Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BY ?TO THINE OWN SELF BK TUUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE IIOB'T. A. THOMPSON & CO. iummMmnmt?i?fm*?m)?mm i m j '-_ ^ M I I - - rn Milli II I I I I i i n II irn?ri?. m.mi mniii PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1801. NIGHT THE DAY, THOU NO. 5& POETRY. MUSIC. nv UKO HOE V. PR INTI CE. Tho wind harp has mu ?dc it moaned to th? tree, And BO lins tho theil thnt complains to tho sea, Tho lark that sings merrily over tho lon, Tho reed of tho rudo shepherd boy I Wo rovel in music when .lay lins begun, When rock fountuitiH gush into gleo ns they run, And stars of tho morn sing their hymns to tho sun, Who brightens the hill tops with joy 1 The spirit of melody floats in tho nir, Her instruments tuning to harmony there, Our souses beguiling from sorrow nnd cure, In blessings sent down from above 1 But nature has music far more to my choice And all in her exquisite changes rejoice-? No tones thrill my heart like tho dear human voice, When breathed by tho hoing that I love. 3P o iL i fir i o -?v m. . LETTER OF EX-GOV. PERRY, TO THE NEW YOUR >'.ASS MEETING. GHKEXVILLK, S. C., September 12. A/c-wo-s. Richard M. Blatchford, AV/., and others of thc Committee, etc.: I have received your kind invitation to ad dress thc great mass meeting to bc held in the city of New York on the 17th of Sep tember. Let mc assure you, gentlemen, that I high ly appreciate this compliment, and nothing would give mc greater pleasure than to com ply with your request. But it is impossible for nie to leave home at present. My heart nnd sympathies will bc with you in the great effort your are making to restore our common country to peaee and prosperity ; to restore, thc- Federal Onion and thc Fedora I Constitu tion, and io prevent another civil war, which will end in the destruction of our Government and Republican liberty throughout the United States of America. It is passing strange to me. that thc men of capital everywhere, the men who are engaged in commerce and manufacture, and especially they who have invested their fortunes in Gov ernment securities, should not feel a deep and abiding interest in cairying out the policy of President Johnson, and that advocated by the Philadelphia Convention, lt does seem that thc whole country, North and South has suffered enough hy the loss of ?00,000 brave men fallen in battle, 85,000,000,000 expen ded and lust in war to satisfy thc spirit of dis union anywhere and everywhere. Tf the Radical party are triumphant in thc fall elections they will continue their usurpa tion of legislating for and tuxing one-third of tho States, without any representation in Con gress j they will exclude thc Southern States from participating in the ensuing Presidential election; and they will bo so animated with their success that they will prepare articles of impeachment against thc President of the United States. Oro third of thc people of ?ll the States will bc tyrannizing over two thirds. That this revolution, or attempted revolution of our Government will produce a counter revolution is inevitable. Wc shall have two Presidents, two Congresses, and two annies in tho field deluging the country in blood and devastation. If thc Union could bc restored once more, nnd confidence in our Government be had by the pcoplo, tho Southern State would stand a ohanco of reviving, and becoming happy and prosperous. Their prosperity would add to the prosperity of thc Northern States. Thc South looks to tho North for her commerce and manufactures. But at present wc hove nothing to exchange. Nothing has been left us but our lands. Wc arc unable to work them, and while thisagitation continues North . ern capital will seek no investment in them. Wo romain valueless, to tho North and the Government. Our banks aro all broken, our railroad stocks valueless, our negroes cmanci Jlated, nnd a heavy indebtedness remains innging over us without thc posibility of pay ing it- This indebtedness, too, is mainly duo Northern men. There need bo no apprehension on thc part of tho North as to thc South's wishing to re pudiate thc national dobt or assunio that of tho Confederate States. No honorable man will think of tho first, as the honor of thc na tion is his honor ; and no sano man in thc South will think tho latter praotiooblc. Vory fpw would wish it if it were practicable In rogard to thc freo .Inion, there is a dis position everywhere to protect them in their persons and property, and our laws in South Carolina will soon be altered so as to give them tho right to testify in all oases, and bo tried ns white men aro. This has already boen dono in many of tho Southern States. It is impossible for tho General Government to con tinuo for any length of time its guardianship of tho negro. This must dcvolvo on thc State Govornmonts, and the people among whom they live. Moreover, tho freedmen, will soon find that tho Southern pcoplo ovo thoir best friends. They stand in need of their lubor, and must employ them. Tho experience of thc last twelve months proves unquestionably, that tho nogro bau dono better, and havo been better cared for whero there was no military garrison or Freedmen's Bureau. Tho only pla ces where there bas been any disturbance in South Carolina or the other Southern States, have been where thcro was an interference on tho part of thc military authorities. Thc attempt of thc Radical party lo force negro suffrage on thc Southern States is thc height of folly, injustice and madness. In all of thc Northern States, with perhaps (.no or two exceptions, thc negro is denied tho right of unqualified suffrage. And yet in these Northern States tho nogro bas been froe for a great number of years, and lins had au opportunity of being educated and learning tho duties of a voter. With what justice or propriety can the Northern people ask tho South to give tho right of suflrage to hun dreds of thousands ?l'ignorant and stupid uc groes who have just escaped from slavery, when they deny thc same privilege to the comparatively few of thc same race among themselves, who have been free all their lives, who have been taught thc duties of a citizen? In South Carolina there is a largo majority of negroes over thc white people. Consequently they might elect some of their own number to serve the State in Congress. As my friend, Ii. ?. Perrine, Ksq., of New York, has said, it will be a pleasant sight to sec these negro representatives meeting Sumner and Wilson and Stephens and ull that class of politicians in Congress. But I think with him that the association during dog days would make the instincts of the white man repel thc outstinks of thc Blackman ! Thc African has been, in all ages, o savage or a slave. God created him inferior to tho white man in form, color, intellect, and no legislation or culture can make him his equal. You might ns well expect to make the fox the equal of the lion in courage and strength, or the ass thc equal of thc horse-in symmetry and fleetness. His coloris black; hie head covered with wool instead of hair, his form and features will not compare with thc Cau casian race, and it is ni vain to ttnnlc ot ele vating him to the dignity of thc white man. God lias created u difference between tho two races, and nothing can make him equal. Tn a republican government the only hope of its perpetuity is in tho virtue and intelli gence of its citizens. They who voto mid conduct the affairs of tho public ought to bf wise and virtuous. In England, thebc^of monarchies, thc right of suffrage is liie?*od to a very small portion of thc popula*'10"' No where is universal suffrage allowed. Women and children tire excluded M? voting every where, although they n?'? t,,e'1, property are subjected to the lnw8<nado by others. lt was but a few years past that this same Radical party attempted to exclude all for eigners from voting in thc United States till they had been here twenty years. They did not believe that ?n Irishman or n German, no matter how highly educated he might bc, or how much property ho might own, was fit to exercise ?he right of suffrage till ho had un dergone a pupilage of twenty yenrs. But they wish thc negro to exercise this right ns soon as he is released from tho bonds of slave ry. In their opinion, the negro is tobe prefer red to all foreigners who seek a homo in this land of liberty. But while the Radicals seek to enfranchise thc negro, with all of his ignorance and vice, they desire, by constitutional amendments, to disfranchise tho great mass of tho South ern people on account of their participation in the recent secession movement of tho States -a class of persons who aro highly cultiva ted, and who havo always been distinguished for their adherence to honor and principle They differed with tho people of tho North in their construction of the Federal Constitu tion, and believed they had a right to peace ably withdraw'from the Union for thc preser vation of their proporly and constitutional rights. They have agnin renewed alleginnco to thc Union, and sworn to protect and de fend it. This they will do with as muoh fi delity and patriotism ns tho pcoplo of any other State Why then, should they bo dis franchised and tho negro placed above them ? I would r-sk thc taboring classes of thc North and tho men of fortuno nt tho North, if it is fair and right for their hard earnings and capital to bo taxed as it is, to support thc idle and vagrant and vicious freedmen of thc South ? Thc last Congress voted thirteen millions of their taxes for this purpose, more than was sufficient, under ?ho administration of John Quincy Adams, to defray all expen sos of Federal Government 1 After usurp ing, in violation of thc Constitution, all tlx rights of the States, this samo Congrcsi attempted to clothe tho President with th< powers of a despot in tho Southern States. Bccauso he refused to accept this tyranny ont arbitrary power at their hands thoy turi round and assail him ns a despoo ! Was cvei such inconsistency heard of before In all tho rebellions which havo occurre.t in all tho Governments of tho world, novo before has any Government nttoinptcd to dis -:-?"?^^^^^?^'??^?????i franchise a whole people. The history of the world teaches us that aftor tho head mon of a rcbolliou havo been punished, the people were restored to their rights and reoeived baok an loyal subjects. In the groat rebellion of Eng land, which took off tho hoad of Charles I., and kept his successor, Charles II., fifteen or twenty years io exile, a fow pcrsontfonly wore punished, and a general amnesty fr?nitted to, all thc others who had adhered to )&V?$H9RM protector, Oliver Cromwell. All t'<iir<rWa re quired of them was that they should swear allegiance to the restored King. No test oath was required of thoso elected to Parliament, or appointed to oflice, swearing that they had not beeb concerned in the rebellion, or given aid or countenance te those who had borno arms against thc King. This species of ro vongo wuuld not hfcV? been tolerated in that age, or in that Kingdom, lt has boen reserved for the present Congress of the United States! Kora Republican Government, in this enlight ened and Christian age of thc world ! Dis loyal men should bc excluded from oflioo and position under the Government. Tue Pr in , ci plc of the test oath, so far as it was consti I tutional, was right and proper, whilst the late war was going on, for it excluded disaf fected persons. Rut now thut peace is re stored nono aro disaffected. All ire willing to join with heart and hand in sustaining thc Government. If there is any disaffection with thc pc plo anywhere, it is with tho Jiudieul rule, and not with thc principles of tho Government under which they rule the country. Tho President who has pursued a straight forward, patriotic course, has the entire confdenco of thc Southern people, and if thc " llimp Con gress" had pursued thc same policy, they too would havo had the confidence, and received tho grnteful acknowledgment of a ?yal and patriotic people. Thc course Congnss is now pursuing, if continued for any longw of time, must alienate thc hearts and affections of thc .Southern people, and of any people, who lovo thc great principles of English liberty and Republican Government. Wc, of tho South cannot he unit" to live in a republic, or in a irec uo'-?r?m??*i .. heavily taxed withe?' representation, exoludcd from all ellice* under thc Government, and have the C<?',st'tu*'on changed nnd altered, af fecting out dearest rights and interests with out e/Jowing us to Bay ono word, or give any ^plnnation in opposition. Rut this matter is handled with great ability in tho address of tho Philadelphia Convention, and needs no further illustration. Thc people of the Southern States arc ready and willing to stand by and affirm all that was done in that Convention. Thc Convention was composed of thc representative men, men who know their feelings mid sentiments, and expressed them in the address and platform of principles adopted by thc Convention. It has been well said that thc Philadelphia Conven tion was thc most important Nntional Assem blage of persons since tho Convention which adopted the Constitution of tho United States. That body gave a Constitution to the Repub lic, tho Convention in August last have at tempted its restoration, and tho restoration of thc Federal Constitution. I cannot bcliovo thnt their attempts will fail. I have confi dence in tho virtue and intelligence nnd pa triotism of tho American people, They may bc lcd astray for n time, by artful and design ing men, but os soon as they discover their error, they will correct it. It is to bc hoped that tho people of New York and Pennsylvania, and of all the North western States, will buckle ou their armor foi thc fall elections, and determino on victory. It is thc most important election that has cvci occurred in the history of our country. Or it, in my humble opinion, depends the peace and prosperity of tho ropublio, if not it* once as a Government. From tho spirit ol the harmony which characterized all thc pro oeedings of tho Philadelphia Convention, ] have great hopes. lu that body I saw Demo crats and conservative Republicans, who hoc always opposed each other in polities, uniting like patriots to save thc Union. I saw in tho Convention Northern Generals and Southon Genorals, who had bravely fought each otho for four years past on the bloody fields of bat tlo, cordially coming together and uniting ii ono great effort to restore their bleeding coun try to peace and prosperity. Tho only quos tion asked was : " Is ho loyal to thc Uniot and tho Constitution '{" no matter what hi antecedents may have been. I hopo this spiri will bc adopted in all of thc Northern State Dy tho people at tho polls. Let tho War Dom ocrats and thc u Copperhead," and thc Con sorvativo Republicans, unite in preacntin their ablest, most patriotic and most influer tial men as candidates without regard to thci past history. Tho only issuo now beforo th country is tho restoration of the Union, and i matters not whether tho candidato bclongc to ono or tho other of tho post politioal partie There aro times when every good and patr otic man should bo willing to snorifico pari for his country. Rut in this contest thom no sacrifice of any politioal principle of cithi party, in uniting to sustain tho president i snving the republic. It is a remarkable fact that tho Pr?sident is sustained by tho illustrious General aud most of his gallant officers who conquered a peace, as well as by tho distinguished head of tho navy. The men who opposo him in Congress aro those who neror served in neither thc ar my or navy, or made any sacrifices during tho war for their imperiled country. Thoy were/ novor Union inch ut heart or catijd f.o have tho OU?O<MM> of .fchrtir party. They wero willing to carry on the war to emancipate tho Southon! slaves and conquer thc Southern States. If their secret hearts could bc read, it would bo seen that they would, this day, rather see the Confederacy restored, and their independence acknowledged, than to sec tho Southern mem bers restored to their seats in Congress. They are under tho impression that, as soon ns the Southern members are admitted into Congress, their party ascendancy in that body will bo gone. Hence their desperate struggle to keep out thc Southern representatives, or have ne gro suffrage in tho Southern States. They are willing to degrade thc ballot-box and dis grace thc representative principle of a repub lic, to obtain their party purposes. It is well known to them, and to every ono else who knows anything about tho history of our country, that tho American Government was formed exclusively hy white men, and for white men, and is emphatically the white man's government. At the formation of the Federal Constitution slavery existed in every State-not excepting Massachusetts. Mr. Jef ferson, who penned the Declaration of Inde pendence, was a slaveholder nt that time, nnd ho lived and died a slaveholder. When he declared that all men arc created equal ho could not have alluded to, or thought of inclu ding the slaves on his farm in Virginia. His expression, many years afterward, about tho Missouri compromise clearly provo this. Ho spoke of white men, and alluded to white men, who alono were thou recognized as citizens. If any ono will take the trouble to look into "Moore's History of Slavery in Massachu setts," he will seo that slavery never was lo [ina aiid-'thVoVficr' tyttfttoffi 1 W\?WW?^SRi the constitutional amendment abolishing slavo ry in the United States. Until this amend ment was adopted, there was no law abolish ing slavery in Massachusetts. There wero many laws and statutes recognizing and estab lishing it in that State And I will venture Lo say that in no State were tho slave laws so itrocious as they were in Massachusetts. Mr. Jefferson does not scorn to have been very precise or correct in bis usc of language in drafting thc Declaration of independence. lie says that all men arc created, when it is ibvious that Adam alone was created, and all >f his descendants have been horn, and not jrcnted. It would have been equally incor rect to have said that all men were bom equal. Habits aro born, und not ?ten. Babies grow to bo mon, but they no not born men. Now, if Mr. Jefferson had said all hallies are born ?quol, its absurdity would have boen patent, ?oine arc born rich, and some arc born poor; ionio arc largo, and others aro small, somo oro healthy, and some arc not ; somo aro born with fur greater capacity for intellectual im provement in after life than others. It wa. to bo hoped that after slavery was ibolished, all agitation about tho uegro would cease. There is no purpose or wish on the part of thc Southern States to restore slavery, if they had thc power of doing so. Nor is Lhere any feeling of hostility on tho part of tho Southern pcoplo towards tho negro. He behaved well, generally, during thc war, aud was faithful to his master. Timo will show oonolusivcly that ho has been bcncGttcd as t olasa by freedom. Thora may bo somo indi vidual exceptions. Hut as a pcoplo they ort destined to go as tho Indian did, whoa brought in contact with thc white mau. No people i nevensed more vapidly than they did in slave ry, and noni) will diminish faster in freedom If all tho children in New York City wen turned loose to provide for themselves hov many would live, prosper and do well ? Tin nogrocs arc os improvident as children, nm requiro tho guardian protection of some om almost ns much as they do. Thc aged am helpless will soon perish. It is a peculiarity of the negro character thai they will not wai on caoh other, and take care of each other ii sickness, unless made to do so. A long bill of indictment might bo prefer red against thc " Kump Congress " by tho'; constituents when they come before them thi fall for re-election, and on every count of tb indictment they would bo convicted before 01 impartial jury of want of patriotism and reek loss disregard of tho interests of thc country They hovo perverted, disregarded and tramp lcd on tho Constitution which they were swori to support. They bnvc dono everything ii their power to prevent a restoration of th Union. They have excluded the loyal reprc sentntives of ten States from Congress, in vic lation of tho Federal Constitution. They hov passed unconstitutional laws destructive of th rights of tho States, and tending to an nbsorj tion of all power ip, the Central GoYCrniucn .They have passed Bills over the President'? veto, with loss than two-thirds required by tho Constitution. They haye proposed amend ments to tho Federal Constitution affecting tho vital interests of tho Southern States, without letting those States vote ou thc prop osition, or be heard in their defence. They have levied taxes on tho people of thc .South ern States.without.rcpvcsentation, and in vio lation of the great'?. pr'uaoiplo involved in tho American LtoYolutjorj. i, They have been guilty of ibo' mont wasteful ftu$;cxtravogftttt expend?-. ; ^ tures of publio money. They have taxed tho poor white man in nfl of the Northern States to support, feed, and clothe thc lazy, idle, vi cious, and vagrant negroes in tho Southern States, making thc honest and industrious white man work to support the idle, roguish black wiao. They have appropriated and giv en away immense domains of the public lands to a parcel of laud jobbers, who have no claims on thc Government. They have taken, in violation of law and justice, the lands of tho proprietors in South Carolina and other States, and given thom to their former slaves, leaving thc proprietors and their families to beg their feodor perish. And they have doubled their own salaries at th i close of thc session, pock eted the money, and gone home lo electioneer with it to secure their re-elections-improper ly taking the people's money to corrupt tho people themselves. Will tho American peo ple tolerate these abuses any longer ? Will they ro-eleot such men to Congress, and con fide to them the destiny of this great Repub lic ? Will they re-elect them to inaugurale a bloody civil war at thc North ? Will men of capital in New York jeopardise their fortunes and Government Securities by electing such men to Congress? Will thc poor laboring man conseut to bo taxed any longer to support thc negro in idleness? Will thc friends of constitutional liberty make no effort to redeem their Government? Let them nil risc up in tho majesty of their strength, nnd clean out thc Augean Stablo at tho fall elections, and then wc shall have a united, happy, and pros perous country once more through the mercies of Cod. With great respect, I am yours, trulv, B. F. IMC KUY. Divorce made Easy. Wc copy the following advertisement, from thc " Carolina Spartan :" THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 8 t'A lt T A N1 Ul R ( ! PI ST It I CT. KNOW ALL MEN BY TH HS 10 PRES ENTS, That we, P. J. Jenkins, md Jane 13, Jenkins, late Jane E. Kirby, being married or Itave lived as man and wife, have now for catt ies well known to us both, mutually agreed to leparato, and forever hereafter not to know sdoh other as man and wife ; and now each of as in the sight of Cod. nnd in thc presence of these witnesses, do agree and forever release ?noh ot her from all obligations as husband and wife, and each of us shall have the liberty to narry any person we please, or cuter into any iblig ;tions whatsoever, without any dread or fear on either of our parts whatsoever, and ?ach of ns shall have lull power to contract lebts, sue aud bo sued, and neither of ns jhn.ll be held or in any way mode liable for die contracts or liabilities of the other. Tn witness whereof wc have set our hands md seals in thc presence of these witnesses ind in thc sight of Cod, hoping and believing that wc will never regret this deed. P. J. JENKINS, (r. fir.) JANE E. JENKINS, (i.s.) Signed and scaled in thc presence of JAMKS P. FOWIO?B, II. THOMAS. THE CENTRAL PACIFIC ROAD.-The Cen tral Pacific Railroad of California is now com pleted a distonco of eighty miles east of Sacra mento, Mid in n few weeks tho whistle of thc ' locomotive will bo heard in the Sierra Nevada. Whon thoy havo onco orossed this range of mountains thoro will be a rond similar to that on tho Platte, a level river bottom, the Hum boldt, and until they reach thc western range of thc Rooky Mountains there will be no seri ous difficulties to overcome, and if tho energy is displayed, until the completion of this gi gantic and monstrous enterprise, that there is at present, seven years will oornplcte tho greatest work in the world. There is at pres ent upward of eighteen hundred miles of rail road from Boston to Manhattan, Kansas ; and when the Pacific is completed there will bo une (almost) continuous route upward of ii,OOO miles in length. Atnerioangenius, American industry, American perseverance, can accom plish almost anything. There is nothing that theso combined havo ever succumbed to ex cept perpetual motion, nnd that is to be dis covered lt) this great country, if there is such a thing. A YOU Uti LADY having " set her cap" for a rather lar,TO specimen of the opposite sex, nnd having tidied to win him, WUK tolling her sorrows to a eouplo of her confidants, when one of them ? tomfortcd her with theso words ; '.Never mind, Mollie, there is osgood fish in tho sea as ever was caught." u Mollie knows thav," replied her littlo brother, "but sho wants a whale."