Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-15
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

of both parties is desired at these meetings.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
On Tuesday evening last, while Charles
Finley of this county, was examining pistol,
it was accidentally discharged, the ball gra-
zing the thumb of his left hand and entering
his left leg near the knee. The accident oc.
Cured near town, and Mr.. Finley hastened to
the drug store of Dr. Kuykendal, who ex-
tracted the ball and dressed the wound, which,
though painful, is not dangerous.
PUBLIC SPEAKING.
The Executive Committee of the Inde-
pendent Republican party have made the fol-
lowing appointments for public speaking in
this Congressional District, when the people
will be addressed by one or more prominent
speakers:
Spartauburg, Friday, October 16; Union,
Saturday, October II; Yorkville, Tuesday,
October 20; Chester, Wednesday, October
81; Winnsboro, Thursday, October %; Cam
den, Saturday, October "a; Lancaster, Mon
day, October 26; Greenvile, Saturday, Octo-
ber 81.
1t is understood that the Regular Republi-
can meeting, appointed for Yorkville on the
23d instant, will be addressed by Mr.. Cham.
berlain, Attorney. General Melton and R. H.
Gleaves.
The following appointments have been
made for Gen. Kershhaw, Conservative can
didate for Congress:
Spartanburg, October 16; Union, October
IS; Rock Hill, October 10; Yorkvlle, Oc-
tober 20; Lancaster, October %; Camden,
October "a.
REPUBLICAN NRATIFICATION MEETING.
Friday last was appointed as the day for
Republican ratification meeting at this place
The attendance was very small-there not
being at the speakers stand exceeding two
hundred persons, the greater number of whom
were colored. There was very little enthusi-
asm manifested, and the day passed off quiet
ly, without a single unpleasant incident
With the view of placing before our readers
both sides of the canvass in this county, we
sent reporter to the meeting, and he gives
the following full synopsis of the proceedings:
The meeting was called to order at ~
o'clock, by j. H. White, County Chairman
of the Republican party, who stated the OBJ
ject to be to ratify the nominations made by
the State Convention in Columbia on the 9th
ultimo. He said few disafected Republi-
cans disapproved the selection of Chamberlain
and Gleaves, and had seen fit to bolt; but he
claimed that the party of York county had not
bolted, nor did they sympatbize with the
boilers movement The party opposing the
regular nominations is nothing less than
Democratic movement, the Democrats having
united with the boilers for the purpose of
sowing seeds of dissension in the Republican
ranks. He asked his hearers to support none
other than the regular nominations, to whom
they must pledge their undivided support.
Chamberlain, he said, was a gentleman, aud
scholar of the finest ability of any in South
Carolina-a fact admitted by every Democrat
ic gentleman who knew him. He is Re-
publican, which should also be sufficient reason.
He came to this State at the head Of COM
mand Of colored cavalry, and by his works
aided in the emancipation of the slave, and
the establishing of free and republican gov
ernment now en- joyed by the blacks and whites.
He then instituted comparison between the
past record of Chamberlain and Judge Green,
the latter, he claimed, having been identified
with those who fought to perpetuate slavery.
To prove what would be the effect of Demo-
cratic supremacy in South Carolina, he read
extracts from newspaper giving accounts OF
alleged ku-klux outrages in the southwestern
States. He then introduced A. S. Richardson,
the postmaster at Chester.
Mr.. Richardson is a bright mulatto of slen-
der build and pleasing address, and gives evil
deuces of good education, while he has at com.
mand ready flow of language,
He said we are here on the eve OF poltl.
cal demonstration fraught with forebodings OF
good or evil-the prosperity or the adversity
Of the commonwealth Of South Carolina--the
life or death of the Republican party of the
State-whether the banner emblematic of lib
erty shall bid freemen hope or whether it shall
be trampled in the dust. These are the ques-
tions his hearers must ponder IN preparation
of the election. 1t was through the instru-
mentality of the ballot that our liberties were
bought and on the day of the approaching
election we must again declare ourselves in
favor of government of the people. Other
nations may pride themselves on their achieve
ments in the arts and sciences and commerce,
but to our pride the white man or the black
man can, in the language of another say
am a Roman, which is better than to be
king" and apply it to himself. He next
apostrophized the flag, and spoke of the drift
Of popular sentiment in monarchial Europe,
which is gradually pointing to free political
institutions in opposition to arlstocratlc gov
crnment, and regretted that in free America
we have class of people-the Democratic
party-who are two hundred years behind the
spirit of the times, and are fostering the very
sentiments so obnoxious where kings and
emperors reign. The Democratic party
would ignore the sentiment inculca.ed IN the
Declaration Of Independence, and would sub
stitute the sentiment uttered by Justice Ia
ney from the Supreme Court bench, that the
black man has no rights that the white man
is bound to respect. While in this regard the
Democrats have been stulti6ers, we can, with
ennobling thought, point to the record OF the
Republican party, which recognizes that all
men are free. The Republican party was
then extoled He said it was organized to
crush out slavery, and had accomplished its
mission-dong the work well, thoug h it cost
a vast amount of treasure and life. He then
reverted to State questions As to the guber-
Material canvass, he said Green was dlssatls-
GoJ ot tho ,eshlt Gf the State Nominating Con-