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GOOD-B YE.
Good-bye! Ah me! The words are weird,
As bells that toll for spirits fled.
Good-bye forewarns the goal is neared,
And yet good-byes are lightly said,
The farewell falls from laughing lips
On ears that idly catch the sound,
As though our lives were buoyant ships,
And years were seas sailed swiftly round.
Good-bye! Ab me! The words are fraught
With vanished hopes and broken ties,
With lessons all too rudely taught,
And angry clouds in summer skies,
From heart to heart the words should pass
When friendly hands clasped closely lie;
For swiftly runs the fatal glass,
And surely comes the last good-bye.
FOR THE HERALD.
BROADBRI1S PARIS LET
TER.
NO. 20.
The United States Department.
At the opening of the Exposi
tion, I had occasion to express both
surprise and indignation at the
character of the United States ex
hibit. A more mature consideration
of all the circumstances have con
vin.ed me that the opinion then
expressed, if not - entirely wrong,
was not altogether right. My con
stant association with the Centen
nial Exhibition in Philadelphia
having led me to 16ok for more
than might have been reasonably
expected. The circumstances at
tending the exhibit of the United
States were peculiar. Up to the
very last moment almost, it was
doubtful whether they would be
able to exhibit at all. A lot
of miserable political peddlars
had delayed the appropriation,
and when it was finally grant
ed the sum was so inadequate
for the business in hand that the
Commissioner, Gov. McCormick,
was hampered and straightened for
means to place himself and the ex
hibit of which he had charge in a
position that would reflect honor on
himself and his country. In addi
tion to this, owigg to the brief time
allowed for preparatiQon, many of
the great firms of the country ab
solutely refused to come forward at
all, and many who did, for the same
cause, were unable to make such an
elaborate preparation as so impor
tant an occasion demanded.; not
withstanding all these drawbacks,.
and the invidious comparisons
which one of the most splendid ex
hibitions of modern tigges has in
vited, there is still enough in the
United States Department to chal
lenge the admiration and wonder
of every visitor to the Paris Expo
sition.
With a sense of the eternal fitness
of things, the Department of Edu
cation guards the portals as you
enter, giving people to understand
that in the United States education
is at the foundation of everything.
Only a short distance from the en
trance on the Averaue of Nations
and immediately in front of the
Commissioners office, is the splen-.
did exhibit of Tiffany & Co., of New
York, whose name and fame will be
healded throughout the world by
Ithose who have had the good for
tune to see their display at Paris
in 1878. A wonderful sight is the
magnificent silver service made ex
pressly for the great California mil
lionaire, John W. Mackay, Esq.
No such seg can he found in thb
IUnited States, and very few proba
bly in the world. It consists of two
thousand pieces of solid silver of
the most elaborate workmanship
and original design, and the manu
factu'e alone, exclusive of the sil
ver, .oost over one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. It is one of the
grandest triumphs of thie silver
smith's art ever seen in America.
And if its equal is to be found on
the globe, it can only be looked for
in the palaces of Kings.
An exhibit which has attracted g
great deal of attention, not so much
on account of ostentatious display
a for the superlative excellence of
its goods, is that made by Duryea's
Glen Cove Starch Manufacturing
Co., of Glen Cove, in the State of
New York. This company will be
remembered by all visitors to the
Amerian Centennial Exhibition in
1876, for the splendid display made
at Philadelphia in Agricultural Hall.
In the present Exhibition they have
none of the beautiful cases of snow
white starch which captivated the
ladie3, and made their beautiful
kiosk the wonder and admiration of
thousands and thousands of visit
ors. The Maize or Indian corn in
terest, of which the Messrs. Duryea
are one of the principal representa
tives, is one of the most important
in the United States. It employs
a capital in its various processes of
over one thousand millions, the
corn crop of two years ago being
over thirteen hundred millions of
bushels. The tremendous magni
tude of this interest can scarcely
be estimated, and its importance is
not fully understood by one person
in an hundred thousand even in
the United States. It is for the
purpose of awakening the'ill fed
people of Europe to the excellence
of Maize as an article of food that
they have entered the Paris Exhi
bition of 1878. They could win no
additional honor from the contest,
already their splendid case of gold
and silver medals marked their tri
umphs in various portions of the
world, but the reputation of their
maizena has given them a pre-emi
nence in this particular specialty,
and to this -fact is due the gold
medal which will undoubtedly be.
awarded them. * The corn starch
and maizena exhibited by them is
as white as the finest of wheat flour,
and in the preparation of the thous
and little dainty dishes -for which
the French are so famous, it is one
of the most important articles. The
remarkable enterprise and ability
exhibited by this firm entitle them
to the highest honors and we sin
cerely liope they may receive thep.
The Dixon Orucible Co., of Jer
sey City, have in addition to their
crucibles, a splendid exhibit of
lead pencils the quality of which is
unsurpassed . in the world. The
variety and beauty of these goods
entitle them to the very highest
praise. 'It is only a few years ago
since this enterprise was inaugura
ted in the JUited States, and now
they can be found all over the
pivilizedI wQrld. The marvellous
success of this enterprise is ex
clusively due to the talented and
energetic President of the Dixon
Crucible Co., the Hon. Orestes
Cleveland, who was Vice-President
of the Centennial Exhibition at
Philadelphia, and is the present
President of the American Institute
of Newv York. A gold medal rewards
Mr.'Cleveland. La4rrabie 85 Co., of
Albany, have da~.e exhibition of bis
cuits in fact so fine that it looks
like a fairy bower. Hundreds and
hundreds of the most beautiful bis
cuits are arranged like mosaic
work all around their case, which
the gentlemarily attendant, Mr.
Spear, dispenses with the lavish
and generous hand. I am happy
to be able to state that a gold med
al goes to Albany-well done for
Larrabie & Co.
A Iheau.tiful exhibit is that of Le
Roy Fairchild, the Gold Pegi mangi
facturer of New York. If, indeed,
the pen is mightier than the sword,
Mr. Fairchild must be a mighty
man for he has the most unique
and beautiful exhibit of gold pens
in the Exposition of 1878. They
are here of every variety, little and
big, fine and coarse. Bank pens
and mercantile pens, pens for love
letters, wills and briefs, in short,
pens for every congeiynble object
for which ever pen were used. Mr.
Fairchild, I believe, is another gold
medalist and he merits the honor
he receives. .
In the Machinery department
there are many wonderful and cu
rious things. Machines for making
tin pans with a single stroke of a
mighty punch, pchines for mak
ig hand sewed shoes. How's that
for a bull; punches and sewers and
weavers and cutters, all of them
busy and all of them wonderful.
For the smnokers Allen & Co., of
Richaond, have a display of their
superb tobacco. Tobacco being
a neutral ground on which white
and black, Christian and Pagan,
can stand in peace and quiet.
Smoking may be very wicked, but a
man looking in Allen's who ever
did love a pipe would have to pray:
"Lead us not into temptation."
Truly BnR QARR
[From The News and Courier.]
TIE GOVERNOR'S GREAT
SPEECII IN GREENVILLE.
What He Thinks of the Views Lately Ex
pressed by Gen. Gary-The Policy of the
Democratic Party-Words of Wisdom
for the People.
GREENVILLE, Wednesday, Sep
tember 18.-The speech of Gov
ernor IIampton to the people of
Greenville, to.day, was the most
impressive I have ever heard him
deliver. Knowing the keen in
terest with which it will be read
throughout the length and breadth
of the State, I have reported it
fully. The Governor, having been
introduced to the assemblage by
Mayor Mauldin, spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman and my Fellow
Citizens of Greenville A little
more than a month ago I left
Columbia with a view to attend
the meetings at Spartanburg,
Greenville, Easley and Pendleton.
I came with the view of attend,&
ing those meetings, because I sup.
posed I should not have another
opportunity to see the people of
the mountain region. I wanted
only to thank them for what they
had done in the last canvass, as I
knew that it was unnecessary to
speak foi the ensuing one. But
when I reached Spartanburg
worn out by work and broken
down by confinement, responsibil
ity c.nd anxiety-I was stricken
down by illness, and from that
day to this have been unable to
meet my constituents. I almost
fear that I am not able to do so
now, and if I should not be able
to discuss all the questions I should
to-day, or if I discuss those I do
touch upon in 4n incoherent and
disconnected manner you must
recollect that strong as has been
my constitution I am not made of
iron, and that the work and cares
of the last two years have ieft
their mark upon me.
It was two years ago that I
came into this county to plead
the cause of South Carolina. When
your Convention of August, 1876,,
with a unanimity neve- surpassed,
dit4 me the honor to nominate me
as their standard-bearer, I came
to these glorious mountains, under
whose shadow we now stanld to
rest for a few weeks and to digest
the plan of the campaign, and
from there I came into this Pied
mont region to speak to the men
of the mountains, to display our
flag first to them, and~ to~f og pon
them to, pally qnder- it and fight
for their hearths, their homes and
their. fatherland.
It was no accident that arranged
that part of my programme. Comn
mnuning alone wvith nature in those
~grand solitudes I had considered
what would be the plan of opera
tions, and I determined to go first
to the men of the mountains
Liberty, they say, has always
loved to d well g pan the grountains,
and .I ba;pe fii-s to her chosen.
sons. With the right of ur line
of battle resting on the hills of
GIeorgia, and our left extending to
North Carolina, I knew w6 would
sweep everything before us. I
knew that the fires of patriotism
kindled here would be reflected
throughout the State, and I was
right. They were caught up and
carried on' until every hilltop
glowed with them, and the slogan
~raiscd in the mo.uatnn was re-~
echoed fr'om th~e coast.
I have not come, however,
to speak about the last cam
paign. Every man and woman
in the State, and every child
that can remember anything, re
members the glorious w-ork of
those days.. I have no.j enu to
speak tp. yng~ of that campaign
then, but of the future-to tell
you of the campaign of '78. You
-your Convention which recently
assembled in South Carolina
have sent your old standard-bear
e again into the field. You have
placed them upon the same broad,
atholic and liberal platform which
drewv to its support the honesty
and conservative men of all par
ties and both r-aces in the last
great struggle. You have reite
rated unanimously the principles
which gave life, and strength, and
victory to that struggle, and once
again you call upon all citiaens of
he old State who wish her wel.
fare, to stand shoulder to shoulder
in the coming fight. You have
declared that the policy of '76
should be the policy of '78. The
Democratic party of the United
States countenances no proscrip
tion on account of birth, race or
color, and you have solemnly.giv
en your adhesion to the declara
tion of principles announced by
our National Convention. That
convention declared its acceptance
in perfect good faith of the recent
amendments. to the Constitution
of the United States, and your
State Convention accepted, rati
fied and endorsed in most empha
tic terms the action of the na
tional party. We are thus doubly
pledged to carry out in good faith
the policy to which the great
Democratic party of the country
is unalterably and solemnly com
mitted. We pledged ourselves in
'76 to stand upon that platform,
and in '78 your State Convention,
realizing the good results that had
been accomplished, reiterated it,
and when it placed its candidates
in the field, told them to go forth
and decl'are to tihe people that
.the great party which had won
success in the last canvass in
tended faithfully, honestly and
truly to keep all those pledges
of the , past, and not forget
in the future the promisee made
when defeat was- overslidowing
us. I dwell upon these things be
cause there is a manifest disposi
tion in some quarters to ignore
them, if not to run counter to
them, and because it is important,
now that we are just entering
another canvass, and one fraught
with the gravest issues, that
there should be no misunderstand
ing of the position of your stand
ard-bearers in the fight. I intend
that there shall be no misundor,
standing of mine, for I propose to
stand w here the Democratic par
ty placed me in 1876, and shall
conduct this canvass on precisely
the same principles and the same
plan as the last-=the only plan, in
my judgment, which could have
given us victory in '76, or could
have made us worthy of it. I
cannot deviate from that policy.
I believed it was the true one
then, and I know that it is now.
And in this connection I must
enter, my most emphatic dissent
to the views expressed by Gen.
Gary at the recent meeting here,
and in his car d in reply to Gen.
Gray. These views I believe to
be inconsistent with the true pol
icy of the Democratic party. I
say they do not represent the
opinions of your standard-bearers,
nor of the Democratic party of
South Carolina, and that he was
not authorized to speak for your
nominees. I believe that it was
the conservative character of the
last campaign, as contradistin
guished f'rom what he calls an
eaggressive" one, that enabled
us to carry the State. I believe
that the appeals made to the col
*ored citizens bj men in whom
they had confidence brought thou
sauds to our support and the
evidence of this is fonojd in the
fact that many more thousands
will go with us in the coming
election. They realize that they
have. been honestly dea14 with.
They recognise that all. their
righta have been unimpaired, and
they appreciate the blessings of
peace and increased prosperity
which have followed the inaugu
ration of Democratic rule.
Gen. Gary speaks of the mode
in which he desired to conduct
the canvass as "the Mississippi
plan." Now there are grave mis
apprehensions in regard to the
plan by which the gallant Mis
sissippians carried their State, and
by a slander propagated by some
unprincipled partisan papers this
p)lan has most falsely been called
"the shot-gun policy." No greater
injustice could have been done to
a brave and patriotic people than
theleffort thus made to stigmatize
their heroic efforts to save their
State. In one sense their canvass
was aggressive as ours was. They
*met the p'underers of their State
at every point to denounce their
corruption before the people. They
devoted t,hemselves, as did our
people, heart and mind to the
great work of saving their State
and they appealCd to all honest
voters to aid them in their patri
otic undertaking.
In the district represeuted in
Congress by the distinguished
gentleman, Gen. Chalmers, there
is a much larger colored majority
than in any diitrsct of this State,
and yet lie overcame that ma
jority by a close and zealous can
vass, appealing to. the colored men
in earnest, conservative and effec
tive addresses. And what has
been the result? Only a few
days ago I saw the report of an
interview had with him, in which
the question was asked: What
he would do if the Republicans
sent speakers to his district to op
pose his re-election ? He did not
threaten to Ku-Klux them or*to
intimidate them ; he did not say
that lie would resort to the "shot
gun policy," but he said that he
would give those visitors a cordial
welcome; that he would offer
them every facility to meet his con
stituents, and that he would have
them met everywhere by colored
Democratic speakers.
This is the best commentary on
the Mississippi plan, and that
plan I am. willing to adopt. If
carried out honestly its results
will be as beneficial here as they
have been in our sister State of
Mississippi; but in the name of
our civilization and of all that has
been honorable in South Carolina,
in the name of oar State and of
our God, I protest against any re
sort to violence, or wrong, or any
adoption of the "shot-gn policy I"
We cannot do evil that good may
come of it. Had we been so
short-sighted as to have endeav
ored to carry the State at the last
election by force or violence, mar
tial law..would have been pro
claimed, and we should now be un
der the hateful rule of our op
pressors. Such, at least, is my
deliberate judgment, and what
ever might have been the result
of any mode of canvassing, it could
scarcely have been more auspici
ous for our people than that
wrought by the conservative plan
we pursued. Let us be satisfied
and thankful, and, above all, let
.us not now forsake the road which
led us to victory in '76, and which,
if followed, will lead us to a still
greater victory in '78.
I take issue with the senator
from Edgefield on.another point.
In his card to which reference
has been made he spoke in terms
which seemed disparaging to ''the
Hampton IJemoeracy." I have
never assumed to myself the hon
or of founding or attempting to
found a school of Democracy. I
am but a simple disciple of the
great creed taught by Jefferson,
and illustrated by the highest in
tellects and the purest patriots
that the country has produced.
I have been and am content to
follow Nvhere they have led, with
out indulging for a moment in the
presumption of trying to engraft
one article of faith on the creed
promulgated by the fathers-that
creed which has given the bright
est pages to the history of the
country, and the success of which
can alone bring back permanent
peace, harmony and prosperity to
that country. I1 must therefore
disclaim the honor of giving my
name to any system of Democracy,
and I notice this matter only on
account of the manner in which
G-en. Gary speaks of the "Hamp
ton Democracy.".
If he means by the language he
has used to insinuate that the
proud banner of our party has
been. lowered in my hands;- or if
he intended to reflect upon my
self personally or officially, I pro
nounce tbe imputation as unfound
ed as it is impertinent. It has
never been my custom to touch
upon personal matters in address
ing my fellow-citizens. I have
left my justification against ad
verse criticism to the results
which have been accomplished,
feeling assured that my constit
uents, aprcaigthe difficulties
which have surrounded me, would
always give me credit at least
for an honest purpose to promote
the best interests of the State.
I depart from my usual custom
on this occain, becanse I thought
it proper to meet and resent what
I felt to be a misconstruction of
my official and personal conduct -
having done this I pass to more
congenial topics. Foremost among
them is the most momentous
problem ever forced upon a peo
ple for solution ; the proposed ad
justnent of the -clations of two
distinct nations living on the
same soil. it is not a question of
a day nor of a geieration, but for
all time to conic, and we have
to meet it now. What is the best
mode for us to meet it?
I have indicated, on various oc
casionls, the line I thought should
be foliowed by onr party-the par
ty in which nearly all the intelli.
gence, educatinn and capital of the
State are to be found-and have
indicated the manner in which I
thought we should deal with this
perplexing question. It was by
no fault of ours that the colored
men were brought to South Caro
lina; by no fauit of ours that they
were afterward made -free. The
same people who first brought
them~ here and sold them into
slavery, now claim to hav..eoffred
a most magnificent libation on the'
altar of Liberty by making free
those whom they first enslaved
for their own profit, and have now
freed without loss to themselves.
We cannot tell what great ob
ject Providence had in view in
allowing these things to be done
by which these people have been
brought here and liberated in our
midst. We are told that "God
moves in a mysterious way his.
wonders to perform," and He has
moved in a mysterious way in
this matter. He has brought
them here, relieved them of their
Ahackles and left them here un
tutored in mind, with all the
prejudices a century of slavery
has engrafted on them, and we
are to be their guardians and pro
tectors. I know that sentiment
will not find an eeho in.the hearts
of many of the colored people.
They have been taught that we
are natural enemies, politically at
least, of the' colored men. Person
ally they have had kindly feelings
for their old masters. Let one of
them but get into difficulties, and
in nine cases out of ten he will go
to his old master for assistance,
and not to one of his Republican
leaders. He will trust the former
in everything except as to his
voting. He was told two years
ago that if the Democratic party
got into power he would be put
back'into slavery, and he believed
it.
I was told the other day by a
distinguished clergyman that he .
had had a disenssioni with one of
his old colored friends, and had ask
ed him, among other things, why
he was no.t a Democrat. The old
man said that he had been taught
that it was contrary to the teach
ings of the Bible. The clergyman
wonderingly asked where that
doctrine could be found, and the
old man replied that as the Good
Book only spoke of two political
parties-the 'Publicans and the
Sinners-he thought he must
choose between them and be
either a Publican or a Sinner,
which was but the Bible name for
a Democrat. [Laughter, in which
some of the colored hearers joined
heartily.] T1he old man had evi
dently never observed how- many
of his party were both 'publicans
and sinners. [Rene,wed laughter
and tremendous display of dental
anatomy.] They have been at
last dispossessed of the great error
into which they were led by their
designin g leaders, and have found
that they are protected in all their
rights, and are as free now as they
were in '76. They recognize the
fact that there has been more
peace in the State and less crime ;
that there is returning prosperity
and that good will have grown up
steadily between the races. They
see that they were misled and are
no0w willing in many instances to
trust those whom they were
taught to distrust. The evidence
of all this is that while thousands
voted the Democratic ticket at
the last election, thousands more
will support it at the next one.
And now, my friends, what is to
be our policy in regard to these
people ? I take the gtround tha&