p? ,-e- - - -.E W x1L EDITION. _WINNSBORIO, S. C., WEDNESDA ?ONN.SPTEMBER 22, 1 88Q. VOL. 4. NO. 38,. OUR GOVERNMENT, 1 f OW 1' IT M.-t i DI I l'lor1' :ND fiomo Thoitghts in Conneotton With tho A,ldress of tho Denocratlc $tato je'cAu tivo Coun tee, 'remntend by a F'orne' Son of Fairfieltd, Gen. JTuo. Bralon, Chairman State Demnocratic J'':ecutive Conmmittee; I)-:At S:t Yort' address to the peo* ple of South Caroliin has arrested ly tttention, Though not in politien'l li fe, yet liy eduenttiontad work does Iot prevent m e fromt observinlg closely and attentively what. is transpiring in the polities of (ho Country, Allow ino to congraltulate your Colmuittoe upon it,riking the key-noto of the 01tllpai,tl upon s triking the philosophical princi. p le thal. ulderlies (lhe issues betwoon thte two great partius that divide the cottltry. Coitsl.ittitionlal Governiellte or Centralized D1spotismT is thc4 true is : s1.i,t: ii e i i lt o1 p;ceu Or uro.vinee, (S1;tat ?) in every soparate a:ociety, all1 that littion o fgoverlnment 'whie nn abide there, and in taking .troli it OIy so InuttCh of it as is itlis peni' able to a geinral societv, iii order to carry it to the centel' of' this larger societ v, and there to oIIbo(y it nunder the foh(t of ia (10tral governinenlt '.Tiis federativo societ.y, theoretically t. e most si niip , is found in pr'actice th Inmost contiplex; for it Or"dO to re ('uoncile he degree of ind(I)pendence, of oa'((Il liberty , which is permittcd to re lmain, with (he dt'<'ree ol 'reiner'at or' dIr, cf'1' gen leratl Sb11tiiS4 in w1'1blIh ill c"ertatinl se it. suppo ses and exacts, evidentti' reuires a ve'ry advInIce state Of' ;ivilizaItiont--ret',lirc";, indleed. Ilhlt li e will of n1I11, tai , il(i vidlual libery, .<;llooI hl Con(-11ri in 1he n:,tabl -is li s n! Iaut 11id Ili vi4lrI lilull0t, f iIitl )nneh i' t11han in anly oher, heaue itl less ta:tin L1n ther the t1i eis of (ier'1'ion). "I he fiit'leative syst'lem, imt, is one Whie cvitlly relitttlrl's fihe greate$o 11i( t'nrit(S.1 of rea ig ofmrlity, ofl a livilizt 11on p'in th' .ioty ito whli it its This kOl5ind lofl.--alti govrn,ive diut to lcntt i s 1i&114IIl i suresly igh, 1)1The hii't(Ithet of tn'ohle etu l1gotrtied it a114 ih'd.l o he iol'Cstate nien f lour revol'iutinaryI wraitreds ilt d st ed S'' foe - o (What ' the o o pGuoll iled11 toii etkeet he barons0 111 jS.1 of'rc sIt cesdto inl( co'stt1umaCiting, And thie as the1' griea gory of the cosethio lTti htCotittional 110O'Gvernmen oft (these Staltesinil os11inglc te Ai'erican (111 it wats peculiar''(in its0011 origiOth erti cons tin a this gaives to ~'h (t be0IOJIO Turee adv ntae-hv been the1,il 17th resull f lcist ing l andt tongs ti'ut row oluto tgl.kl ot'hebd polii -a th ii l ritwect, ofd the Ises ofithe bodyti ci i)11 enfolds a001' thov are1 tu lll'Po lio loo ilt, btil tii adaptthom (it lIs 1tote. 'ori an cot'ouri o the 11nec ithewr of ,Iit'th F whoseolc iweis to (dilet the ponlieut iliathirs fb tile ivore d glands )1 is (coiniart-tel enrel( of il, at least Ito a gt, exveop, ;n1l ihe~'oit eneris tf lttoupi(1n1stipge ent )Sr) jeu di ten wa il hey oit of our e1ttit was thi chitevtent theor sta0es men. 1 wOus had4 i tt rii tit ill l787it gV'tunett a lcniituto n toh'es ltblish a:11 oermniti irtho )ottrv luto uid11 trhe SIt4teI of'undati olat workruen'(Itlli he hirsill of o' t - liia rhtcs0adteythge cr, without re'gnrd to popula sttength or teritolial grandeur. With States fo- material ; with the spi1t of liberty to guiLel with the wholesome drea:l of col:solidateit power and Consequent. tyranny to restrain .then, n1o voidor that they devised a scheme of govotu, ment the like of which we may In vain search for in the past of tl%o haunan race. What is that schemo as it W as? What. the charcnter andi style of' the house that our polItioal Fathors build. ed? (-Our's," says Calhoun, "is a sys teln of Government colmipountded of the separate Govornmetlonts at' the sever al States composing the Unioll, and of one Colllmonl Government of' all its mem'bers, called the Govolrnmont ol' Uinited Stttes. ''hat is, our govern mental system onisists of the General Gove'nmenlt on ti e oli lanlld amd, on the other, of the Stitto Gove'1inunts tie fartev created by the latter, i:aoh1 ftblt,ded on the great. principle of the resplontsihiitty at' the -rulers to the rinlod, 1111(1 eaoh tirte( en the slmino model-oael Fi-amed hv written coi stitutions, and each dividing the pow ers of govorinmenlt into legislative, executive and Judicial. Between the two were divided all the powers of government; tihoso at'a more general olllmracter being, speciflcally delegtllod to the United States; auct those not delegated, being reser"ved to the sever al States in their separate character, Nor was there subordination of one part to tho other. Each within its proper. Sphere wits made sovereign and p1aratmlomt Neither was peo'ot. with outt the other-tho two coinbined nak, in[g onc entlire and synnetrical Gov ernmnolt. H [ence ours, f\ti.hor, was lesigned to be a Rtlblic of Repub lies. (Jur G(overunmnt was formed ia unit., not of' inldiviiduals, but a grand unit of States. But it. did not s(and alone. It was made It part ola system of goverinttts,.-thc two Govern mients, standing as respocts their pow ers in the relation of parts to the. whole, and as respects their ortganfiza tion, in the relat iou of co-ordlnatos. Nor were the ImefuLs wantin g for proserving the division of' power be tween the soorhtl depa'tmnnts of' the Government. An examination of the Constitution shows time adtini aile nean -provided not only foi this, but. also For preser"vin.g the division of power betwCeen the delegated andl the reserved powers-aml thus far enl throning the prinlcipie of' the muinat(ul negailive or the concui'rent principle, which is of the essemI,;t of the (Govern mlent aS one c)llatiutinaiiil inl its tb"rm. 'h1e Genioral Govermlent bt'ilg' p;ta mount ii the sphere of its delgated1,o l pIowers, and1( thIe Stat.c Gmov'temnts bein1g sovereign'l and1( p)ar'atotnut 11s re gards thbe reserved pow elrs, it fbllows dt.t the co-oi'dinato gvurnanott4, when disagreeiig as to the extent of their respective iowe's, were intend ed to have and did have a mlutual 1 negativce, Nor need this mutual negative in its exercsis to lave resulted il any politi cal ellbi'brassment. The f'ainers of time Conlstitution, tluicipatinig that time and expoeiee wtonl devol ve the ne0 cessity f+1r einges in the organic law or for nmoditi+"Itions of the machiner y cit the (;overilunent, wisoly gave, iin lie of Iihp sword of revolut.ion, the peace'ul agency of the ahimending' pow er. 'l'hree-fit s118 0' the States inl con vention urya invoke the groat atltenld inlg poc)weh. and thus alter tho govern menital galmn'i t, so as to adapt, it to the dovelopmenlt of, tle colnmuiniy. Thus tl.; Conslitution provided tor' the cre ative pow'r 'o bec'oine the conserving powot' of the system. The sovereign States formed the Union. It is for the sovereign States to preserve it luitmi pa1 Iired so ats to tmitko its (con1tinnancei(8 not I ialooaitulenit wiithI time p)ower of' lie Gov'ern uen t on thie one hand aiimnd otn the olier with tIhe liber't.y of' thie cit izenm andu the s'overueignty~ ot' thme State! -ini thle circle of its reCser'ved power's. Graniud, theni, it appears was thle schiemie o'oumr G overunent at' G overn,m imenits as dlesignedc by the Authors. It. finids itst counmterpIar't onmly' ini the solar' systein whiih .Asct'onomnv imul'ebs to tIme 'nind's eve. Tme Gent'ral Govoern nmnt mayv be l ikeined to thme (lotra'Zl suit mevolvin1g umponi its own axis, amid at. tlic sammme time keepiing within t heir r'e spiectiv'e orbijts thme minnmerons suits rep remeting thle States, mnoing ca on its owin poles andi at thle smamer tine r'e volving r'ounmd tIme cettal luimminary. Nor' is the analogyr yet compllete. As the cetral sunm by vir'tue of' its cemi tmipcial f'om'ce kcops thme aittenidantt sumns inm thIeir' respective orbhits, proyenmtinmg them r'otm iushting mlaly inmo spa;e, andi( as te attenmdant smuts by itic~ of' their' centrifmgalo f'orce pre'venlt theinm, intter'ior lummiary' and( thtus beoinga extinet ; so t he la'der'al Gover'nont as ime C~entra i'Gtovermnmenett op)ertes upon tihe StaImte Govermnents, andl so) (10 the Sttte Goernmtms act uploni thme Fed eral Govermnent, euchi by v'irt ue of its r'estii ngmj inflhuence Pr'eser'ving Its ownit integr'ity andt time integrity of' theI othier'. The 0one pr'evenmts the tendenmev lie tenmdencyv to contsolidation, Amid thuis when the Just inthlmence of'cach r'e speOtedl, andt thie system allowed to operate as it wams deOsignmed in thte be guuminig, the result is harmionmy ; amid the imusic of' thme spiheres is niot .onmtlned to thte divineo arr'aminemt in thio siderial sy'stem. (Suchl wast t,he Goviiermmnt ats it was f'o'rmed and1( put 1in oper'ationm. PTe qutestlion arises, What~ is its coniditonm inow ? The Govermn,t has beenm sumbvert, ed. It is pot the Gover'nment of' 1787. WVhtio powier' cannmot destr'oy righmt; wvhile wam' cannot subvert princiles'm, yet war ain 1 powcemcn amid (1(1accom pdish practical results, amd mnen must tbow befome iho logic (f aicomptlishied t'acts. The Governmmmoni.of' t his coumn try) has bee prt'ictlly chan ged. Themi concuirr'ent pr'inmci ple thmat. lay like a peari' of qt'camt price ini tIme rocky bed utponi whJ,kh out' father's buil, their goodly' editfle, hats hbeen e'st r/'doF as a wor'thess baiiubie, net , w'orse, as~ a posomnoums, imcleanm tin~g ; anmd irmt ual ly' thme S3tamtes have become pinVices, and State sover'eigity hats beconme aii exloded dogmam. It 1s trute at larg"e muass of' local righmts reman to thme States, and local rutle 1prova'tils to man ox, tent. sufhlicientt to delude time umasses with the Idea that the States have niot been shorn of their' strenigth. Bumt for all that they have been shorn (of their essenj~t12uiYtl he I' iistines o' Consolidation have gained the mastery over the Sampsons of Stat. lighta, The Government is virtitt'lly aGovern meat of the numerical majority, w1kli has justly boon onlled cruel as death amd remorseless as the grave. Said De Tocquoville, that protbund writei 1111(1 lose observer, rel'rill. as tar back as 1833, to the Ulnite' States: "'-'ho 11ttjority ill thtit cOuniltby exer" olsc i lprod1igios, actutli authority, andl a moral influence which is scarce ly less preponderant: no obstacles ox, ist which can impede or so much ats impl)ede its progeiss or which ian in dluce It to becd t hie conllitllnts ofthose whoim it cr'ushes up1on its path," 'T.hs same writer, who looked, per hips. more kconly into .Auerictan in st.itutions than in,y other folegner, tad with less prejuldice; who sought to let his just censures attentd the trite tlve1t, ad's: "'liis sttte of tlinlga Is i'tall in itself ial (langerous for the future, * * * * * * * * * * * * * * If the free institutions of .America are ever destroyed, that event, may be at tributed to the unlimiled authority of the majority; bttt. it will have been broIghdt about by despotism." What is needed is what we have lost, viz; Son81C adequato nticans fbr the pro tection of the minitorily, No writ tel constitution-nlo firee press-no relig ion? senltimnenit existinlg-n1o appeal to the pllst---can be snilleent io1' this pro loction. There is wvanted some re straining inlfluienoe inl the organic struct%re--somnethinsr to take the placeof the discarded p ower of nullitleation aind secession, crushed by the sword, but erect in1 argulmenlt, Tihe nme11nri (:al prin iple ill our systcm is the danger t,hat. conlfrontS the (ounltry, It is "the wild beast of'lato"-the irmed rhino: - ecros or the llr-aln tiger" of Shakes peare, Will the couulntry 1ec(1 th( voices tlat comue.l;rol the past., warn ing it of the danger of 11n1 uuibridled 1majority. ? Will it interpret aright thle signs of the times? The final question is: What nexti' We cannot tell precisely what the re sult will be, So 111lly 'and so diverse are the influences ihaet may spring up1) to m11odi fy the course of evelts. But this we luay say, thait. unless the co(nn try rouses itself to its danlgler-unless the virtue and the intelli;-11o and the t"liyiots scnec ot' Ie hland sh1' sprin, to ilho i'sc:et, we are oil tie 1roatl road that leads to civil Wa 1and un1to(ld :lisasters. L'tless hallly)iI, the )irit )f compuroluise shall pervade I1w he 1t 0(d partisals of the land, and the States 5111111 ( ne ill soleiml c.iclave to re-aid jls. the Imalchlinlery of th1e governmnicllt 111(1 save the fort inis of this 1routd in heritlnce of 01ols, tha11 which 1011e Elduerl. Wats Over handed down I'rotin I)leeditlg site to sonl" inl the tide of Lime. Well may the thought ful manl say ill 1 political sense :. What shall we do to l>e satved?" Conaidering the results of the late wIlar betweelI the States, and Our ae oc;l)tance of the challged Order 01 things, it is admitted I nitt. ]ot agaii m1n wte consistently iuvoke pulliliea tion or sece+lsiol as a pe1cef1l rvie'dy. True, the war Juihs tiot diec'ided that the righlt did not c>:ist in file Comistlitiol. W4e hold that it is clearly deduIcibl( fron the sovoroignlt.y vithi whihl the States were invested. But practically it has been set tled that it cannot be used as a political ren%ody, lIlnce uiless :)nme peaceful ist.llltmCnt be do Vised1, the only hole, hereafter, foi outraged Slates inl the Union is in the right of revoluttionl--inl the aiteernativt of an 11pell to arms. To this com plexiont we have coie at last, and it. I. the ftct howevor much Iimlid v1so11er: 1y1 eslo:e tihei' ey to nsults of rea). SOil, and1( de ign piolitiias lii Ilhe populaI11r eye to t.he truth. Unt troml everPy goo citizenC in th< huaid, frcinl evt ry soul that actknolOW redges its responilsibi lily toC 1 lnnanity an ivi(lizaLtion1 and Gott, comes the ais peace2 in this~ bromIt land of Oours. NMay the peace come1( ! Ut t ca come 011 only froml at sttStsuInshuip thait, (111 see th< coiuntry's dan1)ger and( proUvide) thl< meanilis to save the country. Th'le timl hats come1, we1' repeaCt, tor thle State which iformued t his G overinenut. amil es:ablished the CmitittionitC 1,0 meet t o gether rad re2cons1truc1t it agreeabtly t< the expuer-ienice of mor th) Lan one 11111 drmed yearis. Evenu the South, as we hb. licy'c, is not weddled to aniy forme110 systema, Ii't be proposed)0~'( to devtisu some1 meWthodC ot.her- thn that whlich th< F~athiers adopted, thent let, it he so. Hu some1 chanuge ini thc present opietio 1) of time Goveornment, let us have, and he t,he (counItry inl I heC person1 of hue State assembhle, and1( give ius back the glory of for-mer- days. Giv'e us ai ocutra-il su11 grandly revolv~ing in its owni detinec orit.ii Give ius the aittenidanit suns each rcyalving 01n its ownl Ix's anmd att the same13 tine mlovinig inl ilitaryi ordCel ariotuid the centr-al light. -Giv~e us thei centrtipet.al and1( coniitifral for-ces s< adjuIstedl amid pr'opor-tionied that thme r-c sunt shalil be gover-nmenltal order ani hiarmonyv, Th'le ItomIlan Emperori'0, ini his agony Crie2d, as5 we are to)ld, and rep)2e(e ti waihinig supp)licaition:i "Varius, Vaus give nic bac1k my legions"'-his logion; r-omorselessly' slaughltered by thje Ger' uanms of' old, 1l(d by gurim Ar-minius. SC) flue pa1iru-ot of tihe dayI, wtith t.hi ruin of our go)vernmIientl'F1abr-ic sftar ing hiim iln the face, unay well say ti the misguided pa r-ty that seeks to breal dlowni all tihe sa fe glturds of flue C'onsti tutlon: G ivo hack, give back to ti counitryV fhamt sIpirit wihich madc th Unioni a Union of lItar-is aund I lomos anmd give bacok t) tIs thie Governmment, a audunister'ed by thie august Fat hers (2 the ltopulic. ,Toi 1'. TuIoMas. Charlotte, N, 0,, August 2, 1880, --Mark 'Twain says the only Intr-o d'hethmu to a literaryv aiudiencue 'that hi ever hiad that socemed to im thfle righu wvord ini thue ight ph11ic-a ureal ispuir tioi*-wa~s uas iollowms: ".ijA(des anu geuitien, I shall not, wasle any ulin0 cessary 1.11n1 ilt t he inItr-olnel ion, dlon'. kunowv amutinlug uabouo ftIhis lumno uaf least, 1only knuow two thmigs abou huim-onue is that lie hams nover' been i thic peniitentiar.v, andi the other isj can't see why,v. --There are per'sonus who wtili di for years in ordIer to isIcoveri the hoae of a hog that died t wo cenutur-ies age and all the wvhihe a family with flee, [nutheir bones mafy be starv'ing in thi DOUBTFUL INDIA A, D.mJ M4t'1O.Y Of Ne'4' $-4 O rfto 14oputblicians' 'rngrtnttuo-. Great Alan nt ann us s's8tr;teg.y-1topublican E'urt tu4I, Itesouremil \fr'tste(--An 1-.urne'st (at for 1Moro A,gune,' to Sizo Vp Wlth (Q Iemttolcrats, Correspondence of the 1hiladelplia Times. The leaders of both eidus have gc dlown to bulseiness itiltl lltr(d vorj I Indianta, andl tlo 1Bep1ublll icana to-da 1)po011y eonfeosa, Ahi% theo itr't timle, thll Chairuan Jewell has been utterly out generaled in Indiana. They lio that Indiana is naturally a I)cnlootati State; that it elected IIendricks Gov p1'10' hi 1872; 011, it gayo 17,00 Democratic m11ajority in 1874; 5,$00 i 1876 and 14,000 in 1878, and they no1 see the vanity and folly of Jewell' "splendid dress parade" begun b himself in Inldialtu< mlortl thtt;lltw months ago. and followed up by lavish wt4stp of mone)y, p1atdo spechccles (;d euforced cth118iasmni lon, before the people weo rtady to tak part in the contost. Assessments an double assessments on the olce-hokd ers wero callcd for lind poured int Indianla h.tl to.'o 1loC1'y col etrect anl lasting' good, while English sat. ealill on his''barl" and watted bi' his o 1)onlents to exhaust themselves Bti 1um slipliled out to Indianapolis sooi afltr Jewell had exhibited on the tre tops and told how the State was to b carried with at hurrah, and none knei that he -atuc a )t. English. They tet talked the battle over, decided to he Ilie IRepublicans exhaust their mono; and( eniblusiatsm, decvisedl the most conli plete systemn for reaching every. indli vidual voter of ti State by actuu '1nvass, 11ud1 delded to wait unti three weeks bet)re the electionl an lien go in wit.h all their s"esources No mnonev Was Scattere(d trotnd lb (h'e-work's or parades; but the canvas was madte as a matter of business b ]nglish, paid for out of his own poek et, an( every veak votef and weat point of the lIe)iblican liue is befor Eng?tll to gttide him inl putting hli reserve l)owr'1S into the St1grgg "where they will do the most good.'' 10W ENGLISII AND 1n.\1NUM w l LL FIGit'I In a word, tlhf Itepulhicans no realize that the' have to be'.in1 the Il diana battle over again; that the lust slelld as mtuch inore as they hav already spent to hold their own, an tiatt they mlu,t hi g i with ttt'nium begin with fres troops adilt an ampli treasury. Bt numt has always said to ill who ii terrogated him on the subject: "I1 diana is a Democratic State and it wi not. he lost, We will light the hatI there h)qt oee an11d that wihl win. LAiterally interpreted, that means tlhu when Jevell's 11ne%v .hall hIve bee paid out to corrupt .1)etuocrats, lnan of whom were sot up to (lal with hili an(d all of whom have been reported t English, utnder his complote organizt t.ion and en-iygs that has rea1Chle every voter', lrum11 an11 id English wi coe ink oil the last charge of t1o can p)aign, double up the conltrat)s ( .Jewell, and make all possible luroad uipon the I ellictns, 1ioW INDIANA 1IAS 1EN TH ROWN AWAI There is not. any thing lile confldenc Celt, in Indiana now tt, Recputblica headqua50rt.ers, Trwo woeks aigo. Jewie (eas8yictoryV he pr~omiisedi hsimself in t 1 pivotasl State; buit to-daiy hie anid thsol about himii regaird indiiana as mo110 thani doubiltful, bcause thsey feel thii hiey haveo wsted6 their resos1rcea aui cannsot now meet~ the D eimocratic ar sault1 that is certain to be mladel in tli State. Another ne0w feasturo of 111 State contest that hats hiten uneIxp)ec edly dIevelopledl since0 Barisiunr's hat visit to iudianapolis is a fierce, aiggrei Mive camspaligns againist Jud(ge Ports' putttin1g 111um on the defensive by chart es of gross corrutlion01 as (Constroller< tihe 'Treasusrv. Th'le chasrQcs have~' hee worked u.p' by ox.Detectivo Willia P.Wood, Onice Chief t' ofi thSacre Service, itl it makes out a plausib) onso agaist Controller Porter for pa: ing a fabricated and( frausdslent, c,Iains kinoingisr it to be such, .It isnot orc'13 ited by Ilitpulicas, nor is it likely I he ciredlitIed b y senisible D emoera t haiit it, pJuts JTudge Portor to the gres n11 hsis joint dlebate with laandrs, an1 that is ay rpeorsal of' the wholo Rlepuil licans policy of the [nianisisa camspaiigi ThIe great distress iln the Jewell Cont ltui l.le now is becautse 01' tho waists in)oney. Elioltgh a1.11d more5 tha enosoughs to ineet all reqjtireimensts isov ha~s beens watsted inl Aibanua, Mii Veronit and1( inl at preitture dlisphi ini Inidiansa, and1( no0w, wh len at lage su1 is nseeded, t.he contibutt.ors ansd partis IuIbje(ct to assessmenPts areC cxhaiuste< And niow the wvell (evelopod4 pr grammne of' the D)emocrats reqluires I Republicanus not onily to psourt out moi0 cy like water in .indianas, but ths musst, be prepar'ed to moset a most de p ieraute aissault, in Ohio, for Barnju: meanius to masskt it syst.emastic and1 c: haustivhefrt, backed by till thle moi0 cy atca ho used etlectlycly, to (ia Commsuittee to meet, for theyv must1 n allow Qhio to fall to it uiomnsad muajo t.y and1 the Stto in Oct.ober' wo elect IhInicock by a hsurricane, T.1' wor'k of colet.iug imoiney for' Oh and5( Indianait will begin a-now to-mo row andi( t. wyill be pressed( with de peurate vigor, but Ithe gr'owing conii -t.iou smnoisg lfrpubhlican .ontribunto t.hait Inidiaina is lost, and priuncipially hb eause of itepl)sican Wvaste and mi lsnanasgemienit, will make responses i lucetanst ad not at allh liberal. The wvill ho a desper'ato battle in Idian not wit.hstansding the disadvauntages u (br wivcho then IIelyiblicans muist labi from this I imo out, but the belief mtjeh moro genseral thans it is expres ed amsong thse leaders that. Indliia (' host to the Repuhblicans, and that Oh amust he liberaull ' sulpplied with mnons * to save Gar fiel's own State. h . 0 -Subscribe to TNE .NEW8 AND lIE 11MM 1'MIxEJig MLJW'rzog The iiegeS{stions fusw Qont1CtirIg the sgspi, n.f Asswlel by the Ueluocratic Cou,t >lxesnttve Oouwantt ce, 1. iVt.hilt i tonssonable the b.eforo tiLe day tif\v l 1e1 - any f'igener:l or eicolfl olectin)1, it. shall we the duty t of t-k (Collty .lKlxecutive Cominittce4. thro wgh Its Ch airmtan, to notifr the Presiden.it or othier in-esitting tlier, ol each townslip cltuh 1i4 hold it primatr. t election t'or the nomttlinIatlion of )e1somls o.t tik st)voral oflices to be tilled, 9 , Immediattely utponl the rec'4ipt of V such notificationl, the prosidwlt of each t townlship club shall, bhy means of couriers or ill Such ot.hil ii'tni"&e as he maly deem suiltable, nclti1 ' every nenm ber of the time llltdl place of such elec tion, s ppt jbrth in the notificatioi t'rotu the County Executive Comm1it 0 tee. 3. On the day appointed fo- the pri mary election each club shalil assemble at the time amn place Specified, anld h -il1l be tlei{ to order by its propeiz 'oflipor. n 4. Within thirty minutes nfie' the ellb is called to order, the polls fmr the pimary eleetiol shall open: .pe Vided, T1hait suchi IIoIs shall all opcil 3 at 12 o'clook, im., precisely, and close 3 at 4, p. ma., precisely. 1 5. At each club p11 there shall bc - three imaagers of ele(tion, selected ks follows; One appointed by the County v' Ex;ecutlive Gvu)nit.tee, on'e appointedl by the president of the toWiship club, -and one elected by the township club. The election of mna11ger .nay b held a1 1 any time, according to the conlveloie of the township club: Provided, That 3 aniy vacanpy occurring in the board of r election iua'nagers shall be fllc by the club. t 6. Before entering'' u1)on thiol duties, the poll inaunagers sha1ll1 severatlly sub - scribe to the tilllowip p11!(lge: "f sol - cmly pledge m,"sell', Oil honor, that I 1 will faithfully,per(braniu all the duties I incident to my pc,sitiOln as manilger of l primary election," 7. The County T xecut.ive Commit. r tee shall litrnish each township club s with a suitable ballot box, with : lock, e for the safe-keeping of whili the - presidpnt of the club sall bo responsi ble. r 8. Witlhin ten days before the day t ixed for th1e primary election, tihe e seceltary of each local club slull be rinl the l)repar'ationl of 1 ll 111p1111h('tical list of all the enirolled Imemllbtrs of the club; and three davs before such pri ' muary election he shlll Coinplete andl - tlo.w such list and dliver the saee to o Q :e of the (u1ly ehosein mianugers of 11 primary clection. a 9. On the op'ninir of the polls ilhe a ballot. i)axe. shall lie emptiod of al I oolo,t', a(fd exhibited, thus emptied. t to those personls iln attendance upoi b the polls. The boxes shall then be closed and locked, and shall so remain 1!1m(il the polls are clc.setl, lt , Th(Ie ianefgors shall keep a poli II list and a tally list, and for this pur. v po:.e 1naty choose a clerk from auonsg their llunlher. t 11. The ballots It$p(l hall be either n lwinted or Writtoll, or partly piniteil y and paltly written, and shall (ontair the 1mmes of the persons voted for, o and the ditff'cet oilloos, ill the same - manner as is prescribed by law in the 1 case of State and county eeclions. I 12. Before being permittod to cast - vote, each pe'.o11 shlitll tako in good fi fith the following pledge: ". solemn. s lv alim'n that. I am entitled to vote al weneral elections inder the laws o1' the State of South Ca'olint ; tlht 1 am i dlly enrolled nllllbel' of this )emo e cratic club; that I have not voted ltI n1 this election; and that I will abide by e' the DemnooratIc paruity, whlethier foi e lfedelC'1, State or county oicers." A (! of the samre shalal he 11 good grimd11( 01 It c'hllenOge and( rejection1. Onily thiosa d memuber's of' the Club 'hallI be atliowe. 3- to vote, whlo vote3d the0 regular Demro (e crattic ticket at thle lest State andll coun-i e ty clo1tiOnl, 0or who would hIave so vot. W~ ed but were prlev'entedl by absence froili e thec(outyt 0or by .Pr'oviletial.ii deten. - tioni, or who have becomte citizenOis sine( , thle last election, e- 13. When, for anly cause, a v'otci ,f shall1 be chlllonlged, thle mlanaegers ma1yt n nocept. or re'ject the vote thbus otIiredl ni inl eithier ease it shall be the dluty of' th<( dI manaflgers to have einteed on1 thiri pol e list ai stttemnt of thie circuIms(anuek - and1 of their action01 IthfoIn, andu alst i, the naltis of the caniihdaLtes vo0tedl for 1- or oibred to 1)0 v'ote- and1( coinn lpously, IIo col.int th16 votes i. in thie same mannerlOl and1( under' th 1- same)1 regulationis 1as are proscribed b3 f lawi for ,gencreh elect.ions. n 15, XM hton the votos shall1 Ihve beel ', counited1, (lie mnaigers shall matke out1 3, iln dupliite, returnls shtowing thI y muniiber of' votes castfor each persoi ni v'oted for', thie oflice for which lie il '5 voted fori, andi( the( totaul numiiber' C 1, votes cast. GO of' these r'eturlns shah ~- be deposited inl thie ballot, box, and thn 0 other' shall beC delivereod to thie secrc i- tary of the chub, to be by himit tile y3 wIth tIle irecor'ds of' the club, Theu r'e H- turn'is sallI be signed by all (lie 1i111n ,n ager's, who all likewuise certify tu the r- ballots, (lie poll list and the certifico a i'etuirinofthe mnaicru's-togelbier with 'i any other paper's I Iey may13 deem11 pr1op t. cr 1.o inichde-shal Ibe f'orthiwith for - warde(ld, sioonr'oly looked, to the score' d tar'y of t.he Couti iy Executive Coin oe mit.tee, For the purpose08 of thlis for' lo waridinig tlih)president1 shalhl select amll 1'- aplult some11 dhiscreet and(0 thierwis' se sitable per31son to net1 aIS meissengerI. c- 17. On the TueiisdayV ne(xt follo,win; r's thle day) 0on which thle pri mnr'y ('leetljo e- is held, the Countyv Executivye Commlit 8- tec( shall1 mieet, at WViinnsboro, at. 1 -o'clock, m,1 The secre0tary' shall prc n, l'eront ehnhs, andl( shaili 01)01 andi pul11 a~- hish the0 samei In thie presence1 o1' th >r Committee. The Committec shah Ia then anso to ho aggre'watedl the 1(ots a. vote (of all the~ chib4 um~d thei v'ote fo( 10 dlebate, deter'minie all appeals, an11 iv shall adId or (deduct, all Lhe votes allow 'ed or' disa:llowe~d, as the cae may be TX'.e final rejiti shall then be slummre, nu- un and doelan'd. a najloiity of nll ti votes cast fo, the ofice foq which ie is a cai, idte, he sh11ll be declared it. be the nominee of the IDemorat is party tor such office. Thls tlil1h1";,tionl sha'll he Comun1111jiat etl to the J- tesidentt of each townt;hipl .lh, andt; shall be likewise. )uibixlshed in son tlwslpaper isxItecd ist. he crtln t-y a-at, 1J. If for any otilce it bp ti1,id thih\t, n1O candidatte hats ViuxvlyedE a ma,joty. ot all tli. voe c st t tfLhe p)rinary electio.i, foir sthl o4i:r, the ouity Jcxcutive Counlittee s11alHi fbrthwith emmnunic,tct the relt uohthe several townsi\ip plhlbs, atnd, in like matnner ats hereiebefore presc'ribed, order a IL. hi id priulary elect ion to be ltli s1n, the Satturday bnext si(coeting the mneeting of the (!o0019.4100. Tlis seconi elec tinn shall be b }k( under the same regu laLttis as the first 20. At such second primary cle4: tioll only the two candidates till of fering lwho received ll,e h1IIst numl ber of votes f the fbrimer election shalli be voted for: Provided, That in cases where more tl.ii tA.e pcrsot are to be selected for the. same ofice, the 1'xeeutive Committec shaall selet:i ac cording to the numtb.e, of 'votes p1re viously received, twice as many per sonl$ 11s there are oilcial oositions to be filled. It th case of County (-'o,1m mjssi,oners ad1 nietuber:s of sl' Ilouse of Represeitatives, the six (or less number still oflotting) t'eeiving the highest uiunber of votes shall be sent back. .l'roridud, That if any still of ('ring shall tic with those 'h as seist back, they too shall be sent blac. 21. At such second priuRj%y elcctqi!i the two or more can)didates thuis an noulnced shall btt yoted for, all votes for ot.her 1fau;ttes being considered as seatlIarin, andt not counted. The' re turns of, this elect ion sll'11 be made in the sale mnanlner as is hereinbefore prescri1bed fOr t.he first. 22. In t.he scolid pri'mary ccleotaion a pluralit ol' the yt.o-s east for any oflice shall be'suillieit f.r ia Choice. *'n case of a tie arisiyg at this Second election, flhe County Execgtivp (Juatit111te shlall have le castinfg vote and docIlarl the cand(idato, :.'. The p1er"slis receivitg ilip pl rality of votes 31t this second elecllon, or chosen by the Executive CoOlmmit tee, s111 iae the nlolmilces of the Demo cratic party. 24. No votes s111ll be counted for any caudidate unless he shall first have pledged hinself in writiig to the Count' Chairman tonbide by and sup porLt (lie nouninations of the Democrat ic party and 1t to 1eceit. either a nmination oranl olice fromany source other than the regularly colstituted Democratic organization. The pledge thus made shall be filed with the Sec retary of the Couity Exectii'e Com mittee at least five AIays before t0 day fixed for the primary election. Coi,n T1:EA As A STmcANT.-A story is going the rounds of the English pa 1-ers that a large agi ollurist has been giving his harvest lidS cold1 tea inl stead of beer to (11ink ill the hirvest field, amd th1u1G the results were ex t'cmely satisthotory, there being n1on1e of the sulounless. excilability and rudeness that had pireviously been at tributed to beer. Bectuse tell (oes not intoxicate its power as i st.imstullant is forgotten or unt1derraltetl, but ii.he fact renmtins that ther1' is mor01e atimuIIWlnt. in i pint. of teil of average streugth than iln it quart of common beer. It shouid be remelmllbe'ed, to, tlhat the quant.ity of toL t hat a harvest.er will consume daily ats a substitute for beer is greaite' tn111 that which wil' suffice a entiro timllily around a supper table. Stiuilationi, whether by sp)irits, inIe beer', teai, colhe or opium, Is simply13 a1 melthlod of consum31ing one0's physleal cap)ital, and( the0 Jiborer' who r'eplaces his two( or' t,hrO(: quarlts of hoor withl an equalIl danily 'llowanIcO 'of ten, is ex hanist ing his nerlve and muscle mior'e i'apiidly 11han1 h~e (did by guzz.'linig-beer, More and1( better food is whlat heeri dIrinuking Iabor1ers need, T.he wvelI-fed American farmer, wvorking long hours under fa siln botter than11 Englnid ever kniew, (100s not drinik as much in a wc'ek ias 1an und(er-fled laborer will iln a daly. If workinug m3en3 must1 (drinuk heavily of somethinug besides wa tter somiet.huing with a taiste to Il--=-o00 themi (h-ink1 onltmli walteri, or water in3 which brIownI corinmel 1has beeni thriown', A little sug*ar will give such drink nu1 f.ritions and1 strenlgthlening properties. 111ut let not the t1)emperance 1m103 seize anid spread thle Eniglish cold teai Storv; the cupl thaut cheer's bu1t not inebhriates, is 11s dangerUouls, whlen aibused, tis the bottle and1( glass, A IIOOME1u.\NG.--Severgl pl'O1inen1t G reenbhackers in Maine, niotor'iously a certain Deaconu Govt, weore induiiced to join1 the3 Jimti11 Uane. chors, but thlis p)rov'ed a boomierang. Tlhie other niglit, addressing a RIepublican.I mueetingl, Irai tor. Gove dwelt, at som10e lgth on3 th1e hlistory oft lhe D)emocratic part'y, anid chaIrgVed it withi all tile ins5 in3 the deen logne. Then lhe bogani to enlogize the JIimt IBaine patrty " "What hais thle Re~ pblimi1(n party tdone ?" h1e shlOItt, (.ne of thle auditors qhuick as aL flash re tortedl ; 'IThe1 Repulbhla party has pidf v'ou $1,500 to turnl traitor to vour 1 in11ciples and3( Ito come11 here to' tell lies!i" 'rhiis settled Glove, lie hawk.. edt, st a.mmered0(, anid fiily compl1 jietelyv ed, thle Riepublicanus being very' nolIch dihscomIfited. A CALxNDUvlA BADL1Y 1U11'r.-CapIt, W. A. Black met01 with tile mI1l5>rtunle of breaking his leg ILL Ilodges iatif Satulrday miourning. lie hig1 l'iytin Ilp 11ear1 the~ rilroad1 tr'ack wvhen~i hif horse becamel r10iestive at 1)n appr3loalchinlg train. [he j)umpeCd out to prevenlt. a leg L t.wlst, It w1s IfractulIred in t.wo places belowv the kne 31and11 it may13 pos) sib)ly niecessitatlo amputat111ion1 asi the hone wvas com-.iderably shalttered. The f:-nl.ur1' Is ailmosi idenitical ith timt of' Senaitor) IlulHamton. Di's. Ya1tes and3 Neel took carie ot'hin13 ail he is niow - 4t the ' residonoo (of Mr. J. ))uown ldsv'i.lle, doinig weoll. Mr, 1)lvid Craiwf'ord, wIlo had10 onily 01n0 leg, re mineud In the buggy and1( wa'ls no1 h1urt, 1 -A bbevilo .Merllum. - -.r-A Chicago gIrl miade anl an uunsuc ceOssfull attempt at PulicIi by awaollow n lgbrimnstene. Now by chowing fa li le pho horus' sh .gh .t ma MEROIDST E1SA. I TZ, 0F A01" 7IE : RI, 14 $." WQ . T12'JONE 01".S1.xN.. Alpihonso wnmnts the -Iinta on,k Gold '(r%y So tho AssosbI,pd Grandees--All Ma, (irlA lieJoiuing. Queen Christine 9,f Spun gave. brth to a laughter 0)., taturlay the I it> instant., All Madrid flocked to tht palhte;{ to learn the news. At)ilW past rm\r ti;,(i,e afterno.oi,i, eight!y mecssagea, \Vc.re sent to the Royal \yr,pay, all tlt grandcee" ,f S.Apin and all the foreign iniiister;s nd( amnbatssadors to be py h crit1. ;At thtl i.irt.h, in accordance with theq arn.0..ynt t us(ttls (t k)Rii. King Al-. phtiiao,. 1x--:Queen Isa v 1 and the la slies of the household hatd Ias$eibled In the qu,een's bedclinlhm,lt. In tnuother. Voomi Ircgt' by \Ve1; two \y4 ,ikIseg from SantantAu inl tlltir iy(t.ty c:, ,tumgc pif velvet skirts and bodieg brael,p( witll gokl aid silyer. A 1iIL.IaNT ASSEMl .A(:F;. The interior of the palatce was s} scene of great animation. ''he g}}a rd, caime to opcctipy tik4' gates Wnd hue thu staircase aid antoohaimber. Thor camu lihe graifidees, chainbc" ains anc Mili(rwv Househobal, \yh n t 1,119 uni fornis 111led tho gal ierics. As l l iitgo after earriagp arrivecl witi pulglagse natiye tnnl tPrI'Sdal all appearing Ill fi ll miiamir except the United St.atcs. and So.lt.h American representatives the Lord Ciamlberjaiii copituci.ed theirt to the antecha}11mbnof th1Queen. ItNyag a brilliatt. assenblage of the S1we' at'' the Spanish nobility, Marsltals anI generals, knights of noble and military ordcel"s iniedtevaal tslo.atli nIg1t rich cos itllmes, judges, Prelites, civil iulitary authorities, the AtyoI and Aldelenci} of? Madrid, forAring'a striking contrast with Spn gt.orS and Depulics, in plain evonig dress amid the splendid cero nonial tht reyived all tat gopgl:oius, etiquette of the Hi ouse of Boprotl I the eighteonth ccntury. Motionless na statues in the duorwav stood the ha1 herdiers and muskete'ers in gala pos-, uitue of the (line of Luis 'X '. 11sy cnriosity reigiu;d in the brilliant gatli ering, and intense relief was 'elt Wherl the Austrian physiein aniouciiccl ty King Alihonso the birthg't 4 dggl PMr. ANNOUNCING THE EVENT. The ancient usages of the monarchy required that clit'cotly a1tot' the hirth the doors of thu >hautlhitlll should ho t.hr1"own o11011 ti lot tho king present his child to the issonbly in the antp ohanber, and Alphonso strictly con, ihrimedt to [his pla cieti, A. few iin utes after tho Lord {:Iami erlai,i hand announced the entwi to (list inguish ed personages tlo King entored, hear ing lliiself, on a f1ue gold tra'ty, his child, and while all eagel'iy bont for wardcl to -e, the veil dhat covered the royal inlant wtas raised andl oc'rono looked at the clild-a stroiig, lealthiy baby princess. King Alphonso re (eiVCd hearty con)gratuttlations, esphec ially' from the foreign envoys and Min, isters. Before anyone departed the Ministet' of Grace and Justice pre rc,a ed a deed recording the bir,h, it it was signed by many witnesses nocoi'rd big to precedence. 'fThncii 1 solemn To I)eut Ibr the happy recovery of the Queen was sung in the chaice of the palace by the ( diu'rlntl t' tllate am11 the Patriarch of the Indes, in the pres ence of ahnumerous attendanae of the inobilit,y. All classes atie highly cla(ed at an event so foirtunnto for' the dynaus ty. Dirootly after' the wpesentat.ion of' the child the Dtichese l!edi na do la Tior'res, the chief governess, convoyedI her to aparlutmIlonts~ which 1and( beeni pro paredC( ini the stoiy~ i(holo'(lhe lroyal bed, chamberp, and ionisist inig of an antie, chamber, saloon and hediroor' for two wet m'sos, together wi'th~ a bedroom for Senlora de Taconei, who had also act c:l as govcprnoss to King Alphonso twenty years ag~o, The bedehiambep of tho piniess is large and furniishid very shhipl)y w~ithi creCtonnie 0ttains anid sotfas, in thie wardr'1IobO immeniOIso chests are filled1 with maiignificenit lace, mnade in Madlrid andu abirood fr'om pat terns prescribed by Qiuooni isabella ant4 t,he Arohiduchess 1Rii'nbethi, theo lnotherV of tQueeni Clristinic, TII BAPTrisM. Th'e baiptisii ceemony Is to inkp p)lace In the ohizpol wvithiin the palace on the 1-1th Inst., whien the Patr'iarchl of thme 1Indios, Cardinal Ronavides, wilj p11p1lizo her wit.h watero birought froim 1the Rtiveir Jordani in Palistiec fbr this slacciail iiposo in June last. At the clisrtoing Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo will irepiresont fth Pope, TJhe tbout to be uner for ti s occaslin is' thie same that served centurIes ago for Sanis to Domingo, and was bironght downt frmomn a celebr'ated conivont hii Astuirias, Wheni theo crowd uttilda thu pain1oo0 sw thie flag aind the light show ing the biirth of a princess, or I nfanta, as ahuo styled ini Spinu, somel demnonstraitionis of loyaulty took pilae, leor niaime witll be MIer'cedes T ereosa and hor godniuoth., or, Queen Isaiblla, A WIA1nxpxe 10t i{OKEs.-Thle fb., ine.ral of' M'Iss Clara Bagnall receiiv t.oohk phuoo frain hop mothuer's htouso iuk iniinioWib, N, li, T(he sitory of her ad lth'should be a warniIng to piracti., cinh Jokers, Sever'ah years ago, whiulo shoe wa:s bt a girlh, a gout,homan of' hior adiquuiinuco1e thouight heo Woiid play a, joke on hiol, neOvtr iilugiinmg g' a imomuent t hat It w~ould result as seri Oiusily as it dhii, Ue arrayred him isehtf ia dlnbulloal rig and pr'esent ed huim self' beibre her'. Sho wais nuaturually of a wveak andu nuerous timpOirament, amli the shock thati her ier'ves Oxpeurnucedl by thmo frightul appaurition~ proved too inuh for hie, She foil li a fit0, only, to wak e a irayhtg maeulao, F"or five (m' six year's hier flIonids mianauged to keep her a' hiome, unitil her haih~hhegam to ed- unIbtu senidime heir to thmo asyhiuim redleved hier of her suftti'oi6. -J Torontaq (Ont,.) Mailf, --The cost'4f Dr. Bh4ji4Cong~h Myfi is.auhy 25i cetst. A ,bottle will con, vinlet even the most lucredulous of lta 'p