The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-10-26
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yinced that the Republicans of this County
do not rally at the call of their party leaders
worth o cent" The day has evidently
passed when the crack of the party whip
| can m''-ter the honeft colored men Of An
derson County at tho Court House to attend
| Republican poT seor. If they have noth-
ing else TO do some Of them come, but they
have no disposition to quit work TO come
here !" be in rally" The fact Is, the
majority of the cclored people of our County
have about come to the conclusion that the
carpet.bag orators and scallewag canyassers
are more interested in getting TO speak to
them than they are in hearing ttsa speaking
ana ahey are not 60 anxious to attsnd meet
ings as they were when they thought their
pohticf' 'shts depended on the success Of
the ,can party. AS will be seen Gom
the correspondence elsewhere, the Republi-
cans refused to divide time, and the Demo.
Gratis did not go near their meeting, which
was held at the Greeley Institute, except
anout hity persons, who were present as
reporters and conservators Of the peace sent
by the Democrats to preserve order for the
Republicans full estimate cf the c.ags!
would not exceed four hundred, of which
number there were fifty white Democrats
and number Of colored Democrats, will.
about two hundred men and women from
the town OF anderson and immediete vicir-
ity, leaving at large estimate abe at one
hundred and fly colored men from the
country.
u. ID. Williams called the meeting to or
der. and said that the meeting was called in
the interests Of the Electors and l.. Cass Car
pentcF, candidate for Congress from 3rd
Congressional District
J. N. Tolbert was the first speaker, and
takes it as an omen ofthe result efs 7.lI, No
vembcr by seeing sn many present Sadhe
was native Republican. When she came
out Of the war with life in his body he laid
down his arms and took the oath Of aliea;-
ahce in good faith. He had offered up
prayers on the battlefield to God to save his
life Thinks this magnnnimous govern
ment, because his property was not confis-
Gated. He said he came to talk for gov
crnment that protects the rights of every
man, He yielded 70 nc .:as &. his his love Tor
South Carolina. Alluding to national poll
tics, he said Grant said we had to unload
but he hadn't unloaded yet. Draws his in
spiration from Hayes and Wheeler. D. II.
Chamberlain, his standard bearer has made
the Republican government respectable in
the State. The Democrats SO regard Il, and
fought each other over Chamberlain.
Chamberlain represents an idea that will
christionize this country. He intends to
rhoy, nh rIo;, I,
there lc wants to put up school house and
church. He has been doing we'll since the
negroes got Free When he first ran for
Office he got six votes among the whites.
Two years ago lie began his fight 70. reform.
He got beaten. Like such great reformers as
Luther and Others, hecould not succeed ut
once in this. Until the Hamburg riot
Chamberlain was all right with the Demo.
Gratis. He alluded to Chamberlain going TO
Washington to get help to protect the peo-
ple and told them to keep their freedom by
following Chamberlain. He IL going to fol-
low him himself until Chamberlain comes
to the jumping off place. Red shirts call
to his mind the Spanish bull fights in which
red shirt was waved to infufiate the bun.
Alludes to Miss Camraign when the rec
| shi-sTas worn to scare the negroes. Did
not need nny argument to tell them why
they ought to be Republican,. You were
born Republicans, and before you vote any
other ticket you will fill the graves of Re-
publicans. The above with few remarks
on secession and "gonel 10 Halifax" which
by the way he had just b, few days
ago was curse word, made up tho principal
part of his harangue. -
T. F. Greener, colored, commenced by
saying he didn't know what more to say
after the convincing speech of the gentle
meis who preceded him. The reason he is
away from bis books and the quiet walks of
| life Is because he feels FOR once the Gauss of
liberty in South Carolina is in peril. HE
stands as Republican whose hands had
never been dirtied by participation in fraud.
CPure man was he'll -ls one of the c6lcted
Republicans he would dencunce cny Re-
pu1lic'h oT Democrat who was c157i.onest
His reason for not wanting the E,a1icc7at5
elected is, he does not wish the Democrats
| 70 reform South Carolinai but wants the
Republicans to refo-.n her themselves He
acknowledged that there is corruption in
| VIC psitJI C--- iis5tOfy proves
that every war turns up adventures, md
that he has fnith in oil these adventures;
has faith in the black people. and claiIna
that the colored man will vote Tor an honest
man rather .hsn dishonest one He ssar.
prised at the Democrats, and thinks they
make great b,unders, Thanks, God he is q
negro. He said If the Democrats really
didn't believe there we're honest men in The
Republican party, then he didn't blame
them for doing all they could to eject their
owr ticket. If he is whipped he will come
do n like David Crociset's coon. He has
not always felt in accord to ,Chamberlain,s
policy, but every time he tried to find 'fdult
l with him the Democratic newspapers proved
to him that Chamberlain was trying to do
his duty. He claimed that Chamberlain had
honestly tried to reform tie government,
Here the speaker went into details about
Chamberlain's. acts with the Legislature.
what '~ery body had already heard time
and gain. In referring to the hank bills OF
tie State he claimed hattwo-thirds OF these
were owned by Democrats, who came to
Columbia and begged negro LegislAture 20
make them receivable. Democrats haven
right to say they nre poor. They don't look
poor Z hen they are hurrahing for Hampton
He Ind received only $S3 oinco last May
= He objects to the name Of Democrat--con-
servatiye is more in accordance with his
i sensitive cara. Thinks all the blacks who