Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-08-02

object o. The meeting. think ,.iis Is most
ungcncrous and .un1ounlc1 reproacl upon all
who were concerned in calling their f1ilow
citizens together Allow me to ask what evil
dence you possess. that would justify such
startling and appalling conclusion That
''In05 violence was not the intention on the
primary moves in the matter, | hope 70 show
coEclISively in very lew words
The meeting was called lor those ant hos"
0>'E, who were opposed TO the present irre-
deemabie paper currency, which, Is p!odrc n&
such disastrous effects upon the prosperity OF
the country, its bEghtlng, wi:hc::nG, palsy
ng influence upon iHdividua! industry and the
public morals" When thoS. embraced IN the
objects of the call arrived at tie Cly liaI
they found it already occGpied by those ~ho
rcrc MT mritel 10 ait.0d, who by previous ron,
cert had determined to monopohze The Han
granted for another purpose; instead Q! rescA,
tin5 this, they quietly and pe2:ca3l; renamed
! outside 10 Tie number oi seTcra! hunCrcd.-
! Does this look Ike ''lnob spirlt!' suppose
when the Public Dinner was glvcnto McsSiS.
! Calhoun ana preSten,that some hundreds had,
! without invitation rushed INTO the h2l! ana Aad
! taken possession Of all the seas At tic tables,
& The invited guests ha! remained quietly With
! out: would this have manifested any thing
| like "nob violence" on their part! The
case is directly in potnt-t:.c Mayor had
granted the Use of the CRY la! Tor deil-
| mite purpoSa-it was therefore no more pub
lie on that occasion, than was Stuarts's Hotel
on the day OF the Public Dinner. need not
add thatlall the "mob violence that was man
ifested at the meeting. was on the part of the
highly respectable gentlemen who intruded
| themselves where they were not ln"ited-one
! ofwhom in open public meeting, without pro-
vocation, struck with his clenchcd fist, an un-
armed and dctencelcss clergyman, while he
was sitting down, and while his head wa
! turned in q contrary direction, with his whole
/ strength, and would have repeated the blow,
! had he not been prevented: and yet this brutal
outrage did not excite those whom YOU char
acterize as "mob" to 'miSchlet or violence
/ "In your article, my vcrac!ty seems 10 be
questioned in abiding TO my having named
"another individual" without his authority
as presiding o.liccr instead OF the mayor
! The individual HON named, was the Hon
Henry l.. Piuckney, who had been waited up
on by a committee, and had agreed to take the
! chair-he stated, moreover, that he was opPo-
scd to the whole system Of banking, and unless
the Legislature granted the people rehef, they
would be justified in having revolution. II
was not out of dsrespect TO the mayor that
named Mr. rinckney, but simply and alone tc
preserve the public peace, ard this distinct
! l. stated 10 the meeting.
/ Again, you err in SAYING that came here
| to defend the people against the proclamation
anl force bill stated 10 s.!ch til II y
! The p2nor sent to US by Mr.. Fisk, contain
ing his appeal to the pu1lc' contains also
an article headed "a plain statement Of facts
which IS also marked, with an apparen: de-
sign that we Should copy it. OF its style the
reader may Judge by the first sentence, whicl
opens as follows: The annals OF mendGca!l
| cgora 10 count~rfor. to the course that Ger
tain newspapers" sc. The style not being
suited to our taste. nor to our views ofpropric
! " We decline copying the article.