The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-08-05

ored name-"thes chevalicr without
|reproach aud houtfsRr"-wasncxt
introduced, and made aspecch char
actcrized by his usual force and elo-
quence. Ills remarks to the co!orcd
people, we thought, wcll-timed
and his points we'll, put and conclusive
Iy enforced. He told them that we OIL
tho South were not responsible for the
Isin of slavery, if sin it was. Tho
blacks wcro brought over in Yankee
ships and retained In bondage until
they ceased to be profitable, and then
sold for Il consideration to tho people
OF the South. Such was Yankee phi
lauthropyI Said tho spcakor-thc
late emancipation was brought about
neither by tho North. nor yet by the
South, but by tho fiat Of Almighty
God. This brought down an cm-
phatic endorsements from tho colorcd
people in vocilerous plaudits. Tho
speech was 4 very effective ono, and
was well received. His bill Of indict-
mcnt against Governor Scott, en-
braccd eleven distinct charges, in
which he arraigncd the administra-
ticn for high crimes aud misdcmcan-
. ors--oiltnccs against public liberty,
pub!ic Justice aud tho public morals.
lThc charges were clearly stated and
ably urged.
! JUDGE CARPENTER
was next introduced, as tho able lead
or and honorcd exponent Of tho Re
form Movement, and who had been
endorsed by bench and bar and pco-
ple-by II Republican Legislature it.
self ,-as 4 true representative Of the
independence and integrity Of tho
judicial character. Ito was received
with rapturous applause, which he
gracefully acknowledged. 10 hear
t'thc greatest stump orator" in the
State, Gas ho is described by those
who have heard him,) fresh from the
field Of his recent triumphs in the up
per Districts, was tho wish Of every
heart, but alas for human hopes the
,JudSo had lost his voice, and could
only speak in hoarso whispers. "A
kingdom for 4 voice" said he. 81
have been longing To speak ut Atbc-
willie, and here | am without u voice" ."
After an Intellectual attempt for the
space Of ten minutes to go on-thc
struggles of ncnt-up oratory to find
Iuttcrancc-lo was forced TO dtsist-
and postpone to another day, the
| trcnchant argument, tho fiery invcc-
tive, the stirring appeals.
LEROY +. lEoMANs, ESQ,
of l:d,cficl,l, the latc Solicitor Of the
Southern Circuit, whc worthy ndvo-
cate OF Il worthy cause" was last in
trodnccd, and wound up tho discus
sion in an elaborate and comprchcn-
sivc argument, expressed in a publish
cd phrase, and sustained by illus
trat;on drawn from tho widc field Of
research.
GOOD WORK
WAS dono by tho meeting, md the cE.
feet wo trust will not DO easily cffaccd.
When tho speakers come again, we
hopo that they may find it convenient
to stay longer, and speak at other
points.
| We cannot close, without advcrting
Ito
THE ATTEMPTS or SOME OF TIE RAD
1CALs TO Disturb THE MEETING
by unsccmly noises in the Public
Square. Boosted right of "ITrcc
Specch"-that plank in tho Republi-
can platform. Tho decent mcn Of
tho party, we believe, wcro ashamed
Of such conduct, as they had good
reason to ho.
Accompanying tho party, was
| JNo. E. BACON, ESQ,
Of Edgefleld, the candidate for Con-
grcss, whose talents and nttainments
commend him to tho support Of tho
IvoLcrs of tho Third Congressional
District.
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