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,.i .s \ \>i fju>;? t ut Vl .'> $ f ;i .f !.> v? / no ; 3^i:RST OUR HOMES; Tin^IST OUIi STATIC; FINALLY THE NAfl()N; TlIKKIfl CONBTIT LIT E OUR CK>XrKrri^^r!</.iffAMM VOLUME 1. SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, ISG'T. NUMBER 3^. II? THE ORANGEBURGr NEWS. ,'. f*tjBJ4SUED AT OK A N (i EBUilO, S C. ' } jBV?r>; Saturday Morning. ?:o:? WtMC'EJi DIBBLE. Editor. Associate Editor.. tl ARLES If. J/ALL, rtddisher. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Oe? Copy for ono year.... $2.00 ,** \ * .. ,q5x MonthB...'..;.:':. 1.00 ** ?? ??; Three " .?. 50 Any one sending TEX DOLLARS, for h Clnb of New" ^hlweribers, will receive im EXTRA C?PY for ONE YEAR, free of charge. Any one sending FIVE D<MJ.AJlS,,foc a Club of New Subscribers, will receite an1 EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, WreVof elmree. . ?b,..;j t- ? ?:o:? . KATES OF' ADVERTISING. >-nli *f<-pjjimrc Ij,,1 Insertion.;. $1.50 v" 2d o. 7--> A Square consists of 10 lines Rrevier or one inch Of Advertising space. 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WATCH MAKElt AM) .J EW EL EE it. .il 1 7/ Work Wcuttff Repaired aud . WARRANTED, It TJ'S S'E L L S t R E E T. (OPPOSITE COR NELSON, KRAMER & CO.) ?vpt 28 c ly Btj?l/& SCO AriJVL, *i AGKNTS FOR THE Equitable Life Insurance Company ofxew york, POLlClfS N< )X-F( >R FEITARLU, ?J^lvtdand Deolitred Autiuully to Policy Holders Cohielsoii, Kraraer & Co., ABE AGENTS FOR JBFEEh^ nilV< INSUHAjNCI-i COMPAXT. ,.'.?W ^???ft^sMS*?* t? i?itw?J?# h;lfc<f'OMPA.NV ? And ?ahy Le*'l.y<ic up^'H'n'b?? general audod'acious ' Hdea iLh'at Simtliecu Cauipauies tire not ns gocd as ! 'IN'niit3>&?i or; Fibrci^n. Wo only ns]c such to clo the ] ?rsipfli'lfl.'j<Hftioc -of ?applying to our AgiMitf, or direct Wfhc lloinc 'Offwe, and they will reeeivc Indubita ble cvulc'iiee'tfri this point. With funds invested in Best 'Storks. tit/Id Kst/ite, n?id Goad .Securities, no 'Cohtpa'tfy can be more S/>he*ji, wilh ample means. None shall be more prompt*. >t,25 ...... 'c ly WfMxM 8TEVEN8 HOUSK, 21, 25?, 25' ?f- 27 ])roadicajy, X. Y. *t>f)0 ; . t.)]ipc'isitc Rowling Green. O N T H If E U R O F v, A N v L A X . failJE STEVENS ll6lJSE> well ami widely known ?iE?' tlie tra'.eljing ptddjc. The Incath'n is cs pe'efally suitable to merchants -'|i>d btisiuck^ mcij ; it is in clyse proximity tti the .business part of the ,Vity?is on the hjgh?';iy.id* Southern and Western ?travel?and adjacent tu all thp principal Railroad ''Hhd Steamboat depots, ? T|ie STEVEN'S HOUSR hna lljicjal a^cononoda *uon for over !](Kl giiesls---.-il is well ('urhis'jjcdj and tMfSes^es o,v?'ry mudc|;|| iinproTemeut- fur l]ic com. ft its "miimtcs, The rooms arc spacious and (?Tf V'etitilal6d.-^pruvided with gns'and wolc?'.?the kUbilaniiea \u prompt upd respectful?-and tlje table, is gtfllero'njily/ prnvldud witii every delicacy of the season?iit mttdcrflle rates. 'The rooms having been rcftirnlshed and remodel , .,4Hly w<j tirp tijmblcd to otjcf extra.JVtOiJific'i tiif the tiEo. k. Chase co,, I jMI,c1_(ji? ( Proprietors. POETRY. I've Ueen Thinking. I've liccn thinking, I've been thinking, What-a glorious world wero thin, Did folks mind their business more, And mind their neighbors less. For instance you und 1, my friend, Are sadly prone to talk Of matters that concern us not, And other's follies muck. I've been thinking, if we'd begin To mind mir own affairs, That possibly our neighbors might Contrive to manage theirs. We've fault* enough at home to mend? It may he so with others: It would seem strange, if it were not, Since all mankind were brothers. Oh ' would (hat we had charily, For every man and woman, Forgiveness is the mark of those Who know "to err is human.*' Then let us banish jealousy? Lei's lift our fallen brother, And as we.journey down life's road, ??Do good io one another.*' ORIGINAL STORY. A Fact, not a Fiction. -:o. 11V DAISY DAI.!]. No lady was more cheerfully admitted to i Alice's friendship than was dill in llurton. a j stylish but sensible <rirl of eighteen summers.' iTer parents, with a mere competence, were do-; sirens of indulging their eldest daughter ; ami 1 while she was foml of embellishing her own ; hi.me. and improving her mind, she wan none ; the less attentive to h t parents; to her sisters I and brothers, which rendered her ijuite attrau tivo to visitors. Alice was received with mi reserved affect-ion. tit tho heartItside, where all ' the loveliest amenities of life wero daily tatmltt j by practice. This intimacy rendered Alice' linpj?ier. for 'tis childly by comparison, that we arc able to value our blessings ; and never till ' now, had this only child learned to appreciate j the lavished tenderness; of bee parent*. Mrs. Joslyn had recently become averse to visiting,, and while a welcome ever awaited her friends.?to Ireijuent evening assemblies w.w always a trial to her. .She would, del pate to Mrs. llurton the office of chnficrituc and often the. t/irj* would meet in the morning, arrange , their plans, and enjoy their mother's surprise i at their ready expediency in matter*- of taste t or propriety. On one or two occasions, uncle .John had been persuaded to eall at Mr. Hur toti's, and even to be numbered among their1 escorts. Once. Alice with her quiet fun, bad whispered, ".Julia, dear, I'll let him be your beau, it' you'll be a real good A nut." To which her friend laughingly replied, "A creature he,?so cold, so state, For him, 1 am no filling mate." In the next breath, that wilful child gather ed up to Uncle J. and said, "sonic one called you stately, you are not haughty, Uncle, are ? you?" lie replied, "I will chide ho breather in the world but myself, dear Alice, against whom I know most faults." His voice faltered as he added, M]f man's internal griefs were written oil the brow, many j who nyw excite envy, would appear to be ob j-iots of pby." Alice's mirth '?v;;s checked, Mid slic recalled the oiremnstunccs ouC.n ilg'un To absent friends, say what is better, Than memory's talisman.?a letter! '.otters_(_>!' = precious compensation, to those Jhonre ^??* ?,M* Crtn,c. no coMtmdietioh-^cading ?io uncharitable ? * x' ? . 'i'bev conic relying iUjfmiVttio))4 no criticism. 1 mv 1 ? vj ov 3Ieino>'y'fi .jiaie, hunrt-wa?*lucl,>!i !'m?? ehc-ororsr?lilc-'/>sM<-i.*. Tim talkative co..'.''"r" ters,.?fjie ujicouvc?tioua} index of our thoughts! Oh. let truth be stamped above their margin and kindness breathe livi/n every line. Tliuy improve our Imppincitt, or abate our mbrry. Tho Bynipathyj which dictates every word, doubles our joy, or divides our grief. Thank Hod for such, say we \ I And KiUvuVd liplnnd loved these shects which often immc to light bis eye with glml nevui, nmj to wing his assiduity in study. He. yet "wax needed to complete the ftututfuotiou, at each /'?/'? or Kociublu," and the minutiae were given by Mr. if) of by dear Alice. And yet lie was content to mum While loved so well by all at home. "It is now two years since our boy left us. mother," said .Mr. J. "and next winter I hope hp willfottlrri a graduate.',' ''Ah, husband, 1 have missed the dear fel low so much, that t seaino am jjlnd to hear, be will study law.". '-Well, wifOj.Tus talent lor oujcutioti wjns a marked, even from childhood, that J judge it will bo Iiis choice. He has only once alluded to it, but as we arc Cully able to meet tho ox-, pcnsu, I think it most advisable. (7V; be Continual. ) ADDitKSS OF THE Conservative Convention. To the People of South Carolina. Fkli.ow Citizen?:?Iii times of great pub lic danger, tho instinct of self-preservation prompts a people to assemble and confer to gether upon the issues that the stern logic of events forces upon their attention. The citi zens of South Carolina stand, to-day. in this position. It becomes our duty, therefore, to take counsel together, and to announce our ; conclusion; temperately, but firmly and fear lcssly to the public. In performing this duty, we shall avoid all terms of animadversion upon men, parties or j sections. The vice oi" inisroproso.ntioii and de 1 traction has become the order of the 0 tj\ and both North and South have suffered Ir?ni the j evils which had their or.igin in this fruitful , source of mischief. The Northern people, flushed with victory, have not been solicitous to ascertain the temper of the Southern mind; j and the Southern people, crushed by the loss of their cause and their most cherished hopes, have been.alike indifferent to events for wjiieh they do not feel themselves i sponsible, and j over which they have nut (ho power of control, j ; In the meantime, wicked and designing men. j both at the North and at the South, have not j been wanting, to keep alive the fires of .suction- j al hate, until now they threaten to involve the . winde country in misrule and anarchy. Of the late war, it is not our purpose now to 1 speak?the sanguinary fact will stand forth j forever in the history of these American States. 1 Our duty now is with present evils, and their future consequences. The emancipation noli- j cy of the Kiovern nicht was and is the great! fountain-head from which .springs, and will continue to spring, the thousand evils hv which we are itiviroucd. What hut disaster could follow in the foot.- ? steps of tho hasty inconsiderate policy, by which i I.(i(lt)l).<)<)!| id slaves, without, education, a|i.K without the least preparation for the change. J were turned adrift from the discipline and in- '. />?/ < .-//?// care of the master, to provide for them selves. Must it not be self-evident to any thinking man, no mutter what his prejudices, that untiling he Call now propose will he able to convert an idle, roving, thriftless free, negro j population into the steady, healthy, laboring' population that we formerly employed in our lit Ids at the South, lint gloomy as the pros pect may be. the people at the South must re- j gard this disastrous result . now fixed and j settled beyond recall. Slavery is at an end. Wo do not projio.se that what has been done should be undone; but we do propose to show that, with the present free, negro labor, the industrial resources of the South an- in no con- j d it ion to contribute to the prosperity of the ; country. It is the part of wisdom to look our misfortunes in the face. We should not deceive ourselves, cither at. the North, or at! the South. Three years id'experience by both Northern and Southern men attest the fact that the cultivation of both rice and cotton?tho great staples of tho South?is, under tho pre sent system of free negro labor, the most un certain, the least remunerative, and the most hnrrassing employment in tin: world. Had a j gradual system of emancipation been adopted.' men won id by degrees have accommodated themselves to the gradual change, and the in- , dtistry of the country would haw received no j such shock as noW prQslrafcH the South and ; overwhelms her in despair. Cpim the ag' ivll|. I lure of the country mainly depends the wealth ? and prosperity of the Country. Hut a few years ago. the cotton exported from the I'nited ? States controlled foreign exchange, and held j the monopoly in foreign markets. How is it | to-day. and how will it lie in the future? In stead C.'*live millions of bales, sent forward to i ."crcise the fiir.,,lcl" influence upon trade, we i -on' than one 'bird of the crop of I havo not ii.!,lc 1,1,111 1,111 1. IStiO, coining into 2??>kct} and i)?at at apneu per pound, in nirreneg?tnJ revenue tax '-o - j sidercd?very little, if anything, i.. advance of* j what was realized per pound for the lar&yj crops of former yoars, paid in gold. Why is thin7 it may be asked. The lauds are the same?the seasons are the same?the climate is the same?why. then, the difference? We] answer, the labor in not the name. Instead of industry, we have idleness ; instead of Hysloiii,' we have disorder \ and instead pf proflta, \ve ; have losses, Shall \vo ho able to tlrjyo out competition in tho future as we havo it; the j past? Surely not. lint \\ few yeara before the \yu?< uiip of our most intelligent planters r?preseuted Uli* State at the World'? Kxhibi-; tion. iu l'aris, and, upon his return, reported | that lie *nw upon exhibition there, the cottons from Algiers and from tho Km.-; which were in | j every way equal to the finest prodUctifriVs of j ttt'o lintcd State?. He nsked why cannot these eottons conijicte with the American rot tons ? The tf-iswcr was, because wo cannot produce the article for tho same price; we aro compelled to hire tho labor which you own? ours is unreliable, idle and eoHtly, while yours is under control, steady nbd cheap. From itheso reasons, you wilf always be able to drive us out of the market. But what now is the condition of the Southern plantor? His labor is much more costly than that of Algiers or the K?st, equally unsteady, nud, probably, less un der his control, and he finds himself now, after on exhausting war, driven from the market by prices which his former competitors can afford lo sake. The.present low price of cotton is hut the evidence of the causes already stated. And it may be that, in a few years, we shall he importing cotton and rice into tho United States, instead of exporting these great coin iuuditics. We are now eating) in the interior of South Carolina, rice imported from China. and we have been credibly informed that East ft \ ? *t Indian cotton has been imported into New Yprk\ How soon the State-craft of Great Britain may find it expedient to impose ah import duty upon American cottons, who can tell ? But it may be asked, is there no reme dy for these ealamuities to the Southern peo pleWe answer, most probably no immediate remedy. Time is the great master of the situ ation. If our people will give up the delusive liope of growing rich by the cultivation of cot ton?thereby probably working their utter ruin?if they will cultivate lo.-s cotton aieJ more breadstuff: rai- e for their own use and fur sale horses, mules and stock of all kinds; cure their own hay, make their own butter, and sell the surplus ; if they will labor to fill the laud with plenty they will, in a short time, realize a change for the better in their own condition and the condition of the South; at least they shall not have debts and disappoint ments added to their other calamnities. And i:''T:iising our own food and supplies at the South, we should also manufacture our own cloths and implements, upon our own soil There can be no more auspicious moment tbau tttc present tp lmgin, at the South, the uianu fai'turc of goods from our own raw material. Tins' was done to a meat extent during the war. No matter on how small a scale, let the w^irk b^gin. To be successful, we must begin at the beginning, and work upward, as our population and wealth increase. We repeat that we would not now re-establish slavery at the South. It is!.mi late to correct the error of its sudden oxt'iicl'ion. it is to our interest to make the most of the circumstances by which we are surrounded. We cannot recall the past. ''Let the dead past bury it dead." But let us not be entirely hopeless ui" the future. Little more than half a century ago. the great commodity exported from this State was indigo. .It ceased to be profitable here, be cause it could be more cheaply cultivated else where. Cotton was introduced in its stead, and was cultivated with unparalleled success. Tobacco and rice contributed to increase the wealth of the South. Tf these staples cease to be as remunerative in the future as they have been in tin; past, we still have, a great country left to us, and. with something like good gov ernment, our necessities w*il] give rise to new expedients. To conquer our difficulties, we must meet them with patience, fortitude and courage. But shall we have a good govern ment ? That is the great question presented ih the next point that we propose to consider. To admit as a fact, as has been assumed to be the result of the war. that the (rOverniliciit of the United States is supreme, and that the States have no rights, or if they have rights, that they are subordinate to the (J vernmeut of i the L ii i?*-I States, or which is t\\z same thing j subordinate to ;tic will of a majority having control of the tiove^nnicnt, is to admit the abrogation of the Constitution, and to ignore the facts <>f history. In other words, it is to acknowledge that we have a Covcrnment of tibfofttfi: powers instead of a (lOVCrtliucut of limited and delegated powers. It is admitted, that any (iuvcrnmcut. however limited, may for a time usurp all power. A single man may rise up and say. '?! am the State." Any assembly of men may, for a season, arrogate, to themselves all power?executive, legislative and judicial. But the question recurs, is this laW, "1* is this usurpation Is this good gov ernment, or ;:' it revolution { .Mere physical force ''of law. it may compel obedience, but it cannot give to its acts the sanction of law; unless it bo in those countries-where the will of an absolute despot is the recognize/^ Iaw of the land. To fulnilt that the war baa j established a power in tho Unheil BtatCS, is to admit tliat all comstiintioeaj government is at an end. ami jlut| as States, or as individ uals, w? hohl mil life, jihefty and mopcrty nt the will and, pleasure of NOV majority, wbioh, for (ho time being, umy h"ld the power. Sml: tQ-day, may be pructiually the t-oiiilition. Pf tPll States of the Amein-a?! I'liion, l?nt, aro we prepared to endorse these nronectliugc ami eu gml't t:o monstrous a to ^position into our gov ernmental polity? That L4 the qm..dion that tb'C people of de- NTorfh a- well as. of die South are called upon (o consider ! The great object of laws, of constitutions nnd of government, is to protect tlie weak against the strong?-to shield minorities ngainet encroachments of ma jorities. It is n political aphorism that a ma jority can protect itself Acting by the sheer exercise of arbitrary power, a Majority may for a time set at naught all laws within these States ?it may enforce an obedience to military de crees, from which there U no appeal1?it may administer a purely military government ac cording to its own will, and as such it must be obeyed. Hut when we arc called upon to sanc tion such government as being in accordance with the Constitution nnd the laws, we have a right to test the question according to the ntfc proposed and to withhold our assent. "Wo ad mit the furl that martial law exists in South Carolina ; but we do hot admit the principle that martial law has the right to impose a civil government upon us without our consent. Far be it froth us to raise a factious opposition to the reconstruction acts of Congress. We be lieve that those acts and the measures they propose are destructive, not otdy to our consti tutional rights, but to our social peace. With its it is not a question of part)", nor of political power. We care nothing for these things. We are quite willing that others should enjoy all the honors, all the emoluments of oifice, all the pomp ami circumstance of pi ice. What we desire is peace?not the semblance of peace, but the substance of pence?peace at our own firesides and throughout all our borders. We desire peace to enable uk to build up our waste places, our-temples of worship, our sacked and ruined cities now lying in ashes, our dismantled dwellings and our prostrate credit. We desire peace for its own sake; for its holy Christian influence, and for the civilization and refine ment which spring up iu its path. Do the Reconstruction Acts of of Congress propose to give us this peace '} No. they give Ills war nnd anarchy, rather. They sow the seeds of-dis : cord itl otirunUst. and place -the best interests. [ of society iuto. the bauds! of au ignorant mob. They disfranchise the white citizen and en franchise the newly emancipated slave. The slave of yesterday, who knew no law but the will of the master, is to-day about to be in vested with the Control of the (iovorument. In all popular (lovernments, the two great sources of power may be traced : 1st. To the exercise of the ballot. 2d. To the franchise of the jury-box. Invest any people with these two great powers, and they have at once the government of the country in their hands. By the Reconstruction Acts of Congress, these powers are conferred upon tint negro?he can make and unmake the Constitution and the laws, which he will administer according to the dictates of others, or his own caprice. "We are not unfriendly to the negro ; on the coiitrary*. we know that we are his best friends. While he occupied the position of a slave, he was protected by the laws, according to his con dition in life. And now, that he has been made free, we are not only willing to confer upon him every civil right, but to protect him in the full and free enjoyment of those rights. In this properly, in his life, and in hi< person, j we are willing that the black man and the I white man shall stand together upon the same | t platform, and he shielded by the same equal ! j laws. We venture the Opinion, that the pen- [ j jde of South Carolina are prepared to adopt, as I their own, the Constitution of any New Kug lantt or other Northern State, wherein it is supposed that the civil rights of the negro are most fully and amply secured. Hut npon a question involving such grave and momentous issues. We should be untrue to ourselves. Rthl i unfair to our opponents; were \vc to withhold I the frank and full expression of our opinions. We. therefore, feeling the responsibility of the subject and the occasion, eider our most solemn protest against the polity of investing the ue gro with political rights. The black man is what tjod and nature and circumstances have ! made him. That he is not fit to be invested I with these important rights, lnay be no fault of his. But fact is patent to all. that the ne gro is utterly tin lit ted to exercise the highest functions of the citizen. The government of tlit' country should not be permitted to pass from the hands of the white man into tho bauds of the negro. The enforcement of the Reconstruction Acta by military power, under the guise of negro conventions, cannot lawfully re establish civil government in South Carolina. ! It may for a time hohl us iu subjection to a I t/ua?i civil government, backed by military I'.'Vvt:, btit it Olm do uh Wm, As t*i'i'/t ,-s Of i the United Slates, WO ?hoiihl not consent to] liyo under iwgro i*unrnwnpy, n?r *houUl w? *?(?? j quieucp ii| negro equality. Not (\?r uurselyes j I only, but oh behalf of tho Anglo-Saxon, ynce ! and blood it) t ouutty, do we protest hgnihst this puhvcrBton of tho groat social law, Where by an ignorant and depraved race is placed in powpf np,d infltffluce Ithpvp the virtuous, the educate,!] ami the refined, % these Act* of Congress, intelligence virtue are put under foid. v.'Viilo ighorAncc jftitj vice arc lifted into ridwt' i*. ? ? ? . i ? lu South Carolina, the negro majority, un der the Kivon:unction Acts, i.; much more than two to ore. ,In mast of .the other Sqiith ; :"s .-V.-'iiy-lu fe->ft(l<wT ; crn .States, the negro majorities, it. not bo irrcat , , . , i ? V'"''i '???Tti. woil FiiM are almost .at? doeidcd. tI,nj?thosC pjujes ^tliCr? the white vote is ia the nsceiid?nt.trie" election . ' . .ofmia 'jrll U -*rio<* instricts Iiave been ho arranged,,as to take tho . . ? . <n KOJrS in ?'.?iii fiMUC political power from the. white Vote And Castjt ; ??,' ; ?' hii?.fS*' nfii> iH>m.yM in lavor ol the ne?ro vote. , W. nut. then, is tho . hv'&tu tlfwri ? ttt.?tfwfwiL inevitable result: It invests the nC''ro'wilh , ,. . , .'?'??'o d?lM?jMUMflil absolute political power id each oi -the ten ? fj f'j.i ?? <U-U i?{?in MM ?Southern States, and at the same tinie, uiyest9 him with tho balance of power* in the ..United States. Nor is this ntr.mfl s all?^thc reeonstruetiou scheme close* the ballot-box acniust t^o^cst lulonned ami educated clauses in U?d com munity, and opens it to the. liegrq^ uf wfioiu not more than one in n hundred call rcao^a i i ? ? r-liiwStf, n??n? * word, ami not more .than one ni live hundred can write his name; ami nuillitu^ip. of^wfioai ore so projbuinllij iiiuorahti as to he unable, to i , , , ? ? ?'? 'i t' "">*W* ram in Oer tin: nathe tin which thru have been , ,,' ? , . ' V * -lAor^T? rcyofterca, \ crlly, this pceins to heepuvennjg a popular (ioverniiKliM. of Whom we have Cecil justly proud, into a poplur farce ^ nnd Ave' wopid he content so to consider it,, if it .did not in volvc the issue of life and dentil to the j?rnum (lovcrrnncnt established by our fathers "for*tho benefit of themselves and their posterity. If i * . !? V '?'/??? ?>;? ?',us i,,- t-iifi the object ol the trainers of the t'econstruc tion Acts was to degrade the Southern,peojujc, it is time for them to consider whether'tue dc , . ?? ' ;? ,' i " 'tM^Ii.iwiii gradation may not be brought Jtotlicjr j?wii doors?whether the poisoned cup j ina^^notTo returned to then- own lilV. 3iut.it' liuiv po asked, v.'by do not llio Southern peonm accept the situation and coutrol'llHi n'ciiro ? clcincht i ' . ' i^r/Jirjc-w of Hii.s question .is pinch p^^^Y^^A^^nlil^ answered. In , tiro first pl?cof(it j}?py bc^^ud that the iuflucn.ee of the. corrupt .apd^ jljjjtKJ1 ing demagogue, who will appeal t^ijissjpn^d prejudice. bus always been found to bo uiore powerful with excited and ignorant moWAuu the wisest counsels of W"best tn^w'^o sidea. liic foundation stone.'llpoh wliuflr?cptftj can govern incut rests is. tljatf thc'cloTkfvVWfh chlsc is to l>c e.vefcised' by a irce^'"|nte^R^i|n"t and unbiassed judgment'j^ind' ^vlicjievpr u is admitted that, \\im^niucVis^*\n Vo Jio/, eomrmaf^ or. in other worils,"to be madeVlic siuijec?"of undue influences iufti1 of hrtlthV, tlieii1,1, too?*St must be admitted that lle^Vubricah'Gov^liin^t is an end, and must suoiief'or latcr'givojV5|''l<> sueh other t iiiVcr?ntltif nruTI^ a depraved and already comtjitnl pci'iple.' ^nt if it i.s proposed in advanee"i'o phice ifie"* en franchised negro under control, why confer' tno franchise at all? Surely, the part oPwiso government w tc prevent the evil, itn'd,,irotf'opcu the (R?or to the tnisehief vhitdt otKer.V 'hriHtt mdiH.fhcd they must he prepared, 'b^r' trlelc'fer mauagemcnt, to avert. Bnt why p^rcss 'the hh)> jecf fuit.hcT'( It is cnong foV ms to knt'lrr:tbut this wild and reckless expeiment cbtheS home to the hearth stone of every citir.ch, add in volves family and prope rty, society, liberty and life itself. Nor i* tni- all. The court.tof'jttS tiec are dragged into the mire from thfclfi lllgli position; our most intelligent white ciH&ens'ttre excluded from the jury, while the ignora^t'-iib gro is elevated to that responsible p^sttittnj Ine jury lists are madri up from the lists lof ,;rb^ii torcd voteiv. which, as we have said, tire rhofo than two to one in favor of the negro."''Not "ulv, bo it remembered, is- the negro n?ihftrtftl to thfe jury box. but the white thnii is exclurtb? therefrom. Think you that when tltbu^r*f?at masters of the common law of Kn^htWd'pro nounced their encomium upon the trial by jo'ry, that they eoutehiplntcil for a ui?inent' such an instrument as au Ignorant ndgr? pait'el? Think you, that when the iranters of tho Constitirfiob of tho United Stat'cB,iticor|Jor*:it'dd' jnfq that in strumcut the provision thnttlm trial byguiy Bhnuld always be held iuviolato, that^idpiu? tended to ongrnft upon it such an-enormity".'as negro jury men-; fresh from thecottnn and rico fields of the Smith? Think - yoth-fthWtMlftlh' .John Hut ledge and his illustriouSt compeers signed that iustr.utnent on the part of Soutn? Carolin:', that vhoy intendi'd to Jbi*ge a' chain* which, in a period no longer than an ordinary7 life-time, would drag their grand-children.(will)' were then playing around their knees, anj?1 some of whom arc now living,) for trial h?for?' a jury of their own .^lavee? Talk of adjiitjoji al humiliation, talk of confiscation, complain of clemency to rebels, after this! God1 forbid I The Governhicnt id' the United States bus en-* forced against the Southern Ocople ihe most Stupendous net of confiscation that hascvW been cnfurcctl in the history of nations; their property in slaves has hccii confiscated t? tllo amount of three thouPtllid tuillions of dothtrsj oilier pL-vsonal ptojiorty. in the Bhhjio of d?tt?h, pvoyisiouH. stock, plate and 'onoy, ha? becfn cnptmv.il or deiitroycd, tu tlr vnlnbofono tliopsaud, niillhrns of d?lliifsj -a rfr?nt! !tbe?o cause? their land mis dotoriofafed" to tbo" extent of one thousand millions of dolltirs->-nja!rlng hi the aggregate fhn ?nWHtohs sum"tei* flto thoiwnnd millions of dollars. These 'ovcr whehning pocttniary losses fall exctirtivcly'-?r^oq the SintthvriV people. The polittCrtl'?Viw '?ouY' plained of will, of courso,. fall chie^y,,ABort,<^? people of the. SotUK, hut,' noftxol?s?i'oiy'"ftpon, them. Pasten negro puprctna6y,u up^mi tho b'aNi l.riO'.lMiN j?KCONI) r.v<:i:T . it