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

CouiPsuie5 oi Ateu Dulrt9, Hnu HucdredH
OF citizens, both white and colossd, male
and female, young and old, IN buggiog,
carriages, wagons and en- foot, began to
arrive and enliven our streets, and by 10
o'clock Tho whole town was crowded.
Tho mounted companies, carriagos with
speakers, and the bands repaired to tho
Fair Grounds, whero the procession was
.ormed under the command Of Con. w.
w. Humphreys, chief marshal OF tho day,
and proceeded TO tho grounds OF tho Car
olina Collegiate institution tho following
order: M
Palmettn Band.
Carriages with Speakers.
Aicdowan Artillery, Capt John s. Smith,
Commander.
:. Companies OF Mounted Red Shirts.
Colorod Brass Band. :
Companies of Mounted Red Shirts.
The whole procession consisted OF about
1900 or 500 men, aud reached from the
Fair Grounds to the Public Square. At
about ii o'clock 1t arrived at tho grounds
OF tho Collegiate Institute, where d COM
modious stand had been erected by the
Town Council, I'm front OF which seats for
the nlodation OF about 2, 500 persons
had been arranged. The speakers stand
was beautifully decorated with evergreens
and flowers, aud in front bore full-si2ed
portrait of General Hancock, above which
were there words In large letters, made
of ovoTaseens, sour Next President.n
On einSer aide OF the portrait was this
auotasios fFcm Gen. Hancoclk's General
Order, No. 40: "Tho right of trial by
jury. tho habeas corpus, the iiboyty OF
tho press, tho freedom Of speech, and tho
natural rights OF ,,erzona nnt7 tIa y,.,,,.=
~ sao,a.,., ,s s, ., =
- i.iuAs D1 s'9' pe Pseservse 40 the
right OF the HtanG was suspended tho firht
red Hhirt made for the campaign OF 1875,
IT 's : -. oy Noipiicl =, ION
:. =. y e ~ e.ss1 COL
cei7od tho idea ofadopting tho Red Shirt
o., tho symbol of the Dem M, a,, = .o.
t;ra ,,nn,, I,,11.,
s.' -. Ssst!l papgns OF
ll'. tne Asaaieais OF the North. Tho whole
crowd at the stand amounted To mt iess
than X ono mr. 1, mn, ,,e,,sor,, !,
q, = tass -. 81 nutii- ~
psi; .' " ~ y, sho'h were iauies There was
also quite number OF colored people
present, most of whom had on red ali;Fts.
AI ~ e,..io ~ .siie procession with
their respective companies. =
essr t..ae1,,y s, u, ~. :. :, n n, !, "a, s
u, :, =, oiu -.
eE = al-d III ire fenuleton He'd Stlifts ordi-
nance, and piece or two of martial mu-
sio iJy tho Rands. The ss,eetlr,u q, la
- ~. sr,,,,. = ~ y - =
-, =. =. os ~. county
ChAirlnnnS at whose request Rev. J.. IL.
Carlisle invoked tho Div lno biessi,,c, !, ,,,,,
on the execisos or Tn {, = ~
Efaior Mrrray ti,r.5,, -g rf,st and !l 1.
The revolution or another four years
brings our people to the ecofisidorufiji AZ
those greAt interests which aro inyolyai
| In . campaign where tho National. State.
end County officers are to be Enfactetf.
Monr XearS ngo tho people Of South Caro-
mover exceeded and scarcely sntiaIIari in
The annals or any country nru1eslin n q: Ia,
unipy the God.tSiven iserftnue ofsjitiNrt,,t
1t ls neither necessary nor pIoagrsiS, Ia
dwell upon tho talsrule and nfirno which,
we then endured W In the form OF law and
the flame of liberty, as defined and f,rac-
siced by fhe horde OF oornnoIafits, who mi.
| luted tho stntions OF mower and trtlst N,
Oup tslldHt. Suffice it TO saw tIiht here h,
Andarsoii, at the foot s,g the Grand Bitio;
Ridge, beneath tho clasaiu shades OF those
4 llaeeting wan held In that tyloriotia r,sts (
vss3 ~ hich wos destined 10 sredeuin fhia
| proud apmtno atyealIn froslt Aha MT Is.
tunes which had 5nffslion her.e Re n 7Sras
hero that tho FIRST red siii ssas SsrY.i, md
thero lungs the lrat ono made Ia tliat
by nv sfiits
Ono hnntired years hufore oiir ai,cesto -
began tho great ravolu tito u ~ hicls nayn tiS
tho b erttago nf ltiefty atid tie bfrthrsfri,k
ottreen1eii. hen 81 o. ~ hen tho sn,i.iS Of
tlisls ls tsl had ineeaused up the Grat eenLury