The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-06-26

attempted 20 be shown that we had
as much to expect of Grant, "the
soldier and gentleman" as from Hor-
ace Greeley, whom the speaker set
forth as IN exponent of the worst
features of Repuh'icauism As an Offset
to t,his argument we would quote the
plea of Judge Hogc who followed
and who denounced Greeley because
he had sold himself TO the Democrats
According to Judge Orr, Democrats
can't support him, icraa:e he is a Re-
publican, died in the according
to Judge Hcge, no truo Republican
can now give him his ccentenencc
because lie has goac over to the en-
emg. We might well leave these gen
;lemen to settle tho argument oe
tween them Republican or Demo
crat we sustain Greeley because he
heads ;hc party of reform. We want
Il change, and our cry for delivcrance
is "ary;hing 10 dcfert Grant," pn
der Grant we viii be rIined--we can
only die under Greeley. Let us have
Il change.
But tho Judge thinks that Grant
is sure Of his rc-clec;ion-;hough he
thinks Greeley will be sustained nj
Bol;imore. In this prediction, we
trust, thai the known sayaci,y Of the
Ju1yeis at laul;-ihat he has m;sta'
ken The signs of the times and taken
counsel Only from his hopes. Ccr'
tainly many Of The pa'.y are not so
sansu;ae. We shall see.
The Judge denounced the corrup'
'ioas o. lhe party al home, and called
uron thc people 10 apply t eorrec'
tive in cler,ing proper men to office,
Judge Hose was the next speaker
and made a speech, which was for the
mosS pat conservative enough, but
touched l;ttlc too freely upon those
differences Of trace, color and previ-
Gus coalition of scrvlNde," which
form too much the capital of Rcprb-
lican speakers. He awarded to the
Republican party the glory of hav-
iag freed the blacks, when everybody
knows it was Il military necessity
and now claims for the party
the credit of educating them,
when it seems TO be cqu:lly clear:
that it is now one Of the necessities
Of the times, recognized rs we'll by
Democrats as Republicans. lie too.
thou ut tilat Grant and Wilson were
sure of d,!eatiag Greeley, but do not
rccollcct that he advanced any better
argument than that the Que had been
tanner ard The other q shoemaker,
and were very competent to tan and
make into shoes ne hide of the sage
at Chappaqua. lie concur:ed with
Judge Orr in recommending the clcc.
lion of bette: men to Office.
J. Scot Murray, Esq, IF Anderson,
candidate fur Solicitor of this Ciccuit,
followed, and sisnal:zcd the zeal of a
new convert: by charging upon Gree,
ley and the party that he represents,
an intention TO attempt The re-cstab
Iishmcut of slavery. The Charge. is
so absurd, ,hat We give tho speaker
the credit of believing that he used
merely an argument TO ingratiate
himself with his new friends. A man
who would Charge that upon old
Horace, certainly knows less of him
,han those Democrats, who accord
irg to Judge Orr, are voting for him
merely because he wears white hat
and white overcoat.
A, Blythe, Esq, Of Greenvi'le, can
didato for Solicitor, followed in d
short speech, which we did not hear,
rs we had received our fill Of Rcpub.
licauism for one night and had rotir:
ed. We were n little afraid of an
over dose, and concluded TO be on the
safe side.
The meeting we think could hard.
lv be called au enthusiastic one. Pei.
.llaps the cause lies in tho fact, that
the speakers shot a little too high
for the capacity of the .audicree-ol
some ofwLom VIC mi sht say with the
poet,
"Their pntutpred minds proud science
never taught to stray
Far as the solar walk, or milky way"
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