The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-11-27
ADDRESS OF THE HON. n p
PERRY,
'efed Hstore the Pendloton Earmcra,
Society, October 9th, 1854.
From the COtton Jyo,,

| INC Feudieton EarmcrA
society, October 9th, 1884,
From the Cotton Plant.
GENrLEMnNi OF trnR irSn, rron
tAhaBRs' SOCIETY, have been invited
% .ne Quest surviving member Of yo,,i
eos eaossociatiop, to address you on this. The
ootn anniversary of your Society. dulv
appreciate the honor, but feel diff;dencs
! N attempting to discuss the great and ali.
.n oottant question of agriculture. before
ln.engent, educated and practical farm.
ere, sueh as you are. i'ig'N. 80 - ~
Was brought up On farm in pendIa.
;oh district, and accustomed to ali the
| ou!les and labors of farmer: but soon
ehtefed on professional duties, which. for
more than half q century, have withdrawn
my ettention from this, the no5lest occu :.
patton OF man. have, however. neye,
loss an interest in agriculture, and have
read aad studied much ua the subject.
am now living Oh an extensive farm and
IN some measure supervise It, which ia
9nder the direction of my Youngest son
nave noticed with great pleasure the
progress Of agriculture and the wonder.
iul improvements in agricultural imple.
ments since my youthful days as a
IarmeT,
The Fendleton Farmers Society was
organized In 1915, aud ia now one Of The
oiaest Agricultural Societies in Sonth
carolina. That its existence should have
oeen continued 30 long ia highly credita.
pie TO the agriculturists of this comm.
nifty: itepeaks well Tor their inteIlipeuce.
patriotism, science and love of improve.
m, affi JR
The war with Great Britain had iust
closed before the organization of your
society, andsthe country was greatly de.
pressed in all of her resources and if,dns.
tries.. Agriculture and commerce were
especially at q low ebb., The farmers
around Pendleton village in 1916 3ere
educated and highly cultivated citizens,
and many of them quite distinguished in
the state. l may mention Gov. Andre,v
Pickenr, and his brother Ezekiel Fickona.
sons OF The patriot and Revolutionary
General, Pickens; Col. Robert Andrews
the son of another Revolutionary General
ana for many years Clerl. of the House Of
representatives Col. Warren, a gallant
soldier of the Revolution, who lost lep
In the war of Independence, and for
many years representative in the Leg.
islature from Pendleton district; General
j. b. Earle, member of Congress. and
tor many yee.s Adjutant General of the
State; Samuel Earle, member of Con-
gress; Mr. North, highly cultivated
gentleman Of great moral worth; Thomas
HARRISON, distinguished LAWYER. and
the State Treasurer John +. Calhoun. the
son OF one of our first United States Sen.
ators, and an accomplished gentleman !;
Coi. Richard Lewis, Joseph Whitn er, Mr..
Gaillard, the Taylors, Maxwelis, !5loans.
Bensons. Cherrys and many, ve:y many
others OF fortune and cultivation, These
patriotic gentlemen farmers determined
10 try and advance the cause of agricul-
ture in their district, and hence the origin
Ut the Pendleton Farmers Society. To
the credit Of your district this Associa.
tlon has continued TO flourish, and has
added 10 its members, j ohm C. Caituuu.
Vice. President of the United States, John
Gaillard, President, pro tenn of the Senate
of the United States, Judge Cheves, one
OF The purest and wisest men South Car.
olina ever produced, Governor James
Hamilton. tho Bayard of the South Col.
Francis Bugee, the Liberator of Lafay.
cite from The dungeon of Olmutz; Col.
Charles Cotesworth Pinckuey, the Hon.
Richard +. Simpson, for many wears our
representative In Congress, and mapy
Others of the most distinguished men of
the State.
Some thirty or forty years ago / was
invited by my friend, Major George Sea.
born, then President of this Society. to
address its members at one of their ami.
versary meetings. When look around
me, now, / see but two members (Mr.
John Sitton and Mr.. Gaillard) of the
Pendleton Farmers Society who were
then present OH that. occasion. They
have all ll.gone to that bourne from whence
no traveller ever returns-John G. CAL
houn, Governor Burt, DR.. Symms, Major
Seaborn, j. OVerton Lewis, the Taylors.
the Maxwells, the Bensons, tiie Sloaus.
and others, who were here then, are here
no longer. -i !.sE,.a
+ And what great events, my friends, in
the history of our country have taken
place since that period. A civil war has
swept off hundreds and thousands of cur
most gallant and patriotic sons, fallen in
battle with the lost Confederacy, the
Southern States have been depleted by
hostile armies, and our slaves emancipa- ;
ted. But worse than ell this, these freed
negroes were set over us as our political
masters, under control of rogues and
scoundrels from the North, who came
here to steal and plunder Nothing in
history is more Infamous than this cruel
outrage on the part of the Republican
party of the Northern States. AZ
But In 1875, the Centennial of Ameri.
can Independence, the white people CT
South Carolina, under the patriotic and
gallant lead Of General Wade Hampton,
rose up In mass, and proclaimed that thew
would no longer submit 20 be governed
by ignorant negroes. plunderiDg carpet.
baggers and Infamous scalawags. In
the providence Of God this movement
was successful, and the leaders of that
regime have fed from the Just indigna-
tion of an outraged people. r. X. Scott,
the frat Radical Governor of South Caro-.
lima, fed with his stolen wealth to his
home in Ohio, where he murdered an in-
nocent young man, who was trying to
conceal the disgraee of bis son. F.3J.
Moses, the successor of Scott 10 the Ex.
ecutive chair, Of debased and degraded
Radical South Carolina, fled to New
York, where he has been convicted of
crimes snd sent to the Penitentiary sew
eral times. ~
Since this overthrow of negro. carpet.
bag.scalswag rule, IN South Carolina, He
have made rapid etrides in all the
branches of industry. Agriculture hiss
revived, and our crops are almost doubled.
The white people have put their hsndsfo
the pfow and arc no longer above culti-
vating their farni5 by their own n,auHai
labor, Il; They have. been greatly aided,
too, by the recent wonderful improve. !.
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