Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-08-12
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WILLIAMsToa, 7th August, H58lTEe public
meeting at this place come off yesterday. During
the Two preceding days large numbers Of persons
came u The hotel, which was crowdsdto itsutmost
capacity.s Special trains yesterday from Green
vile and Anderson broughtan immense accession
of psople to the meeting.
The spea kfpg began abeut 10 O'Clock. The ar:
rangement was for the candidates for Congress
from this Congressional District TO speak frat,
then the candidates for tho State Senate and the
House to follow-and then Col. Orr. Mr.. Keitt,
whohas been staying for o week here, was invited
by the Committee to address the meeting also.-
Col. Jones and Col. Ashmore, two Of the candi:
dates for Congress ID place Of Col. Orr, who de.
clincs q reelection, addressed the people, each for
o bale hour Both Of them was glad to see took
somewhat higher Southern ground than I feared
they would take They are both good speakers.
Col. Vernon, the remaining candidate, was not
present. ,. ~ -. ~,
Gen. Harrison and DR.. Evins, competitors for
the State Senate, then spoke. They were both In
favor of giving the election Of Electors to the peo-
pie and against re-opening the slave trade. An
the candidates for the Legislature took pretty
much the same ground. Mr.. Moore took higher
States Rights grounds than the rest or them ut
least such was the impression. left upon my mind.
The meeting was broken up by o storm. 1t re-
assembled after dinner, when, after the candidates
had concluded, Mr.. Keitt wss introduced to the
meeting. He was cordially received. He said he
was. reluctant to address them, for his opinions
differed on many points from those Of the meeting /;
dat he could not take part in theirloeal elections,
and therefore would abstain from any discussion
Of local matters. He would content himself with
saying that his opinions % the matters referred
to had undergone no change. he said he. would
then trouble them with q few remarks upon the
duty and policy Of the South. He went TO Wash
ingtou, last winter, resolved to oppose mr. ,Buch-
anan's Kansas policy. he had denounced It the
preceding summer, and did not intend 10 yield
any of his principles. He fonnd, upon hia arrival
in Washington, that the South and the Adminiss
tration had got upon the SAME platform and he
gave to the Administration his earnest support
He hoped to be. able to- continue thSt support and
he believed be would be able consistently to do so.
Mr.. Buchanan he believed to be much sounder
than most Of his party at the North There vas
now no practical issues before the. country and
he believed we should not raise side Issues, which
could only distract and divide our people. Issues
we're coming swiftly in the nature OF things, Ind
great issues, too. Let us cultivate, harmony
among our people and prepare to meet them He
was laboring for the union Of the South he did
not,expeet to the union Of The whole South, but=s
union Vi 6UHc v y LuC 1un4uoIu, okotSb wAu pputa
Carolina, to strike for our common 'dellversnce.
This couldbe effected upon q practical ISSUE and
as this issue was coming, he deprecatedland re-
sisted oil attempts to divide our people upon minor
ones. The Democratic party, he thought was
sounder now than it had been for years. It was
so becnusethe South was now themnjority in that
party, and had driven off from il numbers Of the
tainted, timid and feeble members Of it from the
North. He would not predict, but, 10 his judg-,
ment, the Black. Republicans would win the cleo.
ton in 1860. ksectional domination should not,
and could not, be tolerated by the South: Under
such an administration as M. Buchauan's, the
South could and would continue in the Union. I'm.
der Black Republican rule she, could not safely,
and he hoped would not. This he believed to be
tbe pending issue, and to meet II heRishedto cul-
tiyate harmony among our people, and the union
of the South as far as prastleahlss These yieRs
had been ably advocated by the Charleston Mercu-
ry, and he believed TINT they contained and exhib-
tied our policy. He spoke Of parties IS Q spsetd-
tor, for he was the member of no national. organi,
cation, and be did not mean to merge himself in
one: The fight was now waged beiReenff the DEM
ocRatic and Republican, parties, and he sided with
the former. He would aidit rs long as he copld do
so consistently. To the last he would plead for the
harmony ofthe people Of the Stata
Col. Orr followed. He said that he Went fur
cher than his collegue-thpt he had afRiisted With
the National Democracy, and would do SO as long
AS ne could. The South, he said, stood fairer up.
on the statute book than she had forthtrty years.
This was owing to the Democratic party. The
National Democratic partywas States Rights
ri Fad embodied in its platform the resolutions Of
'es, and in the last election had been chatged, al
over the North, with being the nulf6cation- party.
II had annexed territory, fought over wars, modi-
fed the tariff, abolished the United States Bank,
and repealed the MISREPRESENTATION. H thought
the Democratic party would maintain its, ascen-
deney. iii did the Union would stand. There
were contingencies in which he would bein favor
of disunion, but he hoped he would never see
them. Il Was q tremendous alternative, and he
wished to avoid it. AGREEMENT could be easily
pulled down 1t was difficult to- rebuild one. he
had hopes which his colleague IMr. Keitt) bad
not--that the goFernment would remain in the
hands Of the Democracy, ana thst the South would
Be safe. He closed with a. beautiful tribute to
bis constituents, for their. FIRM and unfaltelng
support Of him through his: whole Congressional
career. He said he would give his views more
at length at the dinner to be given to him next
Thursday at Craytonviile. h0WNDEs.