The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-06-13
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nietto Band, together with numberof the
citizens of the town and surrounding ooun-
try, repaired to the Waverly House for the
purpose of sereneding Judge Ke7shaw and
Solicitor Cothrap. ARR some excellent
music from the Band Judge Kershaw was
loudly called for. S.ld was introduced by
DR.. 4. f. Ovyer ss one OF Cardinals no.
siast and puTss. SONS, and an honest Judge.
Judge Kershew then responded In sub
stance as follows:
Fe!ioig- Citizens and Geatlenei, qf the Band
While appreciate most highly this kind
and beautiful compliment which you pay
me, and while no one has Q higher love Of
music, or enjoys listening to its strains be.
meath the silver light OF yonder moon Is
they come 70 the ear upon the breezes fresh
from your mountain cline end as realize
With gratitude tho kind erdor which prompts
yon In this demonstration. must confess
that ] EN- embarrassed in making my &C.
know,edyments to you. But when aocep-
ted tho office of Judge, which your repre-
sentatives bestowed upon me, decided to
accept as my mentors the Whitnerr, o Meals,
Wardlaws, BarperS and others, who adorned
the Bench, and did not seek applause by
public srcskin5. On this subject I al. re-
minded OF the maxim Of Lord Coke, who
said mnch'speaking Judge is an ill-tuned
cymbs.. I ON an old man now, but I can
yet appreciate the beauties of the quarsette
moonlight, music love and flowers, and
while l enjoy the others tonight, L will
leave the Ither, love, 70 you young men.
After more music, Col. Cothran was call.
ed for, and was introduced by DR.. Diver
as the coming man Of upper South Caro-
lima. Col. Cothrau said:
Ny friends, am here; and have never
seen the 5urimlT Inoon and 5taT5 shine
brighter, l have never heard the music
sound sS'seter, Mrs. Cochran's fried chicken
has never tasted better, and have never
seen the Democracy in better heart. The
party is at work, and there is prospect Of
better times But srhar is the enemy? We
are ready to meet him. In February
Last supposed we wonld have had our war
paint on and the campaign have been open.
ed before this, but everything is calm and
serene. We are having 1t all our own wsy,
but remember to keep your powder dry.
The enemy may organize in an hour, and
we will need the effort Of 1875 again. /
! have no idea Of losing what We have gnin-
ed. It cost too much labor, time, enth,lsi-
asm and human courage. The colored PEG.
pie are satisfied. Peace and Low prices pre-
vail, and all South Carolina ought to BIZ
Democratic. Ii a man, black or white,
can't approve the Democratic good govern.
nient, he ought to have the remedy Of q
sick child. The mother hates TO give It bad
medicine, but IL necessary she gives it. So
we mean to give the colored people Democ-
racy. We prefer them to take it, but If
give it to them like dose of oil. It must
be taken, If we have to drench it down
them. There are no issues before us now.
but be ready. We must be like the doctor
VINO went to Gee case OF cranp cclic. The
man. wife asked if he could cure 1t. he
replied that he did not know about that.
hyrrrc cf ,t,aH D. O.,
we must hold the State at what it is. It
cost too much to get her here. We have
not had the government long enough. We
must not only hold it, but we must make II
better.
The party then repaired to tho residence
of Mnj. John B. Moore to serenade Gen.
MCGOWAN.
In reannnsa tn the calls for Gen. Nc
Gowan, Maj. John B. Moore appeared, and
expressed qualification at the compliment
rendered to Gen. McGowan, and said that
two years ago we achieved glorious VIC
tory that 1t YVES now our duty to maintain
1t, and that it gave him pleasure 10 intro.
duce to the audience O man who did as
much to achieve the victory of 1876 as any
other man in South Carolina, Gen. Samuel
MCGOWAN.
After. prolonged applause, Gen. McGowan
responded by thanking them for the COM
pliment paid him, and said that he always
looked forward to pleasant time in An
derenn whenever he ess,,e, l=cs::sa .,:.z ;;.s;-
ple, iin1yariabiy Inv reGeive him with courtesy
did not know what to speak about at this
time. Everything Is quiet in politics.
There are no special issues before us, The
campaign has not opened yet. but we are
mastering our strength for the coming bat
tle, Te are clearing the quarterback to oe
on the first day of September last time. II
will probably begin month sooner this
timo, as our State Convention meets on the
frst day Of August to nominate a State
ticket. We do not know yet what issues
we vii! have to meet, but in Abbeyilie we
cdvised another whose gun missed fire to
pick his flint and try it again. We are
picking our fiints to try :. .gain. and ex-
pect TO improve on what we did before.
We remember that in 1875, when we were
itruSglinE to free ourselves, how the men
OF Andersen poured down into Abbeville to
assist In arousing enthusiasm and courage.
We were weak then, and needed assistance,
but we are not 30 now. We are able to take
cere OF ourselves without further assistance
now. In fact, think the opposition have
about given up the fight in Abbeville this
y
If You need 1t, we will roll back to the
mountains the wave of assistance and in
duence which you poured down on uD two
years ago. Your County took the lead two
years ago, and we are looking to you now
SO that when you do move we shall come
to your assistance to make the triumph
greater than it was before When the
proper time comea for your primary cleo
ton, go out and nominate your hest and
most suitable men for office, especially the
Legislature, without reference TO whether
they want 1t or not. Do not be governed
by who is most anxious or who has cleo
tinneerd most. Select them because they
are tho proper men. Not because they
want to serve. but because you want them
to serve. Not because you wish to honor
them, but because yon wish to take caro- of
yourselves. When you have done this re-
main true to your party. Be united, and
we will have secured our deliverance for all
time to come. We must hold what we
have gained, or all of nnr past labor and an.
thusiaglu has been in vain. We cannot
afford TO divide now, for to do 80 is to lose
our splendid victory. 1t cost too much Of
labor, OF courage, Of patriotism and Of
never do It.. The Developments of fpscality.
fraud and theft which has besn shown Iip
upon the Radicals in this Slate, together
with the crimes which are now being deyel-
oped on them in the United States, will
bury their party SO low and cover In the
grave so securely that line and piumbet
can never ascertain Its depth.
SEVERE SToRH.
Last Sunday vas indeed day of destruc-
tion aud ruin 70 many persons in Ander-
son County. In addition to the terrible
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