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McLAURIN'S FIRE.
E!Xt':U;UTVIVE 0OMMITTEE 18 THHEATED
AS MISLED 1OM.
Henuattor's lioply Arrives-Itegarle Action of
(omunittoo its HIlicul4a iud of No Le.
girl Efect or Wolgit---Mce (oneral
1).fOnco of Iecord in Congrr
Ultes T1ll1ntan'.. Voto With
ltep(bicanu.
Below is a copy of the looked-for
reply of 41. S. Senator McL aurin to
the oflicial coiiunication from the
State Democratic Executive commit
to.), informing him of the action
roeontly taken by that body and on
closing the resolutions adopted:
Paris Mountain, S. C.,
August 5th, 1901.
To the Domocratic Executive Con
mitteo, State of South Carolina.
Gentlemen: The oflicial notice of
the action of the majority of your
committee of July 25th was received
by me on August 1st, five (lays after
it had been announced in the nows
papers. This publisled announce
mont was the first notice I had that
any action affecting mo was to be
taken by your committee. I am now
officially informed that the majority
of your committe condemus my course
in the sounate, demands my resigna
tion and undortakes to expol me from
the Democratic party, Twenty-one
men have attempted to usurp the
powers of the 90,000 Democratic
voters of South Carolina and, as an
incident, in a meoting called for an
other purposo,havolhastily endeavored
to do what can be done only by
solemn proceeding of impeachment,
expressly pro'ided for in the consti
tution of the United States.
I hold my commission from the
Democratic voters of South Carolina.
I recognize no authority but theirs,
take no orders from any source but
them, and shall in due course appeal
to thom for judgment on my course
as a senator, and my character as a
man and a Democrat.
A QUEsTION OF TAs,TE.
Forsonally I am indifiorent to your
action becauso nobody has made you
my master or censor, and I regard
what you have (one as merely ex
pressing the malice and fears of the
one individual, Senator B. R. Till
man. But for this alwa) s evil and
indecent influence, ordinary respect
for the proprieties, would probably
have prevented the four of you who
are my declared competitors for the
seat I now have tile honor to occupy,
from attempting to use the power
entrusted to you by your party to
remove a rival from your path.
As ai citizen and a Democrat of
South Carolina, I am mortified by
your action, because it has brought
upon the State the condemnation
and the ridicule of the press and the
public throughout the country. Un
happily, those who are not intimately
acquainted w ith our conditions accept
the action of your majority as repro
senting the intellbgence and Democ
racy of our State and both are made
objects of derision. Against this I
wish to enter my solemn protest. I
shall demonstrate how unfai:-, absurd
and undemocratic your action is; and
I shall trust to the Deocrats of
uth Carolina to repudiate it when
aportunity is given them. Your
is to deny that opportunity.
trong contrast ith the
Senator Tillman at
rial before the
iimself as
ni h
t.ives may havo boon, the purport of
your action is to facilitato the sonator
in dodging mo and to deny the peo
plo the opportunity of passing on my
position8 and conduct. 11 soems to
mo the Democratic masses of South
Carolina are competent to say at the
polls whether or not I havo boon a
faithful sonator and a consistunt
Democrat. Why should you attempt
to provent them 1I
Til.LMAN AN ASSASS1N.
It is no cause for wonder that
Senator Tillman should seek to make
political assassins of you to avoid
open and fair fight. JIe has climbed
to powor by venomous abuse of many
of the purest mon in tho State who
opposed him, for which ho has always
carefully shirked personal responsi
bility, and on the political lives and
fortunes of those who befriended him
while ho needed friends.
. Norris, Tindal and )onaldson, men
representing earnest purpose and the
interest of the farmers of the State,
and, therefore, strong, woro used by
him to promote his own interests and
then thrust aside. Irby, Shell and
Farley died despising him becauso of
his treachery to them and to the peo
plo. I am now in his way, and be
cause hohins failed to strike in down,
he incites you to attempt to strangle
me , and at the samo timo to destroy a
white primary, to his advocacy of
which he owed nmuchi of the best of his
early following. Party principles
are fixed, and to th-e principles of
the democratic party I have been un
iformly faithful. Party politics are
determined from time to time by
party elections and conventions, and
no man, nor body of mon, has the
power to say between thtso elections
what politics shall be the test of
party loyalty. Senator Tillman is
assuming the prerogative of supreme
boss and dictator to say who shall or
shall not be regarded as a Democrat
next year. I do not concede any
such power to him nor to you. He,
or all your committees together, has
not the power to exclude from can
didacy nor the polls at the demo
oratie primary the humblest citizen
of South Carolina who declaros him
self to be a democrat and pledges
himself to support the nominees.
Suppose in 1890 the executive com
mittee of the State had ruled out of
the party all who or;aged in the
"farmers' movement ?" Suppose two
years later it had excluded all who
favored the sab-troasury idea ? Such
action would have been unjust, ty.
rannical and insulting to thousands
of good cit.izens and democrats, but
not more so than this proceeding of
yours.
4'DIsHoNoR ABlLE wEALTrI H1"
In his double character as prose
outing witness and attorney against
me, Senator Tillmnan is reported as
saying before your committee that I
had voted with the republicans "in
important matters," and that he has
seen me (conferring with republican
senators. As I will show by the rec
ords, he himself frequently v.t,ed
with the republicans' "in important
matters," as all other democratic
senators have done from time to time.
It is frequently necessary, proper
and courteous to confer with mem
bers of the opposite party, as he
knows and as every man with prac
tical sense knows. These expressions
are his attempts to take advantage
of credulity and ignorance. I do not
think there is a man in South Ca'ro
lina so ignorant as to be really de
ceived by them. He cannot put me
under suspicion as ho has pat him
1 y his own acts. I have not in
oilce retrograded from a per
10e bankrnptcy to dis
unexplained wealth.
drawn the same
fund it impos
m mine. I
led to cor
a tam
ainst
scheme with $28,000 of coimIIissiont;
never yet accounted for or explained.
MolE IIINT'S OF IIOODLI.
A yoar ago Sonator Tillman wont
into North DIIakot a and made speech
os advocating the ro election of a
lRopublican sonator-Mr. Pottigrow.
Senator Tilliman and this senator
wore prominiLnt in proventing, by
filibusterin.g inetics, a vote on the
subsidy bill. ''ho newspapers said
that Mr. 11ii, head of the Northern
Pacific, who lobb)ie( against the ssub.
si(y bill, I;\ Senator Tl'iilhuann's
friend aul is-oriato i "lip" which
paid him $.so,0() in the stock mar
kot. B3ird:t of a feather, gentlemen
of the culnitteo, always flock to
got her.
Has Senator Tilhman, prosecuting
attornoy against my J)emocracy, ov
or failed to abuse Domo3rats and
Democracy Y Do you know that in the
last two Democratic national con
ventions ho has supported the nomi
nation of RepublicansY In .1896 he
favored Senator Toller for president,
an old line Republican and one of
the bitterest foes of the South in ro.
construction days. lie had himself
appoarod before the convention as a
competitor of \V. J. Bryan and been
ignoninously snowed under. In
190O he was for Towne, also a lie
publican, for vice-president. Is ho
the man to be supreme arbiter and
judge of what is Democracy in South
Carolina?
115 WISHEs A COMPARISON.
In the senate I have labored, as
the records will show, to broaden
the prosperity of the count ry, to
promote the interests of my own
people, to spread civilization, to on
largo and increase opportunity for
our young men and to stimulate on
terprise. His whole political course
and method have been to tear down,
to abuse and oppose, to blight and
restrain, to bite where he dared and
to fawn where he feared or sought fa
vor. I shall ask the people to contrast
the records and shall claim my right
as a free man, a born and reared
Democrat and a senator from South
Carolina, to (1o it regardless of the
orders of twenty-one members of the
executive commit tee. I shall ask
the people to decide between the
man who has tried to help cotton
factories, open highways of commerce
and to so commend the Democratic
party as to command for it the con
fidenco and respect of the business
and laboring elements north and
south, and that of the man whose
conduct and record has been to sim k
the party to disrepute and impotence.
~ shall ask them to say whether they
prefer the senator who has tried to
retain for South Carolina the honor
and dignity won by a long line of il
lustrious sons and glorious doeeds, or
the senator w~ho has postured as buf
foon and bully and who proclaimed
on the floor of the senate that he rep.
resented a constituency of ballot box
stuffers and murderers wvho wanted
their share of the stealago.
He is nowv in a northern. State
~holding up our people as negro nmr
derers and b)allot box thieves.
CIIAIIdEs IONORANcE.
You have undertaken to condemn
and expel and depose me, not only
without a hearing but without evi
dence. Upon what grounds are may
good faith as a senator and my fidol
ity as a D)emocrat assailed ? Is it. on
the tariff ? None of you of the com
mittee can prove to the people that
the Democratic party is a free trade
party. It has proposed a tariff for
protection only, but as early as 17977
we had a protective tariff, and we
have never in the 1.04 years sine
knowvn free trade. Gen. Hancck,
the party nominee for president in
1880, regarded the tariff as a local
question. Samuel J. Randall, fo
years the party leader and speaker
of the hous", was a protectionist. In
every congress where the question
has been presented numbers of
Democrats have voted against and
helped to kill free trade. I have
contended that southern products
-ould be put on an equality with
--a, and in 1897 1 fought to have
-mie lumber and cotton protect
e cry of "Republican" wvac
ainet. me then, but the pio
II~
(luaroly imt. o lorn; i:sol to n by rtn
ovorwhohlingiit{, vote. Are you now
uidortaking to ro"voI-O that vordlict ?
AS TO -Ii .sU siell-s,
I havo favored Ship subsidies. It
i3 ia great. (uoSitiotn, and one, I suib
mlit, on which ho th oplo of thi.s
Stato aro com1tot)t. to pass tftor
bearing full arguenitoit. The nuject
has never Lcn di iviiscs(l hoforo
iltnm, although it is of vast import.
anco to the pro-pei ily of ti h t ate.
''ho purpose of the m;lhsily ii to tlco
vololl the buihting aiud oporatiot of
great Iloots of Amer'ican h ips. It
touchos tho interest. of our sea port:,
of our lumber industries, of "! our
mnanufacturing enltorpri ss and ot
great agricultural products. It. is i
question On whi(i ;O;,so of tho alelHst
Domocrats of t he touso and senat o
are divided. I most lhuunbly sub
mit that, it is not in ordor for t wont v.
onoI members of your cornitten to
rtle that the11 Dcrmloeratic mlayse; f
South Carolina :shlsil not att thir
campaign moetingts1 hoar this miatt r
of vital interest to them discuqs(se1;
and that the people of the seacoast
cities, who wo1tuld liko to see new
tides of con merco brought to their
harbors, and t.ho Iumborniut atndl
owners of forest lands, who woull bo
glad to soll material for more:ship1,
are to bo thrown neck and heels out
of the part.y because hey favor ship
subsidiem. Senators Carlisle,' I'ugh
and Morgan votod fo: at subsidy bill,
which has boon in forco ton years,
and which hanr holped our 1 razilian
trado, in a ieoasurre, iit least. Aro
they not I)emlocrats, necording to the
decision of Senator Tillma an (l
your committoo?
I believe that it is our duty to d
vclop the now t'rritory which has
come into our possessioti along Com11
morcial and industr,il lines, to civi
lize them and make ilthem the equal
of our own States in material pros
IiONI BuILD CAS
But grasp Opportun
Dont think that you wil
and bye, "BYE AND E
empty. Do it NOW wh
tunity. Remember c
around waiting for you
fly, you must catch thei
The Opportunity yot
will beon- -----
MONDAY AUGUST
When the beautiful ti
of City. and now ownedc
and commonly know
facing on Gauntt Stre
Cotton Mill property, b<
in the City, will be s
You Stand on th
and Bid Y
There has been greg
Real Estate during the
will only be a short laps
ations will be way up.
One new Cotton Mill a:
pects for the second. '3
Purchasers at recent
offeredprofits on their
BE ONTHEGl~ 0
YOUR
Dont pay your wise, fars,
what you have equal dhant
A FREE LO*wllaa
get a Ticket.
FREE CARRIAGESi"''
and leave Court H-ouse at
THE EAS
Only 1-4- cash, balance
p ayme nts, with interest a
You will never miss the paa
Sale Commenc
Your own price--Free
...EASY'
National Auction d
3. H. PHILLIPS,
PRtESIDENT. R1EPRE[
the protection of Simini to hit 1opo
lrss i;trugglo as lilt italeperndoet il
tion, without resources ior elf- pro
(oct ion. Forluiteily for us, tho ro
cordls:lhow that inl bUildling lholm up1
wVO art' going to bnllolit our owin coul
try. 1 want to givo that torrito:ry
tho host fornt of goverillnit ill i lie
world; ho doe: n()%2 wiat. to givo it
ill) fr U!r11(if k,ov 1ninen a)'I . aiill.
.\NOT11n.1;11 I'11:t'Xt'1'e.
lt:l t\ a s '"I'r,( mh0 ,r or" bu)t ." I
;y tilty 1 nlrlI0I n jl n g'' lo have lit
Ho(d that. tl l.; onl at theo bI'llot, box.
.1 amrll for a :o01md1I enrlrecy'I andlcl v)n
:tait emptlIoyent for ill who
Wiaes. Ii: wo citluIot ivo
wVithou1. t n o;tlot for our 1su1irpl
)rod+luct:, oil e<ul ti erm1) with all of
our col I)I'titIH in tho 1matlr:wtsof tho
' lll. Do yol think the onrrgotic,
i;V0, p1rol'gro ssVI) yolli g )usine ss lolln
of tih South will long pe)rlit the
a:l': !s of a fow" hclmoIilig I)liticiil
t o fm be1(1)twoo;n thl m andll thU a(ttain
moeii of thweo glorioui endi; y I f this
i:; not dt'miocrney, th10n, ge(ntlonmon,
I inVito youl to "joinl hatnds: with mel in
inaiingt it so.
Thl ar- the l:olinIg questioris onl
whllih I 1undiel tandll my Dolmocracyv
an11,d II o Il V hltVe 1)Ol'll be lt a:illld11. ITho
rocorls givO u) litllo light as to what
furhl ir grou i tioro tiay ho for
your actionl. Allow moo to iuinuaiiiri.o
Ih bi hrieily.
In tho lir.:1 )O'iioIn of the Iifty
liftht c.)ton r :.s Senlator TilbnanL' andl
imlyoolf voted tlog th~ er ill IT'i of 1,50
yOt atndl nay 1int es.
I v'ol;'dl agi1 h . im l for p)rotoci ionl
to tlh(, faLrmert)I t fll itnn ieIdmoet. t;
the tii'' hill, l1r"o oedh1 by Sentator
101esi of Ar ittluu,s, p)resont chiairmuian
Of the )0'I1moe dit oxecutivo con-.1liit
too. possibly you may rc,llvone
your collinlitte.) mnd re:al him onA of
tho party. I Voted with Jones, \eti,
ties as they Fly Past.
I invest in property bye
NYE" is a land positively
ile you have the oppor
>pportunities dont lie
to pick them up. They
rm on the wing.
. have been waiting for
12th at 9:30 A. M.
-act of land lying West
I by Purcell and Floyd,
ni- as Wardlaw tract,
~et, and adjoining the
sing the Highest point
ubdivided and sold at
*e Lot You Want
our Price.
it activity in Newberry
past two weeks and it
ie of time before valu
Get in before the raise.
surety and good pros
'ou know the results.
Auction Sale have been
investments already.
R~OUND FL~OOR
SELF.
eeing, neighbor a profit on
2e on.
-a be given away to some
the ground. Be sure and
carry you to and from sale,
/' will be at your command
9 a. mn.
Y TERMS
divided in twelve monthly
.t 8 per cent. per annum.
,ment s.
es at 9.30 A. M.
Lot-Free Carriages
TERMS...
t I mprovemuent Co.,
LOUIS FEN DIG,
*SEN T ATiI2-..NE WRY n OiTEp.
Mtorganr and1( all tho other )rtnioer1at,
sxco)t. SoilIator, I'ilhniin and1(1 Mo
EnIoyry, who votod with tho Jnl)bli
Can111. It wNas ia sit raight party volo.
(I another ateindilent to the oamlib
bill I vot(d with t he I )olicrltH.
Souiator Tilhnllan wa: tho no I)oto
crat voting with the I optblicain.
See Coigress;ioltt hI(cor(1, vol. :tO,
paI go I,,177.
lit ho tlecoll teission of t bo t,amlo
(lonrI( Set'ilor T1ilhnnlt lr1 a itmy.
sti0 vottd togothor onti '2 of . roll
ca! Is. One vot con wi1i we di Iored
Wls o)n at motiol to iad"j,tirnt in
ton(ed to defeutt ai rtsohition calling
upon the preiitlont. to itt'rvneo ii
('uht. "onator Ti1111an volodt withl)
I I thotion pevaile1 by on vote. I
votoul With t he deoIll4at I:. ''h tot hi ior
votes on which we d11'iered( wero nn
implortatnt, and not party gtuo;lions+,
tho parties dividing on all. I fat
voredi tho atccotattncn of tho ILltwati
i1n islatn(ld, iolg wiith such dom.
crtts ai (;orniti, Kylr, Monley, lor
;;+n, Petttus a nd Sullivan, and1 ho,
witht the other dettocrats an1d somo
rnpiblican5, wro 0l)1)Op(1d to it.
On pagi. *s8, vol. 31 of tIhe lI
cord, it is showit tlatt I voto(d, wit i
all tho leiocrait'; but thre; e ni fll
tho republicanns, for a bill to ioo.
vido for ari) trat ion of dS!itt0 Ihe
t ween rtilv:ay cotnpanlio:: aind their
(+npIloy('H. tionator TCilhtttn was;'or,o
of (ho t.lrce agatiins;t it.. \\o a ho
differod on i bill plrhil)iting, intoxi
ctt ing; liquors t(o b !old1 in t h terri
tory of Alaska111. . ivorcd aid ho
oi)1)Os (o prohibit ion. It)sil ]y
hto had viOwH on i di'pelhnsary ad ro
haittes t hore.
Ohi a voto to rcco0utnit Iho eoitfer
ei0 report on the river it1,1 harh(r
hill I voted for tho recoinmtitmt11(tit
with suht1 domIlocrati all Chilton,
lloitfeldt, Konnoy, M ills, Rawlins
aind1 Ttirntor. lio votod 'ga6it with
such republicans as Allition, hiir
rowH, Clullom), i )avir, ,lkins, I orlor,
alitlo, Ilawlt)y, I oidge, Ir'okins1, l'IttI
anid Quay.
In the first 50s1sion of tie fifty.
sixi co iross Senator Tillini find
1 voted( togetherol (4 not of 71 roll
calls. In each of t ho four (as0 in
which wo diflered1 the parties woro
divided. The most, notabl)o of these
wis on Cho admission of Sotator
Quay. I votod for it. wit h Sonators
I)aniol, Konny, 1l%einory, Al\organ
and Taliaferro, dmtocratt. .11n op.
posed1( with mtiof thle d~ieorts
and1( eleven reipullicaris, i rieliid ing
ilanina, P latt., lVoratker, ( allIintger
In the latix session of thle salut
conigross Sontotr TJilbiianr andt miy.
self vo0ted togothier ini 121081 of the fai
votesi taken. Ont a resiolution requir
ing the presidlont in ten daysto is)s8uo1
at proclarnation dlisclaimlinIg ariy lmr
to OxercisO sovereigty over the'
t.or, K yle, Lindsay, l\lorgani and1(
Sullivan, democratn, Senator TPillhun
wash 01n Of 22 inYoring it. On an
ame'indmnt~ dlelaring that it wasi not
the puirpOoe of thie United States to
exercise peirmnanbent conitrol over lie
P hil ippi nos. Senator TilI lnhn withI
most of the deimocrals antd Snaitdor
Hotar, rep~uican(31, voted( " ay '." I,
with Senaitor.t Fost.er, and Lin dsay,
d1emnocrats, voted "rm11y.
On the- uil passage of tihe iWrmy
bill wo di ffered. I1 vot~A4 for~ it and1(
had wvith mue Sonaitors' l'X)stor (id
sauy, M\organ antd Sllivant. We
voted together for amendml(llents oIx
teniding the consit,i ition of the
United Staltes over the Pi lipjpilnos
0on strict palrty lini's.
On the question of governing our
outlying possessiions ho and( 1 votedl
toget her, and It IIis his that (dolor
mlinecs the matter of imiperialismt, not
the possession of the territory. I
voted to taiko poseion and 11( rtlo jw t.
ly. Hot v:>tod niot to take p)osstlosi,
but to rnlo.
Hof antd I voted toget her on all
party questions exce pt I hoise conicern
ing the Philipppinos;, which my
judgment, exercised asi a senator andio
a representative of tlho peol, told
mon wasI a nuestion of fornign rola
liun-, inilviig onttirely now prol
lows, al , t hereforo, not p,rop,orly a
party qletw;Ion, aund ont which n.y
p,oliticatl jud,gnwn'ft, told mol( the cotuc
try wts practically unitod. ''h1e
Demnocratic iparty was wrecked by
bOing forcod in this matter into a
policy o))od to its; own tradtitionr,
fid tho over.vholugr Hontim;ont, of
iho count ry, against miy 1rotest andot
ihat of othcr loyal Demnocrals.
I)ovolut,iflts havo proved thait th1os 0
vi mtinticotl In hu the pau'iticati< n
"'f thes-i1 trhin,lr wats itllpo5sIble, that,
the pew-,h would nve'r accopt orr
cunt rul, a:ndl 1ha. 1 hnir rot01ntion
wouhtl b,o unl rolit ahlo and dlisastirous,,
wer1,4 wron71. I amt ro.adty to g;o hO
foro th" pe"~opl of South Carolina
u1n t s;how thoiml the facts. Do you
utndel'rtake to sIy tiutt I lust resignt
itud put, mysielf oitt of my party he
ctuyc, I ftvoredl upholding tho dig..
nity of the Al1nriaa flag after itr
Iroops had holn lirod on, and op
l,osod at cowardly abandlotnm'nt of
1 hie people of t 1iemo islan11dS to chac s
lI tho proposition to punish 11o be
1Oautstt 1 lid not. bhtiovo Aguitnaldo to
bito ho cud of ( (oorgo Vash ington or
concole thatt he i ilipinos could in
Stlntly and uniguithtl organizro for
hthmselves it i;tabl0 govorttnm'lt an,t
a high civilization'?
ttte) l Mo Co>em 1.lv.
Save hIr)t at solo plls to Sho\v
frtomn t ho records, by volum110 an d
page,ithat. wltr onator ''illbnann
tnl I dilfor inill co'ngllrcss iL was not on
111ri'y c lucst bons; and that, ho voted
wit i ho I"l,npu licans t.t loat;4 asl often
is, I did, and that inl ove'ry ca:; wheoro
we divtclod I hadl with mno D1enocrats
who p+os.sr tho conilidonco of tho
mirty throughout tho couitry, ind
wi'c .)eni craCy not Oven his rock
I.nd stslandorlS inSolonco dare to
atssii1. I chttl, go furthor and show
othe stn iiHttl;t'e3n which he lan
voted against. tho groat majority of
his party and otel against iis own
declarations ---notably inl tho Platt
mu0mlnent, to t.ho Unhan bill. lIc,
ha)d leclartl hi1s IutrpIO to opp1os;0
atnl fight this to the la diltc' mt.
h,, votted for it.~-,sHomo of his, pres
ont, nwpapiler friend sid at
the timnn that ho d]idl it to curry favor
with t.lhe (:harloston vote, hoping to
trado 1he 0xposil ion thrttough. If tltt
was the caso Iih was the KIitllow vic
tim of it p,olitical green goods gamt(
man il tl limself for siawdust. But I
havc sastil onouigh, I think, to provo
to you, and to tho public hat, you
liko nmlty who liavo risen and gono
betfoiro youi-imvo pe'rmiitted your..
sOlvesM to hoe rerado tools 1by Senattor
Tillnumtl, to1 prornloto hisH own basoi
fn'rm ia struiggltt hi folurs to face, ho-'
crauso he kniowsi the faels anid atrgn
men'lts atre all algainist 1him. Hlis hoj 0
is! to keep tho(so4 facts aid1 argunliont H
from the pe'oplo of South Ciarolinii.
Accept. my condlolence on the un
happy andit atbsurd situationt into
which thisl would-ho dictator has h d
yout. You mairy be aHaureod that lie
will finid ia crevice through whlich to
e'rawlv, leaving you to sitanid the fire
when it becomesi hot and that having
ushed y'ou lie will cast you asHido l ike
manyi) lie has formerly used(.
1 (des1rr to prVoclaint to tlio world
hat you (do inot represent the intelli
gonco, the D)emocracy or the peop)lo
lof South CIarolinta; and( to you anld
j-,nator Tilman that lie has never
been miy maitster antd shall1 never b1);
h bat lhe sha11 niot (escapo the vengeance
that muist isuroly fall upon himi when
th peo~plo have hoon miadd to undor
st and1( hisn motivos, his methods, hisR
r~eord. Tlo tbat, grand consiervator
of free governmenit, the roserved pa-'
trittism and1( common sensoO of the
peopleI., I make appeal, againist patr
ti isan intolerance and tyranny.
Vory respectfully,
Jo)hn Lowvndos McLamuin,
Te'lhng1t an 1 untruith is likc leavinrg
thec highway and( going into a
ttngled1 forest. Youn know not how
lonig it wvill take you to get back,
or how much yout will suffecr from
thle t.hornis and11 briers ini the wVi ld
woeods. How much better is it to
tcll theC truth att all times,