The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-06-28

are not governed by q proscTiptiSe poll
cy? Does It rot show that We have fal-
filled the pledges and promises msde
during the last CANVASS, TO make no dis
tinctiOn on account Of race, color or par
ty? (Aptlause.) We wanted to show
you people of the North that we were
actual I'd by the highest ard most patriot
ic feeling. We knew that Judge Willard
was an honest man; no stain was upon
his ermine, and though he differed from
the Democratic Legislature in politics.
they elected him to position. We did
not wage political canvass We were
fighting for every interest dear to free
men, and, thanks To the brave and true
men and glorious women of South Caro-.
lima, ihis war for good government was
successful-they have established 1t Ill
! every department Of :hc State govern
ment. They have accomplished this, and
they now propose fulfilling TO the very
letter the pledges which / made and APP
peaIed to high Heaven to witness, that
| they should be carried out | declared
that il elected l would be Governor Ofthe
whole people of South Carolina; that l
should know no race, 10 party, no color;
that all men who stood on the soil OF
South Carolina, native or foreign born,
white or black, should be equal before
the law, and, so help me God, il shall be
done. Enthusiastic applanse.) l am
glad to say the bitterness which marked
that strife is passing away, and say to
you men of New York, :.s say at lcme,
I owe my election to the colored men of
South Carolina. (Applausc.J Thou
sands of them voted for ne, knowing that
I had been q good friend of their race,
knowing that WAS the first man after
the war to recommend that they should
be given the right of suffrage, and have
never yet changed my opinion on this
subject. Knowing this, they sustained
me 'iu large numbers, and am happy to
say tl:at nearly all the fears Of the more
satisfied that they will be dealt with in
I'll respects as citizens of South Carolina.
| We intend to try and elevate them, edu-
biities as we'll as tho blessings of liberty.
America and South Carolina, to be wor-
| great Republic.
| a UNITED COUNTRY.
My friends, l must again thank yoll
for this cordial greeting, douhly crafty.
ing because it is the voice of New York
rcvcrberating to South Carolina. come,
rs said, to do honor to my distinguished
friend, General Shields. He wore the
blue, and wore the grey, but we can let
the curtain drop over those years and 20
back to the time when that flag, borne by
him, waved alike over the men of the
South and the men of the North, and we
can look beyond to the future when
through all time that flag shall float over
q free and prosperous and reunited coun-
try. (Applause.) I say this to you-a
Southern man, a rcbel-for when fought
l fought as hard rs / knew how against
you, and l say also that if that flag floats,
as it should do, over free and equal
States if it shall be the symbol of lbcr-
ty and equality and justice to all the
States, and every man of every State, the
men Of the South will honor it and love
it as of old, and the time may come once
more when New York and South Carroll
ma shall stand shoulder to shoulder
against common enemy and their
blood mingle upon the soil. Zap
! nlausc)
My friends, I shall bear this cordial
greeting back home with me to tho little
Palmetto State, and assure our people
that your hearts. here throb kindly for
lis.
l trust in God that better future is
before the whole country, and that we
shall have peace, prosperity and liberty
to every man upon the Continent. ZAP
| plause.
SPEECH OF GENERAL SHIELDS.
General Shields was then introduced
and said:
FELLOW CITIZENS AND FELLOW SOL
DIERs-I left home the other day to visit
Auburn, expecting to make the acquain-
| tance of the Shields Guard and thank
them for the honor OF bearing my name.
l expected to make the acquaintance of
good many people of Auburn and
thank them for the kindness they have
shown all these years to the Shields
Guard. But such an occasion as this
did not expect, and am little bewil-
dored; such brilliant spectacle / was
not prepared for. I did not dream you
had such great city here, and that you
would tarn ont TO give mo such elcome.
1t there is one company in America that
ought to be proud to-day it is the Shield
Guard of Ankurn. Hero is the Governor
OF your great Empire State, New York,
man that l was more anxious to see
than any other man in the State. Why?
Because the name has been borne over
our prairies until it has become house
hold word with us, and I will give you
the reason-his incorrurtible integrity,
his infexible p'rpose, rising above the
pitiful devices Gf the politician and con-
ducting the affairs Of this great State in
the interests of the whole people. He is
here to-day to welcome the Governor OF
Q, gallant, chivalrous South Caroline
(applause) land also TO welcome me.
,(Applause and laughter.) This company
deserves q great deal of credit for what it
has done, not because it has kept up my
name, though I am most gratified for
that, II had great many companies
called after me once, but when went
into obscurity they went into nothing.
ness), and their captain is q man of vim.
do moi believe there is o man on earth
could have dragged mo from horie but
that same gentleman. But thank him
from my heart and thank you citizens of
Auburn for bringing me here 1t is a
glorious day in my life and here is the
Governor of South Carolina come to
honor the anniversary, Wade Hampton
savior of his State. IF there is one man
in America who should be welcomed in
our State that man is Governor Hamp-
ton. (Applause.) There does not live n
people more ready to appreciate true
greatness than the people of this rreat
Empire State. He hal redeemed South
Carolina without doingewrong or injus.
tice to any man, or class of men of any
color. What q magnanimous example