Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-09
The Mass Meeting at Washington.

is said to havo been tho largest evcr
held in that section Of the State
Large delegations were in attendance
from Elbert, Lincoln, Columbia, Oslc-
thorpe, Warren and Talilcrro, and the
extra train brought q largo number
from Augusta. Tho crowd was va
riously estimated from $500 to 1000
persons, including 1900 coIorcd Dem
ocrats. Quito an interesting feature
tt tho occasion was tho procession OF
to'orcd Democrats, who camo in
wagons and on horseback, with music
and waving banners, and manifested
great enthusiasm.
Gen. Toomhs presided, and success
slvely introduced, Judge Aldrlch, Gen.
Col1uitt, Gen. MCGOWAN, Hon. Ar
mlstcad Burt, and Gen. NJ. Wright.
From tho Chronicle & Sentinel We
extract the following notices of the
speeches Of our townsmon:
The first speaker was General Sam
ucl McGowan, Of South Carolira.
The General made an eloquent, dig.
niicd and telling speech, aud made {.
very marked impression upon tho al
dienco. We wish that this fine ad-
dress could havo bocn heard by the
Northern people, particularly that
portion in which ho opposed and ri J.
died the bypocritical can't about Sou
thern loiliy.
Colonel Armiste.3 Burt, OF Able
vile, followed Gen. S. McGowan ia
c. I'm, clear and we'll considered at
dress of about thirty minutes. Cd.
u. is an eloquent and effective speak
or, and engaged tho earnest attenti.
of tho audier ce from The beginning 70
the cloec Of lis beautiful and appro-
pirate address.
"A correspondent Of tho Cons:i;::
'fonatst furnishes the following sholt
abstract of tho same:
After the dinner had received rull
JUSTICE and much praise, tho crowd
returned TO the stand end listcned t.
the torciolo and earnest speech of
General Samuel MCGOWAN, of South
Carolina. His torso, compact end
logical argument cannot be answered.
We admired especially his manner of
dealing with tho subject Of loyalty, 90
mach used as an argument against US
by the Radical party. Investigating
ito mcaning of tho word as a lawy or.
rnora'ist and statesman, he showed
that the inter probation that had been
placed upon it by Stevens, Sumner,
Wade and others, was false in fact,
base in practice, and not sustained by
Jaw. lie asserted that largo pro-
portion of those blinded or wicked
mon, who, of Southern birth, yet su ..
ported the designs Of the Eadicalu,
were during tho late war filing posi-
1ions of safety or profit, and that no
truo soldier, lover of tho South,
could 30 far forget his country or lis
honor as to
Crook the supple hinges Of the knee,
That thrift. might follow fawning."
lie spoke of the we'll known fact,
that whenever any man among us for
Ease or sordid motives, gives his sup
port to the Radicals, perfect hurri-
cane Of sound goes up that he has
bocomo at last loyal to tho Govern
ment, and one to be trusted and hon
ored. lie closed bis epcech with o
grand appeal to bear onward tho ban.
ncr OF the Constitution and plant it
upon tho dome Of tho National Capi-
tol that wo may overmore bo restored
to these blessings cf poace and liberty,
without which no people can bo pros.
porous.
Fishers Band then gave US somo
pleasing music, after which, General
Toombs introduced that statesman of
South Carolina, the Hon. Armistead
Burt. His speech was full of strength
and power, being a searching and
telling review of the cause of the
Iadical party and the evils which it
has brought upon US. Ho expressed
bis grat'fi:ation for the great good
which had accrued to the Democratic
party from the excrtions of our noble
women. They are not only power
IN tho land, but it is due to their de.
voted efforts that to-day wo stand
with them solid pbalanx against tho
.Cncroachmonts of Radical power, and
resist 80 successfully the efforts to
destroy our liberty and rights. IIe
fully sustained the fue reputation lie
gainedin the Congress Of the United
States before tho late unhappy strue-
gle, and was listened to with marked
attention by oil.
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