The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-30

Speech of DCIany.

In responoc to call issued by the
Honest Government League for a
mass meeting of Of the citizens OF
Charleston, irrespective of party or
pol tics, between seven hundre d and
eight hundred persons assembled at
Military Hall last night. The meet.
ing was organized by the election of
j. G. Clausep, president a. L..
O'Netle, vicc-president, and j. y.
Galiiott, secretary. The President
on taking the chair, briefly explained
the obj :cts for which the League had
been organized. lie alluded to
the necessity OF bringing tue Cons,r-
vatives aud Hepublicans together,
wbieh wah the primary object OF the
Honest Government League. BY
means of this organization it was
proposed that the two races should
unite upon one ticket aMd support it.
This ticket was to be composed oc
one.hulf colored and onc.half white
men. All that was asked of the
Conservatives was that they should
collie up tU the Republican PLATFORM,
to the extent of being willing to as
sist the Republicans in the election
OF honest men to office.
MAJ. DELANY.
was The first speaker called on, and
he made one of those sensible speech
cs 20 characteristic Of the man. He
bcenn by saying tina, this was an un.
usual gathering to meet in Charles
ton. lie desired to say in the outset
that there was no such thing 40 a
Ring among the employees Of the
Custoshhohse, of W !om he was one,
and he wanted to say this much in
Justice to the collector and the chi
employees. He then alluded to the
political questions OF the Hour. As
a gentleman he held Mr.. Chanibcr.
lain in high esteem, but his surround
lngs were 80 pernicious that he did
not believe that be would be permit
ted to do right. Applausc. lie
was surrounded by the NEST infa.
nous set of scoundrAls that ever
lived [Chec"s.] lie desired to be
distinctly understood upon the score.
He did not believe Mr.. Chamberlain
would do anything wrong il left to
himself, but his surroundings would
make him do wrong. In reference
to the organization Of the Honest
Government league, he sa d
that it was the stop that ought to
have been taken years ago, irit could
have been douo. Tic trouble was
that the blacks and wtitos cpulln';
trust each othor. Now, both classes
arc looking things in the facA, and
intend to 60 hand in hand together.
The State, said he; consists of white
aud black people, who occupied the
relations to each other of labor and
capital. They were the two Lascs of
wealth 10 tho State. [Arplause.
And it was ihanifestly to the utter.
est of both races to fulfil the eternal
Htness of things, and 20 land i. hand
togother-to llvt on the very best
terms with each, without seeking to
invalidate each others rights. ZAP
plause. Ho was not horo to say
anything ngainst R,publicanism bur
what it deserved. The trouble was
that Republicanism in this State was
not led by the best of Republicans.
He alluded to the New Orleans
revolution, and said that he oommend-
cd tho colored troops for not frins
upon the whites. kellogg himself
had not urged them TO DO it; and in
that he showed his good sense. lie
knoy they would have bcon mas.a-
cred. But this was not the way the
white Republicans do in this State.
They get UP fight between the
| whites dp'l blacks, and tlcn Fun off
and leave them TO- fight it out
E"TEabs so from the crowd. lie,
for one, was here to oppose any such
thing, and to help his race out, by
| good advice, to the best of his abili-
| ty, and ho he had no idea Of advis.
ing them to fight tho white mon. His
advice was the two races to stand
side by side together, each conccding
to the other what belongs to it., and
working together for tho good Of the
State. llo did not ask tho Domo-
Gratis to become Republicans, nor to
gito up their political brinciplos. lie
on y asked thom to throw aside their
politics for the time, and unite with
che hottest Republicans in securing an
State Government. Cheers In
conclusion, he said, that it was the
duty Of the white und colored people
to 60 hand in hand on n platform sc
broad that it would hold even hin
Delaney and old Gov. Perry, whom
he styled radical democrat -
! [Cheers. They must not atop thi:
movement, but carry it on, and
| when the next convention came