Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-09-14
For the Orangeburg Times.

thore was to be II political meetin :
held in Poplar Township ut Book
harts' poll by the Radicals on the
next day ut eleven o'clock, and that
Straker, Webster aud Duncan were
to hold forth. Accordingly few
straiShtout Democrats repaird to the
scene of action with view ofhearinr
what these worthless had to say. we
anv'! on the grounds promptly ut
eleven A. NJ and found about
scvcnlyivc colorcI men awaiting
patiently for the above II TN FL zen
who lied 10 put III an appear
{ C. They, from indications, did
not seem to relish tho presence Of tn C
pale facesmuch. We lolled about I'm
til about halfpast one, when mess
cngcr arrived and made report
after which the meeting was organ
lied with the following resuitsI: RAJ
tus Fielder chairman and Samuel
lilly, secretary. Shcdrack Morgan
explained the object Of the meeting
Slrallcr, Webster, Duncan an others
were to address them, bat sai that
Strallcr had received information
that il would not be well for him to
come down, Wcbstcr's wife or child
was sick and sam! Duncan's father
was ill This cast damDer on the
meeting, but they were somewhat
revived by the assurance that other
speakers would be sent ami were
expected every moment; those to3
failed to come. VIM. Pauling W as
the first speaker lIo advoc.tcI the
cause of Morgan. and urgel his hear
crs TO pick the best men they hal for
Office, and if they uld not find them
in the Republican party t., fill out
their ticket with white men (pointinc
to the Dcmocrats.) Shedrack Nor,
gan spoke at some length explaining
his position while member Of tn
Macicy house, and how he purgcd
himsu'f to obtain his seat in the Wa
lace h use, and closed hy advisin 9
all Republicans to stick together, Oh Il
not allow wolves to get among tn.
sheep and divide the flock, saying a
!!o"&o divided ;tg,iust Itself W u iu
surely fall, but united coull sta nd
the storm.
I will add, his house l.; a mass or
rottenness and great will be the fall it
OH the 5th Of next November. Dur.
ing Morgans speech could sec there
was strong opposition to him, but it
was not fully developed un.il Saml
Lewis took the stand and pitched
into Morgan without gloves. lie
charge him with calling that meeting
to redeem his character, AMI with
purgng himself ito obtain his seat in
the Democratic House Of Representa-
tives. At this stage Of the meeting
Morgan's friends became violent and
interrupted the speaker, whercup,n
his friends took offence and Il y.:ri y.
al state of confusion took place. Any
one not knowing their nature would
have expected a general engagement
and looked to see blood flowing in
streams, but no one was hurt except
by. the. tongue which was used unre-
straindly and in unqualified language
After son,e time comparative order
prevailed, but Sam'l Lewis would not
take the stand again. Several other
speeches were mado but the speakers
were repeatedly interrupted, with the
Damned lie, Damned Rogue" AT.
tempts to fight, but l succeeded in
taking notes Of James Robensoas
speech, in which he advised them to
send the best men they had to the
Legislaturc and do better in the tu
turc than they had in the past. Nor
gan was his man. In him wero virtue
intelligence and marality; and he saw
no reason why he should not repre-.
sent thom for more than one term.
He knew Mr.. ii. G. Sheridan had
served SIX or scren years in the Legis
laturc ot'this State and saw no rca.0n
why Mr.. Morgan should no, do like.
wise. Some men were riding blind
horses aholt At night witt. no corn in
their c"gn houses, te ling them not to
curse their race and color; bat that
would not do. a great many whites
were with them, and Democrats felt
their interest, otherwise they
would be in Il bad fix to-day. Eluca
ton, he said, was about 10 90 down
by ignorance but this must not b..
Many were riding poor M ules about
ut night with 10 crops in their field,
but iewdocumcnts i'll their pockets
aging, "Go the way tell YOU" but
he advised them to dictate for them
selves, saying they had been free
thirteen years and it was time for
them TO he free. Previous to this,
Democrats were invited to speak bot
declined prcferny to enjoy the con
cert 4 little longer, bat being called
again one sraightout Democrat arose