Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-10-16

be spoken Of and the cry of reputation
should not deter us from the discussion.
He then spoke of the charge that he
was an advocate for the repeal of the nth
and 18th Amendments. He said he had
nothing to take back from what he had
before said. These amendments had been
adopted through fraud and the influence of
Federal bayonets. They were frauds, and
as such. he would like to see them blotted
out as foul stains upon the history of the
nation. But that we could not and would
not do 50, or attempt to do so. The right
of suffrage had been conferred upon the
black man--wrongfully conferred upon him
-traudulently conferred upon him-but
it could not now and should not be taken
from him. He believed that Divine.prov
idence, in its inscrutable wisdom had new
er intended them for rulers. All history
proved this. Wherever the black man
had been left to himself he had been con
tent to live in barbarism. Surrounded
with civilization they partook of none OF
it. Even when civilized and then lett to
themselves, they speedily relapsed into
the most bcastly blrbarism. with its ac-
companying horrors of cannibalism and
toad worship. The history of st. Domin-
90 lullN illustrated lIllS. II Was lpAIllil8
to the discredit of the African race that
Providence had not intended them for
legislators and rulers. 1t was His wisdom
which decreed that they should occupy a
certain position and whilst the Democrat
ic party was willing and most anxious to
do everything IN its power to aid, assist
and elevate this race, it could not and
would not attempt to pcrvert the laws OF
Nature and Natures God. This brought
the orator to the Civil Rights question,
and after showing conclusively the
responsibility of the Radical party for
this odious attempt to foiSt social equality
on the white people. i'll language that went
home TO the heart of every parent present,
he delineated the horrors of mixed schools,
and then told his hearers if they had any
hesitation as to how they ought to vote
on this question to 90 home and ask their
wives.
We wish time and space permitted Us to
give more correct sketch Of this most
mastery effort OF our nominee, and cspecl-
ally of that portion of it wherein lie dis
cussed the Tariff question. Being farm
cr himself, he could fully appreciated the
iniquites of the present system, and he
made his audience fully to understand
their wrongs. Ii we are not able - make
as full report at this late hour as We
could wish, we had the satisfaction of
knowing that the Doctors speech WAS
listened to with the most marked attention
by men who are capable of understanding
and digesting what was said 10 them
! The audience was worthy Of the occasion
and the orator was worthy of the audience.
After DR.. Henkie concluded, the meet
ing was addressed 10y Mr.. Us. ;. Robinson,
of Anne Arundel and we sincerely regret
that it is out of our power to give even
sketch of his splendid effort. Nr. Robin
son is farmer and spoke 10 farmers and
the farmer fully appreciated every thing
he said.
After the close Of Mr.. Bobinson's speech
Mr.. Chapman made Il brief address eulogis-
ing in the highest terms our gallant stan
dard bearer and pledging him his hearty
support
The whole affair was most gratifying to
every body but Radicals.