The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-09-10
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The following is the sreech made
~ the Lis sou,h carolina Reiorm
onycution, By Rev. jas. Byrd, eJl.
vfe,l, ot t'harlesioW
Mu. pnRsmsSr | came untram.
mcled 10 this convention, aud V ever
| was IN earnest am nos. APP
plause.l believe every word which
has fallen from the lips oi General
Butler and General ke-haw. Sir,
| have full, unlimited confidence In
South Carolina and her sons. Ar-
plause.1 sec here Col. Simmons
and Mr.. Mikell. Their fathers
were my asso ,iatea, and these, their
sons, have been born and raised
since | lived in Charleston. ] came
to that city in June, 1915, tiity-hve
years ago. Certainly ! should know
my people from A to u, aud that |
do; aud what u South Carolinian
tells YOU he is going TO do, that he
will do. GApplanse. They don't
say one thing and mean another.
They regard their honor too much
for that. [Applause. ! know the
people Of whom ] am speaking, and
had I not faith in them, | never
would have put my foot in this con
ycntion. Applause. Some OF my
friend told me that ] was going
back on my race. Said ], "pooh,
pooh. uousensc!' [Applause. II
take a brick out Of your house, ]
must take Il out of mine also; for
do you not see that If am running
my race into amy risk, | should run
myself into the same risk ! ] SOC
my way clear. ] know what | am
doing. If | thought there was the
least intention on The part Of the Re
form party to do otherwise than
what they have laid down in their
platform, | would suffer my right
arm to be severed from my body
before would become q delegate tt
its convention. Applause,
{ And now, Mr.. President, IN refer
ence to the other party In the can
vass, we have no animosity agains,
them. They came to our State il
swarms from the North, when tht
smoke was scarcely cleared from
the battlefield. What was thcil
purpose in eominghere I They had
next door to nothing when they
made their appearance among us
and as for morals they had none
[Laughter.] Now they are gentle
men Of leisure! Renewed laugh
ter. They hold Il full hand D
trumps and are getting high, low
jack and the game at every deal
Prolonged laughter.] They adop
as a motto, Glands for the landless,
Well, money was voted by ythe legis
: lature to purchase lands for thos
! who had no land, aud commission
: ers were appointed to make the pur
' chases, and the money put IN tl,ei
| hands. They psrchssed land, pay
ing the owners therefor $30, 900, an
' pocketing $oo,00o themselves IN th
same Transaction. [Applause an
: laughtsr.] Only keeping three time
. as much for themselves as they es
. pended FOR the poor--good Samar
. tans that they were. Laughter
+ And yet We must say nothing
d these things at all, because they Al
=. the acts Of our "frcnds,' I the X,
I publicansl Well, I am Repabl
3. can, but / want to know ii any gen
2 tleman who calls himself a Kepul
q lican, will condescond to shake haut
It with q man who, with the othe
!, hand, Is picking his pocket. Laugh
d er aud applanse.] W
,glsa Mr.. President, God being N
judge, ! say, without the least p.
E pocrisy, there y more prsjudi'
., against the negroes, - you call Y
10 in the North than there il In Il
q South. Applause. The south b
Y played with an even hand, and y
ig shown you her cards; but who
y, Northern men come among us
y do not say III, for there arc got
ut and bad ID all classes they say o.
or thing to us and mean another.
4 a Radical paper Of yesterday II
X stated that the colored delogat
q are paid 10 come here, and III
III white delegates are stopping ut 4
i'll hotels, the colored are eating IN Il
es kitchens. Sir, ! am well situated
he i nice boarding house. Y N N