The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-06-17

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Il may be ths Joy ot ths father over
Tho tslath Of ths tspehtAht ptoalkal
or perhaps 4 natural baterAal soilel.
tade, lest tho wayward youth ma,
s,ill have soma "wild onts" 10 SOW.
WhNtercr be Tho rause tho fart rc.
mntns, and to this we attribute (,p
what clse cah we attribute y the ire.
quent pastoral ytsitatiuns of tic dis.
tinguished Representative Of tho
THIRD Congressional district, 10 thIs
section Of his fold.
Tho Judge meyer comes withou,
making speech, and IL has been our
good fortune to have heard most. #
not all of them at least portions OF
all of them. We shall not say that
wc have been very much cdificd-
perhaps TINT was not tho fault of
the spcalicr-but still wo have rcceiy.
cd much food for reflection, The
Judge is II littlo too tartnric and t.
cetic to enable political opponent to
enjoy his "feast Of reason anil flow of
soul,". that is a matter of taste,
about which VIC shall not dispute.
The speech on Saturday night was
delivered i'll tho Court House. We
wcre not in tho building, hut as the
windows were up, and the speaker has
a.good voice, We could hear from our
adjoining Office, as much as wo pleas
ed. Had wo been present we might
havo been tempted to follow tho cx-
ample and Share the fate Of somo of
our friends, who attempting to escape
some unpalatablo remarks, were
greeted with-"Therc 80 the towards
that run at tho first fire." Who is
this that talks Of running, running d?
We shall not attempt synopsis OF
the speech, but advert merely to one
VI l"o polntS.
A large portion of tho speech was
devoted to tho defence Of Governor
Scott, Judge Hoge, and other prom
inent members of tho party against
tho charge of "carpet-bagism," in the
odious sense Of tho term. If they
had carpot:bags, they brought some
thing in them, said tho speaker, and
could give as we'll as tal1e. Admit
that there is something in tho plea,
yet who supposcs that Governor
Scott, or the honorable member him
self could ever havo obtained their
present positions in an open field and
fair fight cithor at homo or anywhere
else. They owo their success to
means, which certainly do not justify
an extravagant eulogy of. thoir abili
ties or moral endowments.
But Judge Carpenter, the probable
nominee of the "Citizcns' Party" is also
a carpct-bagger, with this difference,
that he leads tho hungry "outs," who
are hungcring for tho s'fesh potts."
whilst the sclfsatisfed Gins" have al,
ready appeascd their hunger. The
speaker told his audience to emulate
tho wisdom of the fox in the fable,
and not drive off ono swarm of flies, lest
a moro hungry swarm should dovour
them. Is not this rcfreshingly cool {
1t is certainly very candid. We have
preyed upon your substance have
fattened upon Your life-blood, but an.
other set even moro greedy is ready
to take our places. "Bcttcr. bear the
ills you have than fly to othors you
know not off, Is this tho argument
Then our condition is bad indeed
We aro afraid that wo are inflicted
not with flies, but with "the daughters
of tho horse-leach, whose cry is
give 'give.'"
But tho Honorable gentleman'f
speech was brimful of sympathy 70,
the colorcd race. He had showed his
faith by his works-he had appointed
a colored cadet at West Point-he
had recommended a colored Collecto,
of U. S. Revenue in tho Third Con
grcssional District, &C., &c. Yet what
does all this prove? Only that Judge
Hoge is q shrewd electioneerer-
he knows how to manufacture politi
cal capital, and TO make uso of it. in
political speeches.
In conclusion, the speaker. told his
audience, that though q candidate for
the Congressional nomination, like a
good party man, he was ready to &C.
fquiesce in the judgment of his peers,
and sacrifice personal predictions to
the good Of Republicanism. In the
announcement of which wholesome
doctrine he was fully endorsed, as he
was repeatedly cheered, during the
delivery Of his speech. - .
DEATH OF CHARLES DICKENS.
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