Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, November 13, 1858, Image 4
Speech of Hon. J. H. Hammond,
(o.NlM.r l?KO.)
double tribute, though nearly .ill the trad
of the l.'nUcd States with Knghtud is but
ed on southern products.
Thus has the South, l>v ber energy an>
ability, disposed of the capital grievance
against which she protested, with nliuohalf
her public men n<?iiwt her, in 182?
!)ui'in<r 4111*1 f.inin 1
- ,-N wui VjijiUUUllin im>U IUIU
wrested the government from us, and in
llieted other injuries, but they were sooi
stripped of their power and their acts re
pealod. Only four times since the organic
ation of this government has the North ha<
possession of it, and in each ease only fo
One term. The North has never unitet
loop on any policy. The injuries infliete<
on the South have been mainly inflicted bi
her own ambitious, factious, and dividec
public men, and our history proves that ik
man and no measure has yet been strong
*-:i. I m M.-UIU ilgllinSI IHC r>OUtll WllCt
ii!!itt d. I believe none ever will.
lint it is thought that the abolitionists? :
t?upp xition kti 11 credited by sotno of thi:
%vuntry?will inevitably got the power of tbii
government permanently into their hand.'
and, backed !>y tlic opinion of the world, o.*<
it for our destruction. Let us consider wha
are the facts. I'rom (lie time that the wis
and good La* Casus first introduced into Am
erica the institution of African slavery?I faj
institution, hecanea it is the oldest that ex
istr?, and will, 1 helievo, survito all other
that now llourish?it hat had it* enemies.V..?
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i hi si iwnjr wmiu mey wore ctuetly men n
poculiarnnd eccontrie religious notions. Thei
first practical ami political success arose fror
tlio convulsions of the French resolution
which lost to that empire its best colony.?
Next came the prohibition of the slave trad
?the cxciiemcnt of the Missouri Com pre
misc in this country, and then the deliborat
emancipation of the slaves in their colonic
hy the British governmental 18.13?1. Ahon
ino tunc or tho passage of that act. the aboli
tion agitation wan revised ftgnin in this conn
try. uii'l abolition nocioties vrere formed,
remember the time well, and uoma of you d
also. And wlr.it then was the slate of opin
ion in the South? Washington had emanei
pated his slaves. Jellbraon had bitterly dc
nounccd the system, ami had done nil h
could to destroy it. Our Clays, Marfihnlb
<'rnwfords, and many other prominent south
VIII IIICJI Ililll It'll (HI III tilC OOlOOiXfttiON lliovc
ineot. The inevitable effect in the Suit]
was. that she belicvn<l slavery to be an ovil?
weakness, disgraceful?nay, a sin. Sli
shrunk from tlio discussion of it. ?he cow
cred under every thrc.it. She attempted t
apologize, to excuse herself, Htultjr the ploavrliich
was true?that Kngland had forced i
on lier; and in foar and trembling shonwHi
tod a doom that she deemed innvitabbv tin
n fo>r bold spirit.* tooktho quoution up; the;
compelled t! 10 South to investigate it anev
ami thoroughly, and what ii? the result?
Why, it would bo difficult to find now i
Bouthorn man who fools tho system to be tin
slightest burthen on his cousoiouce; who doo
not, in fact, regard it as an equal ndvantag
to tlie master and slave, elevating both ; *
wealth, strength and power; and si* ouo o
tho main pillars and controlling influenceso
modern civilization ; and wbn is sot now pre
|tared to maintain it at every haiard. Slid
miiu uut-ii ior us use nappy results ol tin
abolition discussion. S > fa:*, our gain lia
boon immense from this contest, savage :i:n
malignant as it lias been. Nay, wo have >1
vod already (he question of emancipation l>;
this reexamination and explosion of" tho falsi
theories of religion, philanthropy and politi
oal economy which embarrassed our father
in their day. With our convictions and ou
itstrongth, emancipation here is simply an im
possibility to man, whether by persuasion
purchase or coercion. The rock of Gibraltc
loesuot stand so linn on its basis as our *lnv<
? j :wi... * ?yi i? i[uiviiui ui a. it n<i
borne the hruatofn hurricane as fierce am
pitilosi as over ragod. At the North ami ii
Europe they cried "havoc," and let loose up
on us all the "dogs of war."
And how stands it nowAVhy, in thi
very quarter of a century our slaves luivi
doubled in numbers, and each slave has mor
than doubled in value. The very negro, wlu
ns a prime laborer, would have brought fou
hundred dollars, in 1828, would now, witi
thirty more years upon him. sell for eigli
hundred dollars, hat does all this mean
AVhy, that for ourselves, we have settled thi
ouestinn c?f nmniii>iiM?ii/-?? <i?,i ! ?,<? ?n ?i>
world, in theory and practice, and thevrorl
must accept our solution. The onlv inquir
is. how long this new-found superstition vri
Hurvivo, and how far it may carry itavotaric
edsewhere ? What changes? in production, i
commerce, in society or government it ma
effect ? For production, commerce, eoci.;t
and government, must yield and change wliei
ever they come in contact with thcgreatfui
damental principle of tiio subordination i
tlie inferior to the superior man?as madeh
(iod: and especially of the colored to th
i .te raccH. It is, I say, only through th
evils tliat this superstition may bring uuo
other peoples, and especially on those of th
North :lliil of Kill-olio with wl.iim u-ii a I'd C
riitselv connected, that tlio South can heuin
terialiv damaged Ijy it, standing as kIio no\
docs, tirin, assured, united, llow, then, ie i
with others?
Permit mo to any that, in my opinion, th
tide of abolition fanaticism lias begun tocb
everywhere, and will never 1 isse again. Wlie
the fcngiiah freed the negroes in thnir eol<
nic*. it was not wholly a bcntimental mov<
nient, dictated hy political radicals and tli
haillts of Kxctoi' Hall. llnr Mtiitcsiiifii i
their ignorance, thought that what in calle
froo labor?that id, "wages slavery"?wool
Miccced in tropical culturo, an well or bctU
than slave labor. In their arrogance the
believed fvloO that all the world must folic
tlieir 'xnmple in this silly scheme of abol
tion ; and that from her greut wealth an
world-encircling colonies, the monopoly <
cotton and sugar culturo would fall into tli
hands of Kngland. Naturo. and the indoni
tabic spirit and intellect of the South, hav
disappointed their calculation*. The Sout
Plill tf(ilirinhe.<i. find ftftttan n.nd mirrnr iiml nn
fee and rice and tobacco, are still the heritag
of tho slaveholders.
(Jailed l>y their utter dependence upon u
for cotton, without the freo use of which tho
would both tumble into ruin in a day, Eu;
land and France, who, in her frequent frei
zies, at length destroyed all her colon lofl b
emancipation, have ransacked the untvers
to find dimes and eoila adapted to the chen
growth of this great staple. They have fai
ed everywhere. It is not that tho soils an
climates do not exist; but that thia and th
other great agricultural staples?sugar, rict
t..1.
jiijiiuu?unit n?'.or i>i? in-iKim-oa ns ai
ticya&y' wido extended commorcc, excont l>
tdaWPWlwr. This thoy at length found oui
But ^tiAdaVorthtw hn<l v^udinlCil evorj
Not in Franc
Mill hoi
; pnln\y artatocn
^ only "for outsid
1. k
l):ii'lini'ini>M they ordained freedom and equality:
but failing in all their xchciiics, ami iindo
iii^ that with all their costly expenditures
and high sounding manifestoes, they had <
simply ruined their own colonic.4, ami made
j themselves the vassals of the slaveholders,
what have thov done? NVhv. renewed the
8 slave trade. Not in name. Oli.no! Exclor
t llitll and the Parliament Houses still tliun>.
der eseerations against that; while thocolo
c nists, under governmental protection, and
t. with English money, wrung hv taxation from
u hor "wages sluve?," are importing hy linn- I
dreds of thousands, Chinese and Hindoo eon- I
lies, under conditions compared with which !
* Algorine slavery of tho last century was iner1
eiful. Thoy do not lipid them as we do our
r fdaves, for better for vn-so, in sickness and
] health, in childhood and old age. So: in
1 their prime of life they seduce thom from
, their homes, transport them to distant nnd
. tin wholesome climes : for the merest pittaneo
j of wages, oonsuino their host year > the se
' voiTMt labors, and then turn their* ) die i
r ?tho direst slavery that brutal man i over
> instituted. France, less sensitive?-having ,
no Exetor T1 ;il)?embracing the samescheme ,
, resorts to Africa, and oponlr inakc:? pnrchn,
sos, for no they may be called, from slave
s catchers; liny, she buys from tlie President
of Liberia, tiie far-famed sett omcnt of 001
f own Colonization Society ; buys?ho colonists,
t nurown emancipated slave?, who, ai k *.f frrt*p
dorn, prefer nny form of slavery, and in their
. desperation do not hoaitate to mnke their
c pious patrons in this country the laughing |
. stock of tho wholo world.
? Thus theso two nations Franco and Kn-.r- |
- Inn I. whose adoption of tliis abolition
f crotchet alone made it respectable anH inr
tluential have thoroughly renounced vt,
11 practically, and almost in thednr. The
" press of Kngland, perhaps the greatest po\r
0 er of cho w rid, .sustains these movements;
i- while in France the newspapers are openly
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| uwn.^ui^ buu ?|.i.Miun n? importing negro i
" i slaves, by name, into Algeria. I think it t
'* ! may bo fairly said that in Kurope abolition
has run it? course. Brougham, PuhncrHi
ton, llus.'cll, .-mkI all the old political agita?
tow are hanging their harps upon the vril
lows. Kveu the son of Wilbcrforce, the
i- fanatic, approves of ooolie slavery, which
we nbhor. Hut recently the British gov0
eminent openly surrendered its claim to
' th3 right of search?a claim set. up mainly
to put down the African slave trade, ami
h witnour wiucn sill attempts to do it will i
- probably bo idle. And there in nothing to
e .surprise us in all this, if we are correct in
our views of African slavery. If it is aus3
taiucd by the religion of the Hible; if nei(
| tlior humanity nor sound philosophy op.
i pose it; if, as we are oonviuccd, it is a sot
cinl, political aiid economicnl bnuefit to the
f world.. then it was inevitable that sooner or i
^ Inter, the abolition crusade must die out? !
and why not now ?
| ii mere is truth in what I have stated to j
. you?if tha abolition lever has nearly *?r {
p i (juite exhausted itself mi I'kuopg?if time i
s and faot?> have proved there that il ia an
f absurdity?it seems to i.ie wo should not
' doubt that its oaroor 14 about to olose hero,
j" Such i.i my opinion, however differently
' thojo may thin!: who jud^eonly by appearances.
or take their news tVmn ;ioW;iiimr
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l iticianst. 1 ask any one to toll mo upon j
- what measure or up?n what man the abo- i
y litionht.s of this country can ever again
c muster their legions as they dirl in 18i")0 '
Kansas is squeezed dry. !t.siiuks in the,
* nostrils of all people. '1 hoy can do no more j
there. Will they try a "cry" against t!?o 1
Supremo Court tor the Died Scott dceis- ,
r iou ? What is there in that to iullame i
& popular sentiment? It it always uphill |
* busine. J to agitato against a j.uliciary, but i
' especially against the Supreme Court of the |
United States, which tbo uorthevn people j
have been taught to revere a.- the bulwark (
s of their liberties. Will they demand the'
e abolition of slavery in the District of en's
lumbia? Thov have never boon nblo tuli I
' much with that, though they have ol'len
^ tried. That issue i.s a little too practical
t and too dangerous, I^ot many are bold i
? enough to embark in it. They mi; lit a.n J
s well make the question of disunion nakedly
e Will they take up the abstract, and. proba'I
| bly, never again to be other than abstract,
>' l nr<?pnsi'i'?ns of "oo inore/davo States T'?
They have done it. They have already split
upon it. The novth-wcat will not take il,
,, and tin? frnft Khifnu >!! 1
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y Cuba. They love molasao.;, nud hanker
i- after free trade with that rich Island.?
l" Where then, are they to go, 1. cannot see.
_ T!iey do not appear to see tlieineelvep.?
Will auy one state the practical question,
0 if we offer them none?and "we have none
i, to offer, on which they are next to rally for ]
e the conquest of the iSoutli ? The measure j
o or the uian ? Jt doctsseeai to me that this
l" great fire is dying out for want of fuel.?
That this crusade, as many crusades have
" I done, has exhausted itself, and that then is
c I no argument or leader thatcan keep it alive,
b Their I'etcr llcu'niits, their Godfreys, their
n Baldwin!;,theii lion-hearted Richards, where
i- are they? Jtpcctns that they will scarcc3
ly agree even 011 their Lou in IX. who shall
e lead their last pious campaign and suffer
(l martyrdom.
,1 And let me ?ay that if the abolitionists
>r cannot unite the free States as a purely an
y 11-si a very party 111 the J'residential election
of 18(50, and fail again in J8G4, wo shall
l: never hear more of them as apolitical party;
and it. is only as a political party that they
ie are worthy of our notice. There always
j. will b?j abolitionists?for fools, enthusiasts,
e men of morbid imaginations, bent 011 mis-1
h chief, or ambitious of notoriety, always will
exist. Hut the abolition party in the free
States is now almost wholly political. Do
you suppose that the Sewn rds, Hales,Wados,
y Wilsons, Chases and their associates, care
r. anything for African slaver?, ov nrn rnnllv
1- hostile to our system of lab'?r, any more
y than is the President. Dick in .-011. Hri?.ht
c Pugli, or Douglas ? J du nut. Their obP
jeet is political power. Tlicy hnve placcd
(j themselves on this spring-tide of fanaticism
0 to obtiiin it. If it tails (hem?if, at tho
next Presidential election, assuredly if at
- the two next?wo beat thorn, all this party i
y machinery will fall to the ground, anu Clio
; Smiths, Tnppans, Garrisons and Parkers,
^ will be left alone to tlioir glory. Put if J
,1 am all wrong?if my facts and reasoning
i- are false, and my hopes delusive?if, in
c 18<30; they bout us ?what then ? These
arc questions that may woll ho asked.? |
And the answer is obvious. Wo must be j
prepared; and the very efforts wu must
make to prevent such results will better
prepare us than any course wo can pursue j
that 1 can see. We must be prepared, I
say, to take care of ourselves, whatever may j
omo It. i? clear that tho slavcholding j
States of this confederacy, whatever bass- i
iirds they may choose to incur by remaining |
in alliancc with a majority of non-slavchold- j
crs luiw .so inflamed against thorn, must j
ever and at all times b< M their destinies in j
their own hands. They can never permit j
any foreign power to legislate in reference
to their peculiar induc>rial system ; wheth- ;
er to abolish or modi'v, or impose undnc i
burdens on it. Snob legislation must be
resisted with all our means, and without j
regard to any consequcnces. If it should j
<0 happen that the free States of this Union, |
being now, and always to be, in a majority,
tlo establish a political line between the two
sections and the two systems of labor, legislate
upon it and maintain it, then they
v.;n ,. < -?;? * -
VU..OIIHHV ?? }?rivvii| 113 IVjrCIJfll IU UB I
any nation in the world, and we cannnt .subiiiit
to it. Whatever the weak and defoncelefB
colonic* of other countries may
lu've submitted to, before lhc?e Southern
States tti!! be placed in the condition of St. I
Domingo or Jamaica, or one at all approx- j
mining in u, xncj win renr tm* t'montn-j
tri fragment* and plunge the world in rnin. j
It in in their power to do both, for the !
world cannot get on without them ; and, if |
rnthlc.** fanaticism and brute force combine, I
undi-r whatever name*, and with whatever t
authority, to ride them dow n, they will car- j
l y with them the pillarx of the temple, of I
oiviiization, aud force a common fate oft all
mankind.
>i?i ? > * " ?
i are many \tiio peneve tn.it some
such a <Mt:ihtrog>he is inevitable. It cannot (
bo denied that, from appearances, here ami
elsewhere, it i? entirely posnible, and if may
not be unwise for all of us to suppose it
prolmblo. Although f think ;hut the ranks
of our enemies sire broken rind the moral
victory won, f am far from proclaiming that
the battle is over, a .id that wo have i.ow
only to gather the fruits of our success.?
>i..' i? i i
x-futij ?? :;anic vki'ii won, and loarapjun, |
by overweening oonlidence, by reckless pursuit,
or by turning aside for the sake of
spoil. Let un fiill into none of thesa error*;
for we are still ia the very heat and turmoil
of i?li is great ooutiiet, and all might
yet be lo.-t. What 1 wish to impress upon
you i*, that there is hope for effort?tiiumph
for union, energy and perseverance. i
It iiUi fallen upon the slaveholders of the i
Sov.th to conduct tl.it; question of African j
slavery to its final conclusion. Such ieourl
fute. it io inevitable. Let us chaurfully
accopt nud uiaufuily poit'ovm our declined
parts aud *?<> it with uo distrust of God;
with uo mir^i vi;i^;a of our cau.'.c or of oursi'Ivos;
witli uo panic ; no fooluU attempt
to fly from daugors v/hioh cauuot be uvoiJod,
which have uot beou proven to Le insurmountable,
and which I. for one. believe
that wo ran coikju; v. After what has beeu
achieved by a divided south, now that it i.>
aliuoat thoroughly united : now that wo
have a President and his Cabinet; a niajori'v
i.t both lion :os of Congress; a Supreme
Court of the. Vnitod States; and .still hos-ts
i)i' alKea in the free States, all substantially
concurring with us ia our construction
of the ca:u-titutiou, and under its obligat
I - ills: Oil r;il> 'flv ltiltl 1! nrr ?- ! I I. ('<%? ll...
.. .... ... k v. . vimi^ null u.o IUI I IIVs ill il ill
tenance',f our lights ami interests?we owe
il to our ?ountry, to ourselves, to the world
a:i'1 to posterity, to east a*ide all weak feaits;
r?l! petty or impracticable issues; all mere
wangling and vituperation, personal ami
sectional, and move forward with the dignity
of conscious strength aud the culmne.-.;
of undoubted courage, to the overthrow
of every false theory of governMumi,
and every sentimental scheme for organizing
labor; carrying with ns the constitution
of our father*, and, if we can, their Union, i
lint the slave States constituting, and an j
L think forever to constitute, a numerical
minority, can, However, accomplish nothing j
111 11 i * - ' MIUH, Wkiiiuiit I'iO iiiu of
rtiiioK in the lYce States. It has been of
late too liiuelt 11. * habit in tlic South to
mistrust all such allies?to disparage, to
denounce and drive th?">in from us. Nothing
could be more unwise or more unjust,
it in distrusting the truth and justice of
our own cause, or caiu:.limiting human nature,
to doubt that there are in the. free
States thousands of sound thinking, true
hearted and gallant men, who concur essentially
in our views, and are ready to
make common cause with us. Nay, it is
falsifying history and fact. During the late
session I saw men acting cordially and vigorously
with us against the positive instruc
tions of their cxcitcd constituents, at the
hazard of political martyrdom; and in two
instances that martyrdom was consummated
before the adjournment. Shall we do
... i . > *? .....
ijw nuiiur uj fiucu jnen : , Cilia]I we pay 110
tribute to kiijIi hcroic devotion to truth, to
justice, and the constitution? Shall we
revile them in common with oil northern
men, because many revile and some have
betrayed us? To be truly great, we must
he not only just, but generous and forbearing
with all mankind. Let us place ourselves
in the situation <>f northern public
men in this i .'eat contest, consider their
dangers and responsibilities, and making
every allowance for human weakness, do
homage to the brave faithful.
Ami this leads me to say thr.t, having
never been a mere party politician, intriguing
and wire-pulling to advance myself or
others, I am not learned in the rubric of<
flic thousand slang, unmeaning, and usually
falue party names to which our ego gives
Kirfli H,.f 1 !???? ? 1
j nuiu uwii ukuu id iiiiuorstand
that there arc to be Iwu parties in
tho South, called "National" and "State
Rights Democrats." Tho word "national"
having been carofully excluded from tho
constitution by those who framed it, I never
supposed it applicable to any prinoiplo of
our government, and having bcon surrendered
tn the iilnwiat. nan ' ? *1.:..
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country, of tho federal conaoiidationistfl, 1
havo ever myself repudiated it. But if n.
Southern "national democrat" means one
who in ready to wolootnc into our ranks with
open arms una cordial embrace, and promote
according to his merits, every honest
free State mail who reads the constitution
as wo do, and will co-operutc with us in its
maintenance, then I belong to that party,
call it as you may, and I should grieve to
find a Southern man who did not.
Hut, on the oilier hand, having been all
my life, and being still, an ardent "State
Rights" man?believing "State Rights"
to be an essential, nay, tho essential element
of the constitution, aiul that no one
wllfl tliilllfM nfliprivi?n rvin ut-iml rvn flic
same constitutional platform that I do, it
seems to mc that f am, and all those Tf (til
whom I act habitually arc, if democrats at
all, true "Htate Riirhtadcmoorsita." N'ntli
ing in public affairs n perplexes arid annoys
me as these absurd party names, and
I nover could be interested in them. 1
could easily comprehend two great parties,
standing on the two great antagonistic principles
which arc inherent in all things human
: the right and the wrong, the good
?nd the evil, according to the peculiar views
of ci?ch individual; and was never at a loss
to find my side, ?..i now, in what arc known
as the Democratic and Republican parties
of this conutry. But the minor distinctions
have, for the most part, seemed to
ine to be factitious and factious, gotten up
r>y cunning men ior aoiusti purposes, to
which tho trno patriot and honest man
uhonld b>> slow to lend himself, and for you,
while I represent yon, I shall go for the
constitution strictly construed and faithfully
carried out. i "*ill make my fight, such
nB it may be, by li.v side of any man,
whether from the north, south, cast and
west, who will do the ??mo; and I will do
homage to his virtne, his ability, hin eour
age, and, j?o far ;??* 1 can, make ju.it compensation
for hit* toil? and hazards and saciifices.
A* to the precise mode and manner
of conducting thin content, thai munt necessarily
to a great extent depend upon the
exigencies that arise ; hut of course I could
bo compulicil by no exigency, by no party
t'.cs or arrangements, to give up my principle*,
or the leant of those principles which
constitute our great ca\iao.
If the Mouth ha?.?.njr desire to remain in the
Union, ?nd control it, she, i:s her Hafety requires
that she should, iu some essential particulars,
if she doe?i remain in i:, must conoiliute
her northern allies; she must be just,
kind suid true to those who are true to truth
itnd to her. but if she determines, iuid when
ever she determines, to throw off her northern
friends nnd disunite this (Jnion, I need
scarctuy miv that i shall, without hesitation,
go with her fully and faithfully. I flu not for
a moment doubt that, in or out of this Union,
fhc can sustain herself amonj the foremost
nations of the earth. All that she requires is
thA- union of Lcr own people, and happily
they novcr were, at any former peiiod, so united
and harmoi>.iou!i an now. A. homogonaoum
people, v.'ith our social and industrial inbtitutioai
the same everywhere, ami all our
f;rcal interests identical, we .should always
mvebcon united in our moral and political opm
ions and policy. The ambiiioua dimensions
of the host ot brilliant mon whose names adoni
our annals, have lif>ret?vfiir? L t?\f. ??
apart. The abolitionists have, at length,
luivo'l upon us a know lot1:50 of our true munition,
ami compelled us into unit n?an uuion
not lor aggressiou, hut for dcPortee?purely
conuurvative of the constitution and the constitutional
rights of every section and of every
1'.ntn. 'l'h* Uuion oftheso Stales, from the
Cuiuulas to the llio Grande, and from Miore
to .hove of the two great oc3u\ts of the giohe,
whatever splendor may uicircle it, is hut u
policy ami not a principle. It is subordinate
to rights and interests, lint tho union of the
slaveholders of the South is a principle involving
nil our rights and all our interests.
Let ihui union ho perfect and uernetual. It
constitutes our strength, our safety ami prosperity.
ljot us frown down every proposition
that might seriously divide us, and present
to our assailants t'roiu every quarter a solid
and impregnable plmlans. Lot us also give
to the winds every thought of (car, ovory
feeling of despondency, and fully comprehending,
aiul temperately tut resolutely asserting,
our great power in this confederacy and
throughout the world, let us duvulopo and
consolidate our resources, and devote ourHelves
manfully and hopefully to the aecom
piislinimit of the magnificent future that is
wiCijin ifM. . ? .*? !>.
vmmrr.
N ew Yokk, Oct.27?A most rovolting tragedy
was diecovored to ltuvo been enacted in
the house of a retired merchant, in this city,
uumcd Uouldy, whose son Frank had l?eon
for tJhme time leading a dissolute life. It appears
that the young reprobate returned home
about 10 o'clock hist night, askod his father
fnl* limiiPTv nii?l inalnail nf nrn(?ln? ! r
" ~wj? " h'y ??????buked
for his profligate habits. hnragcd at
the refusal, he went up Htaira to Ins room,
stripped oft' his cout mid boots, and seizin;; a
hatchet which he kept in his room, came
down, und tseizing his father in the ball }>?itting
out the gas, felled him by a Mow of the
hnttihotou the head, which fractured the skull
and penetrated to the brain. Having thus,
as he thought, murdered his father, lie wcut
to his 11.other's room, and finding In r up,
struck her three blows on the head with the
same weapon, iutlicting deadly injuries, and
leaving her insensible. Passing thence, the
loathsome lviri'ieirtu ftnlnrml I\ MUM" "'I'""*
his two little brothers wore sleeping, whoiu
he struck in the same manner. Two servant
girls liouring tho noise, ciwno out into the
passage, whero he met them, and by the sumo
murtlerous weapon they too wore prostrated;
uiul his two little sistors only escapod a similur
lute by locking theinselvos up in their bed
room. Having thus murdered tho whole
family, with thn ftbovo exceptions, he retired
iwnin wvru ruiMii, mill COllipiOlOU IMS lontllHOlUB
tragedy by blown % !uh own t>raidh out with
a rovofvor. Of his \ .ctinis two aro ropoHed
to luivo died. mid nono of tho othorti tun rocovcr.
This terrible occurrcnco liaa caused
j;reat excitement in tho neighborhood, and a
MAflt amount of sympathy for tho unfortunate
Tnroily. Mr. Qouldy was a Jjghly respootable
gentleman, about 50 yoifflWIj^nj/o, and an
honored member of the Methodist Church.
Si.andkr.?Lot no ono suppose that by
acting u g>iod part through lifo ho can oscapc
slander. Thorn are those who hate thorn lor
the very qiuilitiox tlmt ought to pmcuro esteem.
Tlievo aro somn folkH in the world
who aro not willing thut others should be
hotter than thoutsolvoH.
The moro a mini accomplishes tho moro ho
may. An active tool novor grows rusty.?
Yon always find thono inert tbo most forward
| to?lo good, or to improve the t'uiies ami mantier*,
Mwftjw busy.
IIauits.?Like flakes of snow tlint fall I
unporccivvd upon llio earth, tho soomingly '
unimportant events of life succeed ononno- ;
ther. As tho snow gathers together, so
nro our habits formed. No single flako j
that is added to the pile produces a sensible
ohnngo; no single action creates, however
it may exhibit, a man's character;
but as the tempest hurls the avalanche '
down the mountain, and overwhelms the |
inhabitant and his habitation, so passion, >
acting upon the elements of mischief, which
' 11 a liovn K.? I
(wt ivivtm i in p.'i in tin t MI \J ill/ 1/11UI I'^y
imperceptible accumulation, inny overflow
the edifice of truth and virtue.
Wur .r!?A story is told about a man out
West, who had a hair Hp, upon which he i
performed an operation himself, by inserting J
into tho opening a niece of chicken flesh. It I
adhered and tilled up the space admirably.
This wa< well enough, until, in compliance
\rith tho prevailing fashion, lie attempted to
raise moustaches, when one side grow liair i
and the other feathers.
Thv; young widow who lately recovered very
heavy damages from n rich gentleman,
I I I 1 .11 ?
"Ill' iui^gu<i uur mJiiiv>vn?r, riiuoiy, MllOtllU
take cure of hop money, fur ?he " nuulo it by
a tight H((iieo/.o."
PAPEH
COM M IPS ION WA R EIIOUSB
AND
IMUNTKH'S DEPOT,
For tho Niilo (if J
1YKITINO. PRINTINO. KNVRI.OPK AHD
COLOR KI) l'ATLRH, CARDS,'
AND
Of :ill kind*.
A,1011 f for
L. JOHNSON & CO, Tvpo Founders, <
K. ! 10 K A CO..
Anil other Printing Press makers.
PRINTINt! INKS, of lie*! quality, at Manufacture
'>? Pricca.
TO M J A SITf.
The ouhscrihor hoga to call attention to tho
Ijnrge Stuck of Writing and Wrappin.se Paper
of all kinds, which ho will sell verj low
lor caaii, or shurt civilit 011 Inr^o films.
J0SKPI1 WALKER,
1120 Mooting st. Cliai'leatun, 3C
Ont 12, 1858 18 tf
W. M. HADDEN,
ATTOK ni EV AT ILAVT,
AND
Jloliriior (n EqnK/,
T'TOKKN'S C'OUltT IlOl/SK, 3. C.
Jan 14, 18.1H 26 tf
JOS. J. NOIiTOSr,
/a * t ir t?? :? a- * tt" l> ft IT ,
Axn
ftolirilor in I^niirPICKENS
C0U1JT 110USB, P. C.
Jan. 1, I8.r>8 2o tf
NOTICE
IS hereby gire.i, that nt the next He^ion of
'he Lcgi.'lr.tme, (tpplic.viion will be mn?*?efor
an IK-1 to ineorporale the " Cheohe* Mining
Company," and also the " Hltte Hidge Mining
Company." [Auk 2S,
Final Nofcico.
rpiIK lioirs of Absolum Gibson, deceased,
I 1. are notified to appear before the Onli!
n:VI'V l?r Pil'lrAlltJ rliv!*vir?f on J?K
in November next, as wo intend to make ?
final aottleiuent of paid estate. All person*
indebted to the est a to will do well to ??ttlc
nit before that time.
II. A. II. GIBSON, ) . . ,
'/.GIBSON. J Adm r*.
Q"t. 20, ISfttt H M
I\ OTEU10.
V FINAL Kcttleinent of the Estateof the
late John Conch, deceased, will be made
iu the Ordinary'h Ofiico, at I'ickeiiK C II, on
the 4lh Monday in January noxt. Pcmmn
indebted to the L^tute are required to make
payment, and those having demands against
said Kstaie inuat present them legally ntte?ted
uu or before that time.
MAIIY A. COUCH,) Adm'x
HOH'T COUC1I, ) Adin'r
Oct 22, IHSS 14 3m
Final ITotico.
^VTOTICE is horeby given that a final nettlement
of the Estate of William Simpson,
deceased, will be made before the Onlinury,
at l'ickens Court llouso,on the 3d Mon
I imj 111 uuiiuiwj mi-.m. xursona inueuieq ri
tiiu CjSIUIU IIIU>1 tttuku mini, umi
having demauds against said Estate must
render them to me, duly attostcd, on or before
that time.
J. E. P.IIOWX, Ex'or.
Oct 1"., lxr?.s ia_ 8m
XOLIiKO
BI/FOUK ino by Joliu limit a Imt mare
Mule, S or 10 years old, heavy bin It, and
kdiiic white spots on the nook caused by the
eollar. Appraised at ono linndred dollars.
The owner is required to come forwvrd, prove
property, pay costsund tako it away, or tho
law will be enforced a? in such eases made
and provided. Said nnilo can ho found at
Mr. Hunt's, near the Trap.
A. J. ANDHKSON, n.?M>.
Out 10, IH5K li> in4tn
Estato Notico.
VJOTK'K is h'U'oby ^iven tlint a final Seidell
incut of tlx* 'state of William 1'. Benson,
dccenscd, will b inada before the Ordinary, at
l'iekins 0 H. on the sccond Mondav in Jniiim
ry noxt. Those indebted to ?aid Kstute must
nuiko payment, and tlione having demand* will
render them to me, legally attorned, by that day.
NANCY 0. BKNSON, Adm'x.
Oct rt. I808 12 8m
ivoricfiT
AF IN A L settlement of tho F.atato of Clayton
Jenkins, doeonsed, will 1)0 made in
the Ordinary'*! uflirn. n.t. Pintrmin II <>n itm
first Monday in January noxt. Thoso indobtod
to mud Estate must inuko pnynient,
and tlioso having demands inuat rondo* thoni
to mo, ftttostod aooonlinn to law, by that day.
G. W. VANZAN1\ Adin'r
Oct 2, 1858 3m_
NO TICK. ~
fPIIK Kstnto of Juupor M. Hell, doooaaod, wilt
1 bo finally nettled in tho Ordinary'* Office,
nt Piokcnd 0. 1C., on tho first Monday in Fobi
mi - ? ? - ?
mary nexi. iuo noies mvi Accounts, auo the
Estate. lmvo been placcd in the hands of J. E.
IIaooou, K#q., for settlement; and thoy must
bo paid itt oucd. Persons having demauds against
hii'hI Estate must present tliem to him or
the undersigned, legally attested, by that day.
KMII.V llKI.fi, Adm'x.
1 Nov 3, 1R.')8 Itt am
KOTH'Ji.'
Vi i-kii .i i iu.> win DC miiuio ?o iiio Legt?mturoof
.South Carolina, at itn next Houston,
for n? act to incorporate tho town of PickensviH\
with Mm usual rower nn?l privilege-*.
July 8, 1838 00 8di
gtntc oi'Momli Cnroiiiin,
I'lOKKNH?IN OIUIINAllY.
Ex I'art? ^ Petition to apply funds to
IMnulden, Fur'r j tlio payment of dcl?tn.
T appearing that Joseph J) I.ooper, Henry
.J Duncan (or llcntcr) uml wife Polly, I'eter
Phillip* ulid wife Caroline, John Pritonet and
wife liachel, reside without tlio limits of thin
Stuto: h is ordered, therefore, thnt they do appear
in the Ordinary's office, at Pickens 0 II,
I'll <iiu nrui :wouuay in January next, and nhcw
onuHC, if any they can. why (he pruyor of tho
*aid petition idiinikl not he granted.
W. J. l'AHBONi?, o.r.o.
Ordinary'* ofHce, Hopt. "24, 1 H">rt Jim
Slalc of Son I li Carolina,
1MC1CKN8?IN KQUITY.
Ararilla Griffin ]
v? > Hill for Partition, Ac.
Tli08. OrifTin, ct. al?. )
t 'i' <i.- / ' 1 -
1. ,.|.|-v.M< > ? HIV v/wnn. ui>??n mil moil. IIIIIL
J. li. Mnn.icll ami wil'o Viinlitii Ilarlon Grii*
tin, IScnjniniii Griffin, Sargent Griffin, K. H.
Griffin, II. A. Ilillingnly and wifo Mlnevvu; lite
licirH-iit-lnw of Hallcy OVillin. defeased, to wit ;
A varilhi Griffin, Hargent .1. Griffin'. Joseph Griflin
; undtho hcii'.i-nt-livw of William Griffin, deranged,
namely: Avurill.i A. Griflin, Nancy Y,
Griffin, I'.liliu If. Griffin, Ilnsiinniili M. Griffin,
(!. H. Griffin, Mary 1,. M Griffin. Huiley II. Griffin.
Thomas V. Griffin, Margaret T. Griflin, Martha
f'\ I). Griflin and Jane M rt. Griflin. ro?iifr?
without tho limits of this Stutc: on motion of
Knrrixon, complainant'!* solicitor. it i.-> ordcvctl,
therefore, that the : >i?l absent defendants do
nppcar in this liono"iblo court ntul plead, nusiror
or tlctnur to Coniphiiunlit's said bill of complaint,
within throe montliH from the publication
hereof, or the same will ho litkun pro tonfruxo
as to thoin.
HOIJ'T. A. THOMPSON, c.n.r.o.
Cnm'r* office. Aug'2-1, 18AR 8m
Estate Notice.
VI.fj persons indebted to the Kstate of Ilobert
Stewart, Esq., deceased, nre requested to
Make immediate pnjinenl ; niul tln>.*c having
ilomaui!.* again*! said F.stale mii-t pre.wonl ihcm
ilnlr 11 Honied on or before Monday thel-'ith day
i>f Dceemhcr next, or they will lie bnrred. A
finftl settlement ?f this Estate will lie made before
the Ordinary, nt PickeitH C- II., on that
ilnr. ' THOS. It- MUCK, Adin'r.
Sept. 8 !lm
JEWELRY, GOLD & SILVER.
J HAN Btb. FJSC1IKSSBK,
Waltmlln, ft. CM
HAH jtmt now relnincd from New York W+th
n largo nnf' beautiful assortment of
WATCHEH, .iTKTf EI>RT,
/ ri~iv. r/ir r? 1 un vl<b \ ?? ;-??
\ in'?i uimjk mm oini i. mens, .?ni*ie nnx
m, Comba, llrtialiuH, F;incjr Articles. Pcrfnmery,
Roup*. Gold PenH. etc.; nil of which bus been
bought for CASH, nnd which he ofTfi-s for m?lc
on I he most uccominoduting terTOH.
pfir Ho hIho RKPAIKS WAT<-MF8 nnd ?ther
Artfolcn in hi? linu, nnd solicit* the p.itroNnxn
of the public. His i?tnnd is u??r the piibrio
muur* ..f W.n.olU H r
'f>rV71 ft, iBfifl"""' 34 if
j. tt. korbih, jb. j. n. hahrioo^. ti. e. t>r>.mam.
NOKRJSTHARRTsON A, rULLIAM,
A!iorn?yn nt Ln vr,
Vy ILL attend promptly to nil buHtnef* whr*rTT
te<l to their e?re. Mr, Pvr.LtA.if o?? i?lifn*m
hft in M?? D0i/*m
oFFirr at ricRRNs ?. n., ?. e.
Hept. fi, 185rt ft " tt
W. K. KASr.KY. TffAAC WrClfMFFE.
" EASLEY & WICKLITFE,
Atiornrj-s ni I.nir,
Ar \7U.1, Attend punctually to nil hmdnce* en?
T trusted to tli?ir euro in the Diutriets
comprimnj? the Western Circuit.
orricr. >*r pick ems c. h., n. e.
Pen?. 25, ISno 13 ' *
LUMBER! LUMBER!
TIIK undernipncd ?ro now prcprn-cd to All or<lar?
for f.UMKRlt ??f nil kinds, at their Mill
on Oconee Crook, nrven milct< nnrth-ciiM of Tf allium.
l.ui:il)t>r will >>e deljTcrcd if it i* dcwlred
by th? puvc1iuh*v. Our terms wiil he made i?ecommoiUtinx,
and we respectfully solicit the patronage
of the public. .IAMRS GKORCIJ?,
M. F. MITCHRJJ.,
K?h. 1*. 1H47 .11 .1. N. I.AWltKNCr.
1 PPLICATION will ho mmle to the next hma\
cinn of the South Carolina. Legislature for
n public road, to lea to tho f'lujtori rood nenr
(liirubrell BrazcaleV to pass near Wn/rner's haw
mill, thence to Stilid;; fortl on Obnttugn riffr.
Aug. 14, 1858 ft 8m
PREMIUM COOKING STOVES,
OF nil pizes, with and without Hollo-,f-wnre.
For sule hv J. H. VOIOT,
( hmnuita Vlunt-Ar'. *lr.?*l ? n
?. Milium, ? .
AU^UM O, iot>7 t tf
ITOTICK
I"S hereby given that application will ho
niHilc to tins Legislature of South Curolina,
at its next cession, for ail act to incorporate
tlie Baptist Church, at Hecouu.
August z. 1*5H 3 3iu
k I'PLICATION will 1)0 iuiule to the LfglnU*
A tare of South Carolina, at its ucxt pessiou,
for iv 11 net to incorporutu tlie Kctrcut- Church
iui<1 land- Appertaining thereto.
t.... I I t Q.-.u r. n ?
i\uj-, *-?, |(?UO u oni
______ "
APPLICATION will bo nuule to the J.cginlaturn
of Houth ('nvolina, at itn uoxt 8?B?ion>
for a ohnrtor for '*Tlio Cliaugti Llinc nntl Mnnufiint
nrintr (!om?ftiiv."
July 13?, lHSft M 3tn
State of* South Carolina,
PICKKNH HINT?IS TIIE COtJBT Of COMMON I'l.KAft*
Died rich Niemann \ Foreign Attachment.
\h > Sorris, II. h Pulliain,
llendrlck k Lodford. j Plff's Al#,v?.
\\' IIBKKA8, tlic plaintiff did, 6u thn ITlhday
TT of May, 1858, tilo his declaration nguin.t?
tho defendant*, who(n?lt In ea{(l)ftreabsent from
nutl without the limits of this State, and liav<v
neither wifotwr aUornoyknown within tlie came,
upon whom a oupy of the said declaration might
ho nerved; It is ordered, therefore, that th?
.ur?. .!?>.<<. A* ?W..A?.. ..L.i , i .i a? ii. - t.it
mini uv't'liii.'ium viv li|i|>uitl (lil'l jiii-im IV IIIVKIIIK
declaration on or bot'oro tho IHtli Any of May*
1.459; otlicrwine, ftmil iiml xbnoluto judgnicna
will tbou be given and Awarded njrniiist th-Mn.
J. K. MAQOOD, 9.0.9.
ClerV'a Oftioo, M?y 17, 1M58
STATE OF SOUTH CAKOMfV A.
PICKRN8 l?IHT?IN TllK COUUT Of CVMMOX VLKA?*
Nool Saudford ^ Foreign Attachment.
vu } . J. Norlon,
Jolin Phillip*. j. -df/'y.
y yilllHHAa, tUeJ^ni<^S|Ul. on <1.0 12th
V T day of Fohrutekj^M^Eki bin d.-olnralion
nguliiHt tlio def<4ffl^3MHBra9 It Im pidd)
is abtwut from and 4Wlj|HjBHg*i>>dlH of thiw
Htnto, and liaa ucitlii'aawqflMMm'"' r v"'" i
within tho same uponllj9R|BVHfr> or tbe ?ni<l
docluvntion might be NciMHHH?dcrc<), liierij.
fore, thai tlio ?ni?l aiiVI
plond (<> llie H.iid
1?Uh fUy of Krbrnfiry,
??<! ftlmnltiftt t till (fin 0111 Vf i mmKf 1,1,, 1
fum-dcd figainut tliotn. ^