The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-11-24

While holding Cour, nj Georgc,own
las, week, Judge Mackey WAS screuaded
by tho two coored bands Of the town,
accompanied by a large numbcr Of
white citizens. and in rcspon-c 10 the
cali for P speech usually made on >rch
occasions the Judge gay very free cx-
preston to hi- political opinions, the
following fcror: % ni'ich We extract
from the 7Gme,
After expressing lis sincere thanks FIR
the Kind and Courteous Invitation that
! Lad been accorded 10 him Oi addressing
! his f,.lDw-ciiitcr- Of Gcorgetowi the
speaker directed his attentions 10 the con
d.t.on Of political affairs in South Caro-.
liua, claiming that there WAS to be found
| much that was wrong here, and suggest
Ing remedies which. IN his Judgment.
would cure tho evils that exist He
claimed that there MAS very little, if any,
progress in Sout! Carolina, AMI said that
prosperity woul ,eycr again gladden.
,hc iIcir.- uf South crroinians unless
fadir.i chang" was trough. about III the
pDll,ioa! affairs ~ HE State. lie advoca-
tel q compromise rn the par. Of tho
Whites with tho bltcis, ami tcfinina-
tinn Of the political d!>scnsiOns which
iiir ,iivunihinS l. the sea, AZ the only
means 81 bringing lasting peace anI
prosperity t. our people. He believed
,liat lic wlitc man and The black lian
-.ruid move shoulder 10 shoulder, and
work out their fortunes together in the
grand march o.! progress. lie thought
tina. g:"at injustice ";ts done the cOlorcI
people in not allowing them "A fair repre-
>cui3tior in the General Assembly Of
the State. Hear heart He exclaimed
that the White people could and should
allo" the cp.Dred race II larger rcprcscI,-
tatiun than .hcy now l!avc and that they
| could DO so and sill retain the controlling
power i'll their own hands. As South
tarplinian who loycd his State and re-
| ncnhcrc'! her before the rude disasters
| Of war had inArrcl the conlincss .or her
| form and dinmcd tho lustrc of l.er eve,
| he loneci to sec q change in the present
| political condition of the State. As long,
| said he, as the race issue i injected into
| political campaigns aud the drawing Of
! party lines continues, making it almost
| criminal for men TO express their politi-
| cal sentiments, just so long would North
| crn men and Northern capital shun
! the s".l % South Carolina, hear! hear =
| and lust SO long would our State remain
III the background of progress. He de-
src'l 10 see, 80 far as state issues are con
rcrncd, party lines done away with, and
! political strit"s and diSscnsiOns ended ::
and he wanted to see the day when any
man, black or white. NOrtlierner, or
Southerncr, can come into this State and
| express his political sentiments without
the apprehension of fear 10 person or
! property. Then II better day would he
| gin 10 dawn upon South Carolina, who
| WAS nuw in such Il deplorablu condition
| financially tha. her average planter, ut
| the end of earn year, is SO poor that he
owes for the clothes he wears, and the
| average .aborer so ragged that if he we're
Ia attcmpt to cross a forty-acre field and
! were caught by heavy northeast wind.
{ he would be whipped to death by his
| rags Loud cheers and laughter Judge
Mackcy was frequently applauded during
the delivery of his speech. and he sue
cccdcd in Keeping the undivided attcn-
ton of his audience throughout.
Several gentlemen followed the Judge,
and without exception er,.orsed all he
said. There can be very little doubt in
the mind OF any one as to the purposes
Of Judge Mackey. He simyly desires to
play the part in South Carolina politics
that Malone 30 successfully played in Vir-
ginia politics, but we fear he has mscal
culated for once. I. J. Mackey is not The
man that can succeed in any such effort.
lie does not possess the confidence OF
the white people even of his own party
the Radical party. for he is no less a
Radical to-day than when Scott and
Moses ruled-nor scarcely the respect OF
the Democrats Of the State While
there are some dissensions in the ranks
of the Democracy, yet those dissensions
are not sufficiently widespread to allow
such n man as Mackey to come in and
capture the State. The people of South
Carolina should keep an eye on this
erratic genius.