Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-08-15


/ coffin laugh -and the whites with
one accord shrek with irrepressibfe
but good naturned mirth.
Gen. Butler now rises, and, IN ad-
mirable style, exhorts the whites to
order and deoorum. Gen. Gary states
! that as Chairman of the County Ex-
ecutive Committee, he had sent q
.ECommittee To- G2y. Caamberlaaa
Judge Mackey, &s.i proposing that
the meeting should Be a joint one.
and that the time should be equally
divided among Radical and Demo-
cratic speakers. The Committee after
waiting long and patiently had been
informed that the Radical magnates
declined 10 share the time with
the Democrats. Gen. Gary then as
serts that the Democrats Will share
the time Of the meeting. or there SAa4
be no meeting. Gov. Chamberlain
and Judge Mackey state that some
misunderstanding must exist-that
tneg are not the committee Of arrange
ment-bpt that they are perfectly
wiling the meeting should be a Joint
one. Gen. Gary PEasaos them for
some definite arrangement, Eng Gov.
Chamberlanpropose that the spesche3
shall he in turn Republ:gaa and
Democratic, and that eae.. speaker
shall be limited to a hall -four, This
ID accepted as the settled plan,
! AaI now Gov. Chamberlain begins.
His face SSH bears the gallows ex-
preston, and he srsass more to the
whites than to the blacks. Es fills
up his half hour with English words,
but says nolbing-not an individual
I thing that you could lay your finser
upos.. The negroes are horribly
mortified aa9 a11i22ed. They sink
into voiceless gl6oaa. whites
press Gov. G. for an explanation OF
his appointment Of MeDevitt, and
/ his persistent continuing hsa IN Office.
He s- to evade the Issue, but Is
pressed 10 ~ wall. and replies that
If any reliable eiti@ele .or citizens OF
! Edgefeld nad represented u i'm
McDevitt's unwoytlineSs, he would
at G0pce have displaced him, OF.
course tie crowd jeer So absurd a
come-oF as tkis. AID now Cham
berlain is done, ana Qea. .iqtler be-
gins.
of base misrepresentation and calam-
ay th~roughoutthe length and brsad,1
of tins land, and especially at the
hands Of Goy. Gh2mbell in himself.
He has evidently Tsl4 for the op
portuuity now beforshim, assa 4e pa as
out his righteous Indignation, his .eir~
tation, his scorn, his contempt, his
~inyeot;ve, in magnificent eloqnence.
And hroUshoat-even when turn
Ing face to face to Chamber
lain and hur!ing the lie III his
teeth-he maintains thorough Dig
nifty, thorough gentllity. It IS
vain for us to seek to reproduce tins
gres. o@tbursf of pride, passion, II
v~ective ana . 41,ia2tion. 10 attempt
10 put it upon page, V?qid be as
vain as to attempt 10 Yepf5sc".e 4 (
lash Of lisata.Ng from heaven, lie
eXcoriat5d the Radical payti, IL
spirit, lis record, its work. lie ar
raigned Caar,Ies!ain, Smalls, the
Gaioa HeralR, the Ne'1s AID HoHT5ef,
in graudest style, and pronounced
Chamberlain and Smalls TO their
ace. ! sge. premeditated, malignant
Lars.
And now Judge Mael. Uses ana
from this moment 10 the end, s.z-t Ii
ard badinag9 rule the hour.
L edly since The beginning OF the
speeches, ttorm mas fallen, each
time carrying tny Radicals to the
ground, and leaving the democrats
aloft upon some sure plank or beam.
And at each fall, Judge Mackey Ut
ters some salient witicism that carEes
the huge and swavingcrowd toshriek
with laughter and applause. Even
the trees are full Of people, and the
railing, the badinage and the shouts
Of laughter come not only from every
side, b,1 ESQ !s2.n above.
And now 0e4. ~ arises amid
deafening cheers.
Gen. Gary in replying TO GOV
Chanhe:.ain and Judge Mackey, said
lie as glad to welcome such distin-
gqished ss.sksrs to Edgefeld, and
was gratiGed at N.- opportunity Of
being able to participate 81 : Joint
discussion of grave questions TOUCH |
ing M2 welfare Of the commonwealth
before a Democratic and Radica! au-
dience. He felt that hs ROW had In
his presence "foenen worthy OF lis
steel" He had facetiously said shat
jQdge Mackey was a Democrat in
Disguise vAen the Judge began to
speak, and rs @Gqld leave it to. the
audience if the latles A.a,t got thrown
off the mask and was fast fe'sAL.ag
to his first political love. BE was
particularly n,eased to see the ne
ggoes aera to-day, not in orler to
make a political speech to them, for
he had just as soon think c. singing
psalms to a dead horse; not one in g F,
hundred Of them could define the
difference between the Radical and
Deiaeeratic platforms. But he was
glad 10 see iIsem, in order that he
might assure them tts Democrats did
not desire TO return taem "a slavery
when in power; they would act re,
enslave them if theycould, and could
not if they would. AS for himself,
he believed slavery was a curse and
slight to the South, and that their
eusa6@ 2tion was a blessing in dis
grise to bota @L-;te and black that
he considered he l&6 Inherited Il
hundred and fifty Of them by &c de.
mise Of slavery. He was engaged