The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-08-12
A Great Speech.

We mako the following extracts IrOm
speech delivered in Atlanta, Geo., on the
2sd Of last month, by the Hon. B. H. Hill
The whole speech is able and interesting
but the greater part is recapitulation o.
the history Of Reconstruction, with which
eur readers are already too familiar, and
hence we append. the following:
-: Are these, then, the terms of the new
Union terms of negro dominion, OF pau
perism in power and ignorance in legllsla
ting. 1 say such terms will never sue
ceed. The. white people have refused to
consent to them and l tell you that they
will not consent to them, and you can
never establish any government perma-
neutly nthis country against the con-
seHtSof the:white people. The Supreme
Court of the United States made up their
minds tiiat. the reconstruction measures
were unconstitutional and void, but they
were too cowardly to declare the decision.
This.eis a4melancholy fact, that the Su-
preme. Judiciary of this country should
have giysn way SO cewardly.- But it will
not always be thus-it cannot for. ever
refuse. to- pronounce its decision. 1t is
true, g. Radical Congress has taken away
jurisdiction in the McArdle case, but we
shallshaYs. another case. "A gentleman;
who is the only real Governor of Georgia,
is making; case in which jurisdiction is
giveR~by the Constitution. Cries OF
three cheers for, ] enkins, given by the
whole audience. Yes, when I mention
hiu,I nlention'a man who, in any age or
nation, is worthy to be a Governor! L
tell you,gthen; you who trade in the re-
speetabAity of your: race-you who are
venders Of your peoples honor tell
You today that this very Court will pro,
noInce :7these acts unconstitutional and
void and everything done undor them
uncoastitntional:a and void.
But,we have a party now organized,
strong and "a glorious party, with states
men at its:head and with. correct princi-
piles for its platform. From Maine to
California the glorious tramp ofithe De
moeTacy: is growing more andenoro dis
tinct, and by November verdict will be
pronounced by the great freemen Of
America that Shall gladden. the hearts of
patriots now and: forever. Cheers. And
when the people shall have pronounced
that .xerdict the Court will tako courage
and pronounce their jud dgment. Then
an then, what Will become Of you, ye-iso-.
lated hypocrites,; al power to threaten
cone, 'treaeheiy exhausted = Relief meas.
ures ana Reconstruction measures both
dead, tho Radical party out OF Congress,
How on earth will you. hide your shame
thus stripped naked to the gaze of the
wordiin ah your nnhiddon intamy what
pJu.become of you? eYe generation OF
xipers, how will you escape the damnation
ofs,hcIlg' That's. what's coming. Oh,
IT'S coming; thank God. it's coming =
coming to the cheer of patriots, and the
dismay OF traitors. Yes, ] tell you victo-
rysis. coming We have suffered and suf-
fered much; our comrades are sleeping.
All, sleeping! many of them by the
streams and in the valleys of Georgia.
They are. sleeping on the banks Of the
deap roi!;ag Mississippi; they are sleeping
all o-er Virginia, grander than the pyra-
mids of Egypt and richer than the mines
of India. Enthusiastic cheers. J. Spirit
OF our departed braves, we are not dis
honored yet! and though the vile, tho
low, the corrupt and the perjurcd arc
seeking to be our rulcrs, and have seized
upon our high places, the noble, the vail
ant and, the true are still left us, and
through all our borders are taking cour-
acre and hymnjng the notes of coming
triumph. Ye miserable spawns Of politi-
cal aceideney, hatched by the putrid
growth, of. revolutionary corruption into
an ephemeral. existence-renegades from
every law OF God and yiolators OF every
right of cfman-we serve you with this no
tice this day.; that this victory is coming.
The mon 4oi the South and tbcmen OF the
North-patriots eyerywhcre-arc sending
nn5tfleir vows to heaven that this is and
shall forever bo o Union of Equal States,
and never a hateful Union Of unequal
States, Wild cheers, lasting several
minutes.1 Men of pride, men of charac-
Ter. women-thank without q dis
eentin q voice, and even children in their
backgrounds, are procIaimihg on, hill top
and il valley that those whom God made
superior shall not be degraded to the do
minion of the inferior.
A few: more words and I will close. If,
as1 now hope and believe, we shall again
havellberLy and law under the Constltu-
tion; shall be done with those who
have taken advantage of these corrupt
times to insult innocence, trample upon
rights, and Cypress holplcssness? These
criminals will be among us, and must be
assigned appropriate positions. What
shall we do with them? Ye who have
trsalvailed through the blood and losses
and sorrows of war for asserting nothing
bntthat the very framcrs of the Consti-
sutfon taught was your right; ye who
have been taunted and rcviled as rebels
and traitors; ye who have been disfran.
eh;sei.in; the land of your fathers and