The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-09-10
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| Mr.. EDITOR: "A public discussion
took place at Li5tleton, ia the upper
part Of Richland District, on the 9Th
instant, an account OF which your
readers. perhaps, would like to aee,i
as itais the first instances we have
known in which the radicals have
invited the Democrats to meet them
on the hustings. 5eu
$50 At the time appointed consider
able crowd Of colored folks, of both
sexes, and about fifty whites, assem-
rbled, and programme for the
speaking was arranged, satisfactory
to both parties. The speakers we're
limited to forty-fve minutes each.
81. w. Puryis, (colored,) Repre-
sentative from Lexington, after stat
ing the object of the meeting to be
fthe consideration of the great
questions now agitating the coun-
try" moved 'that the Hon. S. B.
Thompson, (colorea, Representative
from Richland, take the Chair"
Thompson called the meeting to
order, and announced the order of
speaking.
Our young and gifted friend, C.
o. Marshall, led the charge. His
exordium was just the thing to enlist
for his speech the closest attention
OF his audience. He then proceeded
to give them a mastery exposition
of the origin of slavery in this coun-
try, and of Yankee cupidity and
hypocricy. He proved to them that
the radicals we're not entitled to the
credit of having set them free. He
refuted various vile radical ISLANDERS
against Seymour. He demonstrated,
in the clearest manner, that the inte-
rests of the colored race and the
interests of the white race in the
South are identical, and he warned
them, with touching pathos, that the
bitter antagonism of race against
race, engendered by the foul machi-
nations of unprincipled renegades
and traitors, could only result, if not
arrested, in the ruin of their race.
The speaker touched upon many
other points. I wish I could give
you synopsis of his speech. There
were passages in it of great beauty
and eloquence. That speech, if pub
lished, would be e good campaign
document.
The Chairman. S. B. Thompson,
followed in reply. Said he had not
intended to speak to-day; was un-
prepared; would make q few re-
marks, leaving the most of his time
to be added to that of his colleague.
He confined his remarks, mainly, to
repetition of the stale slander
against Governor Seymour, (already
refuted by Mr.. Marshall of being
responsible for the hanging of ne
groes, during the great riot in New
York, reminding his audience of the
'freedmen's CODE" and telling them
if the Democrats get into power, the
'code" would be re-enacted, and
their condition would be tantamount
to slavery. He said if the whites
had given them their rights, in 1866
and 1866, the colored people of this
State would have yielded to them the
relns of government, and really de-
sired to do SO. But the ''freedmen's
code" showed that the whites would
never accord to the blacks the rights
of freemen. Hence, they were con
strained to join the radical party-the
party of equal rights. The speaker
was mild and courteous in his tone
and manner.
The next speaker was DR.. E. B.
Turnipseed. The Doctor said the
duties of his profession did not allow
him to devote much time to politics,
but he felt it to be his duty to re-
spond to the invitation to speak
to-day. He hoped the invitation
was given in kind spirit. He was
their friend and would tell them the
truth. He took up and refuted, in
detail, the leading points advanced
by the preceding speaker. Hespoke
of the stupendous crime and lunacy
of radicalism in attempting to contra
vene the laws of God by the eleva-
ton Of the negro race above the
Caucasian. The Almighty had
stamped inferiority upon the black
race.
All the mad efforts of crazy fanatics
and higher law infidels could never
reverse it. He was their most dan
gerous enemy who would tell them
that they were the equals of the
white man. The doctor would tell