The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-07-31
REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING a
ABBEVILLE. @

ment a large !" hepuDIlcan mas
meeting comprising some $500 O
1900 of the colored people from
all secttons of the District, wa
held here on yesterday. At abou
Al O'clock the procession was form
led in the public square and march
; ed under the escort of the coloret
band to the grove near the depot
where the meeting was addressed
successfully, by Messrs. Hoge
Lowndes, Blythe, Elliott, and Rey'
nolds. The meeting was a very
orderly one and seemed to listen
with good deal of interest to
what was said. Everidge Cain act
ed as President of the Day, and in
& troduced the successive speakers.
First came S. L. Hoge, who is a
frequent speaker on occasions OF
this kind, and who seems to have a
special fancy for addressing colored
assemblages Of the people of Alb
beville. We do not know that he
aspires to any Office within their
gift, but suppose, like many others,
he : would be willing to. sacrifice
himself for the public good. AS
his carpet-bag is still empty, as he
says, he. may And that, the future
will make amends for the past, and
afford him the opportunity of civ
ing some s'hostages to fortune =
The speaker seemed to be more ac,
crimonious than usual, but whether
it was owing to- the fact that he
had been qsoured by recent dis
appointment orthat the occasion
furnished a rare opportunity for an
indammatory appeal, he certainly
surpassed himself, in endeavoring
to rouse up all the antagonism Of
race ard color. lie made frequent
references in his speech to the lash
of the task master, and dwelt with
peculiar JUNCTION OH the worst fea
lures of slavery. It was an ad
captandum appeal made by one
against whom worse things have
been said the story of the ten acre
field, for instance) than have beer
urged against the most cruel task
masters. tits apoor cause whicl
needs bolstering by a resort to suc]
appeals. The Democracy were no
responsible for slavery or its at
tendant evils-neither is Republl
canism entitled to the glory O
emancipation. We shall not at
tempt a synopsis Of the speech
which did not aspire to be eithe
dignifea or argumentative.
usual it inaalged in the usual clap
trap of Greeley having sold him
self to the Demo Gratis, and havin!
falsifed his Republican record
This is all stuff. s=71. .a.t
Then came Lowndes, a gil
darky from Columbia, who spok
with considerable effect, and told
number of anecdotes, which wer
received with applause. lie spok
so indistinctly that we lost some c
his best hits, judging from thei
effect upon others, lie seemed t
manifest especial philanthropy fo
the sspoor white man. whose COZ
dition, as of old, would be wors
than that of the black man,
Greeley should be elected, and tn
Democrats restored to power
Like the preceding speaker he fe
into the usual and almost unayoic
able inconsistency of the party j
charging, that in taking Greelc
with his past record, the Demo
Gratis have swallowed a bitter pill
and then quick upon the heels
this saying that Greeley has gon
over to the enemy, body and sou
"white hat and white coat and ALL
A. Blythe, Esq, of GreenVlll
candidate for Solicitor, came mex
and made only a few re remarks, MA 5'p1rE
ing the claims of the Republlea
party as, the party T. .ssoff f ,rlief6rm, an an
the necessity of elscting good me
to Office. His remarks were wei
timed AID conservative.
Hon. R. B. Elliott, NJ. c., follow
ed and though complaining (
physical indisposition, made, W
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