The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-07-17
PUBLIC MEETING.

:: The Court House on last Friday night was nlled
with largo eoncourse of people, white and col
cred to listen to addresses from speakers selected
for the occasion. The meeting was managed
throughfhe influence Of prominent colored men,
.aad was gotten up for the purpose Of giving SIN
Eemissary of the Radical party an opportunity of
placing the programme of that party before the
citizens of this town, irrespective of color In
order however to make show ofperfect fairneus,
md at the instance Of the colored missionary,
Judge i S. MURRAY was previously invited to7be
present, and address the meeting. This Mr.: MUIR
RAY consented TO do, and in the outset of his re-
marks, stated that the anomalous condition Of az
and the periurbsd state of the country alone
induced him to- appear upon the arena of politics
at this time, aud rendeavor by advice and counsel
TO- s.throw oil upon the troubled waters" and dis
tinctly place before each individual what he con-
ceiyed to be the usy of every man, in view of the
critical condition. of public affairs. His speech
was throughout frank, manly, and. in consonance
with the highest principles of justice He dTeit
st length upon the object and necessity Of fgovern
ment, and its relation to. the subjects, and then
proccededto apply his reasoning to the action of
ruling majority in this section, cortendng that
the lsboring population of the South were op-
pressed blythe action Of this party, and that they
should not affiliate with any party not disposed to
give them equal and exact justice, especially in
the imposition Of taxes. His argument in this
particular could not be fairly met butwe regret to
add that the sequel showed that sophistry might
outweigh the most inyulnerable argument. In con-
aluding Judge MURRAY ofered practical and sound
advice tothefreedmen, urging them to use all their
efforts to elevate their race, morally and intellec
tuelly. >,
The next speaker was introduced as the Rev.
Mr.. RAyDoIpH, 9 native of Charleston, and the
Radical missionary before alluded to. He is
bright mulatto, well educated, andthoroughly coz
versant with.the politics of the day. He began
by announcing himself o '+Radical Union Repub-
/; Ecan,, and e1ulted in, his position rs q member
of that party now controlling the Legislation of
This country He then launched cut into criti-
cism Of the various positions assumed by tho gen.
tleman Who preceded; him, and with scarcely an
exception, misstated his views or misrepresented
his argument. The ingonious manner of the critic
had full effect upon the colored portion of the au-
dience, and it was evident that they relied i'm
p1icitly on his version. We will not pretend to
state explicitly the course pursued by this enthu-
siaste admirer Of the Radical party. It must suf-
fee, that his entire speech lau3atosy and in
tended to advance tho interests of his party and
it was even claimed by him that the principles
enunciated in their platform were worthy of adop-
ton by the entire South. AS an act of justice
however, we will add that he gave much good ad-
viesto the oolored respecting their individual
ooadact,y and that he strongly deprecated strife
and dissausion. between the races. He is ready
spsakerscalm and collected in his manner-and
was enthusiastically cheerod by the colored peo-
ple.
Mr.. MunRAr replied briefly TO some of the mis-
representations Of the last named speaker, when
the crowd dispersed. Good order was maintained,
as general thing, aud the speakers received strict
attention from oil. About one.fourth OF the au-
dience were white men, while the remainder in
clrded all sizes and both sexes of the coored race
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