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^?rggfidb |tbb*rt?si Jas. T. Bacon. ThosJ. Adan EDITORS. E. KEE8E, Corresponding Editor. Edge?e?d, ?. C.? June SO, 188!, TILLMAN OX ?ARV. Remark!* of Hon. ti, 1). Tillman Taking the Chair to Preside Oi the Max1* Meeting Held at Edgfefii ?. H.. 30th Jane, lust., to Raise Gary Memorial Fond. fiaijOY/'Cirizfexs:--! thank you calling me to" presido ever ?his mass nv ing to rai.-.e ? Memorial Fund for erect aome suitable testimonial to t he larine Gary. Ai 1 have u<i skill a* v. pariiam* tarian, 1 mir you have bestowed t compliment simply ?ti arcoon to: the w< known warm, personal friendship that i isted between cs from eur fairly manh< ta the cloi-e. of Lia ?vent?il carder.- 1 became fast friends almost from ibo c we first met, more than a quarter of a c< tury. ago, and aa I never waited until died to praise bim, now thai, he has g< before, i!, will be very grateful to me, help perpetuate tho memory of his gall; and patriotic celjda, rUastrative of So? Carolina ia general and bf ridgefield parti cn lar. '? While BO free people ought ev-'-r to bu a monument to any '?sino man, to ti commemorate their great dead can i exercise a wholesome iofin?noo. A mbr, cont honorsrthoic who wet It, as mu as. it honors the public b?n?ficier to wc? it is "reefed, ?br the reason that it has connection w:tn'a lively cense ot lavers, come and only attempt? to d: sch arg debt of gratitude for favors past, iiesi. a public memorial o: any kind promo glowing pat riotism and eui ti ratea alli manly virtues. What hoy passes a pm", monument without having his. pulse quit ened and bia thought? elevated, ave. wi! ont making a .silent resolve, to emull the example of the man to wh^rr the mr ..um sn twas dedicated. We of the Soul li have been very chu -too chan*- -of public memorials io c great m^n. The l.eg?s?at?'rr of-So? Carolina in partieular haj. always rems to erect a monument to Calhoun even, . to any <">t-ber individual c:t:v.Mri, r. niatl how distinguished, and hae. never felt self justified in thus using the pun money, except tc erect a memorial to t Palmetto Regiment, ar, organized body citir.sr. soldiers, who covered thomseh and the Ptat? with g?orv in the Mwic war. t'his parsimony, or dread CH encouragi: a spirit of here -worship, ia a standing i proach to ns. Many of onr 5-iater Stat of thc North, and n-.-arly ail the few Fr Comm' .n weall hs abroad, .>??! rc* sc tom onrisines? about voting public fun liberally, but judiciously, to honor f memory <\r their noted mon. Agricultural communities ?ik? those the ^outh are never prone to mac wc ship, i >n the contrary, the solitary, sin dy, self-icuant 'ivs 'hey lead inclino th? to the r-tb^r extreme. Th if is proven! the fact that onr people are just a? aver to voluntarily expend their money for meaumont, af. th-* legislature is to appr Jbriate it oot r??ih?? pr.hi:? treasury ? fhai?"purp??e."\, whe? :>?:..? ii- vt Ttmrv?>< iSouth Carolina/bas produced many r markable men-Warriors, jurists and state men-during th** hundred y-ars. she bi been an independent commonwealth, tl absence of public monuments, statues ? bests of them hss prevented their Bplei dio e.xamnl? from havinc ii? legitimate ii fiaenee unco onryoc?hs. This S tate of things should nc long? exist, and our people cannot- bee:o a t ver.-e policy at a bott'-r tirao than now, I building a proper ,cen.? taph ? o tho gaiia: Gary. That ie deserves it at their han?" fer his conduct bolla ;n war and in THY no unprejudiced man can don)* ; but pren ?lice should be smothered now and faut forgtvon a.^ well aa forgotten. Speak notbinc; but trnrli of the Hviui ADd naught bot good ol' tho dead/' has beer, th? sentiment of ever-." gloriou and gallant people since the dawn of bi; tory. In ancient times thc heroic and nc Me OreeK; and Koreans always i-rour^i their dead to swwgv, while the ; "-enera t Egyptians alon? brought their? 'rfc In modem 'lays, non.? :>.;'., the merceaar oligarchs of Venice have L-ecn hw. enoug to investigate the character of their dea Doge? to ascertain whether faults or vii tuea predominated. Thc greatest, w?s^;. and 1 rightest < mankind havo their faults, besansc the are bot imperfect human !'e:r.^s.. and ^ei Gary ought not tn be expected ta censti tote an exception. He did have fault! and defects too, but I envy not ibe rca who can remember these now, instead c ?xing hi? eye? on thc fact that he wa?, on of thc nest righting Generate of thc w/ir a well a? the foremost leader ci thc i ?-moe racy o? ?outh Oar-ilina in 1S7R, when th' party waa T.gagcd in a desperate grappl tor all that is worth ii vine cr dying for civil liberty. .'?hit, even if we w-*-*1 tobring Gen.Gap io trial, aft ?r the custom o: '.he hose ??gyp riac and Venetians, let him who is per fect cast the first stem, the more g?neront will find extenuation for his fault?, xl' was a martyr to disease almost from hts eradlo t>> bia g?ave-in fact his life may "cc said to hav? be?n one prolonged strngglt with somi mysterious nervous arTecti?ci akin io neuralgia, ??'at seldom, ?nd then only for short intervals, Wt him free from pair. Ke ha? often told me rom'? of his gayest moods were assumed to av?id wounding rh* feelings cf <hen>, whil? striving to conceal bia own physical auf? faring by roer? fore- of will Ye: i.hia ?rail hedy, racked with almost constant pain, but knit- together with nerves steel, and animated by thc heart of a li^n, for four years rnderwent all thc exposures and endured all tue hardships ni tho war. This? wenk ac! ."ii<?&a?>ii fr?im?, dominated bv a nervo;:?, sanguine and impoleire tem perament, wa? alwayr imjrelled by high aspirations, whi^h sometimes brought H;-a into sharp conflict with others who crt -c ed bi* patt.. 3q.l sorely u--. g?nerons sool wili condemn him fdr having cherished a manly ambition, which ha? been well do?, Unod a* '. f.'"1- mrrmitv n^h'-- naturc^.'^ But Gary never permitted hts ambition to warp a high sense of duty, or to sti?e his public spirit, and be =oorred to sacrkice bis principle? an-" ?eeling? io his int?rets or to expedi'-nev ; nor dit i h-> kn- w h' w te quail ai any roan's frown, or to pla] tr? sycophant for any man'.- patronage, A t all tim*--.- fir.-l pla'-0.- b4- aasert*d bis" indi viduality, fiance h"; plways contended openly and boldly for straightout Democ racy and white supremacy in South Caro lina-a policy aa c-'ar to him at tb? timo of bis death a? ?a IS76 and ; efore. Notwithstanding ali this . . . eucmies chars^d i-haf. he harbored thc dishonorable. : purpose fd piand a- ar. isaepAndent * 'e.r.- j ?eratic candidat? for Governor ir. 1650:1 ????????????BWMMMBMaMMMMMWMMP ami after bo repelled thc iou! ircpulati with scorn, thoy took their revenga having bc?:: convicted .03 fa!?e proph?te, sloging thai h'-t was making preparatir to run as ar. independent Democrat Governor in 18?2. But there ?3 no mi evidence ihasi bo designed to play tho p of a 3iahono at the one time . than 1 other, and while' bia ?ncnda know 1 charge waa ' Msc, hi? enemies may S consolation, ir consolation there bo, in 1 possibility that their iafarccua caluma raay have hcwided him. to a pr-^maU gravt; Moreover, i: wo aro to blast; bia momo Tor hi? ?uiltivi, rather thau reward his v toes, ih^r. I contend thiro was anotb trait of his chariaier which tho rccordi ange) would pnt down io hi* credit. It that bc always boasted of bis tanita-ne ! of hic viriue?. In fae*, it has often occn j ed to me, that fc"e preferred to be thong i worse than he really wr.p. Conscious the soundness f.; hi* principles and ot t i rectitude of his intentions, ho appeared defy thc world to discover anything ! pardonably wrong in his character, or cc I duct, and he always sep.med aniicn j ai5jr I every facility for making thc rm I searching investigation. His proud se respect, h:p. innate love of truth, and i dauntless courage, made bim abhor hypf ney so intensely that he eohld not hr. be?r. r.:::oh inoro, track and candid bad babituaHy thought aloud. Thia tr?.nspi cn*. openness of bis wordsandlaciioaa, bc: a? regarded his'tpe-rsl nature ar.d his pi sonst affairs, many a time made bira t I victim of jnore prudent and design I T-i?rj. yet in ibo management of ."ther p? nlVs.business, be usually exhibited cc pcrr.raate di?rev?m. because thc rcspoa t'i'tty always r-sowed to cn'ira bis u?rv ar.d excite hie caution. Kia mann*. were t'rr of a restless; offhand, rasl/mfi bat Lc was very seldom raab, and mest I h> boldest and best strokes as a sjldtcr j political, lawyer, or business man, v. j the reer.lt pf mature, but quick re?e tic r. r his int'-Ucc! wa.- as onick alrj.sf ' I ghtmng; I will mention omy oae o; .loren instances thal- occur to nv Wh G*ry ar.d But!?. tackiedChr- *rir.in he ! al Kdge?o?d G. V . .tugast, 2?70, ? { n division of time on the stnmp, it i:ad : tho appearance of ?av?ne %*z ?Vvce i ! tiie spar o: thc morvnt, bntfto my cffta : k:v wi edge, Gary had determined on ; several weck? before. I J n considering . 'cnerhl Gary's shortcut j J ig5-, another mitigating cironm.stanoo rr j poverty in esrly life, as all h:~ small pa j nroony had boen consumed ia getting j go.nl edncation. Thon onghtar.y one to ! ? surprised if his constitutional disease, d j veering ambition, proud, nervous, imnu J five torr.perancnt, should have so act ! ac:. react*! '".nr.:'. defiantly bravo nat tu j when bandi ?paed by .on:* years o'." j-o' i e?tv, a? to have imparted pemefhing of j dash o; recklessness to nearly everyt:?ir j i-- rdr Yet I a^k who ws? more prtide: : in uction than Gary, whether ia a milita: j i r political campaign, or in tho conduct j l'vral or private bowness'" Shortly aft j tb.? memorable canvas pf li7? hi? opp j r. nts delighted te ppeak of bira as tl j personification o; rashness, but what rs. I w i'- d:d he otter, er ras. act lid he con I m.t ia that exciting .?ont?fflt?- if he we j rash i: only injured bimse]:', hoi thc Stat ! roi r.h ? p- . p];, and hi? detractors :as j safely b'j deiied to prov*? thc ?faarge. F wa? Sold hst r-o:dn*?s 'io*' no! Ronstitm . -as-? -J * r~=-i However i sh.-d: dwel* Tii> longer r frarv's in?rtnifc?e?, \\? i?vntmcccBsarv '. tl?"? andif-nco. Vcr. wh^ kn?w all hi~c< crAt.a, for he kept, nonf frem von, do ur rec aire any apology for hi* shortnomin' bof re giving your ea?rrace? ic favor of i uoiic tribute to his trano,,on'!ca'. virtue j T.i be able to'do justice t''< fr?r?, iberu i j brr one thing thai arty jest ridgefield rca i h?.? to forget, and that.:- thc hostility h { provoked a? a lawyer, ry identifying hin I a? lt with his p'ier.t's cases and rrakin ? t'^ec; RS it wore, his ow;-.. 3hl RS that i J par! *r*^J what onde Vir?', the tr.aca:'i??..r j lawyer ho VP.-, :; ought act ic be remora j uv.-r.-i tc h.:~ disadvantage new, especiall {as thc exhibition o; such potty *?rit? j would [>e onworth? of the nr^yc and high r r1": ?o' r. o: Kdgeiicld. lt was bet ma'te: cf professional pride, an;. (Jar would hsvr dcuc a? much for tho utbc side jfhc had been craployed'by it. Thc Master Analyser of poor fallei: h'.: mar. gatero bas Raid: .'Tiie.eyil that men do lives after them, '} be good is ort interred with their timi???,1 t(fi>n i"! it not be w:?-h Gary. IL' w;?s a: ! a<r-irn-7. positive and agcrcssive m??j,jnfi ? the port to provoke undying haired i: pelf.-, r'-.-^miiGi natures who rr.^y grant nb livion ta his merits whi!-? keeping ope: his grave to blason forth his peccadillos! ? hui no t""."1 Carolinian, and above ail n; l^irht thinking cit?7on ol ; dge?eid, wi j ever let the, goori n-.~e and fam^ of y?.<: j Gary porish. He fought his way fror Capra?n np to .Mai r-Gc sr tl v itb e vale ar.'l persistence ennaled bv f?w, an' surpassed pe-har/' by notic. ? nor^anr.e' ! remnant of hi^ r rirai? cut its way throng! j tile cneniv's iir.r^ ,n Virginia ar. i mcvinc j southward, ^?rcr1"'i President I'av.s ant j his Cabinet from Gr^nibc.r.?, ?>. C., U ?j Cckeshury. l?"r thcs<: servtcea and hil o no u ailing resolvo to fight cn a'ion,: a: iherr. was a hope, us well as piobkblv W rai'int condnct, ;us! before Lee's surreiv der, ho wa? made a ?<'ajor-Se?ora!, an' wap perhaps tb" V> . officer of 'hat raa'? appointed ;r. thc CenfedeTatc army. '. know I bis fact of my per-mu! knowledge because in returning from Gen. .fobneton't anny, to attend an extra se?S!on i>: o;;: State f^gialatnrc :n I^'K traveled with Gen. Gary's command. s? bis ?guest, fron: ?. Charlotte, and i hecrxi J'T,-?'\-i^. Davis alindo to (he promotion ir. the hons;! nj . Geo. Cary's mother ai Cokesbnry. ? had previonslv hoRrd General Brock^nbridgfl spsak o';! a"*o in talking about contine inc tito, strcgglo. I bo glory that ?"?.?ry won upon a hundred battlo :"e!ri.i sheds lustre upon South Carolina ar. i cspec:?L"y at Fidgeileki. Our psopl* sbpnid phicid ' his \'"r'c\^'rs .v r^cTIV a' :.";! were t-b'*?r own; ?nd this grand old county-av bon}e--whose people he admired so and loved so well, shonl< see fo \\ -hat whenever cowardly .exslv ?' t?cr; v. Mc up the mct?orv ot nis foibles, ?r viw0.j. if von please, ;i ey shall first have io over throw an imposing monumental pile reart i ed r" hi- ronlempcrar.es to bi? virtues. { Bul what should preserv? Gary "s mem* ? orv fnish and iromortal in the heart? o-* our pcoplo, what h- did br the county and State in IS7C, (ewardthrowing oiTthc miserai ! . carpct-hag tyranna tba! thoa trar r-.V. us ir. thc rir.":. The negress I had forty thousand majority in the State ! ar.d wore, oath-bound is Loyal Jjcagues io ! voie aer?is?! ihr' whits rca;-.. .'.L' (he ! State and nearly ai! tu?: criuniy orBoos j were in the hands of thc.carpct hK? thieves I au-i robbers. Thc whol4 (-::vil now? of j thel'ederal Government, backed by the C:nited Statos army, under Granta ::n? Bcrupolons orders, vms birocrhl ito bor io porpetualtt ib?:r loathsome rnl'. The prorpecl ci relief waa sr, glonjDV a:, t tbs o;i<-s in the &*ntescec appalling t-bat .ai'.ny of our whites had despired o: oven betti ir.g their condition, while a large majori oj thora bad settled down in tho firm cc notion that'the only, chance of alleviati thc mor.atrous oppression was to div! the er.omy by cosseting with . the ta objectionable faction. True tho gorge thousand-; of thc whitea still shudder with loathing nausea z: tho very thoajj of political ' .vTiliation with thc Kadi rascals, but it. wa-" only herc and th< that a few choice spirits strjll kept aliv< sosti?iout o: white supremacy and siraih Out Democracy that churner! all ailiar with either 'action. Among these oho; Lspirils Clary .stood conspicuously ar., t I front. High above every argument ? cw. promise or coalition, his piercing vo i .-iho-.f-ing thc .battle cry of white auprc acy, could bc heard ringing ont foi neath grapple w:th th0 Radical monat Nearly even- whde man in Cdg-rili agreed with him from the start, and her thorc was no trouble abort rallying o county for tho oner,; nor was thor'' mu difficulty in securing a ti aiority rf whr fora straigh;.out right in roven! ot! counties, bet the straightout Deraocrt had a hard'tim" of it, even to ?jet a 8u Convention called and still har 1er to ha a State ticket nominated, .n Collet County, where no ap countryman at lea expected any asaisi,ance, it may be SJ th<i clay was won for tho atraightc o?ipaign :r. the rotate Convention. ;T Deir.ocrate soon inaugurated a thoron canvaa, but ody a few counties, had a heart in it" until Gary and Belier dect ?M the S'ate and attracted the c\.-e oft nation hy forcing a division cf time Edgr?eld upon Chamberlain and bia ( j speakers, on th'- sinrap. Prom that d forth, now nope HPA now courage anira ted the democratic party everywhere a victory crowned its superhuman eifor bot would not have dono so, except fer t tremendous majority which F??t?.t roiled up under Gary's lesd a- Cour ! Chairman. ? Cniil several weeks after tho electi j ard not on til envy aid ?en-kmey had h J time to do their dirty work, no enc heard ?'ary'p rieht to the palm of heil j styled thc Rupert, or" the campaign call ' in coeation. Cen. lintier'-; name was t only one sometimes- mentioned as bei entitled lo divide tho first nepers wi lum and candor compels rae to ''ay that, my judgment, no wa? the only >ari"r th deserved to bo m an?.'CT?d ac .i'll ic ^ner ren nction. Ger.. }iamptor. WHS enthu astically and jusil;.' praised ;'o: tbe to rr.edevation and wisdom '.vita which managed affairs, before and e u-ec ally aft the election, but what poler nv preterit tit! j world er could Hampton and ri f ther candidates "or *h<< .^taU- ornees, ha had to tn^'r pjaoa bat io" the large :u unexpected majority of thirty-thr^s hui drsd aobiovod by Edgefield V Xhc pian campaign advised by the Stale Fxecnti' j Co rt', tn J'tee failed ;r. nearly every '"cir i which followed it, and th? Stat? wort have be'a irretrievably los! had riot j nun:i:t-r. ?-.Ve.-unties suceessfully ;-.-i.?b-, ii j battle on l?-; white supremacy lint a: I had ne t Edgeileld which from ita ?arroen I ings, was deemed hopelessly il?-public; I .canto to th.' raseao, and snatvebed victo: j trern defeal, ?ike Desaix nt Marong ., j Many other eonspa.aoui loaders J deservedly oxtnlkd for th?; par; they bor j bu! harv's uhhey, Gary's orrample.. ar j a'pcf.-.-; a!~ f ?. -fri rc: p. rr. 'rs'orVy and en th .uav tic support ;>oif?ed rh* VT test ;r. the--State. ! it recured nil. that ali ot ms, ev? ! whi!'' ma:-, woman and chili: in Som j Carolina, oonid do ;n 1S76, ?o MVCUMIJ l^tat ., and the-e is honor oronga for al Bal lot if. never oe {forgotten by oar pw terity, an-i crpe lally by men .?? Sdgetlcl that Mar? Gary inc as mool: HS any :.-? . el?, ii no. more. 7. appreciate fh* maxi that ronv>ari:-?ons uro x>iont>, and like?:.'?'-! ara aware ihat in .'oir.mcci:: upon the d v.sion c; honor a 1 ?76, 1 ms give oifenso in many higu a carters, bi tc:* occasion rcor.'re- 'hat ? sbonld c jurtici to Gary, whatever ra:*.y bc the coi ; sequences to myrHf. I f?arir: v. wrong ll I dead by Kening silent fnr foarof ofiendia the living by ppca king the f.rrsfh. t wi I farther say, that although i ric ey? I thine in my power with -oagnc, pct I norse and band in 187'-, tc Vir. win a tr I craph thc 3lmightoui. iJeatpcracy, yt i not h ir.-.j i did helped tho f*iu?e so mjcl las rK-r.inating G?nerai fiar" for Conni I Chairman of Edgefield, in thc spring ; j tba* ;'en~. when wc <""i ricer, for' *'r\-~ gres i campaign. The. delegate." v- v? < ?bunty <"'o:; j ve:;tion, ns well aa *he *pectators. c : it" proceedings, instinctively felt tho ? th-cy were dr.iuy r.. proper ^hinz ii j choo:-ing ' lary their political com [mander ir- ebie:. Thor all irnowth? Tprwifcal?';! porvat?ed the men; tha : ho waa eouatly good *o }?<?", or to tx cu* ThaCever nr- .^ook 'n charge ! that both his hear", and p; ide woult j be in tho canvas, as he had over spurn j ed any ?hing likti aviation with th' ? enemy.' He hf d ai ways contended tha ! a stnjghvont f;gb'. v:oHid w.n. Ac i cord?rglv be organized and handlei ' bis r.arty as i h had '^e;; ose man ; tho poorer clast? of white?, If ?ny j thine, doing rr.or^ ?or the '?auee thar I tho landowners. And at? n result j Gary was fol lo woo, consul ved anc j obeyed ?Imopt like ?> ""jena Peterth' j Hermit. i Yet np to the nay of election, ro i superficial observer, th*? prospect look ed almost hopeless for carrying Edge ?eid. The negro ?a had! nearly twt thousand majority in tb; count?, and at the opening of the oauvas they ?md ? Flood weh nigh lu ^oiid .-urray against ?the whites-drilled into .;; passive t obedience aa if they hail been icgu ; lar soldiers on dress p-trade, or ac j runny cattle rawing to slaughter. For ! severa: mondhs before die election, ?large detach me ats ;u" r ni ted States i troops, artille.'.-, .oavi?rj' .;ru? infantry, i ?au been staV-vmed an the ConrtHonse . to dravonade ano overawe -..hf- ^vo : pie L"n?;ei IcStato:- tecr^f se-vi-'p po ! iieoroeo h*d nrowled abord, toe conn ! try. ' i ni tee i^L-ites C-on'.r.?iSsjnner.'? to I issue wai rants on false ?'"nargf s and ? M?.shais see- etrite tr:e?a. with troops ! as a poss?, cad bs^-E freely i:?od ; but ! nil io no purpose. Thev formidable ir-.tpedinie at.? fo success ociy nerved ' Gary and the .Pidgerield people to re [ doubled K-forte -tnad^ them swear by ; ail tba' -.y?;., na ired to isscrt white ! supronincy, lei ??:?; :'or?ec;uei:ces. he what lite * m'.^ht. iT*rv shut 'iv his law ofnee, 1er1. :. ie cntso:: r.l'tcbuirr.^ to tako care %-?'. themselves, v/cni. -ivtiryv/bere io tito county, ! io folded hin deep laid plaas to all judicious - a' s. >?ddreaaeG public meer.*uge often twic^ a rlay. .ind in spired overybody "*tt. his own in doruitabl'- pnrnow? r.i (ftc<vged. "io more effective npeak*;r fiver mounted j the stump, and at -*very stage of tai? canvas ?c doveloped all thc c-hsrac-1 teristies of a liorn leado;- of men. On ! thc day of eloeuCD, oi^b !*en commis- ' s'oued OiV(.erS ?,n,i v.wo hundred and ' thirteen privar-c1 of .l,ho UniledRales j army were quartered ai si? cf ?he i largest precincts in the county, io courage the negroes an-1 in ii mid the whites. But there waa enmesh in the very air, or perhaps in manner and bearing of the whi! put there probably mostly by Ga* pluck and inaguetisi?, thai cit cowed thc military or excited tl admiration, so that they inter?e but little except at Edgeileld 0. where the bayonet was freely nse/1 one of the precincts in the inter of tho carpet-baggers and negri But a) lin vain! Gary'.'; eagle waseverywhere-; Jachad anticipa everything; tue aun woof, dowe perhaps the most, exciting county el lion that; ever occurred in any St of the Union. During many we before the election, ail private bi ness, even the mos', profitable, 1 been subordinate?! to politics by whites, lo inch a fever bea! had excitement risen under Gary''' man ! ulation. ! Another important event bennet I at Edgeileld Court, House on the t ! of this election, which is not. gen I ally known, but ought to be, that i justine may be done Gary. Thc ' publicans had established two vot precincts at the County seat to fae tato traun, especially repeating, massing th? negroes at the Co House and having them t;> vote eal often and late. But before the el tion began, Gen. Garv's dogged t matonee had prevailed <>n the Rep, hean County Chairman and the' m tnry Commandant, of the Post, in inter?s*; of peace between the ra at the polls, to let one nf theprecin ne cosigned to the Republicans a the other to the Democrats, or rat! ono to the negroes and the oth^r thc whites-the latter at the Co House building, the former at a c ored church about a half mile dista Just before sundown, about sis hi drod negroes, headed bv 1 ?awrei Cain, their Ocnpty Chairman, nan ed in a column of lours fro ru the c orod voting place to the Court Hoi building where tho white: were v ing, and demanded that rho ?? should be cleared so they could v too, alleging thai they .had not ; voted. This th? whites refused do, when tho negroes applied toi military to interfere in their heh; The Post Commander then ordei thc whites to get oft the Court. Ho; steps, and open the w?y for the c umn of negroes tc enter, which ort tao whites still refused to obey, SJ inc Olen. Gary had told them nt i let. the negroes repent there. Ga wa? absent at th" time np at the ol ?r precinct, ord be was yent for at t request of thc Post Commandera I informed that the whi i-o? must oh j the way to iel the negroes vote in t j Court Houso This Gary pererapi ! nlv declined to permit -saying j would nul}* abide by ihv compact .he morning- ibai the negroes ?S I already voted at tb? other pi>cr? ? and wished to repeat, which hewon j not allow, and ur, dsjhnHa? Comic; ti lani to atteoipi to Hear the Coi j House steps. Fortunately, no s? j attempt was made. Fi it hid l e I very nrobahly ?HI?OUS trouble won j ha vi.- arisen from ii*.. Gary saw : j crisis of Iii!1 election had arrived, at . he was equal toil., rle "iaywJ ; j bold game and won, adding anoth j pi oof af the ??dage that ?orton's I vorn the brave, ir would be easy h leoide who j .S^ntTTf'?ir?lina. 'Jaac?bnlt?d Lrcdlaitoias t i?f St^^Aia. 'jj j Convention o'" ali tue Democratic ititi '? er? of that yea1, could he rsailed, ai each one be rc ?uired to cass rwo h; lot.-, nr-f for the man that aid ii most, and ?e or d for the man that d t-Le next most, ,n the struggle, this were done, Gary mic-ht. ger b few votos for th* susi honor, hut venture rc believe he would have large majority for the second. Ti: was th'** case with Themistocie? whe alter the great victory of Salant the Grecian commander* mei inti ter-pie of Neptune to award thopai O' individual merit, no one was gt erot.'s enough to resign the si rs i pla to another, bat uearly ".I! were wi I ing to award the .-wend to Themis* c?es He, although tu iversally t? know'edged by h s contemporanr-s : be she greatest man flc'ong tbemj w? j very impatient to receive his rowan and sometimes ..ad the iodiseretic ? to :;i':*de to she raagnitnden: |.r.?j dei ; whi =h ' bl* aountrymeti owed ?ir i They feeling thai they could no? sn ! ?ciently discharge the obligation! -c. .ai'tera!: danger o. another Pott-is j invasion rad passed away, hegira ; . call it in nuestion altogernet' by r.< j darius; thal *ne was ?-ot i; :i thieX^jri ?a traitor, '-nd ended ostracism ; him. So tba: Gen. Gary or h : .riends sometimes exhibited ?rap! ? tience nt the tardiness with which b j ?vas rewardad, nr ii he, or they nen sionally to'i plainly alluded ta il e cc ! iowa' debt th'"' State owed h;m. h j hau to suiter Ihr it in having his hon j ors postponed, either to disciplina hir j temporarily, or to punish ir.m indtii j nite'y, for holding au obligation tb I could not He discharged. Bot had i: survived a few years, I think bi- woua i have cotton th-A ryward lin deserved ' I do rot believe any candid and in i Le?lige r South U*rohuIati will con j tend that the libenier. of the Stub I would have been regained io ?.-7' ! without the aid Gary rendered..-"J . '.ve had. failed ir. 1870, il ia g^o^ines i-tiooable whether we could bav? re covered those liberties in j S56.-j Vii* j mural elfect of thc gigantic yintesi I between the Anglo Saxon and ne/irc ! barbarian in South C roi ina in 1*70 ! had H wnnderfnl iniluenceontherfrrs . ideutiai eiecliou of that year, and or ' Am'-ri fu n pol i t?'^ generaiiv Alan) thousand Eepiibiicaits iii HU?I ?t nvrv j Northern .Siaie either voted with its j or lukewarmly supported theil ?.?arty j ;'ick?-f, "rom disgust al Carpet Bag j gery. The sublime spectacle which j the straight-out Democracy of .Soi:th : Carolina with it" aggressiv mod?*ra : tion prc-en? d lo ibo world m I ." : ic ali probability was what caine so i neat i'latignrating Tilden an Presi ! dent: and if Hayes bad been trio ra ! phantly rlected instead of juggled ? into oftice, Federn I power might have ! been successfully eranloyad in aiding tba liadical tyrants lo hold down our I broken-hearted people in i >'*.*?.. .md j eve', until now. ; pot we ha vf- enjoyed most pi our ; liberties over four years, aud we can j retain them in vim.* o: our present j surroundings, only byadnering stillt iyio Garys policy of s ratght-out Democracy and white supremacy. In adj'ocati" g thew two doctrines, he was only a little ir. advance o' pfublic opinion. Already tbs time 1IHJ> ar lived when the white? of Mv.->rv fjiato in the South ^an. ought <<nd mu t proclaim to the world' that 'hey in tend to rule their '.oca; L'overunient, because they represent ::ear'y all 'he tu ciligeuce, virtue, property and tnunbovd o: aociet). Whatever is | necessary to be resorted to, tn enable j thefie foor ?liraient-; to tule .'very! Norihern 8ta'e, ha" o^en dons or j doing thor--! daily. Ednojitioiril, -?r j tus. cr property, O? moral ^ualiiic?- 1 " 1 tions to au&'rrp?ftt have deprived iene ' of thousands of \phitc men ot' the r:ght: to vote ic Massachusetts, Rhode Ts-, iand, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and other .Stute- a!; the North. When: bbe?e iii'' lo prod noe the desired ef. j feet, then bribery, intimidation, or , wholesale: ballot-box stuning is j brought into play. Aa the very Re- | publicans at the North who do all j .these things against white men, raer? : ly to maintain their party supremacy, j are the men who haye forced negro I suffrage apon us, with ail il? vice, j ignorance, venality and communism, -o they ought not to complain ii we should ne driven to imitase their methods to secure g0"d government, especially as long aa v:e do not op press the negreen?. 'Bnr whether they complain or not, is ;i matter ot su p?eme indifference no na of the South now. if we are wise. We have our : Slate Governments and can hola them ? in spite of all the threats and wailing j ami gnashing ot teeth thar Republi ? oat: iNegrnphiiists may 'put forth in ] their impotent rage, provided ahvayH 1 that we ?hali adhere to Gary'?atraight j Democracy as our political religion, and make all our party ' nominations fairly and squarely, never affiliating I with any tVtion of the Republiean j party, or with rikeerlera from that ?party. Although even straight-oat i Democracy .".nd fair party nomina-* Lions may rot hold our white people [apgether as a close corporation dur i ing many more elections, yet let us j strive to do it as long a? we can, in "the hope that something may turn up W?relievo us. (as I believe will be the case; and I do not hope it like Mi cawber either.) As Gary not only advised ne how ?to throw off the slavery.oi Radi-aliam I but led the way in removing our ! chains, and as he also (old cs how to Lprevent having those chains again J riveted upon our limbs,'by shuning I ^filiation with any one whose, De I mocracy ie noe above suspicion, ?et j us never forge!; his counsel or bia ser j vice?-, and show that we remerr.ber j throi by erecting a stately eenotaph io bia memory. I It se^ms to me there are but two j appropriate sites in the whole State J for a monument to Gary. One ie the ! Capital grounds nt Columbia; tho other is the public square al Edge I field. lithe State authorities shall j grant permission, and ii'all the other j couj.tie? collectively sirall subscribe as j much a* Edgef?e?d singly, then the j monument ought tc he located at j Columbia, but otherwise at Edgefield. ? lear it fhall be iong before either I South Carolina or Edgefield will be abie -to boast another M W. Gary, but one of the be?t means to repro duce his like would be to erect a fit ting memorial to him, and thereby i stimulate every noble youth who j m'ght behold it to so act, for the pub j kc good ae to desprve such n ?rilmte ! to himself. j Let cs all here and now une liera j bly resolve thai Gary ??bail have a ! mot; amen: worthv of his heroism and : statesmanship. Who oi yon does not J feel prouder of his county since 15ft) I than be did before, and io whom are ("you moi^Tindebted ?br tbat just: in ..rease ol' pride ;i:?n to M. W. Gary !' j FTe contd not however have achieved j such a victory without your support, ! ?nd J doubt whether you could have I carried Edgeueld as you did without : his leadership. Therof?rl the doliv (;'"'?im*, .,? ti.? f-?i;r,ii and State wefc .ii Ob?- yns*, ai?. ,n very b'-or.t'.j seil";.-, vor' won: av wei! aa his. Tba j recollections of thc pori, you bor:; ic < i bat never-to bs forgotten campaign, ! will ever he dr.-; to ea-h one bf yon, ! and it would servo to make your ia i ture hopee worthy of those *-e"0!!o: : binns, if you shall bu lid a monument . Lo\iar\, which weald in sor.e ?ort : likewise be a monument to yourselves. : -fur-: as yo:; revere your ancestors and j showed in ' S7? as weil as -.luring tho war, that yon wvre nnt unworthy ol I them, io would the children o? each ' one of you, M thev gare upon a "ou lumcntai pile tc Gary, proudly er. ! claim: " My father was with Gen. : Gary ir the srreat nc.'ifics! caranaicn ; of 1876." MA KPIF.D, cn Tuesday evening, June \ ?>lh, ISSI, at the residence of the bride's j ai her, hy the Rev . Mr. Melliebampe, ? father of the bridegroom, >?r. LOFIfl S. 1 MELLTCtfAMPE, of Johcsion, and i Mi*s LAURA PARK ER, second dango j ter of Hr. fforaee Parker, of Edge fi old. \_ CAT LEO away from earth io Heaven, : en 2?tb .lune, ism, little HR VAN, age:] 14 tnonthf* and 'tdays. youngest son of 'Mr. and Mr-. ?. H. MANU FT. Tremorn j s. c. ; 1 p in that " beautiful city.*' i Which hath " no need of the sun." j Sm's- cn tbs Saviour's hosnm Restetb tbe Mitt* on*. j __ ! I'KOSPECTFS. ! ?o the Rea di ag Public of Edjrefield i flew Press and \etv Material. ON Wednesday, the '20lh July next, the undersigned will ooinm&neetbepnb? ; iication of ? WEE KL? NEWSPAPER, at Edgefield 0. H.. S. C., under the name and till" nf T!!K \wm\m\ CHRONICLE, ; Whieh tv ? I ? l>e exelnaively devoted to tho material wollare, prosperity mid Imppl ? tu?is ??'t't??^ people ol'dear r. l < I Kdgerield in particular, and of the Slate in iren?rnl. ! WV promise thal in> eli url un mir part ? will he hui untried to plea*? oar friends 1 ?iud patrons, xs we hope thereby to make ii profitable to ourselves; and enter I priMtand unflagging industry nm ut'any avail in the publication ot'H real live, newy Newe,*?ap?r, we hurt rm fear of I ihe result. We. ?.an. make onrnew project I worthy of the encouragement mu? >ap I pori of the rending pu hi ie, and we are 1 il.-ir>.:.-, fri tn <'o xn. : "THF. CHRONICLE" will he ?veil ? ti I If ii i?n(ih week with the eur reut news I of the day-foreign, fStnie ano County, ihe hi I esl eouiinereialintolli^euee, Agri r ullin.11 Heading, litorary, reiiginnsand miscellaneous sele^lionn, dre.. ,v.e. Pol i ti eal Jv, "THE OHBONIOU*." willoi course l,n Ueoioorat?e to the l.mekbfjne- . in foi! faith and fellowship with the nial? form of (lie Kd>rerteld fhtuiocraey it? the metnomlile eampaign of lo76-and a; -ill ! times Htnl unde/ all cireurastan?,esstern ly upholdiiifj Whit" tiupreinaey-ihnro liyMilweivi:i'4 alsft th? ?IK--' In?erescof' the eolonsJ mee. Wa respe-'idill . so!ie.it a liberal pat- ; rouage and support from tho jtenenms \ noopTe of ICdgeflold. j 0?- Subscription prict? *2.oe per nr. ; nun?, r^et-UH enter your names tv. '-.nf-e. . ."W**Sample laipios et-tit to any address upon application, free of charg?. T$T o.'?cii on second floor of building : remntlv oceuiyied hv Tm: AOVKKTTHCK. ; . " i Nf rv Respvt fully, J. K. DURISOE, : .?. S. TIAT,tV. .lum' '.'P:h, issi. _........._,_I T. K> a bottle Of our delightful \-.?- \ traei -LOVE'S FNTANALEMEKT. If ran Uni be excelled. ?m*Y. Q. h. PENN" A SON. i THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST! HALL'S GIN! j READ WHAT THE PIASTERS SAY,-THE VERV BEST IN CI?E. Full'Satisfaction Guaranteed or Sio Sale. SoI#I With or Without Feeder or Condenser* B/i rK-r:i r.;, S. G. Messrs Warren, Walkie* ?-C?., Augusto. Ga: j DRAB SIRS--The Hall Gi'ii and F?cder purchased ol y m ihre'- y?ara ago, bal giv- j en entire,satisfaction, running each day during the three a?aaon?, binning over fif- j teen hundred fl,500j balea cotton wilt, very littleTepaira until I he present. Wc j bave experimentedcon?irl'.-r.dilv with Gins, and regard the Hall the best '??in mad* *. Reapeetf?lly yours. ' ft?gn?iCj T. S ? A. BATES! KO?E?'IKIO 0? Bi., S. <J . J tine 7. V&Xl 3j'rrnr.;. Warren, Wallace &0>., Augusta, Gq . PKAI? Sir--Tho 60 Saw Hai!'? Self Feeding Cotton Out bonghi of you last j Fail gives perfect satisfaction. 1 ginned WO balea cotton with it.,durin?,; bte past season. Leonid gin a450 pound bale in (30 minutes, ii i? the best combination Gin tn the market, it will gin ns fae*, clean the seed a-s well, anil make ?zood j a sample xi'cnj/bodjf's Gin. tfery Kespect fcilly, W IV A DD?SON. jgF*For frill particnlirs, with prices 'and ternis,'.apply to WALLACE & CRA\ST0Y, ?Mil. Agents, iu?cemmio WAHREN, WALLACE i? CO. Jwnei?, I860,-//29j ?. ' Ai??l>TA, CSA.. FOR THE Ni$XT 30 DAYS The Large Stock, of Clothing at the OAK HALL " CiiOTHIM* *t'Ol7NESI ?H, ?16 and ?il? Bron?! street, Aiijsroata, WILL BE SOLD REGARDLESS OF MST! I HAVE one of WIH LARGEST and BEST STOCKS di CLOTHING in the TWO ST A IES to select from. Prices for the NEXT THIRTY DAYS, will be in thc reach of everybody. I ara not jesting. J buy my Gooda for Cash, and am abie to seli them for LESS than they cnn be bought ir the manufacturen', owing to the large Discount I ^cr for the money. T)0N'T STOP UNTIL YOU FIND THE PLACE. Hr. ?Fa?. A. Powell ?B with ra* and will be glad to serve bia friends. ; Apr. 18, 1881.~19<n3' H. BROOKS, The ?'oor ?iran's Friend. F. 702 Broad Street, tor. Melntosh. DIAMONDS. WATCHES. JEWELRY STERLING SILVERWARE, REED Sc BART 01ST S Celebrated TRIPLE-PLATED WARE. CLOCKS, BRONZES fe FINE FANCY GOODS. ATTVWTSTA, OA., N?V.27, |W?0. I yfd HEALERS '3N ID, m ; -til TOILET S nm 'mmi?& ?J \\l>~% ?FKCIALTI? FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES -AUNT JD Con lee-t i < maries. \o. 3, PAK li ROW, Kft<?F,FI*:Ll>. C. April Ti. I581.r-ri/23 ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING MAN, yOf'TH. or ROY WANT*, ?ii SPRING CXOTffllMS A HATS AT Cooke's Clothintt Hat Store 711 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA. GA. Largest Stock in the City, Embracing I BLUE FLANNEL and YACHT 0L0 PH SUETS, warranted not fr. fade. j FANCY CASSIMERE SUITS, in thejlat** shades and stvles. ! BLACK CLOTH and WORSTED SUITS, tor dress. ; LINENS. ALPACAS. SEERSUCKERS, MOHAIRS, ?ve ? FELT and STKAW HATS, for Men and Boys. j SH?RTS, NEt'KWElR, UNDERW EAT, et< . I TRUNKS, SATCHELS, CIMBREL1 AS,.. . j mr AH nferc* ..... Jy-vcr 'prices. LARGE WHOLESALE I TNE ? vh*cn M'T'^iv' tin well ?~ <tf' A. W. BLANCHARD, Arril fi, ?-"?? . -ISini For J. (7. Ludlow ?? Cn. j BEAUTIFUL *HAT?"Ti~BOW?ETS ! j Mrs. N. BHuk CLARK'S, *Jtt BS rca. I SE, :1?iyA>ia. Usf. At this old E?Hahh>hme.ii the fyidij i ?nn procure NEW ?r"| BSA UTI?1 1 FUL HATS, BONNE IV*, ?t? ,al Low Prices. I^Tho largest Stock in the Apr. im ORDER YOUR ! SAW MILLS, GRIST ii; fl HILLS, PLANTATION MACHINERY, i - AND .Euginos and Boiler?. Cotton'Berew.s, Shafting. Pulleys! Handers, Journal Boxea, MillGearing, Gudgeon'sTurbine'Waiter Wheels, Giu ( iring, .Iud ! son's Governors, Disaton's Cimilar Saww^.n<*?G?Mn?ii?n?nnd Files. Beniner, Babhit i Metal. Brasa Fitting Glotte. <*heok Valve* ;?ud Whistles, Gauges, et?*, iron sud; ! Rr:iss i Hstinir*. Gin ??il?? and Injectors!, I'roiri GEO. R. LOMBARD SL CO., I '..-.-y-' l ily J'".M?nclry rm G M'nohiii^'Worlcfl. .\K-IT thc Wat'T Tower, l,0H io |,?c. Femrtek Street, A f'i;rsTA, GA. KErATRTNG promptly done at lowest pri?es. We ca**t'everj clay iiotb iron; and Brass, having irreatlj"Jnerenaed our eap?.oiti ??"i.tb lalejii iinpntved tools. WH| are ninning tull time with S(; hands, whfeh enihl^H iii tn lill orders promptly nt j loweal prie s. Give ?is -J trial het'ure sending otV. [Apr. aO, IHKJ.--'.<'.? R R .'.'nr. Telfair and Campbell St?.. ONE St'.vUARE from I7NTON DEPOT. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. MONUMENTS, J?B?OSTO^R*. T?:?rnst, and M.-,<:?J.?: W?B? of all kinds, fnrnished at ebortest notice, and ni prin? low^r i-Han ever h^ard o: in this city. Ali work for tbe ocutry Ckere?H:?$ Rojvd ??n? Delivered ai P ? ?' WU HO UT JJ X TH A CB ARGE. vVbeu necessary, i will co ami put ni" the work. SS?- Salislariioti t.uarantec?!. 'r>* 20?vl nonHSM li'nc? M.ii) in y>rrt'v.*j,,jr.ii i-in Rf- i bom hy maj I. I m \i - - II? ? tiUli i?' CllUU-m mm kwue?nil P?icM Tl?tOMftemdaun , ./?.'.'.-<-.^.t droiKrt in ?.'.-t Ont td V'.n r . THOMPSON AND HEIJYDEL, Dealer? lu Kvery Description of BUILDING i AND SUPPLIES ! 310 Jackson St., Augusta, Ga. WINDOW GLASS. The largest and best assorted stock of Glass in the city. PUTTY. In bulk, also in boxes of 1 to 5 lbs. White Lead and Zinc. Strictly Pure, mad?: by the Kentucky Lead and Oil Co , which we guarantee as good as the best. Also, the well known Nassau White l^eadand pnreFrenoh Zinc PREPARED PAINT. The celebrated Paint, made by Wads worth, Martinez <fe Longman, which we know to be good. URDSHES. Pull line of Paint <fc Whitewash Brnshea. COLORS. A Laree and as-sorted ?tock of Color? in Oil. Also, Dry Colora.. White l>amarrCoach, -CopaL Furniture, Japan, Asphaltum, Ac. KALSOrTUXE. .iohr.aon's celebrated Prepared Kalsc mine, all shades. O?L. Linseed Oil, Eaw^md Boiled. Builders' Hardware. A largo variety of Locks. Rim and Mortice J/oeks. Surface and Mortice Blind Hinge*. All sues and styles of Door Butta. Inside Blind Butts, brass and iron. A line lino of Padlocks. Yale Store Door Locks. Yale Night Latches. Screws in any quantity and every size, and anything else you want in the Hard ware line. Doors, Sash and Blinds* The largest stock in Augusta, at bottom ligures. Send for price list. Balusters, Brackets and Mantels. And almost anything that can be made out of wood, we are prepared to make. ! Yellow Pine Lamber. j In any ci nan ti ty, rough or dressed. -ri* We pack and deliver all of our j goods free of charge. Thompson & Heinde], 3IO JACKSON STREET. ? Dec. 28, ?t?0. Iy4 j GEORGIA PAINT CO,, AUGUSTA, GA., ! OFFERS READY MIXED PAINTS in small Cms, or by tho Gallon, or by the Barrel, at prices AS LOW as they can be bought at WHOLESALE In NEW YORK. O.CAI.1TV THE VERY BEST. FAST COLORS, iu all Shades. All styles COTTAGE COI.ORK J I lusiile andj Outside. VVHITF^ . _ HtMlSOy-, DVRABF. and CHEAP j Also, RP M, DARK BR?WN, MF.T I ALLIC PAINT, for Roofs, Bridgea, Fencing, Wagons, and Plantation Ma ; ohiuery and Tool?. /Its-PRICE LISTS and SAMPLE :, fYii/IFtS sent on application. Address, GEORGIA PANT CO., Augusta, Ga. ; 4. H. ALEXANDER, Pre?'t. ! j C. c. REMIS, Snp't. , j y^e 22, las?. cf 3 1 turrvton Baptist High School Rev. H. A. Whitman, A. Af? Principal. Rov. Hugh F. Olivar haviug I resigned, to become pastor at Tuskegee, ; Ala., the gentleman beforo named, a graduate of the University of Georgia,. : and of tho Southern Baptist Theological . Seminary, ha- been chosen a? his sue : censor. School opens February 1st, 1981* ; H. A. SHAW, Chair. Board Trustees. .?an. 17, 1681. tf 7 ERNEST GARY, I A.ttorney-at-!La\v, EDGEFIELD C. H., S- ? ; Will practice in all tim Courts of thus St3te, and in the C'nlted States Courts, i Mar 20, ISSI. 6ml7 THE MOST DESIRABLE ; Purchase Yet Offered. i # Ct ? ACRES of Land, half a mile ? ?WOM from Dom's Mills. A stood ; Dwelling House, Store, Gin House, Barn and Stables: three out houses; 100 acres . in cultivation. Improvement? of greater ' value than tue price asked. Tenus very e?sv. A first rare bargain. I R. G". M. DUNOYANT, Real Estate Agent. ! March 8,"IfW0. tf 13 S WOK E the EU REE A 6 ctn. Tigar. It is the hf Mt-at PENN'S Drug .Store, Met ?25-4t2S AUGUSTA BUILDING LOTS TO EXCK??GE FOR COTTON LANDS! IHAVE 16 Building Lots in Augusta, in the upper part of the city, lo em ol?anse for Cotton Lands, or Plantation, r.anils must he convenient ts Railroad. Apply to, or address. R. G. M. DUNOYANT, Real Estate Agent, Rdgefleld C. H., 8. C. Dec, 22. 1880. tf fl TIN SHOP F C>t UTTERING and' ROOFING done at 1 the lowest rates. TIN-WARE, wholesale and retail. REPAIRING, of all kinds, promptly done. Give me a trial. E. M. HARP. Formerly of Augusta, On, Bdge?eld, May 17,-Hm24 Notice! HOTEL FOR SALE 1OFFER for sale my Hotel, known os the Saluda House,'or Hotel. Ic baa alxmt 1,1 rooms, about one-half of which have been recently painted and papered - tho entire interior repainted. There being but one Hotel in tho placa, there :? a need felt, and a necessity exists, for an other. Terms reasonable. H. W. ADDISC Itfarcb 15- 188L