The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-06
a MODEL 1fE.ETING.
Cunee at Township Meeting-The
Why and Whereforo OF n BuryinE-
Ground-DIvers Radicals Explain
their Position.
IFRoA AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENCE


IS ORaNaEBuRa, 8. c., October A.
May trouble you with an account of the
last meeting of Zion Township, Oraageburg
District, or, rather 'Keounty,n so-called, The
meeting was for the purpose of deciding
whether there should be township burying-
ground or not. Very early on the morning of
Thursday aast, Cuffee, with few of his white
brethren, and some of the respectaSillty Of the
township, had assembled for the purpose. /
had no idea Sambo was In 30 much earnest
ness about place to be buried, but as his
forty scres and mule have not appeared vet.
ne seems to have given up all hopes In that d.
rectten and whitfield down his agrmian ideas to
Six ty three. The meeting bade fair to be
quiet one indeed, until one of the property
holders opposed IL on the ground that there
were enough burying- grounds already, when,
several darkles, in icng speeches, told of
"rebs who had been planting cotton and corn
over de dead bodies OF dc great colore6 race:,,
that "de white man felt very little interest. az
dawas Established In de land by the labor of
dat mighty people; but how would it be when
decolored foax owned do Ian, den de poor
white man would want q place to,be buried.n
About this time white man, $50 called. u fol.
lowed with what he called a speech. less sen.
slhle, by far, than the speeches Of the ne
groes who had preceded him. Bpt to make
the matter short, oufree got the lapa and NO
mule, when the meeting came to q close
Just before this, a acarriage came up With tna.
hasany colored individual, one white man.
and an unauthorized negro. who retended
thai they understood there was masemeet.
ing Of the citizens, ano had come Is make
speaehes. 30 they began to speak-mxbooanv
coiored taking the lead. It seemed he
was alarmed, fearing thsr votes wosld sDe Loaf
By heavy. TAXATION, &c, but Samb~ ,was
soon satisfied on that subject, when be
was ts!d that the tax was to pay for the cor
ruptian OF their former rulers, who had
squanderced the public money, &c. Next the
white man followed, giving history Of him
self ana great ancestors, Who all no DON'T
fought, sled and died for .epubllcanism, h.,+
he forgot TO say that he wished Seymour a,a
Blair eleded, and wrote ie9ter to Demo.
cratic club that he was a Democrat, (at the same
time being candidate on the Nadlcai tIcket:1
This part of ais history hts friend and brother
has not beet Informed OF, His purpose at the
meeting Wns 70 define his position, as certain
articles In tho papers had made km unpopu-
iiar: This yves very easily accomplished by
telling them Of your statement OF tie cotton
crop Of 1893, IN which an estipate OF tAe mum.
Der Of dollars per head was given. The ai,es-
tion was asked:' 'Did you get your shsret'I
mo ~ mo" was tho reply from his sable au-
aieace; No doubt s he he lst thinks he has claim
rhimseE yt,lp ...ne.i iss I'll ny,as,s5 - ,,
trut ID God there - tday 6f fookoningl
ahesd eths po!iticut Arsot ha7 'airsAay boiled to
its hisHeH1 and the scum Is being thrown
over. Rr1EfiJa