The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-09-24

, nollnced, as having fulfilled it's
mission, and said to be in its death.
struggle, and SO forth. But it has
always come out safo in Tho end.
IF wo split, there is no knowing
what will become Of us. L hope thc
party will remain solidly united
until 1880, when we shall have the
greatest struggle Of all.--As to
home matters, [ am III favor of u
liberal system Of education. We
must use every means in our power
to educate our children. 1t has
been said thar, little knowledge is IL
dangerous thing, but L cannot think
this is 50. Happiness will mover
thrive on ignorance. The pleasures
and advantages Of education arc too
numerous to mention. We should
all learn to appreciate them. We
must not think Of abandoning cur
grand old State. We have many
advantages Of soil and climate, and
wo should not give them up.---I find
myself suffering for wind--I only
hope l. have gained some votes.
'ushtcr.] And now, my friends,
[ have only to say that we have
stuck to you closer than brother,
and the time is soon coming when
: VIC shall want you to stick to us.
daughter and applause.
The chairmaI next introduced
Col. r. G. Lamar, whc, after au
appropriate oxordium, proceeded
to discuss diilcrcnt Questions, as
follows: L. TaXation., Every effort
should be made to reduce taxation
to the lowest possible limit. The
pay Of the Legislature should DO
reduced, both in dollars and cents
and i'll tho length of the sessions.
There should be short sessionc, with
reduced pay. Expenses must be
cut down in every direction. The
Office Of county auditor should be
abolished. The present incumbent
IS i'll every way q most worthy
gentl cman, but tho Office itself is
useless and should be abolished.
We are poor. and wo should come
down to hard pan-aolid rocl-stop
leaks, and then so up hill. 2. The
bonded dobt Of the State. This
question is now in the courts, but if
it shonld get into the Legislature, I
should favor a reputation of the
entire debt made by the Radicals.
Wo had no hand in making the
debt, and we should havo no hand
III paying ii. B. The phosphate uues,
ton. The phosphate interests Of tho
State should be utilized for the
benefit of tho State, and should not
be yivcn out to be u monopoly. If
sent to the Legislature, 1 shall watch
with jealous cyo tho phosphate in
! forests Of tho State. /. The Now
York Code. This was brought here
by Corbin and Chamberlain, and is
q very expensive system. I favor
the abolition Of this code, and the
framiny Of one Of our own. Col.
Lamar closed with an earnest appeal
for unity, and the ignoring ofall sido
issues, AMI plila handsome tribute
to tho influence cxortol by tho la,tios
III the gran | campaign Of 1876. We
must stand together now, and all do
our full duty. [Applause.]
The next speaker was Mai. James
Pagan. Ho Expressed himself as
extremely gatifcd to make tho &C
quaintanco Of the people of Horeb
and Grecnbrier, whom ho had long
known by reputation. Ho was os-
pccially glad to SEQ tho ladies out in
such full numbers, as their influence
WIS always for good. Fairfield
county, from the days Of 1776 up to
this time, has reputation inferior
to that of no other county, and We
must now sustain it. In every
struggle since that time her people
have borne u most honorable part.
He was glad to see evidences of hap
piness and prosperity, and express
Cd tho belief that in a fow years wo
should SEQ our country flourish as
Of yoro. We should all work, and
train our young men to work. They
are willing to work, and this will tell
in tho long run. Wo should give
moro attention to agriculture--a
matter strangely neglected in our
legislation. In our national govern
ment we have separate department.
looking after Other interests, but no
representative Of agriculture in the
cabinot-only o. commissioner with
poor pay and poor facilities. We
shall 500 moro attention paid to ag-
riculturo hereafter. 1t engages bo-
tween six and eight tonths of all tho
lnh0r Of thn world md eh011ll ,n