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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1877.
A Wew Paper.
"NYc announce with pleasure the
fact that a new Democratic paper is
to be issued at this place on or about
the 1st of October. Tho prospective
candidate for public favor is to bo
run in the interest of the tax-payers
aud will be under the editorial man
agement of Jas. S. Hey ward, Esq.
Mr. ITcyward is a popular and
pungent writer, and we shall wel
come his return to our fraternity. In
behalf of ids contemplated enterprise
we urge the public to give him a
fair and impartial trial. As one
who years back sought by his pen
to establish a united and success
ful Democracy in this county, Mr .
Hey ward deserves well at the ha mis
of our people, As a matter of course
the new paper will endeavor to out
strip us, but as tho character of its
editor assures us that the rivalry
will he generous and honorable, we
rather look forward with interest
toils first edition. And iu this spirit
we bid Mr. I Icy ward a God-speed.
- in mi ill- ? - ? <llu?i'
We Pity Them.
In speaking of the speeches made
at the great railroad meeting recent
ly held in Abbeville, the Medium
makes this reference to his honor
Judge Cooke:
"Judge Cooke, who had run over
to Abbeville from the Lauren s rail
road meeting for a day to say good
bye to Iiis frh nds before going to
work in Charleston, was then loudly
called for. lie came to the front and
made a nu.st impressive and feeling
speech. He had come to Abbeville
a stranger, he had been received with
hospitable bauds hiyl treated with
unvarying courtesy and considera
tion?he bad learned to love this
people and he wont ^to his labors in
other circuits with a heart full of
gratitude to those who had here re
ceived him so kindly ami who had
given him their fullest support in the
tliscliarge of his official duties He
hoped to come back again and find
tbe homes of our people peaceful,
prosperous and happy. Ho congratu ?
la ted the country on the peace and
' good ,order prevailing under Demo
cratic rule and said that such would
ever be the case with men like Hamp
ton at the helm. lie referred to the
.slanderous charges of the Northern
press that the indictments in Colum
bia were political persecution and
denounced tbe statement as a base
unqualified, malignant falsehood,
unsupported by any evidence, the
last refuge of brutal and cowardly
foes. During his speech Judge Cooke
was vociferously cheered, lie is a
most popular speaker and during tho
the last campaign did good service
for tbe Democracy. If ho should
happen to get hold of any of the low
country Ihoivos we pity their lost and
liclplcss 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 ?Stille. It is to be
regretted that,Judge Cooke cannot
pie.-ide in Ibis eheuit permanently.
JIc is exceedingly popular here, and
is regarded as a learned, upright and
just Judge.
Piirker, ex-State Treasurer, has
vcci r i'y made it confession in which
I ? 1.1; . hM'iih.- bw record of I>. II.
Chamberlain. Ine confession will
appear in next issue.
A Washington dispatch says that
considerable discussion has been
created in the South and Southwest
inconsequence of a report that an
effort would be made in the next
Congress to pass a law taxing the
following articles of export: Bread
stuffs, provisions, cattle, oils, illu
minating and mineral, cotton and
tabacco. It will bo seen that the
above are all Southern and Western
products, Letters from several Wos
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 and 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
a re the parties who are in danger.
[communicated.]
Is He Entitled to Respect?
Editor Orangeburg Neues and Times :
It is said a child is born innocent.
I believe it. But is that any argu
ment that the child is still iuuoceut
at forty years ?
Sacred history docs not tell us of
anything derogatory to the charac
ter of Judas until he betrayed our
Lord. On the contrary his conduct
was so exemplary up to the very
night, that we fluid the other apnsttcs
asking "who is it Lord." St) that up
to that time Judas must have lived
and acted (at lca^t to natural vision)
as well as the best of them- And yet
he.sold his very salvation for thirty
pieces of silver
Cum. J B. Longstrcct did good and
noble service in the Confederate
cause, and built up a record for him
self that any one might have been
proud to hand down to posterity. A
name high up on the roll of fame and
honor. How is it with him to-day ?
How d>cs it look through democra
tic spectacles framed in the New Or
leans Custom House? How docs it
smell in Southern nostrils after being
steeped in radicalism tor ten years?
Col. Mosby aiso once shown i t the
Southern constellation as a very
comet, leaving a tail of honor and
.fame brilliantly illuminating his-pas
sage, as he rapidly moved onward in
his orbit. Even the Northern as
tronomers turned their telescopes
upon him with astonished admiration
and honored, while they 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 Cone back on
the principles for which he fought
and lighting became renowned. And
for what? Money?the thirty pieces
of silver. Honor, principle?integ
rity gone, lost for the ''root of all
cvi.V
Now, Mr. Editor, these men were
heroes. They have a war record.
'1 hey lost crimson drops.
Mah)'other names like these will
suggest themselves to'ail who arc fa
miliar witli 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 reason is there why the love\of
mono) should not b) "as welcome as
a daisy in a cow's mouth," notwith
standing Commbdorc Pegram's little
"bit of history" and Paysau's coat of
galvanism ?
So Lin Kit.
?i. i mu- ? ? ? ?
[o m m U ni cat El >.]
The i.Iberia Question.
On Saturday the 8th instant, D. A.
Slraker Esq., delivered an address on
the subject ol emigration to Liberia
by the colored people. Upwards of
2000 colored people, and a goodly
number of white persons assembled
on Briggmann's Grove, and all were
well pleased with the advice given.
The following arc extracts from the
speech which lasted more than an
hour in its delivery :
"Ought we 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 entranco upon
these shores, and our .subsequent his
tory therein. More than two hund
red years ago, we wore brought to the
ihoi es of A n.erica and p aced in un
J voluntary servitude for no crime
other than because we were of a race
powerless, ignorant, and uncivilized ,
aud in thisjcmvlition easily becanio
the slaves of powerful od uca'ted and
civiiized pro?I& It was not tlm color
of our skins ^hat placed us into slav
ory as some white people foolishly
think or aflirm. It was our condition.
History tells us that the race of
people w ho enslaved us and their fore
fathers were themselves abject slaves
of a more, powerful civilized and in
telligent class than themselves. Were
not tho Angjo Saxons the slaves of
their Norman Conquerors, and were
they not bought aud sohl at public
aution to the highest bidder in the
time of St. Augustine ? This is proof
that slavery does notari.se from color
but con di Our light in this day
aud generation then must be against
our condition., The negro will at no
distant day shape a desteny for him
self equal with all other people of
like disadvantages. lie will then be
better fitted ^or colonizing Africa
than he is to-day * * Christianty, edu -
catiou and xecalth are essential to a
successful colonization of any place
by any people. Do we possess these
as a people, f? as full a degree as is
necessary to bjnefit our African
brethren among whom we seek to
go * .* * * *
Iu order' that we should under
stand the gr^at need of Liberia in
being colonize^! we must understand
something about Liberia itself.
The Republic of Liberia is situated
over the west coast of Africa, mid
way betweur'Serra Leone ami Cape
Palmas. Its'probable area is '2 1,0 ))
square miles, ^ It was originally set
tled in the year.of 1821 by colored
Americans wdio were either 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
wotk of colonizing Liberia.with the
American s'ave. Doubtless many
who have engaged in this work were
sincere in placing the colored man
upon free soil where ho would call no
man master and earn his bread by
the sweat of his brow. They were
some engaged iu 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 maus country.
I believe and oonteud that the negro
I has as much pint here as the Italian,
Gerinan^Krej&onuiupr Irish. This
is a country 4u>;coniposito nationali
ties, and there is no genuine American
but the red man or Indian. * * *
The. natural powers of Liberia are
said to be intense. Tho principle
articles found there arc ivory, palm
oil, cam wood, gold dust, codec, c>coa,
sugar cane, indigo, ginger, arrowroot,
They all grow or are manufactured
there.
Since 1821, more than 5G years
from the present time, tho eoloniza
tioa of Liberia has been going on,
and yet, to-day Liberia, is an infant
among the Republics of tho earth.
Why? What is the matter ? 1 an
swer because suflicient capital has
not becu taken to its shores" The
produco 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
citber 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 Liberia by means of exchange
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 "I'aith
without works is dead." Faith in
the possibilities of Providence must
be accomplished by work * * Libc
riri my follow citizens need money,
and not a poor helpless half cduca
led 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 wo are free, then
we were slaves. It is true our free
dom is hot 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 '.Liberia you need not only
monev, but those who go, must be of
diversified callings. ^Tailors, carpen
ters, bricklayers, teachers, 'preachers
and doctors of medicine must accomp
any the agriculturist * * The talo
that many wicked people tell, that
men nerd not work there, is a wicked
Uo. God has decreed t hat man should
earn, his bread by tho sweat of bis
brow wherever he goes upon the face
of the earth. If you would grow
coffee, cotton, rieo or anything else in
Liberia you 'must apply both money
and labor. It may take you less of
either but it will tako you some of
both * * * * *
I The friends who advocate going to
Liberia upon no other condition than
I tho payment of 810 to buy a ship
have placed the cart before the horse.
I Fifty-six yeais 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 cooperation. But I under
stand thi'j is set on foot by every per
son paying 810 as stock in the pur
chase of a steamship. Where is the
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 house;, establish stores,
build school bouses 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 aud the laborer arc 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 went
and as they regarded the rights of
the poorer class. Our great need to
day, my fellow-citizens, laborers,
black ami white, is the possession of
the soil as a check upon the growing
evils of aristoracy in our midst. Get
laud and you git power. In lepeu
dence is the essential principal of
self government. Men do not govern
themselves who are compelled to how
constantly at the feet of the aristo
cracy of a few. There must he a
reciprocity of needs among men elce
might will always govern right. But
I ? hnvo b*een speaking in general .
Let me now say I nm not in favor
nor do I recommend the emigration
of the colored citizen from the South
to Liberia. We can do no good in
our present condition, either to Libe
ria or ourselves -Moreover, 1 believe
A mcrica is the theatre where the
aggregate possibilities of all races are
Jo 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 life estate
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 I
must be his school house, American
iuuustries his 1st hool master* Who
can deny that we arc cutting our way
out of degradation which slavery eu
t ailed upon us despite our enemies ;H
* * * j prophesy that Liberia
will ultimately be the home of of the
colored man. lie will rule over hor,
enact her laws possess her soil, give
to her tho doctrine of Christianity,
teach her schools, command hor ar
mies, compose her navy and
shape her future destiny among
nations. I foresee these things
and moreover I see white men
seeking 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 j
which have'marked the political j
history of other people under the cir
cumstances. Did a race of people
ever suffer greater wrongs politically
than the Irish people from tho En
glish government. Greater servility
in social and political lifo
never stained more deeply a people's
subjection. An Irish voter was no
more than an Irish dog in tho con
sideration of English politics until
Robert Emnctt gave his life for tho
rights of his people and Daniel O.
Concll shooked the world with the
eloqueiico and forco of his truths,
firing every human breast with the
wrongs done the Ir<sh people and de
manding for them equal civil and
political rights with their fellow Eng
glish citizens. The English House
of Commons wns taught, by porsovor*
auce in battling for tho right that the
hcol of 2English tyranny must bo
raised from the neck of an innucont
class of people whose only crime was
their less fortuuate condition in in
telligence aud wealth- So likewiso
^we must stir ourselves* Our
political disaster is not our ruin A
change must como and that soon.
Sectional hate must die. If the ne
gro is to be hated, if the negro is
is to be donied his rights, because of
his color, if laws are to bo enacted
which oppress htm aud seek his re
trogression, let his enemies remem
ber that all laws receive their bind
ing force only from tho consent of
tbe people they arc framed to govern
and wo will not be governed by laws
which seek|tooppress a degraded peo
,ple. He must seek a new path of poli
tical life. No North no So/ith, no
black no white, no disentegrnting
State sovcreguty, but aUnion of the
people by the people and for the
people one and all must constituc our
new platform, this without tho sacri
fice of one constitutional rightof any
citizen. Prof. Ii. McCants Stewart
th?n followod Mr. Strakcr in a brief
address in which ho supported the
views given out by Mr. Strakcr, and
urged the people to a watchfulness iu
obtaining education for the young.
Solicitor's Office First Circuit.
Chaui.kstok, S. C,
September 1, 1877.
To the Trial Justice of the First Judicial
Circuit:
To expedite your own business and
to simplify mine, I addeas to you this
circular, in order to bring to your at
tention a few important points iu the
administration of your o.'fi jes.
1. It is your duty, on the presenta
tion of a cause of criminal proceed
ings, to decide, primarily, whether
the offence charged be one within
your jurisdiction to hear and decide,
or only to examine and bind; and for
your information oil this point, I cite
the law upon the subject: "irial
"Justices shall have juris fiction of all
"offences which may be subject t, > tho
"penaltie* of either fine or forfeiture,
"not exocediug $100, or imprisnn
"mcnt in the Jail or Workhouse, u it
"exceeding thirty Mays."
(Jen. Stat., XXV., ? 9, p. 195.
The jurisdiction herein conferre I
has relation only to cases when; a fine
of ?100, or thirty days confinement,
id the maximum penalty. It will u t,
for instance, include a case wherein
tbe fine may be from 825 to 820J, or
iiuprisontnent from one to sixty days.
Within the jurisdiction of Trial
Justices lie "all assaults and batterie?,
"and other breaches of tbe peace,
"when the offeuce is not of a high
"and aggravated nature, requiring in
"their judgment greater puuish
"raent" . '
Ibid., ? 10.
And I would suggest, such assault
are of a highland aggravated nature,
wherein there is apparent intent to
kill, or a reckless disregard of human
lifo, or where a deadly weapon is used.
Wencver 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 the solicitor, or one de
puted by him* Iu eases of great im- j
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 possiblo, and to forward same.
along with warrant to tho Clerk of
Court.
4. In cases of homicide, the instru
incut with which the killing was of
fected should, if possible, bo 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, burglary, and other
technical oflcnces, caro must bo taken
to state [with sufficient particularity
and dist inctness thoso details of owner
ship, time, and locality, which go to
constitute tho offence
6. You arc responsible for the
sufficiency of bail. Jt is not enough
that the sureties justify by taking
oath to tbe ownership of property to
t ho value of the amount of tho bond,
over and abovo all legal indebted
ness and exemption, but you must
bo satisfied that the bond will be good
7
for the penalty, should it become
forfeited.
7. Having onco begun proceedings
in a case, either by way of trLt| or
examination, it is not within,your
power to drop proceedings by nolle
prosequi, or otherwise, but the case
must be tried or the examination
made, and if the defendant is commit
ted or bound over, and there are
mitigating circumstances in the case,
you may bring the same to the atten
tion of the Solicitor.
3. The law requires'thnt all war
rants shall be returned to and lodged*
with the Clerk of Court at least ten.
days previous to the couveniug of the"
Court of Sessions.
Gcril. Stat. Chap. XXV. ?42;i>.
203
But I would respectfully request,
in furtherance of my own convenience,
that your warrants, together with the
other papers connected with each)
examination, be forwarded to the
Clerk of your County assoon after ex
animation as your convenience will
admit.
Very respectfully,
W. St. Jumen Jeuvey,
Solicitor Frist Circuit.
The Late Senator Owens, of South
Carolina. ' .
Captain Samuel Dibble, of the
South Carolina legislative committee
to investigate and prosecute charges
against late officials in that State, is
in Baltimore looking after the affairs
of the late Young John Patterson
Owens, ex Senator from Laurens
County, who died at the Howard
House, Baltimor, last Wednesday.
Mr. Dibble sa}3 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 today. " T
The incidents 'connected with the
disposition of the effects of Owens in
Baltimore were substantially ris'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
Cb'ud' of Police of Baltimore to see
that his affects did not fall into iin->
proper hands. Owens was under in*
dictmcnt in South Carolina for einbex -
id email t. He was on the bond ot an
ex-Treasurer and was largely iudebt^..
ed to the State. ;A man and a woman
had left South Carolina to join OwoiM
previous t?i his death, and it was sta'
ed that they were not the parties who
should get the property. The South
Carolina officials asked that an in veil ?
j cry 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, he went 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 auy one legally
entitled to inspect it. The effects were
placed in the Safe Deposit Company
building, where they now are. The
iman 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 was refused pos
session of the effects beciuso 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 Caroliua from Baltimore. The
investigation committee, of which
Captain Dibblo is a member, was ap
pointed by a joint resolution of both
branches of tho South Carolina 8tate
Legislature, and is composed of five
members. The chairman is a leading
native republican, and supported
loth Hayes and Chamberlain.?Balti
more Sun 10th inst.
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