The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-07-31
TEE LIBERAL MEETING Tx CHARLOTTE.

OF Charlotte, N. O., was in perfect
blaze OF excitement. on Monday. A
liberty pole, ornamented with an old
white hat, had been erected the previous
Saturday, and at an early hour on Mon
day. the stars and stripes we're flung to
the breeze. The streets were thronged
with citizens business having been
generally suspended-and about nine
o'clock, special trains over the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta, the Wilmington,
Charlotte and Rutherford, North Caro-
lima and Airline Railroads contributed
their quotas to the throng; the residents
in the vicinity 0. the town coming in by
hundreds on horseback, in vehicles and
on foot. A platform, suitably decorated,
was erected in the grounds adjacent to
the Presbyterian Church; seats were also
provided for several thousand persons
under the trees. It was announced that
speaking would commence at IL o'clock,
but by 10 the crowd began to assemble,
and at the appointed hour, fully G,OOO
persons many of them lndies-had con-
gregated. After music by the ''Hornet
Band" Capt. Burwell, President of the
Greeley and Brown Club, introduced to
the audience Gov. Walker. of Virginia,
who in eloquent language addressed the
assemblage for about three.quarters of
an hour. He was followed by the great
Missouri orator, Senator Carl Schurz,
who delivered stirring campaign
speech, in which President Grants ad-
ministration was severely handled, and
Secretary Boutwell's "bloody chasm"
speech completely riddled. IA lengthy
report of the Senator's speech is ap-
pended. Ex-Gov. Graham, of North
Carolina, followed, and was attentively
listened to.
During the delivery of Senator
Sohurz's address, the alarm of fire was
raised-which at first was believed to be
false and intended to interrupt the meet
ing; it was found, however, that an un-
inhabited building, on Tryon street,
near the jail, was in flames. It was the
work OF an incendiary, colored man, who
WAS arrested, the same evening. through
the exertions of our former fellow-citi-
zen, Charles Harrison, the efficient mar
shal OF the town. While running to the
fire, one of the fremen, Mr.. Frank
Ross, fell and the heavy engine ran over
his head, iniuring him severely.
The people of North Carolina are
working energeticnlly. The conserva-
tives are sanguine Of success in the cleo
tion to be held on the LIST.
Mr.. j. @. Mills introduced Senator
Schurz in the following words:
FELLOW. CITIZENS: have the honor of
introducing to yon gentleman who has
won worldwide reputation-a patriot
who has defended liberty and freedom in
the halls of kings and of dictators, an
orator who has spoken the truth and
oombatted oppression in two worlds.
Mr.. Schurz stepped TO the front Of the
platform and spoke as follows:
FELLOW. CITIZENS, LADIES AND GEN
TLEMEN: shall not try to amuse you
with anecdotes to make you laugh; 1 in
tend only to appeal to you in few plain
wofos OF truth. Imagine for u moment
that you had never belonged to any po-
litical party, and that you stood here
simply as patriotic citizens, met to con.
suit together for the best interests of
your country. What do you seep You
see great republic, which has passed
through mighty revolution, and part
OF the country lying PROSTATE at the
feet of the conqueror-a great social re.
volution, which has changed your whole
system Of labor. You see further a Go
vernment which oppresses the whole in
the interest of section, and the growth
OF loose morals in all departments of
official life. Seeing all this you will
find it necessary, first, that there should
be complete patriotic uprising in the
country, to produce full reconciliation
between those two sections of the people
who stood antagonistio in tho late war.
Second, that to make the change in your
system productive OF good, this change
must be first strengthened by law; and,
third, be strengthened by local self.
government. To gain these objects it
was necessary that certain constitutional
amendments should be consummated.
And here, am sure, the Governor of
| Virginia did not wish to be misun,ler