Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-11-02

Republican meeting was held at CoX's
Station on Thursday night of last week which
was announced by the leaders to be Il joint dis
cussion. Thinking that we might gather some
facts of interest from the speeches of the can
didates, we attended the meeting, but left with
the impression that local republican campaign
speech is not one Of arr umentS and facts intend
ded to convinced the whvering, but rather IA
rambling disconnected harrangue calculated To
stir up the race prejudicls of the colored bench
man who usual gather al snch times. Mr. b
&. StoneStreet was president Of the meeting,
and on taking the chair he delivered fulsome
and tattering eulogy on the republican county
ticket and some ofhis remarks were so decided
! " far fetched that they even brought Il smile 10
/ the faces Of his duSky auditors gathered around,
and more than one candidate present chuckled
auiihlv with self-Satistacuon he heard What
"a good and great man he had become in the
eyes OF Mr.. Sionestreet. AT the conclusion OF
these disgustingly hnttering remarks the chair
man announced that the joint discussion wonlc
consist in the Republicans giving to any Demo-
Graf or independent present thirty minutes in
which to address the meeting after the Repub-
lican candidates had had their say. Mr. l.. A.
Wilmer WAS then introduced, and of his speech
We have not word 10 say in deroga'lon. He
made a broad and conservation speech Of some
length in which there was entire absence of
those disgusting epi;hets which are usually
the stock in trade of republican campaigner,
and with which he intames the preludices and
misleads The minds OF The poor colored man
After Mr. Wilmer came the other candidates in
succession. First Mr. r. s Mitchell, and,
'nlas poor Richard - nature never intended
you for a stump orator, for we think it would
have taken the most astute OF Philadelphia
lawyers TO have gotten any connection or
gathered any common sense from your remarks. !
Had you worked in a factory when you were
young We nigh, have thought you were imi-
tatng the example of your noble chief, II. b.
H., and not learned to be speaker; but that
loophole denied YOU ana you were thrown
entirely upon your own resources which most
certainly if h;v exist. were trescheTous TO YOU
on that night. Then followed Mr. l.. VI
Southerland who held forth f~r about Eve
minutes in i duh and Lspd n.rran -ue which
II it did no good certainly lid DO harm, Then
the candidate tor sheriff aud NO Candidates
for the commissioners court Cane upoa the
lSSe ubled crowd Then il was that the chair
man arose and said that the zine they
would give to The Democrat or ind. peudent to
address the meeting and Dr. Wilmer, " DO had
heeu imported from Baltimore 10 rrs!y 70 The
Democratic, arose quickly and said he wanted
Mr. Cox to come forward. Mr S.,nnei Cox
hen did toIpc turwa I'd and made - ne REMARKS
in the course OF which he showed ny fscts aud
figures the loose ana feeble msnusT in which
our county affairs bad been managed under
he republican regime. His speech auis
81 nd argumeutalIs t throu hout an! il "ss one
that We think gained him many friends and
not lev votes from the assembled crowd
At the conclusion Ct hI> remarks the great hon
OF the 9. o. p, got a., shook o4j hi main
anl prepared to roar II Is needles, 10 lsI.
gu, hat The doctor spoke vi Tor neatly ever!
one has heard him, and his political >p-c,hes %
his county never vary. lie pictured TO the
negroes their condition twenty years ago and
compared il with that OF TO day, and told 'hrm
how he great republicans parft hid made them
what they are ard bow necsss.ryss ~as for |
he ,efurei a single argument tsoushi forward /
70, Mr. Cox II INST have betu nj a Tine y hen /
Ne were not pstlng strict attention 70 b. f.