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GENERAL TOOMRS

ZEN Email oONhS
was next introduced as the "Great
Georgian" and Colonel Cothran
asked us to hear the old man
eloquent. The General we'll con-
tirned the high compliment. The
introduction of bis speech was indeed
eloquent. He alluded to some of the
wise sayings of the ancients and
spoke of them as having long since
mouldered into dust, but their wisdom
still lives. And in touching words he
said that the sands of his life had al
most run out and that he too would
soon he with them. He explained
the principles of government with
such clearness as to prove that he was
u thorough master Of the science; lie
said il was az simple as the plan of
of salvation that in order to have a
perfect government, it should protect
the lives and property of tho people
and then to let them alone. He
showed that the government OF Geor-
gia for eight years has been a success
and would urge US to emulate them in
the great effort made for the establish
ment Of a good government. The
CCtlSlGl Sulu llIdl W llio y
such q government as that, and there
would be no necessity for robbery
run it on such a cheap scale as that
it would not pay to stoal. He spoke
of our ''prostrate State" in stirring ell
oquence, urged us to cease our
efforts until she was redeemed said
there was no use in DESERVING the
cause of truth-.that we had placed
our banner upon the outer walls and
that we must maintain them there,
and on the 9TH of November they
would be borne to complete and
triumphant vi6tory.
Col. Cothran then introduced
GENERAL GARY
rs the Game Cock Of Edgefeld, and
said that the idea Of Joint discussion
with the radicals and meeting them
at every point was due in a great
measure to General Gary. The Cen
eral arose amid great applause, for the
people knew that he feared nothing in
his denunciations of Chamberlain and
his crew. He said that the origin of
this republic could be traced to the
period when the colonies were taxed
without representation. 1t was not so
much at that time the burden of taxes
but the principles shat was contended
for, ven at the point of the sword.
And now in this Centennial year, we
were c%ontending for the same princi-
pie, that its supremacy might be es-
tablished that we were represented
in all the departments of the govern
ment by those opposed to our interest.
In the United States Congress we
were represented in the House by one
carpet Dagger, two scalawags and two
negroesAand that the latter were the
best of the party, and in the Senate by
one carpet-bagger and Il scalawag.
That we had at the head of our gov
eminent a carpet-bagger who was the
embodiment of all that was coward
ly and mean, q rascal, q rogue and q
liar-and his name was D. II. Cham
berlain, and in the second position
was a negro, perhaps a little more res
pectable than Chamberlain but was
his tool. That in our Judicial depart
ment there was one scalawag, II
c~arpet-bagger and Il negro, the latter
of whom was the best man. Gen.
Gary completely exhausted our Ian
guage of all Of its satire in his denun-
clation of Chamberlain and u repre-
sentatives and then could not do the
subject justice. He said that it was
not TO our interest to have tie negro
back in slavery ; that we could not
afford to have so much of II money
invested in such perishable property,
and that we would never work against
our interest; that it vas not now the
wish Of any man to own slaves, and
the negroes need never fear being en-
shaved again; it was an impossibility
for such q state of things ever to occur
He said another great reason for de-
string their Acknowledgement was, that
eight hundred thousand voters more
from the South would he entitled to
representation in the Naiioual Govern
ment, which would give us great
strength where we so much needed it.
lie said since Grant finds that the Ell
tire South is in the hands of the De-
mocrucy, with the exception Of one
or two States, lie wishes to have suf-
fragc restricted by property qualifica-
ton, and that he was the first man
WHO had I'VE proposed such q thing.
General Gary said that the Caucasian
race was destined to rule all others ;
that it had planted the banner of civ
ilization into every land. He
told the colored people that they
could never expect to rule the
white man that God had made it so
and none of US were responsible for
our condition. In conclusion, he said
that we must make South Carolina too
hot for the carpet-baggers and scala
wags; that We must make the shade
of the Palmetto too hot for them to
live under, and that it must be made'as
deadly as the juice of the upas tree Of
Java is to the islanders; and finished
with eloquent illusions to our stand
ard-bearer, General Hampton, and
took his seat amidst great applause.
General Gary's speech was q of his
finest efforts, and was highly compli-
mented and appreciated by the people
of Abbeville.
At the conclusion of this speech
Col. Cothran read the following
TELEGRAM.
PROSPERITY, September l6, 1876.
Colonel J.. s. Cothran, Abbevllle, ). c.
Keep the meeting till l arrive. Let q Re-
publican Judge be heard upon the Situa-
ton. j.. Fl. COOKE.
Col. Cotfran then announced that
lie would Introduce II who needed
no higher compliment than to say
that he was on the Democratic ticket
with Gen. Hampton, and that he was
his peer in every respect. With this
announcement he pronounced the
name of Col. w. d. Simpson, OF
Laurens.
COL. SIMPSON
said that he was sorry to detain the
audience long, as he was admonished
that it a getting late. He said he
had not seer such a demonstration in
all of his life before !; that he did not
know where all the people came from
that were assembled here to-day. He
said that the two grand divisions in q
government were those who paid the
taxes and those who consumed them {;
that we had been cmphatically the
tax payers, with no representation.
He alluded to our State affairs and
said lie was glad to know at last that
the colored people had begun to open
their Dyes to the v%ileness of the Re-
publican party and were tiocking into
the Democratic ranks. He said that
we would have to borrow territory
from our sister States after the 18th of
November for the immense crowd to
stand upon which would gather 70
witness the glorious inauguration OF
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