The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-07
people of Anderson upon this demonstra.

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people of Anderson upon this demonstra-
ton and upon the action of the State
Convention, which adopted the Anders
son,policy. He said that tEe ssal ofSeul
people indicates coming success = that
our mountains were on fire; and thisfre
must extendto the plains apdso the seaI
fof Radicalissm must and viii be COM
sumed; that the selection; of4Hampton
and his ticket, with the exception of the
speakers name, was an exeellent'one, and
that the Convention was wise in acting
when it did, for delay of ten days
would have caused Demesratic-paty
to drift to pieces. The platform and
candidates tolf this Convention are a
! pledge of reform, The delegates were
all animated with the same desire, for
success, and rs: patriotic. men contended'
for their views until the decision Of the
Convention was made, and then this
difference was hushed as still as the sea
of Galilee. ALI is now alive in the cause
Of Democracy, and this enthusiasm is an
evidence of the stern determination of
our people to succeed. He then gave
the following reasons in vindication Of a
straight.out nomination 1st, the people
have tried everything compromise,
coalition. humiliation, lowering their
crest-all to no avail. 2nd, it was the
direct course to the desired end, for civil
affairs are different from military in this
! point. In the military we admire the
strategy of a Jackson, but in civil mat
ters the direct course to desired end is
the best. 3rd, that even if we are de-
feated we would be in no worse condi-
ton that defeat would be at the begin
ming without an effort.
."'Twill never be too late
To sue for chains, or own master.
We ahouh mot. fall one moment before our
time
4th, itshould have been done promptly
to show our hostility to the coalition
policy, which was in the back ground
with Chamberlain at its head He is the
cause of all our calamities, on account Of
his genius and power, which has kept his
infamous government fromgoing to pieces.
To Republicanize this State permanently
he is willing to put intelligence under the
heel Of Ignorance sprostrate civilization
and. elevate barbarism. We want none
of his experiments in State craft. He
said that the true issue involved in this
canvass was contest between the citi-
zens of this State and an oligarchy COM
posed of unknown adventures and un-
principled natives who obtained posses
|:sion of our government on false issues,
especially the. race issue which Is most
dangerous and leads to tumult and strife.
The white people do not desire this issue,
and nobody is interested in it but this
unpnncipled oligarchy. If it is contin.
ned the colored race must go down, and
it is the duty of both races to unite and
crush out this oligarchy. The liberty of
the colored race is safe, and both the
National and State platforms of the
Democracy guarantee their rights, and
Gen. Hampton, who was never known to
speak with forked tongue, has said that
if elected he "will be the Governor of the
whole people" Why should this oil
garchy be continued in power when.it
has done nothing in eight years but dis
graced our, State, destroyed its financial
credit, piled our State and county debts
mountain high, increased our taxes, par
alyzed our industries, brought the knock
of poyef9 to ;our doors, brought the
horrors of starvation near at ham, given
us confscation instead of taxation, scat,
tered fraud and corruption abroad in mid
day throughout our State, made its pub
lie officials. fat and rhloated from the peo-
Piles treasury-an, this is the work of this
detestable oligarchy, and yet they ask to
be continued in power. Reform 10 the
watchword Of the Democratic party.
The Republicans cannot reform their
party, for it is impossible for the stream
to rise higher than the fountain. If,
however, the people do their duty, the
Democratic party must succeed in this
State, and with its success reform will
come. The first step to success is not to
hope for it or wish for it, but to resolve
to succeed; and let this resolution become
a living, active principle. The speaker
then discussed the two following PROPOSE
tions :, list. What will l,be the effect Of the
present status of things, becoming perm
anentin our State, upon us, our posterity
and destiny as q people for all time to
come. End. What will be the effect of
overthrowing the present state of things
and of elevating the Democratic party.
He closed with a glorious tribute to the
people of Anderson County for their
zeal and energy as displayed in this
meeting. He was long and loudly ap-
plauded. The next speaker introduced
was the e ;ts $50
WAR HORSE OF EDGEPIELD,
General NJ. w. Gary, whose appearance
was greeted with the warmest applause.
He made an eloquent an able address,
and enchained his audience with the
power of his o-atory. Gen. Gary is one
of the finest stump orators in the State,
and his information upon National and
State politics makes his efforts instructive
and pleasant to his hearers. His speech
was moderate but firm, and was as perfect
an argument as we ever listened to on po-
litical matters. We are unable, however,
to attempt more than brief outline of
his remarks. He expressed pleasure at
meeting the people Of Anderson County,
whose political views accorded with his
own, and whose course had cheered the
Democracy of Edgefeld, his native
County. He ascribed the lead to An
derson, and told our people that they
might we'll be proud Of their advanced
position in the State. He said that by
whatever name called, the grand division
of political parties in the nation was
formed at the commencement of our gov
ernment. The one party embodied the
sentiments of Madison, Jefferson and
Calhoun, who were strict constructionists
of our constitution, while the other en-
bodied the views of Hamilton and the
federalists, who were liberal construction
lists and favored strong government.
That the Republican party OF to-day rep
resents the latter party and wish q con-
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