Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-09
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ORANGEpuro, Octobe, 8, 1868.
MIR. EDITOR: This has been sloriou
lay Tor the Democracy Of this District
Early morn came and with j, tho ,,rizz;ine
ram peculiar te our Fall. This did not, how
ever, prevent the congregatng Of hun
dreds of the ycomanry of the District, &C
companied by their wives, daughters, sister.
aud loves. Tho harder it rancd the more
determined did they appear to waivo tri
"mph"nt'y the beautiful banners CT lie.
mocracy.
At nine o'clock procession of at lcas,
one thousand I,en was formed at the De.
pot, and divided into five Divisions; each
Division was headed by wagon hand
$omety decorated with all sorts of fcstcon.
cry OF r"$es end evcsgreens, aud drawn by
SIX mules or horses more handsomely ca.
pans"ncI, ridden postilion by Democrat
negroes, and each wagon filed with the
ove''est of fair maidens bearing beautiful
banners. The whole procession was head
ed by a magnificent flora! car, carrying a
band of musicians from Charleston, whose
exquisite airs flushed for the moment all
opposition to our cause.
In that pr ocession were seventy eipht
coiored Democrats, and near ono hundred
boys, the latter bearing beautiful banner
| on whose folds were inscrbed-"wa eyn.c,
TO be men,.
On arriving at the stand tie head of the
colamn halted; the Marshall formed close
column hy Division on first Division; the
wagons we're driven to the seats an, en-
tied OF their precious loads, and the closed
Divisions pa'ed aud marched up to the
'front.' OF the stand. The mancuveriug and
tramp of those men showed they had not
forgotten the lessons days not long since
gone Iy.
The stand was quito as elegantly orus-
me"ted with festoonery "a the wagons, and
filled with moro than thirty chairs. Judge
Glover presided, aud after few appropriate
remarks introduced Judge ALlrich, who
was followed By Col. Haskell AMI ho il;
turn by the can vasser, while The honorable
-. l.. Reed closed the list of white speakers
Gcode from Columbia, and Francis fon,
Charleston represented the co!ored de,noc.
racy OH the occasion. Doubtless eac.,
speaker thought lie did himself and the.
GLORIOUS cause justice, and the patient, at,
ten,ive, splendid audience wca,hcred it
through to the last, occasionly rendins the
air with their shouts Of applause as good
point was made or funny anecIote told
The ladies', God bless them, showed their
adherence anl devotion to our cause by
remaining on the ground amid all the rain
until tile last speaker fuisheJ, and then
went one and all to the laLIes of yiands
that were sbuudantiy eproad, tallc oftwo
hundred feet being allotted 10 each diyi-
sion.
banners were everywhere suspsn,le,i
'!ags i'oated in the air, while notices such
az "our rights" and "our liberties" wc,e
everywhere TO DO seen, nnd cheerful faces
at earnest, energetic men co,nminolel with
the ioveI'cst smiles of the pret,iest wenen
ever SAW. Nothing, not even the con-
slant rain checked the enthusiasm of the dav
aud every one assured us it was nothing 10
the assurance all felt in securing on the
third OF November next radical decrease Of
at..least one thousand. if not positive ainr-
ty the democTalicp party. Would that Alb.
bev'ile wero as much in earnest 4. If We
were, our democratic majority would more
than counts,balance any defeat Orange
burge may Lave.
During the first two hours Of tho speaking
two white Williams, and probably the hyeua
Randolph, called about three hundred ne
groes in tho streets and attempted to deateu
the audience by their Lideous shricks.
But as they would not be noticed tho lead
ers shouted themselves hoaras and the poor
de'uded negroes slunkcd away il disgust.
What pity R. K. Scott and his canine
protege--Deknight-could not have been
there; they might have manufactured cass
Of manslaughter to send North as radical
capital. Truly,
D. WYATT AIKEN.