The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-23
THE RADICAL MEETING LAST NIGHT,

In pursuance of the notice in yesterdays pape,
the RAIDS had q great pow-wow at the Hiberbia,
Hall last night. The house was densely crowded
an ocean of negroes, with q rivulet OF white men
Speeches were delivered by Messrs. McCLuNa, O
Missouri, Judge MERcuR, Of Pennsywania, GsH
eral WAsHBURNB, Of Indiana, and MI. OnpwAY. q
New Hampshire. As there was no one to answer
or contradict, or call in question the assertions o
these speakers, our readers will not he surprised
| TO learn that the greatest unanimity and harmony
| prevailed throughout. l..
we have only space in this; issue TO give the re
marks made Ivy Mr.. F. A.. SAWYER, on taking tn
chair. Mr.. SAWYER said:
CITIZENS I thank you for the homo,
which you have conferred on me in allowing me Il
preside over the deliberations Of tina meeting. II
Is always gratifying to receive marks Of considera
ton from fe[low-citizens. Il is particularly 80 or
an occasion Like this, when we are assembled te
greet friends from different parts of tho nation
who have kindly consented to speak TO us tonight
upon those questions of grave moment which very
much interest the whole nation ut this time, and
whichto,us areidf all ahsorbihg interest. VIZ are
honoresd tonight with the presence Of gentlemen
from the great States Of WISCONSIN; Indiana, Mis-.
Esouri, Pennsylvania, end from the granite hills Of
New Hampshire. We have here thoso, who can tell
us how the great popular heart:beats in RESPONSE
ito the calls Of human frosdom; how that heart is
lstill true, in spite OF all reverses, to the calls Of
patriStista,, to the demanNAe FOR Just gtoNy!srfnment aud
orprevieqs condition, {ApplausSe. T
We have hore a gentleman from far-off Missouri,
who has been in the ihiistsof the border warfare,
which was characterized by o barbarity almost mn
heardfof.' We have Will us tonight a gentleman,
Q member of the same Gongress-the Fortieth
Congress- who,has With bis own sword fought the
battles Of human freedom.
We have also q gentleman here from far-off Wis
consi'f, n State which; although only nineteen
years old, did, in the late war, send nearly one
ninth OF her whole, population into tho struggle
for the American life. we have a gentleman.
TOO, from pennsylvania, the defeat of the Republi-
pan cause In which stste we have but d feww days
slnce been called upon TO learn; and I will tell Won
chat he has notFlost hope for Pennsylvania: that
be has still hope that Pennsylvania will come out
Oil right whenever the question is fairly put to
her, whether r~econstypotion is to pc based on
prinpiples1of imi6utabales Justice, or ton+ ideas 81 20
itical trick and trade, .f-n.a.5tl4 ,t4e.4
AS said beforeI we have q gentleman. from thu
granite hills Of New Hampshire, q chief execu.
tive officer of the House Of Representatives Of the
United States. These gentlemen will favor us ,by
telling us what is the feeling Of the United States
Government, end what the feeling OF q fahsr portion
81 the people. These gentlemen are all as SOC
ated With and belong to, the 10th Congress, and
more than that, they were members OF the ssth
Congress. We have been taught here to believe
by our press-a secession PRESS Has taught us to
b,~olieveYthati il there swereeny menin the whole
United sstAusaaA .AfiAt aawar1.. htsserayy' .lhetsssAbie aa6nna
malignant, 1t was the members of the 39th Con-
gross.
|, and presume a great many Of the Southern
mon, were made to believe that these mon we're not
even in human fofpee-if wA believed the 'charac-
tesrs' given 70 them by tho secession press in our
neighborhood-but find them to be apparently
gentlemen. Theyessestp to- have tho. interests Of
tho country 1t hsatt. and perhaps. you win not all
agree With the secession press when you hear
what they have 10 say.
But ! did not come here to make a speech.
They have cosnegto speak asfof themselves. They
are no heWsrecrhits in The cause Of human rights
and justice. They are veterans in the cause, and
We mayseonsidet ourselves very much favored jim
listening to their REMARKS