Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1876-09-07
y Day III Edgefeld EnnobIed by Pa
;rio.ic Work, and Night GIor:Ecd
Dy Democratic Enthusiasm.

by Democratic Enthusiasm.
i Tdyc6-Light Procession OF Sir Hun
irsd Mounted Men! Banners, Tr0as-
Il parcncieS, FTremorhs! Enthusiasm bia
.zcs Ike q F'irconthc Mountains! Dead
.Uor,ra EFdji ond Dead .|Ie,s Rise Oct
Of gEci,' Co9ias' The -Acero9c Edge
fild II,.n l'clis. and I'eliS, and leix,
c1.d Yet 3nrstcM Not! On tic Cont,0
: ~ He Lireh to TcH again.
II is of our great Ratification Meeting
on Monday last that we speak. But we
have no room TO tell the tale. Impor-
,ant matters that came in advance have
) SS;-swallowcd up our space, and our readers
(. must be satisfied with :, bare skeleton.
r IL o'clock a 81. or s hundred of
-, snssl!ow citizens from the country
a our town. OF our so Clubs, al
,very ore was well represented.
they poured in like Crusaders to
tile fields OF Syria. And as they
A>,bencath the great Tilden-iten-
Iiampton-Siinpson banner which
sngS between the CheatiIam and
gsiiyh hEasSildings, they uncovered their
hc:r,.ass< ss<-.>e yelled again. The meeting
was called to order in the park at II n.
Mr.. john c. Sheppard acted as Chair
man. The stand, covered with scores of
brilliant flags, was beautiful TO behold.
che speakers of the midday meeting
i were Gov. Bonham, and Col. L. +. You
q mans. of Columbia. who had been form
I ally invited by the Edgeiield Rifles. Of
1 GOV. Bonham, We say nothing. His
4 very name is enough in Edgclield. OF
1 our guest, i0umanS, we cannot say too
much. He is doing hard and telling
= worl, in the campaign. He goes from
i Richland TO Camden, to York, t. Fair
j field, to Gadsden, 20 Eastovcr, to Edge
] field Our people know him well they
a know his head, his heart, his spirit. And
s his speech on this OCCASION did justice
no al these.
mid-liay meeting was enthusiasts
Still there Syas sensation that
S't .fnro was lcomipg at twilight.
n it proved.
ind noT it is I, P. NJ, and Edgefield
one vast camp Of scething humanity.
Women, aged and iniirm, who have net
eft their beds for years, drive throug.:
ur streets and wave their handk1rchiefs
II wild excitement. Men, whom we had
honestly though. long dead and buried,
! !ride in on horseback and yell like
youths Of eighteen. The torches are al
}.eady being lighted, and the glare makes
he scene look like some magic phantas
na"oria. IL which the graves have given
. t.,eir dead TO return and work for the
I Twink The Clubs form in line entirely
around the park and await the order to
march. 1t is u grand sight 10 look upon
And now the procession forms. First
comes the Johnston Band i'll their chari-
OF. Gen. r. 6. NJ. Dunovant, of Mexi-
can and Confederate fame, is Marshal
OF the day Mcssrs. y. J. Norris and o.
Sheppard are Assista' Marshals. Next
come the Edgetield Rifles, on foot, with
Capt. Geo. Lake, their commander, On
horseback. Besides torches, they bear
banners and transparencies innumera
bic. Next come the Palmetto Sabre
Club, under command Of President Nj.
A. Markert. And then the Clubs OF the
10th Regiment And then the Clubs OF
the 9th regiment. And then the Clubs
OF the 7th Regiment. The Band storms
Cassh lis martial soul, and the torches
flare to II 7'1aIen- : fllfe-Aors5s, unused to
the will 5ht scene, prance and curvet
! With IL grvous impatience. The proces
SION is tnore than mile long, and it
+raverses every street and road within
,...r incorporation. Bonfres burn III our
public square, and IN front Of many pri
vate balconies. The piazzas, the side
walks. nay even the broad streets, are
crowded with human beings. Fair wo-
men. ga;iered from 20 miles around,
cheer on the gallant line at all points
And ever and anon artillery belches
forth It's Grand hurrah to the Democracy
OF Edsefieid. The procession moves to
wards Buncombe by the car street ana
approaches the public square again by
the front street And soon the whole
scene becomes concentrated upon the
public square. The Clubs again sur
round the park, and their torches make
q lefty and glorious paiisadc Of burning
flame. The enthusiasm is too great for
conventionality,,ll cn,sioiacn and chill
Jre,.s nangle IN one homogeneous mass
gaerc IS but one Sout. And h0t souL is
,,,e of h0N,e, Of country, Of honor, Of
liberty.
Ard now The meeting is again organ
iled. And the stand becomes still more
q scene of art and glory. u hundred
b,nners noat above it ard glisten in the
clare of tic torches. The transparencies.
Tbicf are also lanterns, arc held aloft in
= splend;d tablcaux. They revolve slow
- showing the inscriptions upon all
r,ur sides. Prominent is large and
fithrul photograph of the gallant an'
beloved Hampton. Many Of the ;llscrip-
t;ons are heroic and patriotic, while
many are grotcsque and satirical. A
ca-pe.-bagger, with n huge bag, labeled
100000, is fleeing for his life, and calls
ont rs lie runs +" Farewell Niggers.' 4
negro fellow dances and claps his hands,
saving: Fall in Niggers, Fall in! De
democracy is De Only Hope for U.s. A
- and his rider essay to leap a rail
fse n ut vainly. and the inscription is:
hats enco Gains Last Leap for the
mis-. a barbcr's pole is dedicated to
iaemory of Paris simkins. This,
8 yer. was rather weak, for the barber
refers to Parls's best and h!onTestest
~. Well for him had be remained an
rasher. Itbad been better 10 ask
De gave for that sse,eeo
against our County. An
n plays s..77s banjo in plan
andaays: !" Wo's All Wid
Tte Now.p a pair of rifles
y ~ III