Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-09-17
THE CHESTER MASS MEETING.

On tuesday last, our nelghb0rs IN Cnester, neiu
the grand mass meeting of the campaign 10 this
section of the State Ithas never been our fortune
to witness, at any public display, larger number
of persons assembled together, more complete ar
rangements for their comfort, or finer inteiectu-
al Entertainment offered, than that in Chester on
the; 18th instant. I Although many ofthose invited
to-address the meeting were not present. yet what
was lost inluantity was fully made up In the quail
ity of the speeches of the day. .21 L3:s" .m.a
Upon arrival at the grove where arrangements
had been made for the exercises Of the day, the
SAVIOUR of basted meats and other eatabes, at once
assured the immense crowd that the inner-man had
been we'll provided for. And there assembled, were
perhaps FIVE thousand people, attracted largely by
hename and fame of North Carolina gifted son
Ex- Governor z. B. Vance-who had promised to
address the meeting. >-sas, !. - - -ah
At IL O'Clock, A.. NJ, Gov. Vance, Hon. Ga
briel Cannon, Col l. d. Childs, and other distin-
guished gentlemen, took their seats on the plat
form. Gov Vance was then introduced to the
assemblage by Maj. WA Walker, the Chairman
of the meeting 1t would be injustice to this mag
ni6cent effort of Governor Vance to attempt any
thing like verbal report of his remarks. FortWo
hours and half he held the assemblage spell bound
BY his clear reasoning -intorlarded with pertinent
illustrations and lofty fights of powerful elequence
We felt at its close, but one regret, and that vas
that it could not have been heard by every man,
woman and child, white and colored, in the land.
Atthe conclusion of Gov. Vance's speech, the
crowd was invited to the tables loaded with savory
platters of barbecued beef pork, mutton and
several cart-loads of bread and other eatables The
barbecue was an entire success. There was an
abundance for all and apparently plenty LETT to I'LL
the haversacks of small army. We learn that
there were over seven thousand pounds OF meats
on the table, andabout the same quantity OF bread
stuffs. ,'n = ,..,:. .....f .". go @n.a
+ After dinner the crowd re-assembled at the plat
form, and Hon. Gabriel Cannon, of Spartanburg,
was introduced. His speech was able, pertinent,
and listened to with great attention throughout
Just before the dinner was announced, Col. y.
P. Thomas, and Gen. j. D. Kennedy arrived from
Columbia on hand-car, having made extra exer-
tions to attend the meeting. They now occupied
seats on the stage and Gen. Kennedy was next
presented to the audience. He spoke earnestly
and Huently Of the great issues involved in this
contest for the Presidency; and his remarks were
we'll received and frequently cheered.
COL j. p Thomas, at 4P. NJ, was the next
speaker His speech was in his usual forcible
style, and evidently made good impression on the
citizens. 81 ..fi ".G 3. ii .".":.. . a.. .. --''
The chairman then announced that Gov. Vance
and others would address the people at Yorkville,
on the l7th, and at Rock Hill on the 18th Instant
after which the crowd dispersed.
Altogether, the Chester mass meeting was sue
cess. There was ut onetime, during the day., dis
turbance created by some intoxicated white per-
sons, but quiet was soon restored and the casual
ties were slight. .".. a..8. :.
If everybody had not been of the same way of
thinking already, we might expect happy results
from such a meeting as this. 1t is, however, a
q pity that so much eloquence and effort should be
expended upon an audience already convinced of
the facts argued. .1r - .'.'... ?"7a II.