while others ink that, with favorable weather )m now on, it is not very much in red. We only hope that, the- latter inion is right. We know it has put end to the fruit crop and placed all e carly gardens on a level with those 3o have oever started. 'he cold snap must have got next to e of our farmers last week. He went plowing one morning and got to the Id before he discovered that he did t have hi% gears. For further infor stion ask Tom. l'here seems to be an epidemic of itemper among the dogs of this- sec n. A number of them have already .d from this disease. It would be a d thing if it would thin out a few the worthless bread eaters. But.Sam is he would tnneh rather have lost a Ich cow than his fine bird dog. . Phe Bible says bles3ed are the pure heart. So they are, and equally ased are those who attend to their n business and let other folks' busi is alone. Oh! what a happy country would have, and what a prosperous d hapny people we would be, if ,rybody would just live up to this e. But we have a certain class of >ple in the world who it seetns are rer satisfied unless they are on tbe i, letting their tongues slip at both is. telling all they know on their ghbors, and about as much again of ir own make. Just this kind of if always springs from. the devil I is what continually keeps our peo in a wrangle and confusion. Two three real first class gossips in a smunity can do more harm than a f dozen of our best ministers of the pel can do good. Now it is useless me to go over the different kinds of in a gossip, unless some one desires hear further from me on this sub- 9 . I do not think there is anything i earth I abhor more than one of se old gossips, meddlers, or tattlers, s ichever -you please to call them. i d it is with much regret that I say f female sex is not, altogether free F v this sin, for it has not been but a I weeks since one appeared in' our v imunity. If she had been at home t somewhere else attesding to her C oestic affairs, dictating for the gen i good of her own family, I know r Lord would have blessed her ten imore, and she would have been a c it deal more respected by us. The t ten, with everybody else, has his 1 faults, and we never let our eye I ame too blinded to see them. Our 'C st act on earth has been open and t :ed to the sight of the- world, and t have nothing upon our own merits s oat of, but we thank our God that a are still, and ever hope to be, found ng to attend to our own business, t ing that everybody may do the l' e. b few more dear lives have been lo& t, E several widows and fatherless chil- a i remain to battle their way through a' troublesome world, on account of b great liquor question, which seems iave the whole State in a perfect rE aar. It is a great pity that the '" e has come when the people cannot b suggest and reason matters with- ID being so full of party spirit, preju- ni ',nmalice, envy and hatred toward ri another. Ever since the spring of b when Ben Tiiman struck the key- u of Reform, I have been battling a n the same principle, always with e: ew never to allow my prejudice tot 'rule my senses. Let us take a ti v of the liquor question from a non tical standpoint. Two years ago a matter was put before the people P ote upon prohibition or no prom- e. >n, and each ana every candidate a 3 this and other counties all over State, so far as we have heard, that c1 ped the stump for legislative hon- a: pledged himself that if elected he ti ld urge a prohibition law if the c~ >le voted it, and that he would not 6 ort it if a majority voted against P Now this was a promise, and was a t the people looked for; and the ? ind that we stand upon is,there is no 01 e reason why this promise should ti have been carried into eff'ect than it other prornise that ever was made. 01 anyway, here we are now in trou- W md in bloodshied, with the militia 0 > of thbe State out, for what? Sim- E to bring violators of the law under E mand. If we mistake not, a little e than 20,000 majority of the good te citizens of the St.ate voted pro- di tion. Now, whether total prohii hb was the thing that the people did id not need, should have been left heir own choice. But the matter uestion is this, they voted for it, t it was promised to them, and I end that they should have had it. fo would have settled the whole er and would have left no grounds t great big stir. But let thbe cut go in may it is a law, and so long as it uins upon our statute books itw Id be observed just the same as ar other law; and it would be if there a not a set of men in thbe State who or so prejudiced against the party 4 made it that the.v just don't in- r to abide by it. We want it un- r o>od that we are still on the same CC k that we have always stood upon, we never intend to let our preju- t blind us so as not to criticise a ig when we know it. I do not a to say that the dispensary law is ig as a whole. I say, with Gen. ,. Farley, that the dispensary law I be made better by knocking out d profit feature, which makes the man pay the taxes and puts an burdens upon them. If the law is hlow the poor man to have any ki key at all, then I say let. him it as cheap as possible. c .CHIPS. c e severest cases of rbematismn, are w 1 by Hlood's Sarsaparilla, the great Iha I purifier. Now is the time to take at Hood's Cures. th TILLMAN'S EDICT. HE TAKES CONTROL OF THE POLICE. The Governor Reviews the Situation in a Speech and Jumps on the Newspapers. He Says that He Dees Not Propose to be Killed, and Threats Do Not Intimidate Hitn-Declares that the La* Shall be Enforced. COLUMBIA, S.C., April 3.-Governor Tillman has issued the following proc lamation: "Whereas, section 519 of the general statutes of the State declares that 'the Governor shall have authority when ever, in his judgment it shall be neces sary, to arm the constabulary, and in any e.mergency to assume the sole con trol of the whole or any part of the municipal police cities and incorporated towns, and to authorize the chief con stables of the State, or any deputy chief constable, to command assistance in the execution of process, suppressing riots and in preserving the peace'; and whereas, it is made the duty of, and the power is given said police to en force the statute known as the 'dispen sary law,' but that instead of obeying the requirements of said law, the said police, except in a very few towns, have been an obstruction an4 are active aiders and abettors of those who are defying the law; and, whereas under the same statute, the Governor is given power to appoint State constables for the purpose of its inforcement; and, whereas, the rebellious and lawless ele mients of society have ho'lnded and in sulted these officers, and sedulously educated the public wind to resistance, causing'several encounters resulting in bloodshed, between constables and il licit whiskey sellers, producing intense excitemen,t, and danger to the peace and ,elfare of the State: "Now, thetefore, I, Benjamin R. Tillman, Governor of the State of Sout h Carolina, do issue this, my proclama tion, giving full and official- notice to the wunic:ipal authorities of every city and incorporated town in the State of. South Carolina, and to the police and' marshals thereof, that under the pow .rs given me by said section 519, the amergency contemplated has arisen md does now exist, and that I do 3ereby assume sole control of the whole orce of municipal police and marshals ;f the several cities and incorporated .owns of this State. They are hereby )rdered to enforce all laws on the stat ite books, together with all municipal iuthorities not inconsistent with the )urposes of this proclamation. As oon as the emergency which is now ipon us shall no longer exist, I will re inquish and restore the former status. B. R. .TIBLMAN, Governor. "By the Governor: J. E. Tindal, iecretary of State." GOVERNOR NOT A CZAR. t At the State Capitol this morning t Xovernor Tillman spoke as follows: "Citizens, Soldiers, Volunteers and ellow Cit zens-South Carolina to-day I i attracting the attention of the eatire Jnited States. The situation here is v o grave and anomalous that it is proper -r a clear and official statement to go Drth and that an analysis of the causes hich have brought it about should be iven to the public. As the Governor f the people-for I have never sought a be anything- else-that statement an best come from me. "We are all familiar with the occur ences of the past four days-the con- h ict between the citizens and officers r the law. You are aware of the con ention made by those who are resist >g the law-the dispensary law-thatn ;is tyrannical; that it is an invasion n f private liberty; that it is unconstitu-d tonal, and that it shall not be en-n >rced. That contention should not be n attled, as I have already said, by n rms.a "Now, let us look for a moment at 2e consequences. If the claim set tA >rthi that private residences shall notE e searched for whiskey is once ad itted, it simply repeals the dispen iry law and it repeals it in an uncon itutional manner; for if whiskey can a sold from private residences; it a c ian's house can be turned.into a bar iom; if a private residence can be ade a.bar, fromi which whiskey can t< e transmitted in pockets, or by other al ieans, to regular saloons, and we are tI ot permitted to go in that private rn ~sidence, search for and seize contra- 01 nud goods, you can readily see it is at seless to pretend to say that we have ge dispensary law. It is a law. It was tc iacted by the Legislature and it is on T me Statute books: I, as Chief Execu- ir ye, have sworn that the laws of this T tate shall be obeyed and respected; cs >d until the dispensary law is re- ti taled legally, so help me God, I will lit rert all the powers I have to see that he I the laws are obeyed. (Cheers). p< "Now, gentlemen, we will not dis- cc iss the reasons, whys and wherefores, d< id advantages, of the cispensary law et aat would be a political issue in the ti >ming campaign, and you the sover- nm gn people of. South Corolina, will n< iss on it at the ballot box. When, a! Ifortunately, t be collision occurred at TI arlington, the news was flashed from fhu me end of South Carolina to the other o tat an armed mob-hundreds of men, at said-were mounted, and in pursuit tLa 'the State's officers, charging them or ith havintr wantonly provoked a con- bi ct and murdered innocen1t citizens. re ow to the facts bear out the state- to eut? pr REVIEWING THE RIOT. n "The constables had discharged their til aty and had gone to the depot; they mn Ld been sent to .Darlington because .bi e six, who were ou the ground had e.o en nearly mobbed the first day, had ru desist from the execution ot warrants id return to their hotels, and when e chief was ordered there withb reiu mcements,the mayor had allowed them St be insulted, abused and cursed to lif eir faces; an armed mob had broken su to the armory and stolen the guns of to e military company and the spectacle ha is presented of citizens seizing the to ms or the State for the purpose of th ootinig down officerz, of the State. I gu lered out)thme local company and the I i ptain telegraphed me he had mi uovered the guns Not trusting his ne mmand, I ordered the Sumter cow- de ny to go there. When thbey reported let erythiug was quiet. I ordered them sal return home. ml "Now, when the constables got to mi e depot, two boys-stripplings-got to to a fight; one got whipped and ran tis 'and got reinforcements and came m<t ck with twenty-five or fifty, we co: n't know which, armed to the teeth. ey rushed down to the depo,t and ini eked a quarrel with the constables. inj me collision occurred, men were mt lIed on botth sides, and the fault can- art a be clearly placed yet, if ii, is ever arly placed. thi "Now, the mayor of Darlington said in at the taking of arms by the mob' wI is fun-the same kind of fun we fri ve seen elsewhere in the State. The an mories were broken into here, and ITI ea rmory at- Chester was broken into I h and some of the militia have been ii open mutiny against the commander in-chief and have refused to obe] orders; but, thank God, enough wer< left to respond to the call-enough o: you old soldier boys to realize the danger and know that this govern menI is of the people, by the people, and foi the people, and no oligarchy shall evei rule it again. You respond to the call of the governor and are here to up hold the laws. (Cheers.) "THESE BAND-BOX SOLDIERS." "The mayor of Darlington this morn ing in an address tries to throw the blame elsewhere, saying that I claim and exercise power no other governor, or officer of the United States ever exercised. I cannot undertake to go through all the charges or explanations he has made. I will briefly show just what the facts, as stated from their own standpoint, prove. These troops; these band-box troops who have refused to obey orders (laughter and cheers); these soldiers, turned politi cians and influenced by political rancor, have by their action-and the men in different places in this State who have sent word to Darlington offering assistance-have convicted themselves, in the estimation of the world, and it cannot be disproved, they are lynchers at heart. The information sent forth was that these men were to be hunted down and lynched and not one to be left alive, and when I ordered troops to go there to stop the insurrection-to stop this mob violence; restore law; protect life and property, and let the law resume its sway, they wouldn't obey. The mayor said he had the right to arrest. Of course he did, but he b%d wo right to send out a mob-an army under no officer-without the 3beriff or some regularly,constituted :onstable in charge of it. "Let us look at the ridiculous side f it. In some respects it has the ap )earance of a big April fool, except :bat it occurred on the 30th .of March. say these men' were advertising hemselves to the- world as lynchers nd that they intended to lynch these onstabies who were in the woods ione of them guilty of having started he row.. They were galloping and urrabing over -the country, sending or reinforcements and all bearing Lrms, but they have never fired a shot t a single- constable. They waylaid onstables at the depot, but have never een one since the first fire. (Laughter.) knd it seems they did not want to find he constables. If they were lynchers, a they advertised themselves to be, vby did not they lynch the man who hey claim originated the trouble and vhom they had in their power? They iave slandered themselves by pro laiming that they would lynch thosp vho had not caused it, but would not ynch the man they said did;cause it. CIVIL WAR IM~PENDING. "Now, gentlenen, it is proper for me recall the scene I witnessed here in 876. When Soutb Carolina learned bat the troops had seized ibis state ouse, within two days' time this rhole street, back to the monument, ras black with, indignant citizens. I ras among them. But they were all f one mind. We were all brothers Pe were all friends and Carolinians nd patriots. To-day we find the State ivided into two hostile camps. Why? 1 imply because the minority is not rilling to let the majority govern. The. ody politic is diseased. It is in fever. Vhy? Becaupe in this city and I 'harleston, people have taken to their osoms a viper in the shape of a news aper which distills day by day poison ito their system, and will not let the ,ver subside. They give me credit for othing. In their vocabulary Gover or Tiliman's side of the ledger is all ebt and no credit. They try to sting1 me personally by abuse, slander and misrepresentation. 1 wear a coat of ail which they have never pierced-I 2 honest heart, desirous of bettering t ie interests of the State, and looking the welfare of the whole people. ut, fellow-citizens, this strained rela- t onship between, the factious in South arolina must stop-must cease. It Lunot go on without precipitating e vil war. PEOPLE IN THE SADDLE. S "We, of the majority faction are not ~ blame. I deny that we have done t lything except in accordance with me law and the constitution. These 'i en who have opposed us and are still I sposing us, must come to their senses id realize that if democracy is to E >vern in this country they have got ~ submit to the rule of,the majority. t hese two newspapers aJe like a thorn a the flesh which continues to fester. E dey will not let the wound which was ~ used in 1890 by the displacement of c e old order of things, and the estab- t mhmemt of the rule of the people, 9 hal. They keep open the sore. They 0 >ur poison into it, and they are en- c uraged to do it, aided and abetted in >ing it by those who are forever and ~ ernally blaming me with it. WVell, is patient is delirous. He is like a aniac. There is a powder magazine >t far off'. He has a lighted inatch, id is straining all'his nerve to reach it. In e collision in Darlington produced a I Sh, but it was gas and not powder- a ostly newepaper lies. It flashed P road--flashed a light that illuminated n' e State and the United States, based iI falsehood. The people listened with el ted breath for a reverberation of the port; of a collision they expected I follow, the civil war which was edicted. It did not come and it will c] t come. It cannot come, because the tl ople are in the saddle and will con- E iue to remaiin there. (Cheers.) The tI en would disgrace the State in their p :terness and anger, if thereby, they " uld disgrace me and through me the ti le of the majority. LI BEN IS A BRAVE ONE a: al 'It has been sent abroad all over this ate and the United States that my .G e is daily, threatened; that such and li eh men are offering togo toColumbia ai kill me. One prominent citizen has ID d the temerity, or rather the folly, la tell Mr. Yeldell, of my own county, is at he came to Columbia with a shot n Friday to kill Governor Tilinman. C vill not give him time. Threatened ti mn live longest. A barking bog does fc t always bite. There never has en one moment when I have felt the st uneasiness for my personal re ety. My life is not worth much to ; but is worth as much as any other l mn's, and rather than desert my p"st ni my enemies by leaving the execn- tt e mansion where you have placed cc ~, I would have gone out of it a w -pse. (Cheers.) a Who is doing all this? The blaz- T element; the match which is try to reach the powder is tbe barroom mn, the whiskey men, and those who emrging them on.o 'Encouraging them are the rulers of old oligarchy whom we overthrew w 1890 at the ballot box. This row te ich has broken forth is a political tI nzv; the blood that has been spilt is offering to the Moloch of whiskey. C ey claim and declare that the State Ii all not rcnntrol th,e wrhiskey tr-affic.;n that they will resume their iniquitou trade, debauch our households, furnish ing poison to the people and maki them kill one another, and they wil repeal the dispensary law by sayinl they can sell whiskey from their resi denees. Sball this demon, who ha already four or five victims, have an3 more? One n.gro at Spartanburg. i white man at Welford and three smet at Darlington. I do not intend for him to have any more if I can help it. H( has enough. In God's name, as a statesman, and as a le-tder of enlight ened public opinion, I shall not budge one inch from the position I take that this is the people's government and the people shall rule it. (Cheers.) "Now, gentlemen, you may imagine in asserting this that I am going to aggravate the trouble; that in claiming the right to search private residences I will cause an outbreak. I will tell you what I'am going to do. I am going to tell the State to-morrow in a proclama tion that the revised statutes of South Carolina area mine of strength, wealth and wisdom for a governor who will search them and enforce them. What would I have been able to do if I had not been able to control the railroads and telegraph, preventing them from reinforcing the insurgents and sending abroad more incendiary lies to inflame the people? TAKES CONTROL OF THE POLICE., "There is another sword of Damocles which the law places in my hands to suspend ever these insurgents or peo ple wbo are pressing-for this law to be annulled without process by the Legis lature, and to-morrow I shall cut the thread which holds that in suspension and use It, and that is section 519, which gives me power in an emergency to take control,of the police. We have had the spectacle presented of the offl cers of the law opposing officers of the law; those! who have been sworn to support the Constitution and the laws disobey them and aid others in dis obeying them. If the mayors and city councils do not make the police do their duty I intend to. see that the police d.) their duty or 1wiil disebarge the last man of them;" (Cheers.) A voice: "That's the way to do them up." "I Intend, as I say, to control the State in the interest of the law and order. I will not surrender to any m5,,b nor to any. whiskey element; if the dis pensary law is good and proper, and the people want it, they shall have it, and those who don't want it must take it. (Cheers.) "Un'.il the result of this new move is seen I shall confine the duties of the constables -to watching the railroads and seizing contraband whiskey, and to watching the police, seeing that they do theirduty, and report to me whether they are doing it. If they don't obey my orders strictly, if the authorities of the towns don't co-operate, then Ishall all the Legislature of South Carolina ogether and I will have the power riven the Executive to remove these men and appoint others in their stead who will obey the law and enforce it. Cheers.) SHOOT HIM! "We will continue to search private 3ouses where contraband liquors are upposed to be with warrants. We are )liged to do this as long as it is the aw. It is the law until repealed?" A voice: "Why don't you obey the aw yourself?" Governor Tillman: "In what respect ave I not obeyed it?" . (Cries of "Shoot him!" "Shut up!") G3overnor Tillman: "Silence men, nd keep quiet.'" "It is true if the Legislature is as emnbled in extra session it will cost noney, but money is no object when he rights and the liberties of the peo >le are involved. So there is an extra ession in sight to enact a metropolitan ~ >olice bill for all cities and towns, un ess they co-operate with the Execu- ' ive and remove this trouble. I "In conclusion, I will say to those rho are opposed to this law, to submit, o quit, to cease their opposition. They nust cease it. We are not going to urrender a good law because they are pposed to it. I propose to uphold the ~ aw. I 'have never done anything to. ggravate the situatione-I never wilL. - cannot-I will not-Idare not-allow C be minority to come forward and say * rhis is a bad law; we don't want it and1 ,ill not obey It; you cannot enforce it.' f the law Is thus annulled, then anyt aw can be similarly abrogated by a, minority and all law become a farce' Ve have thousands of other good men esides yourselves who are ready to re-. pond. The people of South Carolina 1 ust govern the State, and those who a re in rebellion and resistance must get ut of the road, because the train. is on e track. I have got the throttle in iy hand, as Governor, I am going in n time, so help me God." (Loud s beers.)d The troops in Columbia then left for ome.* The Insurrection Declared Ended. COLUMBIA, April 5.--Orders were sued to-night recalling the troops -om the seat of war in this State, and will be noticed from the fo'lowing roclamnation, issued to-night, the war so far as the counties declared to be a state insurrection are concerned isd 2ded. S-rATE OF SOUTiH CAROLINA, XECUTIVE CH AMBEi:s April 5,1894.p Proclamation: Whereas, by the pro-t. amation issued Saturday, March 31,L se counties of Darlington and FlorenceS ere declared to be in insurrection and te militia were ordered there to sur ress the same; and whereas, the com anding general has just informed me sat the insurgents have dispersed and sat peace and order are rsoe, id that the civil authorities are now >le to employ and enforce the law. g Now therefore I, B. R. Tillman, C overnor of the State of South Caro- c aa, do issue this, my proclamation,e id declare that in the said counties ofh arlington and Florence there is no nger insurrection, and the civil status W Se Done under my hand and seal at thet ipitol this 5th day of April, one ousand eight hundred and ninety- ' u r. B. R. Tillman, Governor. By the Governor: J. E. Tindal, See- re tary of State. Governor Tillman to-night issued g structions to Gen. Richbourg to obilize the entire military force in .i e district and withdraw it from the unty to-morrow morning. The troops ~ ill be reviewed to-morrow morning ya id sent homne.w LLMAN TO REORGANIZE THE MILI- at rIA. ag Govervor Tillman is to-night going tE er the entire list of companies and ti arking those which are to be dealt in ith a big red pencil. Only eigh- pt en companies of the entire force in w e State responded to the call. The vt overnnr says that in some cases ci urts of inquiry will be ne:esary, but -ha moet instances he says he will need h inquIry into the Aisobedience nf* r i orders. He has a record of all the - telegraphic refusals, and intimates that there will be a series of courts-martial. I The Governor has looked the military laws of the State up carefully, he says. Heretofore be has been letting the militia severely alone, but now he intends to reorganize the entire service of the State. "I would rather have twenty-five companies which could be relied upon than a hundred com panies like some of these which refuse to obey my orders. Tnere were some companies I did not order out because I could not reach them by wire, but of all those I did order out only eighteen responded." FIGURING THE COST. DARLINGTON, April 5.-It will be in teresting to the taxpayers of South Carolina to know that the cost to them of this "Merry War" will be at least S25.000. The pay-roll of the troops and officers stationed here and at Florence is as follows: Dibble Light Dragoons.............. $384.98 Sally Rifles............................... 593:48 Greenville Guards........... 208.73 Butler Guards ......................... 25217 Maxwell Guards....................... 374.48 Hampton Guards.....................326.21 Palmetto Rifles......................... 297.27 Morgan Rifles................... ..... 374.48 Edgefleld Hussa's. ...... 274.17 Abbeville Rif1es........................ 316.17 Fort Motte Guards.................... 190.17 Gordon Light Infantry............. 255.98 Darlington Guards................... 513.12 Santee Rifles............................ 301.55 Edgefleld Dragoons.................. 176.67 Gen. Richbourg and the other offi cers associated with him will receive in the aggregate $319.97. The cost of maintainance and trans portation is, of course, not ineluded in this. RICHBOURG SUSTAINS THE CITIZENS. Gen. Richbourg made the following I statement in reference to the condition I of affairs as he had foand'them: "When I arrived here, I found some unrest, the people not knowing what ' would be done. When they discovered a that I was in command this'unrest at I once vanished and things wern at once 1 most quiet and peaceful, and even, ap- I pyrently, ebeerful. This condition of I affairs has continued Without Interrup. C tion during myentire stay:here and I I nave not bad the slightest clash In'any i respect; I attribute this entirely to n the conservative treatment and the I evident desire of all parties here that t law and order should be maintained. b The troops composing the command a will fully bear me ont in this state- a ment. The position and statements a made by Mayor Dargan and his amsis- tl ants prior to my arrival have been ta rully borne out by all that has come S mnder my observation, officially and a itherwise. From my impressions of t .he situation, I see no reason to doubt ti )ut that everything will go on in a nost peaceful and quiet manner. We. 3ave been most kindly received by it every one and treated with constant tl md unvarying hospitality. Through I il of my observations, official and h )therwise, dating my stay here, I as egard the good name of the citizens of h he town and their statements as to at his trouble that were previously pub- .i ished, as being absolutely and com- ai )letely vindicated." o MAYOR DARGAN'S 5TATEMENT. di s Takes Issue with Tiliman and Contra- m dicta Rim. 01 e] rspecial to News and Courier.] DABLINGTON, 8. C., April 4.-When n d[ayor Dargan saw the Columbia ournal containing Governor Tilman's peech he did not like the statements. by Ie was inducal by his friends to make st reply as follows: ;to "Yes, I have seen the Governor's re- te ciarks published In the Evening Jour- tli al. I have not much to say, You wa now the Governor is a politician, and "< ie was making a campaign speech. oc VJien a.politician gets in a hole he es Laturally triesto get out, and if he has os omnmitteda mistake heis the last mari us nder the sun to honestly own it. He m ries to put It on someone else. There re one or two Inaccurate statements a f minor importance I do not like th apass over without correcting them. mn [e says, speaking of she constables, be ~hat they had been sent there because pa be mayor had allowed them to be in- ev ulited and cursed to their faces.' If to be Governor was so informed that I, ne a mayor, had allowed that, his in rmant is just aliar. This is the first ; iformation I have ever received of - Ickla fact. He says agapn, 'two boys, to sre striplinga, got into a fight, and son fifty men armed to the teeth pa rent to the depot and picked a quarrel rith the constables and men on both on des were killed.'- I don't know who iformued him of this fact, but whoever frc id-so just lied, and knew he lied when e gave such information. Again, he an mys: 'The fault cannot be clearly laced and possibly never will be ag nown.' As to that, the Governor is a en ery .badly informed man If he lays es~ 3at flattering unction to his soul, and to venture the prediction that he will tal nd the fault clearly placed, and that it will bse found that the constables ph mply did anything else .but their be uty.-er "You will find I never said, as he ates, that the Governor had exercised ho ower that no Governor had ever at mpted, but I say it now, and I think fai ze facts, well known to the people of no auth Carolina, -bear out my state ent. .But what I did say was, 'that for overnor Tillman .asumnes that his n< >ies have privileges that are not en- BE *yed by an'y other citizens of this ros ~ate,'etc., and I will add privileges Ja< at even he does not enjoy. M "I notice-that the Governor tries to vir tin an April joke. Well, I hope he 95 joyed it. It does look a little funny Mm at after all this fuss and feathers the lie ilef officer of the State would march 94 a troops up the hill and then march ma em down again. Well, that Is a joke mm e have enjoyed very much in these 95 rious times, but it does look funny at the Governor had his friends go so much trouble to try and get his .] nstables out of the hands of people a s ho 'were not trying to find them. ho: rell. they did not find them, and I m<( ekon it Is a good thing that they did hli >t, because had they, possibly some pei od citizens would have had to die oft fore the spies bit t he dust. tui "I notice that he asked the ques- poi >n: 'Why did they not lynch the tor an they had in their power, who was thi mitted to be in the row?' I will tell me u why:a because we are not lynchers, dis e are not cutthroats nor robbers. We ven e South Carolinians. We fight a man Atr long as he it up, but we never hit cal e man that is down. We don't fight Na at way, and that is the reason that up< an was not lynched. Yes, I know allb 'etty well what Governor Tillman Sai inted us to do. I understand him gran ry well. He is not the first politi- cat in I have seen. The Governor would sta mve liked our people in their rage to rea mve murdered this man, McLendon, he bo, I am informed, boasts of the fact thn that be has killed three other men. He would have liked us to have de stroyed the dispensary, because then there would have been two facts which he could have pointed to as a justilics tion of his unprecedented course in this whole matter, but, thank God, our people are not of that sort. They are made of different stuff from what he imagines, and we congratulate our selves to-day that the man McLendod, who, I am satisfied, it will be shown brought on this bloodabed, having been shot down and thereby disabled from making his escape and thrown into our hands helpless, has been treated as all helpless men are and as wounded enemies are by civilized people. This action stands out in startling and striking contrast to the -action of his privileged State officers, who, is ap pears from the fac.ts, shot the body of poor Frank Norment after he was down in four different places, with Winchester rifles, and our chief of police discharging his duty. Yes, that was enough 'to fire the blood of age and make the infant sinews strong as steel,' but eool heads were here and possessed by men who were not poli ticians, who were not looking for votes, who were not playing to tickle the fancy of crowds, and reason had fall sway. Yes, I know now after that speech of the Governor that he wanted us to'destroy the State property, but I am thankful to say that it, with all other. property of the town of Darling ton, has been protected, and is intact to-day. Our people only wish that the lives of our fellow-citizens that are - lying cold and stiff were as well pre aerved. "Yes, the Governor is a curious kind )f individual. There is one peculiar md striking thingabout him, he judges tverybody by himself When he wants nformation about anything he never oes to the man who is charged with mowing the state of affairs, unlessthat nan is either a hireling of his or one of tas own peculiar political faith. He vould take Information given him by bootblack, if he belonged to his party, bout the condition of a municipality ather than the information furnished dim- by the officers of it. I Always, rhen I want information. go. to the man whose peculiar duty it is to have barge of the concern which I wish to oqulre of, and never waste time seek ig information from people who have o charac,ter, knowledge or standing. n the ommendement of this matter if y4, 3e Governor had not been judging me y hipuself had wished information bout the status at. Darlington, had ddressed his communications to me, 'ho have charge under the law with ie administration of the aftl%othis wn, as he has with the affairs of the ate; he would have been informed curately and truthfully of the situa on; but Instead of that itappears from e telegrams I saw published that he tye full credence to his hirelings of a spenser over here, J. B. Floyd, who the admiaigtration of the affairs of tis town is absolutely as nothing.. If could not have been relied on, or if s had Information that from my char ;ter and standing he could not trust Le to give him reliable Information, irely he could have sought informa )n from some gentleman of standing id responsibility in this community. 'e did not choose to do so, and.that caslons his many mistakes and blun rs made in .this matter. "No one is frightened byall this bluff id bluster of the Governor, and no te fears him or anything he can do :cept the Tillmanites. I think they e all very much afraid of him. I do >t think .anybody else is." !Selp Is Wanted the women who are allingmand ifering, or weak and exhaustedrAnd,. every such woman, help is guran ed by Dr. Pieree's Favorite Prsrp >n. For young girls just en >manhood; women at the crit hange of life"; women approach nfinement; nursing mothers; ery woman who is "run-down" or erwurked, itis a medicine that builds ,strengthens, and regulates, no atter what condition of the system. [t'san invigorating, restorative tonic, oothing and bracing nervine, and e only guaranteed remedy for "fe ile complaints" and weaknesses. In srng-down sensations, periodical ins, ulceration, inflammation, and ery kindred ailment, if It ever fails benefit or cure, you have your mo y baek.________ Wmr Glenninsa Wilss Mary Lou Mathews has gone Newberry to spend a few weeks. Dr.R. R.IJeter paid a visit to his rents at Santuc last Saturday.. Kfr. B. S. Hardy is off to Greenwood business. ir. A. M. Cbastain has returned m a trip to Union. Whitmire needs -a good shoemaker di a barber. ['he recent cold snap did great -dam in this section. Those who-had souraglng prospects -lii the way of '1y grens and corn, and expected suppl their table. with early> vpge >les, are greatly disappointed; and is with some reluctance that they mnt over. The crop of fall oats is Ily damaged .and the whole fruit >p destroyed. lome predict frost in May, but we eto see It more favorable. )urciizens deplore the terrible af r at Darlington. The great question weis, where isit all going toend? Ehe following Is the Roll of Honor the Wh'tmlre High School for nth ending March 28: First grade lIe Chastain, 98 1-7; Clyde Mor v, 97 5-7; Nannle Odell, 96 4-7; ob Mathew~s, 94 1-4; Annie >lcomb, 93 1-6. Scd,grade--Mar A brams, 97 6-11:- Htte.Tidmarshi, 1:-5; Mary Hargrove, 93 10-11; Jeueie thews, 93 9-11.. Third grade-Nel Duckett, 953-10; Beatrice Doekett, ) 10; William Scott, 92 1-5; Jas. Tid rsh, 92. Fourth grade-Mary Tid rsh, 97 1.5; Mary Lou Mathews, 1-2. _ _ _ _ _ _ Bright Spring Days. 'he spring should be pre-eminently esson of contentment, happiness and ae. In these bright and pleasant nths the country should enjoy its bhest degree of tranquility and pros-. Ity. But spring, it is well.known, is en a period of discomfort and dis bance in the physical system. Im 'tant organs of the body become pid or irregular in their action, and fact is instantly reflected in the ntal condition of the individual. A ardered liver means disordered ner and a dull and unsteady brain. ything whit-h will bring the physi system Into harmony with budding ture confers an enormous benefit m the nation, besides theo mere ying of physical discomfort. Hood's a saparilla does this, as thousands of teful and happy men and women testify, and in&eased use of this idard spring medicine is of more l practical importance in promoting Ith and quiet in the business world n reams of abstract theorizing.