The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-12

accounted for. The white boys in blue and the
white boys in grey have found common enc
my. That enemy is the Radical party, which
has deceived the South and cheated the North
ern soldier out of the just trophies of his
triumph and the price of his blood.
could show how the Radical party is the
enemy to everything essential to the prosperity
and welfare of the people, but will con6ne
my remarks to few things. In the first place,
they are the enemies of the constitution.
They prate about the constitution it is true.
The members OF Congress are sworn to sup
port the constitution, and they say th at they
are the friends of the constitution. Let us
see. Suppose I could call up the spiri OF the
great leader Of their party here tonight, and
PROFOUND to him this question: 'Were you, as
the leader of your party, a friend to the con-
stitution 2' What would be his reply3 Why,
he would laugh me to scorn. He would
say, I have openly declared that I have
acted outside of the constitution, and you ask
me if am friend to the constitution. Why,
my acts, which speak louder than words, are
in direct violation Of every principle Of the con-
stitution. voted to deprive you Of the right
of trial by jury and the writ Of habeas corpus.
1 voted for er posi- Jacto laws. voted that ten
sovereign States, like the captive monarchs of
old, should be dragged at the chariots Of the
conquerors. That all your constitutional rights
should be crushed beneath the wheels OF this
triumphant tyranny. In the face of all these
facts, you ask me if I am friend to the con-
stitution. You had as we'll ask the assassin,
whose hands are reeking with the blood Of his
victim, if he is the friend of the dead man.
AS the Radicals are the enemies of the consti-
tuition so they are the enemies Of the Union.
For this is government Of constitutional Law.
The Union exists by virtue Of the constitution,
and without it the Union could not exist.
Therefore, as they are the enemies OF the con-
stitution they are the enemies Of the Union.
But they have also proved that they are the
enemies Of the Union by their legislative enact
ments, by their Chicago platform, and by their
indlsposition to readmit us into the Union.
These people say that they are for peace.
Yes, they are for one kind Of peace. The
peace that England main.ains in Ireland,
Russia in Poland, and which Austria main
tanned in Italy until recently. The peace o
the bullet and the bayonet. This peace is
typified in their ticket, where Grant, the SOL
der, occupies the first place and Colfax, the
civilian, the second. On the other hand the
Democratic party is in favor Of peace Of law
and order, and on their ticket Seymour, the
statesman, takes precedence of Blair, the war
rior. When these men say peace they mean
war Of races in the South. They cry peace
with one heath and call for rifles with the
next-riAes to be welded by the dusky le-
gions of the South.
The speaker here took occasion to address
the colored people IN the audience. E ad-
dressed them in plain colloqulal style, exposing
Radical falsehoods, and warning them against
the evil advice OF men who tried to stir up i'll
feeling between them and the white people of
the South. He told them the Northern people
had owned their fathers as slaves, aud IL they
nsd set them free for love, the freedom would
have been accorded them then, and they them
selves might have been born fee and have
already owned the forty acres OF land
the lying scoundrels had promised them. He
gave them an account OF Helper and his book
and pointed out to them it's bearing on the
question of the war of races and the extermi-
nation Of the blacks. He warned them against
the consequences Of turning deaf ear to all
that the Southern gentlemen told them, and
declared to them that If they continued to lis
ten to and heed the counsels Of fdesigning bad
men, "the leaves on the trees now green wJuld
not be turned red by the autumn frost before
they would be stained with the blood Of the
white man and the black"
He was interrupted by the negroes answer
ing him "No no mol" to various questions
that he put. Many of them doubtless acted
from the want Of better sense, while others
were trying to raise disturbance, in which,
we are happy to say, they failed.
Having finished his remarks to the colored
people, General Gordon turned again to the
whites, and said that he would have been glad
to say something on The subject Of taxation,
but he only had time to call their attention to
the sublime impudeuce Of the Chicago plat
form, in prating of economy, when the party
had spent more in the three years since the
war, than the Democrats and Wings had in
seventy-two years. including two wars.
After some remarks on the almost certain
success of the Democratic party in the forth
coming election, he concluded with short adj
dress to the ladies', urging them to use the
power which had been given them by the King
of Kings, and Lord of Lords, to control the
will and mould the minds Of men, for the good
OF the Democratic party.
At the conclusion Of General Gordon's ad-
dress, Hon. J. B. Campell, being loudly called
for, made brief speech rebuking the colored
people for their rudeness in interrupting Gene
ral Gordon, and urging them to coalesce with
the Southern whites in the preservation Of law
and order.
Other speakers followed. and at late hour
the yast assemblage dispersed.
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