Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, July 22, 1868, Image 1

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Advertisements will be inserted at the rate, of ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS per Square (10 Minion lines or loss,) for the. first insertion, t...,and ONE DOLLAR for each subsequent insertion. TtSf A lib?rai diseount will be made to those TBS* wi?bing to advertise by tbs year. . Announcing Candidates $0,00, in advance. ESTABLISHED 1802. .A [ * CHARLESTON COURIER, " DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY, BXAVS. WILLING TON & CO. Daily Paper, $8.00 per Annum. Tr|-Weekly Paper, $4.00 per Annum. -o THE COURIER, has entered on .the sixty sixth year of 1rs publication. During ti)is long period of its existence, despite the mutations of fortuno and timo, it baa been liberally sup ported, whilst many of its contemporaries have been compelled to succumb to financial necessities. Wo gratefully record this evidence of fae appre ciation of our uwn, and the efforts of our prede e jssors, to make it ?hat it is, and always bas boan, ONE AMONG THE LEADING COM MERCIAL AND NEWS JOURNALS OF THE ?S&I?TH, and will renew our exertions to odd to its sAwptability to the public, as wtrfl ns to place iii ea.<ily within the reach of all wbo desire a Jf?RST CLASS CHEAP PAPER.. Io furtherance of this purpose we now issue tb? Da Hy and fri- Weekly Courier to oar Sub scribers, at tie rato of eight and four dollars per annum respectively. Our purpose is to furnish a first cluss paper upon the-anst reasonable living prices. Charleston, Jan 20 tf 4 . The Great Popular Paper! THE IARI?O?T?II? NEWS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Six Dollars a Year 2 The Charleston .Tri-Weekly News, TH^EE DOLLARS A YEAR-TWO DOL LARS FOR SIX MONTHS ! TERMS, CASH IN ADVANCE! A--J*? #^~No Paper-sent unless* the Cash accompa nies the order. SSTNo Paper sent for ? longer time-tban paid for.' " ' - . - . - . Ha RIORDAN, DAWSON & CO., PROPRIETORS. Charleston, Dec 23 3t5? 1868 ! THE 60UTHERN FAVORITE. u ul tl bl ii bi ?< 0 ti, kV si Vi oe Si io (lt sc tn tb se ?i ai ai BURKE'S WEEKLY FOR ' "BOYS ?ND GIRLS. Beautifully Illustrated, and Ele gantly Printed, Prcndiuiccil by Ute Southern press to b? tin mast elegant and talented young people's paper printed in tim country ! Wo are now publishing Marooner'* Inland, a Sequel to the Young Marooners, nod Jack Dobell, or a Boy's Adventures in Term, hy one of Fan nin's men-prosounced " equal to the best of Mayne Reid's stories." Wo shall begin, in the first number of 18C3, a thrilling story, by a lady of Virginia, entitled ? ELLEN H?XTER: A Tale of the War," which will run for several months. Among the regular contrit) ui<? rs to BURKE'S WEEKLY aro Rev. F. R. UOLXOI.NO, author of ." The Young Mar'oonerV;" Mrs. .JA.VK T. H. CROSS ; Mrs. FORD, of Rome, Ga. ; Miss MARY J. TJpsnruR, of Norfolk, Va., and many otters. TEIMSS-$2 a year in advance; Three copies for S? ; Fire copies for SS ; Ten copies for $13, aind Twenty-one copies for $30. .Clergymen and Teachers tarnished at $1 50 per annum. The voluae begins with the July number. Stack numbers can be supplied from the first, send* ail yearly subscribers may receive the nu tu bers fer t?e?irst sis m on tbs, ifitched in an elegant illuminated cover. J. Vf. Bfc-RfcE li CO., Publishers, J/UCON, Qa. tf 5-2 Subscription.s reeeirei ?it tho Advcrtiecr Office >r BURKE'S WEEKLY'. Address. Dee 25 SSS SI 0 0 u s ti a c tl 1 n b r C I y V a d E t F t V t V il r i r UNIVE'BMMSf HERALD, POTASH LO A, ALA. JOHN C: BUK?U85. Editor A Proprietor. Term*, $2,0 . P?r ?!1 Advance. nriHIS PAPER ha* entered ?pon it? J?th Vol J. uroe. " It is ihe Orgau of ?ho Uni7er?aliit d?nomination in the SoutB ?n i Southwest. Try itaye*r.. Money can bo sent by mail, at ttoe risk ot' the editor. ' Feb'24 lm 9 INSURANCE AGENCY. PARTIES wiefaing-to Insure their DWEL LINGS* GOODSv ?to., can do so on tho lowest tern?, and io the BEST COMPANIES, by call ing on the Undersigned. D. lt. DCRISO& A$ent for A. G. HALL'S Insurance Agency ? Jan 1 & PLANTEES' HOTEL. AUGUSTA, GA. Jtoly Furnished and WkWM, njnsurpassed by any Hotel South, Was Reopened to the Public OoL 8, lSfi6. T. g. NICKERS ON, P/Ojpjietfo*. Estate Notice. A LL .per??J*J?*yM>.ir claim? against the Estate il. of W. E. M&??jLjy TON. dee'd., are notified to present the same io ti^ undersigned without sieXtes, ?nd tho*e dndebtei ?W ?f?d Estate are re <3*ettte4 io pey up foBtbwUh. J. T. MIDDLETON, Oct. 9, 1??T 0 Fair Warning. OWSWARN all PerWJ^wm Selling DR. _ i'JT. SBtcBRIDE'S KlN^OfV P?lJ?. unless said yettUtt ar* duly authorized by m y stA/, 'o?. I am the Soie Ageat for the Sale of said Medicines for the Dialtiet of Bdgefield. Merchants titppKed *t Wholeiole prices. L. C. McNEARY, Al . Fr?g L?fe?, Newberry Dist, Apr? 3A* * - lent The Stranger on the Hil!. ' HT T. BUCHANAN REED. Between broad fields of wheat and corn, fTT'thVloToly home where I was born, The peach trees lean against the wall, \nd the woodbine wanders over all ; There TS the shaded door-way still, Sut the stranger's foot has crossed tho sill. There is the barn-and still as of<yora th can smell the hay from the open door, Ind see the basy swallows throng, ind hear-the peowee's mournful song ; But the stranger comes-ah ! painful proof His sheaves aro piled to-the heated roof. There is the orchard-the very trees, .There my childhood knew long hours of ease, Ind watched the shadowy momonts run, Till my life hud imbibed more shade than sun ; That swing from the bough now sweeps tho air, 3ut the stranger's children aro swinging there. Chere bubbles the shady spring below, - - Vith its bulrush brook where the hazels grow; Twas there I found the calmus root, Lad watched the minnows poise and shoot, tod saw the rubin lave his w.ing Jut the stranger's bucket is at tho spring. )b ! yo who daily cross the sill, >tep lightly, for I love it still, ind when you crowd tho old barn eaves, Chen think what countless harvest sheaves lavo passed" within tho scanted door -gladden eyes-that are no more. )cal kindly with those orchard tree: ; 1 Ind when your children crowd your knees, ' Their sweetest fruit shall they impart, * Ls if old memories stirred their hearts ; .'o youthful sports still'leave thoir swing, ind in sweet revcronoe hold the spring. .'he barn, the trees, tho brook, tho birds, c 'he-meadows with their lowing herds, * 'he woodbine on the cottage wali ly heart still.lingers by /thom all; c strangers on my native sill, tep lightly, for I love it still. c GOVERNOR SCOTT'S MESSAGE, e _ li Gentlemen of tite Se?ale and House of Rep- a resentatiics : ' a For the first time in the history of South f( aroliua, her General Assembly has convened 0 Dder u Constitution that recognizes the rights fl f man. The monopoly of class, by which Sl ie lew governed the many, bas gone down ?J efore the sovereignty of thc people, .and her ). istitutious have beeu founded ou the broad a' isis, that '. all governments derive their just tl owers frc m the consent of the governed." p nr Constitution, recently rutified by thc vast {! lajority of the votere ol South Carolina. ? iiarantees to the citizen every privilege con n stent with the safety ol* the State, and in- a mts the State with every prerogative not in- s? msistent with, the rights of the citizen. 0 ound policy and correct principio thus unite our political system, and it w ll be your :ty, as it will doubtless be your chief aim, i to legislate that the public law?, and ad- ^ inistration of the State, shall not discredit ^ e Constitution under which you have as- n m bled. . si. The object of all legislation abould be tho & reatest good to the greatest number ; equal jd exact ju?tice to all is, therefore, required r< , your hands ; and 1 have t.o doubt that each ^ nd every class aud locality in the State will s' ?ceii'O ?.heit due share ol public lavor from 01 our honorably body. u ti FINANCE ANji ?T?.TE DEUT. . a: The iiilftncial condition ot7 th? State will u oubtless engage your early and most tei ioua Ltention, ano the necessary ways and means e provided, both for the support of its gov rnment and to meet the lawful demands of v a creditors, foreign and domestic. ? Character 'fc crpdjt, aud credit is the very mews of the Stato io pcf.c? and war. The ? bligation of the State, therefore, bo j?pst all 1 ? its liabilities is founded alike upou correct ? joral principle and sound policy. This obli- 1 ation should bc the more sensibly felt lrom I te fjjet that a Slate cannot, like au individu- 5 1. become the subject of coercive process to 1 ?mpel it to meet jts just indebtedness ; but 1 be creditor must rely coldly upon its honor. c 'he Convention appointed a Board cf Com- e limones to investigate the delot and ayaila- R ile asset? of: thg .State, w ?th instructions' to 11 eport the results of ttocfr i'oy?Btigaljon to the r ieneral Assembly, at its first sesslpp. and as ? am without any positive data upon thu sub ?j ect, I must refer you to their report, which ^ rill doubtless soon be laid before your honor- [ ble body. I will mako this matter of the ' lebt of the State the subject of a special ** nessage to tho General Assembly, as it is one hat vitally concerns the reputation of our ? icople and the future credit of the State. s Th? information thct I now have places * he valid ilebt of the State, exclusive of the 1 irar debt, at akoat #vo mitliops five hundred c bousand dollars {$5,0?W,0/)0). This debt is j ery small compared with thal of .oth^er Stales ? md the resources of the State, and if/ proper f ueasures ure taken to promptly liquidate thc 1 nterest due upon it, the credit of South Ca- * olina will stand as high as that of any State 1 ? {.he Union. * 1 wo^4 recommend the funding of th? un- 1 ?aid interest, noy due upon the State debt, t ind also tbat accruing y? to a period when 1 he State will, without doubt, ba abjo to meet gr liabilities ; and would suggest the isl o/ fuly. J.??JjP, as the date to which it should be und?d. ? sroilld also recommend that all J tonds of the State should be made payable in sew York as the financial (?entre of the couti- ( ry; and that all stocks shall bo convertible r.to bondi-, at the pleasure of the holders. ' STATE BANK. I recommend an early and thorough inves 1 igatso? into the affairs of thj State Bank, ' pith u vies? to ascertain the liabilities it may 1 lave entailed ?upon tji? ?Jttf u?, pursuant to the 5 erins of its charter, fa offals fft) fts?pt,s ? hould be inquired into, and it ?bpu?d be p^t ,? n liquidation as soon ai possib'e, in order ' hu the just claims against it may be prompt- < y settlea. IOND3 OF STATE OFFICERS ANO DEPOSITORY ( FOR STATE FUNDS. Jn .o/4i}r fo guard the State against loss by lelalcatioas o*- .-?iigrwjse, I earnestly recotn ue.r.d thatall ofijeers ?rn charged with :he custody of public funds shall be required o give ample bonds and security for tile saf? jeeping or faithful disbui.-.tmeutof the same, [.also recommend that a responsible bank mall be desiguuted as a depository lor the fun4c,p/ the State ; and-.ibat authority should be vested in ?up fjoveruor and: two private citizens, to bc selected .by L^e .General Assem bly, qr otb? rwise, ?tbRemand frqrju thc Gtstp Treasurer .at any time an exhibit of bis books, and all public moneys for which he may be accountable ; this inspection to be mado at least once in each qu^rter TAXATION* AND ASSESSMENTS. There is no problem that can engage the bttention of the legislator more difficult than ^bfl framing of an equitable system of taxa tion. Z?7cn 'u the most prosperous commu nities the Iawc tbjai exact from the citizen a portion of Wt means''lo *upr,ort thef;ov?rh ment that protects his life and property, are viewed with extreme sensitiveness. Espe cially is Uti* the: ease in a society such as1 ours, ! ShCTe'iatav* >f kiod -haye bee? ^* denly changed fey ^e(ccny/ilsi?hsof war, aid where the exclusive' government oi cU^shaa been expanded into the true Kep^blJ<?n^rn of universal suffrage. ' Hence, those wh pose the free Constitution of our State a that it enables the non-property hold' legislate for- and tax the property ho This argument, however spacious it may s destroys , itself by proving too much fi in all republics the majority must rule, as the majority are always non-proj holders, or as individuals pay least oi taxes, it follows,'under the argument all? that the very basis of our republican syf should be expunged. While the capit may justly declare that he should no made the subject of unreasonable exact: u*- '"j.on"-bis capital depend the crcatic ?real public znd private enterprises, and employment ol labor, in.every pursuit in i vet the working musses-theagriculturist the mechanitv-may, wkh no less justice sert that by their labor and skill caph; multiplied through all the varied form production and trade, and that tb?y^ are !>one and sinew of the State in peace (var, and should therefore receive their ?hare in its administration. "Recognizing the justice of both of tl daims, it is your delicate and important d >o to adjust our system of taxation that enterprise ot the capitalist shall not be Dressed by imposing upon him unduo l lens, while at the same time every dasi "eal and personal property shall be requi ? aid in the support of the State, and in ? bining the institutions that its condition nanda. In this you will be guided by S ion 3G, Article 1, of our State Constit?ti vbieb declares that " all property subject axation shall be .taxed in proportion to ralue. Each individual of society has a ri/ 0 be protected in the enjoyment of life, I >rty and property,according to staudingla^ 3e should, theiefore, contribute his share he expense of his protection." It is proper for me here to call yodr att< ion to the fact that under a recent decisi if the Supreme Court of the United Stat lational banks, within thedimits of tlfeSta ,re subject to^State taxation; while t iroperty of railroad companies, raunicipa ?es and all other -corporations will be ei ?raced in your general tax bill. I invite your attention to Article 0 of I Jonstitutiou. which provides that " The Ge ral Assembly shall provide by law for a ui Drm and equal rate of assessment and tax ion." and defines tile powersof the corpora utnorities of counties, cities, towns, &c-, at uthorizrS them to as?ess and collect tax jr corporo-te purposes. The assessed vail f the real esiate of South Carolina, iu 186 ras one hundred aud twenty-nine millioi sven huudred and seventy-two thousand:si unded and eighty-four ($129,772,084) t?o us. This value has, of course, been mater Hy lessened by the violent convulsions I .ade and thc industrial interest of the pe: Ie durirg the past Reven year-, yet it serve ) indicate that with every allowance for t)] nowa reduction in the market value of oi ?al estaie, that even upon a minimum asses: icuc of values, it will form an important bi s of taxation and of the financial resource f the State. COUNTY TKEASUKERS AN!) AUniTollS. ? In tbis connection I would recommend tha ic General Assembly will provide by law lb ie creation of the cilices ol County Treasu ;r and County Auditor, to be appointed ii ich manner ai your honorable body slial irecr. .These officers should be placed unde: jip'chonds tor the safe keeping and fnUbfu itura of all moneys of the State and Countj tat may at any time come inte their posses on. The County Auditors will be the clerk: T the County Commis.-ioners, and will malo p and audit the accounts between thc coun Y and the tax payers and the State, and ex mine and countersign Ibo necessary draft! pon thc County Treasurers. DIVISION OK TUE COUNTIES. 1 respectfully recommend that yen will pro ide at your present session for ihe divjsior f the larger counties of the Stafc." Accord lg to the I"nited States census of lSliO oulh Carolina has an area of twenty-foui housand live hundred (24.500) square mues rjtb a populatiou of seven hundred ant lir?'e tiibi*?.~nj} seven hundred and ci-;!:i 703 708), or uear fifteen (1?) persons to thc quare mile. As the State' is divided inte hirtv-one (31) counties, these figures show hat the average area of our counties is about igh* ! unured (300) square miles, while sev rai cf them actually embrace an area ol nore than eighteen hundred (1800) square ailes; In the present condition of our public o?ds, with many pf the streams unbridged, .ad with the few facilities for ira veiling njs essed by the most of our people, the great [istanpo of the county seat and records, Irom hose living u^on the border of one of ttrnse arge counties, emails the nio?>? serjous incon 'cnieDce upon them. In view of tho necessity of a new geo ?raphical subdivision of the State, article 2. lection 3, of tho Constitution, provides "that he General Asserabiy shall have the power it auy time to organize new counties by ibaDging the boundaries of any of the old mes: but no uew county 6h al I be hereafter brined of less extent than six hundred and wenty five square miles; nor shall any exist ng to.?u?ips ):o reduced to u Ic.-s extent thau ix hundred and twenty-?ye srq?re miles, iach county shall constitute on., lection dis ,rict." I suggest that sir hundred and twon y-fivc (G2J) square miles, or twenty (20) ;own8hips, be made the mnximum area of my new county thal may be hereafter formed. PUBLIC ROADS AND RaiDCES. lu v;cv/ of thc very bad condition of our jublic roads and bridges, I recommend that ;hc General Assembly will provide by law for he sub-division of each county into roi^'dis ricts, and for the appointment of competent lersons as supervisors of such districts, under ;ho dire?iioij pf J be county commissioners, l?eso supervisor? pf roads 'should recejye a .easonaulc per diem when actually ompioyod, md the couuly commissioners should be em bowered to require that each able;bodied citi ien, between the ages of twenty onc'(21) md fifty five (55) shall give his labor a rea sonable number of days in thc year, to be riped tjy law, for working the public roads, )r shall pay iu lic? thereof a certain sum. ft should ?Iso be provided, 4>at tho j??unty 3om missioners may be held responsible in iatnaee? lor any injury to persona or'property ;hat may accrue to auy citizen beeauso of their failuro to keep the roads and bridges in ;ood and safe repair. JUDICIARY. j^rtiole 4, of our Constitution, provides for the r?organisation cf the Judicial Depart ment of the ?iate, and defines the j?risdiefiop jf thc several courts, to h? organized iri pur suance of the same. This important subject, JO vital to the protection of the person and property of the citizen, demands, and will, doubtless, receive you early and most serious attention. 1 recommend that the jurisdiction bf Justices dj" tne Jieace be extended, co that they may render judgment io petty dases, in volving the liberty of the accuaed, subject of course to an appeal. The State will thereby be saved the cost of supporting many priso ners in the jails, charged with small offences, but unable to givo bonds for their appearance at the general term of tho court, while tho committing Justice has no authority to pass sentence upon them. I would also recom mend that Justices of the Peace should f?e nested with tho power to discharge from ar rest in '?Dy casoVh^re there i? not probable cause or reasonablo grounds for" believing the accused guilty. This would not debar the Grand-Jury fros investigating the oase of a person so discharged, and finding a bill of in dictment against him, should the * facts war . i l.'l Cl ... . Taut it v while it would prevent much har' sfiip to innocent person's, and expense to tl State, hv the law's delay, '?frth?s connection, I would urge that tl fees of justices of the peace, clerks of court sheriffs, constable, and other officers-who mi be entitled.to receive- fees, should be strict] regulated by statute. REVISION OF CODE AKD-CHAM?JE OF PLEADING lin vite your earnest-attention tO'Secfic 3, Article -S, of-the Consti- uuion, providii ?that." the General Assembly, at its^first se sion after fche.?*adoption of lhis .Conatitutioi shall mak??"provision to. revise, digest^ and a range nuder proper heads, the body ,of ot laws, civil and criminal^ and, form . a peni code founded upon principles of reformation. This section also provides that the' Genen Assembly "for that purpose shall appoit some suitable person or persons, whose dut it sha!? be to reviso-, simplify and abridge-tb rules, practico, pleadings and'forms of th courts now- in use du this State. A well d gested code pf Public. Laws, with a full an clear iudex, willie of .great value to all clai sea of our people, professional, or otherwisi Such a cod? South Carolina ha? neyer pos s?ssed. The Committee appointed for thi purpose should be composed of men of th highest legal ability, and should'be empowei ed to ornitrfrom the code such statutes as ar no longer in-ac cord with our Constitution, c that conflict with the changes in our politico and civil Systems. Especially should the pie of " Beueiit of Clergy,", which has. so loni disgraced the judicial .system of the Slate be no longer recognized^ by our courts. - trust that the General Assembly will luako ai approprialion-sufficiently liberal, togiv? a fai compensation to the members of that- Com mission for their necessarily arduous labor* STATUTE OF FRAUDS. . ' Section 20, Article 1, of the Constitution hating provided-that(t no person shall be im ptisonedTor debt, except in cases of fraud, ? recommend ..nat the General Assemblj dially nt'an early day, enact a Statute o frauds, and also a new Statute of Limita Lieus, defining the rights,, remedies, and lia bilities.of creditors aud debtors.. . . .. KLECTJOXS. I invite your attention to Section 3, Artieh 3, of tho Constitution, wh i oh > provides thai 'it shall be the duty of the General Assent dy to provide from time- to. time for tho reg" stratton of all electors. It is important to the safely of the State ;hat the rights of its electors and the purity if the ballot box hhoald be rigidly guarded, [therefore recommend that you will pass itringent laws prescribing the duties of regis nus and judges of elections, with appropri tte penalties; and providing also-for thc pun shment of bribery.aud ccrruptiou at public dectious. REMOVAL OK POLITICAL DISABILITIES. I would earnestly recommend that your jonorable body will, at an early period, nie norialize Congress to relieve every citizen ol south Carolina from all political disabilities. '. make this recommendatiou the morc.readi y from the fact that there .are believed to be tone ofthat class in this State who have com mitted infamous offences against the laws of rar.' The statute of disfranchisement was doubt ess wise and proper at the earlier stn ?re ol ecoustructiou, aud justly marked the cation's ibhotrehce ol those who, having been tb* rualVU Ivnik,., ?,f t'a-? jjcOpTc, b?ltl {ed tilCSi tito rebellion against the bcuign government if their country. Yet the continuance ot uch disfranchisement would be an anomaly tnder our Republican system, based upon the loctrinc of universal suffrage. Let us hope hat Ruch an act ot magnanimity will not be nistaken by the class disfranchised, while lo leny it Will tend to make them objects oi ytnpaihy, and will be, as it were, to keep a mile sticking in an opeu wound. EDUCATION. Civil liberty and the education of thc mas ics are inseparable. The safety of ti free State rests upon the drtue aud intelligence of thc people, aud it ?anrot preserve thc one without cultivating he other. AU t.'publics of which history mikes mention, have owed their decline and all tn the corruption of the people ; who, laving become unmindful of their rights and lettes through ignorance, became thc prey ol lemagrgues through choice. In a country luch as ours, where the humblest citizen, if ?orthy and well qualified, may aspire to thc itatioti of tho highest; and where the hurd. landed child of poverty ard toil may become .he chief magistrate of the republic, the dif usi?n of intelligence among tho masses is : '. inly a measure bf public justice, but vitahy amcerns the public safety. % The Governmen-. of-th* United States has ?een eo.'mjndftd of the importance of popular ?duca?iohi'that it has already given 70,000,000 >f acres ot public lands, worth at least ninety millions ($90.000,000} of dollars, for the es tablishment bf schools and colleges in thc States and territories of the Union. I would, therefore, earnestly recommend that the pro? vision of our constitution upon this subject be carried out in its fullest extent, and tbut as thorough a.system of free schools shall be Bstablibhed as is consistent with the present taxable resources of the State. i deem it proper to add, that eatisfaptory assurances are given thai Congress will,1 with-, in a brief period, make a Uberal grant of pub lic lands to this State, for the creation of a permanent common school fund, thus in a great measure relieving our people from the burden of taxation for that special object. 1 respectfully suggest that you will memorial ize thc Congress of the- United States upon thie sublet, and solicit the grant refered to at the earl i esl possible day. Article IO, socti?h :->, ol' the Constitution, provides that "there shall be kept open, at least six mouths in each .year, ono or more r.e?;o?lg in each school distriot..',' I respectfuUy^euowmeud that the General Assembly will provide^by law. for ?ho estab lishment of at least two (2) schools iu each, school district when necessary, aud that one of said schools shall be set apart and desig nated os a school for colored children, and the other for white children, the school fuud to be distributed equally to each class, in' pro pprt|fln to tjip Dumber pf ekjldren jn ??^h be tween thfi ages o/' si* anti sixteen1 yea>a. ? deem this reparation' of tho two races in tho publio sohools a matter of the greatest impor tance to all classes of our people. While the moralist and the philanthropist cheerfully recognizes the fact that " God hath made of one blood all nations of men," yet the statesman, in legislation for a political Bociety /that embraces two distinct, and, in. ?j???e'tae^?ie,autygopistipra>;ea, in jibegrcati body of its ?lectora, must, as far as the low op equal rights will permit, take cognizance ?( existing prejudices among both. In school districts, wh?ro the whito children may pre ponderate in numbers, tho colored children may be oppressed, or partially excluded froro ('pe schools, while the gapje result may accrue to the whites in those districts where colored children are in the majority, unless they shall be separated by law as heroin recommended. Moreover, it is the declared design of the Constitution that all'classes of our people shall he educated, but not to provide for the separation of the two races, will be to repel the masses of the whites from the educational training that, they so much need, and virtual ly to give to our colored population tho eXclu< sive benefit of our public schools. Let us: tberefhr?, recognise ' facts os they are, and re'y upon timo aDd the elevating influence ot popular education, to dispel Rqy uuju^t.pr'pju j dices that may exist umong the two races o our fellow-citizens. -' ^^o Goye?norxeit takes up the/subject of . ..Agricjoltuce,,and .urges, our farmers to take . progressive steps in- tho way of diversified .-. cropland improved implements ofhusbandry, with the proper use of the best fertiliz'ers,-in stead'of concentrating so large a portion of labor upon cotton, as heretofore has been the policy of' the people of .the. South. ._y.Tlre Governor, suggests the. importance of th&.j?jissage of an act creatnig a State .Board of Agriculture and Emigration, to consult df atdeast three capable persons, one of whom .shdold be a practical chemist; aud says: '^Tbis Board should be charged with'the duty bf investigating abd makiug known to the entire country the agricultural resources of the State, and should be required to make .andanual reportMo the Legislature, embody thc results of their labors, and recommend soh'improvements .as they may deem neces sary in the system of cultivation now prac ticed among our people, and such improved agricultural machinery ns to them may seem moat proper, together with the value and mode of using fertilizers. They ?hould' also set .tbrth the attractions that our soil and climate an?/minoral resources offer to the thrifty ag riculturists, mechanics-and'miners of our Northern States, and to those of Europe. They should also present tables showing the cos? of living,, the rates of wcgef, the number .mid?class of mechanics needed in the several counties, .and the pri?e'of land, and the terms upon which .it cnn bc rented. Their report should bo furnished to tho trades unions of. this country-and Europe. " lliis information, if properly distributed, will/I feel assured, start a tide of emigration that'will flow ' into and greatly enrich tho State. Thc German and French grape-grow -ors will And our upper tier bf counties a soil and -climate as genial to thc grape as their own vine-clad hills, being precisely on the same parallel of latitude as the great wine making.districts of Spain and Portugal. The Swede and, the Dane will ,find ample scope and verge for. their taleuls for mining in our gold and lead regions, while even the Hollan der may exercise his cunning in draining the marsh lands of our low country, which he may got almost for thc asking. Our rivers, abounding with noble falls, aro running to waste, when they should resound with the hnm of thousands of busy t-pihdlcs. These invite the manufacturer of the North, who .will labor among us abundant and cheap, and may look from his own door upon fields white with the cotton that supplies his mill/' The Governor 6eems uiuchinterested in the building of Railroads in this State, and says. " I would recommend thc fostering of ihcsc great aud beneficent public entcrpu-cs by the State, so far as may be consistent with the proper maintem-'iice of other important public interests. At the same time that rail road corporations should bo generously, Lot judiciously, fostered, yet suitable laws should be enacted lo regulate their tariff of charges for freights and passengers, or otherwise they may oppress all classes' by their excessive rates, and check the trade and enterprise of thc;people. Railroads are the main arteries -of commerce. They stimulate production by bridging the market within reach of the pro ducer. They gi*e an impetus to every branch of trade, while they promote unity and good y?Ltjiraong great populations, ny enan?c;r The m To^nTCT?nrrc- freely among each other." He especially recommends the early com pletion of Ihe Blue Ridge Railroad, and is in favor of the State furnishing all possible aid towards thc prompt building of this impor tant link lo unite our people, and cur com mercial emporium, with the great West. He further says: "In view (d the great commercial impor tance ol the Blue Ridt,re Railroad to all sec tions of- the Ssute, and of the large amount of its stock that the State already holds, 1 recommend that your honorable bodies will take into your earnest consideration thc ex pediency of furnishing I he company such timely aid df will secure its spf edy co'i plctioti. The Blue Ridge Railroad wheu completed wilt give us a direct connection, upon the shortest hue, with ihe great West, with all i:s inexhaustible supplies of pork, beef, com ?md wheat, and will thus cheapen many of thc necessaries of life to our people, and at thc same time furnish a valuable outlet for our products. Thc city of Charleston. is the nearest of all the Atlantic ports to the great Slates of the West, and by the construction o! this road the wealth of that imperial region will be poured into her lap. She mny then cast oft her widow's wee'ls ar.'d boobina again ' the"'- ?"meen City pf the South.'". ' " . I will hereafter submit, for the considera tion of the General Assembly, a plan of State aid'for-this road, differing somewhat from that set forth by its president, based upon the pro posals of the most co m pe! eut railroad meD. PENITENTIARY ANU JAILS. T invite your attention to the condition of the Penitentiary Building, and recommend the completion of the same as soon as the finances of the State will warrant the requisite ; outlay. Cnder proper regulations and judi cious matine,pent, iji?3 Institution may not ' bhly lie rendered self-s?pporting, but may be come ? source Of revenue'to the State. I would also recommend that you will pro vide by law for a ' thorough and regular iu-. spection of prisons throughout the State. I am satisfied that a great sanitary reform is needed, as their preS2iit condition makes .hera the means cf physical punishment to benders, who are confined within their Walls i mr even a brief, period. Tho true design of J imprisonment ahould be rather to reform tbau to.punish; * . '* ' . : - . ? - ( ) - ASYLUMS ANO ALMS.HOUSES. . I'he Ctttamiiibi of-'war1 have added largely . to the. number of those who must depend ( upoo the public for the support and assistance i tbVt that unfortunate condition demands. 1 | therefore recommend that you will fjcteod ( your fostering care to the asylums and alms i houses of the State, and that they may be ] founded and administered on a bro.td and ? jibe'raj basis WPM? a Mustian pdohlel " ( a? < THE FREEPMAS's puatAV-., J Thc assistance renderod by thu Bureau of , Refugees and Freedmen to the people of thjs j State, has been most timely aud valuable, j While it has cared for. large numbers of des- ( titnte poor, who from physical infirmity or f otherwise were unable to labor, it has at the . same tim made judicious advances of provi sions, to oH?- plante^, sepuredhy Hens upon thoif crops, witboU]; which advances' thou sands" of laborers, now usefully ^.ployed, t would bo necessarily i?!e, and thousands of i acres of land, now bearing abundant crops, < would be lying untilled. lt bas not only been r the chief organizer of labor in tim State, diir- s ID? the past two year? and a half, by super- s vising the execution of equitable contracts s between employers and tho employed, enforc- t lng- the rights -of both, but it has inaugurated f and sustained a wide-spread systemof schools, ^ that have been open to all withoat distinction > of race or color. As, however, tho civil func- c tions of tho State aro being rapidly resumed, f I have informed Major General 0. 0. Howard, t Commissioner of the Bureau, that it may be \ dispensed with as an institution in this State, t immediately after the civil officers shall have been eleoted in the State, and shall enter upbn \ the duties -of their, respectivo, offices. The t s?veral'Justices of the "Eeace can discharge ? the duties that are now performed by agents r. of the bureau, 1 have, however, requested ' t 'that ourpeople may* continu? to receive . benefit oftbe school. fund of the bureau long as the Bame" is disborsed in tbe.sevi Southern States for the b?nefit of the pooi TflE ]?ATE ASSASSINATIONS IN KERSHAW COUI> T lave learned with profound sorrow, of r?cent murder; at his residence. in Kersi 'County,"bf ih? HOD.'S. G..V7. Dill, a mem Qf the Constitutional Convention, and a rai ber elect of the State Senate. Mr. Dill i assassinated while surrounded by his Yam by an armed band of lawless persons. . Fraser, a private citizen, was alain by-therr the s.ime timo, and Mrs. Dil! waa seriou wounded. The cause for this infamous di is unknown, but it is generally believed have been political. The military autborit have been actively investigating the matt and have arrested and now hold in custoi several persons charged with aiding in, having a guilty knowledge of thisgraat eric I.trust that a rigid investigation will be ma and that the guilty parties may soon brought to justice. It should be clearly ? derstood Jby all, that no man in this Sti shall be subject to violence because of his ] litical faith, or utterances. The citizen amenable enly to the law, and I intend to ( force tho laws of the State for the protecti of eviry person within its limits, peaceably I can, forcibly if I must. . SUSPENSION OP TUE WRIT OF HABEAS CORP I invite your attention to Section 24, Ar cle 1 of the Constitution, which declares ti the-power of sospendiDg the laws, or the e: cation of the laws, shall never bo exercis bat by the General Assembly or by authori derived therefrom ; to be exercis?d in su particular cases only as the General Assei Wy shall expressly provide for. While I n sanded that there is no organizition in i State, having for its object resistance to t laws and constituted authorities, yet prudeu would suggest that the General Asserat should authorize the Governor to suspend t writ o?habeas corpus ,! when, in cases of i ?hellion or invasion, the public safety may i quire it," or when, fruin serious local distu banco, the due course of law may be obatn ted. I would also recommend the passage an act, providing that when a party is char ed with crime in any county, and it shou appear upon proper sworn testimony th justice will not be done thc State upon tl trial of said party in the county wherein tl crime was alleged to have been comtnitte that then the State shall be entitled to achanj ot' venue to the nearest adjacent couuty wher injustice eau be done both to the State at the accused. It should also be provide tliat the county from which such chauge venue is had on behalf of tho Stateshall 1 required lo pay thc whole costs of the sum OnUAXIZATlON OV TUE MILITIA. I invite your attention te Article lo of tl Constitution providing for the organizatic of the militia of this State. A well regulate militia being necessary to the security of free State, I trust that the General Assemb will take action upon this important subjei at an carly day. I am assured that thc qijoi of arma to which the Sute may-be entitlei according to the number of her organic militia, will be promptly furnished by tl War Department, upon the transmission i the pruner requisition. I ii>p..ctfull reqne that the Governor may be authorized to mas requisition for one half of nose arms, in lt pattern of .the Springfield /rifle, in general us in-nhr-. UnitedSfa*?P&>F*."*31l-y>'V.'*>* Vhpiotbtj half in the improved breach-loading Sprin' field rifle, now being altered at the Unite States Arsenals, from thc new pattern c muzzle loaders. I suggest that the Generi Assembly shall designate by law the deposi tories for those arms. As soon as thc militia stall be organize ard equipped, the military forces of the Unit ed Suites now in thc State, pursuant to th E,.'Cv.r.structu>n acts of Congress, may, wit! propriety, be dispensed with. Although tba force bas beim ol great value in extendinj needed protection to the people, yet the con tinned presence of thc military is a repnacl to a 'Republican Stale. Our governmen must rest upon obedience to lay, and upot that willing support that tho citizen shouK give to the insii;utions that protect him. MILITARY onnr.Rs. Thc several military commanders have is sued goueriil and special ord' rs during the ex ifiCtncc of thc Provisional trivet ti ment of the State, r:hich 1 recommend that you will de cl ire ol binding force until repealed or ren dercd inoperative by acts of the General As scmbly. Thc orders referred lo relate to the collection of debts, the stay of proceedings in tbe courts in certain cases, and the relations of landlords and tenats, ic. It will prevent great disturbance and innonvpnieneo to many of our citizens Ff the operation of those or ders is couiinued until they can bc substitu :cd by the necessary laws. Indeed, the Su preme Court of the United Slates has decided more than onco that military orders, issoed pursuant to an act of Congress, for the gov ernment of any domain acquired by conquest, continue in forceje?-sc as law,until formally repeled by the regularly organized civil gov ernment. "The decisions to which I refer, are found?in 20th Howard, page 270*, case of Eu geraSjci:ensdorleraud Joab Houghton; plain tills in error vs. Jamey J. Webb i\' abd the case of (jross vs. Harrison, 21st Howard, pago ?6. The former of these two cases was brou'*ht up by writ of error from the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico, the latter cume up by writ of error from the Cir cuit of the United States for the Southern District ol'New York, and action was brought, to recover back dues paid at the port of San Francisco, California, upon the demand of \n ollicer of the army, who was acting as cobj lector of that port under a militani^rder; [n both cases the Supreme Court of Hie Fuit ;d States held that the iisecutlj-Mj^hority if thelinited'States pr?perly_j|tab?ished a Provisional Government, wttajferdained laws -nd instituted a judiciahyram?f all oCwhich ;ontinued in force after the terminatiouof tho, *ar, and until modified by tho direct legisla ron ot Congress, or by the Tensorial Gov ernment established by its Mt?Wity. gAlthongh tho case of South Ofcrolina i? cot optical with that cf Mew k^exico br? (he L'er^Qrj of California', yet the same principle If e^pedioney would^ppcHf to he involved n^ilj^tocjyhe same wiso policy requires the tiHinienltnte'-of tr!hny existing military orders ,o bridge over the transition period that must ntervene between the cessation of the mil tary government and the enactment by the jcneral Assembly of the statutes necessary br the regular administration of the State IQ ts various departments. SALARIES OF STATE OFFICES. In view of the impoverished condition of he treasury, and the necessity for the most .igid economy, in order to maintain the credit if the State, I recommend that the salaries if all State officers shall be placed at such i f(gure aa will 6epure to them only a reason ible compensation for the discharge of their everal duties. ID fixing these salaries, due illowance may properly be made for tho dif ?rence between the gold rate at which they vere formerly paid and the present market ralue of the currency; and as the offices were ?reated for the benefit of the public, and not br the emolument of particular individuals, hose who hold them may well be content Kith a fair compensation for the service that hoy may render to the State. I further recommend that you provide by I aw for the appointaient by ?he'Governor of j i private Secretary, at such ? salary as will ' iecare the necessary clerical skill and intejli- ? -ence for the proper discharge.ot' all the du- 1 les of such office. CONCLUSION. . Our gratitude is da? to the Giver of all good for the bright promises of an abundant harvest now visible .throughout the State. Permit me to express the hope that in all four deliberations the spirit fit harmony and [mutual forbearance, so necessary to the diani ty of a legislative body, may be carefully preserved, and that our new State, through your wisdom and prudence, may inscribe upon : tho opening pages of its history, a record un sullied by the petty warfare of interests, und eyery member of yoHr body will bear in mind that ho owes not merely a duty to the partic ular locality that be represents, but that the whole State of South Carolina now calls upon him for thc unselfish service of his head and heart. Let us hope that tbe era of good feel ing may 6oon return to the entiro people of | the State, and that they will soon rcga-d them selves not simply as the inhabitants ol an isolated section, but ascitizens of a great na tion, whose ships may float in safety upon every sea, and whoso flag is the respected sym bol of power and liberty in every land. I trust, gentlemen, that the Omniscient Ruler of tho Universe may sustain and direct you in the arduous duties that lie before you, that all your acts may insure to the common good of our whole people. ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor of South Carolina, The Electoral Vote of the South. Wo have already given, in these columns, our views of the joint resolution known as the Electoral College Bill which was passed by both houses of Congress on last Saturday. In the original bill the States of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, "Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas were named, and it was provided that only such of them as should be entitled to repre sentation in the Electoral College as shall havo State governments, organized since the' 4th of March, 1867, in operation at the time of the election, and also have become entitled to representation in Congress pursuant to the Reconstruction act3. The measure, as finally passed in the form of a joint resolution, is as .follows : Resolved That none of the States whose inhabitants were lately in rebellion shall be em ?lied to representation in the Electoral College for the choice of President and Vice President of the United Slates; nor shall any Electoral votes be received or counted from any of such States uuless, at the time prescribed by law for the choice of Electors, tbe people of such State, pursuant to the acts of Congress in that behalf, shall have, since the 4th day of March, lSt?7, adopted a Con stitution of State govcrum?nt under which a State govcmuieut shall have been organized and shall bo iu operation ; nor unless such olccliou of Electora ?hall have bceu lmld un der Ibo authority of such Constitution and govcrumeut, and such State shall have also become entitled to representation in Cougrsss pursuant to the acts of Congress in that be half: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to any State that was represented iu Congress on the 4>b of j March, 18G7. This meaus thit.if the ten Southerp States go for Grant, the votes will be counted. If| for Seymour, the votes will not be counted. The Radicals are becoming perfectly despe rate at the certain defeat which awaits them in the Presidential campaign. But their des peration, will uot intimidate or deter the Dem ocracy TiF tb?~^?Hh~-fr0m- aoingr-tbetr dtrry-f and having their rights even if it takes a rev olution to secute their Constitutional rights. -Ctironicle & Sentinel. PHOFITABLEPATIUOTISM.-A correspondent jf ihe Columbia Pbouix describes the injus tice done the Mackey family, aud the extent of their patriotic sufferings. He says : The injustice done Ur. Mackey has been terrible. He ought to cry. After the war he went North, and took up contributions amounting to several thousand dollars. Ile became rich. He was made Collector of the Port of Charles ton, with an office Lieouie of $10 OOO a year. E J ward, one of bi? sons, was_ assistant asses sor, with a salary of $2500 a year ; mean while, he was a member of the convention, at 811 a dav, and member of a commission on elections, wi'h salary enough to satisfy any three reasonable men iu Christendom. Recently he bau been elected Shedir of Charleston, with a pro.-pective income of over ?.'JQ.OOO, a year. An?tb'er son also holds a fat oliice in the customhouse. Still the family do not seem to bc satisfied. The old gentleman continually cries for ' more,' and tho poor ne gro is made the monkey tr>draw his chestnuts from thc fire. A clear case of subsistence cu party pap," ' i -o ? ? Thc Influence of a Good Life. Our experience and our conflicts with tho world, lead us at times to indulge misanthro pic sentiments, and charge all men with sti lish or impure motives. The play of pride, prejudice and passion, and the eagerness man ifestcd by the great majority of men to ad vance their own interests, often at the ex pense of others, and in violation cf the gol den rub?, cause us to look with 'qusp.ici.on upon the best patents of others'. ' Arrogance, hypocrisy,'treachery and violence, every day outrage justice, till wo are almost disposed to distrust human nature, and become dis courage!. But amid all that is sad and dis heartened in th?liU?y, noisy world now and then there is presented to us a life of such uniform viitue'f that we recognize in it a char acferihat brings hope for the perfect dcvcl opement and ultimate regeneration of our race. Such characters .re precious, and such ex?mplea should be held np to the world for i ; S'admir?t ion anf?ntitatiofc {'they should be snarohed from oblivion and treasured in the boa'rts and thoughts of all who are in process of forming habits and maturing character. jjJSS^V?Q learn from the Washington ^BTOrJ'^hat' the resignation of Brig?dier-Gen IraFRobert K. Scott, (Brevet Major-General) United States Volunteers, now Governor of this State, has been accepted, ty the Presi dent, $o take effect ?uiy 6; 1868. J?jg?* Frank Le lie, the well known New York publisher, is suing for a divorce from his wile, with whom he has not lived for eight years, on the ground of adultery. For the first two years Mr. Leslie allowed her twenty dollars a week for her support, bn?tfij?ahB remainder of the time she bas mamUwUsBri self and three children by her naeqtW*^^ SST A nejjro b?Xoro^h??-police courtat f.ou,i*r?le, o? & charge of..stealing, rather took down. tho concern hy remarking, as he waa marched to jail, that " if dey didn't let a nigger steal . a little in dis dam country, I'so [?wine back to Tennessee, where Mr. Brown low'U sec a nigger git his rights, sure," fry A man in Mjssour? had, a sjck cow. Last week; he undertook to mix for her a bo lus of gunpowder and ashes, while doing which he exploded a twelve pound can of powder, blew the roof off the house, killed two children, and injured himself hopelessly. It is not scated whether the cow recovered Dr not. JC3?"A carpenter, who was always prog nosticating evil to himself, was one day upon the roof of a five story building, upon which rain had repenti; fallen* The roof being slippery, he lost his. footing, and aa he was descending towards the eves,.he exclaimed : ? Just as I told you." Catching, howeverrm Ein iron spout, he kicked oit his shoes, ind re gained a place of safety, when he thus deliv ered himself : 11 There now, I always tjajd them shoes were too large for'me," General Wade Hampton. Thc following is the telling and forcible speech delivered by General- Wade. Hampton at the Democratic mass ratification meeting held in New York on Thu?sday.'th? 9ih. Fellow-citizens of New York : Iafii violas., ting a ruie,that I imposed on myself .WbentP came on here, in addressing y ou-in speaking at all, and that I db violate it is due wholly to the people of New York, who bave met those of thc South with such kindness "and such cordiality. [Applause.] "Bnt, gentle men, I come solely that I might thank you for the cordiality that you have extended to [ us, and to all the Southern States' delegations, I and that I might explain to -you why lt v;as that we were here, and what good we hoped might be effected by our presence. It was determined by us when we came on that we' wouid take no part in this Convention-no prominent part-not because we did not feel that we were the equals of any other dele gates, but solely because we were afraid that we of. the South-cut off as we haye been for" the last few years from the political world we were afraid that if we should indicate our preference, we might accidentally select a man who would bring defeat upon the great Demo cratic party. We determined that we would let the Democracy of the United State?, in Convention assembled-let them indicate who was to be their standard-bearer, and then that we would come up in solid phalanx and pledge our support, to confirm the nomina? tion. Acting upon that determination, we cast our vote for the President of the United States, Andrew Johnson-?applause]-who had stood between us and ruin. We wished to show him that we appreciated that kind ness, and to pay him the compliment that was due him. [Cries of " good, good.""] It was then seemingly the work of tho Democracy to take the great young statesman ol Ohio. When that appeared to he the case, North Carolina tendered him her supporty When that distinguished soldier-that honored Penn sylvanian, whom I have met on many a bloody field [applause], who I take pleasure in saying was one of tue most gallant of your soldiers-Gen. Hancock-[applause]-when "his namo was presented we took bim up, and we voted until the last for him. [Applause.] And when the uameof Horatio Se-'-uour, of New York-[applause]-was presented, and State after State rolled on, and' swelled tho grand column, our little Slate' came next to your own at last, and declared that he was their choice emphatically and fully. These, gentlemen, were the reasons that prompted us to take the course we did. If we bavo been mistaken I am sure of one thing at least, that you will believe that we have been in spired by but one single motive, and thUt was to promote thc success of the Democratic party. [Applause.! lt has been thc earnest desire ot the South, since tho wat closed; lo join with the Democratic party ; and I want you all to know thal if we had be?h:w?lling to go with tho Radical partyj we t?buld have made any terms that we choose. Bat wo de termined to take defeat for the1 Democracy rather than by sacrificing our pYineipies to gain success with the Radicals. [Applause.] We believed that" if Wo were true-that If we were true to those principles-If we were true to ourselves, that God would not'fbrsako us ; ;and that these broad principles of liberty un derlying the principles Ot the Democratic , party would triumph, and that ws would at ' last be free, and delivered from tie ruin that Taw irew-impending overiUB.. : lAppIaase.l An * now, gentlemen, you of tho North" do not know-you cannot conceive the condition of the Southern States. ' A Voice-By God I can. General Hampton-I am glad you can.. The Voice-I have been theie. General Hampton-^-I win" oniy rtate a few facts, for it is a thing upon which T dare not speak. In the Legislature of South Carolina, composed of one hundred and fifty-six mem bets of that Legislature from whose halls used to go as high intellect as ever caine to tho halls of Congress-of th03e one hundred aad fifty-six members there are nearly, if not; quite now, oue huudred negroes. [" Hissey and cries of 4i Shame." From these negroes,, and all of that Legislature, tho whole taxes that they are liable to pay amount to seven hnndrcd dollars. Oh, ' oh,-" aud laughs.] Of that about five hundred dollars have been paid by one of the Conservative members, and tue two hundred dollars that are to be paid by the negroes and earpet-baggers, baif of it is under execution. [Applause and hoghter. j Well that Legislature' compased in that way? bas the right to impose a levy or tax on Sou? Carolina to the amount of <$2 2Sf),ftOO. [Laugh,-. 1er.] Now, gentlemen, if that state ?af ththgs goes on, what will bc the result? Why yon know it means that iu a few years from this lime there will not bo a white nun, womau or childin the State of South Carolina. [Cries of shame.] I only mention that as one of the Southern States. It is true that it ia per Laps in a worse condition than most of tbA others, but they are all afflicted by that $?ar>. (ul calamity that is haning over tia, and \^e :au Layo no relief unless the Democratic party will come out and pledge itself that we, mall have a fair election ; that the white peo pie of the South shall vote. I want you;cl,l; :o register an oath that when they do vote ;hat their vote shall be counted ; and, it there a a majority of white votes, that you will ilace Seymour and Blair in the White House, n spite of all the bayonets that shall bo brought ?gainst them. We only want to see the elec ion fair. If they do that, and even with. the. ncubus of black, rule, we can carry the So tu h. it least. (Applause.} Gentlemen (as I said). [ do not like to touch upon these themes.' _Cries of " good, good."] I only proposed to ?mc here to make my acknowledgments, ta r'on. I come to tell you that these norina-, .ions which yon have made will nvvt with he hearty concurrence of the Southern men. i wanted to tell you bow grateful, haw gratif ied we have been at tho reception that you rave given to us j, I wanted to tell you that hough we fought in good faith we laid down mr aims,, in good faith. [Great applause] I sauted you to belitve that we were men of lOnor, and that while we meant war whjcn va laid war, when we said peace we meant peace,, lot that peace which the Radi?ah would gi YO IS [" no, no,"] not that- peace which crashes o earth ten of those States, not that peace v h ich places the ignorant negro over ns, but he peace in all oar households, peace tbraugh ill our land, that peace which the great 3emocratj[c party bas sworn to-day, at Tam* nany Hall we shall have. ' N A voice-" We will have it." Another voice-" You ar? Mr white broth irs." . . General Eampton. I appeal, gentlemen, to hat son,thueut.,I appeal in the name of race r appeal to you by our common traditions ia he past. I appeal to your memory ot' the -imo when South Carolina sent her soldiers o fight here and at Boston. I appear to you )y the memories of the revolution. I appeal o you by all the past-by every hope of the uture-to stand together and give os d?liv rance, and to give success to these nomina ions of the men whom you have made your ttandard bearers to-day. [Applause.], Now., gentlemen, in the name of tb.- Southern States -in the name of South Care ina-in my own ?ame-I thank you for the courtesies'yon lave extended to us since we have, been here. '. thank you for the reception, ?nd aware yon hat I shall take back to my people . nothing mt the most grateful memories of your kind tess. [Applause.] . . fiy Eve was the only wifo who never hreataned to go and live with her mama. AW lld Adam never taontalized "his- wife* ?^SSM!}^ 'the way mother used to cook."