The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-09-09

Si:iai! CfcWa III Inc Stand Sp23ti:C%
by &2a9i'. Huge and Elliott l.;.cl: O!
Eit.H!s:;!:i:a among the Blacks.
On Monday last, under the III.
cit"mc"t of Il promised dinner, and
thc nomination Of a. Ecw ticket for
the Legislature and iln County Off
ccs, q large crowd Of blacks, assem-
bicd i'll our Village, TO attend the
Republican meeting Which had
been previously announced. The
crowd-- considering the tnort:,
: which had been madc.to collect it,
was much smaller than we antici-
patcd, and of these moro than one
half, we suppose, remained in the
Public Square, and did not attend
the meeting nor hear the speeches.
The remainder, numbering not
moro perhaps than some three hun-
: dred, joined in the procession, and
headed by Mr.. Penn Guffin marched
to the grove near the Depot, where
they were entertained with a dish
;of po!itics-much less palatablc,
and certainly much less substantial
than the promise | meat and bread.
Even among these the faithful few
iamong the faithlcss many We
;thonght there was very little cnthu-
i isiasm. Some substantial loavcs
land fishcs-a smoking bnrbacucd
would have worked more
enthusiasm than a hundred speech
cs.
Al,cr some preliminary skirmish-
ing in the way Of speeches, by
Mcssrs. Marshall and Jack
Wideman, (colorctl) to fill TIP the
lime until the arrival of the orators
Of tho day, those gentlemen in the
persons Of Messrs. lIogc and Elliott,
'arpcarcd on the stand, und were
introduced by Mr.. IIutson j. Lo-
max, the President of The day.
Judge lIose first addressed the
assembly in a speech, Which was
much less abusive Of his opponents
and less cuiogistic Of himself than
'!nsual. He is no longer u candi
date, anI the unimls OF personal
Interest is now in Il measure want
ing, we suppose, to give acrinony
to the contest" We commend the
Judge upon a marked Improvement
i'll the tone and temper Of his speech,
though III the matter Of argument
1T had but little to boast-bcing
moro ad ooptan't,nn appeals, address,
ed TO. the ignorant, the crcdulous
and the impulsivc.
The Judges speech assumed Il
!, fouriuld division---an attuck upon
tie principles and policy of the Re
form morcnlcnt-upon thc clarac-
ter It's candidates, Mcssrs. Carpcn-
ter and butlcr--a defence OF Cover
nor Scott and his administrations
Il cnloey upon the Republican
party.
, In discussing the first division OF
his theme, hc involved himself in
, no small number Of inconsistent
cies Of thought and expression. AT
one moment, lie stated that Union
Reform was only Democracy in dis
gulsc, and in tic next breath he
told us that it was Impossible to
distinguish it from vcritablc Repub-
licanisin Itself Again that it was
an illcgitinatc child, acknowledge
cd by neither Of its parcn.s-Dcm-
ocracy, anl Rcpublicanism. We
had supposed that the illcgitimatc
child could boast an acknowledge
mcnt by the mother at loast. But
here's .tlius mullins with a ven
gcancc--a child "witlout father
i. without mother, without descent"
We do not wonder after this spcci-
men Of the speakers perspicacity,
that he confounds tho Union Re
form movement, first with Demo
cracy, then with Repuhicanism,
and then with something, which is
neither the one nor the other. ,',Ad-
} nniraLle consistency >:ni" 3d&ir q:
,,,, Ho!yrHH $3.50 ui..G .n-r-.-s-+---7..
The speaker was vorys sharp npon
Judge Carpenter as the prince Of cnr-
Ipet-baggcrs-aaa blae nosed Vermont.
|er" (as he styled him) dafmi6g TO be
2 kcntuckiap. Now does pot ,tliis re-
mind you gentle roader, Of tie story
Of The fot and the kettle qBht what
't,if Jadgs Carpenter is n Yanfes! BY
birth; long residence at tho South