The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-09-21
Radical POyv-xyoyy at VYinlRs.
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Monday tho lo.h inst, bo:og the
appointed time for the Republican
canvasscrs to address tho people of
Fairfield at Winnsboro, there as
sembed in the streets about O O'Clock,
crowd of about 400 men, women
and children, all colorcd, no whites
being seen in the procession.
The procession after forming march-
ed to a grove Oh the outskirts of the
town where rough stand had been
erected for the accommodation Of tho
speakers.
The meeting was opened with pray
or by Rev. Fl ram Yongue. Senator
Barber presided, and With few re.
marks introduced tho several speakers
in the o, der indicated below. S. NJ.
Smart was the frst speaker.
He opened his harangue (for it
could not, strickly speaking, be called
speech) by informing his motley au.
dience that on the l7th Of last month
they had heard the Reform arguments,
and to-day they were assembled to
hear those arguments confuted. We
confess our utter inability to establish
an ineligible connection between the
oratorical attempts of Mr.. Smart. He
endeavored to make point of the
fact that the Radical speakers were
not allowed to speak at the Reform
celebration; he must certainly ha, Q
forgotten that he himself was permit
ted to get upon the stand, and deliver
few remarks, and also frequently in
terrupted Gen. Batter. This is the
way, however, such men appreciate
privileges allowed them.
He enlarged upon the sacrifices he
had made for down-troddcn humanity;
appealed to the prejudices Of the col
carried at all hazards; (let US pray,)
told his hearers to exhaust peaccable
moasurers first, and then if necessary,
resort to arms. (Attention artillery
He closed by giving vent to this intel.
ligible expression "You can't send
black man to Congress, you can't
send white man either, bu< you can
send man ,vhether ,ohitc or black !"
We ourselves are unable to see the
point in this expression. Upon the
whole it was a grand buflesque upon
oratory. SO much for him. a.n
The next speaker was Col. O'Con-
mel. Of York, an Irish scalawag. lie
opened by stating that his object to-
day was principally to prove that the
Scott Ring was myth and that there
did not exist in tho Republican party
tho rascality and corruption with
which it was charged. He expressed
his regret at the small number present
and wished so me Reformers were there
with whom he could discuss the ques-
tiops- He now started out with the
design Of telling the colored men what
the Republicans had done for them -
stated that they gave them homes,
and provided shelter for them. 1--WE
have never heard Of any ono around
here. to whom they have given any
homes, something like the 40 acres and
u mule Gov. Scott promised them,
they have never got them yet, and
moreover never will lie now took up
the question Of education, but showed
his utter ignorance Of the subject in
failing to adduce any substantial ar
gunents to prove that the Republican
party had carried out their promises
to the oolored people in this behalf.
His whole speech was abundantly in
terspered with stale anecdotes, and
profane jokes, unworthy even of Sena.
TOR Barber's characteristic wit. He
referred the oolored men to the past,
Reminded them of the lash, slavery
and its abuses, appealed to their low
est passions to prejudice them against
the whites who we're opposed to them
politically. vented his vulgar spleen
upon the rich mon, declaimed against
the ante beNum Legislatures. This
unprincipled fellow could not have
obtained doorkoeper's position in
those honest asscmblages. All be
wants is nice paying Caice, he has a
hankering after honesty just like the
SCOTT ring. IIo made the astounding
assertion that Carpenter and Butler
were working to place the negroes in n
condition worse than the old Institution
of slavory. How is that for "high,' y
Ananias y He said that tho S. G.
Railroad created monopoly. kept all
their. properly ia Charleston, 80 that
it GOULD not be taxed. lHow about
the Gteenville and Columbia Rail-
road?) He aocusedsthe Reformers Of
stealing the Republican platform, but
he did not explain to his hearers, why
tho Republican party at the North
endorse the Reform party. Ho en-
dcavorcd to prove that the doings Of
the Republicans had been honest
{How about the Land Commissioner y
He closed with grand eulogy on