The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-01-27
TOWN MEETING.

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The citizens of the town of Anderson met
in Masonic Hall on last Friday night, pur-
suant to call which had been numerously
signed for a meeting, to form Democratic
Club. The meeting, which was well atten-
ded, was called to order by Maj. John B.
Moore, upon whose nomination Hon. ]. 8.
Murray was called to the Chair for the pur-
pose of organizing the Club. Upon taking
the chair Mr.. Murray delivered an earnest
and well-timed address, the synopsis of
which we have been requested to publish,
in compliance with which request we give
our readers the following outline of the
speakers remarks:
FELLOW CITIZENS The duties of the
Chair to which your partiality has called me
was wholly unexpected, yet am not unln-
formed as to the objects of this meeting.
The State of South Carolina, from the sea-
board to the mountainous, is aroused by
the occurrence of events of the most pro-
found importance to us and our posterity.
The time for action has now arrived, and it
is our duty, calmly, deliberately and fear
lessly, to consider the political state of affairs
in South Carolina; to advise means to RENE
DIV the evils which enthrall us, and having
determined on those means never to retrace
one step nor cease our eXertionS until the
thieves and robbers, who, since 1868, have
plundered and bankrupted the State, are
driven from power, and the honesty and in
telligence of the State control its govern
ment. The true issue that is now upon us
can olonger be concealed. 1t is worse than
folly to attempt to do so, and would have
every man in whose bosom burns one spark
of philanthropy or patriotism to understand
that the true issue now is, shall South. Caro-
lima henceforth be governed by ignorant ne
groes and unprincipled white men, who are
alike false to their race and to thenegro; or,
by the whites, whose ancestors, by their
blood, purchased it for them, and bequeath-
ed it to them as their fair inheritance. This
| is the issue; there is and can be no neutrali-
ty. He who does not now identity himself
with the whites in their efforts to restore an
honest government is allied with the ne
groes. and must be numbered as one oftheir
party. There can be no such thing aS con-
seryatism in the present condition of affairs,
and when we reflect that the contest is be-
tween honesty and dishonesty, intelligence
and ignorance, the term becomes monde
script mongrelism. There are no indepen-
dents, and wherever this name is used it is
assumed to concentrate the negro vote as a
| unit and divide the white vote, and when
analysed means Independent of the whites
and blacks, caring only for self. When the
mother country, one hundred years ago,
| levied an insignificant tax on tea imported
| into the colonies, involving only few hum
dred dollars, without giving them represen-
| there was a firm resolve, We will not pay
the tax, but destroy the tea; and destroy it
| they did, and there arose the universal cry
| throughout the thirteen colonies "Give us
| liberty or give US DEATH" and by united de-
termined effort they achieved their liberty,
the boon of which has been enjoyed for the
| last one hundred years. For the last eight
wear, strangers to our soil and thieves have
Seized the government of South Carolina,
held high carnivals of ignorance in the halls
| of legislation, enacted millions of dollars
| from O Door, hardworking and oppressed
people that they might roll in luxury, and
now seek to make the government as black
| in irfamy and color rs hat Of Hayti, and by
domination and oppression drive from the
! State all property holders. This they cannot
do. The calm and enlightened sentlment OF
i the people of the United States demand that
this infamous government shall be over
thrown, and it demands that the people of
| the State shall do it, and that FederA bayo-
| nets shall not interfere to impose vile and
corrupt government on the people OF this
State and now the heroic spirit of 1776 has
terminated the hearts of the people, and one
voice is heard in every part Of the State,
calm but firm and resolute, give me back
my government-mine by every r. mt
| known to manor give me death. This
miserable government of fraud and corrup-
ton cannot be longer tolerated, the measure
of its iniouity is full, and public sentiment
demands change. The true, the good, the
brave, the patriotic sons of Carolina should
organize Democratic Clubs in every TOWN.
ship in the State, ignoring oil minor differ
ences, that they may stand shoulder to
shoulder from the SEQ to the mountains, that
they may rescue the patrimony bequeathed
them by their ancestors from the thieves,
robbers and venal strangers, who have in
truded into it and usurped the place OF its
lawful possessors, and the man who no"
fails in his duty is q traitor to his country,
his race and to posterity. We must all now
be united the voice of the majority OF our
good citizens must be the voice of oil. we
must have our nominations and every man
support the nominee. Independent candl-
dates must be ignored, and every man &c
with his party for the sake of his country
Let the white people of South Carolina be
united and the victory is won, for truth and
virtue and intelligence are mightier than the
sword. Let me say calmly but firmly, VIC
ton, and we do not mean to be. We have
tried to avert their issue, but it is, without
our choice, forced upon us, and we eithcl
have to submit TO the rule of a Haytian gov
ernment in South Carolina or unite all the
ho, o1op, ,opfc II, orr State in an organization