The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-17
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Thero WAS grand mass meeting in Terry,
Kinds County, Mississippi. on tio 4th Of July. in
flowed freely from both complications. Gro was
vast crowd OF negroes. sayH the N. o. Picayuno
three-fourths Of them females Tho women wero
dressed Ill all tho finery they could muster-nod-
ding plumos Of feathers, stresHling ribbons, hats
and bonnet5 OF every possible shn and fashion
ana necklaces and gaudy -colored dresses dis
hundred white men present. n,ost Of whom, merely
from curiosity. No white ladies gruced tho scouo,
trom which it would seem tho traternizat on
movement meets with but h,tlc favor from thom.
Womcn arc by nature aristocratio ; democracy
does not thrive among them.
At II O'Clock er.Gosernor A. G. Brown, who wus
Tho thlef mover in gstting up tho mooting, was
called on to preside. An equal number OF writo
aud black rice-prcadents wore appointed, who
took their seats on tho platform together. o.
taking the chair. Ex-Governor Brown cxureased
his regret at sceing such srlull numb of whto
persons present. aud alluded to tho harsh criti-
cisms which t.o press had hnrlod ut him bccaulo
Of his course in this matter Ho W, 8 particularly
severe OIL Col. Ycrg + Of the Vicksburg Herald,
sdgmatizing him as brainlcss fop, W: tn moro po-
nahum and srcas- On tho outside Of his hoad than
brains inside. Ho stated no aai fully in favor Of
reconstruction as proposed by Congress. and
would accept 1t in al it's amplitude; having elabo-
rated his view thereon, ho heIt proceeded TO ex-
plain to his coorsd hoar rs the means thereby
they were set Tree; they had to thank noither tho
Northern man nor tho Southern man for that
boon, it was tho work OF tho groat Jehovah. [Yel
and cheora Of applause.] Hu read frum tho
statutes OF Connecticut aud other New England
States to show tiat Southern men have alwa; 9
been kinder and M re- lel.ient to the colorcd race
than tho PuritanB and their hypocri,icai de-
acendants.
: At this stage Of the proceedings, q company of
Federal soldiers, with ba: onets iiIcd. made ther
appearance on tho around. Marching to tho real.
OF tho platform, thoy stacked arms and romained
i'll close pr0x nifty during the remainder OF tho
day; Their arrival created ate, quite eo,san Co.,
fled past, said they wero "our frields" nnd came
At his insti alton, in consequence OF threts nado
by evil disposed persons. He then alluded to tho
present status OF tho noer,; they wore. he said,
equal to the wlto man IN tho eyes OF the law, but
beyond that there coulll bu no equslty. God never
made any two nen equal Ho conclude q very
advice relntive to thoHu political adventurers nnd
Radical cmissaries who arc prowi. 6 through tho
country, eudcavorinY to c1cte fc.llns Of hostility
between thom and tho whites. Tho Governors
speech was listened to with marned attention, and
was loudly applauded whcneyor no gave the llatli-
calls home thrust.
troduced, and lirered an e;uqrout nd lrcss IN
the sourae Ut which hu stated he nas ono OF that
party wuich Ia enduayorlpg to restore -Mlssissipp
st.to in the American Union. His spcech was
mainly deyotet to arguments in favor OF q con.
vention, ns proposed by tho military bill. Ho
adduceG eyidenco to prove how hypocriticaI is
their assumption that they only are tho tru. friend
uf tho colored rice.
Rolls Williams, black man, was the next
speaker. He urged upon his hearers peace and
amity with the mcn OF tho South, and warned
them against crafty and designing politicians, who
would hatter them for their votes. Ho was
opposed 70 confscation or FREQ distribution OF
lnnds; II black men want land thoy must
go to work and acquire 1t by honest industry. He
knew Yankees who came TO this u,itry from their
barren mes in the North. aud when they made
dollar they uut 1t BY, and whom thoy had scraped
enough together, they would invariably buy u
niger, aid atei while two moro, and 30 on until
t ey became rich mon. He commended hs bretll-
ren to adopt their policy and not spend monoy on
trifleB. Their interest and that OF the wlto m ,i
OF the routh was iueutical. and Lie hoped nothing
would occur to ..roduco assension between the
did not blame wlIlte men for feeli Ig hurt be-
cauBe. Of losing their Slaves. II ho. tho speaker
owned o hundred slaves and they wero all taken
ava. from him. he would ieel very sorry too.
RollA's addresr, although containing many
things which had bu ter bo left unsaid, was, in
the main, full o. good advice. Ho ia evidently a
man Of noto and influence among his brethren.
has unlimited ''gift Of CAB, with a rich vein OF
humor. His remnrks wore loudly applauded by
both whites aud blacks.
Thop camo dinner and thou more speeches. All
passed of well. Ex-Governor BRowN. our readers
Mll remember, was for year. mem-cr OF tho
United States Senate, and during tho was ropre-
sented his State in the Cont derste Senate; on o,d
politician, and man Of great influence In hlisss-
uinn