The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-29
OUR LEGISLATORS.
scARDALoUs BEHAVIOR op CONGRESSMAN
H0GE.
Inecndinry Speeches OF the AbbeviiIc
Gumn.

The Abbevillc Press and Banner gives the
following particulars of the outrageous conduct
OF Congressman" Hogc, at Abbcvillc, on Satur-
day last, an account OF which has already appcar.
cd In these columns:
with haunting banners waving before their
courthouse, filling every nook and corner, 30 that
inrthcr ingrcss aud cgress were equally impossI-
Si,oo SlSi There Sso% were - scarcely more than dozen
CLERK and county clerk. Mr.. Hoge Is tho orator
Of the day, and harangucs upon the labor ques.
the crop is not enough for him. Captain ]. N.
cochran, who isstanding near the door, addresses
ed people what 'nlggeri is worth Ia money.
money wages being pnid in my section.D Hogc
eyatles The question, and appeals to the passions
as q term or opprobriuin. Captain Coch-
ran disavoWs tho use OF the term in an offensive
loquy. Major johnson, nenr by, SAYS in nm nm
rsno TsrIone IVY surely nigger means black man.n
itne uner oiience hath this extent, no more" Sui
meeting orders their arrest, ana inimedaiely fol
lowed scene OF the Widest confusIoa. Pande-
inoninln let loosc-crles OF "kll him, XIII, XIII
him,n from an excited crowd c0nyuiscd with ali
inc agonies Of u causcless panic. All made for
Tue door so1e over the heads Of their less for.
tunato comr6Jes, all except u very few dncIud.
Ing The orator OF the day, whom reflex current
landed safely behind the door Of one OF the Jury
Hessrs. Cochran, Johnson, GRAY and Carter were
immediately arrested. (the two last though prc.
HeIlL IN tnclncctng nad not opencu their moutlls)
were arrested without warrant-wcre arrested Ii
upon any pretended charge at oil, for doing whnt
every citizen has q right to do-attcnding u popu.
lar meeting and observing tho rules OF legitimate
ulscusslon Their persons wer0 violated au,l their
lives impcrllled without the shadow OF jusiIiica.
tlon or excuse.
INFAMOUS THREATs OF MEMBERS OF THE LEgIstA
TlrRE.
Gokesbury letter says:
Thelaw Is Ignored and vengeance onpealeo In Inv
thoSc cniminy to bc 1aw-lnukerS for AblryiIlS
On last Monday, when the train arrived at
u0tges from Abbeyie, Mr.. Penn Gufin, recently
elected 10 the Legislature, got out sf the cars nc
sayed speech somewhat TO t!lis effect: al stand
upon the soil where the Hon. B II. Randolph poured
out ms llc's blood, and VIC Intend TO have re-.
Vcnge Tor II. Tie ilrst Republican Killed ip this
county every leading Democrat sl,nii bc Killed
And their houses burned down over thein.n rhIs
was apparently addressed TO some dozen white
men who were standing near. Here Ia nn appeal
70 tno FASHIONS OF tho ignorant colored people TO
sct aslde law, and take matters Into their own
hands. Tliis is tho counsel OF a so.caIIcd Iaw.ma
Ker. win he be sustained BY those in authority
Lne coiored people, as class, arc misreeresented
Dy THIS fellow, for they are really better ctIZcns
than NC, and he certainly does not nretend To
feprGsent tue whtto people. IL seems TO be q bid
I ,Tn S.e Voes OF the colored people at tile next
u..otion, nut from all can learn, he will fall to
EeL any respectable people OF that class to sustain
o senator, To which he was not elected seaiea
s devotion to the fair sex by kissing two OF Ihen
on the platform Just before tho train Jeff. TnJs
however, "a mattor OF taste and mn unobic 10
Say which was most degraded by n. or which
was most honored. s"