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Col. Thomas H- Benton accepts the
nomination for Governor of Missouri and
is making arrangements to stump che State.
The citizens of Col. Brooks' Congressional
District have united to give him a
public dinner at Ninety Six, at such time as
will suit his convenience.
The London papers, received by the
last steamer, mention that a monument to
the memory of the Rev. John "Wesley is to
^ be erected in bis native town, Epworth, in
Linconshire.
Gen. Jackson once said, that over
the doors of each House of Congress, in letter*
nf cmld. should be inscribed the words :
V'M o"?;
"The slanderer is worse than 4he murderer"
A great Kansas meeting was held
at Worcester, Mass., on the 6th instant,
when a subscription list was opened and
. some $4,500, was collected on the spot.?
Numerous volunteers for Kansas offered
themselves.
We learn from our Northern exchanges
that Mrs. Stowe is at work on a new
novel shortly to be published, which will illustrate
the benighted and besotted condition
of the laboring white population of the
Southern States.
The wheat Crop in Michigan, whereever
the snow laid undisturbed by the winds
during the winter, was never better or more
promising than it now is; but where the
ground was exposed, and the snow swept
away the crop is eotirely destroyed. In
number, about one-third of the fields are
said to have been so swept, to the destruction
of about one-third the extent of those
fields.
The celebrated Mount of Olives, near
Jerusalem, has been purchased by a Madame
Polack, the widow of a wealthy banker of
the Hebrew persuasion at Konigberg. This
lady intends to beautify the place and improve
the whole neighborhood, at her sole
expense. The first thing she had done was
to plant the whole area with a grove of olive
trees, and thus to restore it to its original
state from which it derives its name.
A meeting mas held in Chester C. H.
to approve and adorse the conduct of Col.
Brooks in his flagelation of Senator Sumner,
when it was resolved that the Senate Chamber
was degraded by the speech of Mr.
Sumner, and that there was the proper place
for the chastisement; that, regretting the <
necessity for such a course, it is still proper 1
to fight Senators who use fighting language, i
and that Congress be recommended to en- '
force such rules as will relieve our Reprc- <
sentatives from the necessity of vindicating 1
the honor of onr institutions. 1
Some feeling is beginning to be ex- !
cited in Virginia, upon the subject of the
Kansas movement. A meeting was held at 1
Sussex C. H., on Thursday, the 5th of Juue, 1
when committees for every magesterial dis- 1
-4 ? ~ omintti Tirofo snrtnintorl tn solicit '
tUCt HI 11IC '.WUIUJ y TTVIVy ?
subscriptions to that object, and Col. Thomas
H. Rosser has just returned to Petersburg
from a tour through the adjacent counties, (
in which he was able to procure one hundred i
young men of the right stripe to book for i
the excursion, aud funds to the amouut of
two thousand dollars. t
At the Cuyahoga locomotive works, !
Cleveland, Ohio, there is an ice manufactory, I
where this article, it is said, is produced in
merchantable quantities by purely artificial <
means. By means of a steam engine and '
sundry condensers ether is driven from a re- '
tort containing about three hundred and 1
fifty pounds between a double range of iron 1
plates, through which the water is pumped, *
and by the ether is converted into ice. The 1
arrangement is not yet completed, but even 1
now ice can be manufactured with the ther- 1
mometer at 60, at a cost of not more than '
half a cent per pound.
A Paris letter states that Louis Napoleon
''intends to parcel out Africa into ,
large fiefs and domains, wherewith to rew- ,
urd and endow his Marshals and Generals.
His uncle parcelled out Europe for this pur- ,
pose, but he had previously subdued it ,
his will. Such gifts will prove a source of (
embarrssment rather than of wealth to their ,
recipients. The Emperor is, however, so ,
intent upon this scheme, that his chief ob- j,
jectin going to Algiers in September is to ,,
ascertain whether the objections which his I
project has excited are of sufficient impor- |
tauce to justify him in abandoning it."
We find in the Pilatka (Fla.) Democrat
the following brief account of military
movements against the Indians in Florida : 1
Capt. Taylor, of the U S. army, who is in 11
command near the Big Cypress, was in our j
town a few days since. He is of the opinion j
that the main body of the Indians arc yet I
in the Big Cypress Swamp, and some other
localities in the Indians Territory; we forget
the particular names. He Joes not be- |
lieve that there are many, if any Indians
tT 1, flint I '
12UYV 1U lilt" Vjruil liauiuiuciv. juv cajo uiat ,
the Indians have been hotly pressed, and '
that it is probable they have not planted | ^
any provision crop this year. That Capt. j
Sparkinan's and one or two other companies 1
of our State troops have rendered hard ser- j
vice. He recommends employing in the i
service a few good negro track dogs; |
that in this way the Indian families could be
pursaed and captured?and the war, as the
consequence, expeditiously terminated.
The National Iutelligencer, though j
always disposed to look on the bright side j
of things, speaks in a sad and solemn tone
of the present sectional troubles. They are
of a really menacing character, and the civ- J
il war in Kansas may mean, as one of its
correspondents (whose views it recommends 1
as worthy of the gravest consideration) declares
it docs mean, "civil wariu America." j
"Kansas/ says the writer, "is but the outpost,
where the picquct guards of 'Freedom'
aud 'Slavery' (as the current cant of the day
expresses it) approach each other. If civil
war shall result from the proscut frccsoil re
hellion in Kansas, the South has at least the
consolation of knowing that it is her party
vrhich has raised the banner of resistance to
the laws. 1 he flag 01 ine l niou is on one
side, and the flag of freesoilism on the :
other. The government, too, whose President
and most prominent Cabinet Ministers |
are Northern men, is engaged iu a conflict
with abolition rebels and emissaries in Kan- j (
sas. Deeply as the South will regret it, i (
should the North array itself on the side of ',
Nullification, its own duty is plain. The ! ]
cause of the Constitution and the Union, of ,.
Law and Order, will never be deserted by 1.
the Southern people. J:
C^forkMIIe^npirer
EDITED BY
SAM'L W. MELTON -TOHN L. MILLEE.
YORKVILLE, S. C.
THURSDAY MORNINC, JUNE 19,1856.
EQUITY COURT.
The Court of Equity for this District commenced
its Session on Monday last?Chancellor Jonx3TOS
presiding. The business on the dockets is
unusually light, and will probably bo finished today.
KING'S MOUNTAIN DIVISION.
Several weeks ago we announced, by request,
the change of the name of King's Mountain Division
to that of Mechanics' Division. Subsequently,
for reasons which were then deemed sufficient,
the resolution was reconsidered, and it was unanimously
agreed to retain the former name.
THE MILITARY SCHOOL.
Tt will he observed that the semi-annual exam
ination of the Cadets of the Military School will
begin on Wednesday morning, next. Friday evening,
an Exhibition will be madcin the Court House,
when the Annual Address will be delivered by Col.
W. B. Wilsos. These erercises will prove to be
quite interesting, and we trust they will be very
generally attended.
THE PEE DEE HERALD.
We have received the C.vt number of a paper,
with the above name, published at Cheraw, by Wm.
L. T. Prince and J. Randolph Mallot, Editors
and Proprietors. It presents a promising appearance,
and we take pleasure in giving it a welcome.
Our friend Mallot, is one of the most genial,
whole-souled men alive, and can, if he will, make
the Herald a spicy and attractive sheet.
OCR DISTRICT.
We arc under obligations to our clever and efficient
Tax Collector, Col. Sadler, for several |
items of statistics, taken from his official record
for the past year.
If the books of the Tax-Cullector can be taken
for it, there are 465,575 acres of land in York
District; of which, 450 acres are rated as of first
quality; 215,724, second quality; and 249,401,
third quality. Taxes have been paid on 8873
slaves, and by 62 free negroes. The amount of
merchandize sold during the year is returned at
$297,620 ; the income of "Faculties and Profes- i
sions,''S17,605 ; and the value of real estate in
Yorxville, at $853,825. On these values a tar of
$10,413,99, has been collected for State purposes;
and $6,560, for District purposes?$3,436 to the
Board of Commissioners of the Poor, $1,562 to
the Commissioners of Public Buildings, and $1,562
to the Commissioners of Roads and Bridges.
There are several reflections which might be indulged
here, but we shall pass them by. We must
have one word, however. The income of faculties
md professions appear to be alarmingly small.?
Somewhere between twenty and twenty-five professional
gentlemen reside in Yorkville; now,
throwing the district entirely out or me emeumtioD,
if their income amounts to only $17,005,
positive starvation must eventually be the result.
It is rather a fearful thought; and we trust 1! will
turn out that the Tax-Collector is at fault with
the figures. Sinco 1850, 886 have been added to
the number of slave population; and 65 have been
taken from that of the free colored population.
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AFFAIRS IN KANSAS.
The latest dates from Kansas confirm the tidings
of a renewal of hostilities between the pro-slavery
and Abolition settlers, and bring intelligence of
the destruction of iho Free-State towns of 0?sawatomie
and Palmyra by the Southerners, aud of
the town of Bernard aud Franklin by the FreeState
forces, accompanied by the usual exaggera:ed
reports of murders, robberies, outrages &c.?
The statement published in our last issue relative
:o Capt. Tattis' company proves to be an exaggeration
; and, indeed, all the accounts received are so
manifestly exaggerated, so entirely wanting in
truth aud candor, that we can place in them no
reliance whatever. We only know that disorder,
riot, civil war reigns in Kansas ; the pursuits of
peace and industry arc wholly uninterrupted, and
the entire population, of both parties, arc arrayed
iud in avms. Where it will end, wc cannot even
conjecture.
The matter was brought before the Senate, lost
week, by Mr. Crittexdex, of Kentucky, who in
troduced a preamble and resolution, requesting
the President to employ the services of Gen. Scott;
and by Mr. Trumbull, of Illinois, in a bill providing
for the transfer of the Government of Kansas
to that of Nebraska ; or, in other words, the
suspension of the laws and the withdrawal of the
officers of Kansas, and the extension of the laws
of Nebraska over that Territory. Mr. Trumbull's
measure is intended to be only temporary, and it
cannot effectually, if it can at nil, produce the desired
result. As soon as the operation of the bill
would end, the rage of contention would begin afresh
and with renewed vigor. The war is upon
us, and it had better be fought at once.
Upon both of these measures there appears to
be great diversity of opinion among--t all parties,
and it is very problematical what action will be
determined upon by Congress.
FROM ENOLAa'9.
The urrivul of the steamers L'rtcsso?i and Arabia
brought advices from Liverpool to the 31st ult.?
These are not of special interest, except so far as
they- relate to the pending difficulties between the
United States and Great Britain. The public mind
in England is again aroused and has become anxijus
on the subject of these differences, which is
die more to be remarked, inasmuch ns all the exhibitions
of sentiment, of late, towards this country
have teen of the most friendly and conciliatory
character. In the House of Lords, on the 29th.,
the Earl of Elgin moved for information relative
to the despatch of troops to Canada when a discussion
arose in which Lord Clarendon expressed
friendly feeling towards the United States, but
-toted that Lis government had positively refused
to recall Cramp ton. "He said that Great Britain
had made the amplest apology to the United States, j
in regard to the recruiting business, but could not |
Content to the recall of Mr. C. He also said that
an offer had been made to refer the Central American
affair to arbitration, but bad not been accepted.
That Great Britain was animated by the most
friendly feelings towards the United States, and j
this would be admitted by them. That, notwithstanding
this, language had been used in Congress |
which, if used in Great Britain, would have been
denounced as tending to embroil tbe two countries;
and, finally, that if, ns Lord Elgin had stated, five
minutes, conversation between Mr. Marcy and
Liilli :cu ?UU1U CUIUUC IV IUU MUCiliVjC) uw
would willingly meet Mr Mnrcy midway of the
Atlantic."
The feeling of anxiety has been further increased
by the news c-l the reception el Tether Vigil by
ouv government, and the apprehension of a resort
to hostilities is so generally entertained that a
proposition has been mooted to send Lord Elgin
or Sir II. L. Bulwcr as Special Ambassador.?
These facts induces us to fear that, contrary to
expectations in this counliy, the announcement
if the dismissal of Mr. Cbampton will be unfavorably
received, and tend greatly to complicate the
pending disputes. Mr. Marcy s despatch had not
ixached England when the Arabia sailed, and we
ire ot course left to conjecture the manner of its
reception. It is not improbable now that it will
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be followed by the dismissal of Mr. Dallas. We
shall anxiously await the arrival of the next steamer.
MERE-MENTION.
Mr. W. D. Ilenry, has been announced as a candidate
for the Legislature, to represent Chester
District. The other candidates are John S. Wilson,
Esq., Col. W. Perry Gill, and C. D. Melton,
Esq In the list of students who graduated
with distinction at Chapel Hill, last week, we notice
the name of our young townsman John B.
Erwin. The graduating class numbered 47
Warren D. Wilkes, Esq., of Anderson, who, some
months ago, left that district fur Kansas, has returned
as "the duly accredited agent of the 'Leavenworth
Pro-Slavery Association,' to visit the
South, collect what funds he can, to be faithfully
applied for the benefit of the Pro-Slavery cause in
Kansas." He brings the report that the country
is an exceedingly fine one The Spartanburg
papers announce the death of J. Y. Trimmier, esq.
a member of the last Legislature from that dis
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trict xne urcenvuie rainvi, uiiuuii:- iu iu?
nomination of Mr. Buchanan, puts forth this wicked
idea: "The only objection we know of to this
distinguished Pennsylvnnianis,that he is a bachelor?never
was married! This objection Mr.
Buchanan can yet remove. He is a tnll fine looking
gentleman, and would pass for a much younger
mau than he is- We did bear it surmised once,
that he and Mrs. Polk might make a match. That
would be something, to see the same lady acting
the part of mistress of the White House under
two administrations." Intelligence has
been received from the Western frontier, that the
difficulties with the Sioux and other tribes have
been adjusted, and that active operations are closed
A Guanc Convention assembled in the
Smithsonian Institute, at Washington, last week.
Whatanidca! and what next? The gallant
Col. Brooks has been nominated in the Charleston
Standard for Governor of South Carolina. The
office could not be more worthily bestowed. In
these times such a man would grace the chair
well. By the way, we are glad to notice that
nearly every district in the State has, in public
meeting, applauded the caning of Sumner.
The Democracy of Charleston arc to have a grand
ratification rally, in that city, on Thursday evening
the 19tb., at which speeches will be made by
Judge Douglas, Col. Orr and Col. Brook-9
The Congressional Investigating Committee, sent
out to Kansas, have returned to Washington, burdened,
of course, with ample proof against the
cause of the South. Let it come out.
The Charlotte Whiff announces the death of
:\lrs. ousan Alexander, lnaiecKieuourg buuut^vu
Thursday last, at tho age of-94 years, and says j
that by this event "the last link that bound the
present-with the past of our country is broken."
Mrs. Alexander was one of the purest and best, as
she was the last, of the "Women of the Revolution."
May she rest in peace. We learn,
verbally, that the remaining cases, in the United
States Court, against T. J. Eccles, for robbing
the mail, have been discontinued Mr. Fillmore,
in a letter, dated at Paris May 21, has accepted
the nomination of the South-American
party for President.
GEN. WALLACE'S ADDRESS.
We have been much pleased to notice the very
general approbation accorded by the Press of our
State to the address of Gen. Wallace, delivered on
the occasion of the laying of the Corncr-Stonc of
the Military Academy. It has been republished
in several of themore prominent journals, and with
flattering encomiums. We take the subjoined
paragraph from the Edgefield Inforrrur:?
On our outside will be found the address of Gen.
D. Wallace, delivered on tho occasion of laying
the Corner-Stone of tho Kings Mountain Military
Academy on the22d of April 180U. The Gen. reviews
with careful accuracy and eloquent eamestnest
the rise and progress of these institutions in
our State and pays that tribute to them which their
incalculable worth merits. The whole address is
replete with truthful eloquence and practical good
sense. It is a document worthy the author, and
deserves to he enshrined as a part and parcel of
the history of the Stale Military institutions. It
will repay the reader, and wc ccmmend it as a paper
full of valuable information and philosophic
truth.
TI1E PRESIDENTIAL CANVASS.
To the exclusion of our usual miscellaneous
reading, we have given place on the first page of
this issue to the several matters of interest resulting
from tho action of the late Cincinnati Convention.
All who feel an interest in the pending canvass
will deem these publications valuable, and
give tbem n careful perusal. The platform ami
the nominations, it will be seen, have been cordially
and enthusiastically endorsed by the acknow
ledged leaders of the pnrty, and throughout the
entire Union, oven amongst the distracted factions
of New York, the rnnks of the Democracy have
promptly taker, position and prepared heartily to
do battle. In our own State, although several
journals have, with exceedingly bad grace and with
a very feeble exhibition of good sense, refused to
ratify the nominations and taken position alongside
the enemy, the prevailing sentiment is overwhelming
in favor of Buchanan and Brecklnridoe,
nnd, when the period of action arrives, will
place our little Ecpublic in that decided and manly
attitude which the exigencies of the times demand.
Since the action of the Democratic Convention,
the attention of the political world has been directed
intently to the movements of parties in the
Northern States, it being evident that the result
of the canvass must in a great measure depend
upon the temper of the several factions composing
the opposition. It will be remembered that a large
portion of tho Know Nothing or American party,
North, seceded from the Philadelphia Convention
of February last which nominated Mr. Fillmore,
and resolved to effect a separate organization and
put in nomination a candidate whoso position upon
the slavery cjuestion would accord more entirely
with Northern sentiment. They accordingly appointed
the 12ch of June for the meeting of a
"North-American Convention" in New York city.
This body met last week, composed of representativcsfrouiMaiue.NcwHampshire,
Vermont, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, Indiana,
Micbiguu, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Kansas, Oregon and California; and was organized
by the election as President of Judge Conrad, of
Philadelphia.
It is conceded that the anti-Administration forces
are everywhere at the North in the majority,
nnd it is evidently the dictate of common sense that
a fusion of the several factions into which the opposition
is divided would prove to be a foimidablc
obstacle to tlic election of Ijccii.'.nax. To cncct
this vitally important movement, the whole power
of the Press there has for a time been directed;
and at the opening of the Convention a proposition
was received to that end from the Executive
Committee of the Republican pnrtv. It was favorably
entertained, and an arrangement was concluded
in accordance v. ith which the action of the
Convention wouli be delayed until the meeting ol
the Black Republican Convention, which takes
place on the 17th (to-day,) when, it was agreed,
the great party would be organized by the nomination
for the Presidency of Col. Joiix C. Fremont,
who in fact possesses more of the popular
element in his character than any other public
mnn in the country. Col. Fremont was interrogated,
and answered according to rule; so that
everything worked smoothly. But when the fusion
cauie to be debated in Convention, sundry members
from New Jersey, New York and even from
Massachusetts, objected to making their Americanism
secondary to any consideration, and insisted
upon the integrity North-American party. Outside
the Convention, scores of the adherents of
FriXMOKK were,working the wires, and applauding
and sustaining the disorganizes. The result
of it all is, so the telegraph informs us, the nomination
by the Convention of Speaker Banks for
President and Gov. Johnston, of Pennsylvania,
for Vice-President! and as these are dyed-in-thowool
Republicans, the intensely American faction
re-seceded, over again, and over again, and turning
over again nominated Cosijiodobe Stockton,
for President, and Kenneth Ratneb of North
Carolina, for Vice-President All this is, to speak
vulgarly, rich! a specimen oi the most consummate
foolery, bat all tBo better for the country.?
It has shorn Samson's hair effectually. The
Black Republicans will doubtless make some sort
of a fusion, and nominate'Banks, too; but the
charm is broken, and "all the fat's in the fire."
We must not be too much elated, however; perhaps,
it would be better to wait a week and get at
the whole truth. Yet, if all is true as we have stated
it, wo would not give a fig tobe assured, beyond
rlnnVtf ona/tncQ ntthe Democratic ticket I
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
THE CANVASS.
Messrs. Editors:?The card of Colonels McCaw
and Witlicrspoon, published in your last issue, is
an event upon which the people of York District,
may be well congratulated. In aspiring to the
dignity and rank of a Senator, they have shown a
determination not to degrade themselves beneath
the dignity and rank of gentlemen. Their own
self-respect is now. secure, which to themselves is
an infinite gain:?and the people of the District,
sensitive upon the subject of the public honor, and
no longer in dread of a demoralizing canvass, may
breathe freer. Show me the man who does not
now hold each one of these gentlemen in much
higher esteem than ho did before the publication
of that card, and I will show you one, in whose
keeping the honor and rights of his country are
not safe. By this single act of considerate deference
to the public judgment and public morality,
exhibited in the face of a degrading and tyrannical
custom, they have proved themselves capable
of exerting a high moral courage, and that each
one of them are indeed worthy of Senatorial honors.
The public voice should not be tardy or niggardly
in uttering its approval. The people should
take them warmly by the hand, and feel as well
ns express their regrets, that they cannot send
them both to the Senate. Religion should utter
its approval also, and tell them, that "when men
seek noble ends and noble means, its encourage*
ment and sympathy shall not bo withheld.
But while we accord to our candididates for the
Senate, our hearty approval of their conduct in
this regard, we are not to overlook the fact, that
there are other candidates in the field, who arc not
yet committed to the same higli-toned and honorable
policy. To such, we say in the voice of friendly
warning?beware,?for the time is at hand,
[ when the reign of the whiskey-barrel over the
! ballot-box must cease. Religion, morality, the
peace and quiet of society, the public honor and
' the public safety, all concur in demanding it.?
The muttering of the distant thunder is heard?
the cloud gathers, and a voice has spoken?is
speaking that will be obeyed. We want statesmen
to make wholesome laws, not to make sots.
To cnn<>orvo the public pence nnd the public mor
ality?not to violate them. To protect the property
of the people?not to render it insecure. We
want men of public worth to represent us, and
not adroit political jockics, who can kiss all the
children at home, and Bpend the greater portion
of their time in Columbia at oyster suppers, and
the balance of it in voting prodigal appropriations
ontof the pockots of the people, the plainest purport
and effects of which they do not comprehend.
We have had quite enough of all those things,
and as the stage managers sny, now the next thing
will be something else. So look to it gentlemen,
j There are a much greater number who agree with
"Juvenal" than you may suppose. That writer,
is only a phenomenon of the times. He utters only
the public voice, and when he touches the chord
of the instrument on which he plays, other chords
all over the district give back the tone in hearty
j response. Many ey?3 are upon you which are
I quite sharp enough to comprehend all your doub
ling.*. >ve uope 10 near irom you.
BULLOCK'S CREEK.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
FROM TURKEY CREEK.
Messrs. Editors:?I hare been much pleased of
late to find in your paper certain letters condemnatory
of the present mode of electioneering, and
suggesting the means of remedy. I regard the
interests involved iu this question as vital, not only
to good oi'der and a healthy state of the community
but, to the perpetuity and success of any
representative democracy. I am really gratified
to find your columns open to communications
which may, by a kind Providence, tend to revolutionize
public sentiment on this subject. I do not
know that I can contribute much to this desirable
end ; but I am willing to do what I can. Perhaps
I may get somebody to thinking and talking on
the matter, which, you know, will be gaining
something.
The evil which we deplore is that corrupt condition
of sentiment and morals, which, from the
practice of some candidates, must be pre-supposed
to exist?that state which makes it possible for
a may to buy the honors and powers of office, to
traffic and barter for it, to the degradation and
ruin of many of his constituents. To what extent
corruption does exist in the conimunity, and to
what extent the ballot box is swayed by that corruption,
men may, perhaps, differ in judgment.?
But that it does exist to some extent, it would be
idle and disingenuous to question. That the public
feeling and sentiment are corrupt; that the
ballot-box is the medium of giving this corruption
a direct bearing on the highest civil function of a
free people, are established by one fact which
[ looms up m monstrous iuu mv? uv...-,
! before the eyes of every intelligent and soberminded
citizen. Why is it that those, whom we
suppose to be shrewd observing men?men, who
study the character and disposition of those whose
favor they sech, and who know the influences by
which headway is to be made in an electioneering
campaign?so soon as they become candidates,
betake themselves to a very suspicious affability?
to a courtesy which is often painfully embarrassing
to the besieged?nnd to the practice of drenching
with fermenting liquors all that unfortunate class
of the community "whose god is their belly, and
who glory in'' that which in the very highest sense
of the term is "their shame 1" Why is it that the
fawning sycophant, who is willing to spend fifteen
hundred dollars in brutalizing his fellow-citizens
and in ministering to the most mischievous
nnd dangerous lusts of the comipt heart can he
elected over the man who, because he loathes
sycophancy, and has the fear of God before his
eyes and the noble spirit of philanthropy and patriotism
in hi3 heart, is unwilling to do so? Do
these facts need proof? Let the skeptic on this
subject go to the various mustcring-grounds and
to the election precincts; let him lurk for one
campaign, if he can, nbout the fetid purlieus of
the dram-shop, and listen to what he may hear
aDd look at what he may see,?and I will venture
it will require no additional effort to convince him.
What is the bearing, then, of these facts ? Do
they not proclaim, in loud aud startling clearness,
that there is 4 fearful degree of corruption both
in the public mind and in the exercise of the elective
franchise ?
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Is not this a seryras.eyil ? I appeal, calmly but
earnestly, to every man who understands anything
of the nature of our governmental machinery,
who knows the vital importance of that primary
function of a body-politick?the right to delegate
the powers and authority of the whole to the
hands of a few as their representatives and agents,
?is this evil not a serious and dangerous one?
What interest can a citizen possoss which is not
affected by the exercise of tho elective franchise?
I do not pretend to large knowledge of the effects
of governmental action upon individual interests;
but I think I may venture the affirmation that the
government ought to reach all the interests of the
citizen, and have the power to secure them. In
proportion as it fails to do this, it is defective, either
iu its essential nature or in its administration.
I speak of the legitimate interests of the citizen.
There are factitious and imaginary interests which
must be foregone, and made subject to compromise,
in order to the formation of government.?"
Of these I do not now speak.
No intelligent man can doubt, I suppose, that
all the power which government has over the interests
of the citizen, is determined in an essential
| degree, Doth as to its abstract cnaracter ana its |
practical application, by the ballot-box. Is there
no danger, then, in that corruption which makes
the fulsome vanity of weak-minded men, and the
base appetites of the animal and the sensual, to
control the decrees of the ballot-box ? It is our
boast, and long may it be so, that the people are
sovereign. If the sovereign be corrupt, the exercise
of sovereignty must be crrrupt also, and, consequently,
all dependencies must be in like manner
jeoparded. The whole history of republics warrants
the proposition that, in proportion as the
people are rendered venal and mercenary, is the
republic in danger of wreck. A9 the people become
more susceptible to flattery and cunning sophistry
than to sound reason and the dictation of
truth and principle, the government will swerve
from its legitimate aims and become an engine of
destruction to all that it should cherish. Of this
truth we have a mournful evidence in the action
of the Athenians, which resulted in the destruction
of Socratf.s, the noblest son of Greece. So
soon as gold has more power with the people than
the eloquence of truth, there is a Philip or an Alexander
at hand to seize the sovereignty.
How, then, is this evil to be remedied? I answer:
by correcting public sentiment; by teaching
men to regard the modes of seeking public favor
which have obtained to some extent, as dishonorable,
as insulting to the voter; by teaching every
honest citizen to regard the attempt of the candidate
to secure his vote by treating, or by any
other kind of purchase, as a declaration?which
to all intents and purposes it is?that he regards
him as having so little self-respect and so little
moral integrity that his favor may be bought by
a pint of whiskey. To produce this sentiment let
the Press speak out?let Ministers of the Gospel
?let ruling-elders, deacons and clas3-leaders?
let professors of religion in general, speak out.
ITcre, a word: Can it be 30, as the writer has
heard, that Elders of the Church, and members
of the Church, are lending themselves to candidates,
and to the devil, to do the loathsome work
of brutalizing their friend3 and neighbors, by freely
supplying them with intoxicating drink? I am
told that this is so: that men, who have solemnly
vowed to God to oppose immorality and irreligion
in all its forms?men, who have with the ntmnof
solemnity been sworn into holy ecclesiastical office^
have become the subordinate agents of eertain candidates,
to minister frequently and in dementing
quantities the intoxicating bowl to those over
whom they have sworn to God to watch, whom
they are bound to admonish, reprove and rebuke,
and to whom it is their duty to hand the "cup of
blessing" which contains the emblems of a sinner's
purification! If these words should chance
to meet the eye of any such Elder, let him look
at them calmly. Let him ask himself?how will
the picture look, in the great day of revelation
and righteous judgment, of an elder of the church
bearing iu bis hand on the Lord's day, around the
facramental board, the cup which contains the
symbol of the peace-speaking blood of the Lamb;
and on Monday, or some other day of the same
week, bearing in the same hand to the thirsty crowd
a jug filled with the spirit whose out-goings have
ever been marked with profanity, blasphemy,
strife, blood-shed, and death! Well may the
Minister, dependent upon the aid of such an elder,
take up the mournful language of the Prophet:
"0 that my head were waters; and mine eyes,
a fountain of tears; that I might weep day and
night!" Let all?elders, professors of religion?
parents?teachers?every body that can mould
public sentiment, speak out, and correct the public
feeling on this subject.
1 cannot refrain, in the close of my letter,
Messrs. Editors, to speak out my high gratification
at seeing in your paper of Inst week the
pledge of our Candidates for the Senate. In my
humble opinion, that act will reflect more honor
011 both the gentlemen, than ten successful elections
could do. It would do your heart good, and
doubtless theirs two, to hear the good and orderly
in every direction applauding this act. I wish
it were possible to vote for both of them. I wish
it were possible for both of them to be elected.?
I hope the candidates for the lower House will follow
the noble example; and let us for one time
see how good we shall all feel, to know that a
campaign has been earned through without degrading
any one. TURKEY CREEK.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
Di denari, di senno, difede,
C'ne manco, che non crede.
"There is always less money, less wisdom, and
less honesty, than people imagine."
Italian Proverb.
And the Italian moralist might have added,
"le*3 patriotism."
In what I have to say upon the subject proposed,
I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do
not include our Candidates for the Senate. In publishing
their joint card reprobating "bald-face"
as a political element, they have acted well, and
that single act of devot n to the principles and
demands of a sound public morality is sufficient
to cover a multitude of sins. Nor do I intend
anything I may say to apply to the candidates now
before the people of York District for the lower
branch of the Legislature. I know them ; and I
{ am sure that, as soon as the requisite concert of
action can be secured, they, tco, will be found very
ready to meet the just demands of a sound public
opiuion.
Nor sbnil I individualize any one. I write of
the follies of the times in which we live, and I
j intend only to fire at the flock.
There is one great error which I have seen under
the sun?yen, two; and from both the people
have suffered detriment. The public Press is unl
true to its great mission in this?it does not rej
bnke public vice with a hand sufficiently severe
j and unsparing; and Christianity has backsliden
into the same path. Jesus Christ did not forbear
the use of the rod when he went boldly into the
temple, upset the tables of the money-changers,
and uttered the rebuke: l'It is written, my house
shall be a house of prayer; but ye have made it a
den nf thieves." In that single act of high moral
daring, if we may so speak, the world of man,
groaning under the weight of priviledged vice,
saw the first ray of light which betokened the
dawn of a brighter day and a better dispensation.
Christianity itself had then but just dawned upon
a dark world. And if it, surroundod, environed
and contemned, as it then was, by a powerful opposing
priesthood and millions of unbelieving and
persecuting people, and just struggling into beiing, a
could thus boldly denounce the prevailing wick- o
edness; by how much stronger reason should it tl
boldly denounce wickedness both in low and high r
places, now when it is securely founded upon the ti
rock of the public heart and backed by the pub- s
lie Press more powerful than "on army with ban- I
ners" ? tl
The law of the land denounces a penalty against u
all who dare to enmponnd a felony. But does
not Christianity and the Press alike, in effect,
continually compound with public vice and public
immorality, by dealing with national sins in a
sort of modest, courteous, kid-glovo fashion?? ^
What is this, on the part of both, but winking at p
known, admitted, public vice, and thereby accord- I
ing to it a quasi sympathy and encouragement? a
It is the office of Christianity and tho Press to a
teach mankind their doty, aud to make the world b
liflnninw orirl Kattow Pnmo of nna Afl
?ItUlUV, ?V V..W
of ker history appointed one Censor: we have two I
which constitute an essential element in our social <!
organism, and which are not elective, but exist in *
perpetuity, to wit: Christanity and the Press. J
The paramount power of both is conceded, and u
woe to both, and to civil society as well, if they do b
not the duty confided to them. History?humanity?God,?will
hold them to a stern reckoning 1
in a coming hour. If I be told that "moral sua- i
xion" is all either can do 4 I respond, what sort of ?
moral suasion? That which utters its condemna- (
tion of rampant vice in such honied words that *
the perpetrator, instead of being rebuked, feels 1
encouraged and flattered by them? Who will call 1
in question the great example set by Christ him- t
self? "It is written, my house shall he a house <
of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves."? 1
Here the barbed arrow is sent home to the quick
at a single throw. Timidity, in the support of
any right and virtuous cause is itself a vice.? '
Whenever Christianity and the Press omit to re- 1
buke public vice and to hold it up boldly to the <
public gaze and the public reprobation, they com- <
pound with it in a degree, and become in like degree 1
particeps crimtnis. In acting thus, beth mistake the 1
spirit of the public judgment. I am fully pur- 1
suaded that a large majority of our people are not
only in favor of a high-tonc-d public morality, but
will sustain the Church and the Press in denouncing
its opposite, in the most decided manner and
in the keenest language. Diseases which are deep
ly seated in the human system cannot be eradicated
by doses of syllabub; ample doses qf tartaremetic
will nauseate the patient, and will certain
ly mitigate if not altogether heal the malady.
* * * * * *
Now it is just the sublime of absurdity and nonsense,
to suppose that men in these days seek political
preferment from motives of patriotism.?
The fact is, a period of long peace is fatal to patriotic
enterprise. When the temple of Janus is
shut, money-getting, personal aims, nepotism, rule
the hour. .In a period of great public danger,
that patriotism which in times of peace is latent,
is evolved by the passion of resentment towards
the public enemy, and is once more ready, for the
public safety and honor, to make sacrifices and to
meet any and every personal hazard. Then the
best talent of the country is demanded by the exigencies
of its affairs, and the maxim is realized
that desolating wars and revolutions ever bring
forth the proper men to lead them. In times of
protracted peace, however, the people become in lifTt.li.iil
lv public uffau'ii, aud full liilv the great
and often fatal error of supposing that but little
ability is required to conduct them. It then follows
ns a natnral consequence, that many me* of
small pnblio virtue, little wisdom and still less capacity,
aspire to legislative honors, under the flattering
assumption that the indifference of the people
will prevent a rigid criticism of their shallow
pretensions and feeble claims to the public confidence.
As each election-year approaches, therefore,
numbers of this class of aspirants pop their
heads up to public view, like shoals of fresh-water
tortoises above the dork waters of the lagune, on
a lazy Puminer's-day. With the aspirations of
such men, the exalted sentiment of patriotism
has about as much to do as moonshine in imparting
vigor and development to the growth of our
cucumber?. Much the greater portion of these
aspirants possess not a single qualification of the
statesman. Ignorant alike of political economy
and of statesmanship?the most difficult of. all
sciences to comprehend?of the great laws of human
society, and of our peculiar, social and political
organism, it is no wonder that the very pillars
of our State system are snapped by the miserable
quackeries of their puerile legislation, and the
public liberty and property of the country put in
jeopardy. The fact must be apparent to all that
in times of public danger, this class of our citizens
would not be clothed by the people withthepower
and responsibilities of legislators ; and past experience
abundantly proves it. The most of these
aspirants have ulterior views to.subserve. They
know, yery well, they can never be distinguished
as statesmen! But, nevertheless, they still covet
the distinction of the name ; and, through the agency
of "bald-face" principally, the public good
is made subservient to their vanity and folly.?
The people themselves, alas! to their own injury,
often overlook the fact that office is ever unworthily
bestowed when it is unhonoredly the incumbent.
When men of the class to which I allude are
clothed with the legislative power, it is no wonder
if the people complain of appropriations,
which peril the public good and in time become
positively tyrannical, and of taxes that are equally
so. What better is to be expected of men who
know no better? If the wisdom and talent of the
State be not substituted for the prevailing nonsense,
not to give the evil a basher name, a few
more years of common time will place the income
of the people at the mercy of the tax-gatherer!
Indeed, the evil has already grown so great, and
is being now so strongly felt, that it is worthy of
reflection whether we have not already arrived at
a point when the people, in self defence, should
assemble in public meeting and nominate the proper
men to send to the Legislature. The public
credit may yet be protected from tyrannical exactions.
Surely, the office of a legislator is a grave
and important one, and, it being strictly true, as
stated in the motto of this article, that there is
far less honesty and wisdom than the people imagine,
as they value alike their property and their
institutions, they sbonld be careful on whom they
bestow it.
These remarks are not made with tJbe purpose
of applying them to any given locality. They are
j intended to expose vices which afflict literally the
j whole State; and the people whose rights are
| thereby put in jeopardy should atonceriscin their
, might and suppress them. The public Press,
| Christianity, the moral and order-loving portion
j of the people, everywhere, should at once de.
nounce and reprobate them. Insulting alike to I
I religion, morality and the public intelligence, j
| such things should not be tolerated by a free and j
j moral people. They arc violations of the elective j
j franchise, and the plainest principles upon which
j the republic is based. The public voice, in the
' grave matter of guarding the sanctity of the pubI
lie weal, uttered through the bung-hole of a whis!
key barrel?or the neck of u stone jug ! Think
of it! Was there ever a more unmitigated burI
lcsque upon pretensions to self-government, or upI
on republican institutions. And will a people,
j jealous of their rights and mindful of the public
i honor, who intend to hand down to their children
unimpaired the inheritance they received from
i their sires, longer submit to such imposture?to
such unblushing corruption of the ballot-box'??
The wisdom and virtue of the State should direct
its counsels, and shape and control its legislation;
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nd a system jof dectibneering,. which virtually,
stracizeB oar best and vtisest-fcitixraie *nd pate
be State under the control of third and fourth- >
ate men?men who seek - success by political - j
rickery, adroit cunning and the whiskey botde, I
hould be promptly abated as A public nuisance. ^
f it be not done, who will attempt to pour tray
he long train of blighting evils which it^will bring ? ^
pon the country ? .JUVENAL.
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For the Yorkvillo Enquirer.. ;
YORK DISTRICT BIBLE SOCIETY. fl
At a meeting-of the Executive Committee of the
rork District Bible Society, lately, held in tbia ^
lace, the President of the Society, Bev. B. A.
toss, and the Vice President, Bev. J. M. H. Adms
being in attendance, the following resolution - JM
mong others was adopted, with a desire that it j?|
ie published.
Resolved, That each Pastor, Local and Circuit
reacher in the District, be and areihereby revested
at as early a period as- possible, either
o get up in their respective charges op places of
reaching, an Auxiliary Eible Society, or take
neaspres to raise funds for the' Yorkr District Biile
Society, in any other .way they may .think best.
The main object of the; Society fceia^jUjo oircuation
of the "Holy Scriptures," cud..a#*'it is not
ectarian. or denominational,. the Committee inlulge
the hope that the different branches of the
Ihur'ch will pat forth their united effotts, fcr tlie Ji
urtheranoe of its object, and that all 'lovers of |
norality, decency and good order, all who desire |
a see our District occupying a higbl nxotal, social ?
ind religious position, will give, hot only their ]
mcouragement, but also their assistance for the
idvancement of so good a work.
The Committee are anxious to see the Society
well established and in fall operation; to see it
meet with that encouragement which it so much
deserves, and we feel confident in saying, that; under
such auspices, the Society will prosper, and m
that the day is not far distant, when all tht destitute
in our District, and these who hare nov the
Bible, will be supplied with the blessed "word of
life.'' J. U; tttiiijujctt, secretary.
For the Yorkville Enquirer. ,
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AH ENIGMA.
I am composed of twenty-lour letters.
My 4, 2, 5,16, is a passion.
" 12, 2, 2,17, is a Satellite.
" 5, 24,17, 22,18, is one of the Planets. i
" 12, C, 14, 28, 2,17, is the name of a Poet
" 7, 20,10,15, is what all Iotb.
" 12,13, 20,17,9, is one of the United States.
" 5, 6, 2, 8, 21, is the nfime of a flower.
" 1, 2, 8, 11, is an expression for long Ago.
" 3, 22, 18, 18, 20, 18,18, is a large Aspire.
" 16, 19, 17,13, is the name of a volcano.
" 18, 7, IS, 5, 9, is the name of a lake in America.
" 20, 28, 18, 14, is a State in Europe.
" 18, 13, 8, 18, 12, 20,18, isthewune ofabattle
which occurred between the Greeks and
Persians. >
" 4,17, 9,15, is a part of the body, M
" 21, 24,18, is a Chinese plant. *
" 16,8, 2,17,1s a useful metal.
My whole is the name of a flourishing institution,
which is an honor to the State.
H. T: A.
Reply of Senator Butler of 8. c., to Senator
Sumner.
Senator Butler, in the Senate Chamber, Thursday,
commenced his reply to Senator Sumner.
Mr. Butler said that the necessity for his addressing
the Senate oa this occasion was brought
about by events over which he had no control,
events which have grown out of a controversy,
from the commencement of which the Senator
from Massachusetts, not now in bit seat, (Mr.
Sumner) would be held exclusively responsible bj
his country and his God; H* had delivered a
speech, the most extraordinary $hat ever had utterance
in any Legislative body recognizing the
sanctions of law and of the Constitution... All that
time Mr. Butler was aot here, and what he would
have done if he had been hero, it would now bt
perfectly idle to say, because no one can substitute
the deliberations of a subsequent period for
what might have taken place on the impulse of
the moment
His impression was, if he had been here, he
would hare asked that Senator, before he had fin- u
ished some of the paragraphs personally applies- (
ble to him, to pause; and if Mr. Sunuier had gone
on, he would have demanded that he should retract
or modify the offensive remarks, so as to
bring them within the sphere of parliamentary propriety.
If Mr.'S. had refused to do this, what he
would have donehecquld not exactly say, bnt one
thing he knew, and that was, be would not have
submitted to it. - To what manner of redress he
would have resorted he could not tell; he would
at least have assumed, upon all the responsibiHT
ties of a Senator from South Carolina, the consequences,
let them fall where they might. Bnt instead
of that, that speech had involved a friend
and kinsman to the extent that he had been obliged
to put his fortune and life at stake. .
Instead of making his own speeches here, under
the obligation of the Constitution, and in a dignified
manner, the Senator from Massachusetts had
ucted as the conduit?the fang?through which to
pour out malignity and injustice. To conciliate
Theodore Parker, the Senator must make war on
South Carolina and on himself (Mr. Butler.) ,- It
was the purpose of that Senator to pander to the
prejudices of a portion of Massachusetts. If the
Senator were now here, he would make him hang his
head in shame and prove him a calumniator.
He accused Mr. Sumner of having protended to J
quote from the Constitution of South Carolina
that which is not found in it One thing U certain' I
?either the Senator did not read the Constitution, A
or if he did he could not understand it [Laugh- 3
ter.l "
Mr. Butler expressed the opinion that this
speech of Mr. 8umner'a would be condemned by
the public mind of the country, and would be consigned
to infamy by posterity for tbe mischievous <
consequences which have flowed from it already,
and which were likely in the future to disturb the
peace and repose of the country. Mr. Sutler had
said nothing to justify tbe gross personal abuse
and calumny with which he bad been assailed; he
had been very guarded in hir remarks during the
?i - i - nil!. !xf J.L.i. T? J J a
wnoie oj uiib exciting ueottie. luucpcuucut ui
the personalitieu which had distorted and disgraced
Mr. Sumners's speech, tnere was nothing in
it to distinguish it from all his other abolition
speeches. ; t He
noticed Mr. Sumner's charge of the shameful
imbecility of South Carolina daring the revolutionary
war, in consequence of slavery, and refuted
the allegation that but for Northern aid the
the South could not hare sustained itself in that
struggle. South Carolina sent Massachusetts
bread and seventy barrels of wine. The Maine
law was not then in operation. [Laughter.] The
very powder used by Massachusetts after the battle
of Bunker Hill, was furnished by South Carolina,
which, in the revolution, poured out hogshead
of blood, where Massachusetts poured out
gallons. He characterized the remorksof Sumner ^
applied to him as indecent, and utterly unfit to be ^
as they were, uttered in the presence of a gallery
of ladies.
Mr. Butler strongly condemned the resolutions
of the Massachusetts Legislature, relative to the
assault on Mr. Sunner, saying that Mr. Brooks
had been indicted on mere newspaper rumors,
and with a precipitancy of judgment incompatible
with legislative dignity and justice. Mr. Brook's
could not go into a drawing room or to a public
place, after Mr. Sumner's speech was delivered, .
without the question being asked?'4Haa South
Carolina chivalry escaped, and is there to be tame
submission to such insults?" He fbltas If he
could not look his constituents iu the face without
being tauuleU with dishonor. Xbe senate hnil before
been profaned by the Senator from Massachusetts.
He (Mr. Butler) would rather take ten
blows than to endure the gas of the rhetorician,
pouring out calumnies upon his State. Something
must, therefore, be pardoned to the sensibilities
of a man acting under the dictates of manhood
and honor. Without concluding, Mr. Butler gave
way for a motion to gdjourn, which prevailed.
Wasuixoton, June 18.?Swats?Mr. Butler
resumed his remarks from yesterday ip further
apology for Mr. Brooks' attack oo Senator Sumner.
lie said, when the legislature of Massachusetts
say that gentleman's act was cowardly, let
them try him in any way they choose. (Ap
piuuac,; ^
Mr. Stuart said'that the proprieties and amenl- fl
lies of the Senate were too often thus disturbed 1
by applause; aud if the galleries cannot be occu- |
pied by gentlemen, they should he cleared.
The Cnair inquired whether the Senator from
ftim"a ? ; -