The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-08-15
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ENTHUSIASTIC NEE TING IN TIE
COURTHOUSE SQUARE ON
WEDNESDAY LAST
SPEECHES BY SOLICITOR BUT7z,
@SEN.ATOR5 ANDREWS, r. DUN
CAN, GEORGE BOLITER
AND, OTHERS.

thusiastic crowd, Mt the head Of which
was the indclatigablc John Ii Phillips
and n lively band of music, marched
into the Court House Square and halted
IN front OF stand which had been
erected for the occasion. After three
rousing cheers Senator Andrews was
unanimously clccel Chairman, aud a.
L. Cain Sccretary
Senator Andrews didn't propos c TO
mike u speech, but said after the Con.
vcntlon was over there woul be Il large
barbecue, at which hope to address
you more fully with others who will ap
prise you@ of outTsituation He was not
ashamed to tell his record as Senator.
and would. Senator Andrews took his
seat here. On motion Soicitor Buttz
was called for. He was introduced
amidst applause that made the very air
ring. EtlE
SOLICITOR rurrz's SAID IN SUB
STANCE.
When c.,arrivcd here this morning
lie did not know anything of public
III Getting of this character. But as the
County Convention WAS coming Off to-
morrow, and it being his Circuit he
thnnsht Inc would come up and lend his
lnfiu'ncc towards clccting good and
honest men tto the State Convention.
! lie thanked lis many friends in thi,
County for the confidence they seemed
to have in him, AMI hoped that he had
so conducted himself rs to win their
respect. When they elected him if
they thought that he would not prose.
cute republican as quick as n demo
crat, they were mistaken; he had ctcd
IN manner to win tho sancti IN or his
own conscience, and believed that his
record met with the approval Of his
friends. He had always been Rcpub
lican, but meant TO say to day that it
would DC impossible for the Republican
party Of this State to maintain its pres.
tiso abroad, retain its power aud patron .
age ut ho ne, without r,!or'ain,. NJ IN
placed in office must do their d:.;y hon.
cs'ly aud faithfully. They must not cx
'Ipqct morethan their salary an the lesit
innate fees oitheir positions. Ifthcy wlut
more, let them stay ut home There
are plenty Of modest men in or parry
who will accept office for what it hoa
cstly pays. The Office holder that
commits wrons, wrongs you aal | and
the party. If you elect mrn
Governor who is not satisfied wit
5000 year, and he takes more II or
der that Iii, cnpidi:y may be s ratified, he
rubs that which belongs to you, TO m G
and to the. democrats Therefore it is
our duty to cast aside such men an
take up others, and never dispair until
we get the right ones. Dishonest men
who have ha ch ,rs. OF tn, Sta c, vii
get up to day aul pre- ,ch reform
With us much complaccncy an appa
rent honesty Of purpose, as an an.
gel. II he, Solicitor l;u:tz, did
wrong, he was willing to admit it. At
the last election the party elevated =
man 18th e position Of Governor, who
promised that lie would do right. You
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all know +. j. Muses., Jr., (a THOUSAND
voices-To our sorrow) Well he had
control OF this State for four years be-
fore he WAS elected Governor lie wa,
Speaker Of the III ouSc for that time. a
position which gave him tremendous
and dangerous power, if badly used
lie appointed all the chairm, ,n Of the
various committees of the House,
formed all its parts, through which he
had the power to make or unni,ke laws
1t was F. j. Moses. Jr, who passed the
law which authorized Scott and Park er
to issue bonds. He did it because he
had used ONE MILLION dollars Of the
peoples money i'll issuing pay certf
Gates to enrich himself. They issued
SIX MILLIONS of bonds upon which
they raised only one million dollars.
And what did they do with the money ?
Why, divided it between themselves
Instead of paying the needy hold
crs rR pay certificates. And tEeu
at tifSs slast Legislature he went TO work