The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-10-06


better performed chan in holding up the hands
of the eloquent speakers who preceded me:
We are living in O time OF treachery, fraud and
wrong, but we are OF party OF honor, and we
intend to see that we shall root out the party
of villany, and restore, successfully, our State
shown it's fangs Of viper-like venom to destroy
your and my libertie.. Radicalsm in South
Carolina means negro supremacy. Is it not
true And 1s it not time to swear before high
Heaven that that party shall be destroyed?
Have they not stripped the President OF the
right to command the army? Have they not
muzzled the Sup eme Court, and made it hang
such questions as there belong? Look at the
infamous bill OF taxation. Your shoes, hats,
clothing, everything to eat, drink and
wear, is cursed with the Infamous stamp,
which crushes out liberty. Every NOR
sci of food is tax,1. What made the
patriots OF '76 spring to arms? Was it not
TO resist the infamous Stamp act ? 1 do
not counsel resistance by force, that is not the
way: but resist at the ballot-box next Noyem-
ber, and such resistance as you can make
will decide that you can and will be free. Here
the speaker reviewed the national debt, as also
the debt being accumulated by the present
State government, with the view to our more
complete oppression. He spoke OF the legal
tendcr currency being forty-fve per cent below
cold value and showed the bankruptcy Of the
government.J Who IN this State. said he, are
the Radicals who seek to oppress you? an
swer. the negroes. L ;rmers-i am farmer
and counsel you to see to it that these ne
groes pay their proportion OF the taxes. Don't
let them work your lands unless they do pay
their taxes; and it you DO attend to THIS well
see what will become of Randolph and the rest
of the crowd of scoundres. Don't have any
more partnership planting with the negro, it
will not do; they are an inferior race, and you
degrade yourselves to their level by such an
arrangement Ex-Governor Orr received
gentoel dressing, and Judge Moses, the rene
gade. had his career fty reviewed. The
Colonel illustrated graphically the results aim
ed at by the mongrel horde now in power; the
onerous school system bill, involving such
fearful expenditure OF public funds; and warn
ed his hearers that il they remained from tho
polls on the 81 Of next November they would
be to blamo for the degradation Of the State.
He was particularly opposed to- fence riders,
and would be one to treat any fence rider to
full sharo of his hobby, NAMELY, a single rail,
and ride him to death. The boys banner, 1--WE
expect to be men," caught his eye.l Boys,
said be, learn to work. Away with that sckly
sentimentality, Cant work, let the negro do
it," Better eat crust, the result Of your Own
labor, than feast worked for bytne negro.
Bring iuto action your muscle, show tho world
and the negro that you can work, rise to the
Africansm and tyranny.
The speech Of Colonel Aiken was replete with
excellent practical suggestions, and was deliv-
cred With great vigor, terseness and elegance
Of diction, but tho rain interfered with your re-
porter's arrangements, and he regrets to be
compelled to give SO brief an outline.
REatAnKs OF COLONEL READ.
Colonel Reed of Anderson, was next intro
duced, md regretted exceedingly that the in
clemency Of tho weather and lateness OF the
hour prevented him from doing justice to the
important OCCASION that assembled US together.
He knew, by reputation, the people OF Orange
burg; their galiantry aDd nobleness OF charac-
ter could not be confined to the district alone;
he had met her sons in the halls Of legislation,
and on the cnsanguined field had he seen the
noble Dantzer, the chlvalric Glover-true types
of your population and our States pride. He
had not sought tue position for which his
friends had nominated him as candidate, but
he would not shrink from any duty which he
could render bis dear old State. He was from
the mountains by accident merely, as the Rad
icals had put his district in with the Third
Congressional District because it had Demo-
cratic majority. They wanted to neutrallze
the effect Of that majority by bringing his dis
trict where Radical votes preponderated.
Hence he stood before the people Of Orange
burg aS q canOluaIe lor CohRless IL oPPOsitioh
to Hogo, or Hog (Radical candldato). He was
sapguine about his district, as the white men
ND tnere were resolved to rule, and the negroes
would stand shoulder to shoulder ut the polls,
or be in the field, where they ought to be-,
picking cotton or digging potatoes. The Colo
mel, with happy strain, paid, lifting compll-
ulent to tho ladies. His description OF the
horde Of legislators at Columbia convulsed the
throng with laughter, and he begged the ne
TO- al
and pledges were lies and cajolery. His fish
mnchineS anecdote upset the gravity OF the
crowd. It WAS patented affair to be put upon
the dinner table; the cooked fish was brought
IN. nut to the machine, and the turning of O
crank sent the bones flying away, while the
meat went to the eaters mouth. Bnt an un-
fortunate wight tried it who was left-handed.
He turned he crank the wrong way, so tno
Fl sh flew away, and oil the bones went into his
mouth. That's your fix, colored people; the
crank don't turn right fol- you, and, said he,
il YOU have any sturgeon about here 1t Will not
suit that machine for Its meat ls too hard and
coarse, and isn't fit for your dogs to eat. He
honored the colored Democrat, and predicted for
him happy home among US in the future, when
the scalawags and carpet pagers Would Ge
oxtcrminated. He showed the colored people
how the taxes affected their prosperity, and
the demcralizing influence exerted upon them
Inv the Union Leagues. Why, said he. to retain
such O people in power will be to burden even
your old luving hen-every egg will be taxed.
The game OF grab and plumber WAS all on the
side OF tho carpet-baggers. He illustrated his
torciblo remarks by the following auecdote:
gentleman hired q noblo hearted lrishman
to attend to his stock. sc. About going away,
he called the Irishiuan and direct him TO
give an eye 10 everything, particularly the
pouItry. "All right, sur, ye MY be asshured
Will" The Irishlnan according ly fed the poul-
try. and among them was large Mu'coyy
duck. who shovellod in tho feed with his spade
like bill. 'sDe jabers" said Pat. "tha = not fair,
and he led the chickens apart from the duck;
but Muscovy came along again and spooned
mn the feed as before. ''Arrah, but I'll fix ye, "
said Pat, Catcnlng the duck and taking his
knife. he pared the ducks bill to point, aud
putting him down said, "Now my honey thry
your hand with the chockens." 30 .ald the
speaker, you must trim Corbln's Dill; he,s
spooning up everything. Tn; Colonel spoke,
in humorous and eloquent style, covering all
the points of interest, and when closing was
the recip,ept of a tasty wreath from young
,dy close by, whereupon he thanked in felcl-
tous words the fair donor, and proposed three
cheers for Seymour and Bl'ir, which met
tremendous shout OF response.
The following resolutions were then unani-
mously adopted:
Whereas, Great political issues are now
pending, and OF such periods it is the duty OF
all good citizens to meet together to strength
en- soul with soul, and there to give declara-
tion OF their sentiments upon such questions
Us affect the future welfare OF themselves and
their follow citizens; therefore be 1t
Resoloed, That the Dem ocracy Of Orange
burg District, in mass meeting assembled
Iont rnon Tho Presidential contest now pend