The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-01

weck tuuI tnc NoQlCalS nau Planned
and prepared to hold mass meeting
at Fort N1otte on Saturday following,
and that speakers from Charleston
and perhaps elsewere would be pres
ent. Arrangements were immediate.
ly made to have a creditable repre-
sentation of Democrats present and
speakers to divide the time if allow
eel by the managers of the meeting 10
10 SO. Quite a crowd, therefore, Of
both whi'e and colored Democrat as
sembled on the ground from every
section of the adjoining country and,
when the hour arrived for speaking,
1T was found that the Radicals but
slightly oatnuubcrcd the Democrats.
When the down tram, which brought
Mackey, Taft, L. a. Webster and
Bolivcr' arrived, the Radical portion
of the crowd repaired to The church
one mile distant and the Democrats
remained at the depot. After con-
sultation between the leaders it was
| determined to send a committee, OF
which Capt. +. M. Waunamaker was
chairman. to request division of
time and to report the result at
once. This request was positively
refused and in such q manner rs to
impress the committee with the fact
that if tic Democrats took any part
at allsit would he as quiet listeners to
Radical slang and SANDER. Another
consultation resulted in u detcrmina-
lion to attend and hear what was to
be said. According by quito number
Of buggies and horscmen took up The
line Of march and appeared on the
ground just as Mackey had well COM
menccd his harlaDgue. That the dus-
Ky crowd were displeascd and knew
not well how to act in the emergency
WAS noticeable on the cOntinances of
speakers and hearers. Taft however
was equal to the occasion and came TO
Col. John Haskell with the statement
that there was some mistake in the
matter and that if tue Democracy
wished to bc heard al arrangement
might be made for an hour. This
was accepted by Col. Haskell and
himself, Gen. j. +. Izlar and Solicitor
Jcrvey were invited 10 the stand.
After some bluster, occasioned evil
IDENTIFY by the relief from their recent
awkward position, Mackey proposed
to begin over and the speakers were
introduced in the following order:
Col. John G. Haskell, MIR. Jcrvcy, E.-
w. M. Mackey, Gen. j. L. Izar and
Taft. Mr.. Boliver, we learned, had
made tame talk before the Demo
cratic party arrived.
/ The difference between these
speeches was very marked On the
Democratic side there was an air of
truth and honest sincerity with which
the most ignorant colored man in the
crowd could not fuil to be impressed.
Tie tone Of the speeches was.eleva-
ted and neversonce descended to puri.
lty bonbast, or unwarranted ridicule,
while on the Radical side there was
the same old spread eagle ranling
about the Democratic war to break
up the government, about the cruelty
and great wrong OF human slavery,
about the grca: Republican party
feeling the negro race from bondage,
about the Democrats refusing even
until this late day TO acknowledge the
equal rights OF the colorcd people, and
about the failure Of the Democratic
party to make good single promise
made in 1876.
We notice again that out Of the
two hundred, and this was all inclu-
ding men, women and children, color
ed persons around the stand, not more
than twenty five did the following,
while the Others were Thoughtful and
evidently not satisfied either with the
sincerity Of Mackey and Taft or the
logic Of their arguments. The meet
lug, intended by the protector as
grca. rally in this canter of Radical
ism, was complete failure. Out of
q thousand colored people in easy
reach of Fort Motto not more than a
hundred and fifty were out, the rest
were from Lcwisviile as the crowd in
the train That evening proved.
The want Of enthusiasm and the
lack OF interest manifested here are
proofs enough that the Radicals party
has lost its hold upon the colored
people. joliver's shot gun policy,
Webster's pulpit exhibitions, Mack
ey's eanting and Taft's Wholesale
abuse fail to draw the crowd or con-
troll the action Of the mass.
COUNTY CAMpA1GN,-Th enthusi-
asm, begun ut Gleaton's store has in