The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-10-05
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VOL i,XII---NO. 10.
JUDGE MAeKEy.
HE DECLARES .g0R HAMPTON AND RE
DEMPTIOE.

He DECLARES goR HAMPTON AND RE-
DEMPTION.
Judge Mackey, by invitation, addressed
court house at Chester last Saturday eve
ming. SCOT, as it became knoWn that ne
was TO speak the house was packed with
white and coloFed citizens He arose
amid deafening cheers-pToclaimcd HIM
self still q Republican, but not of the
band that hes been despoi!ing and ruin
ing tho Stats. Jass here it is due the
Judge to state that this was not the fiyas
time he had declared his purpose to sup
port which ever ticket promised genuine
reform. Early rs the first OF August he
made such declaration, and has since re-
peated i. here and elsewherc-had pro-
claimed Mt Republican meetings before
Chamberlain's nomination and in his
presence that unless they put In the field
us good ticket es the Democrats, he
would support tho Democratic ticket with
| might and main.
He stated that the distinctive features
of political parties are not in their titles
but i'll their platforms, and that the chief
points of difference between the Demo
cratic and Republican parties had blend
| cd-tlcir names wcro Il matter OF con
venicncc, and that Hampton was virtual
ly on che Republican PLATFORM. The
Democratic ticket afforded the ouly hope,
the only guarantee Of honesty, integrity
and equal justice to MI, aud was bound
TO sweep tho STATE. He hesitatcd not to
take his position with those who uie
moving to redeem the government Of
South Carolina, npd would canvass for
Hampton from tue crest Of the Blue
Ridge to the salt water. The Judge de-
pictcd forcibly tho folly and Inevitable
doom of the colorod population IN their
attempt to array themselves solilly against
the native whites, with whom they arc to
live and to dill. Foreign adventures,
political leaders Of the negro, regarded
South Carolina as a camping ground
from which they could and would flee ut
their convenience and leave the deludcd
negro to his fate. But the other day
while the soil of South Carolina was
drinking up the blood of her; citizens,
white and colcrcd, Chamberlain, instead
of being at his post and struggling 20 al
lay passion and violence, was making
visit to his home in Massachusetts,. He
was approached on the train by tho Judge
and entreatcd to return to Columbia and
exert himself in behalf of peace and or
der, but all III vain. Now Governor
Chamberlain might be found Somewhere
unaer the North pole; when, if Hamp-
ton had been Governor he wculd, under
similar circumstances, lave been at his
post ready, at the peril of his life, to pro:
t1ott tiiie iIlHih'r=tt citizen, wiitt or biick.
BY facts and figures he was prepared to
show that the siealings Of the last eight
years would be amply sufficient, without
the collection of cent Of taxes, to run
the government for MS many years in the
future. The prosperous condition of the
negroes i'll Virginia, Georgia and other
Southern States was contrnsted with
his impoverished condition here in South
Carolina. He predicted that the first ef-
fort to restrict the negro suffrage would
be made by tho North. The boaid of
State canvassers composed of officials and
candidates in opposition to the Demo
CRITIC part; -~=as ;,aaseccs: Il. s1attiiiiing re-
view. TIE speech called forth repeated
cheering and was listened to throughout
with marked attention, and on motion of
Mr.. J. ID. Means the thanks of the club
! were voted to the Judge for his address.