The News and Herald, 1876-10-12

ho ain't muen on coonP, but he's powerful good on 'popsums." Major. "Ah hal well, next timeI come along I'll take a hunt with you. Come on Colonel, lots go; its gettihg late. " Some time: aftAr 4to party inot two more colored voters. The Col Colonel - onel Colonel stons his buggy and shakos hands-Major. "Look hero, come sha~ke i:m s with 1110. Don't you know I took good care of the Colo Colonel - nel Colonel ? He w..s goitig out in a bad part of the coanty, and I just got on my horso and weft along with him and brought him back safe. Did you iear it I" (elored voter, who has imonbod somewhat freoly freoly"Yes, - "Yes, freoly"Yes, sir, I did." "Well, what did you hear ?" "Well, 4.-sir, I hoord that Mr. Wallace liadygono out and you was gone out to take care of him, and I think thqt was mighty good! in you too, Majff' Woodward. "Major-"I told you so I" Col. - "Yes, ho got a hundred anl fifty cavalry Iand"- DMjor-1-Yes, antlid I took 'el iight straight up to the house whore he was staying, 11a I wouidn't let ia single lian colie near liim to hi t him, and you know thercs some powe iful bad follows in these parts." C. V. excitedly. "Yes, sir, uiey is." And the Colonol drives on, and the Major swallows two uliekles and chokes on a fhird, an.t makes the mildjioannered re reporter - porter reporter besiido iiiii juimp half out of his skin by a vigorouwt elutch on his left leg. "Such is life, remarks the Major," "Such is politics" conclu(des the reportoi; and the processiol Moves. Prosently a white man comes by and ma -es a fearful grimace in the effort to suppress a gul'aw. Hre has hoard th news. A.s ho ipasses the first buggy and 1 caches the second, he says, point pointing - ing pointing over his shoulder with his thumbi. "Yo .mve got him yet, have you?" "Ion bet," and the r(3Ortor is sup supplied - plied supplied gratis with ainother clute:i which niakes him speulate whether his limb, will be a doeo black in the morning or only a r ld blue. Of course the gentlemanniust know all the pai ticulars of the affair and some time elapms in #ho narration. Tihe Colonel has pussql out of sight, and the Speed is someiiiwhat accolora accolorated - ted accolorated to ovei take him. In the bond of the road lie is sTn conversing with three colore< men.' "Good gracious, Major," ex .imed the re reporter - porter reporter with' an ' ey io fuin, "He's getting ahead of vou ! Get up, you vidain," (to the horse) and oiT we go, at break-neck spool, and I nearly run into the other buggy be before - fore before we can stop ouiraolves. "My friends, did you know that the Colonel and I had struck hands and were rimning on the same plat platform - form platform ?"-Colored voters, "You is I:" Yes, of course we me; I am a bett,-r Ppiblican to -day thanm Colonel Wiallac ) is. The ,>l.ml-' o4, I think I'll imako a good tepublican (of him yet." "Hoora1w for Major Woodwa:'d," shout three pair of able lungs, and three hats whirl in the air. Mr. Smith, smnilling, and in all under tone e-"Look hemc, Colonel, if you piut anly such notions inl their, hl:ids, I'll be hanged if Major Woodward won't be elected." Major -"Of comn-se I'rm gcing to be elected; June-Mo~hbley followed ma arotod1 the other day an td he told me if I. kept on like 1 haid beguin there was no doubt~l) ,bd bOel Cltd." T1he Colonel -1 lsl you '/'om, you 'e taught mte somec '.nrnkies ini cicetionleiniig. M1 tjor "We~linow, Colonel, 1 knowv 1il be elected. Anmy muan thatt can tealch y'out dodge is bound to go By this time, it will be observed , the sival canvassers had gotten so ti,enm with a sp~oon. A miutual ad adm~a.ion - m~a.ion adm~a.ion is ;'poundi to spring up betwoon foemt.-nt worthy of each othomr's **tec. Even Goliath ofsGath wou~ild have h'ad r espect for DavidJ~ hi ,d hie f.i. the si-.e nid weighac of A iulndred other siimiilair instance's might be r'eported inwicldog the facet that two colored men01 on the road gave three cheers for Major Woodward andit Hamnpion. In the iintervalhs of elctioneer ing the party <hisussd crops and1( other' maitters. A lhttle after three o'clock the part1'y re.webed Winnisboro, andl~ Major W~oodwardl escorted Mr'. Wallace to the hotel. Thlait night Mr. Wal Wallaeo - laeo Wallaeo dleclinled the inv-itation to ad addIress - dIress addIress thle citizens, anmd left on Satur Satur(day - (day Satur(day niight b~y tihe train. And thus elndedl thJe Fox Chase of Feastervillo or the Story of Mary and her Litt'o Lamb. Theii incident w~ill be remtem remtembored - bored remtembored many years. Of the victor in this occasion~o have only to say say"That - "That say"That when(t he next doth take ai ride Weo may be there to noe." Judge Mackey says that Cham Chamberlain - berlain Chamberlain has mistaken his term. This is not an insurrection but a resurrection. Judge Mackey thmnks that the whites are p~erfectly justified in forming rifle clubs, sinice they them themselves - selves themselves have boon rifled for eight years. Chamberlain now abuses the very rifle club whom lie accepted as as escort in Chaorleston iin June lst, and to whom heafterwa -ds presented prizos in' Columbia. 'Consistency, indeed ?

completo tho, great task he lad begun. I should h'avo stated that befort ithe nomination, R. B3. Elliott, who has been for eight years tle ioit conspienous representitive of his race, charged Gov. Chambe'rlain with being a traitor to his party. I know that this charge was duo to the efforts made by the governor for reform, the efforts whieh won my admiration and claimed my sup support. - port. support. But Elliott further stited that lie hld inl his hands docuiments which would prove Mr. Chunberlain guilty of a Crmn jo great that a revelation would destroy Chamber Chamberlin - lin Chamberlin and bring uin on the lirty. Ho demanded a secret session, but the adhierents of Gov. Chaiunberliain, confident in his integrity, and fear ing that a secret session would be an admission of his guilt, proniptly voted it down. Chamberlain ro plied, saying that he had been I old that to secure a nomination1 li iust use money or pledge himelf - 8upport the fraudulen t bonds aid,thI(t Blue Ridge Scrip ; and he chairge1d by indirection that Elliott was the miouth piOco of the plunderers. Clamiberlain was renominated, and I regarded this as tihe triumph of reform. This was at midnight. At ten o'clock the followingv lmlorning, I saw Chamberlain and Elliott marching into the cpitol, armi in atrm1 and keeping stp to the miulsic of public plunder. [Immense ap applatuse.] - platuse.] applatuse.] Thwn I swerved from the path which I had followed. [Ap, platuse.] I speak of this il Sorrow. I clmnot speak of the sudden fall of this man fitted to adorn Ol. highest places with honor, without so r. His is the most melancholy wreck ever stranded und scattered oi the bleak shore of polii -s. [Applause.] Elliott has beeu for eight years the figlirc-Ihed of corrullptiol. [Appluhse.] His subtlety behl the Logislature together for 120 days for work tlit could have b eon dus duspntehied - pntehied duspntehied in twenty. Nt t only the State candidates svibolize cor corruption, - ruption, corruption, but the Legislature which is to be elected behind thema amiust have the same charaeoristics. ''his ticket mieitia the mo.t corrupt. gen general - eral general assoubly over chosei. Such an issimlbly will ever iore he seen in South Carolina. The days of plm plmder - der plmder are 1nded. [App lause.] Demagognos clling themselves Republicaln den4ounce tle people of the Soith ) as rebuls. h'lis namI no longer exists. ItR has 1been blolled friml the i.olitical dictionary. [Ap, plause.] At Bunker Jill, it. wAs Wiped( out, anid the pu1lse of the Noi th throb-, with that of the peIplo of South Carolina. And tile per ple of Boston, when they threw flowers in the pith of 111e represenh(it i ve of the South whoshiared with them the glories of their Centemiial, hade thimi work ont, the redemption of K)mth Carol ina before the (hr-isiums berries shaill redden agtin. [En [Enthiuisiatic - thiuisiatic [Enthiuisiatic lapplause.] While, however tile question of reform11 i ; the greatest infores(, ailother motive is of paranmouit im portancev. GenVi. Hamiptonl shoul11d not have iny vote if I thought for a mso mtenit that by~ any act of his lie would aba idge th~e right of the p)ooroest inmn. Bettor grindiing povrity, better hienlvy tiaationl, buetter any1 evil thahL~ the loss (of liberty. [Ap [Applause.] - plause.] [Applause.] But the strong arnm of Hampnlton will give lproleetion to the hiumibles t citizeni in the land. LL oud clheors.] A wVORD F0oR wALLACE. I regret that Mr. WVallaee is not pre!sent to niighit. [Laughter.] Hie never ap~pears wvhien there is anuy one to conifronit, himz. I wihi hie were 1here to mioet m14 in respiectful (debalte. Hie need not fear this 1s 1ssembilalgo. - sembilalgo. 1ssembilalgo. Ho wvould have had a respecti ul hearing. Roplublicans are0 here to -mi1 hut, without molestation. Mr. Walhaeo should1( not dlread( to lhe plresenit, undi~er the protection (of the prmesiding judge of this circuit. W~ere he hero anhd the Ilast violence offered him, I would p~rotect him) with my life. [Applause.] So, I am(1 sure, wo(uld Mr. McCarley. [Loud laughter anid applause.] He excuses himself on thme ground that noe is not concernedl in State in)terests. Hie should bo0 doubly interested in these and( iln tihe wel welfare - fare welfare of his constituonts Hie dares niot submit his cause to discussion. Ho plays a double game. Ho re refuses - fuses refuses to say whether lie will support Chamberlain and Elliott. He no nofuses - fuses nofuses to ansewer charges brought against him. And on the 7th of Noivemnber, judgmien t will-bo enter entered - ed entered against hiim by dlefault. [Ap. plause.] Wallace goes in by ways, he sneaks through the underbrush, ho glides snake-like through the grass, and thus makes his camp~aign. Like a wily old fox lie eludes all pursuit, till a good hunter runs) him ito his hole, takes his torn and shaggy brush, andt brings him back safely to Winnsboro. -[Immense applause.] The commritteo rep~ort,. ed thins evening that Mr. Wallace is at thme hotel. They are mistaken. He is not there. His tough old skiun is now safely stretched on the barn-door of Major ,T.' W. Wood.. ward. CLoud laughter.] 0On the 26th i .September the sly old fox 'was rin into his ho) and 'captured, by the Fairfield boa' es. [0heers.] I will now speak oftaxation. (4tthi pontCummuin s, a car -

A SPEECH BY JUDGE MACKEY. The citizens of Winnsboro, hear. ing on Saturday, September 30th, that Judge Mackey had reachld town, returning from the meeting at White Oak, sent a committee to wait upon him and request him to address them on tihe political issues of the day. The invitation was accepted and in a short time several hundred whites mnd about a hun hundred - dred hundred colored persons had assembled in the Court House. Dr. W. E. Aiken, the Intendant (f the town, was called to the chair, and lie ap appointed - pointed appointed Mr. II. Means Davis secreta secretary. - ry. secretary. After organization, Mr. T. Ross Robertson announced that Hon. A. S. Wvllace was also in town, and oi his motion a coms Imittee of three white and three colored citizens was appointed to invite himi to address the meeting. The committee returned in a few minites and reported that Mr. Wallace retui ned thanks for the invitation, but was two much in indisposed - disposed indisposed to spuk. The report was received as information. Judge Mackey was then intro.. duced to the audience and was re received - ceived received with the most uinbounded enthusiasm. For severml minutes the building rang with shouts and applause. Order having been re. stored, Judge Mackey made a speech of two hours in length, dur during - ing during aill of which time lie held tl e aut" nee enchanted. JUDOE MACKEY's SPEEeH. Judge Mackey began by declrig himself i Repblical, rejoieing in holding the privileges of citizenship in this great republic whose flag is a symr~bol of freedum on every sea on which it floats. As a national Republicani he supported Hayes and Wheeler, who are tihe standard. bealrers of reform equally with that other eminent reformer and gentlh gentlhiman, - iman, gentlhiman, Samuiel J. Tilden. Both of the presidential candidates aire eii eiinent - nent eiinent men, and both confer honor on their respectivo adherents. Nt in this State tihe issue rises above party. The platforms pre presenitedi - senitedi presenitedi to the people are almost identical ; that of the Democracy accepts in goodl faith the thirteenth, fourteenth anid fifteenth amend amendments. - ments. amendments. The issue therefore is not tIhe disenssion of amy plil'iciles of government, bit the selection of the algent by which tIe system is to be itdiministered. Inl this critical jilntil e, uietrality is a .c1 ime. A good citizen must delne his posi position, - tion, position, and the time has coni when (vely true son of South Carolina umust follow where tihe phminie uf Hamtiupton leads. [Tremendous ill) - plause, wvith a sq(ueak from Jim Faieett for Chumberflain.] The industries of the State arei partalyzed, the people fare groaning. We see two races differing in orig"im and c'ompilexionl but bo0th imlhled by connmon interests in seeking a 'onmmi~n end1. Behold a State ini wvhich thme heaviest taxation is ae ae.onmpaniedl - .onmpaniedl ae.onmpaniedl by the largest dlelic'ien dlelic'ieneies. - eies. dlelic'ieneies. See thme products of lablor hlcd at a lower rate than for the previons. twenmty-firvo years. Seei anl entire pieopil goiing to ruin. Ini this emergency, whi ' both politicalh organizations are enlling aloud for reforam, let us contrast the agents byv which this dleamnd is to be answer answeredC -- edC answeredC W.hile the D~emocramtie tic'ket (ernblodies reform and g'eod govein.. imnt, the Repul'en.n St ateo ticket, falsely so.-called, :s the embmodimnlftd of pitiless, imeeiless pillage. [Ap [Appla~use.] - pla~use.] [Appla~use.] The Unionl League, of which I am the highest oflicer in South Carolina, compej~ls its mnems horms to 5wearii aL solemnO oath before thme lamip on the altar to support none buit honest meon for olhice. Whoever votes for thme present Re Repuibliecan - puibliecan Repuibliecan ticket viola tes that sacred p)ledge. [Applaumse.] Here Alf. Smith, c'olored, rose to ask ai question0. Th'le Chairman Chairman"Thme -- "Thme Chairman"Thme speaker must niot be0 inter. inter.rup - rup inter.rup 1ted." Judge Mackey-"L~et him speak. Thme questioni to thme speak speaker - er speaker is the0 steel to the flint. It dIraws forth the spark of knowledge." Smith then began, but his remarks were rather incoherent, andi Judge Mackey 5aid(: "I will niot permit you to make a speech St-rte your question." The~ quelstionl being still delayed, Judge Mackey said, "A. S. Wallace has load~ed this'muan with bad whiskey and pr'oposes to shoot him off at me. I will not answer him. [Loud laughter and ap applause."] - plause."] applause."] I was an adherent of GloV. Cham Chamberlain. - berlain. Chamberlain. I held that he deserved the ap~proving sanction of the p)eo p)eopie. - pie. p)eopie. I alone of all his constituents accompanied him from point to point, canvassing for him, and ask,~ ing the voters to give him their suppIort. I labored faithfnlly for him in the State Nominating Con Convention, -- vention, Convention, and when it was announmocd by thme presiding officer of that body that Daniel H. Chamberlain was no-minated, I started'the shout in a wild and earnest hurral) I bli o (ed that Gov. Chamberlain .sygnbolized reform, and felt that when again in Lthe gubernatoridl chair he would

A FOX CHASE IN PEASTERVILLE; Or; the Story of Mary and Uor Little Lamb. A stern chase is a long one, but the zest of the pursuor is often me isured by the length of the pur pursuit, -- suit, pursuit, and a triumph is all the more enjoyed after a difficult encountor. The political contest, too, in Sopith Carolina is one of unusual hoat, and is characterized by much bitterness, and it is therefore a relief to enjoy an episode in which the ridicalous is theo pre1oimfaiut . feaituro and in which the game has been at least fun to the boys if the frogs have had a hard time of it. The burden of the present Prticlo is a game of fox and hounds in which A meimbor bf Congress, so far relaxed his dignity as to porsonate Reynard, while the other charactor was assumed by a gentleman who takes a hand in everything and shines inall,and who at present is the choice of the Democracy for Senator from !,airfield. Congressman A. S. Wallace, who has represented the people of this district for four terms, sometimes by the grace of Congress, some sometimes - times sometimes by the aid of Federal bayonets and infamous dragonnades on the people, and sometimes by the sloth of the whites, is too well known to our readers to need a description. He is summed up in an expression of Judge Mackey's that every tiie be sees Mr. Wallice lh expects to fimd protruding from his capacious coat tails seventy-five rattles and a button. Maj. Woodward also needs no description. By a casual observer he would be considered the aitipode of our worthy congressman, with whom he has nothing in common, and with whom it was thought no human mind could be so anoma anomaI - I anomaI ously constructed in birth or mays teriously warped in associating with guileful men as to couplo him in any possible way. But hgw these gen gentlemon - tlemon gentlemon met by chance-the usail way-,how they became acquaintckd, howv they called up spirits from the Tvaty deep of the samC laIgdu, how they broke broad and cracked jokes with equal gusto, how they became sworn friends, political Sineso twins, as it were, and how thoy ex. empiilied tWe old couplet "Eve.y "Eve.ywhere - where "Eve.ywhere that Mary wcnt, the lamb1 wa:s rule to go"-to IIarILte ail this in ,as brief a space as possible is the purpose of the present chronicler. Mr. Wallaco desires a re election to ConCess He seCs moreover his eaiapidly moigfo inder him, and lie knows thaL un~less s.:,mething despeorato is done, Cal. Eria.s wviii succccod him. Fairfield, to her shniAmo be it said, has always been~ his stronghold, and whatoever mum mumk - k mumk jorities wvere cast against him else elseS - S elseS where they were counterbalanuced hero. His last r esort was to r etain S his grasp on Fairliol. For this pups he con templatedi a canivass in the county. Buit the difficulty with him is that he cannot bear dlay ig.hat. His record in regard to the colored peolie is mnoro vulnerabnl h an thaLt of any mlan, Democrat or Retpublican, in the Southern States. For this reaison heo is compelAled to shun .discussion. Hlis only ;hiope is to send out emiss tries to delid his constituenits or to provent them from attending anay mmeetinig where his card- board character is 7 likely to be perforated. He accords ing ly prepared to move 'in secret. SOn M1 edneday night, September 27th, lie reached Winnsboro, and having sgnt runners through the ~*county to suman the faithful to 6 some1 sedludted spots, set on t onl SFriday mnorninig with Mr. H. A. S tmith in~ a buggy. As a blind it wasw given out that a meeting would take Splace at thme cross- roads near Mr. Pope's p\'i e, seven umdels from the Boro. a Woodarmd, who is developimi nto the most admirable : electioneet'r in tile State, was onl thme alert. Accordingly, ho p)osted ofto the desigiiated spot ini order to measure words wvithi a Congress Congressman. -- man. Congressman. He had wearied of worsting cross- road politicians and Senatoriaf aspirants in the mighty fiold oh forensic eloquence. He sighed for fresh worlds to conquer. To, argue ith a real live Congressman, one whoahad sat -at the feet of Butler na Blhaine and Colfax and Oakes mes-who had voted to raise the at on wool hats. and had made a peech on chicory-was glory nouigh, but could he vanquish imn in debate then he was in a ir way to pluck bright honor from o pale-faced moon or dive into 1,be ips and pluck upj drowned honor ythe looks, While a special, aiche onid set be, apart foi' him in Fume's oud templo, o he9. MajQr, intent onglory, ilmed tlhe spot. All along the robad