The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1880-09-29

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put Democratic administration il,
power. We must meet and destroy
tie sectional teud kept alive by The
Republican party. There arc hun:
drcls Of thousands Of Northern mc,
who arc opposcdl0 The mcthods of the
Republican party, YET hesitate whether
they can cntrusl the future Of our coun,
try to the Democratic. party. This
seems to be the greatest obstacle to n
Democratic restoration to power. Tu
| rmove this apprehension depends
chiefly OH The South. Sou "cmcmbc,
the dismav Of the North iour wears
ago when the entire South went Dcmc-
i cratic. IL WAS said that Tie wards OF
the nation would be PROSTATE untlr,
Democratic potter. We have taught
them THAT Democratic administration
means tl,c reign Of law, right and i,ls-
ticc. In tha &atiGuai, anairs it will
show that tl2 c0l,nttY'S rights and in
tcrcsts arc all safe in, our keeping.
| thc Democratic party is essentially
the conservative party of This country
For seventy years it guided, controlled
and protected the dcstinicGi Of this
| Union Of StNtfs. LII 1860 il gave
prco!S Ct its patriotism and its devotion
the principles on which our govern
| mcnl is founded. In later times the
South especially has given. ample
PROOF of its conservative spirit and of
IT'S desire to preserve the peace Of the
country. Two instances OF this may
DC glvC!!. In 1877, when the cOllntrS
Sccincu on the very verge Of revolution
Ethc Southern Congressman did:all they
could towards bringing about that all
jnstmcnt of tl!r GslitG ovcr the clcc-
| tortl count which instnnd the peace of
the country. In 1880, when Bavnrd.
the especial friend and iavoritc Of tic
South, was suggested as The nominee
tor the Presidency, he was passed
over, and Hancock, II brave Union
General, was sclcctcd-larycly by the
votes aud Influences OF Rebel Briga-
dicrs There net in that Convention
| those who, had they mcl-thc bl,;c and
%,ay-in 1860, could have settled all
| those questions thnL haze since SO dis
tractcd our country. The only peace
ana prosperity we can ever enjoy arc
The peace and prosperity given by the
efforts Of those who fought each other
in war. The bloody chaam has been
closed by those y ho i;cl,l hostile mus
kcts in war. Those same men will
soon join hands again, and on the sec
nnd OF November will win triumph
| that will establish for all time the
peace, prosperity and union Of our
whole country. loud cicering.]
Major Woodward. ncXt :nU.oduccd
COL. JAMES II. RION,
who made most telling speech, OF
Which VIC regret that VIC can give only
Il synopsis that will scarcely do. him
insiico. lie said:
Fellow citizens of Fairfield-and cs-
| pccially YOU in red shirts (without re-
gard to color, sex or a"G): Judging
| by the quantity Of red shirts | see and
the length of time it, took the rear of the
column TO come in. | would say that
the red shi.t lo-jay exhibited is the
biggest shirt with the lol!.cst tail /
ever saw. [Lau2<hlCr.] ! appear to-
day IN an unusual character, that Of il
substitute. Years ago in our late con
test | would NOT have done so; Eut
raii t,H.w say that while | am Il Substi
tutc am without pay, and hence almost
genuine voluntGcr soldier don't
know exactly why I Was sxlcctcd
There arc three names that arc i;.voritr.
With YOU ail-lIancock, Hampton, and
lln9"od [chccrs] and suppose was
chosen because have ii. in the middle
Of my name. [Laughtcr.] | shall on
ihis OCCASION address lny ,cn5nrk:
chiefly to fig G0,orcl incin 'ir ihis: au
diencc. I'his is not the frs, time tha
| ha', e been called on TO speak to tll,
colorcd people. II ma" be because il
is known that have always been thcil
friend, This is but natural, for have
not forgotten the friendship shown III
by the colorcd people Curing the lntl
war. IN tsvst dreadi'ul timc The colorct
people were true to The women nnt
children OF The South, and the whit,
people have never forgotten il. Bc
sides, there arc some colorcd men Wlt
smclt powaGf along With nic. Ulitlc
Snch circumstances thcfe must natll
rally bc Il warm friendship between th
races. As said before, this is not th
first time THAT | have been invited Il
address the colorod people Of Fairfield
On the 4th Of July, 1867, before cvi
influences and evil counsGls had reach
ed thcin, the colorcd people had Il crlC
bration Of that day in Winnshoro
Among ilic speakers were Col. +. w
McAIastcr, Of Columbia, and Col. JAS
II. Rion. Of WinnsborO. told Tn
colorcd people then that the day the
wcgc ctl(,hfhftnS; had ceased to be onl
Il day for the whites. told them tina
as they were now free they could cnio
their share in the privileges Of the goy
crnmcnt and must perform their sllar
Of the duties Of good citizens. ] toll
them tllat it was not the North that ha
freed them, but the ovcrrVlirg hand G
Providence. | told tliGm thar if the
gave the credit Of their freedom 70 ma
they would suffer for it. They did no
take ny advice. Thieves, rascals an
liars came and got their conli'lcnct
These men told them all sorts Of lies
and the bigger the lie the greater con
idcncc was given to it. These rogue
said that the Republican party ha
freed YOU. Let us sec this is the truth
You were freed as result Of the wal
That war was fought between tn
North and the SqYtir. The Northcr
army was composed IS much Of Demo
crafts as Of Rcpublicaiis. IrGsidcn
Lincoln, when inauglratcd, said, "Th
South jhGmsclvcs can alone set thci
slaves rct. They ought TO know tina
| have not the power to do this, and !
had the power / would not nsc it,.
| Before thc war had ar;ually com