The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1870-09-08
For the Journal.

Mr.. EDITOR R:-AccOTuiDS W Pi0-!
xious arrangement, meeting-of the
citizens living between Sanders and
Granney's Quarter Greek, was held at,
Mr.. vaughan's old residence, for
the purpose.of organizing . Union Res
form Club. Alta meeting held on the
18th nlt., at the same place, Capt. Jos.
T. Mickle was called to the chair, and
in few and appropriate remarks, de-
fined the object of the meeting. Mr..
Geo. ". Barnes offered the following
resolutions:
Resolved 1a, That the platform Of
the Union Reform, Party Of South Car:
olina, meets our hearty approval and
endorsement, and we hereby pledge. our
united and best efforts for its success,
believing that tits our only hope o.
relief from the vicious, corruptsand igg:
uorant, rulers, who. have acosdentat
power over us. = =. = : 8
Resoleea 2na. That We unite our.
scfvrs Tntu ffief z fnfin -aHr
Ecordiallyinyite all good citizens who de-
sire Rctrenchment and Reform to come
forward and join us. $
After some remarks from him, ,sand
further from the chair and good
reform doctrine, well%expressed BY two
colored men, John Cook and Aaron
Alexadner, the meeting adjourned to
meet again at the time above specified.
1t was the wish, at the adjournm ment
Of the meeting Of all the colored peo-
pie present, (and there, was goodly
number, } that there should be;auother
meeting called, and requestedetha the
whites present would secure speakers;
that they were interested in the sub
iect, and desired 'smore light" From
this we, expected larger crowd than
was in attendance on Saturday evening,
but the enemy had been in our camp
and choked off a great many who would
otherwise have been present.
Col. VIM. NJ. Shannon, laying aside
weightier engagements, came up, and
by one Of his happiest efforts, kept his
audience in very respectful attention
for over two hours. His style was,con-
versational, but we have never heard
him do better. He commented by
showing to the colored man who really
was his friend; who always had been,
and who now, especially in his hour Of
need, was prominent as his ally. He
hastily ran over the enormous and ex-
trapagant expenses of the State Co.
vernment, showing conclusively the
uselessness ofthe grinding taxation that
burdens our people, who were benefit
ted by it, and who were not, and prov
ing beyond contradiction that the Rad
ical rule in the State was the cause OF
their growing poorer and poorer.
The Land Commission was held up
to them as fraud, and the speaker
showed that he himself, ga native to
the manor born," as agent for other
parties, had been the means of securing
to them homes and land at far less
price than the Land Commission could
afford to do. Our County officials came
in for full share, and to use the mild.
est expression, we can lay our hand on,
they had "aqua fortis rubbed on the
raw" ~
Col. Shannon's talk, we think, will
be productive of good, and ifmore of our
speakers would leave of the "hi falutin"
and talk plainly so as the colOred peo'
pie could understand, they would cause
more of them to think before voting.
Another meeting is called on the 18th
proximo at the same place at 8 o'clock
p. M, when We hope to see full at
tendance. II EFOKM.