The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-11-29
For the Mteliigenccr.
Grand Rally ut Pendleton.

Pichens and anderson in Council-Thc Mountain De-
motracy Enthusiastic for Decentralization,
Speeches, &C., Sc.
Nr Editor Being present at the public dem
onstration held in Pendlcion on Friday last, the
9th inst, was happy to perceive that our fellow
citizens OF that vicinity so fully awake to the
cxiccncies of the timcs and 90 unanimous in the
Union "a Union no longer of harmonious Gle
mcns, or of fraiernal and kindly feelings, but of
opposite and discordant clements
Among the speakers present were the Hon.
James Chestnut, cur ex-senator Of the United
States; IIonablcs Mcssrs. Boycc and Ashmore,
members of Congress our fclow-ciiizcns, Col
Orr. Solicitor Reed and Judge Whitncr. The
member of the State Legislature, lCol. w. A.
iayuc from that portion of the District, opened
the meeting in spirited and complimentary nd-
dress of welcome into their midst of the distin-
guished gentlemen who had hoDorcd them with
their presence; in the course of which lie paid a
handsome compliment to each Of the honorable
gentlemen and alluded to the position of their ex-
Senator now occupying the position in the pres
cnt crisis of affairs, Of simple citizen Of South
Cuoiina.
COL Chcsnut was first called upon, and lie re-
sponlcd in ans able and lucid address of about an
hour porlrayng in n mastery way the rights and
the wrongs of the South and advocating, by all
means, the Withdrawal of the State from the Union.
lie was listened to by the large and respectable
audience with profound attention. and the advice
he gave, and the pictures he drew of further con-
tinuance in the present Union, evidently produced
lin coming from the source they did) profound
impression upon the audience.
The Hon. Mr.. Boycc and Col. Ashmore, 1.-THE
members Of Congress- were next called out, and
responded most happily. Mr. Boyce spoke for
considerably upwards of an hour, and cnchained
while at times he considerably amused the audi
encc by his spicy anccdotcs) their attention, by
The truthful and vivid picture lie drew of the pres
ent state of the affairs of the country. The time
being short before the starting of the cars, COL
Ashnore and Col. Orr were necessarily compelled
to ccndense their remarks into comparatively
Short compass They both happily responded,
however to the calls made upon them, and fully
sustained their wcli-carncd reputatloE Ior clo-
qucrce and ability. Had the time been longer,
and the weather less inclement, both Judge Whit
ncr and Mr. Solicitor Reed would have been called
upon but the whistle of the locomotive gave warn
ing that The meeting had to be brokeu up.
4 bounfiful Barbecue then awaited the guests,
where good will, harmony, and unanimous feel
ing of acquicsccncc in the tone and tenor of the
sentiments expressed by all the speakers, prevail
ed among all the people. Upon the whole, Mr.
Editor, You may safely echo back to the seaboard
and the whole lower section of South Carolina
the hearty and unanimous feeling of spirited re-
sistancc on the part of the mountain region of Car
oina to any further submission on their part, or of
longer continuance in a Union, now become sec
.ionalized, and no longer answering the purposes
for which it was established Let the ardent and
enthusiastic oitgens of the lower country, then,
Mr.. Editor. learn the cheering intelligence that
their brethren of the upper country are with them,
heart and SOUL and like them, will be found Gn
the language of the motto of South Carolina
ani'nis opidns que parat-preparcd with strength
aud courage. T.