The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-10-12

claims to favor it. Tho Radical
leaders all ovGr tho State, not con
tent with poisoning the colored
peoples minds with falsehoods and
with hatred towards tho whites.
have taken steps to prevent tho
attendance of colored people upon
Democratic public meetings. Tho
principles and practice of the party
will not stand discussion. The
leaders practically enslave the
min0s of the ncgrocs--a slavery far
worse than that of the body.
Col. Youmans then reviewed Tho
course of the Radical party in thi.
State for eight years past. showing
up its frauds and it's imhccility.
The party had all along cried re-
form. Chamberlain denicI that
there was single instoncc of fraud
IN Scotts administration. Yct it is
now universally admitted chat our
State government has been utterly
corrupt for the past eight wears.
nmlEcrluin had ihst rail tIat he
would rCfUm the government in
two years, but now SAWS ten nc
needed. The people will not wnit
SO long. lie WAS the man who sa;J.
, i'll 1868. that thc f,ct of mans
beng native South Carolinian was
an objection to his holding oiIi:o in
this State. Ills SURROUNDINGS have
always been bad, and they nlc
wor"c Shan ever now. The Dcop,e
tried conditions ,nl compromises, in
1870. 1872 and 1874, bat Ill Il no
purpose, and tie only thin. left is.
st:aign*~,nt fight. At the head
OF onr ticket is Hampton, who al
ways says "Folluw" "--fvr lie is
always at, the front. [Arplause. !
The Radicals object - military men
as the nominees OF tnc Democrats,
but THIS ia mere foil V. Wns.linut,n.
Jacksun, Taylor, Grant unl others
aIe examples OF the reward given
to military chicft,ins by The people
IN whose cause they had fought.
In" negroes arc not SO much to
blame Tor thcprescnt state Of Things.
ana the aggressive policy should be
duectel against their lc:ricrs--nIo,c
cape"ially tic carpct,5,HscrH The
pc"plc are determined 70 drive
these advcnturcrs from power.
Iills is our country, we have the
titic-dcctS from Heaven. We must
have reform. We want the colorctl
people to help us, and we say to
them, Stand by us, and we will
stand by you." The intolerance
shown towards colorcl Democrat
must cease. Colorcl men who are
with the Democrats will be pro
tectcd. Applausc.] J The Charles
ton not grew out Of IN attempt to
! bu!ly and abuse colorcd Democrats.
What did the white Democrats do !
J hey formed II circle, placing the
c"t1re'i men within, and thus p!nccd
! tl.clnSel"cs in danger for the pro
lection OF the colorcl men. This
they arc always ready to do. Bat
no such disGrHceful affair can ever
happen ngNn III Cmrlcston.-Tnc
Radical game is to flood Tie State
with troops and United States
! mnrshnls, and thus carry the clcr-
ton. Chamberlain constantly roo,
to Washington, begging for bayo-
nets This is the Radical game.
bnt 1t won't win. Tafts order is
pronounced by lawyers like Rion
and Conner to be worthless, unl
the people need fear nothing from
that.
The Radicals claim that they will.
if left to govern the State, bring
about reform. They have had n n
chance already They remind us OF
story told OF a certain school-bov,
to whom the teacher gave the fol.
lowing problem: "a frog mt Tie
bottom ola well wanted to got out.
but every time he made one foot
upwards, he fell back two. How
long would it take Che frog to Get
out OF the wc!l!' Tnc puuil
! ciphered and ciphorol anl cipAcrcl,
until at last, aflcr he had hllcl his
slate with ca!c'lintiuns, the tclci,c,
asked him how FIR he had got.
"Well," sail the boy, "I'vc ciphr!el
that frog half way t. he'll already. '
SO 1T j with thc Radical party in
the State, They have carried the
State more than hnlf WAY to de-
styu"tirn. and how they want to
finish the work.
TIE src .!icv thea reviewed the
Democratic nomirn';t.ns for State
Officers, md rIaimcI fnr t!cin the SUD
port of ali honest men. IIo con
cludoa with nn cnraSt APP. III to the
people to do thcir utmost towards
inSrIing Democratic triumph in
November At the close of his
remarks he was loudly chccrcd.
After music by tie band, the
chairman introduced Judge Thomp-
son IL. Cooke, who spoke in sub
stance rs follows:
srELCH OF JUDGE COOKE.
The speaker opened with an ex-
precision of his thinks for the honor