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/A.Ylb's \ K i\. llo:hi.;U-i. .1 7.
For the Lexin^tm DiBprttfh.
To the Norttern Pcje.
Jfr. Editor:?so clearly as
in the present insSsfce. bore I observed
that safeguard of justice
which providencf has placed in
the nature of inna. Such is the
imperious doniinon with which
truth and re.aso^ifc^heir sceptre
over the l^B^nptollect, that
no solicitatioh-^Sgeyer artfulno
talent, howevc^p?mm:mdih??
can seduce it'Swm its allegiance.
In propdi^i^n to the llu
uiilitv of our submission to its
rule do we risilftSAflR^Xaint emulation
of that in^^35 and presiding
divinity, characteristic
attribute it ^^N?e coerced
and bound by ttie^in.ecorablc laws
of its own nature,! so as to be allwise
and all-just" 'fr?m necessity
rather than electio^ You have
seen it in that v&uu-be Iru'hfui
rom mimical ion in th^ issue of
the DispaUsh, over the signature of
"Northern Pole" most peculiarly
and strikingly jKnsteated. Yon
have seen his talent n*d integrity,
perhaps the first in y conn fry,
languishing under an Msertion too
weal: to earn* him,, add'too heavy
to be carried by him. .'He will be
forced to admit its natural candor
and its want of truth, having
uo merit in bis cause, ^Ltake refuge
in the dignity manners,
Lhe resources of his owinngeuuity,
frnn flirt /-\vrt?>ci.-1>rti!r>inor
"V" ?"' v*~ o
ivitli which'he is* surrounded.
Northern Pole, unhapjj^ Northern
Pole; what a pictu^you have
presented. But sitch is tlac condition
of guilt?its comniission
nean and cleecplrf^?itj defence,
[ fear with all its sincerity trivial,
ts condition diguil^^-^?* aaSW?|^
10a, kiud re?ders^i-^le
"^TreT^ad rTroafflflf nidation. He
jays, "whei^s lie, the Little Political
Adventnrciy it* company
ivith a Ivirk, xcpa?wl tin? -Capilal
to receive an appointment under
Hie Mosaic administration,
ke." I care not to repeat his false
tssertion. I desire .^not to task
tiiy memory-with its (falsity. Suffice
it to say. has ij(e stated the
thith, and has he trcfated the Political
Adventurer fajtrly and justly
by his application? J say not. His
feelings and passions of prejudice
will not allow hint to be fair.?
Why is the rule adopted in this
single instance'? I answer, because
this being particularly an injury to
th i most susceptible of all human
feelings, it would leave the injury
of the Little Political Adventum
to be ascertained by the sensibility
ol the people, and does not
??" ' > flu. instico oi
l^itOUiUg l'/ V ? w J., _ _
their determination by the cold
and chilly exercise of its own discretion.
If I cut off a man's arm,
you can measure the loss he has
sustained,j^ot the wound of feeling
and the agony of the heart can
not be judged by any standard
with which I am acquainted.
And now, felhiw-citizens of Lexington,
I am the more disposed tc
feel the strojigest indignation and
abhorrence at the odious conduei
of that "Northern Pole"' when ]
consider the deplorable condition
to which ho intended to redact
you, and, perhaps, the still more
deplorable one lie has in prospect
before liiin, \iz: "for us all to rol
tin to damnation." Oh, how, unchristian-like
and uncharitable.?
What a progress lie has to trave
through before he can attain tin
peace and tranquility which he has
lost. How like the wounds of th<
body are those of the mind. Hou
burning the fever. How paiufu
the suppuration. How slow, lion
hesitating, how relaxing the pro
cess to convalescence. Through
what a variety of suffering, througl
what new scenes and changes mus
that unhappy "Northern Pole'
pass ere he can reattam, suouiu n<
ever reattain, that health of sou
of which he has been despoiled In
the cold and deliberate asscrlioi
of that practiced and gilded, com
munication. Let me remind tha
"Northern Pole" that in his cor
respondencc justice not only em
powers him, but that its polio;
commands him to consider th<
public example as well as the in
dividual injury when lie makes hi
{erroneous assertions. I confess.
! Mr. ''Northern Pule,'' that I am
most anxious that you should acquit
yourself worthily uyon all occasions.
I am addressing you as
the "Northern Pole," and as a
gentleman.
I am auxiyjus that a feeling of
i those high relations should enter
into, and give dignity to your cx ubration.
But I confess it I feel
'a ten-fold solicitude when I remember
that I am addressing one,
i - i i ii._j. 11 ?i 1,1 _?n
. WHO UUSUL'S Ulili* iVfc* iiil MUHliU 1UU
on to. damnation?one whose chai^
i actor, as a gentleman, must find
either honor or condemnation in
| the result of your quixotism, smai.
as must be the distributive share j
of that national estimation that
can belong to so unimportant an
individual as myself. Yet do I
own I am tremblingly solicitous;
; for its fate. Perhaps it appears of
; more value to me, because it is embarked
on the same bottom with
yours, with one exception, "erroj
neous assertions." ,
Perhaps the community of peril,
j of common safety, or common;
| wealth gives a consequence to my j
' share of the risk, which I could
.....
j not be vain enough to give it if it i
! were not raised to it by that mn- j
; tuality. But why stop to think of j
: myself at ail, when I know that
' van, Mr. "Pole," when I know that j
our County are my clients in this
day and time, and must abide the 1
alternative of honor or infamy, nsj
you, my dear "Northern Pole" i
shall decide. Put I, as an ir.di- i
vidual, will not despond. I will'
; not dare to despond. I have notj
Tlost all in you yet. I have every j
' trust, and hope, and confidrVy jp :
"over the left should*-1" ''
J Anil jAAhat" hope I add ?
! m7 "frst yV.TWe^f *r^..rf to the ; J
(*od $ aljwh andjj^ioe so toj j
raise ai^**^ enlighten, #nd fortify;
u?iad against a^ing
j accusations and fnlsoc assertions, b;
and that you may so act as tc pre-]
'servo to yourself while you live,f
the most delightful of all recol-j
lections, that of speaking and
j writing the truth, and to transmit
| to your children the most precious
of all inheritances, the memory of
your manly virtue. /
Little Political Adventurer.
4^4
For the Lexingtou Dispatch.
Mr. Editor:?Please allow me i
I space in the Dispatch to give a de-'
i nial to the statement made in your j
:columns, some time since, to the!
effect that I had made allusions to ;
the family of Dr. Hayes, in one of j
; my recent speeches in this County, j
. j I am too much of a gentleman i
! to make disrespectful allusions to j
| any one, and the man who has i
' mlcrftwocnntdil mp knew that;
Ill I lO \ ,7i\.i3vwkvv> ? ^
( his statement was false when be i
'; made ir.
While I am not afraid of having I
1 1 I
i my brains shot out, yet self-re- j
; spect causes me to thus publicly j
. I deny the statement.
.! * ISAAC D. IiEGAXS. |
j . <.5?
For the Lexington Dispatch.
! Ifarmaa?:?Some one in
L j
( giving my remarks in relation to;
the social association of whites and j
.* i i
kI blacks reported me as saying that!
|.!I saw no impropriety of a black!
i man courting a white lad v. wbeth1
. . |
er the parents were willing or not.
_ 11 deny saving this in the manner
i: as stated. The writer misunder- j
, | stood me. Tljis is what I intended I
>1 -i. T
, to Say: iu:il x ueueiuu iu in.
, I |
, i whites keeping to themselves and !
. i the black to themselves in this i
1 matter, but that I did not believe!
: J ;kat this would always be the case.;
.: I feel myself misrepresented and
! ; injured. I hope that you will adi!
mit my correction and oblige
t i Your Humble Servant,
i JOHN JACKSON. !
J
,j The award of the Augusta cot;
ton pool was in favor of Mr. Lee
>' Howard, of Charleston?his guess
i i being the nearest?3,l(!h,S7o.
~ j "When the Governor of Kansas
G informed Grant, the other day,
-! that the Indians were murdering
n.? i,;c. m-ofc nnd an
- I tliU UH/.VUO yjL Itt>7 . L
| pealed for troops to protect them, i
[ not a man \?as sent, yet thousands
c of soldiers were hastened to Loui"
sir:nia for the purp'iwc <;l ro-estabs;
iisbing the carpet hag despotism.
Homestead to be Held in
Perpetuity.
. The decision of the Supreme
Court in reference to Homestead
remainders is important, involving
the right of creditors of deceased
debtors to sell the Homestead when
the youngest child comes of ago.
The question came up on a decision
of Judge ??Iackey in the
Court below in which he held that
the citizen takes the Homestead
exemption, not as an individual,
but in his representative character
as the "head of a family."' in other
words, that the "head of a family"
is, within the intent and meaning
of the Constitution. simply the
trustee and the family the &&nr
quo, trust?that as the individual is
the unit of the family, so the family
is the unit of the State, and the
prime purpose of the Homestead
clauses in the Constitution is to
seertre a ' local habitation"- for the
family. Hence to deprive the family
of the Homestead on the decease
of its natural protector violates
the reason of the constitutional
provision, and that, too,
when tl-.e family most needs its
sheltering protection. Judge Mackey
farther held thnt the.term "exempt''
in the Constitution, as applied
to the Homestead reservation,
means in law, us in its ety- J
mology, a cutting off or perpetual
reservation of the"Homestead from
execution and sale for debt. The
Homestead, moreover, being in the
nature of a grant. Judge Mackcy
hold that the construction, which
gives the largest privilege to the
grantee, must be regarded as the
true construction whenever a doubt
arises in the case from the terms
of the statue.
This decision of Judge Mackcy
has been sustained by the unanimous
voice of the Supreme Court,
which is equitable and just. It!
would indeed have been a cruel
and heartless law if a mail's family
were protected by the Homestead
exemptions while the heatF of the
",!I-"'V lived and his ajje and child- i
"eU COntw ^ i**1
ronngest
between
nation of deie^I^^Him^^H
carpet-bag Convention haveleafflF
out, and afford an instractivo
glimpse at the character of both
these worthies. Elliott told Lee
that he, as Speaker, had issued
fraudulent pay certificates to legislative
attaches, to the amount of
$240,000, and that he (Elliott;
could prove it, as Jones, the Clerk
of the House, had the stub book
showing the amounts of the certificates
issued and the names of tlio
persons to.whom they were issued,
many of them being fictitious, and
others who had not been in Columbia
at all. Lee hung his head,
and could not deuy the charge.
1.111 J ?.~,1 4- ^ T r.n if li A
?,111011 111611 prop'j&eu JU?> ?v>
wbuld withdraw in his favor and
surrender his chances for the Legislature,
he would set expose him.
If not, he would. Lee agreed to
the bargain.
Lee has built a house and drives
a Brett and pair, for which he has
paid. He wears an eight hundred
dollar diamond pin, which, he says,
Honest John Patterson presented
to him. But one who knows, a
prominent ltadical leader, says that
this is a falsehood, for he went to
the jeweller from whom the pin
was bought, and it was paid for in
fraudulent pay certificates. Lee
has no means but what he received
from the Legislature. Truly, Elliott
and Lee are a nice pair.
Amendments to the State ConsrrrcTioN.?There
are three amendments
to the State Codstitutiou,
which will be submitted to the people
at the next election.
> t-. /-.1isin<r:nn* the
J. XtJ 1'^I.IU ?-^
boundary line between Pickens and
Oconee Counties from "White Witter
to Toxaway Kiver. The present
boundary is said t > occasion
?reat inconvenience to the people
interested.
2. It is proposed to change the
term of office of the ComptrollerGeneral,
Secretary of State, Treasurer,
Attorney-General, Adjutant
and Inspector-General, and Superintendent
of Education from four
to two years, by which all the State
officers will be elected every two
years.
:>. This amendment prohibits the
General Assembly from authorizing
any County, City, Town or
Village to become a stock-holder
in, or to loan its credit to any cornpar.}*,
association or corporation
for any amount exceeding five per
* f i 1. .
cent, of the assessed vaine 01 me
taxable property of such County.
City. Town or Village, without the
approval of a majority of the legal
voters thereof, expressed at an election
duly held according to law.
Pitislield, Mass., September 17.
Mr. Richard Lathers, of South
Carolina, delivered an address in
the Academy of Music this evening
on the subject of "The South
and the Two Races." The kaU
was well filled and Jthe audience
! listened with 'plose attention to the
address. Mr. Lathers traced, from
the -the effects of the
; cnftitholTfs^cnfr of the Sonthe;n
blaclvs^ufl jdVelt at -great length
or. the-evil inlht nice over the uev
?A no \?r\of.lao rf
^ruw ui nit? juoi.ii.ii? ?.i*i
gers. He pointed ont the t?tal
helplessness of the Sout hern whites
defrauded, oppressed and burdeu- ,
ed with taxation at. homeT and re*
fused oven 'itrig vrfiefr" they
applied to the executive for- tcdress.
Mr. La there, quoted^ from
official records t a, prove the bare;
faced thefts perpetrate 1 by the
! carpet-baggers and negroes of the
| reconstructed States, and made a
pathetic recital of the wrongs niir
! drr which the people of his State
| are groaning, and by which they
have been brought to the very
i verge of ruin. Mr. Lathers ati
tributed great blame to the unprincipled
carpet-baggers for the
present shameful condition of
i Southern politics.
Surra visons of Election*.?The
laws of the United States provide
for the appointment of two supervisors
of election at each polling
precinct, at every Congressional
| election. These officers are to beselected
from different political
parties, so that each of the great
parties into which our people are
divided may have, at each precinct,
! a man of their own selection in
whom they may have confidence,
whose dnty it is to see that the
election is'properly conducted. It
is required that the supervisors
shall be voters, and shall be able
to read and write the English lan|
. . ; . ..
Ten citizens shall make appliestion
in writing to the chie^sui^flBMn^tf
the State,
A|. aopointment^^^BHB^^B^BB^BW
'thousand
Kansas Affairs.?The
! legislature met in extra session^B^^B|^M
| the call of the governor, to provide
i means to relieve destitute citizens B
on the frontiers, made so by the ^
! ravages of grasshoppers. The govpernor's
message stated that the
State of Kansas has an abundance
of bread stuff, much more than is
needed to feed all her people but
that portion of which has been almost
entirely depopulated during
J the last eighteen months, will suffer
! for want of the necessaries of life
j unless provisions is made for its
relief. This section is confined to
' counties west of the 6th principal
' meridian, ar.d the governor esti!
mates the number of destitute, at
j 15,000, and the amount of seed
wheat needed, at 12.000 bushels.
I He leaves it to the legislature to
; devise means of relief, and in forcible
language enjoins the legislature
: to confine itself to the special ob
ject.s of the session, and adjourn as
soon as measures of relief are en!
acted.
Postal Facilities.?The recent
change in the postal laws promises
nt;v nfT?r>r> rlenartraent
I 1U,WVS,
| a most important agency for the
j convenience and advantage of on?
people outside of its ordinary province
of transmitting letters and
papers. Under the operation of
L the new and reduced rates for
j matter other than sealed letters,
! the post office department will
j soon become the most perfect and
the most expeditious as well as the
i cheapest and safest, -express for
; the delivery of small and expensive
parcels that there is in the world,and
if availed of by our people to
the extent that is possible, the new
: system will create an era in some
branches of business little short of
a revolution, by which the residents
of cities, villages or country
: places thousands of miles distant,
may do their "shopping'' in the
metropolis, without visitiug it, and
be enabled to deal directly and at
first hand with onr dealers in every
branch of merchandise.
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It has been discovered that the
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moon s diameter is iw jccv, lui^d -""s^
at one point than at others.
It is affirmed that iron cau now
he bought in New York mucfe s . *
cheaj)er than it can be mannfa<>^^^^*^r
It is said by of the
fanners that the recent rains
the
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