The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-09-13
NUMBER 81.

ger ignorant of the fact os n h,, =,
his a.b ua;uHt youth is regarded by all those of
so we'll VIII, :, "uo know him so we'll and
tho "vm ;na,u ~nat ne has wrongfully suffer- % ~.
'Sne iJIu "n'S over his presence Increased INV n'
bc w,. presently reached its climax wbapn
n do,nn uo;s.ea r'; upon the shoulders Of baif
up the hin illus ns ana carried some distance
frpma fri "o 81 r,,' and hoisted bodily upon th"
uouslv " ,oa,.? wagon wich stood in a consn;c
and % accessible spot, when ho was rejoai" p,J
snrn n GENEROUSLY called upon to s'o' mol"'
~"r"S rseosncuuF--fS F--fSuu'uuS como -orc..-
Pareo 20 meet such reception, and s,ill
less, OF course, was hc prepared to ,'aa. s,
such call, but once 4" }" ho determ;naS
20 make an effort and do the best bo lnou
now That best was by no means baS 9m "Hc
course Will say the mercifnl croo,,t
tue revenue laws, "of course he did M, ioooa ~
such an opportunity to abuse tho rnrous oo
n':n' anu Its agents, to defend his own
crimes and to incitc his gang 70 ronou, U"1
aeeds % OF Wholesale violence and sloroh,"NU
va courseihe did no such thing. On tbo
contrary, this man, who alone and bv n,no
-" nas peen excluded from the general amncs.
y extended to his fellows, (and MI nnrao
that thero are in the mountains To. d,v So 80
Ss worse men than the Major1 this deenly,
dycd criminal and implacable foe n IL ,
order devoted himself to q modest eorncs. @
appeal to all present to respecI ~" o"lnes'
'a thc1Sae,ee ssS aSs17;sa aae drtM, reysane
ana a. 20 d'scoun ntenancc IL in others ys ,reU
=. ms was before the Court met ot Groo,
vle ana or course before the amnesty w,.
proclaimed. Il follows that Redmond ion"J "aS
ior no reward for what he was doing puJ
ho at 'east nevor. expected that what bo J;J
Wonia DC reported in his behalf T. wos
not from him that learned of tho c;rorm.
!, sauces have here narrated. Tho orgnmnn,
nc J. useu was not one of high moralilv bmt
IL was at least sound, anG painfnllv ;,,stra
leu III the person or the speaker II wo.
iudresSed to simple hearers. md voe CO.,
ply 70 the effect that the law was oo,;ns.
mem, that it was useless to ottomnt :"
wade 1t, and that it brought far moro p.;
nan profit to those who disreoordeJ ;,s a"n p
e used s4s eaS uaFGA#eat qeaaat ssKYsas.
non, and Iii be bound went further than
III the threats and thundcrs which could be
aunchcd from the scat of power for a wear
ogcther.
= lie was not allowed to finish his address.
,cw Gomers crowded into the wagon to
make hands with him, and his voice being
lnally drowned in tho camors of the mui.
it1de he was pulled down from the wagon
nd escorted TO the ladies' stand, were he was
ompclled to go through the hand. shaking
eremony all round again. After time
$ the witnesses tell tho disappeared
nore suddenly than he came, aud the be-
'lldered meeting disbanded
Redmond is neithas- -fs~-osa- s...-A S,5H--aH
nose among whom he lives. He is rather
owed and plticd for his n,sfortunes, and his
influence is great for evil or good. Ho
chooses to exercise it for good
put it to you, Messrs. Commissioners,
whether 1t is wisc-I have shown you that it
not J"st-to array such man. pcrforce,
galnst the law? One kind word would
nlist his powerful influence on the side Of
bediencc and ord;r, would relieve YOU Of
much trouble and expense, and many of
e aSr 4saaIQal Victims q eppEsssien; Can
~ :n,-@, r. .noak pono2, to tLo tr9mb