The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, April 27, 1866, Image 1
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VOLUME XXIV. IiAMDEN.S. t.. lKi^1 ?
- - J. T HEESHMAN^Editor.
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TOE SLEEPING WIFE.
My wife ! how calmly sleepest thou I
A perfect pence is on tny orow; .
Tbine eyes beneath their fringed lid
Like stars behind a cloud are hid ,
Thy voice is mute, nnd not a sound
Disturbs the tranquil air around;
I'll watch and mark each line of grace
That God lias drawn upon thy face.
My wife! thy breath is low and soft;
lo catch its sound I listen oft:
The lightest leaf of Persian ruse 4
U; on thy lips might find repose,
deep thy slumb r, .that I pressed
My trcmi ling hand upon th\* breast
III sudden fear that envious Death
Had robbed thee, sleeping, of thy breath.
My wi'c! thy speaking face now seems
:o show the teuorjof thy dr ams;
Methinks thy gentle spirit plays
Amid the scenes of early dnys; ^ .
Thy thoughts, perchance, now dwell on him
Whom mo t the lov'st; or in the diui
Aud Shadowy fu ure strive to pry
Willi woman's curious earnest eye.
Sleep on ! Sleep on ! my darling wife I
Tliou livest now another life,
With beings filled, of fancy's birth;
I will lint, call back to earthj
> Sleep on/iiutil the care of morn
Above flie Eastern hills is borne \
Xlieu tliou wilt wake again, and bl. ss
J|y sight 'wiili conscious loveliness.
Retirement o?an Editor.
, Nat. Tyfor, one of the editors of the
Richmond Enquirer, takes his leave, of
that paper in the following- -ignilicant
manner :
taJKOi/'yesterdny I received an "order,"
^^^ ^Glnmand 61 Major General Tumor,
m^forward by mail or. carrier to Major
General Terry, commanding- the do
partment of Virginia, a copy of each
' issue of the Richmond Enquirer on the
day of the publication of the saute.''
nf tbo T\nonirer is mv nri
JJilUIl IOOUV vr* ? j t, A
vate property, and should be puid for
by those who desire to read it. If I do
not comply with this order my paper
will be suppressed; if 1 do comply with
it, my property is taken from me without
compensation. 1 know of no right
of law under which Lieut. General
Grant, or Major General Terry, or
brigadier General Turner, has the rightto
direct that copies of newspapers sliull
be seHt to their headquarters. As soon
therefore, as I read the late order of
General Grant, I determined that I
would no longer rehiain cojdflfcd with
the press?where netfgaj^^Krty nor
its property wer^^^^^^^a f general
ordere. A from the
ctfj^as preve^^^^^^Mnounceinent
th^' days
av|^^A
W m
^MBHH^^BHH proB^B
lv^^ The las^IaPJPM^^^j exnroition
1^ was but little behina^Wpredecessors
| in interest arid excitement. Although
I the season tickets were withdrawn on
I Thursday evening, the' hall was comI
fortably filled with visitors, during yesterday,
and, in the evening, a perfect
I -ovation took place. The Blues' band
I performed some of its choicest selections.
Precisely as the <^lock tolled out
% ten, the gong sounded, the crowd com
menced leaving the hall, and hundreds
B of busy fingers were at work, packing
up and making ready the remaining
S ;goods for removal from the hall.
TfolK -
J-11 US IUC givuik
B one of the ihost successf ul enterprises of
the kind ever undertaken?capue to a
^^^close amid congratulations and good
I Mishes. The precise amount realized
the fair cannot be ascertained at
time, but the great exhibition 'has
^HHdded not less than $130,000.?-Baltic
Sun.
i^^^btccse Me.--A little girl of four
was saying her prayers not long
Ml when her little brother came slyly
H? her and pulled her hair. Without
her head) she said,: ''Please,
H feense 'mo a minute, while I kick
We have knowu older persons
themselves from praying to
I Bfcbody.
UUB"! Ml 1TIHIirMiHl.il H lirilll ITITLIUlf JWMMW
Jefferson Davis.
Fobthkss Moxeoe, April 7.?It has
been confidently whispered' here, today,
that it is in contemplation to effect
the removal from here to Richmond of
Jeff. Davis on a writ of hubeas corpus.
If the late proclamation of the President
will admit of such a step being
taken, there can be- no doubt of the
readiness of plenty to make the effort.
It asserted that tlio Government would
throw no serious obstacle in the way of
accomplishing such a result. By this
step, the Government, it is insisted,
would rid itself of a responsibility it is
more anxious than otherwise to get rid
nffii- it. ntliM' words, become relieved
of the care anil custody of what has
come to bo regarded as a very considerable
elephant: Of course this is
merest rumor ahd assertion, founded
on belief, having, possibly, no foundation
whatever in tact. A strong coloring,
however, is given to' the rumor
by arrival this morning, of Dr. Craven,
former post surgeon, and, for months,
the well-known medical attendant and
adviser of Jeff. Davis. It'will be remembered
that it1 was through Dr.
Craven's influence Mr. Davis was allowed
exercise, and through this, and
his removal from the damp and unwholesome
casemate he' hud been occupying
to Carroll Hall, the1 saving of
his life?to such a very low physical
condition had he boon reducod by his
close confinement and the treatment he
had received?is generally and freely
accredited. It is also known that since
going;from here Dr. Craven has spared
no influence in his power to have Mr.
Davis brought to trial, if tor no other
reason, to bring his imprisonment to a
close, already protracted nearly a year,
and thereby not only settle the vexed
(question as to what shall bo done with
him, but unquestionably prolong his'
life. Justice requires it to be stated
In tnkimr such an active course
on Mi*. Davis' behalf, Dr. Craven has
not been, and is not, actuated by any
sympnthy ibr,the rebellion, or its acknowledged
heud.aud frynt in the persou
of Mr. Davis. His action has been
instigated by motives: of simple justice
and humanity toward his lute distinguished
patient. AVe shall soon seo
what will eoino of it. Ill the meanwhile,
the great ex-rebel chieftain himself
continues oil the even tenor of his
way, prettyf much as for months past.
JI is olnliu'ntu will and intense pride ?1'
character have borne him up thus far ;
but there is an end .to hitman endurance,
and the words, ''I. breathe and I
can bear," of llyron, must merge into
a poetic fiction. It is becoming thus
with Davis. An officer told me, to-day,
tifat he felt sure he would not' live the
summer out if kept in prison.?Co)-.
Xi'ic Yon; Ilnvte. '
Every radical, upon his arrival hero,
rushes to the AVkite House with the inquiry.
"Why don't you try Join Davis
and hang liira V" The President replies
to those importunities thnt-heii
not a public executioner;
are sonu* 500 of the uccus^HH|^^H
some of whom now in
trial by of
United States courts.
and hang them if
you won't make rue your
The United States kuprcrHJ^^HH
adjourned without mukin^Hjj^^^H
bring Mr. Davis un^^H^|Hfl
trial, though under the
ing the judicial system
States, the Court has tho
Her a special session of
our! at any time. Chief JiH
Hnnot now object that Yirff^pfl|H
Hate of insurrection, but WaMflH|
embers of the court pro|.ubl^^^^H
Hat Mr. Dans will be ocqiqtte^^^H
^^rge .of treason if tried 'in
vr.lu.llinn fVitioTASS: no
^nSrtairifc the same opinion.'.
Congress is now about to be- brought
by Air. Raymond's resolution to a decision
upon this subject,/and if they refuse
to take upon themselves the responsibility
of action in the matter, it
would not be surprising if the President
should order that Jeiferson Davis
j and his Confederates be paroled or dis!
missed. Pains are taken, it will be
j seen, by the President's friends- to
i exonerate him from all tho blame of
the delay infringing Messrs. Davis, C.
C. Clay and others to a trial of treason.
! ? Washington Correspondence Baltimore
I .?.??
KJUH Vm
The carrespondent of the Tribune
Elites:
"The House Judiciary Committee liave
called on the Bureau of Military Justice
for information: as to the testimony
against Jeff. Davis. Among that evidence,
which is mainly circumstantial,
but of closely fitting links, is an autograph
letter of Davis favoring the assassination
of the President, and written by
him after Booth had informed him that
the pUn to kiduup the President had to
be abandoned as-1 impracticable. The
records of the secret (jrvico of the Confederacy
have also keen procured by
Gen. L C. Baker, and will throw much
light upon many of their infamous
schemes." . ''
JJot tfao correspondeqt of the Phila
?I I
delpnia^ea^er, usually reliable, and, \ve
are suit, much better antliority !n this
instance, tells a different s'ory. Me says:
"The evidence which the committee
appointed today are instructed to procure
from the Government, and which is
supposed to connect Davis with the assassination
plot-, can be given most
speedily, as it is known that the Administruiiwii
has no evidence of a reliable
kind in its possession. Such being the
case, the suit-committee will make an
early report upon the subject, and there
the matter will drop. As to the inquiry,
respecting his trial for treason, asking
why lie has not been tried, Congress lias
the answer already."
It may be well to remind the reader
that the "General L. C. Maker" sjmkon of
by the 'Tribune is the same individual
who was recently convicted din a high
o'iCrt in Washington city "o|.a crime
u'lii/.li ilnrmiv him to COtltcmnt. if UOt tO
",MV" "" " i ?
iiifamv. /
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Inside a Printing dffice.
It is Dot alone compositors who- will
enjov the following. It is a capital and
very forcible illustration of a printing
office dialogue : , ^
. Foreman ^if me office?iJoties, what
| are you at liow f ' . V
Compositor?'I'm setting 'A house on
fire,' almost done.'
' Fun mail ?'What is Smith about ?'
? ,Gi'inpowtyr?'lie is' cng-lged on a
'Horrid luuMer.'" *
Foreman?'Finish it as quickly a?
possible, anil lielp Morse through wir.fi
his telegraph. Bob, what are you try*
ing.to get up?' . 1 I
Bob?'A panic in the money market.' j
Foreinan?'Thomas,1 what are you di?- !
tributing?' ' . ^ |
Thomas?'Prizes in the gift lottery.'Fore
in fin?'Stop that and take hold of
'A nmawuy horse-' Siloeuni. what'ifl
creation-have yon been'about this last
half hour ?'
S!oeum?'Justifying the 'Compromise
measure' my sub ?et up.' _
Foremoii?'You chap on the stool
there, what are you on now ?' \
? f . . -V ..I . 1 . t
(Jhnp on the stooi?'uu; tue iuo.e
tit.it jou gave mc.' ;
Foreman ?:'Luy it oil tile fable for the
present; no room for it.'
Compositor?'IIow about these Municipal
candidates ?'
Foreman?'linn "em in. What, do ,
you suy, Slor.noi V * * ..
Sloctnn?'Shall I lead these *Men of |
Boston ?'
Foiyinan?'No; the}* are 'svlid, of:
course.' f
Compositor?'Do i'ou want a full-faced ;
head to '.Jenny Lit id's family ?'
Foreman? No; put 'eni iu small caps, i
Joseph, haven't you got up that 'Caplul !
joke V
Joseph ?'No, sie ; I'm out of sorts.'
Foreman-?'Well, throw in this "^Mil-1
lioii of California gold.' and when you '
tret-through with it I'll give you some
j^HkUfor?'What do you want now?'
?'.Mote copy, sir.'
'Have you completed tlrat
Thanksgiving discourse ?'
H ?'Yes, air; and I have justfsct
winter.1
I^Mugo and Dumas.
writing from Paris,
H^^H^^^^Btiiomical sketches
In lie describes
^H^^B^Bfl^Kgniflcent head?the
compact* i
^^Hj^^^^^Hcllectual organs seem"]
developed. Immense
^^^^H^^^K'hich the moral facul-j
^H^^^^Hncnd into a well rounded j
Oiul /111+ nlAQA +1\
HULL ^iOrV) auu uuu uiygv w
j^^H^^KEyes not very large, but
intense with a soft f,re.
Large <mrs. Nose in harmony with
the rest of the face, which inclines to
squareness. Mouth expressive of de|
termination, yet full of feeling. Thickmoustache,
and very short, gray beard.
Of Alexander Dumas, he says he has a
J face whose features have an uninistakS
able bases of the negro about' them.
! Bald, bright, jovial, somewhat coarse,
j and decidedly earthly. Indications of
i a tough epidermis and strong constitu1
tion. Plenty of self-esteem and vanity.
i y
What lady is fond of giving? Jennie
Rosity.
What lady is good to eat with her ?
Olive Oil. .
. What lady is made to carry burdens?
Oil- T? i.
JUiltL
What lady, preaches in the pulpit ?
Minnie Stir.
What lady does everybody desire?
Ann U. Pty.
What'lady is acquainted with surgery
? Ann Atomy.
What lady lived in Noah's time ?
Ann T. Diluvian. t
What lady is fond of debate ? Polly
Tishun.
What lady paints portraits ? Minnie
Ture. # _
What lady paints comic ones ? Carrie
K. Ture.)
What lady, ismuch talked of now?
Arodia 0. Ration, ,
i '
5 # .
Defrauding the Freedmen.
*
When the immaculate Butler' wps
"Commandant and Governor" of Virginia
and North Carolina, aNorfolk paper
(the Old Dominion) states that, by a
military order, (No. OU,) lie established
a "Freedm'en's Saving Bank," for the
"tafc-keepivy" of the funds of the .negro
soldiers who enlisted in his department.
In that department, it'is said that ip,000
negroes eulisted, and of the bounty
money of taeh of these "wards of the
nation," SI00 was reserved fur deposit
in Butler's savings bank. . The- agent
for the management of this bank was .
appointed by Butler, and soon after the
hero of Big Bethel was removed, the agent
of the bunk moved and the Old
Dominion says that from "that day to
this there have been doubts as to where
i i 1 ' j.JI 1
tiie money which nan oeen aeposnea
in liis care,,as president or. military
manager'of tlie 'Savii gs Bank,' could
be found."
Tliere are hundreds of unfifrtuuate
freedmen 'wandering up and down in
a vain apd most disheartening search
for Butler's fugacious "Savings Bank."
Haggard and destitute freedmen besiege
the lawyers' offices in Norfolk in
search of information about "Massa '
Butler's bank," aud refused to be com- !
forted, bocauso it is not.
The b:mk'us as hard to overtake as a
jack-o-lantem fn the muddiest jungle
of the Dismal Swamp. Cuffee is confidently
assured that the bank is assuredly
at a certain plt\pe, but when ho ,
gets there with his dilpiadated. "certificate
of deposit," "Why bress de Lord,
do cussed bank am gone from dar."
\ One day the sabel depositors are. told
that the Savings Bank has been swallowed
wholo by the "Bureau bf Refugees
at "Washiugton," anjl the next day.the
report is denounced as false. The.
Norfolk lawyers, who have boen in hot .)
chase after this bank for months, are
despondent as to ever finding it; and if
all the other "Savings Banks" which)
have been established for the "safe-keeping'1
of the negroes' money, aro as hsr(^
to overtake as Butler's- jack-o-lautern'
we should regard them" as not verw trustworthy
institutions. '
T. T.? T> iJ. O.V.VI rmo
iHJJLlli Xliiuuvipu JOjniUU U|/VM vuv vv
cation-to have visitett u raco course
near the city of 1sr.\y York. ' A flashy
looking stranger offered to bet him
S'iOU upon the result of tlio racer. and"
iutit)ilucing'hi3 cOmife-nion, ^aid^/'^Mr:-. 1
Baiidolpli, my friend here, Squire Tonikins,
will/hold the stakes." "lint su;,"
squeaked die orator of Koffcoke, "who
will hold Squire Tompkins after I give
him myhnoney i
"Whenever unknown Nor'hern adventurers
establish Savings Banks for
tho "safe'Jroepiug" of the money of the
frckdmon, the poof creatures would do
well to take counsel oftkeir best friends
?their late masters?and devise means
fqr hold iug the Savings Bank' oilieers.
It is a disgraco to the nation that the
emancipated slaves should be thus de-'
frauded; but it is gratifying to reflect
that the people of the South have, in
no instance, been parties to tlio gigantic
swindles of which the freedmon are
being made the victims. Northern adventurers
have a monopoly of this noble
and philanthropic business. Why does
not the Frcedmen's Bureau protect the
negroes from this class of "friends of
the fr^edx^en ?"?Richmond Times.
Those" who" call- themselves practical
men are. too apt to undervalue the
thoughtful. and studious men, and to
sneer jit them as mere book men. The
practical- navigator, with a little skill iu
the use of instruments and a knowledge
of common arithmetic, by the help of
certain printed formulas and tables, e?n
guide his ship safely through the perils
of the pathless deep. But he should
not sneey at book learning, for those
charts and tables and instruments by
which he makes his observations and
1 - 1 . __!* /?
solves ins problems, w? re toe rcsuii or
deep and profound study and thought.
It is wrong to class among the non producers
all who do not labor with their
hands. . But for studious men, tvhat
would be the present condition of agriculture?
It would indeed be blind and
toilsome. To produce great results the
brain and arm must move more fcogctln r
?the ideal be wedded to the practical.
The world has as piuch reason to bless
the memory of thef inventor as that of
him who reduced the invention to practice.
Those only who live upon the pro
nts Ot lador WllUUUl UU etjUlvuitut mc
to be regarded as stale and unprofitable.
Ffanklin Stearns, the richest man in
the old Dominica under the new regime,
is a Vermontcr who hns passed thirty
years in Richmond, been twice married,
and who is now worth, in real estate and
cash, $1,500,000. He was a violent Unionist,
suffered in Castle Thunder, and
never kept Confederate scrip a week in
his pocket, but loaned it for mortages on
all the farm lands around. Every day
enriches him ; and as tffe benefits of peace
and freedom are fully developed,- he will
be the proprietor, by the enhanced value
of his lepdsjpf $12,000,000 or $l5,00o
000. F" *'/"
Jeff. Davis, the State Pris- j
oner.
The New Ycjrk Herald, commenting
upon the protracted and cruel imprisonment
of Jeff. Davis, without fl trial
or iny preparations for one, savs that
the President is blamed for allowing
Irim'to ho kept there; but it is not the
president's fault. The fault lies jrith
the Chief Justice cf the Supreme Court,
who dec lines to try Davis for high treason,
because he is at a loss where to
try him so as fo'secure liis conviction^
Ho will -not try hini in Virginia, because
he doubts whether a jury can be impaneled
who cau be made to believe that
the accused is or was a traitor. Hd
will not try ' him in a loyal State, like
Pennsylvania, where.over acts of rebellion
were committed with the connivance
of Davis, because lie ife al'raid
that, being so far' removed from the actual
theatfo of the rebelliou, a jury may
be moved to clemency. Congress fails
to provide/a solution for this dilema,
and, in the meantime the prisoner lies
incarcerated. In the hands" of the
Chief Justice, or of Congress, rests the
responsibility of obtaining 4decision in
the case of Davis. That he* is entitled
tp a trial is acknowledged on all hands,
even by the *most. radical. That he
must*be eternally imprisijped?in other
words, made to wear an iron mask, according
to the fashion of -feudal times,
without a trial, is a "stigma upon our .
Kepublican institutions. Let Jeifr Davis
be tried somewhere?in the District
of Columbia, in the Capitol if the
Chief Justice cannot find a more convenient
or suitable place?or let him
be liberated under a proclamation of
general amnesty. "
?,? . ' " * ' ; ,
The Civil Rights Bill,
The following is un extT.ict front the
speech of /Senator .SwuUbmy, of Delaware,
made in the Senate,; a few Jays
since:.
4*I rise to say, sir, ihat, in my judgment,
the* passage of this hill is au inauguration
ot[ rcvo Uiioo. It is well, sir, that
the American people should take warning
and kef their house in order, for "it is
fin possible that the people will patiently
submit, to it. Heaven knows that we
have had .enough of bloodshed, enough,
of moaning iucicry household. There
are'lod litany new-made" graves for any*
one to- u;isli to ,?ee more. A tteoiptcl<i.
fe'Xecnte tdiis hi.sv-wiihiii any Slate of this
Union, and, in" nry jih'giuent, this conutry
will again he plunged into all the ,
horrois of civil war. In my own State,
an humble Stale iu p.>iaL of numbers,
but a Stare of gallant .-ons, your law will
never be observed by the judiciary of
that State, most of thetn of the Republican
party. There is not, 1 say, a Re*
publican judge, we never had a judge, so
dead to lite teachings of the great lunii*
uaries of the law, as to attempt to enforce
1 11.. a:*/.. .1 .. i.
.such a uagiauuv uiicuiifttuiiuynui uw ur
act as this. 1 shall not again enter upon
the constitutionality or unconstitutionality
of the "act. 13ut, sir, if it le not
grossly, palpably, flagrantly unconstitutional,
then five-HDcl-twetity years of
somewhat diligent study of the law have
availed me nothing.1'
In conclusion, Mr. Saulsbury predicted
that the passage of this bill would
lead to bloudstied, war and disunion.
Remarkable History of a
Torpedo Boat.
General Mau y'sr -pertof the defences
of Mobile narrates the eventful liistorV
of a torpedo bout, as follows:
It was built of boiler iron, was about"
iM.in.fioo (uc.t l.innr and U'M mannt'd bv
Wi?v; u.w .w j
a/crew of nine men, eight qf whom
worked the propeller by hand. The
ninth steered the boat, and regulated
her movements below the surface of the
water. She could be submcrged at pleasure
to any desired depth, or could be
propelled upon .tkg surface. In smooth, *
still water, iter movements were exactly '
controlled, and her speed whs about four
knots. It was intended that she should
approach any vessel lying at anchor,
pass under ber keel, and drag a floating 1
torpedo, whict. would explodfe on striking ]
the sides or bottom of the ship attacked. ,
She could remain submerged more
than half *n hour without inconvenience '
to her crew. J
Soon after her arrival in Charleston, Lieutenant
J'ayue, of the Confederate
navy, with eight others, vomnicerea 10 ,
attack the Federal "fleet with her. While 1
preparing for their expedition, the swell 1
of a passing steamer caused the.boat to
siulc suddenly, and all bands, .except
Lieutenant lJaync, whp at the moment
was standing in the open hatchway, pe? 1
rished- She was soon raised aud again i
inado ready for service. -Lieutenant (
Payne again volunteered, to command
her. While'lyiDg near Fort Sumter shg J
capsized and again sunk in deep water,
drowning all hands except Iter command-,
er and two others, y- !
Being again raised and-3prcparcd for !
action, Mr, Aunley, one of .the constructors,
made an experimental cruise in her
in Cooper lliver. While submerged at f
great depth, from some unkoowu cause, I i
I
.she-lecaiHC^unmsurigrabhs ujul roroahr&(
for wary days on I hi?bot tom of,<W '
river with her crew of niiie dead'meh,
A fourth time was"the bor^raised^apd
Lieutenant Dixon, of Mobile,, of" the'
Twenty-first volunteers;with eight other*,
went out of Charleston harbor jirith hrr
ami aUm-keJ ;?nd sin k the ^Fedcrsl
,steamer llousatbuict . " *
n?r. mission ?t last accomplished, ?fe
disappeared fofeVcr with lier cjrew. /,'No-'
thing, is known of their fate,"bat it iaibtiieveiUhcv
went dswtiwith tire cnciuj. , >
' \.k
President Johnson. ! > a
The "Washington corresjoB^ >
dcrit of the Cincinnati Commercial s
says:
The President does not W. V
drunk?is temperate and abstemr '{f
ious in all his habits?does not
touch liquor of any kind, an#-lia?d ||
not since: the. dqy qf the inaugii- v Iration.
. V f
As to , his pqh'cy,.riihe, rsamev, |
correspondent says; / % X- % ,
Andrew Johnson5 is as hb^st <t
and patriotic'^ man! as dives-. ioft&fef
Xl w XU ? .TT ^ -vJ: !
the earthy He is. just as comfy*^^:
tive and sthbborn,as he is howsfeS;^
1 Dear to him as^his first-born^
yea, precious as thi breath ofdg
his nostrils, is his "pblicyvfe
fore his determination to sustain
and carry th?ough| that; pofijcy^;
all other considerations mnst'.goM*
down.' To that . "poficy^'-h'ft^^
would sacrifice the Union-par
were it neceisary. He ,wbw&>
sacrifice an}' and,, all pes
friendships?yea, his ' vei^?ll?e|^^
would weigh nothing in the:gCalea?~_|S
against his determination-(to
ry it.through. - Why ? ^ecause;.^ :S
he has," after loner dsnrfk ahd 4' &
weeks and months of,eaiijes^ t'
thought, study and prayer^
eluded that the salvation oflri$
country'arid the welfare^ ofth*, /?
people depend upon it
vehh^V5! differ
^tfeiW^udgejnB!)t;'Tre" Sw::
but ath]^ is Sphrtan . heroism
and daiSfts courage.
"What is the Presidents
icy,' upon which he is -risking.s>o>:\
much?" many inquire. "What - ;
is this chimera, this phantom,
this ignis fatmis 'policy' .that ,i?
leading tlie President tlus iwild .
dance?"
That I. cannot fully answer,- \
His message, veto and speech
will best give it. The principal
ingredients of that policy ate':'r '' .
1. That the constitutional'
rights of the States,' and the pCo^
pie thereof, shall not be infringed
or trampled upon by the Gener- ..
al Government." . *. . j;
2. That the States" Ave the' "
^ightto determine for,themselves
the qualification ofvotesj and thai,
the General Government can no
more interefere with that right in
South Carolina than in'Mafsacfafc
seus. ;
3. That whenever a member
of Congress from any. on6 of tfo
thirty-six States presents himself
for a seat in the Congress, and
can take the oath pre?45iibed for
each and every member of that
body, Congress has no right to .
elude him; that Congress can prescribe
rules that will apply to all
its members/ but cannot insidiously
legislate against members
from sections of the country, o?
that-only apply,to a part of th$fc M,
body or a jpa/^pfrthe States;
4. He does, not believe in the
Stevens doctrine of the State
?rnf?irh>1,1 -- *
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5. He, is opposed to negro suffrage
at this time; thinks they are
upfit and have not the requisite
Uttp.-xnty, to intelligently ezr
ercise that sacred yet dangerous
privilege. ;
v!
The grand total area of ,'iifr United'
States is i.921.282,233 acre*,or 3 OoO,.
232 square miles.
"Why is ^ husband like ? Mississippi ileahjKoat?
Bf^oatise he never knof|
irhcn ho may get, ft Uowiug up. % {
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