The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-31
A RADICAL MEETING.
rNae Reformers Van4uish the asoe-'
Fight for theILoaves and Fhshes.
IFRoX AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.


On Saturday, the 9th instant, the hamca
:party of Williamsburg County, to fpatcn
lsereaeh made in their walls by the results o.
l.preyious meetings+called another at the Lower
4 Bridge. one Reformist was challenged tc
I.meet them there, who, on taking up the Gaunt-
4 let, found, upon making inquiry, 8 strong cur
rent in favor Of bearing him under 10y PEE
scriblng his privileges q violation OF courtesy
80 common ss scarcely to deserve aPassint
notice. because themeeting was-Repap''ea"
/ Many of the audience were slow IN gamer
( ING. their ripehing disgust for eveIytmag
Radical seems TO engender dlsinchnaaoh- W
| longer handle the nnolean thing.
Tie speaking was opened By colored men,
who advocated the cause Of Reform ~ In, an
Impressive and convincing manner. Anathe-
mas and invectives were poured by these
ignorant, but honest men, with sucE IT re-
lentless continuance .as TO make them wtti!Ee
2onaa's gourd at noonday A lew seeofe
efforts were made at Seply BY colored men-so
feeble as neither to benefit Radicals nor in;ure
Reformists. They shouted the blood hound
and lash war CRY. The last straw OF tne
du1wping man! They rather solicited pity
ton their bare feet (a sad commentary On haoll
ca prosperity, y and. tattered clot1ing, tnan
urged arguments IN GeieRce o. .ne Gd,S ah,H o,,a
elooneptly addressed by Captain 5. W; Man.
rice. whose ceaseless food OF denuncia1on SO
overwhelmed. the .n,,ldto leaders OF the party
az te drop their arrogant heads IKE peacochs
Whep, disrobed Of their tails he set before tne
coIored people truth supported oy iacts an1
figures, that S. A. Swalls, Win MeiFIn y.
Hirsch las an accomplee, one senator, tne
other clerk of the court of this county, had
speculsted, through the great land commission
scheme. on the Slate of South Carolina to the
amount of fifteen hundred dollars. S"alls
closed the meeting with renewed e4-
hibiion of his characteristics audaclty-'
d long and loud believing over his lnno-
cence. The motley assembly, Q! incongruouS
slang, squeezed Into nutshell, amounted
Simply TO reiterated protestation OF inno-
cenee, corrobofated by no facts or reason:
save the pusu plea, the pitlful declaration tRat
had he stoleS the ftfee1, hundred dollars he
would have been sent to the pen1enildTy long
600 - HeYeigDs to have lost sight Of the trne
economy of Radicalism. whose graad, fanda-
mental principles are. first. to encourage VII
lany, and then anQuit the thief.
The rich, rare and rdcy time: however, dld
not blossom forth TIL the shank OF the even.
ing. When hunger grappled with the inner
man, and Kinqsirees Red, Eye had armed his
combatants, the fun ''grew last and furioua.'
There never was farce TO equal the SMALLEST
scene OF it f .
Inc 6CQO VI llc 4ae<- "
Senator Land Commission S,edits, had scarce
IL died away amid the historic WOODS sur
rounding the Lower Bridge. when a rush was
made. The devil take the hindmost; for the
loaves and pigs, despite the protest OF the
venerable Cart.keeper, who, we understand,
drew bis dagger, and brandished 1t Win such
indifference as to results, that bystander
advocating his rights to the ledtss was severe
ly cut There being boisterous friends on each
side, the combat soon assumed huge proper.
tions, pugnis ct cdlcibus. Nuskets were club:
bed, fences demolished, and charge made by
anti Loaf EneR with rails: The loatmen: re-
ceired no damage, save the knocking down
and the, dragging, out Of q few of their num-
her. It was 4 noticeable feature that the dig
putants were princidalfySf not wholly, Radi-
Gals and League;men. y -: -
The signs Of the times are most favorable
for Reform. Radicals are becoming shaky
about the knees at the Infection in their ranks.
Their bands are daily bursting asunder; and
ere long the dark shadows OF long and
dreary night will have flown from the lucid
rays Of the orient morn.
"Alittle more grape, captain, and the day is
ours.", SPECTATOR. :,
Kingstree, August 90, 1870.