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Tiie Lexington Dispatdb 1 ===== ' Wednesday, May 14, 1802. //Senator Vest Speaks for Conifederacy. Washington, May 8 ?Discussion of the Philippine bill in the senate was continued. S Mr. Ye9t, of Missouri, called attection to the statement of Mr. Tillman \ made yesterday, which be said he was uuLuptueu iu ttmo aunwc vi IU justice both to the living aDd the dead. That statement, which had v I been found in the public press and upon the lecture platform for the last three years, was that at the historic conference in Hampton Roads in 1864 between President Lincoln, , Wm. H. Sewardt secretary of state; , Alexander H. SteveDS, vice president of the Confederal? States; R M. T. Hunter, former United States eenaL tor, and John A. Campbell, formerly L justice of the United States supreme i \ court; President Lincoln wrote upon L \a piece of paper "save the union," Ithen handing it to Stephens, "said, * "Alex, take this paper and fill up ^ for yourselves the conditions of peace [ between the two countries." \ Mr. Vest said the story had been denied by John i?. Keagan, ot ?'ex, [who vas the last surviving member V of the Confederate cabinet. He knew personally, said Mr. Test, without having been present at that combined interview, that the incident Was without the slightest foundation. 1 "If true," said he, "it would place I the government and officers of the Confederate States in the category of criminals, because it offered the Confederacy all that it ever demanded in the wildest hope of the most extreme partisans of that cause if they would only return to the union." 4,I AM THE ONLY SURVIVOR." * A deep silence bad fallen upon the chamber and every member on the < floor listened to him with rapt attention. With great deliberateness he continued: "If true, it would mean that the Confederate could have placed cn that sheet of paper the perpetual establishment of slavery ^ and the right of secession, the most extreme demand that had ever tak?n locally even in the dreams of any I Confederate." From the lips of Stephens and Hunter had come to him, he said, the details of what took place. Upon the return of the comi missioners of the Confederacy he L heard their official report as Mr. ^ Keagan heard it, he being a member of the Confederate senate. "X am today the only surviving member i of the 26 gentlemen who acted as I Confederate senators/' he said. V WHAT LINCOLN SAID. | Mr. Vest then stated that what did 1 happen at Hampton Reads beyond [ question was this: That when the president and Secretary Seward met I the commissioners of the Confederf acy. Mr. Lincoln, addressing bim[ self to Mr. Hunter, whom he know ' well, said: "In the first place, gen| tlemen, I desire to know whether N your powers and instructions from the Richmond government/' avoiding, said Mr. VeBt, as Mr. HuDter k told him himself, the words "ConB | ieaerate otaies. Mr. Hunter, to whom the inquiry was addressed, said: "Mr. Presit dent, we are instructed to consider no proposition that does not involve the independence of the Confederate States of America.*' "Then," said Mr. Lincoln, "the interview may as well terminate now, for I must say | to you gentlemen, frankly and hon- i estly, that nothing will be accepted from the government at Richmond j except absolute and unconditional I [ surrender. * Mr. Vest then said that this terminated the interview and as the Confederate commissioners retired, President Lincoln, addressing Stephens, who was the last to go out, said: "Stephens, you are making a great mistake. Your government is a failure and when the crash comes, as it soon must come, there will be chaos and disaster which we cannot now foresee which must come to your people." "This account of that interview," continued Mr. Vest, is "substantially ^and almost word for word as I have am Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know it. How To Find Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a 0 9 j ,t sediment or setiiyjiU u-r1 CZ tling indicates an / unhealthy condi[wi it^on Ul/\ \ i \ neys; ^** s*ains y?ur linen it is evidence of kidJLU \> J ?/ ney trouble; too F*\'*X frequent desire to pass it or pain in ?t^e *Dack js a|so convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order. rm. - a. -i>\? w iidt tU UU. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's SwampRoot, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. 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THE TRUTH OF HISTORYMr. Vest said that he considered it his duty to make this statement in order that history may not be falsified; in order that the men who were said fobave refused this offer at the hands of President Lincoln, should not be made to sin in their graves, adding, "for if they had refused what was said to have been tendered to them by the president they would have been accessories to the murder of every man who fell from that time in defense of the Confederate cause, and they should have given the lie to the intentions which thev nrofessed . A" when they risked everything that is held dear amongst men in defense of the Confederate cause." A SOLEMN DENIAL. Wihile the deep silence still reigned in the chamber as he spoke and with every eye directed toward him. Mr. Vest concluded as follows: "It may be but a very short time till I shall join the 25 colleagues I bad in the Confererate senate, aDd I did not want this statement to go into the record of this country without my statement of these facte and my solemn denial that there is no shadow of truth in this assertion which has been going the rounds of the newspapers of the country for the last few years." Won't Follow Advice After Faying for It. In a recent article a prominent physician says, "It is next to impossible for the pbysiciaD to get his patients to carry out any prescribed course of hygiene or diet to the smallest extent; he has but one resort left, namely, the drug treatment." When medicines are used for chronic constipation, the most mild and gentle obtainable, such as Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, should be employed. Their use is not followed by constipation as they leave the bowels in a natural and healthy condition. For sale by J. E. Kaufumnn. 0 ? Sickiug the Bucket. The ratb< r irreverent expression "kicking tbe bucket," as a designation for death, has a very plausible explanation. Before revolvers were as common as they now are the common method of suicide was by hanging. The would be suicide usually attached a noosed rope to a beam in the barn and mounted an inverted bucket to adjust it. "When all was ready for his departure from this world, he "kicked the bucket" from beneath him and accomplished his purpose. To Mothers la This Town. Children who are delicate, feverish and cross will get immediate relief from Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. They cleanse the j stomach, act on the liver, making a sickly child strong and healthy. A certain cure for worms. Sold by all druggists, 25 cents. Sample free. Address, Allen S. "Olmsted, Leltoy, I N Y. I Senator Tillman's Hash Talk. Columbia State. Senator Tillman can mar a good cause as well as he c m improve a bad one. His boasting in the Senate Wednesday of the fact that negroes had been terrorized at elections and lynched in the south will do much injury to both the south and the cause of anti-imperialism, which in his way be champions There is no essential connection between outrages nnnn t Vi o rtonrnoo a n r? nil t ro rr?>Q n nnn ur" v"v- Tu" the Filipinos and were Senator Tillman as discreet as he is vigorous he would Dot allow northern Kepublicans to goad him into a line of debate which is most welcome and satisfactory to them. Then, as a matter of fact, the redemption of South Carolina from negro rule was accomp'ished without violence or disorder on the part of the whites. The campaign of 1876 wasa marvel in this respec'; save in one or two instances, when the incidents were not approved by the Democratc campaign managers, no negro was killed and the State was redeemed without the use of the shotgun. But since Senator Tillman's only participation in the fight for white supremacy was the part he took in the Hamburg or Eilenton riot perhaps it is natural that he should now boast that the methods then employed were generally practiced. Bash and unwise, uncalled for and harmful are such boastings and it is no wonder that his Democratic colleague^ nearly all left the Senate chamber while he-was speaking. Again we have to regret that with 'all his admitted ability as a thinker and a debater, Senator Tillman should sooil the effect of his really 1 forceful speeches by the reckless injection of violence of language. The less that a South Carolina Senator has to say in defence of violence and fraud and lynchiDgs the better it is for bis State and the cause he may advocating- If such things have been done we should regret the real or seeming necessity instead of parading an unjustified pride in-their performance. Surely the morals as well as the reputation of South Carolina has been severely enough injured by these circumstances, the number and importance of which Senator Tillman has characteristically exaggerated. There is no need for a South Carolina Senator to defy public opinion and to give fresh excuse to a prejudice now happily waning. I3 it too much to expect that Ben Tillman will ever learn to be temper ate of speech ? For the eake of South Carolina we have often had cause to blush for his oratorical indiscretions and now for the broader cause of true Americanism and humanity, we are again forced to regret that South Carolina's senior Senator has not sounder and saner and safer judgment Don't Start Wrong. Don't start the summer with a lingering cough or cold. We all know what a "summer cold" is. It's the hardest kind to cure. Often it "bangs on" through the entire eeason. Take it in band right now. A few doses of One Minute Cough Care will set you right. 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The marble around the monument has also been cracked and seriously damaged/' Commenting on the above the Celumbia State says: ''Unless repairs are made at once the handsome monument erected only a short time ago ?11 i : J rrtL ~ ? < wui ue ruiueu. jluc uuvciuui ? attention has been called to the matter and be has taken it up with General Walker and other members of the commission." Sciatic Rheumatism Cured After Fourteen Years of Suffering. "I have been afflicted with sciatic rheumatism for fourteen years," says Josh Edgar, of G'ermantown, Cal. "I was able to be around but constantly suffered. I tried everything I could hear of and at last was told to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which I did and was immediately relieved and in a short time cured, and I am happy to say it has not since returned.*' Why not use this liniment and get well? It is for sale by J. E. Kaufmann. * ? Terrible Earthquake. Paris, May 9 ?The commander of the French cruiser, Syehet, has telegraphed Minister of Marine Delanessau from the Porte de France, Martinique, under date of May 8. at 10 p. m., the following: "I have just returned from St. Pierre which has been completely destroyed by an immense mass of fire which fell upon the town at 8 o'clock this morning. The entire population of 25,000 soula are supposed to have perished and I have brought back about 30 survivors. "All the shipping in the harbor was destroyed by the fire and the eruption continues.'' 2To Loss of Time. I have sold Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedv for years, and would rather be out of coffee and sugar than it. I sold five bottles of it yesterday to threshers that could go no farther, and they are at work again this morning.?H. R. Phelps, Plymouth, Oklahoma. As will be seen by the above the threshers were able to keep on with their work without losing a single day's time. 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