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ROBERT YOUNG & CO. WALHALLA, S. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1868. at (h* night (he (lay, (hou can'st not then lm /also to any man." VOL. III.??-NO. 40 Wo aro Growing Old. -Wo nr? growing bid?how ihc thought will rise, Whon ghmcc h bach ward ene?, On uomo long remembered spot that lira . In the silence of tho past. It may bo the olivino of em- onrly vows, Or tho tomb of oarly loare ; W But It scorns like a far off ielo to us, ^ In tho etormy eoa of yoare. Oh ! wldo and wild aro the waves that part Our stops from its grconnosB now, And wo raise the Joy of many a heart, And the light of many a brow ; For dcop o'er mony a sti?oly biirk, Jlave tho whelming billows rolled, That steered 113 from that early mark? Oh, friends ! wo aro growing old ! Old in the dimness of tho dust Of our daily toils ntul enrce? Old in tho wreck of love and trust '"^Viuloh our burdicned memory boare, Eaoh form lr^y wear lo the passing gaze The bloom c'" 'rfeV frcshncps yet, And beams muy brighten our hitter days Whioli tho morning never met; Hut oh ! the changea wo have eeen, In tho far and winding way, The graves in oar paths ihat iiavo grown green, And tho locks that have grown '?' oy ! Tho winters siili on our own muy tparo The sable or llie gold ! Hut wo boo their snows upon brighter hair, And, friends, we ino growing old ! We have gained the world's cold wisdom now, We have learned to pause und feiir, Hut Tfhcre ore living fottuta whoso How Wae a,joy of heart to hear ! We have won the wealth of many a clime, And ihc lore of ninny a page ; Hut where ietlio hope Ihat saw in timo Unt its boundlesi h:sritago V Will it come ngnin when the Yiolet wakes, And the Woods their youth renew '! We hare Hood in the light of Bunny brakes Where the htoohl i? deep ami blue ; Am! our souls might joy in Die Spring lime then, Hut the joy was faint and cold ; Hut it never could give us the youth oguin Of hearts that, are growing old 1 Bino Ridge EaiWftd- Governor's Message. CUnthnut? "/ rf'e Solato and Home of Rep resentatives : In my inaugural message, I oxproescd the intention of submitting to your honorable body/ ph?n f?r the early completion of the Plj*J Ridgo Railroad. In accordance there, yth, I now invite your earnest consideration , of the subject, and invoke such notion by you aa shall speech!;' achieve this great result. For more than forty years, the importance of uniting the West with the South Atlantic ooast has hecu urged by the loading intellects of the country; and many of the railroads constructed during that period, on both sides of tho mountains, have been built with a view to their direct or tributary connootion with this great national highway. Roads from Branchvillc to Columbia, from Columbia to Greonvillo, Abbeville and Andereon, from Columbia to Spartanburg, from Columbia to Charlotte, and from Charlotte to StatcsviHo, Morganton and Ashcvillc, and tho severa) ronde extending from Cincinnati and Louis ville towards Knoxvillc, and from Knoxvillo towards ?ho Elue Ridge, aro all but tho off shoots of this great enterprise. Even as early as 1830, when delegates from nino States as sembled in a railroad convention at Knox villo, it was declared to bo tho most magnifi cent and important public work projected in our couutry. After matute deliberation, and a oritieal _ Bnrvoy by the n>4r*diatinguishod engineers, ^^'fflfWo?idoti to locato tho route botweon An derson, S. C, and Knoxvillo, Tcnn., tho die? tanoo being only 105 miles. Tho total oost of tho undertaking, it was 03timatod by Col. Gwin, tho Chief Engineer in I860, would not oxoocd 87,570,077. Tho work Was com menced under tho most favorable auspices, *nd enorgotiotilly pressed forward until 1800, when operations wcro suspended by tho war. At this timo, thirty-four miles of tho road had boon completed and wore in running ordor. Much of tho grading and mauonry in the ro maining torritory of South Carolina, Georgia and North Carol ina was also ftuishod, so that tho work may now bo said to bo moro than half oomplotod. In thi>j conncotion, it is propor to stato that tho grading iu South Car olina alone is nearly equal to tho wholo gra ding in North Carolina and Tonnosseo ; the bridge and nroh masonry in South Carolina . is nearly oqunl to all tho bridge and nroh ma sonry of tho remaindor of tho road ; whilo tho tunnels in South Carolina oxcood noarly all tho tunnoling on tho rost of tho liuo. The sum oxponded upon "this gigantio work is 88,287,258?about half the esti mated cost of tho wholo road, and thoro lias boon incurred a dobt of only $280,000 besides interest, whioh is scourod by an issuo of first mortgage bonds. Tho Stato has sub scribed and paid in State bonds (1,810,000, ' * // * / Tho oity of Ccarlcatou lina subscribed and paid iu cily script $1,040,000 J so that tho State and city arc interested in the fortunes of tho road to tho amount of about ?3,000, 000. This estimato includes unpaid intorcb'i which lias accrued upon tho bonds. The railroad company likowlso own 70,000 acres of land, nnd have the promise, from citizens living along the routo, of 300,000 acroa more as soon as the work is resumed. This land will, on its completion, become vojy valuable Is it wise financial polioy for tho Stato, by withholding the further aid required, to haz ard a sale of the assets of tho road by the trus tees undor tho first mortgngo bonds, and per mit some rival cntcrpriso to enjoy tho beucflt so nearly within our roach? Tho advantages of the Bluo Rid go Road over any other that has been projected arc manifest. 1st. It is the shortest lino through tho mountains from tho seaboard to the Ohio River. It must, therefore, always command both trade and travel. The groat West ex ports corn, wheat, flour, bacon, lard, tobacoo, whiskey, lime, salt, mulos and oattlo. Thc.je find an outlet through New York and Balti more on the one side, nnd Mobile and New Orleans on tho other. At the present time, bacon may be found in Anderson which was shipped from. Cincinnati to Wheeling, thence to Baltimore, thence to Charleston, and thonoo to the interior?a dislalico of moro tkan 1, 500 miles. Woro the Bluo Ridge Railroad completed, 5j|he distance from Anderson to Knoxvillo would bo ouly 105 miles, and from Knoxvillc to Cincinnati les:' than 300 miles, making a total of 405 miles, and saving in travel and expenso 1,000 miles. To illus trate this item of expenso, oorn whioh in Co lumbia boforo the war cost one dollar a bush el, could bo bought just across tho mountains in Tonucssee for twenty cents. 2d. During tho winter months, Northorn roads aro frequently obstructed by snow, and business is seriously interrupted. At no time is such tt casualty likely to oocur in tho noftcr viiumtc Of iJ?co?r ooutnorfi ?Stntea. Our ports will always bo an outlet through which tho West can supply the taarkots of tho world, and rcccivo in return not only tho wealth of distant pcoplos but tho rice and cotton of our own fcrtilo fields. Terminating ne ti?' roa?' will, upou our coast at Charleston and Poit Royal, it has a further material advan tage over those Hues which terminato upon tho Gulf of Mexico. Here the freighted ship may proceed direct to tho sea. There sho must round tho capes of Florida, an ? encoun ter tho increased difficulties and dangers of ' navigation, consuming time, and swelling the ! cost of transportation and insurance. 3d. The Blue Ridge Railroad passes thro' I a country rich in resources of every kind.? The soil is of nnoqualod fertility, and adapted to nearly all profitable specie? of ngrioulture. Gold, (diver, iron, coal nnd copper mines abound, and only wait to bo tapped by the hand of industry to add their vast stores to tho wealth of the nation. Employment may thns bo furnished to thousands of sturdy la borers frdfrevory portion of Christondom ; emigration will be enoouraged : hitherto un settled oouDtry will be opened to enterprise ; our water-courses will bo peopled ; manufac tories will roar their pleasant shapes; villages will expand into towns, and towns into cities ; business will thrive and its pursuits becomo move diversified; and, in short, tho whole Stato will feel tho pulses of now lifo throbbing through this great artery of trade. 4. Tho Bluo Ridgo Railroad will bo tho fcoder of ovcry other railroad in South Caro lina, and a largo and remunerativo looal bus iness must supersede tho present stagnation. Charleston and Columbia, as commeroial con tres of the Stato, aro uot only to bo benefit ted, but Port Royal, with its best harbor on the Atlantic ooast botwoon Pensacela and the Cbosapoako, must becomo a railroad oentrc, from whioh imports will bo distributed to tho North, West and South, a harbor wheroia ships will likowisc bo gathorod from ovory quarter of tho world, to roooivo at that tormi nus of this great highway tho freight whioh tho West and South would exohango for tho produots of tho old world and tho East nnd Weit Indios. It is well known to oommor oial men that, during tho winter sonson tho prico of transportation to points North of Capo Hattorne is nearly doublo that paid on ship ments to Southern ports. 6th. Tho building of tho Bluo Ridgo Rail road is of vast military and politioal impor tance to tho Union. Asido from tho sympa thy naturally existing between ngrioultural sootionslikothoWostnnd South, and strongth. onod as it must bo by all tho tics of trade, tho necessity of a groat air lino aoross tho conti nent in this dirootion, with Charleston and Port Royal for its objootivo pointn, is too I groat to bo ignored by tho General Govern I mont, and I fool confidont that Congroas will I givo its earnest oonsidoration to an enterprise whioh may ad.;1 ho niuoh to tho military and postal facilities of tho country. Suoli a Wes tern connection across the mountains has al ways boon regarded as a politioal and milita ry necessity, scarcely less important than tho I 0OBlPl?roial wealth aud prosperity that would result from Ghd ronstructiou of the road. This was tho viow* taken, eveu during tho administration of Mr. Mouroo, whorl his Sec retary of War had a survoy modo through the identical gap in tho mountains through whioh tho Bluo Ridgo Railroad will pass, with tho intention of tting aoanal botwoon tho hcad wators of tho Savannah and Tennosseo Rivors, boforo tho day of railroads. In tho cvont of a foreign war, it would be of vital importance to tho Government to have a naval station at Port Royal, where thcro is depth of water and room abundant to iloat tho laigcst fleets of tho world. From this point to Cincinnati is almost an air lino, and the shortest routo to tho great heart of the nation. Such aro somo of tho benefits which must occruo to tho State aud country from tho construction of thin great thoroughfare. Upon you, as legislators, depends tho completion of the work. You niny render aid which, in sixty or ninety days, will permit operations upon tho road to be resumed, and, onoo re sumed, wo may confidently look for encour agement to the capitalists of tho oountry, if not to tho publio treasury itself. But what ever is dono by you, should bo dono promptly. Georgia aud North Carolina are surrounding us within net-work of railroads, tho object of which is to divert both trade and travel from our midst. They are our competitors for Western commerce, and, if we aro idle thoy will nuocced. Virginia has loaned hor orodit to encourage railroad enterprises, to tho ex tent of $12,000,000 ; Georgia has expended moro than 85,000,000 upon her State road alono: North Carolina, ?9,000,000; ond Tennosseo, to oonooutrato trado within h** borders, baa granted near 83ft y,000 in guaranty- or t?iO bonds ^'t?<f vnriou:' ,ui'" roads. South p-oi?l?a has also been liberal in tho past : yot, with all hor liberality, hor orc(vc nns been so socially guarded, that ]10r oonded dobt at this timo (exclusivo of , the war debt) amounts to only 85,407,215.? The interest in arrears and duo on this sum, on the let of January, 1860, will be only 8504,130. This is exclusivo of tho bills re ceivable outhorizod by tho Act of 1865, not more thau 8300,000 of which arc likely to go into general circulation. To moot those lia bilities of tho Stato?namely, the accumula ted interest, and to redeem the bills receiva ble?tho Legislature has authorized loan of 81,000,000. It will thus be seen that the ? total bonded debt of the State on tho 1st of January noxt, nftor the payment of interest due and tho redemption of tho bills recoiva- j j "tie?assuming that the loan of $1,500,000 recently authorized is all put upon tlo mar kot, whioh is not likely to be the oooo?will bo tho comparatively small sum of $6,907, 215. With a basis of 8800,000,000 i\\ real and personal proporty, subjoot to taxation, it is jvidcut that, with an assessment of oply three mills upon tho dollar, tho intorest annually accruing upon tho abovo debt, together with the current expenses of tho Stato, may bo promptly met. When it is remembered that now and valuable enterprises are being devel oped?that capitalists from tho North and West avo seeking profitable investments in South Carolina ; that our lands aro being cul tivated under an improved system of agricul ture, whioh promises to yield more abundant results than heretofore ; that tho reoont dis covery of phosphato beds along tho coast has oponed a now mino of wealth, whioh has al ready onhan*ccd the value of surrounding property; that an industrious and laboring population aro preparing to como hither from various portions of tho oouutry, bringiug now strength and oncrgy ; that manufacturers from tho ?ortb are turning their attontion to tho magniflcont watcr-powor whioh abounds in almost ovory portion of tho Stato, and to tho extraordinary faoilitics whoroby cotton is manufactured iiftoon por oont. ohoapor than at tho North ; that new railroads arc boing projoctod, and thoro is promise of inoroosed faoilitics for trado ; that tho completion of the Biuo Ridgo Railroad will, of itself, opon a ohanncl of wealth, tho grand results of which no human boiug oan fully estimato?when all those faots are brought into roviow, wo oannot but look with hopoful oyos upou tho futuro, and roalizo that South Caroliua sets forth iu hor raoo of progross with advantages suporior tothoso of any of her sister Southorn States. Having thus dosoribod thoohuraotor of tho road, its importance to ovory intorost in tho Stato and oouutry, and made ait exhibit of tho financial condition of the State, and its rosourocs, whioh domonstrato your ability to grant furthor aid to tho undertaking, I now iuvito your attention to tho plan whioh I havo rr-mta:_U.,._lBB L'SL^JJL^iUl.' 1.!^1 ILimL-? bbss to suggest as tho most ^foosiblo, as the ono whioh promises tho speediest results, and whjoh wi'l secure the sympathy and practical corporation of those capitalists of the West,' wl? are ris dooply interested in the construc tion of tho road a3 tho pooplo of South Caro linn I am confident that to rifoct this hitter rosult u ?j only ueoossary to show that wo aro in ekmeat oursolvoa, and determined to ooua p?C*:''yho road in tho shortest time that oner* try \ skill can perform the work. l?t. It is ossontial that tho Legislature shal remoro the restriction imposod upon tho oom bany by tho Aot of 1854, which roquirod tho produotion of proof to tho Governor of suoH, subscriptions or aid granted in the States of Iforth Carolioa and Tennessee, as to givo rcaebnablo aasuranoe of tho oomplotiou of tho road. Tboso promises of aid were basod upon a otmtraot by contractors, but as the latter failed to oomply with tho terms of their oon traci, South Carolina withheld hor guarantee of ?ny of tho bonds of tho company. With tho romoyal of this rostriotion, tho Stato should pass an Act guaranteeing thcjboudsof tho oompany to tho amount of ?1,000,000, and authorize tho Prosidcnt to hypothecate or dispose of said bouds in suoli m asp er as is best calculated to secure the im mciliate resumption of the undertaking. Tho cngiucor Col. O win, states that tho onti/c tunnoling can bo completed iu ouoycar. Three-fourths of this work has already been fintevi ed aud thoro is no reason why tho re. maiitdor may not bo oomplctod within tho timo ubovj spooiliod. Tho rolling stock oau thou bo rat upon tho road. In less than one yoar and "{half from this timo, thorcforo, wo may havelho satisfaction of seeing a through train from] the Ohio Hiver to Charleston, and a uuioi between two seotions of our country, whic \ praotioally havo bocu to oaoh other as etra;'aere, i fo' ouoe has alroady boon made to tho impcr'anoo of thU road in a military point of vioc/* Many leading publio men havo rcoent ,/"**^?"i'~* ??-.?- ? .? ? ^.-1._? thero is no doubt that Congress is prepared to lend a willing oar to any reasonablo prop osition which may promiso to result in the attainment of SO valuable au object. I, tberoforo, rospoctfully suggest that your honorablo body ehall request tho Senators and Roprosoutativcs of tho State, iu Congress, to lay this subject boforo that body at tho oarli ost practioablo moment, to tho end that tho General Government may be induced to ren der euch assistance to tho road as ita impor tance, in a military point of view, may justify. This assistance may bo granted without haz ard. Bonds of the road, endorsed by tho State, may be deposited iu tho United States Publio Treasury, and their currency be issued to the road, which will bo put in possession ofai; active working capital. Every dollar oxpon dod upon the road will thou increase the val u? to tho General Government of the scourity. And, finally, when the road is completed, the Government will hav? a lion Upon property worth nearly ?8,000,000, for which it has really advanced less than half that amount, whilo tho State wi'l havo derived the advan tage of a oompleto road without having boon oompellod to pay intorcston tho bonds issuod. In a few years tho vast business done upon tho liuo will onablo tho company to pay all of its indebtedness. This subject is one of tho gravest with which wo havo to deal, because it "largely in volves tho material interests of the State, and promises to contributo moro to their futuro development, than any other publio ontorpriso that can be suggestod. I submit thoso ooneideratione to your hon orable body, in that spirit of carnos'tno3s whioh, X trust, will find a responso in your early ac tion. Aototnyanying this messago, is a momorial addroisod to the Esecutivo of tho Stato, by tho Pfosidont of the Blue ltidgc Railroad, aud a roport on tho condition aud prospoets of tho oompany, proparod by tho samo offioor, to both of whioh I rospootfully nsk your at tention. Very rospootfully, ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor of South Carolina. The Value op A a.?A gon. tlomaa of New York, who has taken up his fnmilj in ono of tho outlying suburbs, recent, ly puro hasod sovon pounds of sugar from summer quarters with his village grooor, and found it sadly adulterated with sand.? Tho noxt day ho inserted the following para graph iu the villago papor : u Notice?I bought of a grooor, i this villog?, sevon pounds of sugar, from whioh I havo extracted ono pound of sand. If tho rascaj who cheated mo will send to my address sovon pounds of sugar (tho soripturnl monsuro of restitution) I will bo satisfiod; if not I will expose him." Tho noxt day nine sovon pound packages of sugar woro left at tho advertiser's house, there beiug uino grocors in tho village, and oaoh supposing himself to have becu deteo tod. Lettor from Hon. . . Hill. To the Editors of the Chronicle o> Sentinel : I am receiving quito a number of invita tion to addrosa tho people in Ooorgia and tho adjoining States. It would be agreeable to mo if I oould writo an amnvcr to each specific j rcquost. But I oannot do so, and, under no | circumstances, oould I possibly attend one tenth of tho meetings. I must, thoreforo, beg tbo indulgonoo of our frionds to roooivo this as tho roply to such of their letton os I do not answer in person. The timo has now arrived whon no man who loves his oountry, or dosiros its pcaco and prosperity, can withhold bis support from the ! Domooratio party. Whatever considerations may havo herctoforo seemed to exist to induce or inclino any of our people to aoocpt, as a temporary oxpedient, the Reconstruction raeasuros, bave oertaiuly proven fallacious.? The plain, hading idea of the Chicago plat form is to maintain those odious measures in the ton States as perpetual over tho people and supremo over tho Constitution. The plainly avowed means of securing theso ends consist in making, by Congressional action, the Southern States vassals to tho Northern States, and Southern whites vassals to tho Southern blacks. In view of these now de clared purposes of the Radical party, how fortunato is it that the Southern white votors did not accept those measures ! If we had accepted, the National Democracy would have been compelled to abide them, or subject the party to tho severe ohargo of scoking to over turn what tho qualified votors of tho Statos had agreed to and established, nnd, thereby, of promoting another revolution ; whoroas, as wo rejeotod thorn, tho Radicals are subjected to tbo truthful, but terrible, charge of seek* ] iug to perpetuate upon tuo white race of tho South governments wbioh havo roccived no approval or support oxocpt from deoeived no grocs and worthless advouturers, aud, there by, of oontinuing a revolution which had no origin but in passion, whioh can havo no ox. It is plain, thereforo, mat n?i'of^ou" lo??ow* oitizons who havo boon inclined to accept theso moasuros from whatever motivos of pol icy, must now, in vindication of their own sinoority, abandon thorn, and join tho party whioh nobly deolares these ** usurpations^ revolutionary, unconstitutional and void !"? And no man will wolcomo to our ranks alj suoli morc cordially than myself. For though I novcr had the slightest faith in the wisdom or practability of the idea of accepting, with a view of rejecting what wo accepted, yet I never question tho motives of a sincero man who differs with me as to the best motives of accomplishing a grave end. Nor have I ever uttered a word, which justly construed, can over indicate the contrary. I do most hoart* ily rejoice at the now manifest prospect of see ing every decent whito man in tho South uni ted with us in tho glorious \fork of rebuking this monstrous iniquity, its authors, advocates and supporters. So, again, let mo say a word on tho subject of Relief. I believe I oan truly say there is. not a man in the Stato who is, and over has been, more anxious to see our people honora bly rolioved of tho heavy debts contracted on tho basis of the negro property, or during tho oxistenco of negro slavery. Strict jus tico would equalize the burdens of a war waged for our common benefit and maintain ed by our common consent. This one idea covers the whoie question. Upon that basis sntisiaotory results oould havo boon worked out by true statesmanship. Why has it not been dono ? Booause dirty Radical onomics to' all honesty and1 right, seized upon tho word "Re lief," and mado it mean repudiation and rob bery. Relief, by moans of perjury to tho Constitution and laws, never has boon aud never oan bo possiblo. That oamnot roliovo whioh orimiuatos aud dogrados. And these infamous Radioals intended, from tho begin ning, to oriminato and degrade, but not to re Uovo our pcoplo. They nmdo tho promise of Relief iu thoir wicked attempt to subvert the rovornmontf of our Stato with tho distinct knowledgo that tho promise would not bo ful filled. Thoy intondod, undor tho hopo of Rcliof, to induco the people to vote to disfran chiso intelligent whito men and enfrauchise ignorant blaok mon only that roguos might tlioroby got ol?ioo. So I warned tho pcoplo in advance. Did I not do right ? Havo not results proven the truth of the warning ?? ThO Radical Congress not only struck out this Radical falso promise of Relief, but deman ded that the very creatures who put it in should, by solemn act of record, consent to tho striking out ! And tho creatures, lost aliko to every sonso of shame and prido, sol emnly consented ! How oomfortiog tho ro fieotion that suoh croaturos roprosontod no body but deluded nogroes ! No, no ; my heart bloods whon I look up on bavdons and misfortunes of our pcoplo !? 1'ropcrty destroyed; government denied ; children buried ; in many eases strength ox hauBtod ; hunger exacting, and hopo almost dead ! I do feol that it is tho highest duty of a wise statcsmausbp to pr?vido ovory hon ablo inoaus of securing rolicf-iuspiring hope. > I But to sec theso misfortunes of^o?r poop,| qq ! seized upon by dirty, Radical liypoorR s) used as a cover in an attempt to scouro the consent of that very pcoplo to odd degrada tion nnd dishonor to their misfortunes, waa too muoh to allow silence. I do Bympathiso with and would resone tho victims ; hut t do most inexpressibly despise the wioked fiends who thus gamblo with, tho misfortunes oC a helpless, unarmed, but noblo peoplo, for no purpose but to degrado and to rob them. ?nd I havo no faith in, or respect for any man who does not despiso them as I do. I dismiss this subjeofc by again warning our pcoplo that relief cau never oome through tho Radical party. Through that party they can havo negroes for law-givers j strang ers for tax-gatherers j felons for judges, and office-traders for Govoruor j but never, never ? reliof from burdens nor hopo for anything good. I call upon all honest men who havo been deceived by this cry of relief to manifest thoir honesty by abandoning and despising tho croa" tures who deceived thorn, and who are utterly incapable of suggesting any way of relief ox oept through perjury to the Constitution and laws, and through degradation of virtue, tho elevation of vice, and treaohcry to raco. Tho defeat and disgrace of Radicalism is tho very first indispensable ctep to reliof. Until this step be taken no other is possible. * When this one stop shall be taken every other, whioh wise men oan grantor honest mcu desiro, witf bo practicable 1 shall do all I can id this great struggle? perhaps the last peaceful struggi o at tho bal lot-box for liberty on tho continent, and for civilization and social excellence at tho Southa But I cannot make many moro speeches here. Our white pcoplo do not need speeohes. Tho very nature of tho issuos now presented, drives them together. No Scutkoru white m n nu? avpttuo w do rospootuuie cau a?ora ~" to bo a Radical. Evory white man must speak to tho blacks, and bore is his speech : If the Dcmocratio party shall be sucoossful, confidence will return ; harmony botweon tho raoes will bo restored ; Avar and strife* and dis cord will then certainly bo avoided ; ospitai and a better class of immigrants will como among us from the North ; business will ro vive, the prico of our property will enhauco, aud wo can afford to in?rense tho wages of la bor. If tho Radical party should suoeccd, tho little confideuco now remaining will be de stroyed ; discord and strife between tho races will increase ; r? war of races and a oivil war will como soono. or later ; capital aud bettor people from tho North will not como among us : carpet-baggers and thieves will multiply in numbers nnd increase in iusolcnco; much of tho oapitol now hero will be carried away j the price of property will still further decline ; the products of industry will bo lossonod, and labor must still moro deolino in price. Every planter, inoroTtaut and business man patt make this epceoh and foel cud show its verity itt his vory business. With tho raoes aoting togothor, peace io certain. With the. races noting separately* strife is equally certain. With oarpct-baggcrs teaching tho black raoc to hate tho nativo white race, tho extent of strife no mau oan foresee. Besides, wo bave good speaking talent on our Electoral tickot. Somo of them I have .hoard in forraor times and know their ability. Three of thorn (Mr. Bacon, Mnj? Camming and G onorai Du Boso,) I have hoard during this oanvass, and I rejoioo in being able to congratulate our State in the possession of theso young gentlemen who are so strong a argument, and, at tho santo timo, so elevated iu sentiment, bo oxocllonfc in oharactcr, nnd so full of tho promiso of still increasing useful ness. Add to theso tho mauy great minds not on tho ticket, but who nro serving the pcoplo on tho stump, through tho press, aud I am sure tho supply h ampio. Very truly yours; . II. Hi lu Augusta, August 21th, 1808. Hon. Alexander II. Strpuenb.?Wo had a pleasant iufcorviow with Mr. Stophens a few cvoniugs etneo on the train. Ho was on his way to tho Grconbrior Whito Sulphor Springs. His health is very foeblo, and ho goos to this watering placo on that account. Mr. Stophens' viow ou tho situation aud national politics, nro all that the most ardent lover of constitutional liberty could desiro and it is not truo that ho advised Demoorate to blnoken their souls by voting for tho 14th amendment, ov any othor ono of tho Recon struction moasuros. Tlie utmost of his advtoo Upon that aubicot was, for tho Domoorats to let tho Radioals adopt tho moasuros if thoy saw proper. His masons for this wore sound nnd praotioal, but it is unuceosutiry to givo thorn hero. Portions desiring to eommumonto with Mr. Stophons, wil address him t?t tho plaoo above montioned.?Atlanta Constitution, 22</.