The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-08-17
Judge Carpenter, and the Spirit Of Reforn'


Judge Carpenter, and the Spirit Of Reforn.
It was announced in our last paper
that Judge Carpenter would speak before
the citizens Of Newberry: on Monday the
! 18th, and this report created quite an in.
tcrest among our citizens, including a
| number of the colored people, for in a
spirit of maignity or 5ravado some one
had circulated the lie that Judge Carpen-
ter was afraid to speak at Newbcrry
Court House.
An ayaunt courier. On Sunday
afternoon, an hour or two before Judge
Carpenter returned from Laurens,
where he addressed the citizens on Sat
urday, he was preceded by a shower Of
rain which came upon US like a clap Of
thunder in a clear sky-the sunshine
didn't have time to get out OF the way
before the shower began to fall. Our
oldest inhabitant will insist that these
gallant reformcrs arc the sons of forensic
thunder and lightning, and thinks they
help to bring the rain.
Shortly after ten O'Clock, a. m., on
Monday, Col. Fair, Manager Of the Can
vass, in = few pertinent remarks, elo-
quently touched upon the situation and,
referring to the occasion, stated that there
was no sacrifice Of any political tenet,
in the reform cffort-that it was simply
temporary provision for good to all, &c,
after which, Mr. J. A. Moroso, of the
Charleston Courier, was introduced TO
the assembled multitude, who in logi-
cal, terse and vigorous style happily pre-
sented to the consideration of all present
many of the great principles involved in
the issues Of the day. After Ar. Moroso
had held the masses in sbeyance to bis
rorcible arguments for some length Of
time he retired amidst hearty round
Of applause.
Col. Fair then appropriately intro.
dnced the orator Of the day--Judgc Car
pentcr, who Immediately proceeded, in
the forcible style which is peculiarly his
own, to illustrate the great truths embo-
died in tho platform Of the Reform Party,
and the absolute necessity for the sue
cess Of it's candidates to prevent the utter
ruin Of all classes ofour citizens, and The
bankruptcy of our State, through the
enormous taxation which has been im-
posed for the 'ggrandizcment of the cor.
rupt and vyaal Scott ring. In language
so simple and yet so striking were these
portrayals put, and which 50 clearly re-
vealcd the terrible plight to which our
State is reduced by the enormous taxa
ton of its citizens, direct and indirect,
that he wrung from the colored people
an involuntary burst Of applause.
Judge Carpenter, though worn and
fatigued almost to exhaustion, stood
with bold front, a noble mien and
commanding voice before his bearers
and as with the spectroscope not only
surveyed the fields through which the
plough-share of ruin runs, but penetra-
ted the inner chamber where the wheels
are moved which set the car Of
juggcrnaut in motion, whose ponderosity
Of evil madly strives to crush out all that
is lovely and good and noble and comely
and generous and pure and true; all that
re6nes life with its sanctity, and all that
dignifes society with its prestige! The
terrible steam plough ofdestruction which
is intended 10 rip up all the parterres Of
social beauty, harmony and unity, and
supplan. their fruits with nothing but
the apple Of discord.
Glorious has been the progress Of Re-
form through the State. Never before
has such "cloud" Of witnesses for truth
and honesty hovered over halcyon grove.
The spirit Of Reform could only be CON-
pared to the be-lated up mail train, as it
passed the dense crowd in that beautiful
spot, dedicated to Minerva. As its
thunder rolled along the rail, SO will
the upward and onward swelling anthem
o. freedom for an oppressed country be
echoed in the soul.stirring speeches Of
Mr. Moroso and Judge Carpenter And,
as before the progress of that train, all
must clear the track, so must it be with
all opposition to the Reform Party in
this county after such free, fair. dis
passionate, impartial and truthful state
ment of facts as we're listened to by the
very large and attentive concourse of
white and colorcd people.
There are many happy associations |
and inspirations clustering around and
about halcyon grove, bu: We question if
ever before such q thrill of response
lcapcd spontaneously forth from the
heart and mind of the eighteen hundred |
OF two thousand biack and white men
who had come out on that auspicious
and lovely morning to hear tho naked
truth.
We would have been better pleased
could We have presented the Judges
speech verbatim, and then its salient
points and its opposite truths; its tren-
chant attack upon, and whitening rebuke