The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-31
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At q meeting OF citizens, held at the court
house on the Oath instant, call was issued to
all the citizens of the district to assemble at
the courthouse on the first Monday IN April,
10 take into consideration the present condi-
tion of the country, and to devise the best
means OF escape from impending troubles. The
following gentlemen were appointed delegates
to the Columbia Convention : Hon. ". Peron-
neau Finley, Major G.. 3. Lartigue, Mr.. Joseph
Erwin, Mr.. Il. n. Richardson, Colonel Benj.
Kirkland, General Johnson Hagood, Mr.. l. NJ.
Hutson, NJ. R. Wilson, and Mr.. Robert AID
rich.
Our courteous correspondent @. E. D., sends
the following report of Radical meeting, held
in Blackvile on Friday:
meeting Of the Radical party was held on
Friday evening, at the Market Hall, in this
place. and was addressed at some length by
Mr.. G. p. Leslie in speech on the political
topics of t1e day, characterized by great mod
GRAFTON ard much ability. The audience was
very small! being composed OF about fifty ne
| groes, anC some dozen or more of the white
residents. We must do Mr.. Leslie the justice
to say, that his remarks were eminently calcu-
| lated to promote that good feeling and forbcar-
| ance which are SO necessary for our future wei
fare and happiness. He glorifed the late con-
yention immensely, and dilated at great length
on the magnanimous spirit that characterized
its doings. AS q proof that the negroes did
white race, he pointed srlumphantly to their
recent nomination for State officers.
He told us what great things General Scott
designed to do for this State when he should |
be elected Governor; how Northern capital |
would flow into tho State, and its now almost |
yalueless lands would rise rapidly in value un-
der the stimulus of wealth and immigration.
On this point Mr.. Leslie grew eloquent. MIR.
Leslie claimed that his famous homestead
measure WIS destined to work out the salvation
ing; but he did not particularly allude to the
way in which debtors were to escape the diff
culties of an e.e post fdcto law.
The next speaker introduced to the meeting
was 1.-THE Hon.C) something Hayne"-cia,lna
Ell uenera62te n0nle'a-one Of the delegates from
this district in the late convention. The hon
orable gentleman commenced by pious refer
ence to the Bible for the truth of the fact that
God made all men 'free and equal" but we
rather think his ideas were somewhat obfus-
Gated, and that he has somehow contrived to
get the Bible and the Declaration of Independ-
ence tangled together in his brain. In refer
ring, somewhat spitefully, to the Democratic
party, he developed wonderful discovery in
the way of chronology which rather startled
us. He assured his hearers that that party
had ruled this country, and that in q ,rost
abominable manner, for the last two hundred ,
and forty years; and that it was therefore time
for them to give way to better men-to party
ofprogress! az he styled the Republican party.
The honorable gentleman so far forgot his {
usual urbanity and elegance of expression as /
to refer to that distinguished Carolinian, ex- {
Governor Perry, as "ole Ben Perry!" and '
ben PerryW But the genius of elocution oil {
at once forsook the honorable gentleman, who {
o111 LII
ing his audience further enlightenment at the 1
hands of the Hon. Mr.. Elliott, took his seat. t
''The Hon. MIR. Elliott, of Aiken" was the a
next and last speaker announced He began I
BY saying that MIR. Leslie had informed them t
hat the present meeting had been called by =
ilr. Elliott. The speaker added that it had
lot been his intention then and there to de- Y
iyer speech; but that as he had been called i
lpon, and always feeling it a duty &C., &C., he l.
would offel few remarks; whereupon the Ii
speaker made q temperate speech upon the {
yhoc-glorified his party great deal-praised c
he magnanimity of his raco, and SO on; but c
poke i'll 4 very offensive way of the public "
nen of our State, whom he called "old fosies,"
fellows" fellows" who were seeking n
0 run back the car of triumphant progress c
nto the misty glooms OF darhened age, &c., y
&C.; but tlat car would go onward in spite of
hem. anG South Carolina wocld one day be re- Il
tored to ''all her primitive glory!" s.
He announced that on Thursday next meet O
ng would be held in this town. at which many Il
peakers would be present from various parts D
f the State, and among others, Colonel L. ]. c
loses, whom he characterized aS distln- !
uished son of South Carolina. The negroes a.
ere then informed that the 14th, 18th and 10th 81
f next month would be the time for election il
State officers; and as tho meeting was about O.
} break up, Leslie's voice was heard above tho m
in, charging the negroes to tu1n out, and if "
ley didn't and lost the election by default, oi
ley would hot deserve to be free; that il any pl
ere too old or blind or crippled to come,
lev must bring them in OH their backs, or
lmblc them into carts-any way And so the