The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-01-13
THE MOSES "MAss MEETING. y
FAINT APPROVING ECHOES OF THE J1J-
DICIAL INFAMY.

"Union Republican party" at White
Point Garden on Saturday, for the
purpose of sustaining the action OF
the Legislature in the recent judicial
elections, was small affair. 1t con
sisted chiefly of Custom House and
Court House officials and corrupt
members of the Legislature, with a
good spriDkling of old maumas and
street boys. The meeting was called
for 10 M, but at this hour tho Bat
terry was almost deserted, and the
enthusiastic speakers, whose propa
ration for. the occasion had been 90
ing on for two or three days, were
crestfallen at the idea of having to
bottle up their rhetorict, or else let
it out on a few women and children.
at o'clork the Battery presented
the same appearance, and the COM
mlitee of arrangements got despe-
rate and sent off one of Sheriff Bow.
ems attaches on horseback to scour
the byways and hedges to sum
mon all to the pow WOW. This lemon
celored dragon worked faithfully
and first endeavored to get the mill
tary, who had been celebrating
Emancipation day, to como down,
but they made excuses, except a
company of about twenty "Possum
Rangers" bearing the ouphonious
title of SCOTS United Blues" who
marched down without music to the
battery, followed 10y a small crowd
OF won en- and children. This was
start, and The committee Of ar
rangcments thought they had better
begin before these left. +. j. Pugh
was elected president, and A. r.
Stevens secretary, of the meeting,
and the mnsic stand, from which the
SPEAKERS held forth, was occupied by
about a dozen Of the O. s'om llonsc
and Court House ring cliques, to-
gether with Representative Pinck-
ney, Senator Jones and Representa-,
nvee NesDiit and Thompson. II was
now after 4 O'Clock p. NJ, and the
crowd had increased to abont one
hundred and fifty. Pncknoy, the
rural" member, better known as Tie
"Santee orator." first stepped for =
ward and began as he said, his little
"hrangue" llo said that the time
for action had come; the Legislature @
had in it's great wisdom seen fit to
elect Circuit Judges and one Assoc,
ate Justice, which were
ACCEPTABLE TO THE MAJORITY
of the people, and it was their duty,
in spite Of the Broad street Organ, to
see that the will of the people was
respected. He wanted the thing
done peaceably if possible; but done
at all hazards if necessary. They
wouldn't have to fight themselves
because if the white people started a
row Uncle Sans boys would soon
put them down. This so.callcd mass
meeting at the Hibernian Hall the
other night was nothing more than
an expression from Broad street that
they intend to extorminate our race.
When such men as Presley get MP
ana breathe spirit Of war, regard
less OF the rights of the people, what
does it mean but that they intend to
carry us to war that they may win
the next State election. If this is
the case you may teach your chill
dren to
PREPARE FOR WAR
IN time of peace. You have a go
called Governor, named d II. Clam.
bcrlain, whose intention is to sell us
out; but | tell you we have the power
to impeach him, and as one of the
members of the Legislature tell You
II we make up our minds to do this
all the money in Broad street won't
save him. Tho Rrood ot,oot H.;