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THU USD AY, MAY 1*, 1*78, jonn W. Vi* aie tu t rt«pon»lble lot Uie views «foar eom^ond^nts. A :‘ =« agw® witlt tbo Govwaer, bui thiftk tl»t in this cmo his ti«w* are somewhat in fluenced bj foifishoess. On bfhstf of Tor Odvfmoi': WADfi HAMPTON. For Ueuteoantdorernor. KKD. 8IMP80K. For Secretary of State. ^Kh.SIM8. , For Superintendent of Education, H. a THOMPSON. For Comptroller-General, 4 JOHNSON HAGOOD. fern—— o v e ^ > i ^ a ^^ 1 int •tier jOTpmor-ufDerai, RW.MOISH. ;r For State Treasurer, a L. LEAPH4IHY For Attorney-General, MSBOY F. YOUMANS. Farcorp-P^s, GEORGE D. TILMAN, tor Adjutant rtefe * Tfee CoMrisuae. ' > The questions which hare hitherto fllvided the people of the great Western Republic hate leeb chiefly political. From the flrst foundation of the Fed eral Government to the termination of dvd war the country has been by contentions arising from etiona of the Federal ^'PS > : 8Ev w • Rv. Therltm^ of departure was and pronounced at the very in- eeptioa of the national life, in the difien tmcee between the Hamiltonian fend Jeffersonian interpretation of State and Federal relatione. Many of those qnes' now dead >aeucd« The sover- ;y of the States as distinct from national autonomy has oeased to ope- rate at a disturbing element, and its ad- tee have boon silenced by the thun- of cannon and moaketry. The tariff question which was but a corollary of flho other has also become a thing of ootnphitely has the :»c party abandoned their onoo cherished doctrine of opposition to sub- ftr internal improvements, that it t . is now no longer a question in Congrees how best toreetrain the lavish expenditure of the national government upon publ 'Vi-Workis but simply a scrniuble between •he various sectious, which shall attract orpapturethe greatest share of Fed eral bounty. In this contest tho South comes in, of course, fur the poor rela tione share of the inheritance. We are now shoot to NHer upon a A new chapter of national existence, in volving serious and difficult problems. Tho issues are of a iocial character and their determination will go further to •eat the stability of our Institutions than Hggi ■oltkmeut of any theory merely po* Htlcaf. The Roman Republic withstood the shocks caused by tbo efforts of the variotsiorden to bring about an equi librium between tbo senatorial rank, die Hmfch apd tho Bibbs but Ml at last' before the disorganising -struggle of n faction, turbulent; indolent; debauched ttachclorw *•. py . Governor Hampton •ayp that fnore bachelors should be seht to the General Assembly. Now we generally can be pronounced either good ct bad. Until the teat has been made the fieeult no||* unknown. It wlH not do to eey tbat it ban bwn tiled there and yonder and worked well. That proVfei nothiOg tbo bachelors we beg to assure -his Ex- ce.Jeucy anthoritativdy that- they hare •KUjfea of courting widows. Old maids and school girls aie their special proper ty and they leave tlie widows to the ten der mercies of the widowers cud State officers of high limb. . > A dtood Nuage'.lion. It has been suggested to us, that the several precinct dubs meet on the 2.'nh inst., to vote-upon the primary election plan, tmd that the poih^-ho kept open, under the cotrol of the cb.b ofliccrs or a special committee until the first of June. As a full expression of the popular will U desired wc lietfrtily appro vet he sug gestion and hope it will be generally tdopTcd. The circulation of our paper is idi creasing rapidly. AYe propose to fill its CoIuBins with Instructive, articles and not wkb clieaj> advertisements from wild-cat mercantile houses and medical charlatans. , , '• and capricious commune. Govf.hnor IIami-ton (;Ocs a firiiing in the Edisto this week. Cnpt. I. S. Bamberg, Gch. F. M. Bamberg and Col. Counts nfe to be liis chaperons-^we are hopeful that he will catch a“rock/’ A few days ago Governor Hampton received a letter from a colored Demo crat in Illinois, wlifrop account of per secution in Lineoln’s ’State, is anxious to remove to South Carolina—a_ free State. The wavers of the bloody shirt will please tnakeo note or this. We have no room for “Cheap John’s ’ advertisement am,! unver expect to have, lie is referred to second class papers, in which he cau probably be accom odated. ; Plea for (lie ('on*ration (System. ••• ' w; AYe tea tbs same danger looming up in the crowded population of the North. Wn Me the gulf last widening there be- ' , tween capital and labor—wo sec autago aUms between employer and employee - assuming year Py year a more exaspe rated aspect. We see a large and aggreeeivo element of northern society, supplemented by the active and unscru pulous fragments of the bloody com- mu nc broke* to pieces against the head of tho vast military shields of Europe, already rsirirg its Lydia lend in trades unions, eventuating m riot, bloodshed sumI rapintr. We-see, that, uutwithstand- iog their suppression and the puishment of some of the ringleaders, these dis orderly masses, inspired by tho diabol ical teachings of red republicanism, are fast arraying themselves under unscru* pulous demagogues and to*day assuming tbo plausible name of the National Party, ‘ are endeavoring to obtain a controlling influence in State and Federal politics. Tbs cemse of tbs people may in tbe end triumph, hnf we cannot help ex, _ our ftars exists Hag* is fast approaching «i eur and that it behoo to buckle 00 his ms iiit^'V^koly t-. " Ewtor The Pkc ple : As tho result of the last campaign, which was, in many respects, ono of the most mo mentous and < itraordienry known to the history of South Carolina, nnd In deed of the United States, we find the democratic party Invested with thesu- preme and unchallenged control of the civil affairs of the State. Tho in auguration of a period of peace and prceperlty throughout our bord<rs. The bund of robbers and plunderers, which under the guise of legislation preyed upon the vitals of the body politic until there was scamly life enough left in us to neseit our righth, exposed and put to flight, Some of them brought under the arm of a pu- tilled and reinaUitod law, and are-new renping their just reward. 0.hers, put to shame and confusion under the withering gsxe of an indignant public, are hiding and skulking away putiiiy- ing In their own corruption and ^eiqg consumed by the penetrating rays of a just and discriminating public and liv ing in constant fear that tbe bund of justice will be knocking at their doors and meet out to them 41 more summa ry, If less severe, punishment. Most of our oflkittls, all over tbe State, are men of our own choosing and of known integrity and ability, taken from tbe democratic- ranks and-placed in their official stations, by force of party or ganization and a consistent course of conduct. Indeed it may truthfully be said that we have the entire machinery of government in our hands and that the democratic party is muster of the political situation in tho State. Now the question for the democratic party to-day is r Sball the party adopt any measure which will in theslightest hazard this vanfage grofind ? Should this question be answered in the nega tive, then we are to determine whether the adoption of the primary election system throughout tbe State and es pecially in our county, wHltend to that result. „ r* There can be tmt one answer by all true patriots to the que*^ put. We cannot affordto hazard our gad] ground. Experience teaches us our safety consists in laying out foun dation sure end deep and whea.il is. then upitieg ourselves In thI^ OomOKa^mass epufl the. foundation, oemeiitfd fr»g.?Lher by oup common in terest ; afid thSMtwould bc-'chfldllko to leave that intetejst uneec eve!y,precautioaary mea&uij^Ihttt onews^jeeessful tvbf^co tbefore hthsa^tTsupon ahj ii^eojcula mh»aupon> experiegco^Re uev Jons aidan that unless tbs ciroumetaBcee,- Conditione-j than a rtrajorlty of the whole tote cast can nominate. Anything less would ie^worse than folly, and there may be (ond lfitely will) so thany candidates that not ope will tective a majority vote. Then what? Amotherelection? The the people out with them uulll when the general election comes on they will be disgusted with thewhula thing and then not have an acceptable tiokptj for there will be g'stnaller and and surroundings are exactly alike in every instance. If there is to be^a single factor ^n the *xperlmeht to bo made different from those on which we as having proven out theory, then there I* no .ceftainty whatever, that the rtlult trill be the eatne. Tlwe best, in fact tho only way, to Judge of tho futuiels by a comparison with the prilst. In reviewing the past what does it teach us ? That tindef the most ad verse clrcumstaneeB-suirounded with unheard of difflculrifs—wo rescued otir Slate from .ruin and disgrace and placed her upon the high road to hnp- piuess and prosperity. Our own eho- Hen officiMla executing, with a firm yet eveu band, the purified law. All of these officers, fretn our noble Govor nor down, wete selected by a number of delegates chosen by the people, as sembled lu conveutlon. Will any one pretend to say tbutaraore sathfactoty tK't of officials, taken as a wbple, oil over tho State,.cotfid have been select ed by a direct vote of the people? I venture to spy that the attempt would have proven disastrous, It is true that there ate some few of tho offlchtls who do not give general satisfaction. Was ever anything done In which the whole public were interested that sat isfied everybody ? Are there not al ways malcontents ? \Vj!l there not al ways be? Will not tiio dissatisfied number be increased by the primary election system from tho fact that there will be a much larger number taking a direct hand in the selection of candidates? All havfngtheir particu lar friendo that they desire to see ad vanced Into position, will greatly in crease The. number of candidates for preferment and elements to be harmo nized. A much greater division among th«spaembers of the party as to the pe culiar fitness of favorites for position ; nnd Uie defeated candidates and their friends after an excited canvass and election (primar)) will create a much larger and more stubborn body of mal contents than could possibly occnr In convention vrhero ft-aCr names would be brought forward and excited Coi- vassing and electioneering avoided. Unity and harmony are what we should strive to obtain In tho party and the fewer the strings that are out of tune the smaller the number of discordant notes and tho easier the instminent is put In tune. Again. It Is said that the primary system is the only way in which to ar rive at tho true voice,of the people and that it Is thoroughly democratic. Here experience again teaches us that ills in the fewest number of instances that the entire vote of any community it taken. I suppose that the campaign of 187G was the first time in the 1 i do ry of this State In which it was done. It is only when such momentous and extraordinary issues as were then in- vol ved in the n sutrrh at Tire po puh ice chu be moved cu masse. No such is sues are or can be involved in ^thfe re sulted primary (lections, and the con sequence, us past experience proves, will be that the votes cast will scarcely be more than a moiety of the total j’ote of the party. Moved by no vital inter est many will stay at home and attend their avocations and leave it to a few of their neighbors (who possibly have axee to grind) to go to tho polls and select the candidates. Under this state of affairs, what prettier field do the wire-pullers and tricksters want? By a combination with a* few large clubs .and their nffiiluted adjuncts (which is much easier made by design ing and smooth-tongued politicians and office-seekers by appealing to the general mass than to a few well se lected our of the whole) any one orany ticket may be put in the field. Where such combinations are made there the clique will see to it that a full vote is pclled, while in those districts where no such bargains aro made sad the people hilled to sleep by the delusive opiate of primglry elections, aredream- iutrof the “peoples’ choice ticket,” Will half uJUhem stay at home and leave the nominations to be made by their neighbors and only avririu^ when they hear the hue andcry raiscTMi^causi tTrfcMnan was J^ft out and that put Ri.^Tiomo scheming trickster that could nef havedeeri v*d thin king men, by hoodwiiTkkqpand -soft-soap ing the' , *h<4 > poJh'r' jn the ring,"’ wHk^be surpr g'of the baiTtrNstd find the ere mCmilpQjized by ono the eandidotesTrlUyoved by a mind, Certainly theS^oh^eUonalboE' ble arid plausible to^tre^ Therc re at^da^md ua the other repeated and thus favor t he rings and combinations in, their schemas. Do you say that the repeated elections can be Uvolded by the executive coni'- mittce only sending back the second time-twice as fnany names as are re quired t,o fill the offices yaynat? Who Ka.ve tKc executive coihmlttee such a power? The candidates all have equal rights and tho executive committee Lavs no right to curtfill anjLone’s chances. The lowest candidate In the race might have such a revolution in hts favor between elections as would put him at the head at tho next. Such a thing is dot Impossible nor improba ble and every one has a right to these chances. If A announces himself, what right has tire executive committee to say ho shall only be allowed one chance ? No restriction "cafi' 1 be put upon the candidates in this particular nnd it might possibly defeat d npmiua- Uun altogether. If A js afraid of Mr. B ho will bring out half dozen of B’s friends- and, so split up the vote as to defeat B and A |'i with hie combination comes In all right. But I see no end to tbe difficulties in our way if we adopt the system, and it is useless to multiply lham,-and only hope our people whi consider well be fore they go Into Ibis new thing. 7 — U. C. M. announced by any organized body of demoemts. . * i Again, It may be that' vice*.Ion after eleoflon »ay have to be held before, a ticket can be nominated. Nothing Idsg smaller Vote cast as the elcctione ate TffTjTBiand relatively as they, would remote for m*hy voters, who have to walk to attend.^ la the eight town ships of this dounty we now have twenty-eight clubs, and at our last pfimary nearly two thousand votes Wefsr'l&Bt, our ^ full Democratic strength. ’ Who ern object to this plan ? It is merely a trial of Jbe strength of the candidates in the Democratic party. All this party are permitted to vote None bt|t Radicals are excluded from the polls; for all Democrats can Join the clubs and vote. The yesult among the Democratic condidates is, what it wohld have beep at a general 1 election. -4 have then stood, for the primary Is held only a short time before the leg- niar election* that the canvass tnajF’bfe thorotigb and tire vote regarded as fixed. The benttlt is this; that with out the'primary ail the Democrats at the regular election might have been defeated, while the primary pits the strongest ugtd rat the Radical candi date and prevents a division of the Democratic vote. Have the candh dates defeated at the primary cause to complain ? They, ought rather to rejoice, for the result shows that they would have been defefited anyway, aurj perhaps also 'worked the defeat of other good Democrats.'* plan is a-good ooe and should bej generally adopted., ‘ . While Emperor Wtldaua, of Russia,* was returning from a drive with fhe Grand Duchess of Baden cm the 11th fast., * titt«istftlth by the name of Emil Kenreld Max Roedel attempted to as- sassluate him. The Emperor escaped' unhurt—tbe rin-smtth isdu j iib - ojurru>viiY. • • SAtuc EVe Jkxkixs Was bom in Oratigif- bwg. 8. C., Jnly 22*i<l, 18a4, tanrried Mr. Ti5iia»:tvi iu iki i: i.ectso* vi. 'S'lie ObJcetiouM met in Titc M:\i»-. riem c of 4'ouuty. Oeonce VVinnsborro News andJEDraM ! OoQ- siderable oppnaition is manifested in different portions of the State to pri- mary v eleetiooav tmt tho ot j'-rtfnrTB 1 Iwr snni-io Hfifi; urged afe not based oq good grounds. It has been- shown that a pTiffmry election is death to convention man ipulation, and It requires far greater sagacity and stength to control a ma jority of the people than to iritlnuge a majority in a convention. The otjec- tiou that tho primary system would lead to interminable electiot-s ts met by the provision that at the. stc^sd election only the two highest can didates for any office at the first cJ-.TS- liun shall he baffoied for. This intim- aes two elect tons ns the tTfTTeffie HffffB The alleged Clime of cutting off tDe- weaker cantiidutes by tho primary system i« not near so outrageoua its the Hhifrrtg of tho strongest candidaiea" be'ore a con veotiou by bt inghgin .a tlaik liorae. Tho primary .election Buffers no ono to ‘*iie low” until The euudidaUa liave cut each other's threats. Any one wishing to Stucced" must put Iili best foot foremost from the beginning, In order to be one of Mcdrfcw, of North r^roiina, tteccmber 20tli, 1S7(h luoTed with Iiira to Calhoun county,- AUbam*", where who died Oettltcr 24th, 1877,- leaving an infant non three weeks ot.it; whom grat?^ euatfled her to leave simply to’ the core of Uirt Who even nmifbcrs the tiairr of our head, She was the youngest diiughtei of Dr. James Jenkins, iteceasetl, ami grand daughter of Kev, Janus Jenkins, who timeof Ids death was one of the oldest miiMs- ters in the South Carolina Conference. Al though tho snlyect of this uutieo liaT-not at- {.iched hrisalr to a chuydi, ehe was mode willing in ihe day of God's -power to coftimif TTUrf prayed with her, that she felt thatTrcr WeT'e lorgivep. She prayed that her loved oriAs who weye fur nway.frost-drerahtmld meet her in Heaven. Loringbrothers nnd sisters, he eoniforted ; she has gone to rest. Bereaved mother, your pet isgn hered to the f«Jd of the great Shepherd, remember she asked ymi nl t> meet her there. Tiiar.ks be to liod, who giveth us the ricUiry through our Lord Jesus Chrivt. —■ - .■ M. E, Jrx«t!M. Orangeburg paper p'fe-ise copy. ~ XEVS iihWKTMKMES TS. h-t'Ulh.Caroll.’ii:-—M.iTnwiH Cttin y, IN THE raoBATK COUHT. 'VYhcreft**, Susannah Hall has iftado skit to me to grant her let ws .of admit;- m trim? tlou af illlt sin been i rea d ot Ito. ind ime. shod teted *1 * com f i known \Yc JMH>d %{em theriiighest two, betwtea wltotn the people are to ohoosc. The objection to the novelty of this darg‘rous innovation is ungq^i by those who aro unaware that the pri- msry system bus been adopte i in many States as tbe “dernjer reasort” for preserving tho purity cf the party* In Fairfield, *5 number of the bust cit izens who refused previously to eater the clubs now declare that all scruples are removed by the adoption of the primary system. They are willing to trust (he judgment of a majority of the Democrats, hut they would not tie to the action of a convention. As to the objection to the pledge, an organization is not worth havir.g'uu- lesc it can wield lu. meaif'ors into a solid body. -Otherwise no one would waste time la s^eliing^ a pcmluation from it. - _ - -. *•- r* Walhalla Courhit.; ,'VYilii ua prima ry elections have worked admirably, and hare curef the evils complained of under the delegate system of ma- k^fawiominatious.' The plan by dele- ithpikigctlonuble. It ia.not Detno- crtttio^SE^.3 u>mfaee8 are aThKaft ways tho tlkriCijof a of a comblu'ill^^rioiTftVKPby the s'of the two or th^fc^qmltvktics laid the h eal cl favorable to the istrutiai on the estatoof Bdnjaiqan Half, ■ deceased, tli<s2 arc tkerefore to cite and admonish all ;uul siiiguiar the kin- Hredjyid creditors of‘he said Benjaman Hill, deceased, that they ie aiid^op* f ar before me in the court of probate to be he Id. at Barnnell loJu-j house on Mon- (biy, tliC 27th duy of May, at 10 o’clock a. in.-, to show cause, if any they have; why said sdiuinistration should not be gjanted. , Given under my hand at Barnwell th^loth day of .May, 187vS. + James .M. Ry.'.n. Judge otT’robftte. ■ msyKT-td . ' ^ - Hendrix House. . - /» Cor TajIiT and Sumler Slrrels, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAItOLILA. Boaru S2.00 Pef. Day. J. A. HENDRIX, Proprietor, \t. A. PARK, "Clerk.. Columbia Register* James a. hoyt, xditob. It' mr nomt It ot , l*<*rmw Of fSnb*M*i*iptionr r4 * Daily Reyiittr; . -». One Year. ... $7 00 MxMontha..... 3 50 Three Mvmths.. ...v. 1 75 , 7 ! tri-Wctkfy Remitter. ,, , , One Year.., al- jijix Months.-.'*.. .. ...... .^. Tfates Months.• One Yel ^ix MonthsT^? Alout hs. .7 people an(T| are 1 oo 2 50 1 25 2 00 VQ 56 been to Jo dc CO. iu A. Caivo, M’Davil, rictorg. ilnati B. J. QuaUlcbiti] •&i i lb * ‘-A s tbe idea I ^access, rifiT. re re the' ble. > uipet within Srciiring thel This, reo- ja -WITH--* »r4 imi Aiiffiistiii Georgia. i, s • : 0 L- i v.fe; THEl OLD HKLIAfiL ri Cash Dry Goods Store, BEGS AGAIN TO CALL TOUR VERY SERIOUS ATTHNTION TCf his mammoth aud Matchless Stock of First-class .SIT.ING AND SU.M.MKR LiliY GOODS, Which has never before reached such astonishingly low d wn prices. My friends will see how utterly impossible It is to euumtr»te all the things in a Dry Goods Store. My customers cm rely on my stock supplying anything that tney can think or desire. Send your ,orders with firttjffifaufce, for anythiug you want—you shall not be disappointed. Describe as nearly as you can What yiui want, and Mboot the pile*; you WMt to pay. Exceptional Linos anfl Prices in tho followiug departments may be relied on f Drt 88 Goods, White Goods, Hosiery and Notions, Csscimercs, House-Keeping Goods, Domestics, Paris Trimmed Utils. Nntill Wtires, Ltiiies’ Ready-Made Suits, Lnee Goods, Elandkercbiefii. ty Parcels amounting to $10.00 aud over will bo delivered o/ Charge. —ini. c--- James W. Turley. YOU WILL KfND‘ —AT TUK— • ' J-ri SALOONf MAGNOLIA BROAD STREET, —^AUGUSTA GEORGIA, '■ r • ' • “ A FIRST-CfiASS RBSfAUKANf,* Bountifully supplied with aH the delicacies of the season. THE BAR Will be found tocohtaiu the beet Beerf Ate, Whiskeys, Btaudios aud WiueiUa, liid city. . MAT F,NEL^O V, rhujlGjm Pnpiiet r. -m v ? :iS7 ► 5?! Po Not Buy Yonr H©ysV Clothhi; &rOOd8 saw AND Until you go to ion, . 7-' TYfaere you can rave 2o pef eftot. by pim-hasing from Matthiesson & Doolittle, ACEdiBy tf Music Building, C»fni'f Kir.^ and Market. t J. WMt©. DEALKB IN MA’iB. VMSrimS .&3tmzmhA2, 269 King Street (Opp. Ilasel) Cbifle ton.- South C trolina. Umbrellas made and repaired to order.- ’ Walter 8*eele Is wUh this bouStfTihd Will be pleaded to see ids friends. ap!8 3 n ! T—■■ ■ * ■■■ _ _ ■ ■.IJiliJL- James A Gray & Co. 9 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Otir. Stock of Spring and Summer Dry Goods is now complete, and Is the largcrf and best aborted iu the South. - .* .—Our A l—irnvig :^**T*!**"IL P r ' oc to thrf ^ Sliest goods imported. Our Black, Colored, &d Faney'SHk Stock is universally acknowledged to bo he fiue-t in the market, a glance at its coutetfU will convince the most skeptical/ All the latest Novelties in Colored Dress Goods—“Chenille Jardiniere,” “Rcs- ille Cypresp’ “Beige Sylphide,” “Hornby” Victoria Suitings, Bmirettes dec. De* signs and effects in Neckweaij* tq be fuuna i»o#here else. The han(Lom&siSc'iri*h'accs audJEmbrcideriO over off-fed to tho people of (jeorgia or Carolina, Everything pretfy and desirAbfe in Pararols, and in Fancy Goods gt-ncrally A Sfferidid Stock of Linens Of criffy descriptiob’Towew. Napkin^and Doilies, !ic; Embroidi red Piano Covers. A full line of Ctissimercs, Cottmadcs, Homcapaa ond everything needed hy Country Storifs and Pl^tntcis. . ' s \ > . [he only complete stodk-aifliadics’ Underwrnr^sQmh of*Mtf^n irffd DtionSlino. |d.Mi.*<8cs suits in great^ricty. Boys suits A lulr Cloaks. Drewsekisie., Ac. Everythlt»g^Uj5b>as!d al ihtf very Oj ^of luf ■ Ibwct rders tear, ^fact so low as to carefully. eveu buyer! the? aprl-3m ames: Sal ,our Soot You#" r/va MANUFAt t& fATR, LTti. &suth*' rongho for price i ’“'“'A JUMJLKl