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i'he Press and Banner.! By Irtish Wilson n;irl II. T. Wardlaw. _ I Wedaosday, Sept. 13, 1382. Tho Election of Town Cmwiul. The annual election of members oi l t'.ic town council of Abbeville camo otl last Monday. On the Friday night previous to the; election a citizens' nicotinic was held in (Ire Court Hons?. Two tickets were proposed? one with Captain J. ,W. tVr-j nn, and tho other mombers of the! old council. The other ticket wss headed 1 Vv Captain 0. Kd wards lor Intend'Mit, j with J. S. Hammond, A. V.'. Jones, K. K. | 11 ill, and W. T. liranch as wardens. The! old council received the nomination by a| #>'iiall majority. The frienls of the other* ticket were dissatisfied because of the j conduct of tlio meeting. j On Saturday there w is still a feeling of dissatisfaction and unrest among pome of our citizens and, on the part of 1 he friends of each ticket, an eif >rt was ; made to elTtct a compromise by withdrawing a portion of both tickets, and Substituting a new ticket com posed of other men, who would he acceptable to' I nil parties. This proposition failed to; meet the hearty approval of some of; tnoao most directly interested, as they; donbtod the propriotv of withdrawing i after having received the nomination. And so the effort at a reconcilation was unavailing. On Monday morning the following1 tickets were being voted: { Ticket Nominated Friday Night at Cttiscus' Meeting. i For Intendent. J. W. Pkrrix. For Wardens. T. P: Qcaui.ks, j. s. hammosp, A. M. Him., j T. O. Seal. 'Ticket in Opposition to Ticket Xomiimtcd at C'ittzcns' ttectiD^. For Intendent. li. S. Barnwki.l. For Wardens, j. S. IIammonp, A. W. Joxks, ! K. E. 1 Iii.i., "W. T. Bkaxcii. All the gentlemen on both tickets are good Democrats whose fealty to the par-! ty, so far as we are informed, has never; been doubted, and we believe that no! questions of politics, race, color, or local matters, were involved. Sentiment J was divided as to whether the old counciftdiould bo retained in ofllce, and this' was the main question at issue. On Monday, the day of election, a ma-j jorityofonr business men, and of our: white citizens generally, are supposed) to have voted for tho ticket which was nominated on Friday night, while a mi-1 liority of Democrats contended that a citizens' meeting composed alike of Democrats and Republicans could not] bind Democrats to vote a particular,' ticket. The action of a Democratic cau-; cus, it was admitted by all, was binding on Democrats, though protesting that tho meeting on Friday night was not a Dcm- j ocratic caucus. Much feeling was de-, veloped, and Htill exists, in reference to, tho matter, and, toward tho closo of the I day of tho election, it was admitted on nil sides that tho "new ticket" would be olected by majorities varying from three to fifty. At the count, the IiaJlot stood : ; For Intendent. B. S. Barnwell, 110 J. W. TerriD, 117 Barnwell's majority, 02 For Wardens. .T. S. Hammond, 213 A. W. Jones, 15!) j Jt. E. II111 ir.i , W. T. Branch 141 T. Seal 117 A. M. Hill 115 i T. P. Quarles, 114 I Thus defeating nil tho members of tlie. old council, except Mr. Hammond, who was on both tickets. The new ticket is supposed to have!! been engineered by General Hemphill ! - and his friend". The members of tho i, ticket, in opposition to the old coun-J oil, which was presented on Friday j night are generally supposed to have,' sympathized with him in the recent pri. mary election, and it was thought sig-;< " niScant that the whole ticket should ! have Uoen made up of his friends. On!, - Monday Jthe nominee for Intendent on l ticket was changed to B. S. Barn-:' Well, a well kaown friend of the Max* j1 |SG&* veil partv. Yesterday a question as to the legality j of the election was sprung. Tho lawrc-i quires fifteen days' notice of election, j Only twelve had been given. But no-j( body was disposed to press the question, j ( The wardens elect look tho oath of of-j ^ fico yesterday afternoon, and will at once ! ( enter upon the duties of the position to'( which they have been elccted. Mr. j( Jiarnwell, the Intendent elect, declined!, to serve, and a new election for Intendent has been ordered for the lUth in-i slant. Greenback Tramps. j The Greenback canvassers will be at1 Abbeville on the 5th and 6th of Octulier,1 when a political h>vo-l'east is expend to; be held. The Green backers will hjtruugin.' the people of each county. ; ? - . ' . ... . fi? tegit*i - S <] '* '' ' C! ^ <+ Tlic Mass Meeting. According to appointment the "Campaign Party," arrived in Abbeville Tuesday evening of last week, and were met:, by a number of our citizens, and enter- , tained most cordially at private houses, j Messrs. Hugh S. Thompson, J. C. Sheppard, J. P. Richardson, C. Richardson j Miles were the speakers, aud Mr. ><*. G.: Gonzales, representing the Xcwv and Courier, did the reporting, and so well j did ho discharge his duty, that wo have! adopted his report in lieu of anything we J might write. Owing to the fact that the meeting was held on Wednesday, the day ; of our publication, and the long aecouutsj which have been so generally circulated! 60 long ago, that wo have little spirit to' undertake to write it up a week alter ev- > erybody else has either written or read a! report of it. If the meeting had occurred ' a day earlier we should have seen to it that tho readers of thc Press and Banner,' had at least a partial account. The meet-! ing was held in DuPre's Grove on Secession Hill, where a staud had been pre- j pared. The Hue V.'est Band furnished 1 the music, and the nominees on the Stato ticket did the speaking. Colonel Eugene! li. Uary, me Louniy iiairmun, imru-. duced the orators. Tho assembly wasj not as large as wo could have desired, but! there can be no doubt of the earnestness | of our people in their intention to elect the Democratic ticket. This is tho bus- j iest season of the year, and our people j ?weing no enemy in sight, did not leel! called upon to quit their work to come to' the meeting. But the men who rode early and late, and often iu tho campaign of 3876 may be depended 011 to do their whole duty whenever danger threatens.! Abbeville couuiy may be depended upon to roll up a big Democratic majority inNovember. Tho Greenback crowd will! get very little encouragement in this sec-! tion. There are not two dozen white; voters in the County who may not be de- j pended on and until there is a new reve-; lation, we will undertake to vouch for tho whole of them. Read tlTe account of our^ meeting as furnished by Mr. Gonzales to! our Charleston contemporary. The day! of the week on which tho meeting was! held, his skill, and the telegrapn enabled ! him to get away with us this time. The editors in Marion seems to be in a \ bad way. Evil disposed person* havo ]' klandored the whole of them. The last; report is that "tho editor of the Star is i rich, and is able to run the Star for hisj own pleasure." The editor of the Star is; indiguant thereat and declares that "such : a report is a wilful and false misreprescn-1 tation." Aro wo to understand from J this, that tho editor of tho Star is a "poor; wan?*' ^ --v ?roor 5I;ui V9 We have soon tli^yp words so often, and j under so many different circumstances) that wo arc led to enquire tlio the mean-: ing of "Poor uir.n." Does It mean aj "poor shots?" or uoes it mean a "poor; oxcu'-e" of a rr.nn? Or d-jes it lucan.r ::?n who i3 deSl'-fent in true manhood ? j We ont-e thought the word "poor" was) prefixed to the citizens to indicate his iin-1 peeuuiosity, but we believe the word isj not now always used with the Intention | of conveying an idea as to the amount ol property or rash which the "poor" man may possess. In this country we seel nothing of rich men. They arc either an j extinct species of the human race or else, they {have no rights in this part of the country which the "poor" man is under any obligation to respeet. To show that the word "poor," when applied to man, It.,. .,,, t.y ].!j fiiiiiw>i!>1 sf'ttllttt. wo lii'iir and see the word "aristocrat" put in opposition to the "poor man." j Tho word "aristocrat" is generally applied (o a people of whoin tlie "poor" , man is jealous, though in reality possessing perhaps more of this worlds good. Py this placing of the "poor"' man in antagonism to the so-cailcd "aristocrac.y," they virtually proclaim an acknowledgment of his inferiority. It is indeed a 'poor" sort of a man who would tutor-, tain feelin<rs of animosity to anybody because of his respectability and because of his ability to pay his debts, and this seems to be the chief cause of complaint against some men. "We would suggest that the word "poor," as usually prefixed [ toman, has a meaning which is not in-1 tended. In a country like this, no man, ] in our opiniou should acknowledg that ho is a "poor man." Ho may truthfully and honestly admit that ho has no money, J and that he has no property, but bo' should be careful about accepting the j epithet of a "poor man." Very often the j richest citizens are a "poor" sort of men,' and possess the poorest manhood. When we say a "poor" farmer, we wish to con- j Vey no idea as to tho amount of money of, which In; is the owner, but reference is' had only to the manner of his farming. When we say a man prints a "poor" pa- j per, we wish to convey the idea that the > publisher is a "poor" editor without ref- j once whatever to his financial status, j For this reason we think it well to bo 1 careful about tho use of tho word "poor." | A boy, without h cent of money may be j the farthest from being a "poor" boy, j For instance, we have now in our mind's j eye, some two or three boys, or young men, who own not a dollar in money, but j they have good health, good sense, good ! character, and an unconquerable will to) succeed in life's battles'. In one sense of: tho word, they are really rich. They aiej nature's noblemen, and worth ten thousand times as much as a "poor" boy, the' son of rich parents, and who has not the j ambition to rise in the world, or tho sense : to maintain the name with which ho was! born. The Greenback Ticket. Elsewhere in these columns we copy j some minutes of tho Greenback Conven- i tion which assembled in Columbia last! week to nominate a State ticket. The i gentlemen composing that ticket are lit-1 tie known to the people of South Caroli-1 na. In the first place, the delegates to; that Convention represented an exceed- j inglv small portion of the people of tho j State, and the nominees are men who are incapable of inspiring the people with enthusiasm. Their chief strength will: come from any spirit of opposition to us which may exist in the hearts of our own j people and their demand for anybody to beat the Democrats. All Republicans, Independents and other Democratic enemies are expected to turn out and vote j that ticket, although we take it for grant-1 ed that nobod}', at this writing, expects it j to he elected. Wliilo this ticket is the weakest that could have been nominated, yet it is much more dangerous to our success than would be the strongest Republican | ticket. Appearing before the public un- j der a new political name, the unwary Democrat may be the moro easily ensnared, while a straightout Republican ticket would have solidified the Demo-j cratic party. But whatever its strength or its weakness, it is tho ticket that must be beaten. Colonel Thompson must be! our next Governor. He is certainly the best man for the place, and tho best man must have it. Let nobody be deceived. The Grcenbaekcrs want tho ulllces, and they want the Republicans to do the necessary voting. .o. "The Columbia Register and tho Newberry Herald, who perhaps have their personal favorites for the olllce of Super- , intendent of Education, speaks of Colo- ' ne! James Farrow as a man incompetent < to fill the position on account of feeble health. Tho Register, no doubt, has its tnan, likewise the Herald.?Lancaster Ledger. , We have so often protested against the | practice of assigning motives to those ivho hold opinions differing from our 3\vn, that it may he out of place to speak >f tho in;ittcr again, lint we hold that the Register and tho llcralxi have a perfcet right to favor or oppose any eandi- | :late as their judgment may dictate, and |j that it is against a proper spirit of jour-! ualistic courtesy to charge other motives!, than that of the public good. I Tuo Lanrensville Herald comcs down!, on the Net cherry Herald with such forcer and sarcasm, as to make the editor of the Newberry Ilerold wish that he had neverj been born. Gentlemen, this is all wrong. The Newberry Herald and the Colwmbia Register, we believe, aro actuated by the same principles which should rule all of us?the public good. Independents. On the subject of Independentism, Senator James L. Pugh, of Alabama, is credited with saying; "Independentism is nothing but the most slavish individual subserviency to} the opposing party. Ninety-nine peri cent, of" independent candidates have be-1 longed to some organized party, wnicn , they abandoned for the sole reason that] the" organized party hiis defeated their personal aspirations and promises no future gratification of their vanity and am-1 bition. This class exists everywhere. Men aspire to position, and when they discover that an organized party keeps them out of ofiice they resort to independentism and cry out against machine ; and boss rule. I have now no recollection of any independent candidate who ever returned to the party he abandoned. The universal history is that independent j candidates always get as far off from the; party they left as possible by landing in the most extreme portion of the opposite partv. The most reliable and extreme member of the Republican party is Senator.Mahone. lie has never within my recollection failed to v<>ta with the Republicans on every party question. "1 told the reporter that all independ-1 ontistn was founded solely on tho hope of' oltice and depended for success on the use J of money and patronage, and that such I movements and agencies were short lived j and could never make any impression on | the honest white people of the South;; that tho South had rescued itself from j ruin by the power of organization and be- [ lievcd in organized men and organized j parties; that I had more respect for an i organized Republican than 1 had for an i Independent l>enioerat.,f We had the pleasure last Saturday of; meeting .Mr. Kennotnoro, one of the new | proprietors of tho Saluda Argun. We: trust that his now enterprise may bo both ' profitable and pleasant, and that wo may j always bo the best of friends. The 1'rcn.s I /?/*)>?/>) iu olu'nvu irlii/l tfi 1 tA nil frfidf] I terms with its neighbors, despite tho faet j that we Jack the art of pleasing all of! them. Mr. Kennomore may rest assured j that wo have 110 jealousies of his prosperity. There is an abundance of room for all the printers who may come to Abbe vi tie. At its last meeting, tho Board of Missions grouped to pettier four important points in the north-eastern section of the j Diocese, and tendered the mission to tho I?ov. Mr. Hallam, then of Abbeville. Mr. TIallam at first declined the mission, but has recently reconsidered his ('eter-j mination, and lias accepted the work, and is to begin in oti the first of October. | The points grouped in this importantj work are Lanchester, Chester winnsboro, and Kidgeway. Mr. llallam will resido at Winsborro' from which point ho can reach his work by railroad in a few hour's;; travel. Major W. T. Gary of Augusta has-i been nominated as a candidate for the:: (Georgia Legislature from Jtichmoud, county. Is it Gideon's Band ? IF SO, THEY'LL ALL BE DUKES A>*D CARLES. J. Heudricks .'IcLaue for Governor ot South Ciirolitia !--Similar Nonentities for il:c Oilier State Ofiiees The lion. J. U. Campbell for Concrete From the First District and T. J. Mackey From the Sixth?The Convention a Counterpart of the Great "Hinged, Streaked an?l Striped/' \.I. f. II. in AVir* and O'wrtVr.] ('oi.vmim.a, scjitmiiiiior '>.?The hall of (lie House ??i" Ki-prest'jilativfs was about half ftli<il IO-.J iy wiili as singular an nMsi'inblun? of iiii'ii a- cvi r t'atheroit in Columbia, not. ux(*<'l>ti)i(; t*ic political mobs whicli were ii'-cust.io unset lit-rc during tlie ItecnnKlruction era. 'J'lic Convention renrpsontcil Hit* Greenback Labor Reform Independent. party in South Carnlina, ami was made up of variegated materia). of I lie one hundred anil twenty delegates present, about one-fourth were colored and the rest of the number was made up of disaileeicd Democrat*, chronic ofiloe-scekers and their dupes. Judge Mackey Was the only man in tho body with any sort of reputation, good or bad; Tho other delegates were all obscure men, most of them tanners. Dr. John Winsmith, of Spartunburt, who was reported to be present at. the contcrciico of the executive committee last night, was not In attcndanceand has notbecn here. Ueforc the Convention met this tnornlnir ft caucus was held and tho work of last night was completed. At bail-past 12 o'clock, with three raps of a travel, the Convention was called to order by Mr. .1. Ilendrlx McLane, unci was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Durham, of Aiken couiity. Mr. McLarte tlieli made an address. lie said that it had been tho custom since the foundation of our (Jovcrnnien* for the political parties to meet in assembly and nominate their standard-bearers in even* campaign. The people in this .State have heretofore been rallied in the name of the Democratic and the Republican parties. These names have signified a race toelint;, and in no Convention in tills State; has this feeling been wanting. It has pleased (iod, however, to let us live in a progressive age, and most of tho people are wlllUig to lurn their backs on tho past and live for the future. This Convention has assembled. not as a Democratic or a Republican body, but the day has dawned at last when the men who compose It can actus freemen, when they can meet as citizens and not an partisans on a race feeling. The grand ouestion before the country is the purity of the ballot-box, Hiul it is our duty to contend for the right of free speech, a free vote and an honest count, for the encouragement and protection of Industry and for the education of the masses. Wo must not depend for success upon t lie mistakes of our political opponents, but must offer fin Improvement to this country, it we expect to meiU. the support of good people. Nine out of every ten voters are honest and want and will have nothing but good government, If left to their choice. They must be secured in the exercise of nil tlieir rights, and from tho tops of the hills In Oconee county to the salt water nt Charleston they want more than mere political nomination.*. The living Issues are between labor on the one hand and monopolies, rings and bossism on t lie other. Mr. McL ine charged the Convention to be governed by moderation, wisdom and honesty in all itsactions.aiid then "Come what may, let the earth melt and the waters disappear, we will have done our duty." on motion of Mr. McLane ttic Rev. I. D, I)tir1t:im. ?f Ailtr*n. wjik tnftdo t.f?tnnnrarv president, and Dr. V. I*. Clayton, of Fairlield, and l)r. Bowen, of Marion, temporary secretaries of the Convention. The following committee on credentials was appointed: D. 15. Feaster, Fairfield; Hobert 1?. White, Charleston ; \V. W. ltussell, Anderson; Thomas Baskins, Sumter; M. Chnpin, Lexington: \V. I-. L. Wilson, Hlehhuid; W, 15. Muck, Orangeburg. Mr. Hubert Flshburnc, of Colleton, made a spi eel) urging the necessity of each county reporting to the committee on credentials its delegates, and moved that the chairman ol the delegation from each county be Instructed to report the committee ihe names of the del' egates elected to the Convention. Tills motion was deemed unnecessary and occasioned some debate, but. was adopted, Mr. Flshburne explaining that his objeciin making the motion was to secure a correct list ol the delegates, so that when the Convention wanted to go into secret sesssion only the del< elates entitled to seats should be allowed on the tiuor of the Convention. He was not disposed to have m^n present in the Convention who would villify and malign the honest men who had gathered from all sections of the state to do the honest thing. He wanted to sift the chaff from the wneat?and so on ail nauseam. Mr. Capps, of Chester, who wore upon the lappcl ol his coat an ivory skull and crosshones, was opposed to secret sessions whenever the proposition was made, and wanted to deal openly and above board with the work that should be brought before the Convention. Mr. Fca?ter, for the committee on creden' tials, presented the following as the LIST OK DELEGATES. Fairfield?D. It. Feastcr, It. J. Gladney, D.S' Humphreys, \V. W. Collins, J. A. Morris, John Quarles, W. Johnson, G. W. Coleman, Dr. V, 1'. Clayton, Jones McLane.J. M. Coleman, D. It. Rlkins, T. S. Simons. Greenville?A. it. King, James Ferry. Orangeburg? W. B. Mack, W. C. Mitchell,It. It. Martin, F. M. Pricket. Marlboro'?A. G. Johnson, J. F. Grant, J. T. Grant, Oconee?W. II. Stanton. Cato Austin. Georgetown ? F. W. Maeusker. Chester?W. V. P. Capps, W. Stroud, A. II. Hobblns, W. Ilinson, 'i. J. Mackey, B. Carder, A. F. Ketch ins. Berkeley?J. M. Wilder, W. H. Sutclitlc, G. It. Davis, G. W. Coleman, T. F. Fultz, A. M. Harmon, W. H. Blocker. Colleton?C. W. Under, S. Aagustus Sanders, Robert Fishbumc. Charleston?W. P. Itussell.T. Barker Jones, W. J. Oliver, Joseph Martin, B. D. White. Lexington?M. ( liapin, .1. 1. settlor, i<. J. Shealey. J. K. Boozer, J. McCarthy, P. J. Simons, >1. Chestnut, J. A. King, James Barr, Ii. K. Ilutto. Williamsburg?Dr. M. Kelley, II. (J. Cannon, S. Peny, Jr., \V. G. Carter. Aiken?l)r. I. D. Durham, W. II. Brown, \V. D. Durham. Clarendon?.1. II. Johnson, David Lee. Marlon? A. H. Harra son, J. B. Hunt,.I. P. Pridgeon, Steven Barker, J. T. Jarrold, G. W. Richurdson, G. W. Melton. Newberry?Den n l?on. Sumter?Thomas Buskins, J. M. Brown. Edgetield?M. A. Rouners. Kershaw?S. X. Newman, J. G. Sessions, S. B. Hall, B. I. Itadclitfe, W. D. D. Ilall.S. Bionson, W. II. Hlaek, K. W. Hall, H. I). Smith, Thomas Barefoot, A. Belton, J. J. Robinson, T. K. .Marsh, George Washington. \V. I. Cunningham. S. West, K. B. Kelley, T. F. Barnes, ll. W. Qunrles. Richland?S. B. Wallace, .T. A. Pugh, D. W. Idea, I.. 1-. Brown. J. C. Shlrrah, J. II. Martin, I. H. Wilson, W. F. Sealey, L. A. Wise, T. II. Dent, \V\ II. Bowers, W. S. l'osswcll, T. C. Whit worth. B. F. Gibson, X. D. Drafts, Rev, M. D. Jacobs. Anderson?M. T. Jacobs, W. W. Russell, T. II. Russell. Darlington?V?\ II. B. Galloway. J. C. Gregcr, Charles A. Bookhardt, J. A. I/each, W. J. Lockhardt. The permanent organization of the Convention was perfected by the election of the temporary oltlcersand by the appointment of W. i\ Mitchel.', of Orangeburg, as sergeant-aturns. On motion of Robert D. While, of Charleston, a committee of seven, one from each Congressional District, was appointed on platform and resolutions. The committee was appointed tis follows: Robert D. White, f'lmr.iMon; u A. \\ isp, Kiciuann; M.Keiiey \\ illlamsbuig; 1). R. Klkin, Fairfield; L. J' miealcy, Lexington; W. H. lJrown, Allien; A. B. King. Greenville. Mr. W. \V. Russell, of \nderson, moved that n. committee of seven be appointed on nominations. Mr. Fishburne objected to this motion, and made a vigorous speech against it, Haying that (lie policy of the Convention was to fight monopolies, that the adoption of such a resolution would place too much power in the hands of the chairman, and Hint it amounted to the usual plan adopted In packed Conventions of carrying through a cut and dried ticket. Mr. H. Augustus Panders, of Snmmcrville, "heartily concurred In the remark" made by the distinguished Senator from Colleton." Mr. Hussell withdrew his motion, with the statement, however, that the delegate from Colleton had totally misapprehended its purport. Mr. Fishbnrne moved that the Convention go into caucus on the nominations. Mr. Pugh, a colored tailor from Columbia, objected because the Convention was not properly organized. Mr. Fishburne withdrew his motion. Mr. Capps, of Chester, thought It would he better to have one delegate appointed from eiich club to consider the (jupstlun of nominations than to go Into discussion oi candidates in committee of the whole. Mr. I). It. Klklns, of Fairfield, nominated for Governor the Hon. James ii. Campbell, of Charleston. Mr. Fishburne seconded the nomination and made another speech eu'.oglziug the nominee. Just at this thrilling Juncture In the work of the Convention, Mr. (i. \V. Klchardson, a very black delegate from Marlon county, threw a bombshell into the Greenback camp hv fmltine* *'T wnntK to Ittmw inwt. )u?rr> wht-tiier the Greenbacks is going to allow the colored people representation on their tickets?'' lie continued to press tils point, saying: "li we is not going to have representation why we had better not no Into the tight. If I don't support the Greenback ticket I ain't going to support anything else, because I believe It Is right If we are guaranteed representation. We are going right Into this matter blindfolded, utid unless we can go in with representation why we can't go with you." UeforeMr. Richardson had taken his sent Mr. S. Augustus Sunders again rose nnd made a skyrocket speech, declaring that it was "the puri (*se of the independents to give the colored people the rights which pertain to them and to include them on various county tickets, according to their qualifications und fitness for office." Through the whole of S. Augustus .Sanders's speech the delegate from Marlon stood firmly ai his desk, looking like a grim black spectre, and as soon as iliiad been finished again said : "Mr. President, I is still waiting for an answer." The president then evaded the question by saying, "We have not come here to discuss the question of race, but we arc contending for a free vote and a fair count, but we are not in favor of taxation without representation." A'-'ain the irrepressible Itlchardson propounded his fearful Interrogatory, saying: "I dos.'t know one colored man who Is hunting office, but I only wants to know what we have a right to expect." a member moved that the Convention take a recess until I p'cloek, and, with itlchardson still holding the floor and with his question unanswered, the Convention took a recess. When the Convention reassembled Mr. Kobert I). While, of Charleston, submitted the report of Hit-committee on platform and resolutions. the platform declares that under the Constitution Congress and regulate its value. That all money emitted by Congress should boa legal-tender; but thut the National bonds nrea heavy burden upon tlie labor and industry of the country and should be paid as rapidly as possibly ; that legal-tender greenback money, cold or silver should be issued directly from tho treasury at Washington. That the Interests and rights of labor should be protected by the Government anil not sacrificed to National banks and monopolies. That the State F.egisluture should not have passed the No Fence law against the will and Interests of voters In certain sections. That all citizens should be equal before the law, and that all attempts 10 Interfere with free and untrammelled suffrage ure a crime agnlnstcivlllzatloi). Thecommlttec also submitted the following: ADDRESS AND RESOLUTIONS. There never was in the history of the world in any state a sole power or party which was not tyrannical. The Democratic party of South Caiollna to-day asserts that It should remain as it lias been the sole power for several years past, and It is no exception to the cceneial rule of tyrannies. A tyranny Is partial. unjust and oppressive to all except Itself. Such Is the Democracy of this Slate. A tyranny has to adopt, unusual and unlawful means to retain ltse'f In power, from the np plication of real force In Judicial or official murder to the social proscription of Its opponents. The elements of every tyranny tho world ha? everknown are found in thlsto-dny, from murder lu the street to ballot-box stuffing, und the silent but savage process of starving out, nil, all are touud here. The murderI erg goes free, the r.uffrage fruudsare protected, ,'grltu starvation is Justified and our murderI 0113 Star Chambers are styled Temples of Justice. No inteHijent man can object to two parties nt any time, but v.-hej such u tyranny should be overturned It is time tuut ihe best meu lu the country should step to tho front and demand two parties. If the Democracy enn Justify Itself why chould It object to try the issuo fairly and without passion before the grand Inquest of the country at the ballot box. The only renHon muse be It standH convicted In Its own consciousness of Its own tyranny and will not listen either to reason or allow tho voters of the State to hear the case or even to question its Integrity. Was there ver such a tyranny ? And yet we are called the free and Independent Commonwealth 01 South Carolina, where life, liburly and the pursuit of happiness are to be enjoyed by all Oui Institutions are not safe until every citizen entitled to vote is allowed to vote. The llepubllc Is not secure until every honest vole Ik honestly counted. Whoever casts an Illegal ballot, whoever refuses to count a legal one Is a traitor to the great principles upon which our Government Is founded. The existence of the nation dependx on our ability to aster l?*? *???!? *i.a If \ro rtinnnl nip. I vent fraud from receiving the bailots and perjury from annulling tin- returns the Republic cOiisos to exist, ami yet we have a Heglatralion and Election law which practically disj franchises one-half of tlie voters of the .State. We charge; First. The violation of the most solemn pledges made to trie people lu 1S7G by the leaders under Ilampton. Second. The creation of useless offices and thereby an increase of public expenses. Third. The sacrifice o| tho phosphate interest of the state for the enrichment of a few Individuals Instead of utilizing It for the payment of the .State debt. Fourth. Extravagance In Legislative expenses ; S.V7,0(Mi for 1SS-S2, anti an extra session ; whereas It was in 1857 'less than The mode of legislation, too, only Increases the disquietude and political unrest which excludes capital and alsoemlgration, which now amounts to Sl.lMVKH) per annum. Fifth. The unconstitutional Election law with its eight boxes, which Is n political device to disfranchise, many thousands of voters of both races. The registration, though constitutional. has been most shamefully abused and has Illegally excluded many from 1C3I.Strntion. .Sixth. Tho unconstitutional poll tax law, I which Imposes a mark of ten dollars or im | prlsonment for thirty days, which the law j forbids. { Seventh. The gross neglect of enforcing the ; lavrs against carrying concealed, weapons ! duelling, misceglhatlon and licentiousness. 1 Eighth. The reltisal to leave the Fcnce law 1 to the vote of the people which has been !>o j destructive to the interests of so many, and | as the law Ho\V stands should be repeulod. I Ninth The Lien law In Its present form j places the Impoverished buyer at the mercy I of the vandal with ills usurious percentage, which is tantamount almost to confiscation. I It requires modification permitting 12 per | cunt, to be collectable by law on cash prices. I T ,1. 1\,*? ininri ,, i vfimk II V the i mileage grab of the last Legislature. I Eleventh. We are opposed to the ConstHu: tlotial amendment because it places the entire | political interests of the citizens in the hands . of a trial Justice. i Twelfth. \Ve think that the ofliees of Auditor and treasurer should he united in one officer to he elected by the people The appointive power iins been most fearfully abused to the public detriment. Thirteenth. It requires ceaseless vigilance tc guard against rings and monopolists, which have consumed the vitals of the State. Fourteenth. We condemn the the gerrymandering of the State. Fifteenth. We condemn threatened in tend' | ed shifting of the ballot boxes. Sixteenth. An unnecessary multiplication of officers with extravagant salaries tends to corrupt the civil service. The salaries of our Slate aud county otllcers should be reduced one-third. Seventeenth. Wc are opposed totheonactment of a prohibition law until that question shall be settled by a vote of the people. ' Eighteenth. No railroad should bp allowed to change Its schedule of Height rates without '| giving thirty day's notice of such Intention. SIR. KISIIBUIINE . moved to strike out the resolution referring to the mileage grab, and made a long, ram bling speech, etrcciually tiring out the par ticnce of the delegates and disgusting the Convention. He \otcd for this grab during the last session of the Legislature. | Mr. Wallace, colored, thought the fact that I Flshburne hud voted for the mileage grab | was no reason why the Convention should re fuse to denounce it. This statement was rer ceivcd with loud applause and a scene of ; INDKSCHIRAULE CONFUSION ensued. Delegates in all parts of the house . called "nuestion'' lit the top of their voices, aud Flshburne, who had regained the floor, , refused to yield until the president decided whether he was in order or not. Just here Mr. S. Augustus Sanders, of Suni! merville, rose in an excited way nnd demanded the question. Flshburne declined to ; yield. The president rapped him down, when. . turning to him In a frenzied way and point-1 , ing to Mr. S. Augustus Sanders ho exclamed, "Do you mean, sir, to rule mo out of order for that Radical scoundrel?" The president declared that ho would be obliged to call the sergcant-at-arms nnd have . Fishburue put out if he did not submit, and amidst a rarely equalled scene of disorder Mr. Kishburne was at last sulQciently subdued 10 seek his scat, when the platform and resolulions were unanimously adopted. MK. MACKL'SKEH, OK GEORGETOWN, thougiit the Convention should go into a private conference to discuss the situation and select their standard-bearers and moved that the doors be closed. The press and people were then excluded from the hall and the Convention, with Dr. I Durham in the chair, went Into secret session. Mr. H. Augustus Sanders nominated the Hon. James b. Campbell lor Governor. Mr. Kishburne rose to a point of order. lie said that Mr. Campbell hadnlicady been nominated and endorsed by the Convention. He was Inlor/ned that the nomination had not prevailed. Judge Mackey said that theie were two things which should be considered, the fitness and availability of a candidate for this oMce. Mr. Cumpbell would add lustre to the movement, but he should be consulted as to whether lie would accept the noinlnation. It would not do for tlie Convention to nominate a candidate who would not serve. After some further debate the nomination for Governor was suspended, and then the liominatlou for Lieutenant-Governor was also suspended. After a lit tle while Judge Macke.v moved that the Convention nominate a lull ticket. I Campbell was again sprung. Mackey said thut lie hud been informed by Mr. \V. J. Oliver that Mr. Campbell was unalterable in his determination not to accept the nomination for Governor. That he, Campbell, tlioyitht he could serve his .State bet ter as a member of Congress from the First District, and that he would be a candidate for that position. Mr. Kishburne wanted to know "if Campbell is not our only chance?" and to this pertinent inquiry Mackey lndignuntly replied, j"No, he is not our only chance: Wo have a thousand chances. Tills great movement does not depend upon any one man for success." Kishburne sat down. The motion to go into the nomination of a | full State ticket prevailed. , J. HKNimiX M'LAXK was nominated, and the nomination wns seconded by \V. \V, Itussell. who glorilled McI Lane as the standard-bearer of the party for j the last four years and as never having trailed I Its banner in the dust The nomination was | greeted with vociterous applauseand was confirmed by acclamation. Loud calls were| I made for MeLane, who said: "1 hardly know what to say, but if you will give me your unlhigglng support we will have this I Government, lam willing to spend all my I efforts, and, if need be. die in attempt to carI ry our movement through. It you don't j mean business you are mistaken in the 110mI (nation you have made. If you Bland by me | aud lollow me through 1 WILL UK GOVERNOR of South Carolina, or by the Eternal wo will have a military government This bloodthirsty oration occasioned another outburst lit' applause. \V. \V. Russell, T. J. Maokey and Robert I). White were then nominated lOr LieutenantGovernor. Resell and Mackey were withdrawn. White waseuioglzed by Mackey, Who aid the ticket should be headed by the plough and the hammer, and that White's chisel was never truer to the marble than his heart was l to duty. Mr. S. Augustus Sanders and T. H. Russull I also eulogized White, aud his nomination was j made unanimous. Wiiite took the lloor, and after rcciting his I devotion to the parly declined the nomlna{lion ou account of his limited means aud his duties to a large family. Tiiis brought oui Alackcy again, who said ; thai he would make party speeches In the sstale and spend his last dollar for the cause. J That Wlilte need ouly reinaiu silent and leave his cause Willi the people. A committee of Ave, with Macky as chairman, was appointed to conler with White. Mil. S. AUOl'STAS SAN OK 113 ! was then nominated for Attorney-General, | but this was more than even a Greenback Convention could stand, and on motion of I Major T. II. Russell theCunventionadjourned j until S o'clock. | The Night Session. At the night session of the Convention the j doors were again closed and Mr. S. Augustus i .sunders came suddenly to grief. When the Convention ciinie to order Mr. | I Flshburne again occupied the lloor, und lor* | hematite ceasing to be a virture, Judge Mackley dcclarsed thai the dignity of the body must be maintained, and moved thai FISHUUUNK UK REMOVED JtOM KT1IK UALL. After u considerable scuttle the refractory I member wus put out, und then by u unuul-1 j moUH vote he was expelled from theConveu-l tlon. I After a great mauy nominations and almost j | endless speech-making the State ticket was! completed at 11 o'clock as tollows: For Secre-1 tur> of State, Thomas Buskins of Sumter; | Comptroller-lienetal, Simeon t'orley of Lex| lngtou ; Attorney-General, C. U. Farmer of Colleton; Treasurer, \V. H. Sluuton of OeoInec; Adjutant-Oeneral, J. T. Johns of Durlllugton; ftu perln ten dent ol' Education, ltev. I. I). Durham of Aiken. j On motion of W. U'. Russell the Convention j then went Into the nomiuutiou of Congress| man lrom each Congressional district. THE HON. JAMES B. CAM I'll Ki<L, of Charleston, was nominated from the First District, and T. J. Mackey Iroin the Filth District. Mackey addressed the Convention at length, declaring that every pledge made to the colored people by Hampton In 1S70 had been ruthlessly violated, and reviewing with much severity the Registration and stock laws and other measures adopted by the last Legislature. Mackey spoke for three-quarters of an hour, after wl.ieh ttie nominations lor additional Districts was proceeded with. T. 11. Russell, I of Andorson. was nominated front the Third District: li. it. Elkins, of Fairfield, from the I Fourth District; Or. How en, of Marlon, from | the Sixth District. No nomination was made : iroin the Seventh District, and the Executive 'Committee were authorized to nominate a I candidate from the Second District, The J noiulnt.es on the State ticket und lor Congress and the Executive Committee will meet tomorrow morning for consultation. A collection was taken up to co\er the cost of lighting the hall, 'i hanks were tendered to the president and at 12 o'clock the Convention aujourned nine die. A Sad Tale.?Up In the morning at sunI rise. Breakfast must be ready before 7. Wood I wot?won't burn. Only half an hour lelt. 1 Kerosene can In comer. That will give a ] starter. Eugeily pour the combustible stutl ! in the stove A sudden blaze?explosion?the {contents of the can scattered over the clothling. A shriek; a run. Caught, and clothing I torn irom the persor, with injury to the sec- < !ond party. No breakfast. Angels; coffin;I grave. Such is the report In almost every pu- j | per we pick up, and duilng the past week we ' have noticed a dozen or more casualties re- l i suiting from this cause. Bewurci?Florence I . 'l\mea. There Is an unmallable letter in the post of [ flee at Anderson addressed to Mrs. Hum C. Maddox, Uonaidsvllle. H. C. Also one to Jno. , K. C'udd, Spartanburg. , Confederate bonds sold at ?S per 81,000 in , Charleston last week. What anybody wants with that defunct paper is one of the mystc- , rlcs that no one has sol ved. i MIks Hammle Giles, a fascinating young i | lady from Orauitevlllo, Is now visit lug the I I family of Air. K, L. Mooreheud, in Anderson, i j ?Anderson Journal. ,1 On Historic Grounds. THE CAMPAIGN MEETING AT ABBETILLE. Warm Welcome to the Candidatcs-Col. Thompson as a Humorists-Colt C. llichartlson Miles on the linllot, its use aud AbuseOther spceesch. [News and Courier.] AnnrcviLLE, September 6.?The meeting hero to-day whs not large, for various reasons. An exhausting county campaign Itrecently over. ICvery one Is worn out. The crops are being harvested, and [here is not n Greenbacker in the county, no show of opposition by the Radicals and nothing to arouse excitement. Besides, nnd the chief reason, no active steps were taken to Assemble a large concourse of the Democracy until a period too late too make eil'ort of avail. For these reasons to-day's meeting was dlsiip pointing in revpeci 10 size, out in every ouier qualification It was very gmtfylng. Tlio party left OrccnvUlo yesterday morning, arrived at Hodge's about 1 1'. M., where they were met by Congressman Alkcn and taken In carriages to his home In Cokesbury todlnner. Later in the evening, being Joined by Mr. Miles and Treasurer Richardson, they proceeded by the Abbeville branch rond toAbbevllle. whore iliey were met by a reception committee and delight Cully entertained nt the homes of Judges McGowan aid Cut bran. This morning 11 tt o'clock n procession was formed, and the speakers wero escorted In carriages to the ground near the railroad depot, known as Secession Grounds, hy a detachment of lied Shirts, the Abbeville Itllii-s In full force and the line Due West Cornet Hand. Arrived at thcstnr.d a small but select assemblage of several hundred Democrats were found, which gradually Increased until the crowd numbered somewhat less than a thousand. A number of ladies were present. The people In attendance comprised the best representlve Democrats of the county, both of the Maxwell and Hemphill sides, and both these recent competitors for Senatorial nomination were present. Artillery saluted at the Intervals of the speaking anil the music was excellent. In all respects but numbers the meeting was all thntcould be desired. At II..'10 A. M. the meeting began with prayer by the llcv. It. N. Pratt, chairman. Col. Kuecne U. Gary addressed the meeting briefly, alluding to the historic spot on which It had assembled. Not only the first Secession speech and thellrst vote In favor of Secession had tieen inade In cast there but the last speech of the Kadlcal Governor was delivered there In 1S70. Referring to what was then won he declared the object of this campaign to be to maintain It- He introduced ?'ol. Thomson asemlnently flit d for the high olllce to which lie laid been truly culled by his people." Col. Thompson was greeted with an old Abbeville yell, given with a will. He said that an omen had been observed by hlni this morning. We could not expect to have over again such a campaign as that of lsyti, but. all rcinenbered the enthusiasm excited and the firm determination aroused when 'he proceedings of the Radical Stale Convention that year were announced to the democratic canvassers and the people of Abbeville at their meeting on this very spot. The omen was this: That a Radical Convention In disguise met In Columbia yesterday, and nominated a Ntnto ticket, and we would beat that purly this year worse than we did the Radical party hi 187(1, "My friends," continued Col. Thompson, "IF YOU HAVE TEARH TO SIIKD prepare to shed them now," IIo then lead the names on the Greenback ticket, Just, be fore received bv telegraph, nnd continued : "I would like to tell you u11 about these people. hut I am unable to net the information nnd would be thankful for light n.s to one or two, of whom I lirtve never heard. My telegram states that Judge Mackcy furnished and ran the Convention, but I dont know that with all his devilllsli Ingenuity lio could furnish brains to that ticket. That I* something beyond his power. These men nominated In Columbia will ho supported by the Radical party, if supported at all. But I believe that the,better class of Republicans will repudiate the ticket and refuse to aid in carrying out thcvlllanous purposes of theCJrecnI back party. I could slaml by the hour and expose If neccssary the frauds and fallacies of theGreenbaek party, but It Is unnecessary. It is a chameleon party, and I believe that notone member of their stale ticket could explain the principles of Mouth Carolina Greenback Ism. col. Thompson then remarked that this wasthe first time in the canvass that he had made more than a passing allusion to the Grenbackers, that hedidnt consider it necessary to say more now than that they represented Republican hopes, and being heretofore Ignorant of the existence of somo of these men of straw he would leave the subject. Speaking of education, Col. Thompson hbowed that the Republican administrations had stolen or sunk ilO.HSl of the school fund of Abbeville, which is still owing to her. Under Democratic administration, with the burden of past Indebtedness to carry, nearly two thousand more children were educated yearly In the county than under Radical rule, the Increase being chiefly among [ the colored children. Dli-cussing the necessities of the public school system, he showed 'that It Is not a creation, but a growth. It mu*t grow up with the people. He would predict that within ten years South Carolina, with contlnuanccof the present policy, woi Id have a system equal to any. He urged the imparlance of local efficiency In school men. A distinguished man once said that the best way to o'rganl/.ee an etllcient volunteer compnny was to make the best man orderly sergeant and the next best captain. Sola school matters he would make the best man echool commissioner and the next best superintendent of education, the greatest power for good lying In the local officers. Money Is urgently needed for schools. South Carolina has about thesiune population as Maryland and spends half a million dollars for the public schools, while Maryland spends a million and a half. This factshowed the room that exists for improvement. Vet in only five Suites in the Union is thescbool tax ns high in this Slate. I *\j! uuuj' m'lujj UMI uumm v*c illum rti^ uii the General Government for the assistance which is due us by it. Education Is a polltlI cal necessity. The ballots of the uneducated and misguided tore up the foundation of our Government In the days of lteconstruc Hon, and It will be Ignorant and misdirected ballot which will, if any thing does, overturn our present honest administration. All we need to bring about lasting harmony and peacc Is lignt to the mind of the voter. Then no designing man can distract our government with impositions upon the ignorant. Col. Thompson was heartily applauded, as were the succeeding speakers Messers Sheppard and Lipscomb made good addresses, which were well received. COX* niCUAHIISON MILKS asked. Why were the canvassers here? not because they doubted the votes of the Democrats of Abbeville; not that they doubled their Intelligence and character. There was no opposition worthy of the name. Why, after six years of good government which would challenge comparison with thatof any part of the world, were they here to day ? Hecause we had to consider grave questions of govornincnt. The root of political troubles from which we had suffi.red In South Carolina was the debasement of the tuQVage. This was forced upon the people of the State through constitutional amendments which were officially declared adopied by the Southern States. The problem wlilcn the people of South Carolina have had to solve since the adoption of these amendments was. How in a Slate In which universal suffrage is fixed by fundamental law, where the majority of of thoso entitled to suffrage have not sufficient virtue, intelligence, or Independence for Its proper exercise, the paramount obligation of every political community to maintain a Government which will give adequate protection lire and property, preserve order and maintain the supremacy of the law can be fulfilled ? This was the end, and the means provided for the attainment of the end should not be confounded with or made paramount to the end Itself. The franchise of the citizen Is only one of the ri cans through which It Is sought to obtain good government, and yet how clamor and declamation about a free ballot and a falrcount tiad been so Indulged In to the drowning of the voice of sober reason. It would seem as if the ballot was the ultimate end and aim of Government, Instead of a mere mode or method by which It Is sought to establish good government. Mr. Miles Instanced thepei version of the ballot to tho destruction of the Government between 1863 and 1X76as the legitimate and natural product ol forces thus put Intoopiratlon. Strikingly reviewing the revolution of ItSTO the speaker continued: That campaign was thoroughly aggressive. Since we have hnd posession oi the state we nave nau to stand upon the defensive. Such a campaign 18 fur less exciling than nn aggressive one. We have to an peal to reason unci judgment and not to feeling. The pollIleal problem forccd upon us for solution lu IMS still remained unsolved. llccognlzlng that our paramount obligation Is to maintain in South Carolina a govern meut In which those who possess virtue, intelligence and property shal 1 contrail, and which shall yet be so administered as that all shall receive the protection afforded by the honest and impartial udmlnis-1 tration of equal and Just laws, it is incumbent upon us so to do itas to secure the confidence and good-will of all within the Stale and the respect of those outside whose good opinion we value. And we must solve this I problem our selves. The first means was to propose good men for office. This had been done. The nextvas a good platform of principles to be firmly adhered to. This had been gl /en to the counrrv, Us words or soberness and truth, standing out In striking contrast with the platitudes usually characterizing such documents. Kducate the Ignorant votei. Teach him to save money, to acquire a stakeIn the community, to feel luxation Let us through the mnchsiiery proved bv law honestly maintain good government. Yon may call it white supremacy, but it is the supremacy ot virtue, intelligence, property. It Is a platform we can stand on before the world. Wo may say to those outside the State: Hands! oil"! weara the ones to solve this problem, and solve It wo will. Urging interest in National affairs and the the best aid to the National Democracy whose success would remove lu the Republican party the greatest existing temptation to thencgro tovoteagalnst the interest of tlie whites of the South, Mr. Miles concluded with a prediction that if this latter result followed and the Republicans were driven from control at Washington, the millennium would dawn upon the South. COL. JOHN PETEIl KICHAKIISON made the first of a series of strong speeches on State finances, which will be fully outllno/i itiit?rin ih?#'?nvilss. and the uieetlnuad Journed. Off to Newberry. XKWBErry, September ?- 10 P. M.?Aftpr experlondngstill furthcrunravalled hospital-; Ity at Abbeville I lie party left at (5 o,clock on I a special train furnished hy the courtesy ofi President Mcl'nughrin, of t lie Columbia and | Greenville Itallroad, and have Just readied | Newberry, where a meeting will be held to-1 morrow. They were met here by a reception j committee, a large crowd and a band, and! were escorted to quarters provided. The news of the Greenback nominations; was received this morning with much merriment by the canvuRHOiH. The waste basket ticket of odds and ends affords no hope of a spirited campaign. Much guessing is going on as to who Hie different nominees are. 'J he lnslgnlficuucc of the crowd Is a protection to them. n. a. a. I Arrest of Circus Mcu for Swindling:! People at Concord. [Charlotte Observer,| Pome excitement was caused in the city yes-! terday by the arrest of a circus man named \V. E. Crosby, upon warrants sued out by Ks-} vulreJlm Hill, of Concord, for.I. K. Jenkins, J. B. Ilartmati and W. T. Fisher, threo men who had been robbed by Crosby at tiie circus lu Concord the day before. It seems Jenkins, I who Is a Cabarrus man, was swindled out of | JC8 In a manner which we will describe fur-1 ther on, Hartman wus caught up forfJl), and ; Fisher forgli. According to llielraccount. tho| swindle was a bold, cheeky affair. Jenkins went to buy a ticket to the circus and banded the man a S20 bill to change, at the same I line, Bxhlbitini: a $50 bill. Crosby saw this S.">0 bi|l j and told Jenkins that if lie would allow him to eqchange It, he would give him someclr-: cus tickets. Jenkins Jumped at the offer and I banded up both the &0 and the S3) bill. The man handed him his change which lie put in I Ills pocket and walked into the circus. It was i not until some time thereafter lie pulled out iiU niirup mid examined the chatiKe, thut the serious nature of the fraud practiced upon. Liiua was discovered. 11c bad given the olrcus < man $70 nnd lind received In chango Just Si The man had handed Jenkins two one dollar bills that wero doubled back nnd made to look like big bills. Hartman and Fisher wei j swindled out of 820 In tho side show in tbe same manner. The three men came over to the city yesterday armed with warrants for the arrest of the man. The warrants were placed In the hands ot Constable John Means and the men went, around with him to Identity the swindler. As the street parade was pausing Independence liijuare, they saw thei; man and p inted him out, when he was immediately arrested nnd carried before Esquire Davidson, who, after hearlhg tbe testimony, put Crosby under a bond of 8200 for his ap pearance for trial tbl* morning. Crosby gave the bond and was released, but later in the day he came back to the maglstrate, accompanied by Jenkins, Hartman and Fisher, and refunded their losses to them, adjusted the whole matter satisfactorily, paid the cost* and was bidden to depart on tils way rejoicing, afier a warning not to be caught at any such ttiuks again. 4 ^ What Independents Are. [Augunta Chronicle nnd CoiutituUonalht.] Mahone claimed to bean IndependentDomocrat. Otherwise he never would have been a Senator. He swiftly betrayed his Darty and disgraced his State. John S. Wise, a year ago, was blatant In proclaiming his unadulterated Democracy. He Is now running for Congress as a dyed-in-the-wool Radical, aided and assisted by the Federal Administration and money wrung from clerks and scruitwommi, Lowe, of Alabama, run as n Greenback Democrat.. Just an soon as he was seated, lie ?*i?ntovcr to the enemy body, soul and boots. Why do Republicans at the .South rejoice when. In any Congressional District, an Independent candidate announces himself, with more or less of sophistry and special pleading? Because orders have tone from Washington to that effect. We have It, by authority, that the Republican leaders confidently expected that they would gain votes in th? ner.t Congress through the success oj Independent candidates in a number o/ the Southern Districts, and that these Independent candidates, while declining to avow themselves Republicans would vote for the Republican candidate for Speaker, and in ever)/ wan oppose the Democratic Ifr/tirbons. The hope, expectation and design of ti e Federal I'ower are frankly outlined In the above italicized sentences. They are not of our concoction, but come from Wasniuuton and may be louml in any first-class Republican paper. East and West. Wherefore, it will bo seen that an Independent candidate for Congress, in this section. Is welcomed as an open, secret or Ignorant ally of the party that reconstructed the South and Is bent upon the same mission in a ditrerent, but not the less, I demoralizing, way. No Southern man can I enter into any such scheme, or lend himself ambitiously to any such project as we have exposed, without making himself liable to be held us giving aid and comtort to the common enemy. Such a person may plant himself on the Hill of Rights, the popular will or any other convenient clap-trap platfojm; but, deliberately or innocently, he is regarded as a friend by Arthur, Mtihouc A Co.,and therefore cannot be looked upon as anything but a foe by the people of the South, who do not wish to return to Bullock-Blodgett methods. As we have begun this theme, it may as well be supported l>y cumulative testimony. Mr. George C. Gorham, editor of the Republican organ, at Washington, who has the "honor" of being Mahone's right-bower, thus writes In a recent issue of his paper: We can only change the Solid South fiorr. Bourbonlsm by dividing the enemy. * ? * ? General Chalmers claimed nothing at the hands of our friends. They urged uim forward becauso he could get thousandsof votes that no Republican had ever received. If Be puuncail IIlIiiiJi men in ni.\bci'u niutni ni suites are essential to the advancement of Republicanism in the Nation, they can be restored at any time. Jf the JJourbons are to be j made the minority it cannot be by Jt'rpublicans voles alone. The taut decade prove* that. A rolid Xorth cannot be relied on, even through alii* ances with the taskmasters of the people. Only through llourbon divisions can Jiourbon restoration be prevented. Mr. (jorliam is an open, undisguised enemy He lights Irom no ambush. His policy Is nut that of concealment. "Rourbonism," In lii.s category, means Organized Democracy. To break down organized Democracy at the South, he favors the Independent movement there. To save the Republican pyrty everywhere. he announces the Republican programme to be a thorough anil enthusiastic support of all Independent candidates who sally forth against regular Democratic nominees. To prevent the Democratic party from gaining possession of the Government, he confesses that Indepcndentism at theSoutli is the only Radical hope. To desperately se^k a harrier against the election of a Democratic Fiesldent, Southern Independents are to be patted on the back, voted for by Republicans and In every way succored. These are not our expressions of opinion. They arc the pronounced views of Mr. George C. Gorham. editor of Mr. Arthur's orgun, General Mfvhonc's chief cook and bottle washer, and the j mouthpiece ol the itad leal-Republics ti-Ontrallzing authority. Under such a plain presentation ot facts, what most we think of a man who, as we have said before. Innocently or deliberately, forwards the designs of such a conspirator and such a party ? If the Independent has acted lgnorHtitly, he can come down from his false position, as Mr. Jones, of North Carolina, did. If he is acting deliberately, we must, perforce, treat him as an ally ! of the Republican party. There Is no escape | from one or the other of the horns of this dilemma. To clinch the whole statement, we prominently introduce extract* from the opinions of | G^n. James Longs:reel, as reported by one of i the Post-Appeal editors. Gen. Longstreet has declined to be a candlI date for (.'ongrcssmeu-at-Laruo. He gives his masons thus: "As a rule the regular Republican nominee In Georgia can accomplish nothing except drive back Into the organized Democracy all the disaffected elements of Bourbonisin, thereby preventing Independent candidates from running. If there Is no regular Republican nominee for an ollice the Independents | will run.anu in addition to the support of t their Democratic friends they would a'so rei eelvo tne bulk of the Republican vote, and 1 thus sccure Iliclrelection." "What opinion does the President entertain on till" subject ?" "I think the President asrees with those views. He Is a ntan of fine political sagacity, and Is well informed on this subject, lie knows that as Ill-publicans we have been working and golm: from bad to worse instead of doing any good." "1 think he Is a little Impatient at the result of the party working In the .South, and that he thinks it Is time to adopt, some line of polIcy which Rives promise of moie fruitful results. The party had political possession of | this state eleven years ago, and have so manipulated it and mIsinanuged, that out of ninety or a hundred thousand votes It can't claim a single representative in Congress. The Ioniser it runs in the old rut the more completely we shall bu under Democratic domination." "How do you account for tlil??" "Tho>e who have controlled the Republican party naturally think it better to keep It down to narrow limits in order that they may better manage the delegations that make the nominations at the .National Conventions, and thereby secure the Federal appointments In the State. They know full well that if the j party was lame and powerful, controlled by (strong and Influential men, that they would | llnd their proper level and lose their importI ..?w.n irt nf tho iiflminUtnit.Um." "How do you propose to remedy all this?" "liy co-operating with the Independents and I associating ourselves with other old Union men and nil I.iberat political elements in the We shall organize a powerful party that will be In harmony with the National Oovernment and In sympathy with all National reeling people." "Why Is it that the Democrats fight Independent candidates so bitterly, and yet seem to court the candidature of Republican nominee*?" "Well, Its because they know lhat Republicans can do them no injury, but rather by their nominal opposition assure the Democrats of complete sucress. The Independents have gone into their move meaning business; in other words, the overthrow ot Bourbon rulo!' If this does not prove everything we have been urging, the Knullsli language Is Incapable of conveying ideas. Gen. Longstrect utters no uncertain sound. He ardently desires the restoration of Republicans to power In (ieorgia, and has no hope of effecting that purpose except through Independent candidates. Further comment is unnecessary. The Independent candidate must stand forth as the ally of Arthur, Mahonc. Longstreetand the Jacobin faction. Men who propose to vote for Independent candidates in Georgia cannot any longer plead Ignorance of what such a ballot means. They are enemies lothe Democratic parly and are regarded at Washington as tiie left wing ot the Jacobins who I once held Georgia in thrall and are moving in every way to restore a degradation which was with so much difficulty trampled in the dust.! I Choose ve whom ve shall serve?the parly of| I local-self-government or the purty of empire; | the men who have rescued us from infamy or I the men who would bind Georgia hand and I foot to the car of Radical domination. ? 4> The Greenback Ticket. I Winmboro New* and J/erald.] The Greenback ticket Just nominated In f,'o-j lumhla needs a biographer. Nobody seems to| know much about the men who are to lead < the people out of darkness. Mr. J. Uendilx ' MeLane is already well known in 1'alrlleld.j He took a very active part In the ciimpalgt) of; 1K76. and became chiefly consplelous in his efforts to induce Democratic farmer?) to turn I Republican voters into the road. The Idea of his ever being Governor ol South Carolina Is ridiculous. There is not an honest man in the State who will not admit that McLanc would disgrace the position by Ignorance ami Kcneral capacity. .Mr. White, the nominee for Lieutenant-Governor, is a sorehead from Charleston, lie is an excellent stone-cutter, I and In his present conduct he casts a retlec| Hon upon an honorable calling, llasklus, the nominee for Secretary of State, Is from Sumter county, and. Judging from the nccouts given ot him by the local newspapers, lie Is as unworthy to fill that position as Henry Johnson was to represent l-'alrtleld in the Legislature. Simeon Corley, nominated for Comptroller-General, Is an original Radical scalawag, having served In the Reconstruction convention in 18US, and afterwards in Confress. He has recently been postmaster at .exlngton. He well represents the dirtiest Radical element in the McLanc combination. C. 11. Farmer, the would-be Attorney-General, Is also a scalawag and chronic ofllee-seeker. He has recently been talking of running as .... icandidate for theSenate from I Colleton. He nerved u short term as Circuit Judge, under the appointment of R. K. Scott, and was generally regarded as a legal Ignoramus. W. II Stanton, the nominee for stale Treasurer, Is entirely unknown. He halls from Pickens. J.T.Johns lias served two years as a policeman In Florence, and this tact seems to have won him the place on tills delectable ticket as the candldnte for AdJutant-General. The Ilev. I. 1). Durham, we understand, is a dentist and Baptist minister, who once lived or practiced In Fairfield. He Hi'etui to have attained no position in either of his professions?a fact which, lakrn in connection wltli his lending himself to the mongrel movement, bespeaks his utti-r unfitness for the important duties of liio Superintendent of Education. The Greenback-Labor-Reform Convention has done Its work and made Itself the laughing-stock of sensible people everywhere. Claiming to represent a grand Idea In national noUtles and to be the pre-eminent advocates of reform in South Carolina, the mem-li hers of this body have succeeded In making a 11 ticket that embodies quite as much ignor-J ancens any State ticket ever nominated by the liadlcal party. Granting, for the sake of argument, that we need reform, it Is monstrous to ask that such a crowd shall be the reiorniers. Admitting, even, all the foolish talk of McJ.ane and Ins fellows to be true, the men put on their ticket are Incapable of putting in practice a single one of their theories. To ask the Intelligent people of South Carolina to give their support to such a ticket is an 1 " "iituwit tlipv will not. tnloriite limuiu a ? ?.j "-i v , it. The lines lire now sharply drawn. 1 The Green baek-Labor-Jndependent move- i ment In South Carolina is negro movement. Its leadens are white men, but they look to ? the negro for countenance and support. Without the negro vote they can do nothing, . and they know It. Already they arc pandering to the follies and passions of the negro, 1 and already they have made him promises of < a division of the spoils. The success of this | ticket would be as disastrous to the best lu- i iercsts of the State as was the triumph of j Frank Moses and his crew of thieves. i The success of this movement means tho \ restoration of negro rule in South Carolina. Are the good people of ilie State ready for such results? I.et them answer at once. Let ns resolve to crush this mongrel ticket beneath a majority of votes so heavy that McLane and his whole crowd shall be burled out of eight forever. ??y;p?? B. K. BE -DEAL] Window and Hot I Bough and Dressed Li Hinges and Sash Ketchi Office: Over A. M. H Sept 0,1882, tf W. T. WHELE8S, Late of Sibley, Wbeless Co. WHELES COTTON FACTORS AND C OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE: 1 Augus Agents for the Daniel Pratt Prompt Compliance with Instructions mentn. Liberal Advanc< August P, 1882, 3m GEO. R. SIBLEY. SIBLEY & COTTON ] AGENTS FOR T1 AUGUS1 SPECIAL ATTENTION Satisfaction Goaranteefl. Qnti August 2,1SS2,3m ????? W. JOEL SB I We have in stock and to and LARGE ASSORTMENT which are conveniently arran GOODS STOKE, which has r vated and fixed up in IIAND manner. We have spared n< equipment of our Store nn STOCK, and we truHt that our ho unappreciated bv our friem LARGE STOCK, A NEW STOCK of Dry Goods, Millin We respcctt'uliy invite an insp W. April 5, 18S2, 11 ! ____________________________ | w7t7mcD0 | Nos. 350 & 35 DEAL! All kinds of goods suitable to occupy I he large and commodious 8to j CO. Give us a call aud you will ilnd our stocl LADIES, MISSES, Cj i Wc are agenti jSEWING- MACHINES, OILS, N1 ; When In want examine onrp. Everything w< : the largo palroiiuse bestowed upon us l>y our : tlnuuijcu of the same by f'AIU DEALING ai | Res i i March 22, 2882, tf The Place to Get What You Want! CHRISTIAN WILSON ALWAYS in storo, a complete stork of FANCY' GROCERIES, CANNED 'GOODS anil CONFECTIONERIES of all kinds. Tlio best and cheapest CIi GARS and TOBACCO. The FINEST | WINES and LIQUORS. j Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey : For medical purposes a specialty. Also, j Choice Liquors of any kind for medical ! purposes. j Givo us a call. Satisfaction guaranteed. CHRISTIAN & WILSON, Abbeville, S. C. I Nov. 1G, 1881, tf JAMES C. KLUGH, .Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C. WILL practice in all the Courts of the State. *' fJun. 4.1SS1,12iu Marshall F. DeBruhl, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. II. S. C. Received This Week! Three new and stylish walnut Chamber Suites at bottom prices, at w. p. wardlaw. April 20, 1881. l. w. pehuik, t. p. cothran PEBRIN & COTHEAN, Attorneys at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C. Jan. M1880. tf Paas Dyes, Paas Dyes. WILL dye eggfl, any material of woolen, silk, paper and feathers. Will not dye cotton. Paper 5 cents each,A papers for 2.51 cents. " EDWIN PAKKEll. March 22,1882, tf ILl'ILli JJaVE on band almost every varloty of CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, * AND WAGONS, ivhlch they ofler to their customers on the most uiivantniieous terms. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. With the best of workmen In every branch of mr business, and an abundant supply of umber, nnd other materials, we are prepared .0 do all kinds of repairing in the very best nanner, nt the shortest notice, and on the nost uceommodatlng terms. All work fully varrauted. SEAL & McILWAINE, Washington Street. Abbeville, Fob. 22,1882, tf ACHAffl, EB ITSTted Sash, Doors, Blinds imber, Improved Blind 58. ill & Sons. E. T. YARBROtfan, Of Abbeville County, S, C. C L PA IJ VXi \J\J. OMMISSION MERCHANTS. JO. 727 REYNOLDS STREET, itsi, G-a. Revolving Head Cotton Gin. Relative to Diapoiitiou of Consign;s on Produce in Store. WM. M. JORDAN. JORDAN, FACTORS, ffDHE BEiT GINS, TA, GA. GIVEN TO WEIGHTS. i Sales and Prompt Retires, IITH & SON. arrive a MOST BEAUTIFUL of Spring and Siumncr Goods, ged and displayed In our I>HY ecently boon completely renoSOME, yet BUSINESS-LIKE either laFior nor expense in the d tho PURCHASING of our sinecro clfort to please will not ils and customers. We have STOCK, and a HANDSOMHT erv, Notions, Brots and Shoe*. eetion of our stock. JOEL SMITH & SON. NALD & GO. I Main Street, :rs in? THE WANTS OF EVERY ONE. WE NOV re house formerly occupied by BARNWELL i i full and complete. Many nice goods for ttoi HILDREN AND ALL. j for all kinds ol SEDLES AND ATTACHMENTS 3 sell gunrantoed as represented. Thankful fo friends and the public, we ho|?e to merit a cou id STRICT ATTENTION to our buxlnosa. pectfully, W. T. McDONALD & CO. Tart & COMPANY I Hardware Merchants, HEADQUARTERS FOR DANIEL PRATT COTTON GINI Feeders & Condensers THE BROWN COTTON GINS, FEEDER/ AND CONDENSERS. SCIIOFIELD COTTON TRESS, ENGINEf AND GIN GEARING. L. T. GRANT'S PATENT FAN MILLS AGENTS FOR BALDWIN FEED CUTTERS. BURR ALL CORK SHELLERS, THOMAS BRADFORD & CO'S, CORN, WHEAT AND FEED MILLS. FOR SALE. GIN BRISTLES, BABBITT METAL, BELTING, MILL STONES, MILL PICKS, AND FULL LINES OF HARDWARE [ STATE AGENTS FOR Kemp's Manure & Cotton Seed Spreads] Bavee QOper cent of the labor, and double* the valui of the Manure, one load spread In one-tenth the time benefitting the crop as much a* ?wo Htcbftrl out by hand. Indlnpennabln u the Mower and Reaper. In the cotton paction" It will save the lolw of half doien men. Spreads Muck. Marl, Lime. CottonSeed, etc.. broadcast or in drill*. For Illustrated cat* togue and full particular* addreca SEND FOR TRICES. HART & CO., Charleston, S. C. June 14,1882, tf Hercules Glue. ALWAYS READY - mends Glaas. China, Crockery. Wood. &c. EDWIN PARKER. M.trch 22,1882,2t For the Many. RICHTER'S HARMONICA'S, A. D. and C.. Russian Gut Violin Strings, E. A. D.anu G.. Fiddle Bows. EDWIN PARKER. March 22,1882, -It BARBER SHOP. I RICHARD OANTT. la now prepared to dm all work In bit department in the bwt manner and at reasonable chargee. Monthly ctutomera abating. hair cuttln* and ah am* pool rig ft per month, Rmaoia boned and pot In tb? beat condition for&cenia each. 1 Bhop under the Preu and Summer office. March IS, 1882, tf j H. 6. SCUSDAY, | Attorney and Ccnnselor at Law, i * u /-? I /\FFEH8 hi* professional service* to the eit* , U Imiis of Abbeville. Parties desiring to consult with him, msy do so at each acMlon of the Court for the County,or by letter at An* dcrsnn C H. June IS. 1881. tf SPEAKE & BRO. -AGENTS FOtt THE FAMOUS? Eclipse Traction And Porta* table Engines! i. '-?v. THE WAYNE8B0R0 ECLIPSE SEPARA TOR, SAW MILLS. COTfON GIN& At o. THE AMERICAN FRUIT DRYER. Par tics wishing the above, address H SPEAKE & BEO.. Kin&rd's T. 0., 8. C. 8 Mr. JOHN KNOX Is oar only agent to wit B the Eclipse Engines and Separator* and H American Fruit Driers In Abbeville Count jr. H SPEAKE 4 BEO. March 29.1882,12m JM mm I CONGAREE ; I 101 WNKll Coumbia. S. C I Agent for I CHAPMAN'S I PERPETUAL EVAPOBATOi I 'I'llESE WORKS WERE ESTABLISHED H J in 1M7 by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and Jaiata Anilcmon uiid purchased by me in the Tear inVi, mill from (hat time till now carried on |H mice*ufnlly by myself. My friends and co* tumor* will bear witness or the large and stnpendons job* executed by me. It wm at my work* where the largest and almost only Joe of It* cl?s*evrr executed In thiseity was done. vizj tin: muking of the pipes for lha Cltr |^B Water Work* In the year Isfis. In the branch of BELL FOUNDING. I mn K*y that I have H made the Inreot bells ever cast Id theStata. such as the bell for tlic City Hall in Colombia. My stork of p:tttern* (or ARCHITECTURAL WOllK. COLUMNS for Store frooU, Is ? large tind various, t?nd In RAILINUS for Balconies, Garden* und Omclcrtaa I have tbo larue-t variety and rnont modern patterns; inuny of these are patciited and 1 have purchased the right for this yut?. In the machine line I can tarnish my pairons with STEAM ENGINES find BOILERS of any sixeand description. My CIRCULAR i SAW MILLS have carried off the prize at ev? ^H| ery Suite Hulr held in this city, and In their constrnctlon I have taken pains to eombina simplicity with the moetnaefol modern Im-^H provements, and may flutter myself that my CIRCULAR 8AW 5111LS ftnd thvor with ev-^l ery n wyer who understands his bnalnen. The many orders I am steadily recHvlngfor SUGAR CANE MILLS prove that the pnolla IB ?nnrr,.ii.?i? the mills of my make, and so It la ^^9 with ir<y GEARING for HORSfc POWERS, GIN WHEELS, GRIST MILLS and other MACHINERY. I hnv? the manufacturing right of many HI PATENTS, huch a* en Ming* for ROCK COT*^H TON ANI) HAY PKEbS and thrre or foar^M T different FEED CUTTERS aud other lmpl?-BB it racnli. e I will to pleased to send my circular* to any^H applicant, together with price li?tnrc*Umat?.^^H My prices are moderate, nnd I n**ur?? ihe pub-^H lie tlint they are lawor even than ttfoee oA| Not them manufacturer*, *ml that my worfc^^M will compare favorably wlih that of any otb-^H cr maker. Addresa |Hfl John Alexander, H ! Coxgakkk Ikojc woitkd, Columbia, S. C. CUNNINGHAM I AND H TEMPLETONl -HAVE RECEIVED THEIR- flfl Spring Stock* ?and are prepared to serve the public? I I DRY GOODS! CROCKERY, I GROCERIES mwm 7*?MM April 5,1882. tf .1 I. CLARK. I . FOR THE GOOD OF THE CBAfjH I HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE whole attention to my Shop. I shall J It GOOD ATTENTION. If any person wlsHH ea to have bis WATCHER REPAIRED Bring them Id. I have all the tools and s te rials to do it up in the best of style and the lowest rates possible.- If yoa want yo^^^H clock repaired bring it in and It Trill b? do^^^M right. If you want your JEWELRY MENDED Bring lton. If yon want your SEWING MACHINE MENDED This Is the place to get it done in the best order. You can haveany pleceronde new.^^H the old one repaired. If you wuntyourgon^^^H pistol repaired this Is the place to bave^^HI done. All these art icles will be repaired tne best of order at the Lowest Prices. Give ine a trial and satisfy yoorselTc^H^H TERMS CASH. JOHN L CLABK.Mj New ; hi mm W.P.WardJ ABBEVILLE, S. BAS opened n new stock of FURNITt^^BBH over the store of A. M. Hill A Son, will bo pleased to receive a call from^^^^H friends. Ills stock consists of every var^^^^B or FURNITURE usually kept in a tlrst-cfl^H store. All of which is offered at prices to Mistimes. Feb. 23.1681. If SOUTH CAKOLINA_^BBj MILITARY ACADEMY CHARLESTON, S. C. FOUNDED 1842. WILL be re-established October 1st, fully organized and equipped. Col. J. P. THOMAS, Sopt. Pay Cadets Received from any sfl^n But to secure admission, application be made in advance to Geo. JOHNSON HAGOOD, iH Chairman Board of Vislton^^^^H COLUMBIA, Add resr for proper forms, I o for mat August 9,1?$2, It