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IL.t_ xxBksmunTT.nwmmmn\m I 1 ke Press and Banner.: ! Uy IIu?h Wilson. *?.; . rx? I Wednesday, June 18, 1684. i i in w mi iiim IIWM T!:e Public Schools. Mr. I.. >1. (iiist, editor of die Yorkvil'c' JT-u;n 'rcr, in his letter as published la-it, wfi'k says: "Tim [Democratic] party having' nleducd Itself, in toallord reasona-1 l ie educational laciii;to all children," : I'ol. James A. IIrtvt, editor of the Courier also said : "It iriv""; to all cfrrsw: an opportunity ot ai qutring the rudiments ol an eiliu-.i.\!r. W. Ft. Davie, Landsford, C-hostrr >1 county, says : "Its reped would, I fear, operate hard IV IJJ1 i im j;yyrp< W* *? ? . * Hon. A. (.'"Ward, State Sn|>criutoinicnt RrS|^ of I'ducation. suvs: B??sf "l know of no reason n by the ro'-'.l tion of the puidie schools and their <4^..\ inij>-orciw nf should not be lVecly dis-' cussed at all tunes." ' Th?j lteviscd Statutes (if tl>u Statu of South Carolina says. See. 0S7 : -He [the Superintendent of Kdneation]' s}i.:li have ^ ncral supervision over ail lli'." free puidie schools of the Stale, and it shall tic his duty to visit every c Mintv I in thi' State, for the purpose of i u? Hhe schools, awakenitn: an interest favorntde to tiie cause of education, and flit-: ?#<;? t:i-.inir as widely as possible, by public. addresses and personal communication \ with school ollicors. teachers, and parents: a knowledge of existing defects and of desirable improvements in t.'ie government and instruction of the said schools." i Section 1001 ?f t!io Revised Statutes' Rtys: "It shall lie the duty of the County : Doard nl Examiners, and of the Hoards' of Trustees, to sort that in every school j under their care th.-ro shall l>e taught, as j far as practicable, orthography, reading,, wrilin-r, arithmetic, geography, Kuirlisli ! grammar, history of the United States, j iiiid of this Siate, the principles of the j Constitution and laws of the United States j and of this State, mural#, and good 6t'A<r< vior." A member of the School Trustees of j this township recently wrote to the AVjf.? j t and Courier: "I am in favor of common school edu-! cation (wisely administered I?y the State.' I at public expense. Our plan in thi>! township is tr. n.sc the public school fund j flv supplemental as far as practicable, and as a stimulus to individual ellbrt." As Colonel Cow ird has expressed a willingness to discuss the condition and the improvement of the public schools, nnd as a majority of the gentlemen who favor tho two hums iux ior wiiwu p??-| poses put in a plea for tlio poor children,' we hope the Superintendent of Education ! will give ins intention to the matters hereafter mentioned. We leave it for the State Superintendent' of Education to say whether he has in any manner .'omplied with the express requirements of the law, and exercised "a general supervision over all the free ' schools of the State," and we also loavo it for hi n to say whether he has visited "every County in tho State, " for the purpose of inspecting the public " schools." If ho replies that ho has "inspected" the public schools at Abbeville, he will do a public service by tell-1 ng us how many poor children in this community have receivea any good at ul; from the public free school fund. It will * bo interesting for the public to krow tome of the names of the poor children of Abbeville who have received even one day's tuition at the public schools in Abbeville villa.ro. It will also be interest-1 jug to know if the poor children arc j barred out of the public school house, ?ven at a time when it is ostensibly ? freo school, but which in reality, We have reason to believe, is a free school only for those ivho arc able to pay for the first mouths of the year's session. It will by interesting for him to explain why the school trustees of any township use the public school fund its a "supplein ( ntal" fund to assist those who are able to pay, while the doors of the school artclosed to those who are unable to pay tincharges demanded. It will also be interteresting for him to explain to the publicwhy the tireek and Latin and French languages ate taught to those scholars in the . public scliools wiio are auio 10 pay a ice, and thereby liave their tuition "supplemented" by the public school land, while the poor children who have no money at all, arc denied even "the rudiments of an English education." It wiil also be interesting to know why a colored man, who stands convicted by our courts of an infamous crime, holds alirstgrade certificate, and is autnorized to teach "morals and good behavior," in tho public schools of Abbeville County. It will also be interesting; to know why a colored man o: notoriously i'l repute as to conduct with females, holds a iirst grade certificate to teach "morals and good behavior" in the public schools of a county which is renowned for its love ot education and moralit\\ It will be interesting for the pubis.. in l-iw.w ivliut. nf mornlitv I and decency is required to teach a colored .school when obtainers of goods under f.ifse pretenses, au<l notorious libertines can "fninish sufficient evidence of good moral character," as will entitle them to beconio regular certified orthodox teachers of "morals and good behavior" in the colored schools of .\bhcvillo county. Until the Honorable State Superintendent of K location can make these explanations, wo hope the Register may cease j its talk about the equality of public ischool advantages, and hold its breath from singing pteans to a system which - certainly is no credit to the government, and whoso administration is anything else than beneficial to the public. As the State Superintendent of Education has not been in this part of the counii-?? Im mk?lit lf>:irn something of the svs torn for which ho is so enthusiastic;, and help ns to get into tho way of giving the poor children some benefit of the school j fund if he were to conic this way. j Can't Wc get a Rest. t\'c would suggest that, as a matter of l pleasant reading, it would he well for our respected contemporaries who may discuss public questions with the AYtr.y! and Courier, to .let old stereotyped matters rest. It seems to us that whenever! the JRef/ixtcr runs out of anything else to j say, it brings up soino alleged action of j tho Xctrs am I Courier in reference to j Chamberlain. We think all the history j of tho Seicx and Courier, during Radical j days, has been printed often enough, and j that we might get at least a short rest, j Without remembering certainly as to| facts, wo think the Xctcs anil Courier J does not make itself personally otU nsiveto any of the editors witn whom it disagrees. Of one tiling wo do know, howovor, that during tho recent controversy with tho Prest and Banner that paper was consistently respectful, and conducted itself in such a manner that, at the end of the controversy, we fool moro kindly towards it than wo did at the beginning. 3t is our right to differ from each other but we sco no necessity for offensive words at any time. It is a wise editor who has conducted a newspaper for tho last twenty j'enrs and Vho has not made mistakes. Then lot us give our attention to the living Issues, and lot the dead past bury its dead. Judge Presslj' will bo unable to ride tho summer circuit. Chief Justice Simpson has given him leave of absence from I tho State until fall and as soon as tho J mountains of Western North Carolina.' The General Assembly should, at its next session, so amend the judicial sys-! #liu? Ihn n>!trmii<frittk>ii fit' justice W/'UI V??v ...... ^ nhall bo prompt as well as positive. The number of circuits should bo increased | or County Courts established to relieve' tho crowded calendars of the Circuit - * Courts. Our active Judges aro overworked and unable to ke?p tip with in-' rreasing litigation ot the country and relief in some form is brully needed.? Barnwell People, As a remedy for the evils of increasing crimes and over-crowded condition of th? dockets, we suggest that trial justices t>e paid a salary instead of costs contingent on the business they do. If they receive a salary they might refuse to send many trifling cases to court, which notv find their w::y there. All ordinary c.v-os < {' :'iwl I Kit! cry should be i 1 t.t o{ < ourt. Men who goto war, and . ?<at tlie worst of tlio fight, should n it a?V 4i*.a c n.i .nto < ourl cv o. with their adversary. And tlic judges and solicitors should not allow the machinery or the government to lx? used to gratify the spite or ill-will of any man. Offensive Epithet*. Perhaps it might be as well for the es teemed ijoiub Carolina editors, who aru \ ><i louud of calling the lilair bill an , "abomination," to remember tlmt abuse i is teit argument; and it might be equally 1 a* well l??r Uiein to remember Uiat to charge men, wlm hi u at least as good as themselves, with "cupidity and folly," ! simply because they advocate national1 aid lo'edm-ation, is not tho best way in i tho world to conduct a controversy. I When we are shown that the Blair bill is, unconstitutional and all that sort oi tiling, wo will be willing to give up, but if applying unpleasant epithets to the bill ami lis supporters is the best that its! enemies can do, then we never expect to be converted.?Columbia Register, Upon which we would remark that, j with the exception of the use of the word I "esteemed," we endorse the sentiment*; expressed thereto. Wo are sory that a paper which can speak so justly and so fairly in condemnation of the use of vni.Mi' or.iiliot.< \w others. ! should it>,< It' make use a word - " esteemod"~ which is, perhaps more objectionn-j ble than the words to which it excepted. I 'Esteemed" in the place whero used l>y| flu: Il' i/i-strr was, in our opinion only a \ polite way of saying, "the d (I South j Carolina editors, Ac. While on this subject, wo would alsoi add our protest against the uso of oflensi\e epithets or unbecoming insinuations: in the discussion of the school tax. Why j should those who, for political reasons or I Ijocauso of the belief of inexpediency toj repeal it, or of a sincere desire to continue it lor patriotic reasons, charge th >se who are opposed to continuing it with bail faith to Democratic pledges and to Democratic principles. For one set o politicians to charge others with a want of fidelity to principles, or to alleged promises, is a serious reflection, and in the face of the fact that in the last issue of the Prmx anil Banner so many of the best sitizens of the State declared ! .mmmuioiI f,* a unntinn.-itinn of! that heavy burden, we vcnturo the opin- j ion that the charge that thev are deficient; * l ill tho conscientious anil scrupulous! keeping of plighted faith an unwarranted! assumption, and an imputation which those who u.akc it cannot sustain. Who will dare say that tho high-toned and patriotic citizens who doclare theinselvesop-1 posed to this tax, are not as pood in every respect, as any similar number ott those who favor the tax ? The Itcflistfr, a week or ten days after; writing the paragraph at the head of this j article, writes an follows as to the letters j which we published last week in reference to the schools: "We do not say that there is* but may there not be some disingenuousness in the manner in which these answers wcw gotten up? For instance: how easy it is to send out questions, taking care to select the majority of names of the parties I to whom they arc sent from among those j known or supposed to be in favor of; our views, and for appearance 3ake mixing in a lew who we know to be opposed to us." Such an insinuation we think is un-1 worthy of any newspaper in South Cnro- J linn, and is most certainly unworthy of j an honorable and timnly paper like j ihe lieyister, and the act shows the; utter weakness of the cause of the, man who would, instead of meeting the question fairly and squarely, resort j to such a dodge as that. The News j and Courier and the Press and Ban- j iter have occasionally differed on questions of public policy, yet we do not now recollect that that paper over resorted to insinuation or inuendo. The fact is, as far as our observation .joes, it is very few of the papers of the State who do not manifest a consciousness <>f their ability to discuss any question at issue. The exhibition of temper or the resort to insinuation is, in our opinion, in admission of being on tho losing side of a subjccL . The ''Register" and Deserters from the Democratic Party. Whenever tlic free schools arc taken' away from the people it will read out of j tho Democratic party housands of those i white citizens of South Carolina whose efforts redeemed the Sute in Let) the Abbeville Press and Banner and | those who think like it put this in their I pipe and smoky it.?Columbia Register. | Of course nobody expects to do nway I wiih all public education. \Ve bejieve the worthy children of such parents as! are unable to pay tuition should be help-' od by the State, and it need not bo feared 1 by anybody that the poor may not be al-. ways looked after. The history of every country, where tho poor ^havo a vote,, proves truit moy win, in nu uisuimwi uc neglected. Tlso poor we have always! vvitli us?and, it may be ndded, the | philanthropist and the politician are' uover far off. What we are lighting is a system which, together with its administration, wc believe to he unjust to the taxpayer and demoralizing to the parent. While tho money is collected os- j lensibly for the poor, we aslc in all can- ! dor, if they get it. As far as our limited \ observation goes, wo think we are war-1 ranted in saying, they do not. But those j who make the loudest cry for education j for the poor may sometimes be not Lack-, ward about taking it themselves whiloj those who are unable to pay got none of s it. There arc eliiklrcn, whose parents' ire unable to pay tuition, but who never j enter the door of a school house. The c.V. ' use for the robbery of thopropertyholdersof this State is to get money with which to educate this class of children, but the. class of children whoso parents are able to pay tuition sometimes use the public) money as a "supplemental fund," and j those who can pay nothing have noth-1 ing which can bo "supplemented." Is tills the kind of administration the1 Register and Colonel Coward want con- j tinned ? The liegUtlrr'a implied threat in behalf (<f a certain portion of the Democratic' party, that they would desert and join company with the negroes, to bringi about the old Radical rule in South Caro- j Una is as unjust as it is insulting to; tho impecunious citizen, who is just as honorable and as high minded as his more wealthy neighbor?and who would ; resent the imputation that ho was! unlit to associate with his white neigh-j liors its quickly us wouia liio ncuest. m:m in the State. No Democrat who now stands to the party because of the money which ho draws lroin it is worthy to bo a Demo- i erat, ami we think no man who holds his j honor at a price, not above that of a mess of pottage, should be recognized as a: 1 member of the Democratic party. Tbe^ j man who votes tho Democratic ticket j merely because he thinks bo may i | thereby be enabled to t rob his! 1 neighbor of a few dollars, with which to1 I educate his own children, should not bo fallowed to join even the negro party in j South Carolina which would bring ruin land disgrace upon us. Jle should be ! treated in such a manner as would com! pel him to run away and become an as ; r*ociat<j of Grecnbackers and others of the despised specimens of tho human race wherever found on any part of the earth, j We will .say to the Register: If "those! "white citizens of South Carolina whose , "efforts redeemed the State in 1S76'' were! prompted by no higher motives than that they mi^ht shirk a bounden' duty and secure the education of, their own children at the expense of their neighbor, then they were not patri-j otsntall, but in fact, a band of robbers and outlaws, who are unworthy to hear' the name of Democrat. Let the Register put this fact in its pipe and smoke. Cheaper Postage. t>.. .annni r\t Ponirress the rate of /\v icwim ?. p postage on newspaper and periodical pub-, ligations of tlio second class, when 8ent by others than the publisher or news agent, is one cent for each four ounces or fractional pari thereof, which shall be , fully prepaid in advance. i TllK Xcirs and Courier seems to havo 1 gone back on its former position as to the > importance to be attached to the answers J to the lmndy circular. That was the y, ,r# and Courier's own chosci* battle ' K'r-inul, 1^0. ] I An Error or Two Into Which the " Register " Has Fallen. Wo think the Columbia Register, misinterprets tlw standpoint cf some of tho opponents of the school tax. We presume that the Press and Banner Is us much opposed to that tax as anybody, and we do not "oppose taxation for educational purposes in toto." We would not slop me irce scitoois ior uucn as arc uuablo to pay, but we would stop the present system which is demoralizing our own people. Every citizen who is able to do so, should educate his own children. For the sake of the lacts in the case, we hope the Register and all thoso who think as it does, will cease to make use of expressions like this: "Tlio .State would maintain the schools for tho benefit of black and white alUc." Anybody who f .1 , ? i. i?.? ?.||l IS UlHpoS 'U K> IOOK. llllw HID uiaiHii .1 ... uce that such a thing is .1 practicable impossibility?even if such a state of facts were aimed at. Tho negroes, as a fact, do not have thoir schools "maintained" as are tho white schools. Will the Register claim that the colored teachors are tho equals of tho whito toachers in point of scholarship? Will the Register claim that their moral character is as good as that of the white teachers 7 Will the Register claim that thenegroes get an even or equal division of the school l'und ? We say positively without any montal reservation, that so tar as Abbeville county is concerned they do not get as good teachers, as moral teachers, amlv without knowiug the e*ftct figners, wo claim that the negro children do not get sis much of the public money, although their numbers are far greater thAn that of the whites. We are tired of thin pretence that everybody* white and black, are treated aiike, when the facts show beyond a doubt, that there is a difference as to the number of schools, tho price paid for teachers, the ability and moral character of teachers, and the distribution of tho money. Even if we were an advocate of school system we should not claim that the whites and the blacks share aliko in the school business. Such a position is entirely inconsitent with evident and conspicuous (acts. Does anybody suppose that a white man who stood convicted in tho Courts of an infamous crime could get a certificate to teach a white school, or if ho did get tho certificate whore could he find school trustees who would employ him to teach white children ? We thank the Register for an apparent desire in sumo ol its editorials on the school question to act fairly in that Important matter. A. Handsome Present. That enterprising newspaper, tho Au(junta Chronicle and Sentinel sent us last week a handsome present in tho shapo of a good assortment of envelopes, note paper and t&blcts, for which \Vo return many thanks. If any of our friends are In need excellent paper boxes, the nicest note paper and envelopes to match, or tho most useful tablets, let them write to the Chronicle and Sentinel where they will be treated in first class style. That old and well established firm could not do otherwise than please their customers. ? ? THE BLIND ACT Of PROPITIATING FOLLY. The Xfsro n Fnnpn* Growth On the Horty Folltle?Thc Opinion Ex* pressed thnt the White People of inc nonin iihv? Aireauj jLmru n Sufficient Qnnntity of I?irt?A fhnrclitnnn who llan the Happy Knack of Mentioning the Partlen> Inr Species to which a Cloycn Foot Slay Belong. Editor Prcn and Banner> One Inherent rlsht?a right ttint no government. however tj ranlcal, can deprive the Intellismt subject of?Is freedom of thought? ami the eovcinment, or state, or society whliih prevents a free expression of the thought*, views nhil oplhlons of the subject, Is a hard one. In our 0^11 country the freedom of the I'rcss, which wo regret to say runs beyond true freedom, and often nto lilcensc and abuse, lias generally enabled us to have a few expressions of opinion. With us too the press has been used to mould public opinion, and o.'ten to forecast and control tho same, and we regret to say that latterl y some of onr leading Journals, notably the Charleston S'exl'9 and (burner has arrogated to Itself the right, apparently to dictate public opinion. This Journa , which, Trom lis metropolitan position. Is the first JourHal of Importance, so up iih nows and the ecneral dissemination of ucws Is cancel ncd. Timor State, Is mnnagfetl with vigor nnd ability, and with an Implied hi 1111hat we must all think nnd act as the manager thereof thinks proper to direct, und It Carefully rhapefones Its favorite measures, copies anilfpllrri up In proof every extract from country journals that go goto sustain Its own peculiar views, and often, we fear, suppressing or omitting U> notice or publish any paragrapoor paper counter to the same. In One, ItasMimes to l>c South Carolina and the Democratlo party thereof, and Its motto, "Je suit mac ?UU." Now. while acknowledging Our partiality for the Kewa as a generally tiewsv Journal, we drotest agalnsnhls generassumptlon of authority and claim that even wc country b^ors at the plow handles, the bone and sinew of the State, have a right to think and express our thoughts ns South Carolinians?the white race?wc do not rate the nocro In this discussion as a citizen, but think of and propose to treat liim as a fungus excrescence 011 the body politic. Audio further explain, we would say that In our State there can he but one parly?"ihe white man's party"?and opposed it the negro race, as manipulated by a fdw Federal office holders nnd outcasts. The white race must act with the National Democratic party, and bean Integral part thereof In national matters, cot because of the Iinmaculatenes8 of their party, but because by every clement of decency In ournice.lt is antagonized to the traditions, past acts, and present altitude of the Radical party, which parly was born, propagated nnd perpetuated for but one end unci aim?Imlreri to the South and Southern lnytitutlons?and on Mich hatred It continues to live and exist Recently out newspapers were somewhat i-evere on Senator Btitlar because he had the sagacity to see the true Inwardness of that vile abomination of ft Trojan hor*c, the Blolr hjll,' and the manliness to oppose It. Olir Representative, Aiken, has been ^ensured becauso ho had the hardihood to own up that many of our Northern IJeinocratic allies are no better than they should be, and to say plainly the truth that there Is little faith to be put In them?sample truth. Air. Aiken, though much of a churchman, has a happy knack or railing a man with & cloven foot a d?d rascal. We do not at all find fault with him. Our hush up, keep qnlet, watch and wait policy has beon run In the ground. We have each, politically, consumed more than the allotted "peck of dlrl," and some of us are sick and tired of this eternal time-serving policy. We have nothing to lose, nothing to hope Irorn the powers that are. and those that rule at the north and nationally, but hatred and contempt, and to be plucked and plundered by every, manner of taxation they can heap on us, and the sooner we realize this the belter for us. From reconstjuetlon days to the present time, wo have, like the heathen of the East, been making and ottering sacrifices lo appease the wrath and gain the affections of the dominant party of hatred at the North, and to appease and propitiate thesamo, thus worshipping at the shrine of hell In plnro of heaven, and In onr folly what have we not done, aim! In this we will mention one? truly the Mlnfleslact or our propitiating 101ly?the Incorporating of a two mill tax In the organic law of the land for educational purpoHCM, thereby placing forever on every inch r\J realty, un annual tax of one ann one-fourth of a mill to educate the ncsro race, and to develop .the capacity of his monkev-shlp to do tnore mtschlcf and help his mulatto, white allies to rule, plunder and ruin us. And back, were you to Judge by the pre*s( almost every white citizen of the State Is In favor of the continuance of this tax- Such Is not the fact. Tho matter has not been disclosed as it will be, and that discussion Is coinlni: to the front soon, and it will then be saen how many of our sturdy, white farmers, who can t cducate their own chlldaen are opposed to this entallod burden to educate a race of soulless creatures, and here we have opened a subject we propose to discuss In utiother article. LONG CANE IRISH. ?t 4<^.. LE0NIDA8 AND THREE HUNDRED SPARTANS. A Plan by Which it Is Proponed to do Attay with tile Primary Nystem of ElcctlonN??A Convention of Three XInndred Delegate* to do the Work. Ho7)0E3, H. C., June 16, 1881. Editor Prets and Banner: I see front announcements of candidates In tlte county papers that we have a great number of candidates lor the various offices, and as thero In no question ol importance before the people that will divide them, wcoro likely to have a Rroat deal of troublein making nominations by the primary plan. I think we can make more satisfactory nomination" by tho convention phtn, "u la Tillman." That 1m, have a very large convention chosen by ihe Township clubs, upon the basis of one representative for every ten members or fractions thereof. This would give us a convention of three hundred members, who would be re present atlve men, and who would be capable of selecting-the best men In the county lor the various offices. This body being so large, would not bo subject .o the combinations and mantpulatlons that a small body would bo subject to, and ihe work would lie done In one duy. Ifl all probnbllity the primary jilan will require s'everai efforts to get five <nndldates lor trie Legislature ?s our constitution requires a majority to nominate. The primary plan has been tried now for eight years, and 11. has In some Instances been much abused I and Is not entirely free from fraud. Home, men becomeso-enthuslastlcand partisan for! their friends that they resort to all sorts of trickery, and in some cases negroes-are enrolled lor the purpose of voting for lhc!r men, who would not vote the Democratic iicKct at the general election. The primary plun is il?o as expetmi ve an the general election, It stirs up the people, and takes tqein away lYom their farms, and iBKOiierally demoralizing. I am do candidate fur office, mid throw this out merely as a mici(catloii. My only ohleel Is to get through the work easily, and do it well at the satuetlme. W. Z. MoGhee. If you want a nice parasol at I^ew York "prices, call at Cunningham <k Tomploton'R. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL QUESTION. I A Benign and Paternal Government, j j After "Oar Storn^AlarnmK," U Wil* | lingr to mild l-p "VUr oruixm Arms" ? Republicans nud Democrats Hare Embraced Their OffiprlnK-Wtudom and Virtue UaVe Kissed Each Other?And After the Segro Shall Have Taken Up the Line of March to the Oreat l'nde? veleped West, Fruitful Tree#, P*o- j duetlve FAt-mta, attd Golden Hoof* j are to Cover Our Worn>Out 11111* and Exhausted Valley*. Ninety Six, Juno 0, lfS4. 1 Editor Press and Banner : >nw_ - Af uHnmiMnn lipimrrM nnd dc | lliri|ur?,>v..v. . , mnnds the fullest and freest discussion. 1. W<j hnvc dt-cld-ed tlie problem in otir Ptato In favor of I'ui'llc Education by the adoption of the two mill tax. The system of common schools Is new and linn h?U to pass ! through the crucible ot Ignorance and 1'ivJu dice. It has met the active opposition of a large body of good men und the indifference | of many ? ho undervalue nil (raining. It has I wonderful vitality or it would have died u natural death. I am heartily in Its tavor. j | 2. II the Sta'e has adopted a system of Tub-1 lie Education It 18 wine tor us to unite in per- J ' fectlng It. Tho general poverty of our pcoplo .only makes education more valuable. 'J ho j means of the Individual arc so limited that i the State In her wisdom hns supplemented; j them with a smail t?*x. Every mother in ;our land may become the mother of Gracchi ! : if the imtral training Kite gives her child can ; I be united with the cultivation of the Intel- | ;lcct They are Gods best elfts to the parent' : and the Slate, If the parent and Htate, hls| natural and legal guardians, will unite j . their powers to educate hiin. If then the reI sources of the State and parent arc limited . wo rejoice to find them supplemented by tlie i General Government and are unequivocally i 'In favor of some such scheme as the Blair J I bill. The school system nnd the Hiair 111111 j equally need amendment but the underlying principle of training etery child for useful-! 'nogs In life Is nnd ought to bo the ninhitlnn of! every Patriot ami lover of free Institutions, j I 3. Some one says It Is unconstitutional. A; j word of lt-urncd length and thundering j sound, but let me sny that when I find such j I lawyers ahd statesmen as Hampton, Brown, i I Colo u It. J on**, I-nmur, Ucotyr and Garland j I Justifying the bill on pounds both of con- j j ctltutlonallty and humanity I regard myself i In goodly cvxnpany. Senator }hitler, loved 'and admired as he Is l?y every citizen, wees In j the bill no present harm but only the prophecy of danger. Then Mr. Editor suppose we ' Icok at the ble adjective a moment, i Unconstitutional war. Unconstitutional : taxc*. Unconstitutional Uix fialcft UncoftIsiltutlonal freedom of th" slaves. Unconstl; tuttonal Courts, crowned by an Unconstitutional President. Wc have become familiar with this fearful word as connected with Injurious uses. Now when ? benign and paternal government, repenting of Its abuses reaching out its charltahlc hands to hind up our wounds and repair our desolation, will help to light the lamp of Intellluencc In every home In the 8tate, I cannot reject Its kindly and uenerous advances. Certainly not for an ujjly word. We fear the purposes of the Republican party, well we may, with our bitter lessons. But we can test measures by common sense I ami our necessities. We know that great i parties, to maintain themselves, must have | other record than the dead passions of the j war. This country throbs with the great: honrthpnts of a. mighty advancing tide of j civilization. It demands from any purty I holding tho reins of its administration high intelligence and measures commensurate with the size. wealth and progress of the Union. Public sentiment has demanded general education. The party in power to meet the f'resfturc has produced the Blair bill. Great deas are not bounded by party*liniB and both rartlefs haveembraeeil the measure. Again the Federal currency Is the oflsprlng of the Republican party. Every Democrat knows Its ureal stinerlorlty to our old money. Who would discard Its use because of Its origin. The government Is ours and the poverty of State and parent demands that the wealth ot the Nation shall supplement private means. 4. Tho Suite Includes the negro In Its taxtwo mill and noil?The Nation puts him In ills Its b'eneflelary. If right for tho Stale It Is doubly ?i for the Union. It gave him freedom without intelligence or means to use It properly. Thus far the General Government lias been an unnatural parent. It has tried to mnkclilin a voter and a statesman. Willi all Its failures the great Republican party are even now making him a friend and brother at Chicago. So much for politics.. (a.) We HiiVc throughout tho South?probably riot so many In I he State- -large numbers who believe that we owe the negro religious training. The country, I mean and the South particularly who knows him. Every leading church court has this problem. musi money cu u> Africa to convert the Hottentot who will take centuries to reach the status of our negro. It seems thai Christ In n fidelity demands efforts to elevate them ut home. I think thin I* generally conceded. We are only at sea for methods of approach. This Is done not for love of the darkey, butns under God's cominnnd to evangelize (he world. If Sljite nnd nation do nothing for him, the church must and will, 1 do not kuow exactly what, but there Is a duty nnd fidelity to truth, and Uod's word will open the way.. Itellglous instruction presuppose* education, whether little or much hut given any at all, and we then certainly want the wisest, purest and best. Thus we think In the end, whether by church orHtatc oj both, the negro Is to receive education. As to the amount that depends:(b) Now, if these things be true, will It not lie best for both races that ub separate ? when the hRttSn freed him they should utonee have given hltn homes In the boundless West. He is the best laborer for nil cotton we will ever havf. But granting that, and nil cotton with all negro has ruined our Slate. He has helped to|mnKe grent grass crops with foreign aid, and has simply proved a sponge to suck up the profit. Sec court records of property, schedule of general debt* and the testimony of the average citizen. We are dally poorer and by hl? presence. (c) Tlie most appalling danger that threatens uk lies In the I'uct that as two races or dlf feient colorslarid habits, the one low and the other high, being In closest pfoxUnity, Jnt^rwoven with the whole Industrial life of our cotlon belt, can exist, free, equal, kntl unmixed. Unless we wage continual war, and this Is unnatural and beyond conception. Rare* have, will and do mix, always to the detrlmentof the higher. As lovers of oureountry, as philanthropists, as christians, is It not our duty to prepare for and avoid such a calamity? Better war, far better for us, and wtrlfte tb the bitter end. (il) If the negft) isa financial burden, If he Is to prove a moral and physical curse to our race. Is it not wise for us to separate ? 1. Many cling to him us a slave still. 2. Many believe he Is a good laborer. 3. Many more know they are loosing yearly, but can't see the leak. J. Many, and the most, I presume, dread the changes that will rolloiv his emigration. 5. And politicians keep their eyes upon thej four votes he gives us in Congress, while we very properly vole for him. Asa laborer he is a burden. However reunions in his nature ho Is a moral deformity. His views, tastes, habits and ambition arc diametrically opposite ours. Leglslamrcs will not always control nix voie. n weuumu 11. we delude ourselves. Wo only rule now by groat caution and nerve. If then he Is a menace us soclnlly, politically una morally, I repeat, let ns separate. I suggest "Emancipation of the White Race," as title of the bill for gradual negro emigration. He will gladly go If tho State and Nation and Individual*, give him hom^s in the West, there to Work out hIn Kbon civilization. Experiments there, under a paternal govnrnment can only costmoney. This is chcftp. hft?e llcosts blood and treasure , tlicy are dear, lift In a menace and may bcadeath nell to pure white govcrnmbnt. We will never tnlsss his gradual dlsaj pearance, find In ten years, with I believe the finest lands and climate in America, our farms will double in value, our Industilcs will be multiplied and magnified; our civilization wl;l beam or an unmixed, higher type. The farmer will revel In fruits, grain and cattle, and with the word "dog" Joined to the general stock law, our county shtmld in ten years have 50,(X)0 sheep to wander with golden hoof over o*Jr cotton worn Inll-sldes. Every cottage will be resonant with tho laughter of happy, home raised white children. Wisdom and virtue will then unite to perfect a system to train every child, however humK'e. within our bordetft. Very respectfully. JAMES II. RICE. WornnrJd Mncflxlnp fnP Jhlr. Harper'* Magazine for July, In Its literature and Its Illustration, Is a mlroor of the summer world. In Its opening article we are transported to th Valley of the Nile. Dr. Trautvetter's description of the Nile Festival ?the burdens of his paper?Is as picturesque as are the effective illustrations contributed by 8ir Frederick Leigliton, the President of the Royal Academy. Dr. Morltz Buscli takes us to Prlnde Bismarck's favorlt haunts?Ins Pomeranian home, his eotintry-seat In the heart of Saclisenwnid,' and his beautifut park in Varzln* His paper Ift maiuly occupied with personal sketches of the Prirvw, and it is Illustrated with a tine full-page portrait from the only photograph ever taken of Bismarck with his beard full-grown. From the forests of Germany, William, Black, In his "Judith 8hake*peare," takes us to the summer fields of the Avon, where Judith meets her lover?a tine artistic motif for Mr. Abbey's charming picture illustrating Ibis part of tne novel. I'hillp Bourkc Mnrston's deliprhtful poem, "The Roses and the Nightlnuale," is a pleasant interlude between Htr&fford and Harrow, whose Cricket-match at Ixtrd's bring the London season to a close. The Illustrations for Mr. Hatton's "Harrow-on-the-HIU" are very picturesque. Then Mr. Roe's novel, "Nature's Serial Story," brings us home again to the banks of the Hudson, and still It la the summer-lard, and we are in the midst of pastoral scenes, j the most beatulful in America. Mr. Dlel- i man's full-page picture, "Watching the \fr r:Iliar?nnlnf nrArnr LSKf Lond," also a full-pane Illustration?Willi much of the c harm that delights utiln Rousseau's landscapes?reach to about the highest level yet attulned In American drawing or engraving. I Tne "Summer Resorts of St. Lnwrence" are beautifully described by Annie Howell* Frechette, and as beautifully Illustrated by liedry Sand ham. Alllco Corny n* Carr contributes an exceedingly interesting paper on the ' ProleKsloiial j Beauties of the Last Century," nnd the Illustrations are from tne paintings of Sir Joshujc 1 Reynold#, and olhor masters of that period? i the admirers as well as the limners of the beautiful woman here portrayed. The story of "The Silent Schools of Kendall I rironn " o? hw tinrlto \f RwiHi' ii In terostinp, and Is beautifully Illustrated. | The "Approaches to Stvt York" 1h another ] flnely-llkistratcd article. I Wltli the chapter on "Old Hickory"?illus' trated by fnll-pnge portraits of Andrew Jackj son and Daniel Webster?Colonel Hlggtnson j I concludes his Interesting American History ' Series. ! G. Pomeroy Kcese contributes a timely ar- ' ! tide on "Beef? from the Range to the Sham-j | bles." There good short stories by Frank R. Htock-1 ] ton and Miss Mary E. Wilkins. "An Honest | 6oul," by the latter, is an nnuRually strong' I piece Of rcallsilc Action, In Its sympathetic, I quality reminding one of Millet's bent work 1 as a painter. | This number contains eleven full-page cn- j gravlngs. I Since writing the abovo we see that Oconee j ! has endorsed Sir. George Johnstone for Con-1 grcstr. This of course, leaves Col. Keith out) of the raw. Dearth or a Fromlrrent rnysiciaiw CoKESBL'RY, 8. G., June, 16 NM. Prcti and Manner: Dr. Andrew Yates; a prominent physician of this county, died at his liomo In Cokesbury yesterday morning. He wim a graduato of the Charleston Medical College nnd hud j priu'ticed medicine about fifteen years?about,, five yearn in Cokeffbury. il* was born in ! Charleston, 8. C., and ills remains were for-; warded there to-day for Interment. Dr. Yates f, w as a memtier of the Klghts of Honors and a | Free Mason belonged t?BaacombI.rf>dgc,which , took charge of nls remains and escorted,, them to the depot. His age was thirty-seven. W. A. M. , IJ The Misses Cater are adding comfort t and convenience to thoir borne oy addi- i tions to tlicir house. 11 i BON. D. WTATT AUXV. He Review* the Blair Bill, aid Give* Forcible Reasons why It Should Not Pmi CoagrciM? Fell Text 01 the Bill to Halke a Campaign Fond to Perpetnatc Republican Rule af Wuhlttcton. Wa-iimnoton. r>. C., May 17.1881. 5)enr Sir: Yon will confer a favor by pub 'ilng In the Scntlni'l my teller In ihli wcek*h Newberry Herald !u re| ly to Ihe ex trni'l publlxhrd In your lu8t Ikkuo, and com mcnteU upon by you lu a wuy to excite preju dice ajjalnst ine "without my Deinc firm heard Wltlmut further comment upon your edltorl I respectfully you to publiih uio umn bill, n copy of which i send you to day, sldi by ?lde with this synopsis, unit your reuderi uiny arrive at conclusion* for themselves. It will be seen that the first section uppro prlntcs money to thfc aggieguted amount o S77,wfl,0tt>, In a sliding scale up and down, 1 hi first year 87.000.0J0, tin* third year Sl<>,000,00 and the eighth year 55,OOJ.OOO. In thin dlsirl butlon ns required by subsequent slauses o the hi;i South Carolina would receivc thi first year SJIo,OiO. and the third S07.">,000. und si In pmpotiun each year. Tho second section divide" Mils mone; among the SUUrs In proportion to the num her ot Inhabitants In each Mtnle over tho ag< of ten years who cannot write. On this bad South Carolina would receive us I have indl eated. The third section contain* requirement which I can ne\er 0c Induced to advocate In the first place. I am opposed, either fo monetary consideration or upon any othe condition, to subjecting the Governor o South Carolina to the subservient position o reporting to u cabinet ottluer "the character of any system, Kchooi or otherwise, which I peculiarly the machinery of state Govern incut with which the Federal Govcrnnien has nothing to do. Nor do I think it a mat ?i 1 nnilur nilv nro UT lur rCIK-IUI iimciii iviiu >.?>v ...v , .. t?xt whatever. that lie should be coin polled ti report "the sources from which revenue* nr derived" bv the State. This same sectloi siiys. no Suite ehnll receive any oftliln mono; that shall not have provided by law a sysUfii of free common school* for all Its children tfce. Fron>thc spar-enem of our populntloi our free school system. I' seems from your ed 1 lorlal, does not reach all the children. Ar you then prepared to Increase luxation tha we may multiply our free schools' I thlnl the tax Is at least as heavy as it ought to be and though I think it ought to remain, I di not wish to me it increased. In this thin section the Secretary of Interior Is to pas Judgment upon the Governor's report, th< condition of the schools, the cilorl of th Stale, and If forsooth, he thinks wc have no done our duly the money In to bo wlthheh from us. I eau never consent 10 vote to >rlv any such one-mau power to a political cnc my. The fourth section prescribes the method h; which the money ?-hall be drawn Irom th Treasury, and to whom It-shall be paid. The filth section prescribes a portion of i curlculum for the schools. If the Fcdern Government exorcises the right to suy tha our children shali study the-History of th< United States," will they not select the tex hook, and say what "History of tha IJnltet states" they shall study? Within a month have heard the "History of the Unite States ' as written by Alex. H. Stcp!>ens, am now generally \ised as a text hook In man; parts of the South, denounced upon the floo of ConKrefsas "a trensonnblc publication tha shou:d be burned." Northern Histories u the Ohltcd States sponk of .Kitt" IMvls as i traitor. If he wa? h traitor, you and I wer traitors. I can never vote for a measure tha creates ttie posRtouiiy 01 my um-uumiui, < least, being tauuhtsuch n hercy. The sixth flection relates to the school* Ii the Territories, which no one denies the Kotl oral Government the right to supervise. Tlio seventh section denies to iiny Sinte FH eral aid isrcatcr than the amount sneli Slat expended the provtous yenr. In the thin year by the provisions of this Mil South Cm oil mi would be entitled to S675.0<i0, but w would not draw It unless we had by Kom means appropriated out or the Treasury r, the State that amount, for the previous ycai and this of course w^uld necessitate Increai ed taxation for school purposes lo which can not give my assent. You say, we woul be sure to receive the atnoWnt we dl<l eXpen the previous year, if not $675,000. Possibly w might, bu; it would depend entirely upon th decision of the Secretary of the Interior, an as I have said before 1 cannot get my conson to plncc any such power In the hands a poll' leal enemy. The eighth section allows one tenth th money received to be expended for the educr tlon of teachers, who are otherwise unable t qualify tlicmmlvcs fur teaching, ami wh shall ucrec to devote themselves for at lea> one year to teaching. The ninth section prevents the expend turc of any of tills money for school built1 lugs. Section ter. disburses the money nmnng a (he schools "without distinction of race c color." Seel ion cloven requires another detailed a< count ni disbursements bv the Governor t the Secretary of Interior to which, as an al Hlrnct proposition. I could never consent; bi If I had received the money under thn prev ous provisions of the bill. I would think thl annual report of disbursements proper. Ku tliin section furthor says, the Secretory of th Interior "Rhull hear nnd examine coir plaint*,'' <Sc. Suppose for some Just reason second chuu colored teacher Hliould not n eelve the sumo salary that is paid a secon class white teacher: the aggrieved pnriy, a he would surely style himself, complains t the Secretary of Interior, who In sucn case I Judge and Jury* and the State must Incur th expense Of disproving the complaint; 1 what way the bill does not say, but slmpi says, the Secretary shall repoit the result c suc h hearing to Congress. Section twelve requires the Secretary of Ir terlor to report whether In his Judgment an State has forfeited Its rlRht to it uy portion f this appropriation, and It it has, said Stat has the right to appeal to Con tress; whlc according to my observation and experlenc means that such State may hope to get th: money at some Indetlnale period of the fi lure, perhaps a scorc of j ears or a half centi ry down the stream of tlmci Section thirteen relates to the Terrltorlc again, about which I make no question. Scctlon fourteen only reiterated what hn already been expressed ns a requiremeii twice Itt section three, and once In see.tio ten; to wit, thnt there shall be no dlstliicllo on account of race or color In the dlstrtbutlo of tills money, Implying a dlstiust on tli part of Congress of the Southern Statef. Of the propci tjr of the passage of this bl your readers can now Jliugc ns well as I froi llilu hnrrtfiltv written svnribM*. I liavc sal nothing of the constitutionality of the mom lire, ami cannot In n single nrllele fartln than to say, if there fx surplu* money In th Treasury ll enme there by taxation, und Cannot conceive how atiy Democrat can n< vocale the | ollcy of taxing the people of till whole country lo raise a fund to bft dlstribul cd for any purpose unequally among the pei pie. When Senator Rlalr presented this bill orlt Inally, Republican Senators laughed at i Some .Southern Senators tavorcd It, aru,! c<}ii milted themselves to Its advocacy, whereuj on t.hv Republicans held a caucus conccrnin it, concluded It would make a good catnpalg document, voted solidly tor its passage an srht it lo th? House. I am "alrald of 111 Greeks e\en when they come bearing gifts." Ot.e word to put myself right oh the reCoh When tills Senate bill came to the House, asked the House to have it referred to tli committee on education over which I l-a> the honor to preside. A Republican objeetoi and in consequence the bill lies yet on tl: Speaker's tabieand can never pas* till it Is r 1 erred to a committee fofr consideration. Very truii'. j). Wyatt Aiken. The Blnlr Bill. Ao Act 10 aid Id the Establishment an Temporary support of Common School lie It enncted by the Senate ami Hou?e i Representatives of the United State* < America In Congress assembled, That ft eight year* next after the pas-age of this a< there shall be annually appropriated from th money In the treasury the following sums, t wit: The flist year the sum of seven mlllio dollarH, the sccond year the rum of ten mil Ion dollars the third year the sum of flftee million dollars, the fourth year the fuiii < thirteen million dollars, the rifth year tti sum of eleven million bollarx, the sixth yor the sum of nine million dollars, the sevenl year the sum of seven million dollars, tli eighth year the sum or tive million dollarf which several sums shall be expended to si cure the benefits of common school educntm to all the children of the school ago mentloi ed hereafter living In the United States. Sec. 2. That such money sha'l he divide among and palb out In the several Slates an Territories In that propotlon which the who! number of persons In each who, being of tli aue of ten years and over, cannot wrlle, bcai to the whole number of such persons in th United Slates: such computation shall 1 made according to the census ot cightce hundred and eighty. Sec. 3. That no State or Territory shall r< celve any or the oenvnis 01 huh ma unui u QoTernor thereof shall (lie villi theSecrctar of the Interior a statetricnt. certified hln showlni* the character of the common-echo* system in force In such State or Territory the amount <. f money expended therein du Ing the last preceding school year Id the suj port of common schools, not Including e> pcndltureB for the rent, repair, or erection < school hou.-es; whether any discrtmlnatlo Is made In the raising or distributing or th common school revenues or In the commo school facilities afforded between the wbll and colored children therein, and, so far as I practicable, Ihe sourcts from which such rc> enucs were derived; tlfo manner In whle the same were apportioned tb the uso of tli common schools; the number of white an the numhtr of colored common schools ; tli average attendance In each clfcss, and tli length of the school term. No money tfha be paid out under this act to any State orTei rltory thai Shell not have provided by law system of free common school* for all of 11 children of school age. without distinction < race or color, either In the raising or dlsirlbt ling of school revenues In the school facllltit afforded : Provided, That separate schools fo while ami colored children shall not be cor sidered a violation 6f thW eOndltton. Tli Secretary of the Interior shall thereupon ce tlfy to the Secretary ?r t,,e Treasury Oi I names of the States and Terrltorles^hlch h finds to be entitled to share In the benefits ( this act, and also the amount due each. See. 4. That the amount so portioned t each state and Territory shall be drawn fror the Treasury by warrant of the Secretary < the Treasury, upou the monthly estirrtat* art* requisitions of the Secretary or the Inti rlor as the same may be needed, and shall li paid over tO mch officers as shall bo autliorl; od by the laws or the respective States an Terrltf?rles to recelvc the same. Sec. 5. That the Instruction In Ihe cammo schools wherein these moneys shall be cj pended shall Include tno art 01 reauirg, wri ing, ahd spunking the English lunRungi arithmetic. geography, hlMory of the Unite State?, mid such other brandies of usefi knowledge ns may be tadght under loci Inws. Sec*. 6. The money appropriated and appoi tlonert under the provisions of this act to th lure of any Tcirltory sl.ull l>c .nppliid to th use of common nnd industrial schools then In by the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 7. That the design of this act not bcln to establish nn Independent system r schools, but rather to aid for th? time b'eln In the development and maintenance of th school system established by local goverr ment. and which must eventually bfe wliolf mnlntalned by the States and TerrllOrle wherein they exist, It Is hereby provided tha no greater part of the money appropriate) under this act shall be paid out to any Stat or Territory In any one year1 than the sum ex peudcdoulof Its own revenues or out o moneys raised under Its authority in the pre ceding year for the maintenance of commiir schools, not Including the sums expended li the erection of school buildings.Sec. 8. That a part of the money apportion ed to each State or Territory, not excecdlni one-tenth thereof, may yeurly?be applied l< the education 01 lenuiiera iur mu vuxumu. ncht>olB therein, which sum may he expenduc In maintaining Institutes or temporary train Iiik schoolsor lu extending opportunities foi normal or other Instruction to competent anr suitable persons, of any color, who are with out necenKary means to qualify themselvei ror teaching, and who shall agree lu writing to devote themselves exclusively, for at Icasl one year after leaving such training schools, to teach 111 the common schools,- /or sucli compensation as may be paid other teacher* therein. Sec. o. That no part of the educational fund allotted to any State or Territory shall be utied for the erection- of school houses or school building or any description, nor for rent of the same. See. 10. That the moneys distributed under the provisions of this act shall be used Only 'or common schools, not sectarian In charac:er, In the school districts of the several State* ind Territories, in such wny as to provide, lis lear as may be, for the equalization of school irivileges to all the chllbren of the school age prescribed by the law of the State or Terrltory wherein the expenditure uluill be muiie, theiehy giving to ruch child, without dUtine-j . Hon of ruce or color, an equal opportunity for | ti,? n.?,h,v>i <iintrlci" mIihII 1 ' I Include all cities, towns, parishes and other fj Territorial subdivisions fi>r school purposes. [1 and all corporations clothed by luw wltli the ! powi r of maintaining common schools. I sec. 11. Tliut no Second or subsequent allotment MliulI be made under this act to unv Slate or Territory unless the Governor of such St?itc or Territory hIhiII tlret Hie with the " Secretary of the Interior a statement, certi* 4 fled by liltn, giving a detailed account of the ' payments or disbursements niada of the vchool fund apiiortloned to his State or Tcrrl tory and received by Ihe Ststo or Territorial treasurer or oftlccr under this act, and of the balance In the hands of such treasurer or olHr cer withheld, unclntincd, or for any cause tin* 1 paid or unexpended, and also the amount ex* 1 pended In such State or Territory as required by section eight of this act, and also of the number of public .common, and Industrial 1 schuolft, the number of teachers employe I, ? the total number of children taught during u the year and In what brunches Instructed, the uveraucdally attendance, and the relative i number nf white and colored children, and a the number of months in rncli year schools J have heen maintained In ea<h school district. 1 And if nuy State or Territory sliull misapply >' or allow to be misapplied, or In any manner ' appropriated or med other than for the pur* 8' pose herein required, the funds, or any part H thereof, received under the provisions of tills *. act, orshall fall to comply with the oondli lions herein prescribed, or to report as herein 8 provided, through Its proper olllc^rs, the dls!* position thereof, and the other matters here* r in prcscrlbcd to be so reported, hucIi State or r, Territory shall forfeit its right to nnv subsc* I quentapportloninent by virtue hereof unttl * ? ??ii^.l inui or mhuiu 1 llio iuik iiiuoiini n?* hii?u|fi?iivi?* " proprlnteil shall have been replaced by such ' State <?r Territory nnd applied its herein re quired, nnd until each report bhall have been t made: Provided, Thai ir llic public schools In - nny Stnte ndinll pupil* not within the ases , herein specified It shall not he deemed a fallr> urc to comply with the conditions herein. If c Itahall app.mr to the Secretary ol the Interior i that the fund* received under this act for the V preceding; y?ar by the Stnte or Territory have > been faithfully applied to the purposes eon.. tern plated by this uct, and that the condi11 lions thereof have t-een observed, then the 1 Secretary of the Interior shall distribute the cinexl year's appropriation as Is herein betore t provided. The. Secretary of the Interior shall ? have power to hear sind examine any com'i; plaints of misappropriation or tirjiiKl din3 crimination In tlic use of the funds herein i, provided, and shall report to Congress tho re*. suits thereof. i'i Sec. 1'.'. That on or deforc the first day of e September of each year the Secretary of the t Interior shall report to tho President of the 1. United Ststcs M'heth.irany State or Territory e lias for'elted Its right to recelvc lis opportion: ! ment under this act. and how forfeited, ami I whether lie has wlthhelb nuch allotment on p. account of such forfeiture; and each State e,and Teriltory from which such apportion ] ment Mian Do wiinncia siiuu nnvc um n^u to appeal troin such decLslou ol the Secretary 1 of the Interior to Congress. t Wee. 1.1. Thnt the Secrotnry of the Interior e shall be charged with the practical admlnlst tnitloti of tills net In the Territories through 1 the Commissioner of Education, who Khali I report annually to Congress lis prnctlcal opI oration, anil briefly the condition of common il and Industrial education oh iifleeted thereby y throughout (lie country, which report shall r ; he transmitted to Congress hy the Secretary tj of the Interior, accompanying the report ol if | hIk Department. And the power to alter, a amend, or repeal this act Is hereby reserved, e 8ec. 14. Thnt no .State or Territory that doc? t not distribute the money raised fur common t school purposes equally for the education ol all the children, without distinction of race II or color, shall be entitled to any of the bene I- tits of tills act. j THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OP NATIONAL AID TO SCHOOLS. e e ,r What a Dlfttingnlfthed Charlcntonlnn u htm to Say. j F.ditor Prrxs and flanncr: d In my last communication I mentioned the e several propositions on thcbiibjcct of eduea e tlon submitted to the convention of 17S7, d None of them inet with approval. Hut thcii it advocates do not appear to have been willing t- to yield without another cfl'ort. I quale from two authorities, which I suppose furnish all e Information to be had on the point. First, let i- us turn to' Elliott's Debates." Onthelllti o September, the report from the Committee ol o Revision being under consideration, it war it moved as an additional clause to the elghtli section of theflist article (powers of Congress I- "to establish a University?passed In the neir I- atlvu?veaa, Pen nav It an la, Virginia, North Carolli n. South Carolina?1. Nays, New II Hampshire. Massachusetts, New Jrrsev, Del ir aware, Maryland, Georgia?(1. Divided?Com nectlcut." Elliott makes no further comment j- Of Atur-e this proposition, If adopted, wonld o have lcit all details of the plan to I he Con > gress. Now wc turn to l'ancroll'rt History o it tlie Constitution: "Madison and Charles I- Plnckney u^ked for Congress permission u is establish a University In which no prefer H eiice should lie allowed on account of rell# / ton." "Hie exclusive power of Congress ni i- the scut of government will reach the Object,' ii said (.Jouveineur Motrin. The motion win > sustained only l?y Pennsylvania, Virginia <1 North and south Carolina. In Connection s Johnson illvlilcd again?t Sherman." MorrU 0 was one of the delegates from Pennsylvania Ik which Slate voted yea. We may Infer thu e he sought comfort for his disappointment in n tho above suggestion. But the general under y standing iniiM have been that the Jiidgnieiil >t of the Convention wnB that the power Wai withheld. For notwithstanding the va?t ad i- dltlon It would have marie to the patronagi y of the government It was not acted on if those time*. Whether In these later day*o e Intltodlnarlan construction, our paternal gov h ernmeut, solicitous for "thegeneral welfrir?,' :e and arguing with philanthropic zeal from It it enlann d duties to Its rights InMieao of froir i. Its rights to Its duties, has donesomethlng o i- the kind at Washington. we do not know, no indt cd, Is It material. For In fact Mr. Morris >h Idea strengthens our argument.; ns this. th< power according to him, was oo-cxtenslvi 8 with the scat of government only, aud there it fore did not apply to the states. Bill the fae n Is, that this whole subject was excluded froti n the powers of Congress. Seeking light on Ih< n point, we have looked over the debates In tin ie State Conventions on,,the adoption of tin Constitution, and we And allusion to It In urn 11 only, viz: Massachusetts, aud then Ills re n fern d to us one as to which Congress conli d do no more than reeotnineud It to the States s. A Mr. Turner, maintaining the ImpoHane :r iif "some superior mode of education," adds e .If this constitution shall tic adopted, I hop 1 the Continental Legislature wl.l have tin 1- singular honor, the Indelible glory ofmaklni s ! it one of their first acts, In tlx ir first session L-: most earnestly to rccommcud to the severu >; States In the Union the Institution of sue! means of education as shall he adequate t< ;. the divine, patriotic rurpose of training ii| 1.1 the children and youth at largeln that solh ii | learning, In those pious and moral principle >. I which are Hie mippuri, me inc. mm suui u g republican government, Ac., Ac." Now Iter ii Is a gentleman wlio^e Ideas <>( the tiecH o (I | higher education would probably have beei ic 1 met by u great University. But lie regards 1 I as an affair for the suites J.i Appropriation* for school*. Ac. In terrlto I: rlc* would stand upon a wholly iIltf-T'-n ic around f urn those for States. Rut feeling th< re wrakncKi 'if the constitutional arsrutlun! tin I, stippnrtcrs of the P.lalr bill resort to thai- fron ic pn culcnt. And the cour>e of this State Ii c- tcitrrcd to In connection with the law of Con grms of 'I'd June, 1838. Many of your reader who may not take the trouble, or may no havetline to Investigate, will perhaps be sur prised at being loin that there Is nostirto analogy between what Is called the dlstrlhu Hon under the above Act, and what is nov d proposed by the Ulalr bill. But those who sc h. | up such analogy should have taken the trou af ble to Investigate. Thai net of 23d of Jllnc Df'imfl, has a history which Wllljrobably bi jr' rccallcd by your older renders. The dlstribu rt! tlon made under It was not a gift?It was mndi ie j cm (i loan, and so accepted; and one of theob ,o Jcctlons made to It by Mr. Wright, a dlstln n ! irulshed Senator from New York, was that th< 1- miiiich would cover refund, tihh >irt cat n lionn (for lie was a supporter of the pldH) an jf swerrd thus: "Mo (Mr. Wright) do<s no ic doubt that they would refund If called on hj ir the jtovemment; but ho ays Hint Congrev h will In fact never make the call. He rest* thl: ic conclusion on the supposition that then i; would bo ii majority ol the States opposed t< it. He admits, In case the revenue should be n come deficient. that the Southern or staph i- Stites would prefer to refund their quoti rather than to raise the Imposts to meet tin d deficit; but lie lnsUts that the con I ran it would be the case with the manulacturini !fc Htiitcs which would prefer to Increase the Im ic Posts to refunding their quota on the grouni tt' that the increase of the duties would promoti ie t ie Interests of manulacturors. I can no ic agree with the Senator that those Stntei n would assume a position so entirely untena biotas to refuse to refund a deposit, whirl ?. their filth would bo plighted to return." (Mr ie t\ hero aecordeil to the North what ho wui y sure would he true of the South,) "and res 1 the refusal on tho ground of preferring to Iaj jl A tax, becauso It would be a bounty to then and would consequently throw the wholi r.' burden of the tax on the other States." (Mr ). Wright perhaps knew the manufacturlui [. States better than Mr. C.) "But lie this as I may, I enn tell theScnntor that if they shouli n take a course t-o unjust and monstrous In o may rest assured ttiat the other States won I*, n Unquestionably resist the Increaso of the lui c posts, so that the CJnverninent would have U ? toko Its choice, either to go without tlx r- money or call on tho States to refund the do h posits. Blit I so far agree wilh the Senator in e to believe Congress would he very reluctan <i to make the call; that It would not make it le till from the wants ol ihe treasury it should |C become absolutely necessary. and that in or II rtcy to avoid such nece-slt.v it would resort t< . a j ust antf proper economy In the public c.x n pendltures as the proper alternative. I *ee It t* this, however, much good instead of evil The government has long since departed from t. habits of economy, and bus fallen Into a pro >h fusion, a wasto, and ad extravagance In Its ,r disbursements rarely equalled by any fre< State,and which threatclib the mostdlsastrout i0 consequences." r. These last sentences arc given that It mnj ie not be said a point has here been cvailei p and wlrlch some one might u^aln make, viz ,f thai the loan was only nominal, Inasmuch at the deposit'* would not he recalled. The point o was made and uus lully answered. Hut be n side* all this, the peculiar history of that Ac ,f of Congress forbid* in being set up as a pre cedent for coll tin nod distributions' for tfpecia e-l purposes. General Jackson had waged win ,c ! upon the United States Hank. He hud re j. | moved the government dej osits. The Uiriff j :o( 1728 had filled the Treasury lo overflowing | The question arose, what was to be done wltli n | the enormous surplus. One plan wits to hast j. i en the reduction ol the tartll'. Mr. Cafhour l. j refused on the groinid that the compromlM ; act of 1>33 was a contract; that lie preferred ti J 1 hold the country to It, and would give no ex ,1!cuse for l!fc violation, being content in tlx ,j meantime that tho manufacturers should I r<iap their profit as agreed oil. To deprive . ! them of this he was "too'honest and ttxj 0 | proud." The deposits linu been umuea anions eiceriatTi designated State banks. which plan ..'wan found to bo corrupting and disastrous. i Another plnn w*s to Increase the disburse rj ( menu of the governnicnt no an to absorb tlie |f surplus. Involving Also vast Increase of power K and patronage Another was to vent In yfnte e stocks. Another, nnd the one adopted, was tnnt Included In dim net of 2'Ul of Jnnu 1K3?>, v which provided that the surplas "Khali be deft posited with bucIi of the several .States In L proportion to their respective representation 1 ' in the Senate nnd House of Ilcprosentatives c < of the United States, rs shall by law author. lie ttieir Treasurers or other competent auf thorliles to receivo the same uu the u terms berclnnltcr specified ; and the , Secretary of the Treasury shall deliver the , same to such treasurers or other competent : authorities on receiving certificates of deposit . j therefor, signed fty such competent author! , lies In such form as may be prescribed by the J Secretary aloresald, wltlcli certificates shall ) express the usual and legal obligations, and I J pledge the faith of the State for the safe keep. j Ingand repayment thereof, and shall pledge . i the faith of the States receiving the same to j1 pay the said moneys and every part thereof from time to time whenever the same shall } bo rrquircil by the Hecreuiry 01 me Treasury t: lor the purpose of defraying any wants of the '! public treasury beyond the amount of the ' j five millions reserved." j i TliUN It was 11 loitn on what was deemed ami! plo security, The fact Is this was a singular I and irxceptional case. Tile treasury was over* 'flowing.' Several expedients weio proposed,t but all' m6re objectionable than this loan, ' which might bo used by tho Slates as they . might choose, respectively, and did not place I them in the position of stipendiaries reeeiv- < Ing money for a purpose or service designated. Hut distribution by wey of gift was held1 too be unconstitutional, and no one ventured to propose it. Especially be It noted that u!I these plans related to nn vtmenxf turvlus in | the treasury Over and--above all tho needs of, the government, and furnishing means of uni J limited conniption. We havo not tho Dlulr 1)111 uthniiU, ami do nut. remember whether lu provision* relate to any Kurului. There cun scarcely however l>e sulil to be a surplus, Imtxmucb un the debt or tho United auues . niiicj bo large enough to absorb any. And J when thlsxbnil have been paid taxes* and du| tie* should be such us to meet oniy lu.e legitimate exiK-nses of government. j I In further evidence (hut the loan .under.the I Act of lbW was u peculiar cusp, and not to be | taken as a precedent,lor donation*, It should bo remembered that Mr. (,'nlhoun. wi.o f.ivored (he former, made subsequently, in is-W, ' determined oppcKit.oii ion project In reluiiou . l<> <li v I < 1111 cr lin- nroei'fiU oi Ilie ha I ex of tlie t public lunds, which wouM be virtually uii assumption ol' the debts of the State. He- said. "I shall nut slop to show that such distribution tinder existing circumstances with tbe deep Indebtedness and embarrassment of many uf the States would be in reality an ns'sumption. We nil know Unit w'.thout such t Indebtedness and embarrassment the scheme: j ol distribution u-ould not have the leiut chance I for azUplion." (Italics ours.) And concluding his speech he added: "1 have limited my remarks to the prominent consequences Id a pecuniary and Hsc.il \i>'w which would result. There arc higher and still more important consequences which J have not ntlempt; ?d to .trace; I mean theellects. morally and politically, as resulting from those 1 have traced and presented tithe Henate. This I hope may he done by soine other Senator In tiiecourso of the discussion. But I have said unough to show that tbe scheme which these , resolutions arc Intend- d to condemn ought to beavol cd as the most fatal poison, tho most deadly pestilence. Itlsln icallly butascheiiie of plunder. Let b'oo<l be lapped and the appetite will bo Insetuihlc:" ; So much for the so c.illed precedent of 18.%. Jlrference h is also been made to an Act ol Congress of WJ, the bcnellts ? f which were accepted by this State In HvW. That was a period to which South Cuiolinians will hnrdly . turn for precedents. In tosc sad, d u k, ye irs, i South Curollmf was scarcely a free agent. : Whether there were or were not any special ' features In the Act. of JtW'J as in that of 1?.% we know not and euro not tooxainlnt'; nor do we pronounce any Judgment on the course o! South Carolina In ic^urd thereto. \VoJ?no* tiiHt a cruel necessity wan upon her, even lliul stern, Inexorable necessity, of which the terrlhle description Is that It has no law. None ! of her true and loyal sons loves her a:iy the less because In the day of her sorrow and her humiliation she bowed perforce her head to i ttto storms of elicuinstanco.' But It under ' the new United States constitution u? which, I by force of arms, she has been driven lo Hub* Imltshc n?ny yet be restored to her former i htgh cttnte, It will be through ulhcarauce to I the strict maxims and the high standards by 1 observance of which her ureal men have In the past Illustrated her annals and won for ! her the admiration of her people and the re* sped of her enemies. Here are some ol them, j they eannolbe repeated too often: I "Klect, Justice, plighted faith, and the constltuilon." 1 Ml is my srond fortune to represent a fctnte I which holds her character far above her Interests." 'j "It Is inverting the order of things to refer rights to duties instead of duties to lights? ! rights always precede duties winch are, In 1 fact but the obligations thep impi.se." 0L1J SCHOOL. . SENSIBLE TO THE LAST. Repeal the Nehool Tax and let the Outalde World wag- dm It niay-Sn- | gar Plain for CSovernorsi and Legis* ! latnre#?We mnst hold the Fort! rl whlcli Jlen like .nnrt uary Ntormea and took?A Tribute to the Dead of *70. White Hall, 8. C. KdUor rrcu and Banner; DcnrSir?I think the readers of your vhIuable puper, many of whlcli tire getting tired of hearing co much about nubile education,; the two mills lax and the Btjlr bill. What In 1 nubile edileal Ion and how brought about? Ja 1 It from the pocket of a n. -- who toils and labors to cdiici'te the slotlitul, shall tho puree Ntilims and hard earnings of Individuals be opened to the public. If U 1b In accordance' , with tl'? Constitution to lax the property of, an Indivldiuil to educate hlu neighbor's oliil-; dren.thc State also has the right to leuvy a 1 tux U> keep up Iws neighbor's pasture. Let our | people be thrown on their own resources, and j if tl.cy want their children educated l.tthemj pay for It, and not make laws requiring Indl- 1 viduals to cdumte ihe .Slate and thoi<e too1 lazy to turn their hand over lor their own good and bencll', set down and wait for their neighbors to do ihetr work, while they set back in the shade and donothine. 1 am of the opinion that our Legislature will sooner or; later I envy a lax to keep up I hose who are not j willing to work for tbeinsclvea, merely iorpublic sake or public opinion. What do we j cam about the education of the. ni-gro or the , white man who Is too lasy to woik for the education ot his own children. AH men are: I free and ecjual, having the same, rlnht to take c&i e of themselves how lonu will our peoplo j- fear public opinion and the out-lde world.i s w niiiuu we I'niCiiuiMiui ie? ii-iuumn uii(uc , by demagogues cither North or South, let. . them say wlmt they please, stop our ears against tlieni, treat tlu'ir remarks with contempi and kick thcin oul of ihc ring. ill I our offices witii men of undomitahle courayc and , veracity, place old men In office. Our youngi nicn know too uiuih. I nm of (he opinion [ thai our govern mental aflairs woulil lie safer . in the hands of gray beards who do not know , so muih. The young-men of our country have got ahead of the hound*, I.et us take! lor our Htandnrd the old Koman maxim, "Old. men lor council, young men lor war." I'epeal the two mills lax and let ourtnxes s he reduced, and then we will be happy re-] gardlis<ol what demagogue* or the outside1 * would may -ay. Let the wolves howl?rejl main in your hole, and keep quiet, the Imrk-j f 'Inst will ceafie soonelr or later. Uy and by >ou will see them drop their tails and trot off t'> thicket without their prey. What shall l??K come of us 11 we continue to harkon to pub, lie opinion, make no bargains with faction, care not what Noithern, demaRiies or nensr papeifl may say, secure a good local govern ment and lei them nolo the Devil, send men ,, to Ihc Leclflatiiro who will repeal tl>e lein p law and displace every trial Justice in Ihc State of Soutn Carolina, for we have no use j (or them, establish a ' ounty court, have a i county Judge to attend to all the minor trouln p les that may arise In ea'Ch iind every rutin ly^ ,. have your "laws entitled that even our bc-t lawycis may be able to dotluc them. Do not ,. have so inueh law. I think our people would ? be happier il they icduce the salaries ol some I ticers and raise that of others. Do not strain at gnats and swallow camels?pay jour Uovernor five thousand dollars and your teprc entatlves seven dollars per day. Send men 1 10 the Lezl>lntiiro who will ?o there, do their ' "'I' hikI ".mil. IhwU linnip neain. We Want i, niore work mid iocs gnu*. Hoist your banner, iiikI write those words: Wo tne Democratic j jmrty of South Carolina Intetid to contMil ttic , L'overniiicnt of tIiIm State for honosiy and In, tcsrrity, regardless of'-oiigcqut-ncc*. No more > in cro rule In South Curolliiii. Let u? stand I iih tirin as the rockH of Gibraltar. shoulder to p shoulder, the work l? done. We have the i( tort, let us hold It. Where me our men like Martin Gary, always ready to stand by our l right In the lace ol death If necessary. In my , opinion there should be a monument circled t to the memory of (Jen. Martin Oaiy'a vhIUiihie work in 1876 as I1I2I1 as the sklca who did . more than any other man to redeem the t State from her peril In l.-wrt, and reeilvtd leu* , for It. Place the Radicals and thieve* on the old cray horse as Mai key whs done in 1876 , and let the Deinoernt who Is in favor or houj, est government stand by Ills honored ho sc, ready for any emergency is what we wmittn H South Carolina. Iiepenl the law for plaelnr , parties in Jail for petty offence*, estab Ish a .. ehatn pani: or sell their time, make th' in f earn en income for the State Instead of a tax . upon the people by placing them in tin counk. ty Jail?put moniy In trmsurer's ifllce Int stead of taking It out, is my motto. r c. j. h. j < A NEW HbUBE OF WORSHIP TO BE SffiLLT I AT VERDERY. P ____ An Appo.il to Mothodists and the Friends of Mtcliodistm s Asbury Chapel Is atVerdery, In Abbeville , Comity, and Is oiip of the npi ointments In > the Greon wood Circuit. It Is historic. In . eternity It will bo mud, "this and that mnn ; .Whs horn there.*' Thank God (lie dear old ? chili fell has u good record. But the o'd bullrt; hit; Is In a state of decay, and something , should speedily be done 10 repair It. ? The membership Ik small. Although onre . a troiuc church. Iliere are now, through I death and removals, only nineteen names on j lis roll, sixteen of whom are females. This I little are true. They do not send forth this k appeal because they arc unwilling to at all In . their power, because that Is done they will i absolutely need help from others. The mem. bcslilp Is poftr, but will do Its duty. The h framfe is very good, and can be used again. I Some of tho weaiherboardlng can also be I , utilised. But It will talte between six and bcvi en hundred dollars tocompletethe work. You ? may ask what are tfte prn*peet< of keeping . up the church? If it has dwindled to such ; small proportions will It not dually vanish? t No, I have no Idea of such a result, provided 1 we get abetter building. A>bury is at Vcr dery, a growing little town 011 the Augusta t and Knoxvlllc Bail road, and is beautifully situated. It is the only church In. the place 1 up to date. This fx epouL'h to show that we > should "rise up and build," This Iscenten. nlal year, and we desire to repair the build5 ln<: hetorn the year closes. Reader, friend, t. will you help In thl* work ? If so. God bless , I your uttering. Send It at once, or as soon as you can. Any amount will be gladly tak< m I ... il... I..al Irlinf Itrn I | UU IUI un llir urnv juu mmi, miu n ....v U.VI . > | Leard says be 16'#, and I think you will be I fti'ovcd 10 help, l'on't turn from this appeal' t j without gl vlni; it serious, prayerful eonsidt r.i-; . tlon. Contributions inny be sent to Miss LIzi itle IJpford. MIss K.llen Dukes nml Miss I,. II. . Lipscomb at Verdery, 8. A. & O. R. H.. or i to me at Greenwood, 8. 0. If you send to ? Verdery, register your letter, as there Is no i money order ofllce there. There In one at Greenwood. W, A. ItOGKIW, I'astor. r Greenwood, May 5. Dear Brkthern?I am, I think, now the i only remaining member of Anbury Church as It stood Ally year:* ago. Up to a few days - ago, my tigcd mother was another relic of the L past. \Vo burled her on last Tucsduy, at Co-; . dar Creek, In Klchland County. She hud! 11 been a great sufferer for years from d I re arc | r'and the Inflrmatles of o d age, iu?d finally .'died In sure aud certain hope of heaven". /! p alone am Ir/t <5f a soclelv which, fifty years [ . ago. must have numbered more than h liuu-: i drcd. Home of these wcro among the noblest! . ! specimens of humanity aud Christian cliarac i : ter I liuve ever Known, i wm iiiunuun * ??? j names, whlcb until ilils day are remembered > and cherl*hed Willi the must unqualified love' - and reverence. There was Hie patriarchal > jSecly Walker, whose form and fcnturiK roll minded me inure of Cenerai (Seorge Washing?'ton than any man I have ever wen. Then 11 there stands belore my mind's eye the stnl:' wart form of Jefferson Weems, a man of fine ' character, Indomitable will and untiring zeal' ; In the cause of Ills Master. Close by hi* side, . i nnd linked to him by the chains of Christian 11 love, Is the ?entlo form and face of William I -i Lyon. lie Was the Melanelhoii who softened ! ijtho spirit and eorreeted the lervor of the: 11 more Impulsive Weems. Then there were ,the l'onalds, the Jordans, the.Moores, and the ! Fraslcrs.and u goodly cnmpnnv besides, all ol, [ whom have passed into the JSnlrlt Ijind. The writer only Is left of tho largo accessions! made to the church at Asbury, in 1 S-'tJ, under j the pastorale of the now sainted W. M. Wight- j : man date IJIshop) and his excellent colleague, I 'i'hcophllus Hoggins. A few years ago the I | writer, with his family and liro. Williams! Lyons, mad? a pilgrimage to the old sanctua-1 i rv. nnd It was with feelings of unutterable | sadness that we witnessed the alntost desola tlon of what, liml once been tlie Joy and beau ty of the nclKhborhoosl. ! I understand the pasiOr, Hro. W. A. Itogers, Is making u vigorous eflort to rejuvenate tlio 1 old churcli. I am glad of It, utul mow call on ! the Methodists of Abbeville bounty, and thej j friends of the church everywhere, to rally to j his support. I make nu appeal to your patrl-: otlsm, your love for the church of your i choice, your roped for the memories ot the: past, your hopes for the present and thefu- i i ture, and above nil, to your love ot our com, mon SuvKJur, to come to his hclo lu this good | | work. The whole aspect of soHety has | : changed In fifty yearn. \ oil nre entering now ! 011 a new era, politically and religiously. Ini- < prove It to tho utmost. Hulld up a church j ' edltllce which shall demonstrate your revor-j enco for the past, and your hopefulness for', the future. 1. SAMUEL LEAllD. * The band practices during leisure 1 J'oi'r? r.tnight. So far, wo believe none of our people iiavo doserted their 1 homes. !' j TILDEN DECLLNES. , i IB WILL NOT ACCEPT TBS HOKDUTIO*. ^ i In Open Letter, Thanking the People l for their Confidence and Mnpport, i but Decllnlnfl to be A>?ln a Candi- < date for the Pjeddentlsl Office. j New* Yokk, June 11.?The following paper,' rrom tftimuel J. Tildcn, ha* been given to the ^ Associated Press: To Manning, Chairman Democratic Stale 1 Commilieeuf New York: In n>y letier of June 18, 1880. addressed to the dele^tes frotn the < ilate ofNew York to the Democratic National Uonvctiliou, I Kuld: "Having now borne ' faithfully iny full share of labor nnd caro in1 public nervtce. and wearing marks of lu bur-'. dens, I desire nothing so much a# an honorable discharge. I wish to lay down the honors ind tol's i>f even qua?l party leadership and to seek the repose of private life. In renouncing the nomination fur the Presidency I do so with no doubt In my mind n* to tne vote ] of the state of New York at of the United Slates, but been use I believe that It In the renunciation of are-election to the Presidency. ' To those Who think my renominatlon and re- < election Indiepenxubie to an effectual vindirailon of the right of the people to eleet their rulers, violated in my person, I have accorded < iis long a reserve of my decision as possible, but I cannot overcome my repugnance to enler Into a new engagement which involves . four years of ecaseiess toll. The dignity of tlie Pre?ldcnilal ottlce is above merely personal ambition, but it chutes In me no illusion. Its value Isas a great power for good to 1 the country. I said four years ago in ncceptIng (lie nomination: 'Knowing us I do, there fore, from fresh experience how great thedlf- 1 I'ereuee is between gliding through nn olfleiul routine mid working out U reform of systems . and policies. It Is Impossible (or me to con- 1 template what needs to be done In the Federeral Administration wlthoutan anxious sense of the difficulties of the undertaking. If summoncd by the suflrutfes of my countrymen to attempt this work I Khali endeavor with God's liclp to he the efficient Instrument of their will. Such a work of renovating after many years of misrule, such a reform of > *terns and policies, to which I would cbecrtully have sacrificed all that remained to me of health and life, is now, I fear, beyond my sirength." My .purpose to withdraw from further public service, and the grounds of it, were at that time well known to yon and to others, and when at Cincinnati, though respcctlng my wishes yourself, you communicated lo mean appeal from many valued friends to relinquish that purpose' I felterated my determination unconditionally. In the four years which have since elapsed nothing has occurred to weilken but everything to strengthen the considerations which prompted my withdrawal from public life. To all who have uddessed rne on the subject my Intention has been fairly communiaated. some of my mom especial friends, under the sanction of their own names, have publicly stated my determination to be irreversible. ThHt I have occasion now to consider the quest ion la an event for which I have no naponsibillty. The appeal made tome by the Democratic masses with apparent unanimity to serve them once more Is entitled to-the most deferential consideration, and would Inspire a disposition to do anything desired of me If 11 were consistent with my Judgment of duty. I believe there is no Instrumentality In hu? man society so potential in Its influence upon mankind for good or evil a# the governmental machinery for administeringJustice and for making and executing laws. Notall the e eemosynary institutions or private benev?>lences to which philanthropists may devote their lives are m> fruitful in benefits as tho rescue and preservation of this machinery from the perversions that make it the instrument of conspiracy and fraud and crime against the most sacred rights and Interests nf the. Doonie. Kor fifty yearn as a private cltlxen, never contemplating un official carecr, I havede-i voted at least as much thought ufTbrt to tlie duty of Influencing a right aetlon of the Gov- | eminent Institutions of my country as loull other objects. I have never accepted official! service except for a brief period for a special purpose, anil only when the occasion seemed to require from me that sacrifice or prevate preferences 10 public welfare. I undertook the Slate admin isttntion of New York because It was supposed that In that way only could the executive dower be nrenyed on the side of reforms to which as a private citizen I had given three years of my life. I accepted the nomination for tha Presidency In 187tf because' of the ceneral conviction that my candidacy I would best pi event the issue of reform which I the democratic majority of the people desired ; to have worked out In tho Federal Government, as |t had been In that of the Stste of New York. I believed I hud strength enouuh then to renovate the administration of the Government of the United states, and at the close of my term to hand over that great trust to a successor faithful to the same policy. Though anxious to Keck the repose of private tlfe, I nevertheless anted upon the Idea that every power N u tjust and Involves a duty.' In reply to the address of the committee com* mini b ating my nomination, I depleted tuel difficulties or the undertaking and likenedmy f.-elltixB in engaging In It to those of a I g'tldicr entering battle, but I did not withhold ! theentlje consecration of my powers to the public service. Twenty years of continuous maladtninis-l trillion, under Ihe demoralizing Influence of | lnies:luu wax and bad finance, have tnfecied i the whole governmental system of the United ' States with cuncerotiMrawihs, false construe: lions and corrupt practice". Powerful classes I have acquired pecuniary Interest* in official | abuses, and the moral standards of the pet*, pie have been im pa I rod. To redress those I evils Is a work or great difficulty and labor, I and cannot be accomplished without the; most energetic and efficient and personal ac-1 Hon on tlie part of the (Jhlef Executive of the i Republic. Tile canvass and administration which ills desired that I should undertake I would embrnce u period of nearly Ave year*, i Nor can I admit any Illusion as to their burI dene. Threp years of experience In the en! deavor 10 reform the municipal government | of the city of New York and two year* 9f ex. pcrience In renovating the administration of the State of New York have made me fumllUrwlth the requirement* of such work. At i the present time the conMdeinMons which Induced my actions in 1'8U have become Imper1 atlvo. I ought not to assume a t-mk wblcb I have not the physical strength to carry through. To reform the admlnlstrtitlon of tlie Federal Government, to realize my owll Ideal and to fulfill the Just expectations of the ; people wouid Indeed warrant, as they could !al><ne compensate, the sacrifice* which the ' undertaking wuu d Involve; hut in mv couedition of advancing years and declining strength I eel no assurance of my ability to ' accomplish these object*. I am t herefore constrained to *ay definitely th*it I cannot now : assume the labors of an administration or of K canvass. Undervaluing in no wise that I best jsfft of heaven, the occasion nnd potter I sometimes bestowed upon n mere Individual j to communicate an Impulse for good, grate! fill beyond all woids to my fellow-country! tnen who would assign such benefit-lent funoI tlons to tue, 1 am consoled by the reflection thai neither tlic Democratic party, nor the i Republic, f'?r whose future that party Is the ] best Kiiuranice, is now, or ever can be, depeni dont upon any one man lor their successful I progress in the rath of noble destiny. Hav. ! lug given to their welfare whatever of health i imu nticii^ii a ut uhhu miiiun nuiii Hie future, nn<l lmvltii* reached the term of my capacity for nuch laborn us their utplfaru now demand", I but submit to the willCf Cod in dooming my public career forever uloacd. Samuel J. Tilden. 1,500 bi)3hels meal and 700 bushols corn at wholesale prices at A. E. ledgers. Cow pens ! cow peas ! for seed at Smith & Son. Just received. A beautiful line of whits lawns, all-over embroider}-, lawn edginge and insertings to match. K. Mi Lladdon <fc Co. Seefsitckers for lady's dresses in all colors 121 and 15 cents per yard at Wardlaw A Ed wards. tf India and Victoria lawns at 10, 12}, 15 and 20 ceuts por yard at Wardlaw <?r Edwards. tf Wo advertise what \Ve have for sale and have for sale what we advertise, and that is one (if tho finest lines of ladies and misses shoes iu this market. Whrdlaw <fc Edwards. tf The great hit of the season?tho dude hat for sale by Wardlaw A fid wards. tf Buy your laces, ruchiugs, wash net, ho.-lery, corsets Ac., from Wardlaw A Edwards. tf White check muslins 8, 10 and 12} tents per yard at Wardlaw <fc Edwards, tf Printed lawns 5, 61 and 8 cents per yard at Wardlaw & Edwards. tf Just received. A beautiful lino nf cream, pink, ecru and bla-jk lace bunt5 : ings for slimmer dresses. K. M. Haddon <t Co. Juntreceived. A new line of millinery. Wilts and bonnets of the latest stj'le, arid trimmings to match can be fbund ftt K. M. Haddon A Co's. A beautiful stock of all-over Embroideries can bo seen at the store of White Brothers. These are the newest thimz* out, and all the ladies ought to see tin m. Molasses! molasses! another oar-load just arrived, cheaper than ever before^ Call and see them. Smith A Son. All it costs Is a dollar a bottle, at \V. S. Cothran it Co's. Usdkbwkar 1 Undorwearll Indies' underwear. Great bargains at Smith & Son. WttAitb is not herft to do the talkibg, but we will do our l>est for you, W. SCothran & Co. The flt of our clothing unsurpassed by any. Smith <fe Son. Try Johnson's combination plows, a great wiving of time and money to be found only at Smith ft Sons. Cow Peas for soud can be had at Parker A. Hill's. tf Ladies dross goods in all the latest sum mer shades, 10 and 15 cents per yard n Wardlaw Edwards. tf JJuy Johnson's cotton Hides, tho boat thing in the world for running around your cotton to be found at Smith it Sons. Our business engagements are such that wo cannot close our stote at tf o'clock ilntil alter the 1st of June, 'iho ladies will please make a note of this afld call at any hour that flirty suit their convenience. it. M. Haddon it Co. We are still making large additions to our stock of millinery and laney goods. If you want a nice summer silk?if you want a white lawn dress?if you want a handsome bonnet, or if you want any article in ladies wear call and soo us, or send us your orders. It. si. llaauou x Co. | Kovh car loads of menl and corn to ar-1 rive this week at l>ottom figures. A. E. Rogers. Ward law Edwards have thd pleasure or announce the arrival of attractive lines of .Spring clothing for men's youtb'n boy's and children's wear. In the selection of these itoods the utmost care has been dcivotcd to style for early use of young men in the popular cutaway and sack suits, tf Over 100 pieces fine lawn and jaconet embroiderys with insertion to match. Spanish lace mull in prink Cream, blue and White. All over pulling for combining with white lawns. ft. M. Haddon & Co. Another lot ol Summer silks Just received. R. M. Haddon A Co. If you want 'ihything in tho tin line, :all at the new tin shop, and get either the cheapest or the best goods. tf A fine assortment of beautiful la Jips at ;he new tin shop. tf 1 A new broom sweeps clean, and a new > itore gives good bargains. Call at the ] tew tiu shop. tf "-V 1 ^ - -i?r-aa??mm Ycr can obtain great bargains by ex* training the stock of millinery at Smith t Son. Millinery! Millinery ! t at Coat Smith fc Son. Hati, Feather*, Plumes, Flowers, etc* it o^st. Smitb <fc Son. I Alwnyrt in Ktock large quantities o(^? Mn, Molasses, cron, meal, flower, etc. Smith & 8m.^ Reaiiy-mado Clothing. Our IttocK Jls| larKe and handsome. Smith <? Son. | Wizard Oil men are gone, but lefl their oil with us. W. 8. Cothran A Co* If yon are in request of gentlemen'! Summer underwear, at low prices, girl Cunningham ATempleton a call. A ll it costs is a dollar bottle at, W. 8. Cothran Jt Co's. 35 barrels Irish potatoes jitat arrived A. E. Rogers-. Just rettuiVed a car of New Molasses at Smith A Son. Just received another lot of CIncinufl Dn^gies, which will be sold cbeap tosoH L'tistomers. Thos. Beggs.1 Black kid gloves in all numbers ju?J received. R. M. Haddon <? Co. 1 ciwx^ma a r^mm| rnxm uiiiTu pi uiiw ?? ?? uvwi/ Smoke Jbe Boil Dog cigar at Speed d Lowrp. Now gooda ooming in almost every da at K. M. Haduon ft Co. A Splendid assortment of plows St lo# est prices Ibr sale P. Rosenberg 6c Co. Chew the purs Virginia leaf tobaeco Sold by Speed dc Ix>wry. To arrive? Florida ay rap at Parker 4 Hill'a. Garden seed! garden seed t at Ward caw ft HdWards. Ready mixed Paints, a full Tariet; of colors, in pouud or gallon cans, cbea] and for the cash at Speed ft Lowiy's. RKMEitnBR that W. Joel Smiths 8oi have still on hand a lot of niillineqr thai ihey are selling at cost. * Dresses exit and At or made to or^-^H the latest Spring styles at v HI R. M. Haddon ft Co\ V A full line of all styles of plow?'^| feccived st Smith ft Son. 20 pieces checked muslin Inst recei^H and .to arri.Ve at 10,12, 15 and 20 yd. P. M. Haddon H If yon wantaxAlr ot nice ArgosjKe* ponders, the 1*4 iu ?be market, go tB Cunningham ft TemptatnOr- 7 I On consignment st Wholesale prlcwJ 1,000 bushels Corn, car load salt, car Aoad at A. E. Ro^era' store. All goods tpcfl cash on delivery. . 1 Use Van ^uskln's fragrant SorodeJ for cleansing and preserving the totfH It hardens the gums, Imparts a deligtytftfl and refreshing taste and feeling toj-tM mouth, removes All tartar and scurQud| rests progress of decay, ic. Sol'WH Speed ft Lowry. Bu lot's i ul V i.'ll i* i Onion sets at Wardtew ft Edwatfs^H Great bargains! great bargains millinery at-SuaiUi <fc son. A LaRoK lihfl of bbdlca' underwa^H cost. Smith 4 .8 Call ?nd be cored of your pains a bottle of Wizard Oil. All itcoata^H dollar a bottle. W. 8. Cotbran Landretb'a are the b#?t?Landfj^H now and freab garden seed on hand.^^1 Smith d8 pieccs black casbimere 50c yd. just received. R. M. Haddon Call tot the capatial, the beat 5e.^^l at Parke* A Hill's. A fresh lot of cigars Jast receiye^H Speed A Lowry. IV Try Cleopatra cigars, sold by Speed I Lowry. I Torchon laces 35 to 7.1 eta. da. Jnst rfl oeived. R. M. Haddon A Co.J 1000 yds. white lawn 40 in width at til very ii>w price or 10 ct?. per vd.?a bal gain. li. M. Haddon A Co. I A new lot of school books just receive at II. \V. Lawson A Co'a.' M C. C. C. A certain cure fur cbjjj^yfl bad at Speed A lx>wry'a. Ludies, wo liavajust received 100 piccB of calicoes, bleached and brown liomfl spun, peroleH, ginghams, chantry, Am Air early Spriug wear. K. M. iladdon Coi I ?.. ? ? - i- - j-n--_ .? xkr.JM ALL lb W9WI 19 rn UUIMI m WlUVf ?! Cot bran A (Jo's. " Why will yon suffor with oorns w CUn's corn soiveut is no available, it ii been tested abd Its virtue la uuparalelU To be bad at Speed * Lowry's. 10 lbs. standard grrnulated sugar 91.00. 11 lbs. standard extra C. sugar 91.00. 12 Ibsi cott'ee C. sugar for 910% PloWs at He per lb. at Parker iUilj. 1,200 bushels corn in stock and to rive Look out the, market is advancii A. E. Rogers Garden seed ofavery variety, Just i ceivcu by H. \V. Lfewson ft Co. tf [ A full line of tobacco, cigars, oigare and sntitf always on band at Speed i Lowry. I 100 gross pearl buttons, 60 gaoaa i.Vry bmtous Just received at R. M. Hi d ?n ft Co. R. M. IIaddox ft Co., are reeeiri their slock of Spring goods, which, ! variety and style, will compare favoral w ith any they have over shown. M Haddon has been in New York for ne ly two weeks selecting her goods in p son. If yon want a ladies dnster at N York* cost, go to Cunningham ft Temp ton. If you want a nice fan at New Y costj go to Cunningham ft Teinpleton. Use Darby's cough drops, tbey a ill found aseful in relieving all disease the throat and lungs, ana invaluable public speakeft and singers. Sold Speed ft LoWt-y, White 11 rot tiers have a laraerstfAU uRuul of I<ace?, Cotton mings, Hum burg Embroideries. assortment of Laces ia very extensivejH Do not fail to examine White BrothS stock of ready-made clothing, anoes iH White Brothera have a choice atorkH White Gooda embracing l%wna frunH ccnls upwards. India Linena, NainsooH Piques, Ac. 1884 OPENING 1884.1 Tuesday, April 1st I Spring and Summer H Millinery, Patterns, Hats nnd Bonnets copied from the latest French impor tations. Flowers that.*l? H most t-ival nature itself. I Laces, new and hand- I some) Kuchings, Trim- H | ings, Silks, Feather#, I RiblVOns, Summer Silks, B Black Silks, Dress Goods, fl White Lawns, Olove^^H ridfcfe'ry, Lawn* ana Hamburg1 Enbroideries. 9 The ladies are invited B to come and examine B our Stock tfbich tor B style and variety cannot B be excelled-. B E. M. Haddon & Col -Hnrch 19th, 1881. tf B CINCINNATI I REP0SIT0R1 ABBEVILLE, 8. C. I T)ER80NS WANTtHU B 1 WAGONS, B BUGGIES, M HARNESS, H WHIPS, . ^ HALTERS, H BUGGY CUSHIOJTS, H AXLE GREASE, SB PLOW GEAR, RIDING BRIDLES. H 11AME STRINGS, Ac., M Will do well to call before purchailng, i^H will not be undersold. TH08. BEGOS.I March 11,1883. tr _ MEDICAL CARD. B DR Li. T. HILmj HAVING sold hla Interest^ the drug at^E will devole hla entire attention to^H Practice of hla Profession. OFFICE In rear of Speed A Lowry'a V^M Store. At night may be found at th< House. M ~ 1