The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-08-13
Il .NF"r|NG At MONTYCELLO.
-s"' Nc1i '"rl SIC Club Addressed bv
''7"E,rt. Can liduSas.

Cy-
ing on 'o.'turlty, and that it woutd
be addressed by some of the canli-
dates, the elitor sot out for that
historic locality on Saturday morn
ing. After an uneventful iournev
oi several hours owe" bad roads, the
destlnatl1n WAS reached, q short
t''ne oeforo the h >ur at which the
CLUB assembled. After some time
sPen' IN social intercourse, in meet
ing old frionls and forming new uc-
qualntances, and in DISCUSSING the
proceedings Of the, State Conventions
OF the two pArties, and proplesy;ny
how II 'dic-.lism is going to get eter-
nally smashed this fall, all persons
present repaired to the club room,
IN the old Monticello Academy.
The club met at two o'clock, p. m.,
Captain McMeekin in the chair. The
minutes of the last meeting were
read and confirmed. Mr.. H. NJ,
Lealy rose TO make correction in
tne minutes of the meeting of the
18th uit. in eg.rd to the sheriff =
election. The resolution as pub
hshcd in The News AND HrRa1n w, -
That 1T was "Doth exped.ent and
lawful to elect tho sheriff at tne
coming general election, where Is
the resolution should have been
SIMPLY that it was deemed advan-
tageous to hold the election at the
Time OF tAe general e.ection. The
resolution dld not mean to decide
upon the law points involved. The
secretary Was requested to nuke
the correction. Ga motion Of Major
Bell, further business was SUSPEND,
ed III ordor to hear from the candi-
dates present.
Inc president then introduced
Capt. II. A.. Gliilard. Capt. Gaillard
began by thanking the club for
the honor extended in a. previous
invitation, which he could not &C.
cept, and referred to bis visit to the
Cub two years ago. lie was also
most grateful for the endorsement
by the club Of his course in tue Leg
islature, which endorsement he
received rs gwen in II spint of iyo
dulgence, for it is impossible for any
puolc Official to represent eve.y
intelligent citizen on every point,
He then reviewed the situation,
showing tho absolute necessity of
huccess, and pledging himself, If not
cnosen as q nominee of the party,
that lie would work with zeal for the
success Of the Democratic ticket,
lie then reviewed the nets of the
last Legislature and claimed that
impol tonJ reforms had been accom-
pushed. In cJlciusion lie would
say, III ti?o language Of J Jefferson, "a
good government rs one that is hon
est. by this 1uic we Lave had good
government c.ll,; we will still con
tlnue 10 hnvn Il, Thanking t.lain
for Lnel. III ny I,,Yors he t.en closed.
d.. L. i. Il M@h.nst.y WIS nexv
lp5rodu"et. IL showed how on,
condition had Doon umeiior,,Lel in
the pas two yeL.s. he D5mJcrlt
&c party hts followed out al it's
p]eds ses. The blacks had been
told that Democratic ascend dency
would ainS back the lash. They
A..ye have been unleceived. They
are better off now th.tn ever before.
But Radlcalisnl has been endo.,vor>
ing again to SHOW it's head and
there will be a fight this fail. The
Democracy musJ not abuto their
ctlolts until they have finally placed
their banners on blttlemenGs of
adamant, In regard to local m1t-
ters he thought these should not
distract us, He opposed the ustru,
clsm of any cllss. Eyety man
should have the right to represent
tho people. In regard to himself he
would say that he had been re-.
quested to offer himself as can~
didate. If defeated he would sup~
port the party nominations.
Col. r. G. Lamar Was then intro>
duced. There are not many issues
before the party and minor ques.
tlons should not be entertained.
He had been much relieved by the
showing Of the friends Of the ph. 8
pn'1te olIl, and hoped tnat tue
r-yenue from this source would ai |
ltlgely in decreasing tina burdens If
+ xt.ion. There should be an ab. .)li~
ton OF useless officers. Before the
wal one man collected the taxes OF
the county. The offices of auditor