The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-09-19

Reports OF the Speeches Delivered at
the Great Democratic Rally in Winns-
boro OH tho 18th inst.
AS severe indisposition prevented
the editors of TIE News AND Herr
AID from making, as they had fully
intended, exhaustive reports Of the
speeches delivered on the 18th, the
reports taken from tho News and
Courier arc here given, in order
that tho few who were not present
on that day may read the words Of
cheer spoken by the standard
bearers of Democracy -
GENERAL. BRATToN's OPENING.
Gen. Jno. Bratton, County Chair
man, called the meeting to or
der, his appearance being greeted
with loud cheers. He said
that they had assembled to in
augnrato another campaign in the
political warfare for tho rights of
people and the preservation of tho
State. They had assembled to en-
dorsc tho Democratic nominees
and ratify the Democratic platform,
every line and syllable Of which
looked to the rc-ostablishmcnt of
the constitution. Every pledge
contained and principle avowcd in
that platform would be carried out
by the candidates. They had been
tried and proved, They had found
ovory right in tho State trampled
upon by tho exercise Of personal
power, and by merely doing their
duty had lifted the Commonwealth
again to her former place. The
Governors health, unfortunatelv,
had forbidden his appearance, but
he had the pleasure to- introduce Il
strong second to that grand figure
head Of the law in South Carolina.
He then lod forward Lieutenant
Governor Simpson, who was re-
ceivel with long and loud cheers.
TIE LIEUTENANr-G GOVERNOR
began by alluding to tho enforced
absence Of Governor Hampton, and
expressing the hope that before long
the great leader would be enabled
again to enter the campaign. He
then turned his attention for awhile
to pointing out the great future
, awaiting the Commonwealth aud her
} children, when her immense natural
resources should be developed. The
first step towards this was tho
establishment Of permanent good
government. The character Of the
} rulers influenced all of the peoples
temporal and oven their eternal in
tcrcsts. 1t was evident 80 all that
no people could prosper under q
bad government He had no need
to tell them what that was They
had lived under one for eight years,
from 1868 until 1876, when it sank
in infamy. A good government was
one that confined itself to the orbit
Of it's creation, being created for the
protection Of tho rights Of tho peo~
bic. Whether government would
do this Oh not depended on tho
character of it's officers. The
government was best that was best
administered. If tho coming elec-
ton should result in the selection of
unsafe officers it would bo only the
result of the peoples neglect ut tho
ballot-boX. There were two parties
and one must rule, and tho charac-
ter Of the officers would partalse Of
the character Of their party. They
had had eight years of Radical and
two years of Democratic rule, and
they could 500 the contrast. The
Radical party embodied the vice,
iniquity, ignorance, fraud and COR
ruption, and the Democratic tho
virtue, intelligence, competency and
property Of the State. Would they
suffer the former to be again rein.
stated ? EIc knew that they would
suffer no petty local discords and
projudices to intervene between
them and the victory already within
their grasp. In '78, as in '76, they
would roll up majority tho intlu-
,n:e Of which would be folt long and
far. Hc pointed out to them the
importance Of the Legislative strug-
gle, and urged that they should not
rest until glorious, decisive, ovor-
whclming victory pcrchod upon
thoir standard. The speaker was
frequently interrupted by bursts of
cheering and applause, and at tho
close of his address the echoes wcro
made to ring again.