The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-16

lie education, the expenses hid been cut
down enormously. The cxpcnditur6 fol-
education had been vastly Increased and
vastly increased facilities were afforded the
youth Of the State 70 eeeuEe an education.
Gen; Hagood's spsech was isstened 70 Hitl,
much interest by the thousands of taxpay-
ers who heard him. IS,
GIN. 4, ~SDY,
tho candidate for Lien.enant- Governor OH
the front, and with that gallantry for which
he IS particularly famed, prefaced his re-
marks with deserved tribute 20 tho yc-
men OF Anderson. Pointing to the origina;
heddShitt OF the campaign of 1876, which
hung from q tree near by, he, In glowing
Iermss depicted the change which had oc-
CURED in the State since first II was worn,
and alluded to, q now as the emblem ol
Redeemed Carolina.
Gen. Kennedy reheaTsed the actiot, OF the
recent Republican Convention end warned
the people that it was o dangerous thing fc.
them 70 relapse into Iethaygy because there
Tis no .kepublicen ticket at this time in the
cratic pasty: In his opinion, WAS OYER con.
iidence. What was needed was strict poiit-
zeal t,'Scipiine, and the speedy suppression
Of anything that sayored of INDEPENDENT
ism. de Joined with Senator Butler In his
praise Of the National Democratic party,
!. woniG be impossible TO have complete
victory oil aleng The iii,e without thorough
unity and sympathy with the National
Democratic party.
HON. D. WYATT AIKEN
vas next introduced. He :. id that he was
pleased to meet with tho people OF Andee-
son on this occasion, as it reminded him
iorcibly OF the scenes ofit76. The sanie
duties that Lay before us thenwere before us
now. The Radical party had shown some
signs OF life recently In Columbia, whereits
tail had been wagged. Il was now our duty
70 bury that tail, aud to bury IL SO deep that
1t wouldn't wag again. But as important
fr the election Of cur State ticket was, II
was even more importar ) 20 see that
our electoral ticket was elected. The Ro.
publican party had pnt forth no State ticket,
but they would put out their electoral ticket
the Saturday night before the election, the
Radical preachers would harangue their
congregations on Sunday, and on the day OF
the. election the Radical hosts would be as
ready to vote the ticket as IL they had con-
sidered 1t for twelve months. Mr.. Aiken
then took mp the character of Mr. Garfield,
corrupt connection with the Credit Mobilicr
fraud, the DeGolyer steal, .he salary grab,
and the electoral fraud. He was good
presbyterian, no said, and he believed that
dr. Garfield was predestined to climb no
higher than he was at presnt. s
- E1ahcockf the great representative oil
Democratic principles, would be elected, but
1t was going TO be q fearful fight. It was
an unequal fight. The Republican party,
with their patronage and their assessments,
would start the rnce with 100000 voters,
and 81 ,CcO, 600 wrung from the thousands OF
ofhceholders upon the pain of dismissal.
Against these great odds the Democratic
party had nothing to set up but principle,
and yet he believed the American people
would refuse to place at The head OF their
Government o moral GOV ard aud con-
fessed bribe.taker a,s5 kl.ssef 2; ss by aiSy un-
fortunate chance Garfield ahouIt be elected,
ha deslaired of the future or che Southern
corntr3'. Consiitutjunal liberty would be
stranglt d, freedom of elections would be
denied, and the people would be taxed be-
yond endurance. Ag tho only way. to
escape TINT burden of taxation, lie said,
every man should do aliI In his power to
bring succe1s to the National Democratic
l:sket. he urged upon his hearers in the
gtroDgest terms the duty of supporting the
National Democracy. ~ I5
AT the conclusion of Col. Aiken,s speech
the meeting was adjourned, and the i'm.
mense crowd that listened with such
patience for four hours to the speeches then
dispersed. Every one present was pleased
with the speeches ss wel1:as all the other
exercises of the day, and it was evident 10
the most casual observer TINT it had been q
great day not only for tho Democracy Of
the Count,, but for the whole Slate as
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