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In the Matter of the Impeach ment of Montgomery Mose., Jud-e of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of the State of South Carolina, Before the Senate: of the State of South Carolina. To TH. HONORABLE R. 11. GLEivas, PRLES!,Dg M TE. SEXZ OF SOUTH SIa-I have the honor, throvgh you, to submit to the honorable the Senate some remarks in the nature of a matter of priyi lege, which -it becomeo -me to make at the close of tmis impeachment trial. My r_gt to sit in %y place has been ques tioned, and it has beea renerred to my seisse of propriety whezher I should vo or take I part in these proceedi^gs. It was a perso-ial exception, urgently and eloquently forced upon the at -tion of the Senate by Oie counsel for the defense, and suppor id by the following affidavit: Personally appeared Mon:<ome:. Moses, Judge of the Seventh Jud -ial Circuit, who, after being dply tworn, deposes and says: 1. That he is informed and believes that Henry C. Corwin, Senator from the Coa,ty of Newberry, in the State of South Carol?ia, and a member of the present Senate of the State of South Carolina, was present aiding the Commiaee appointed by die honorable the House of Represen.a..ves of the Sta of South Caro:ina, ;a their inve:t:gation of the chr-gei of official mij;onducL alleged a. ainst this depooent, and exam-ned the witnes-es produced befose said Commi.e. 2. That he is informed and be!ievez that the said Henry C. Corwin, S nator as aZore said, since the appointnent of Man- --ers by the honorable the House of Represej*at:Ve3 of the-SEate of South Carolina, to cond-ct the trial of this deponent upon the Articles of Impeacbment preferred against him, and since the deponent, as Judge of the Seventh Judicial Cicenit, appeared before the brr of .the sa,d Sentte for t,:al, has iepeatedly b- n present before tie Managers appo:t I by the hono-able the House of Represen 4.ves, while the said Manage a were examini ' the witnesses to be offered on the part of s-d Managers to sus:ain said Articles of Impeaca ment. 3. That this deponent is irformcd and be lieTes that the said Henry C. Corwia, Sena-. tor as aloresaid, has, irom the beginnin, actively participated in and c)n..olled ie investigation of the charges against tbs de ponent, and to all in Dts and purposes has become and is the prosecu:or of this depo Dent. 4. That tis deponent, on accnaut of the foregoing averments, here affi. js that .he said Hen -y C. Corwin, Senator as aforeeaid, cannot be a fair and impa:tial jadge in the tr:al of this deponent. MA MOSES. Sworn to before me on this the 7th day of March, A. D. 1676. E. W. SEIBELS, (L. S.) -N. . of S. C. The sense of p-.oprietv, indiv'dual aad offi c;al, to which ine learned coansel for 'he defense have been pleased to appeal, suggests that I should not suffer the record of this caase to go to the counay without some ex pression of my views and some vladication of my motives Upon the above affidavit ie issue was made whether ",he Sena:or from Newberry should be allowed to sit during tae trial o! th:s inpeachment, or whether tae h6nora~Ie membe: himself would not see prope.z to wfthdraw." - The Senate decided, afier angument and consitLA;Ion, "that it is not within the pow er of tbe Senas to question or dep:'ve any Senator of his riht to sit in any trial of i peachmeat." *My rigat, therefore, to sit is beyond dis pute, and I cannot see how any ques .on _oft delicacy or proprievy can arise in the piamn -discharge ofT my official duty. Ii' the Senate. has no right to. depr've my constituents of my seat, what r.:ght have I to deprive them? I do not propose here to diseass the trath of the ffida 'it submitted by the defense nort -the audac;ty of its conc!asions. The_oath administered 'o e~cn Sena:or by the President on the 93d day of February, th'rty dud's p:-ior to the date of this affdavit, e iswrit.en in these words: "I solem~nly swea' that in all things apper taiting to the trel of Montgomery Moses, now pending, I w 11 do impa<al j.usice- at: cording-to the Constitution and the laws : So helmGod." I ;ook that oath, as aSe.,ator of the State; S' '-a ru.te Sena:e and the sug gestion from any sourceanur'9-umr -~~v fromn any cause, to do inpartial jnsice in th.'s case, or woald wi.-nlly comnmit pe:jury ( to ritst y any personal p:ejut-ce, is a ges- - t'roaq ias.?lt to myself and aa nn to the Seoa'.e to which I am not he-e d'sposed J to reply. If tue defence had propose I to. exerc'se a r.'ht of challenge, wi'ch does not ex:st by any a-itho. ity, preceden t, taeoryr or Dractice in iirpeachmeat that I know of, in 'was at least due to tne people whoni I have thehonor to represe it, and to the dignity of the Senate, of which I am an humble part, d that the ordinary rules of law incident to the principle should have been observed, and that-the challenge upon tnis affidavit shoald T have been advanced when Icame to thie book to be sworn and before I was sworn. But-there was another oath which I took C in my official capacity, prescribed by the Consuttation, that convinces me that I ought not 1 could, refuse to sit upon this tial and rote upon its issues according .o my t best judgment. On taking my seat in this ~ honorable body. I solemnly swore that "I ~ was duly qualified to exercise the duties of the office to which I have been elected, and that I will fai'hfully discharge, to t..e best V; of my abilii'es, the duties thereof." I deem it one of my highest and most im portzat duties to sit here and try this cause, C uninfluenced and dispassionate, according to the law and the evidence. It is a darny which belongs to my office, and waiich, in my effil cial capacity, I owe to the people of New berqy County. and I have no rigtit to allow Wi mere mateis of propr:ety or delicacy~ apper- ic taining solely to my indiv'dual private Ca pacity to ent;ere with it. I musti go right ahead and discharge that. ut duty according : my best. ability. TDe.e is' no matter of private interest in this trial. Its subject and object is entirely a matter of Cj public inte-est. We sit here 'o de:e:n ine, 0 not whetnsr Montgomery Moses is gailhy of any misdemeano: or crime in his ind'adaal capacity, nor to impose upon hi(n an; pun UJ ishmenat -or penalty, but to decide w beiner d: the Judge of the Seventh CircoL, hav.ng i.a charge the l'fe, liberty and r-ope--ty of a large porC'on of the people of South Cairo- ot lina, is an njust, unr'lhteous, imcomnpetent, d cor upt and fa'tbless Judge, poison'.i the fountains of public peace and public order, th blockfig the avenues of publc prosped-i: lg and e-adangering the rights and liber%ies of the pedple.s We sit here to determine whether- the peo- SC pIe of the Counties of Newbe'ry, Spartan- at burg, Larens and Union have a rigot to a faithful administration of th'e laws, and to tlh be ptotec:cd nder the ConstiLtton,by ne re- of moryal of a public officer who sha il be proved to have been recreant to his trast. Art'cle VII, Sect'on 3, of the Constitution of toe State, relating to impeachment, provides that "judgment in such cases shall not x * tend further than removal f;om office." i It goes further, and, in Lhe same Artic'e foi and Sect on, es pressly dise:i;n'aates between impeachment proceeding and a criminal trial. w] The rules of evidence in the one case do not apply to the other, forin an impeachmen: a every isst' mutst be decided accordi'g to the th evidence irn fr.vor of the people. The safety ri of the people is the sopre ne law, and roe defense, as i-n a c.iminal case, has no r:ght ed to the beneiit of any reasona.1e doubt as too the g ailt or innocence of the puoi:c officer. t NAJudge of he C'rcit Con:tof Souna Ca:o lina snioul be beyond suspicion. Tne bene- W( tit of the doubt, if any exis:s ic the mind of cit the representative, should always be given to the people wniom he Iem:esents. ~If the -e be any doubt that jostcee ns not bee'i done them, then in is oar duty to see tart it is done Oy in the way prese ibed in the Co2s'.ia'Xon- H by the removal of the officer. If, therefore, I had any doobts as tomy -to rightn to sit here, I would s.o've rem in favor of' toe people by remaio'og in my seat as their representative and vod!ng as my con science dictates; but I have none. ] It is customary to call tois body sittng in the trial of this cause the High Cotrt of I'n- St peachmnent, bun such a ,::le has no warrant in or out of the Consitton and the laws. 7 Nowhere in the Constnintion nor in the all Stain es of the State is the:e tr,y ment:on wade of sach a Cou~rt, nor any p ovisicai for GC its o ganization. On the cont -a.y, Ar-cle VUI, Section 2, of the Cons,.-;a ;on p-ov:des W that "all impeachments shali be tried by the de Senate;" and Article II, Section 8, provides that "the Sent-te !hall be comuposedt of one att member from each County, ~ ~ have no representation upon this floor af the. moment when their dearest inserests weie the mat:ers ia Issee. The Senc;e cer:a'nly has the rig't to com pel the at,eadance 0.* a membe-, bat it has no right to deprive him of hWs seat, except by suspension or expuls:on, while he is be having hi mself accord'n; to te iales of the bcdy. Ar, cfe II, Sections 14, 15 and 16, of the Const:tation are clear upon this point. - If, then, the Senate itself cannot remove a member, how can the accused do so under any conceivable r*gbt of challenge? The right to challenge in a ' ial by impeachment is nowbere provided for in the Constitat'oj or ia the Statues. If it exists, it exists by analogy from the common law, and exists as provided for by the Stazutzs regalat'og chal len-es in the Courts of this S!aie. Bat how shail we apply tOe analogy? An im.eact,nen& is uot a c-:m'nal trial, because none of the parzica- r -ements of a c-.m'nal trial a-e there, and because the Cons! tution cearly distinguishes it from the c:m'nal t-'al by "indictment, trial and pan ishment" accordia to law, for which it pro vides. It is certin'y not a clvi!,sut, because thert are no paz:es. ior' any caase of action, such as are conte,nplated in such a suit. How, then, can the rules of law apDlicable to criminal or cIi" ac'.ons be suited to an im peachment tral? Could the Senato-s, as ordinary jurors, be put upcn the voir dire? Could the defense compel the Senate or eac'i Senator, on his oath, to answer as to waether "he is r-lated to the accused, or has any iaterest in the cause, or has expres -cd or formcd any opin ion, tor fs sensible of any bi-s or prejudice the:ein?" Coald the defense introduce e-'dence in support of an objectioi to a Senator? and, if it appeared that a Senator was-notinditTer ant in tre cause, would the Sejate have any right - remove lm? The stateaent of the lue3ton saows i.s imbecility, and the inev irtabie '-e: It re<vcr (i .o ti ab3erdity. There ns-ver could b-t a --emoval in impe-ch men', and the ContiLatio1 wouli be held to defest ftsclf, bccause the Oefense coald chal lenge a-ad uascnt for c.tase so many of the enators that mne constiitional %wo-tii ds wou:d not be present. Where d the tales be fcund t 'oal which io sugy the I a .ant seats? It is a waste of words, parz:cu1zly wiben the Cons:itu,on, conscious ofl the anomaly :f acy such right of chalienge, aud a2xious to sup;ly its place n t~re procetdings, pro vides. A:ticle VII, Section 2, dla; "no pe,7 ;on s-l0 i)e co-w'cred e:cept by a vote of h%o-.bi-\'s of a'l the members elect ed." That is 1 sa:', t-at every? ab.e.it memoer coants is a vo- for the accusc-evei- member successfelly c21alle;cd ,uld be a votb for :Le deCense. The English precodents in the S'..e trials, om the year 1f3 t-> the t:me of Wa -en IasLrg;, are u on .hs po; i. The closest -ele*ionsip-;ven taz of father and son tnd bro.ber anc! sister-and the p1,i:est in :iest Cid not rlisqraii'y. It was - gr.:dcd abso'uely a matter of pub ic iat-1:est not to bedisiurbed b_ pr:vate con eros. The Ame.-c:.i cases of Pickering, .hase, Peck avd Addison, w:th those of adge Janes and others in our own S' t, 'arn'sb abau4p.nt athoriiy on tiis point. Why, ten, sho-i'c I not sit ? What right iare I 'o be absent .om my seat in the trial f this impeac4ment ? I am moved in ully reighing the evidence; so far as I know, by ieizher p-ejaice, malice, relato ?ship, favor or interest, onle:s it be the inte:est which, n common %%h all men, I have to see the udicia-y of^ the Staie p,7re and incor.-upti >'e, without fear and beyond reproach. I have, it ;: irne, a pecal:2e in:erest, as the seator from Newberry, to see .;as&ce done o the people of the County, and I deem it ny dany to do all that in me iay to releve hem, uaider .he law of any public officer, ho sha.l he p.oven to be a burden, a wrong sd a gaud upo, them. I would, there~ore, respeciUally submit hat, whateve -the circzzmstances, I have lone my sidnie duty to the people of my banwty :n retaining my seat and represent og them in :.ny conduet d.,trg the 'progress > :his trial and in the verdict which my :oscience has admoaished me t record at "'close. Respectfully submitted, H. C. CORWIN, Senator from Ness ber-:y Conetly, S. C. Offieial List of Patents Issued by the United States Patent )ffice, for the week ending Friday, far. 17th, 1876. Reported for the I RA UD by Louis Bagger & Co., So citors of Patents, Washington, D. C. SOUTHERN STATES. 174,180. Sand Pumps; E. F. An rews, Augusta, Ga. 174,200. Ironing Apparatus; G. . Guttinghas Rockport, Texas. 174,224. Culinary Boilers ; C. M. arber, Cartersville, Va. 174,250. Devices for Setting Me die Wagon A xles; T. B. Hum phreys, ea Side, Va. 174,295. Plows ; WV. R. Pool, Ha ania, Ala. 174,341. Car-Axle. Boxes ; C. H. ox, Richmond, Va. Oio H UNDRED.-The constable who as ordered by Justice iMcCord to fol- C w, and, if possible, catch the rever- r ad watch thief Gary, reports that he a sed all diligence to capture the fellow, it the saintly statesman was too ick for him. Instead of being' in a rangeburg jail, as has beeti stated, l~ te fellow was preac-hing a funeral ser on in Charlotte, N. C., on last Sun- ( y. After giving good advice to the t curners and friends generally, not ttting to state the fact, by the way, a at he had left the great interests of ~ e State of South Carolina in safe u ends, he requested the brethren to/ u og "Hark, from the tombs a doleful g und." Wotnder if he was thinking out the tick of that stolen watch ors e dinner bell at the boarding house q mine host "Red.hot Jones ?" d (Columnbia Register, 23rd. fi Here's a case for our lawyers. Let sJ em give us their opinion in time r next issue: n "An oyster opener of Toulouse, ~ ile opening dalf a dozen raws for W ustomer, found a flne pearl worth m ousands of dollars, and pocketed it. r 1e customer insisted that it belong- n to him. asserting that the shells, sters, juice and everything else in a e shells of the oysters he ordered ~re his property. The law will de- se I the question." C What about the man who raked the ~ ster from the bottom of the sea. is he no rights that a Court is bound respect7 ? u Secession has thsfar been success- al Sin Amherst, Mass. One JoFn pc ith has sent a memorial to Con- to ass. wherein he solemnly renounces allegiance to National or State bi hvrmn.I sepce htnx l venent wI s axectedatino nx t an ephl end theocouncilo ofand at epenec to oe towi conclanfa emttpgvr hmef The Hera.. TMOS. F. BRENEKER, EITOR. NEWBERRY. S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAR. 29, 1876. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Heraldis in thebighest respect aFam ily Newspaper. devo*e(I to the material In t6 -ests of the people of this County and the &ae. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad. vantages. For Terms, see first page. The adjourned meeting of the Dem ocratic County Convention will be held in the Court House, on next Monday, the 3d of April, and all the Townbbips are urged to send delegates that the meeting may- be full. Town. ships 3, 5, 8 and 10 were unrepre sented at the meeting in March, and as they were reminded of the neuessi ty of organizing early it .is presumed that the County will be fully repre sented. Senator Corwin's Statement. We deem it due to the 8enator from this County that his statement made to the Senate alleging his reasons for e.sting his vote in the impeachment trial, should be alade known to the voters of Newberry County. His right to cast his vote admits of no doubt; and we have no reason whatever to doubt that he exercised his right because he thought it his duty to do so. We can east no reflec tion upon an officer who conscientiously discharges what he believes to be his duty. We are not an advocate for either side and we will cheerfully open our columns for any one who will dis passionately discuss any matter of in terest to this County. The Irmpeachment Trial and the News and Courier. We have on wore than one occasion spressed our admiration for the Char eston News & Courier, not only for ts enterprise, skill and management, ut also for its independent tone. ~We ere proud to be able to rank it with he great independent journals of the orth, the Times, the Sun and the erald. We would sincerely reg'ret< f. in- the heat of a political campaign t should come down from that lofty osition; and:in.steadyof dlirecting pub Xo opinTon strlo'at< tb guided 3y put ic clamor. And we would advise our ~stemed contemporary not *to treat .~ ~hese remarks as flippantly and cava- C ierly as it did the letter of Mr. Camp- I ell. Altho' we backwoodsmeri-may ~ ot have the power of expressing our- C ~elves as glibly as a resident of one of he great marts of the country, we can nstinctively perceive any change of 1 one in a newspaper. But to the point. t ye have said in an article which was t ~opied by tihe NVews & Courier, that b he Senate had acted unadvisedly in 0 ot allowing Judge Moses time to pro- S tre his witnesses, no matter how guil- 1 y lie may have been. 'We are not his docate, but we know that it imnperils ti verybody's safety if those barriers b rovided byy the wisdom of ages for the d rotection of the citizen are thrown a own. The News & Courier at the a quest of Mr. Campbell published our a ticle headed ini flamig characters: 1 An article which looks very much s< if it had been written by one of the ~arned counsel who refused to argue.'' ts ow what right has the News & ki ~ourier to express any such supposi- D on. If the counsel of the defend- it t think it incumbent to speak, they be il certainly speak openly and write at der their signature. It is almost ca eless for us to say that~none of de- be adant's counsel has written or even ggested the writing of the article in in estion. They certainly could have th me it much better. We are satis d that the News & Courier has ar oken rashly and prematurely in this th peachmwent matter. A great jour- ril l whose pride it is to have every a orning a summary of the whole rd's news at the breakfast table ce ay be well excused for an occasional y sh expression ; but then such a jour- y I can likewise afford the candor to knowledge it. , be We regret not having room to in rt in this issue the letter of Mr. e mpell to the News & Courier, en: e shall publish it next week.. Legislative. it The veto of the Governor on the It 1 to appropriate the phosphate roy- th4 y to the payment of Legislative ex- an ses, was sustained by a vote of 55 sa) The House amendments to Senate <1t eu-t h tm o odn Stoireuat: uthe ofimefr Seoldins th d Circuit Courts in tGea Seveinsth dn dcit weremoncureas in b the Senhdr rit were cocureddi.byth wh-u Ti motndnpteaousetod. The mtion win lothey Hose t im- swh a u,- ... La he a rota at 29 str ' Editorial Review. The revolution in Mexico is still unsubdued -aud the Cuban patriots hold their owll. Congress will no longer allow Gov arnment officeis to receive presents from foreign Governmeuts. This is .winemty proper. The Turkish rebellion is still un uppressed. Servia is arming in aid Df the rebels, and the Servian Minis ters seem to favor immediate war. The heariug of the cases from the 7t Circuit, at the April term of the Supreme Court, will commence on the 26th of April and continue for three days. It is said that nearly 4,000 negroes have passed through Columbus, Ga., For the West the past few days. There .re a few more to spare from Balti more Corner. The Charlesfon News & Courier is ietermined to stir up the citizens of harleston on the question of water orks; if the late fire will bring Zbout hat much to be desired result some ood will come from that calamity. The libel suit of Earle against Bai ey, which is pending ir Court, exer ises our Greenville neighbors. Our eaders will remember the difficulty md correspondeuce between Earle sand Drittenden. This suit is the sequel. Can no one lay the Barnwell Black 7ille ghost. It is coming up again in iome shape or form devised by the un xtinguishable Leslie. It should be nade a felony without benefit of cler. ry to ever allude to the question again. The Egyptians under the actual ommtand of General Loring-a native qorth Carolinian -have defeated a argely superior force of Abyssinians; hey, no doubt, mean 'o absorb part of he Kingdom. Egypt is the civilizer )f Eastern Africa. In Edgefield they have adopted a iew way of stopping the Court ; if a ase is about -to be reached in the Cal mdar which a defendant is not very nxious to have tried, the Docket is tolen and, of course, the Judge cannot all it. The Californians are becoming larmued at the rapid influx of the elestials. Congress will be memzo ialized in regard to the Chinese im igration question ; but what can be tone about it; if they make up their ainds to come we cannot keep them rut. Rarvard and Yale Aave withdrawn rom the International Rowing Asso ation. These aristocratic bodies ould not bear to be beaten by the lebian Colleges of New York, and so ey are going to have a rowing match f their own this year at Springfield, lass. Snow fell to the depth of nine 2hes at Little Rock, Ark., during be late unpleasantness.. We hope e Arkansaw traveller's report is ased upon better evidence than the ne offered us by a darkey of our late 20w storm. He swore it was 10 sches deep, if not 12. The committee appointed to inves gate the charges against Judge Reed, ave reported that they find no evi ence of misconduct on his part. Just Swe expected and said some weeks o; they were really after Whipper ad oses, but they had to lug Judge eed in to put a little salve on~ the >re epublican skin. It is said that a colored man with r white men are the parties who lied Jolin Murphy at the Lyochburg epot. The colored man called upon e deceased to open the door, which ing done, he struck him down with axe, when the others rushed in and rried off the money. Constable Hub rd is there working up the case. Due West has now-the Medium forms us-a grist mill, is agitating e subject of two mails a day, the ung ladies of the Female College a beautifying the college grounds, e Erskine students have formed a e club, and last Saturday there was regular "crooked whiskey" excite nt, "Tanglefoot" being in the as adancy. The last item settles it ;t u may set down Due West as a city. The newspapers have ruined Grant a d his administration ; he will soon converted to the doctrine that theq is mightier than the sword. Ev r now and then a new little corrup path is disclosed partly covered h leaves-but when it is cleared up ~ invariably leads to the White House. is asserted that more roads lead to White House than ever lead to t ~ient Rome; and it used to be a 'ing that all roads lead to Rome. An analysis, made by Dr. S. Ba si h, of Camden, of the contents of ly stomach of Mr. John B. Hen ks, of Kershaw, who recently died if denly after taking a drink of bI iskey, revealed the presence of or wahr.ine. The whiskey. found in in .We copy the following from the New York Sun: "Lancaster, S. C., is not a very busy town, and the leading merchaChts, lawyers and public officers drive dull care away by tying oyster cans to the tails of blatant billy goats." Cannot our friend Ira give us the particulars of that interesting trans action. Great events happen right under our nose and our friends will not give us the information-we have to go to New York for it. That's de cidedly wrong. "The latest thing in soap for use in hotel lavatories is to grind it to paw der and place it in a small metal urn with a perforated bottom. To do this you first wet your hands, move a slide in the bottom of the urn, waen down comes a shower of soap sufficient in quantity to cleanse the hands of any one, except a Cabinet oficer. Th's is a great saving over the ordinary cake generally used." Somebody ought to send Whipper and Moses, Jr., a few pounds before they take their seats-that is, if they ever take it. From the Laurensville Herald we learn, that Lemuel G. Williams has been stricken with paralysis; that Dr. T. Erskine Todd, recently graduated, swells the list of medical practitioners; that Mr. John R. Pitts died at the residence of Dr. W. A. Shand oi the 17th ; that a difficulty occurred be tween W. T. Finley and Oscar Cun ningham, in which the latter was se riously cut and the former considera bly beaten; and that three negroes escaped from jail os Wednesday night by burning out. One of them after wards stole a fine horse from Capt. Downs Boyd. A most disastrous fire occurred in Charleston on Monday of last week, by which over two hundred unfortunate people were rendered houseless, and by the rapid spr.ad of the flames, suffer ed the loss of nearly all their goods and furnitnre. This is the most disas trous fire which has visited Charleston since that of 1861. Had there been a sufficient supply of water, it is thought the confiagration would not have been so extensive. The loss is estimated at $225,000, with an insur ance of only about one-third, and what makes it the more distressing is that a majority of the sufferers are poor people. FoR THE HIXRM-D. BRLOAD RIVER, March 18, 1876. MR. EDIToR.:-Since you ~have thrnirn your ooluamns open for the free discussion of all subjects, .political or otherwise, a knight enters the ring, booted and spurred,. and poises his ance at an article of ours appearing n a late issue of your paper. He hails from Chappell's, and enters the list nder the new and somewhat romantic itle of "One of the People:" Judg- I bg from his first article, he will not e a very formidable adversary. He vidently felt like the man at the public eeting; he felt like saying something, ~ nd he thought as though he ought to < ay something, but having nothing to ay, he said nothing. Our friend from ~ Jhappell's certainly has said very lit tle, in fact as little as he could well ~ ~ay in the same space. Not a single t rgument in favor of his pet scheme, ~ or one single refutation of those ad anced in our last communication. rguments must be met by arguments, at by irony or sarcasm. We would iere remind our Chappell's correspon ent that we claim the liberty of hinking as we please and expressing ur thoughts when we wish, notwith- C ;tauding they may differ with his in e "abstracts."r It is not our desire to parry or mul' r ply wor-is with "One of the People," a r we feel we have the same interest b nd ends in view, but we must note u a error in his communication. Our b zain argument was not "against the ~ ame Democrat," but only mentioned a hat it was in bad odor with the color people, and w;thout their vote we w no chance of success for theb emocratic party in South Carolina.p )ur main arguments were : 'fc That the whites were hopelessly in ai e minority;a That the leaders of the Democratic e1 arty in South Carolina were not such P the people were willing to follow; ; That the useless agitation of party h~ estions were ruinous to the farming g ~terest ;h That the majority of the laboring vi hites were not pa2rtial to the name of lemocrat, but wanted good men in th ice, without regard to party or race;e That the Conservative party was M ie only true party for South Carolina; 3, That those thoroughbred Democrats, th o hang themselves out on streets as ;ns for law offices, and shout so lusti- 5 for reform, are our worst enemies. cc These are our main arguments, and ca they are erroneous, cease so much eo wing and refute them. Because wi ieidvda tCapels rohr l he indviunty taktChels rorgania-ersn th Cony thn th rergnza 1 a not think it such,' judging,fromu the interest they take ii0the County-meet ing. (Something over a dozen- dele gates preseni,but of fifty-five.y Three or four townsitips not represented at all. This knight from Chappell's was certainly riding a high horse in his imagination, when he proposes to de capitate the whole Republican -party with one fell blow, good ones and all -all must go down under his Hercu lean power. He is to place Democrats in all the offices, none others need apply. He is going to pick from this huge pile of "sound potitoes." Now this Chappell contributor aust be into some secret that the balance of us country people are not. He states in his communication that we-must have good government by "sticking close to the honest party-namely the Demo cratic party." Does "One of the People" pretend to assert that all Democrats are honest, if so, what does he think of the Democratic party of New York -City, especially under the wanacement of Boss Tweed ? If all Democrats are honest men, it does not follow that all honest men are Democrats. This would be saying a little too much for the party. Would our friend please inform many people by what process or method are we to have this choice of picking from so many "good potatoes." How is this wholesale political execution to be effected ? Are the Democrats to beat them at the ballot? This cannot be done, for they are too far in the minority. Are they to persuade the negroes to vote with them? This has been repeatedly tried, and as often failed. Are they to be forced to vote the Democratic icket or none? This will not do; to attempt this would bring untold misery pon.all classes.. Then would "One >f the People" point out a peaceful iolution of this great problem ? State bow we are to get honest men in office fithout the co-operation of the colored vote. There are but two courses to Lake-submit to the "powers that e," and the choice of the majority, yr openly resist ! If we submit, let as use our efforts to get honest men, rrespective of party, into office. If we are to resist, draw the blade at 2nce, and strike ! "One of the People" would have as blindly follow the leaders whom the 7reat powers place over us, without even daring to ask whom or what they re. Honest .or dishonest, shiut our eyes, bridle our tongues, and follow. Well, to use a common phrase, this is ilayed out. The people are beginning to think and act for themselves, as will be seen in the coming canvass. L'ey will "exert their sovereignty," Ld throw off those political court iouse tricksters. As to "cease jawing tout political leaders and court house awyers," we would merely intimate to 'One of the People" that if he has ~ny stock in them the sooner he sells at the better. One more word and re are done,-"One of the People," urself and all good and true South )arolinians want reform and honest overnment, but differ materially as o the surest and best mode of ob tining it. COUNTRYMAN. FoE THE HERAtD. Our Washington Letter. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22, 1&76. HON. SAM. J. RANDALL, Chairman of the House Committee n Appropriations, has more than ful ledi the expectations of the people, in edcing expenses in every department the Government. Of course he is >undly abused by the republican press, d, to some extent, I am sorry to see, y democratic papers. This is veiy nfair. The press and the people have sen, for years,- howling for retrench ent, reform, the cutting down of sal les, etc., and now that we have at ngth got a man - in the chair of the ommittee on Appropriations with rve enough to perform an unpleasant it necessary duty, many papers and rsons that screeched. loudly for re rm, are abusing him for having in igurated it. The fact is, every man is ixious to have his neighbor's salary it down, and will even mildly ap ove of a reasonable percentage being pped off from the salaries .of his ife relations, for the public good. I ve to meet, however, the first man in ~vernment employ who thinks that , himself, gets too much for his ser ees. But, far better than a reduction salaries is the reduction of the force at Mr. Randall proposes in nearly ery department. The Heads of De- . rtments called for 4,015 employees. r. Randall cuts this number down to )11, thus saving to the Government a salaries of 1,001 employees. THE INDEPENDENT PRESS going to exert a mighty and unpre lented influence in the approaching npaign-a fact that the nominating D iventions, and politicians generally, H ll do well to make a note of. The in abro'esaer nieyu cue fnwppesetrl n melled by party ties has been rap- M u 1n~r~aq~no~ from year to year: as ol their opponents. These papers, of which there are some Two Thousand, daily and weekly, in the United States, will certainly throw their influence in favor of the best man. Of course, a few may be bought up; but a large number will act on their respective convictions. But the important fact to be considered by politicians is that these papers are supported -by a constituency, without whose aid they could not live. It is reasonable, therefore, to presume that the newspapers reflect, measura bly, the views of their constituents. Again, here in Washington, we see men, every day, from all parti of the I Union, who express, substantially, the opinion that their respective districts will give a majority fur the bes; man, irrespective of party. Men, North and South, who have been democrats from their birth would willingly vote for Abraham Lincoln, if he were alive now; not because of sympathy with his political principles, but because of his unquestioned personal integrity. On the other hand, republicans who prayed, and oven some who, as senators, voted, for Andrew Johnson's conviction,- in 1868, now regret his untimely death which deprived them of an opportunity to urge his nomination for the next Presidency by the democratic conven tion, simply because he had the de served reputation, through life, of being an honest man. The man who, above all others, is attracting the attention of the independent voters of the country, is Samuel J. Tilden, the present Gov ernor of New York. It is pretty hard for a republican to swallow a life-long, dyed-in-the-wool democrat, like Tilden; but the sterling integrity of the man, and the widely knewn fact that, in pur suing to conviction and punishment, year after year, the Tweed Ring, and the N. Y. Canal Ring, he has entirely ignored politics, have created a strong impression in his favor, all over the country, among men who had never before thought it possible that, under any circumstances, they couTd be in duced to vote for a democrat. THE GENERAL OUTLOOK. If there be any truth in the common ly received idea that the darkest hour precedes the dawn, we must surely be standing upon the eve of a revelation which will clear up much of the mys tery and gloom in which the nation is now enveloped. For a darker day, or a more painful and humiliating posi tion, has never before fallen to the lot of the United States. With corruption at the seat of Government, and distrust and fear among the people, the whole land seems to be thrown into the hor rors of a crisis from which it will emerge debilitated and disgraced, or with stronger principles and purer mo rals, and therefore all the better pre pared for a worthy celebrationi of its Centennial, and for the responsibilities of its future career. FOR THE HERAL'D REEDER'S TOWNSHn>, No. 5, March 18th, 1876. A meeting of the citizens of Reeder's Township was held Saturday, the 18th instant, at Jalapa, to organize a Demo cratic club. Lieut. E. P. Chalmers was called to the Chair, and Dr. J. Win. Folk requested to act as Secretary. The object of the meeting was stated by the Chairman and opportunity given for all present to enroll their names as mem bers. All the whites present and a good many colored having signed the roll, an election for officers was gone into with the following result: Lient. E. P. Chalmers, President. Maj. J. P. Kinard, 1st Vice-President. Capt. G. S. Sligh, 2d Vice-President: Dr. J. Win. Folk, Secretary. J. B. Campbell, Esq., Treasurer. Delegates appointed to meet in Con vention at Newberry April* 3rd-E. P. Chalmers. J. P. Kinard, G. S. Sligh, L C. Butler, J. B. Campbell, Robert NTeel (colored). Mr. J. B. Campbell moved we meet 3rd Saturday in April. Adopted. Maj. J. P. Kinard moved that -the proceedings be published in the Ne* erry papers. Adopted. Dr. R. P. Clark moved that the resc utions of Township No. 2 be adopted, vhich motion resulted unanimously. Resolved, That this Club adjourn to neet on 3rd Saturday in April. E. P. CHALMERS, Chairman. J. WM. FOr.K, M. D., Seoretary. N~ew A' .1?icelaneous. PiE LATEST NOYELTIES IN NOTE PAPERS. he Elite, s1 Harmony andp Century Papeteries. ogether with other articles in Stationery Just received at the. HERALD BO0K STORE. j Mar. 29, 13-tf. le 1,000 POTS e HOICE GREEN AND HOT I HOUSE PLANTS. Consisting in part of ~ Single and Double Geraniums, Single and uble Fuchsias, Red and White Begonias, eliotropes, Century Plants, Night Bloom g Cereus, Ice, Air and Wax Plants, Vines d Basket Plants, Japonicas, Pine A pples, mnanas, and fifty other varieties of Plants, osses, &c. Grow~n from Seed anid Plants :tar.. fro . ih tos .ea Florists of Mew $ e/Kiseele6n J. NOTICE. Having made a settlement on the Estate of George W. Koon, deceased, I will apply to the Court of Probate for Newberry County on Lle 29.,h day of April, 1876, for a final discharge as Administrator. THOS. V. WICKER, Administrator. March 25, 1876-13-5t. NOTES LOST. The public are warned against trading for any one or all of the notes named be low, which were stolen from we on the 16th inst. One note on JeXerson Davenport, for$]08 ; one on J. B. Chappell, $100; one on Joseph H. Davenport. $69, with $49 credit; one on C. D..Borton, $150, and a due bill from same for~#27.50; and one on D.P. Champion for $17.40, all of which are made payable to the subscriber. JOHN DAVENPORT. Mar. 29, 13-3t* STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. IN THE PROBATE COURT. D. Henry Wheeler, as Ad-) ministrator of the Estate of Complaint Caroline Summer, deceased, to Sell Plaintif. Land Against to Henry Summer, John H. Sum- Pay Debts, mer, Martha Kibler, Mary ). Call in Rikard, Thompson Kemp- Creditors, son, Cincinnati Epiing, Cal- Marshall edonia Summer, Caldwell Assets Summer, McFall Mathews, and for Sondlev Mathews and Ar- Relief. chy Mills, Defendants. J On hearing the Complaiat herein, and on motion of Messrs. Jones, Jones & Mower, Plaintiff's Attorneys, It is ordered, That the Cred*tors of Caro. line Summer, deceased, render in and es tablish their demands by the 1st day of April, 1876. It is further ordered, That the said Ced iLors of Caroline Summer, deceased, be en joined from enforcing the collection of their' demands except in this case. J. C. LEAHY, J. P. March'21-, 1876. - Z--2t. F0R SALE. Ten (10) Shares Stock of the. National Bank of Newberry, S. C. Apply .to T.CARWIME. Mar. 22, 12-2t. FISH, 0YSTfRSq-- 8M AND ICE IN SEASOL8 The subscriber respectfully informs the public of Nowberry, that he is' prepared to supply them in the above necessary articles frpm this date. Having- dug as-large sdry - well, and with all the required- facilities, he will keep on hand an adequequtitty of ICE and thusabe able to meet the-raaits of the people AT A REASONALII PIW All orders for any of thi above mast be acompai&whihe-cash. Mar. 22, Z2-5. W: I E If you desire to be restored wthout th& se of medicine, IOU TO GLEN gNUN8 HOTEL OPEN 1st JIBE Parties received at any time. on a~plca - ion. Cottages to Rent7 Send for Circulars. = JNO. W. SIMPSOK, C. M. MILLEE, Mar. 22, 12-lIt. In Charge Mfice of- Conty Chaia Union RepnbiedhIsty. NEWBsEiRf C.H5,, .,3 Notice is hereby given that a Co onvention of the Union Republican P'ar f Newberry Coun.y, will: be- held at Ne erry Court House, on the 8th day olA msuing, at 10 A. M., for the put hoosing three delegates to the S&ale enion, to be held in Columbia, on lay, the 11th. day of April, 1876, for wrpose of choosing. Tourteen delestes he National Convention of the Unionu ubican Party, at Cincinnati, Ohio. The Ghairman of the differenit Precine rillcc.dl meetings to be held on 'need ~th day of Apil, 1876, atthe followin ,laces named to choose -the. numnbeo lelegates herein specified, viz: le wberry Precinct will elect 22 delegat ~aldwell 4 6 laybinton " " " I T ~romer's " " 8 I .eeder's " '" " 8 " loyd's " " " S " foon's " ." " endenhall " " C 7 4 oney Battery " " " 7 ~annon " " " 5 " eller's . " " " 5 " Meetngs of dhe several precincts wiHl be eld at the following places, to-wit: Newberry Precinct will hold its meeting I .t the usual place of meeting. adwell Precinct, usual place of meeting. Mfaybington Precinct, Jerry. Sondley 's lace. - Cromer's Precinct, Cedar Grove. Reeder's Precinct, Mount Olive. Floyd's Precinct, usual place of meeting. Moon's Precinct, usual place of meeting. Mendenhall Precinct, Hannah-Chur-cb. Stoney Battry Precinct, School House. Canno1's Precinct, usual place of.nieeting. Heller's Precinct, St. James' GhnureEi At each meeting-the Precinct Chairmim iall call the meeting to order and-tem rarily preside. SIMEON YOUNG; Mar. 22, 12-2t. County Chairman. DINNER HOUSE 'ROSPERITY, 4 C Passengers on the G. & C. N. ,$are al wed 20 minutes for dinner at Prospezity. A cordial invitation is extended to tray le-, who -will always find a good table, lite attention and moderate charges,. Terms-Dinner, 50 Cents. Board per Feb. 23, 8-tf ,Proprietor. I THE DISTRICT COURT -OF THE UNITED STATES-DIS TRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. [REl?L I . No!ti~'csfF~ Thos B.R e nnry - Ntic Ts.Bnkerupt . Crdiors. IC ki h ruivtha aCeting. ~thCe Cei.os heeb gaive thank a meei the Creditors of said Bankau?t will be