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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1877.
A Wew Paper.
\Yc announce with pleasure the
fact that a now Democratic paper is
to he issued at Ibis place on or about
the 1st of October. The prospective
candidate for public favor is to be
run in the interest of the tax-payers
ami will be under the editorial man
agement of Jas. S. Hey ward, ISsq.
Mr. Hey ward is a popular and
pungent writer, and wu shall wel
come his return to our fraternity. In
behalf of his contemplated enterprise
we urge the public to give him a
fair and impartial trial. As one
who years back sought by his poo
to establish a united and success
ful Democracy in this county, Mr .
Hey ward deserves well at the hands
of our people. As a matter of course
the new paper will endeavor to out
strip us, but as the character of ibs
editor assures us that the rivalry
will be generous and honorable, wc
rather look forward with interest
to its first edition. Ami in this spirit
we bid Mr. I ley ward a God speed.
We Pity Them.
In speaking of the .speeches made
at the great railroad meeting recent
ly held in Abbeville, the Medium
makes this re'crcucc to his houor
Judgc Cooke:
"JudgeCooko, who had run over
to Abbeville from the Lauron.s rail
road meeting for a day to say good:
bye to his friends before going to
work in Charleston, was then loudly
called for. He came to the front and
made a most impressive and feeling
speech. He had come to Abbeville
a stranger, he had been received with
hospitable bands aiyl treated with
unvarying courtesy and considera
tion?he had learned to love this
people and he went ^to his labors in
other circuits with a heart full of
gratitude to those who had here re
ceived him so kindly and who had
given him their fullest support in the
discliargo of his official duties He
hoped to come buck again and find
the homes of our people peaceful,
prosperous and happy. Ho congratu -
latCv the country on the peace and
' good /oder prevailing under Demo
cratic ride and said that such would
ever be the case with men like Hamp
ton at the helm. He referred to the
slanderous charges of the Northern
press that the indictments in Colum
bia were political persecution and
denounced the statement as a base
unqualified, malignant falsehood,
unsupported by any evidence, the
last refuge of brutal and cowardly
iocs. During bis speech Judge Cooke
was vociferously cheered, lie is a
most popular speaker and during tho
the last campnign did good service
for the Democracy. If ho should
happen to gel bold of any of the low
country theives we pity their lost and
helpless condition."
Judge Cooke will commence court
here the 1st Monday in October; from
here he will go to Charleston, 'and
thence from circuit to circuit
throughout the ?State. It is to be
regretted that Judge Cooko cannot
preside in this chctiit permanently.
He is exceedingly popular hero, and
is regarded as a learned, upright and
just Judge.
Parker, cx-Statc Treasurer, has
recently made a confession in which
:.o - U?h ill*- ii-iio record of I). If.
v huiuberhiiu. liie confession will ;
appear in next issue.
A Washington dispatch says that
considerable discussion has been
created in the Soutli and Southwest
in consequence of a report that an
effort would bo made in the next
Congress to pass a law taxing the
following articles of export : Bread
stub's, provisions, cattle, oils, illu
minating and mineral, cotton and
tabacco. It will be seen that the
above are all Southern and Western
products. Letters from several Wes
tern members say that this scheme
will be opposed by all the Western
members, and it is certain to meet
with the strongest opposition from
the South. As the South ami West
control the next Congress, wo do not
think that the report need cause
much alarm. The Northern manu
facturers of protected articles had
better be counting their cash. They
are the parties who arc in danger.
- ii i Ml ? - ? -l-r.
[com m u n1c a te d.]
Is He Entitled to Respect?
Editor Orangeb?rg Nicies and Times :
It is said a child is born innocent.
I believe it. But is that auy argu
ment that the child is still innocent
at forty years ?
Sacred history does not tell us of
anything derogatory to the charac
ter of Judas until ho betrayed our
? Lord. On the contrary his conduct
was so exemplary up to the very
night, that we find the other ap.tstles
asking "who is it Lord." So that up
to that time Judas must have lived
and acted (at least to natural vision)
as well as the best of them' And yet
besohl his very salvation for thirty
pieces of silver
Gen. J B. Longstreet did good and
noble service in the Confederate
cause, and built up a record for him
self that any one might have been
pro Oil to band down to posterity. A
name high up on thcroll of fame and
honor. How is it with him to-day ?
How dxis it look through democra
tic spectacles framed in the New Or
leans Custom House? How does it
smell in Southern nostrils after being
steeped in radicalism tor ten years?
Col. Mosby also once shown i i the
Southern constellation as a very
comet, leaving a tail of honor and
.fame brilliantly illuminating bis-pas
sage, as he rapidly moved onward in
his orbit. Eveu the Northern as
tronomers turned their telescopes
upon him with astonished ad at iration
and honored, while thoy feared.
But how does Mosby stand to day ?
It is true his war history is still at
tractive, but when we look at it
through subsequent events, Mosby
appears despicable Gone back on
the principles for which he fought
and lighting became renowned. And
for what? Money?theth'rty pieces
of silver. Honor, principle?integ
rity gone, lost for the ''root of all
evi.V
Now, Mr. Editor, these men were
heroes. They have a war record,
'i hey lost crimson drops.
Many other names like these will
suggest themselves to'all who are fa
miliar with the history of the times
in which we live, but these are suffi
cient to render pertinent the follow
ing
Query : If these things be so,
what rea-on is there why the love j of
mono) should not be "as welcome as
a daisy in a cow's mouth," notwith
standing Commodore Pegram's little
"bit of history" and Paysau's coat of
galvanism ?
Soldi kr.
[o mm tJ Xicat kd.]
The Liberia Question
On Saturday the 8th instant, D. A.
St raker Esq., delivered an address on
the subject o! emigration to Liberia
by the colored people. Upwards of
2000 colored people, und a goodly
number of white persons assembled
on Briggmann's Grove, and all were
well pleased with the advice given.
The following are extracts from tho
speech which lasted more than an
hour in its delivery :
"Ought wc to leave America in
consequence of political reverses or
even injustice and suffering from our
enemies? This question cannot be
answered without taking a retrospec
tive glance at our entrance upon
these shores, and our subsequent his
tory therein. More than two hund
red yars ago, we were brought to tho
slides of America and paced in un
voiuntary servitude for no crimo
other than becanao wo were of a raee
powerless, iA-=^^?mcivi 1 ized ,
uud in th:gBnorant.lf easily beenmo
the slaves of ftcqftfTTid od neu*ted and
civiiized pe?wiK It was not the color
of our skins that placed us into slav
ory as Bomt while people foolishly
think or affirm. It was our condition.
History tells us that the race of
people who enslaved us and their fore
fathers wero: themscl vos abject slaves
of a more powerful civilized and in
telligent class than themscl vos. Wore
uot the Angjo Saxons the slaves of
their iNorraau Conquerors, and were
they not boHght and sold at public
notion to the highest bidder in the
time of St. Augustine ? This is proof
that slavery does not arise from color
but conditio"^' Our light in this day
and generation then must bo against
our condition., The negro will at no
distant day shape a desteuy for him
self equal with all other people of
like disadvantages. He will then be
better fitted \jx colonizing Africa
than he is to-day * * Chriytianty, edu -
cation and wealth are essential to a
successful colonization of any place
by any people. Oo wo possess these
as n people, itl as full a degree as is
necessary to . b.-nelit our African
brethren among whom we seek to
g0 * .* * * *
In order' that we should under
stand the gr^at need of Liberia in
being colonial we must understand
something about Liberia itself.
The Republic of Liberia is situated
over the west coast of Africa, mid
way bctweu ^Serra Leone and Cape
Palmas. Its'probablu area i-i 2 1,0 ))
square miles, ^ It was originally set
tled in the yearoflS21 by colored
Americans who were cither free from
birth or liberated. These people
were sent there by the American
colonization Society, a class of per
sons who have devoted years to the
woik of colonizing Liberia with the
American s'avc. Doubtless many
who have engaged in this work were
sincere in placing the colored mail
lipon free soil where he would call no
man master and earn his bread by
the sweat of his brow. They were
some engaged in this work for no
other earthly purpose than to fill
their pockets with money, and others
still because they believed and con
tended this was a white mans country. |
I believe and contend that tha njgr.i
has as much rtnt here as the Italian,
Gernnulr^rejJp4iiau-4)r Irish. . This
is a country </h composite nation ili
lies, and there is no genuine American
but the red man or Indian. * * *
The. natural powers of Liberia are
said to be imense. The principle
articles found there are ivory, palm
oil, cam wood, gold dust, coffee, c icon,
sugar cane, indigo, ginger, arrowroot,
They all grow or are manufactured
there.
Since 1821, mure than 56 years
from the present time, the colohiza
tioa of Liberia has been going on,
and yet, to day Liberia, is an infant
among the Republics of the earth.
Why? What is the matter ? 1 an
swer becnuse sufficient capital has
not been taken to its shores* The
produce of a soil or the skill of a
people never did establish a colony
with capital. Fifty six years have
passed away, and what commerce has
citlier England, America, France,
or Spain opened up with the black
republic? A system of barter is car
ried on between these civilized pow
ers and J-iberiaby means ofexchange
of merchandize which simply pau
perizes Liberia and retards her
growth, England and America have
both sent out their missionaries to
preach to the heathen, but "faith
without works is dead.'" Faith in
the poisibilili es of Providence must
be accomplished by work * * Libe
ria my fellow citizens need money,
and not. a poor helpless half educu
ted though suffering people. The
reason why the colored people should
leave America and go to Liberia is
not the same as it was 50 years ago.
To day thank God we tire free, then
we were slaves. Jt is truo our free
dom is i ot attended with perfect
rights and privileges, nor arc those
we possess like those in Liberia.
There is nothing there to cherish the
feeling of superiority or create a feel
ing of caste. All men there enjoy
equal rights and privileges. We must
one day enjoy the same. * * * If
you go to I Liberia you need not only
nionev, but tlioso who go. must bo of
diversified callings. "Pallors, carpen
ters, bricklayers, teachers, 'preachers
and doctors of medicine must accomp
any the agriculturist * * The talo
that many wicked pcoplo toll, that
men need not work there, is a wicked
lie. God has decided that man should
caru* lug broad by tho sweat of his
brow wherever he goes upou tho face
of the earth' If you would grow
coffee, cotton, rice or anything else in
Liberia you 'must apply both money
and labor. It may take you lees of
either but it will take you someof
both * * * * *
The friends who advocate going to
Liberia upon no other condition than
tho payment of $10 to buy a ship
have placed the cart before the horse.
Fifty-six years have passed away
and Liberia has not a railroad yet,
and the manner of travel is far from
being expeditious. Those who ad
vises us to go to Liberia have not
told us we must g" into tho interior
of the Republic where new land must
be cleared up, new houses built hun
dreds of miles from the metropolis,
and that sickness will take place
among us. I hear none of these
things explained to you by those who
favor the scheme. If, after all, these
things were obtained, you need com
mercial co-operation. But I under
stand this is set on foot by every per
son paying 810 ns stock in the pur
chase of a steamship. Where is the
I capital to make the produce to be
exported by your steamships? I
would sooner see a joint stock com
pany in which $10 were paid to buy
lands, build houses, establish stores,
build school houses and churches.
?Steamships and other vessels will
seek commerce when established, but
not before. * * *
The power of a government rests
in the possession of the soil. The
land owner and the laborer are the
masters of a government, only they
don't know it. The aristocracy of
the ancients were the owners of vast
landed estates, and they ruled and
ruined Empires, dethroned Kings,
established principalities as they wont
and as they regarded the rights of
the poorer class. Our great need to
day, my fellow-citizens, laborers,
black and white, is the possession of
the soil as a check upon the growing
evils of aristo racy in our midst. Get
laud and you git power. In lepcu
dence is the essential principal of
sei f govern men t. Men do uot govern
themselves who are compelled to bow
constantly at the foot of the aristo
cracy of a few. There must be n
reciprocity of needs among men else
might will always govern right. But
1 ? luivo been speaking in general.
Let me now say I am not in favor
nor do I recommend the emigration
of 'be colored citizen from the Smith
to Liberia. We can do no good in
our present condition, either to Libe
ria or ourselves .Moreover, I believe
A merica is the theatre where the
aggregate possibilities of all races are
JLo be worked cut. This, I believe, is
God's plan. Who will or can frustrato
the works of the .Mighty God. This
is no white man's country nor black
man's; each has only a lifo estate j
therein and no more. If Liberia is
to be colonized and thus lifted up
among the civilized republics of the
earth by the colored man; America
must be his school house, American
"maustries his [school master* Who
can deny that we are cutting our way
out of degradation which slavery en
tailed upon us despite our enemies ;"
* * * I prophesy that Liberia
will ultimately bo the home of of tho
colored man. lie will rule over hor,
enact her laws possess her soil, give
to her the doctrine of Christianity,
teach her schools, command her ar
mies, compose her navy and
shape her future destiny among
nations. I foresee these things
and moreover I see white men
sijcking an asylum where capi
ta! does not forever keep its heels on
the neck of labor.
Tho remedy for our political
wrongs in tho first instance is not
emigration. To bo candid these
wrongs are not greater than those
which have' marked the political
history of other people undor tho cir
cumstances. Did a race of people
ever suffer greater wrongs politically
than the Irish people from the En
glish government. Greater servility
in social and political life
never stained more deeply a people's
subjection. An Irish voter was no
more than an Irish dog in the con
sideration of English politics until
Robert Emnett gave his lifo for tho
rights of his people and Daniel O.
(Joncll shocked tho world with the
eloquence and forco of his truths,
firing every human breast with the
wrongs done tho Ir.sh people and de
manding for them equal civil and
political rights with their follow Eng
glish citizens. The English House
of Commons was taught, by persever
once in battling for the right that the
hcol of 2English tyranny must be
raised from the nock of an innocont
class of people whose ouly crime was
their less fortuuato condition in in
telligence aud wealth- So likewise
xvq must stir ourselves' Our
political disaster is not our ruin A
change must come and that soon.
Sectional hate must die. If the ne
gro is to bo hated, i f the negro is
is to be do nied his rights, because of.
his color, if laws are to bo enacted
which oppress him aud seek his re
trogression, let his enemies remem
ber that all laws receive their bind
ing force only from the consent of
the people they are framed to govern
and we will not be governed by laws
which seck*looppress a degraded pod*
#ple. He must seek a new path of poli
tical lifo. No North no South, no
black no white, no disentegrating
State sovereguty, but a Union of the
people by the people aud for the
people one and all must constituc our
new platform, this without tho sacri
fice of one constitutional rightof any
citizen. Prof. L#. MoCants Stewart
thin followod Mr. Straker in a brief
address in which ho supported the
views given out by "dr. Straker,find
urged the people to a watchfulness in
obtaining education for the young.
? ??*> ? -. ??
Solicitor's Office First Circuit.
Charleston*, S. C,
September 1, 1877.
To the Trial Justice of the First Judicial
Circuit:
To expedite your own business and
to simplify mine, I addess to you this
circular, in order to bring to your at
tention a few important points in the
administration of your offices.
1. It is your duty, ot. the presenta
tion of a cause of criminal proceed
ings, to decide, primarily, whether
the offence charged bo one within
your jurisdiction to hear nnd decide,
or only to examine and bind; and for
your information on this point, I cite
the law upon the subject : " i rial
"Justices shall have juris liction of all
"offences which may lie subject t? the
"penalties of either fine or forfeiture,
"not exceeding 8100. or imprison
"ment in the Jail or Workhouse, n it
"exceeding thirty day.*',"
(Jen. Stat:, XXV., $ 9, p. 195.
The jurisdiction lir rein con ferro 1
has relation only to cases where a fine
of ?100, or thirty days confinement,
is the maximum penalty. It will u t,
for instance, include a case wherein
the fine may be from 825 to $20d, ?>r
imprisonment from one to sixty days.
Within the jurisdiction of Trial
Justices lie "all assaults and batterie-1,
"and other broaches of the peace,
"when the offence is not of a high
"and aggravated nature, requiring in
"their judgment greater punish
"ment" . '
Ibid., ? 10.
And I would suggest, such assault
are of a highland aggravated nature,
wherein there is apparent iotent to
kill, or a reckless disregard of human
lifo, or where a deadly weapon is used.
Wcncver the case presented is not
within the jurisdiction of the Trial
Justice, he should examine into same,
and commit, or bind over for trial.
Ibid. ? 15, p. 196.
2. Bear iu mind that the State, not
the prosecutor, is the plaintiff in all
criminal proceeding, and no one has
a right to appear as council for the
State except tho so?citor, or one de
puted by him* In cases of great im
portance, it may be proper for you to
notify the solicitor, and ask for coun
sel.
3. It is your duty in making ex
aminations to reduce to writing the
testimony of each witness, making the
history of the transactions as com
plete as possible, and to forward same
along with warrant to tho Clerk of
Court.
4. In cases of homicide, tho instru
incut with which the killing was ef
fected should, if possible, be secured
and forwarded with the papers to be
used in evidence, and great exactness
must be exercised iu describing tho
wound, as to its locality, extent, etc
5. In arson, burglar}', and other
technical oflcnces, care must bo takcu
to stato [with sufficient particularity
and distinctness thoso details of owner
ship, time, and locality, which go to
constituto tho offence.
6. You arc responsible for the
sufficiency of bail. It is not enough
that tho sureties justify by taking
oath to tho ownership of property to
the value of tho amount of tho bond,
over and abovo all legal indebted
ness and exemption, but you must
be satisfied that tho bond will be good
7
for the penalty, should it become
forfeited. , ?T a
7. Hnviogonce begun proceedings
in a case, either by way of trial or
examination, it is not withiawour
power to drop proceedings By nolle
proscqui, or otherwise, but the case
must bo tried or the examination
made, and if the defendant ia commit
ted or bound over, and there afo
mitigating circumstances ia the case,
you may bring the same to the atten
tion of the Solicitor.
3. The law requires'that all war
rants shall be returned to andlodgbdH
with the Clork of Court at least ten.
days previous to the couvening of the'
Court of Sessions.
CJeiil. Btot. Chap. XXV. ?42;;p.
203
But I would respectfully request,
in furtherance of ray own convenience,
that your warrants, together with the
other papers connected with each
examination, be forwarded to the
Clerk of your County as soon after ex
amination as your convenience will
admit.
Very respectfully, '?? i'
W. St. Julien Jervey,
Solicitor i-'rist Circuit ; ft
The Late Senator Owens, of Soulh
Carolina. -.
Captain Samuel Dibble, of tile
South Carolina legislative committee
to investigate and prosecute charges
against lute officials in that State, is
in Baltimore hokin g after the affairs
of the late Young John Patterson
Owens, ex-Senator from Laurens
County, who died at the Howard
House, Baltimor, lost Wednesday.
Mr. Dibble says he has taken no steps
yet. in the matter, and is here rather
to learn of what Owens' effects con
sisted. He may pursue some legal
course to day. "
The incidents 'connected with tho
disposition of the effects of Owens in
Baltimore were substantially as'fol-.
lows: On Thursday, officials of South
Carolina, who had heard of Owens'
death, telegraphed to the proprietor
of the Howard House ?and to the
Chief of Police of Baltimore tosee
that his affects did not fall into iin->
proper hands. Owens was under.in*
dictmont in South Carolina for emhex -
/.lenient. He was on the bond of an
ex-Treasurer and was largely indobt-.
ed to the State. ; A man und a woman
had left South Carolina tojoinCAveun
previous to his death, and it was surg
ed that, they were not the parties who
should get the property. The South
Carolina officials asked that an in veil - _
ery of the effects be made, and that
they be held subject to the demand of
the authorized claimants. Marshal
Gray says that, in accordance with
this request, ho wcut to'the proprietor
of the Howard House. He saw Mr.
Wood, ami ascertained that Owens
left valuable papers and effects. An
inventory of the property was taken
in the presence of witnesses. A copy
of the inventory was telegraphed to
South Carolina, and the original kept
for the inspection of any one legally
entitle.;! to inspect it. The effects were
placed in the Safe Deposit Company
building, where they now are. The
woman who claimed to be the wife of
Owens left the hotel on Friday prior
to the arrival of J. T. Owens, a half
brother, who stated that the dead ex
Senator hud no family. The half
brother was shown the effects, which
were taken from the Safe Deposit for
that purpose, and he took a memor
andum ot them, but wasrofused pos
session of the effects bucmse he could
not show any legal right to them.
Attachments have been laid in South
Carolina against property to a large
amount standing in the name of Owens
including bank deposits, &c., the
location of which was ascertained
through the inventory transmitted to
South Carolina from Baltimore. The
investigation committee, of which
Captain Dibble is a member, was ap
pointed by a joint resolution of both
brauches of the South Carolina 8tale
Legislature, and is composed of five
members. The chairman is a leading
nntive republican, and supported
t oth Hayes and Chamberlain.?Balti
more Sun 10th iust.
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