Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-08-19

I C..A'UGg}ST Ca, M III
cracE1 at the ensuing elections. as essentia
! to tie preservation of ConstituionaflLibertJ
in this country, and that We confidently ap
pealto all tue. conservative elementsthuongh
out our land to unite in efecting this. glor
GUS copsunmatiop.
RSe0sesa, That we entirely approve, Of the
course pursued in the New York Convention
BY the delegation from South Carolina.
L9uds'calfs were then made for Genera
BuTLsR, whe.spoke as follows:
SPEECH OF GENERAL BUTLER.
ladies' und Gsataemen-1 haze beeDin pol
tics aaice IN my life. First wben I-tricd te
,take Sodth Carolina OUT Of the; Union and
failea3 and secondly. .when1 tried TO restore
her TO The Union aud also failed. Recon.
strnctioh, as tits called rs an idle farce; it is
worsevthe excess aof ori,niualitg. 1t is g
farce to say South Carolina is restored; when
from one end to another~the is no security
for lges- liberty and property Three years
-SSssak Greensboro, / ggve:py parole ofh'ncr
as soldier, and that. parole has .,ibeen eB-
serYM in good faith by me as it has been By
you. We had right 10 expect good faithin
,returh, but. we bad not received it. Among
the supporters Of the Radicals there are bot
few Thowere seIdies in the field. We were
called traitors and rebels iibtle' while ago,
and now Hancock, Mcclellan, Buell. and
Granger are called the e>trsitors-men with
whom We could have settled our troubles in
ten naiautes. The Radical Leaders. Butler,
ColfsX. and Stevens, We're, never in ths,front
Of battle; fhey skulked i'm the rear, and hurs
ried 10 the din Of war men who were nohier
aud moro! worthy than they: Tie chieftain
Of the party SIS e.. s. Grant: against him,
as asCidier, I have, nothing to say, and be
liegeE that If he had. been left to himself the
terms granted tbe goufederates would have
beensfaitlfuly carried out. But the Radical
.hounfly ahapePlaced him in false position.
He knows nothing nov of justice, or of policy,
or craftsmanship He tonly knows now
hesrule OF .:the bayonet and the two.word
military. law, "orders and ebedience." He
can as well rule this country as doctor can
teach law or .. lawyer teach engineering. He
has pfsced himself in faise position, and has
sacrificed himself to love Of power.
General Butler then explained the iniqui-
ties Of a soseallpd majority rule, and spoke of
the contrast between the Radical and Demo-
cratic tickets, in which. latter Seymour, the
civilian, was first and Blair, the soldier, se-
CONF. -He,said {: I and you have abandoned
the caase for which 1 and you, struggled, and
in the great struggle before us no man should
relaxskis Efforts. An that is left ID our once
lovely landis at stake,- for if the Radicals are
ylctofions, we must gather mp our domestic
treasurss,apd bid farewell. tothe land that
gave us birth. When liberty goes. down we
must seek some happier scene.
Incur great fight the true and manly Uni
ted States soldiers will cooperate with us.
Every true soldier will set the constitution at
thesside of the Democratic banner, and with
theirsaid we have no right to despair of the
republic In conclusion, General But er ex-
pressed his. confidence, that the righteous
cause! would prevail, and rat down nmidmueh
cheesing. i.~s
,G6l. LRRoY,yF. YouMAy0 was then called
hat ntleman spoke asfollows:---
- COL. YOUMANS' SPEECH.
Ladies and Geatlemen-A political assem-
bly Of sucn numbers and responsibility gra"ei
by female cvclinesS is sight to which South
Caroiuians have long been unaccustomed.
During the long and trying years of the war,
and during the Iong.r and more trying years
OF arbitrary rule through which We have
since passed, there ba> been no such demon
stralion, within the limits Of our beloved
State. What, then, means this assembly ?
Why is the whole country here gathered to-
gether2 What means this music that stirs
the heart? What means those proud ban.
ners Haunting in the breeze? They mean
that W. have received ''glad tidings Of great
Joy" The mean that tue Democratic party,
that grand old party Of the constitution, has
risen from its slum bers like bridegroom 10
run irs race, like giant refreshed with wine
to fulfil It's own mighty behests. 1t mes'.s
that the uHfaIthfnl stewards who heve so long
held the sword and purse shall be held 10 a
reckoning tur their short cotnings. 1t means
that the. party reprcscrti' G The true peniuso
the American perpl~ shall b.: restored to the
high places from which by CONJUNCTION aad
discord it-has been anjustly ousied. FTo,n
the time OF. Jefferson, the greaies. statesman
that this country ever produced, until :he Sc
cession movement in Charleston in 1850. .'t!l'.
Democratic party had remained true to It's
principles and 10 the constitution. During
three fourths of that time it had controlled
tue government. and under that control al
had gone prosperously and we'll, end in &C.
cordance with the traditions and genius OF
the fathers.
And now, gentlemen. wien this. party has
put forth a platform, broad platform. a
platform Of even and exact justice on WHICH
gentlemen from every State can stand, is 1t
any wonder that the news creates rejoicing
from one end Of the country 10 the other, aud
particularly in the down-trodden and op
pressed South?
AT the commencement of the war and in
the din-of battle. liberty was stricken down.
At the close Of the war he, who was the &C
knowledged representative Of the power OF the
United States in peace and III war, assured
US that We should be restored to the Union
on certain conditions. One of these was that
We should take the amnesty oath, another
that we should recognize in the, solemn forms
Of law the abolition of slavery. No matter
what were the views and ideas OF the majori-
ty of our people on these subjects, most OF
them took the amnesty oath, andihe aboli-
ton Of slavery was formally ''rdsined. We
were then quietly informed that we were nc
nearer, in fact not as near restoration to the
Union as when Lee surrendered at Appomat.
tox. We had repealed the ordinances of Sc
cession, we had recognized the freedom oi
our former slaves, we had taken all there
quired oaths; but because our leaders had
advised US to. do it, because it bad been done
so manfally and openly, it was to be an inju-
ry to US rather than benefit. We were
k. Tho On ma col onar