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% ? . ? 1 ?TO THINK OWN 8ELF ty TRUE, AND IT MUS^ FOLLOW. ^11? NIGHT TUB DAY^ THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN.' HY KEITH, HOYT & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAHOMNA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1871. VOLUME VII._NO. 7. Professional O sir d.s. S. P. DENDY,. Attorney sutil Counsellor AT LAW, AND Solicitor in Eqnity, Will practico in tho Courts of Law and Equity," in tho Eighth Judicial Circuit. OFFICE IN TUB COURT HOUSE, Walhalla,-South Carolina. Nov. 1, 1870 3 ly THUS. M. WILKES, ATTORNEY AT LAW -AND Solicitor in DEq.-u.ity. -ALSO, United States Commissioner. For tho Circuit and District Couris of tho Uni tod States for South Carolina. Jggr OFFICE ON TIIB'COUUT HOUSE SQUARE, t?p WALHALLA, S. C. July 22, 1870 40 ly J. P. REED, 1 ? W. C. KEITH, Andorsou C. II. j 1 Walhalla. HEED & KEITH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND Solicitors in IE acuity, llavo rcnowod their Co-partnership In tho prac tico of Law, and oxtended it to all Civil and Criminal business iii the Counties of Oconcc and Pickons. ALSO, ? titi nUSINBBB IN TUB UNITED STATES COURTS. fiCT* Office on Public Square, Walhalla, S. C. July 18, 1809. 41 tf s. MCGOWAN, it. A. THOMPSON, Abbeville, S. C. Walhalla, S. C. MCGOWAN & THOMPSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WALHALLA, S. C., Will giro prompt attontion to all business non ndod to them in tho Stato, County, and United States Courts. OFFICE IN THE COUHT HOUSE. Tho junior partnor, MR THOMPSON, will alsc practico in tho Courts of Pickcns, Greenville and Anderson. January. 1870 tf JOSEPH J. NORTON, Attorney eut La w. WAH.BBASil.A, ?. ?. All business for Pickcns County left witl J. K. 11AGOOD, ESQ., I'll RUNS ?. BB., WILL BE PROMPTLY ATTENDED Ti October 2G, 18G8 4 tf J. II. W ll IT N Kit. VfU ITNER SYMMEN WH1TNER & SYMES, Attorneys at Law, WALHALLA, S. C. jf?fir* Oifico on tho Publio Square. =^gijt February 1, 1870 16 tf S. ?. G00DLETT, Attorney at Law AND; SOLICITOR I1V EOJUITY, HAS LOCATED AT TUP: NEW TOWN OF PI0KENS, S. C. Nov. 10. 1808 7 tf WALHALLA HOTEL ! THE Proprietor would respectfully infori his old patrons, and tho publio generali; that his doors are still open for tho rooepti? and accommodation of Quests. \r\ aonneotion with th? Motel, ii a FIRS'I CLASS BAU ROOM, in which can bo fount at all times, tho best brands of BRANDIES, WHISKIES; WINES; ' SEO A RS, oa, <$c: B?$T* No pins will be spared to nandi gllOsiS popifpftablo. J). BIEMANN. PROPRIETORV ifcrtaUS 19. Vu APr" W?1871 20 Tlic C?overiior'a Itlcsauge. THE 8TATK DEBT. The following in tho Treasurer's exhibit of thc actual debt of the State. I know, from severo personal scrutiny, that this exhibit is full ?nd correct. It BIIOWS tho present debt of thc State in its entirety, suppressing noth ing : Statement of total amount of Bonds and Stocks printed by thc American Bank Note Company, and accounted for. GOO bonds redemption bills, re ceivable, at 81000 8 500,000 2000 bonds puyment interest public debt, at $1000 2,000,000 1000 bonds relief of thc treusury, at $1000 1,000,000 700 bonds land commission, nt 81000 700,000 800 bonds rcdcmptioit bills Bunk of Stuto, at 81000 800,000 1500 bonds redemption bills Bank of State, at 8500 750,000 800 bonds redemption bills Bank of State, nt 850 40,000 8500 bonds conversion Slate se curities, at 81000 3,500,000 4000 bonds conversion State se curities, at $1000 4,000,000 1200 bonds conversion State se curities, at 8500 600,000 1000 bonds conversion State se curities, at 8100 100,000 Sterling loun 6,000,000 Certificates conversion stock 2,000,000 Accounted for as follows: ON HAND IN STATE TREASURY. Bonds conversion Stute securities, not signed 8 473,500 Bonds relief treas ury, (7 per cent) 101,000 Bonds payment in terest public debt 60,(00 Bonds redemption bills Bank of State 381,000 Stock conversion State securities 2,117,300 822,540,000 83,072,800 DEPOSITED FOR RAVE IC KEP? INO WITH A M KU IC AN BANK NOTE COMPANY. Sterling luau 86,000,000 BONDS CANCELLED AND DES TROYED. 500 bonds,payment interest on pub lic debt, burned in Statehouse 500,000 500 bonds, conver sion State secu rities, erroneous* ly printed, re turned and can celled by thc American Bank Note Company 500,000 Conversion Bonds issued in effect ing conversions at State treasury 1,200,500 Conversion Bond, No. 520, cancel)* od oud destroyed at Stute treasury 1,000 Bonds redemption bills Bank State, issued at State Treasury 1,259,000 Conversion stock, issued, cancelled und transferred at State treasury 432,700 -8i3,O26,O0O.0C 8 9,514,000.0( 8TATEMENT OF DEBT. Old debt 80,765,908.8? Less old bonds paid July 1, 1874 212,000.0( 86.453.9080( Now bonds 89,514,000.01 Less in hands of financial agent, to tho credit of sink ing fund commission 200,000.01 89,814,000.01 New bonds, in hands of finan cial agent, now in uso as col. latcrnl soourity for loans 83,773,000.01 Amount of now bonds sold 85,541,000 01 Old debt, os above 0,453,908.01 811,994,908.91 Tho facts and data upon which tho fore going stutomont, which lins boon cxnmine< and approved by tho financial board, is based oro opon to tho inspection of tho financia agonoy in Net? York. Tho financial boan report that "the bonds havo all boen issuei and used undor tho authority of tho aot o ?ugest 26, 1868, entitled 'An aet to authoi izo a loa? to redeem tho obligations knowi ns bil) J receivable of tho State of South Care lino;' tho act of August 26,1868, entitle 'An aot to authorize a loun to pay the intel cst on tho public debt; tho not of Februar 17,1869, entitled Au act to authorize a loa for tho relief of iho trcneury;' tho act c March 27, 1869, onfcitlcd ?An aot to provid ?for thc appointment of a land eommrssionci 'and to define his powers a Yul duties;" tho at ,of Maroh 1, 1870, ontitlod 'An not to amen i an aot entitled 'An act to pr?vido for tho a ? ^ointment of a \fin'S commissioner, and to di fino his power? und duties, and] for otk< purpose? therein inont?oncd/ tho aot < March 23, 1809, entitled 'Au act to provide j for thc conversion of Stnto securities;' and i thc act of March 20, 18G9, entitled'An act 1 to authorizo thc financial ?gent of the State of South Carolina, in thc City of New York, to pledge State bonds as collateral security, and for other purposes.' " ' Thc three first named acts authorized thc 1 borrowing of two million five hundred thou- ' sand dollars on coupon bonds. Owing to thc ' constant and increasing deprcciatiou in thc J vuluc of thc bonds, it was found necessary, in order to carry into effect thc purposes of ' these several nets, to issue a much larger number of bond?. Thc act for thc conver sion of State securities, giving nuthoiity for a more available and uniform class of bonds than thc one which had, in thc first instance, been issued under the several acts referred to, the remainder of tho bonds required to raise tho amounts of money authorized by thc several acts, were prepared, in accord ance with thc act for the conversion of Slate securities, to thc amount above named. Thc indebtedness of tho State being as above stated, thc State authorities now hope to bc able to retire thc bonds in New York, and to save tho sccuiitics now hypothecated from sale. It is also intended to discontinue the financial agency in New York, except to design ito somo banking institution as the place for the payment of thc interest on the public debt. THE OODIL'YINO COMMISSION. The commission to codify the lawn has been in existence for nearly three years, and has cost thc State about fifty thousand dollars (850,000,) and its work is not yet completed. lt is the opinion of sonic of thc best legal minds of thc State that this work could have been done thoroughly at u cost of not more than five thousand dollars. I would, there fore, recommend that this standing reproach to thc Stute Government, and unnecessary drain upon thc treasury, bo removed without delay, by abolishing thc code oom mission and employing a competent jurist to c?mplete the codification of our laws. EXPENDITURES OF TH E STATE OOVEllN M EMT. While holding the political opponents of thc Stato Government responsible for tho great depreciation in the marke, value of our securities-a depreciation directly due to their conspiracy against thc credit of tho Stato - I mu bound by my souse of public duty to expose to the reprobation of thc pc plc the improvident expenditures incurred by thc General Assembly, and thc extrava gant and illicit disbursement of thc State moneys, to which the legislative department has given cither its express or implied sane lion, lu so doing, I do not wish to be cou sidcrcd as wanting in due and proper respect to a coordinate branch cf thc State Gov ernment, but I desire to appeal, in plain and uurucst language, to thc sober judgment, the decent self-respect und thc public spirit of each member of thc General Assembly, to give his active aid in effecting au instant re form in this direction ; for thc whole people, with united voice, demand it, and thc condi tion of our finances, und every instinct of self preservation, require it ut your hands. lt would scarcely have been possible for the men who combined to destroy thc credit of thc Stato to have executed their purpose so successfully had not the General Assembly lout them its praotioal co operation by ex hausting, through its extravagance, the funds in the treasury, thus leaving thc State with out any reserve balance to meet thc financial exigency. 1 instanoc the followiug among many other items of extravagant expenditure* : The mun cy drawn upon tho orders of tho presiding officers of the two Houses during the last session for current printing amounts to 868, 904 90. In addition to this hugo sum, 830, ^ 000 were appropriated for current printing for tho previous sessiou, making a total of j &98.904 90 expended ou this item alone. There was further drawn from thc treasury I und disbursed by the clerks of thc Senate and House, for printing the laws, &e, tho j sum of 8103,551.44. These figures show tho enormous aggrogato of 8202,550 31 ex j pended ou printing alone during and incident - to tho last session of tho General Assembly, y while largo claims for public printing aro still outstanding. In addition to these expendi tures, tho sum of $28,814 05 wus drawn up ) on the orders of tho Presidont of tho Semite and speaker of tho House for purpose? not ) very well defined, but designated as "oontin s gent expenses and repairs," making an ag ' grcgato for the abovo specified objects of 8232,370.39-a sum startling in its macni ) tudo for ono session of the General Assembly, = and which may well bid thc legislative de ) partaient pauso in tho path that it has been ) pursuing. Tho appropriations, including those vetoed i by tho Executive, aggrogato a total of $480,? . 000. To this is to bo added tho amount of j 8103,451 44, as shown nbovo, drown upon tho certificates of tho clerks ot -tho two Houses j of tho Genoral Assembly, on account of priu j ting tho luws, und tho grand total of expon j di tures, on account of "legislative oxpeuses," f amounts to 8583,651.44. As an ovidonoo of tho pernicious oonso Q quenoes of permitting this "monoy order" system on tho part of tho presiding officers fl of tho Scnato and House, I refer to tho fact, .. well known to tho members of tho General y Assembly, that during tho past year, upon " the order of tho speaker of tho House, an til ,f leged liability against tho State was contrae o ted to tho amount of 892,500, for furniture r for the Stato-house. This was on ti roly with ? t, out warrant of law, and if the prinoiplo is j admitted that moneys can bo thus drawn from y. tho treasury, or debts contracted without "ap j. proprintions mado by law," thoo all propel ,r ' sufeguards of tho treasury aro broken down, yj? anda few ministerial offiocrs in tho Skate maj mortgugo its revenue in advauce, or deprive it at will of the uicans of meeting its legal liabilities. . MINORITY REPRESENTATION. Tho subject of minority representation en gaged tho earnest attention of the "Tax pay ers' Convention," and they presented many cogent reasons for it? immediate adoption into tho elifoivo eystoin of this Stale. In oocor danoo ' ft th my premiso to thom, 1 present this important matter for your gravest consid eration. 1 recognize thc principle of minority repre sentation as both wisc and just, lt secures to thc ?ovcral party divisions in thc State a direct and proportional representation in its administration, lt thus institutes a check balance against that injudicious or oppressive exercise of power that is too apt to ensue where its undivided possession is held by a large party majority. The advantages of thc sys tem havo been recently exemplified in prac tice at elections in England and in thc States of Pennsylvania and Illinois. lu those States, however, citizens divide into parties upon questions merely affecting thc Slate or Natio'ual policies, and they secS only by le gittuuito means to elevate to power thc expo nents of their views. There no man's party affiliation furnishes any just presumption against his loyalty to bis country, und no citi zen who is loyal is, for that cause, subjected to thc hazards of murder, exile and the lash, or thc certainty of public and social proscrip tion. Here, on tho contrary, thc minority arc or ganized upon a basis which practically calls in question thc very principles and thc funda mental law upon which thc State und Nation al Governments repose. Tho end sought by the proposed system could long since have been practically accom plished, but for tho bitter spirit of intolerance engendered and fostered by party leaders of the oppositiou among their followers. I have been at all times ready, ns is well known, to co operate with all moderate men, without regard to party affiliations, in secur ing thu election to public office of those only who were worthy and well qualified. My own course in this regard has not only been illustrated by thc Executive appointments, but by thc personal aid that I have invaria bly extended to elevate to public position those native whites whou although classed at thc time with the opposition, were gentlemen of character and intelligence, ami fair and tem perate in their political views. In proof of this I instance, with great gratification, Chief Justice Moses, and Circuit .fudges .J. L. Orr, Green, Melton, Oraban? and Farmer-the Inst an ad interim Executive appointment lo whoso elevation to tho bench I gave my cordial support. These gentlemen wero ull trusted and honored under the ancient regime, j and will comparo fuv ?rable, in point of por ' sonni character and capacity, with any citizen of the State. I submit, however, for your delib?ralo con sideration, whether thc men who arc. now dc I madding tho establishment by law of thc sys I tem of minority representation are entitled to j this aot of magnanimity al your hands. It i* for you to determine whether thc linc of poli cy pursued by them, before, and since the ad juurnmcnt of thc Tax payers' Convention, tends to commend tho speedy adoption bj you of un elective system, which must largcl) increase thc number of those iu the General Assembly who aro hostilo to our system of free government TME KU-KLUX. Thc existing intervention of thc military power of thc United States Tor tho supples sion of "douiestio violence" i:. thc State, do mauds that I should review the causes thal havo made that intervention necessary. ] perform this duty with a deep sense of hu initiation as an American citizen, und with profound regret as thc Chief Magistrate o South Carolina. It bad long been thc boas of our political system, founded as it is upoi tho expressed will of tho people, that th peaceful agencies of tho law were alono sut ficient for the protection of lifo and property When, therefore, it becomes necessary for th civil authorities to invoke thc aid of thc mil itary, for thc protection of the citizen in th exercise of hi? vested rights, it is a declara tion to the world that, within thc limits o tho State, crime iriumphs over law. Tba such is the fact is justly due to no act of th present State Government, lt hus nssaile no private right, and committed no publi wrong, und always remembering that it wa established to advance tho interests of th wl.olo people, it cannot, with justice, b ohargod with ovor having wantonly injured citizen either in his person or estate. Tho members of tho Constitutional Cot \cntion of 1868, with remarkable unanimity exoludcd from thc new constitution over proscriptive feature and by its provisions ii citizen was disfranchised, nnd every class < persons and property was guaranteed the equi protcotion of tho laws. Tho administrate cloded under that constitution endonvorc faithfully to rcfloot tho generous spirit of ii framers. Impelled by my own personal sci timents, no loss than what I deemed a wi.< public policy, I saw in tho mon who had ri belled against tho National Government onl thc citizens of my oountry, who, if they lin dono much wrong, had HISO, ns a consequene endured much suffering, and I sought to wi thom back to a better feeling, that all olassi of our citizons might dwell together as bretl ron, under tho shelter of a common rnnnsio: and that tho united efforts of tho wholo migl bo direotcd to lifting tho State up from tl universal prostration caused by tho wanto oots of a party. Aotuated by those motives, and os a tesl ' mony that tho now administration was n< i thor partison nor vindiotivo, in my fust mt r ?age to the Gcnoral Assembly I used tho fi lowing languugo ou thc subject of political disabilities : "I would earnestly rocomtv.cnJ that your honorable body will, at an early period, me morialize Congress to relieve every citizen cf South Carolina from oil political disabilities. : I make this reootnmondatiou the more read; ly from the fact that there arc believed to bc none of that class in thia State who have committed infamous offences against the luw3 of war." 'Thc statute of disfranchisement was, I doubtless, wisc and proper at the earlier stage | of reconstruction, and justly marked the na- \ tion'8 abhorrence of those who, having been tho trusted leaders of thc people, had lcd them into rebellion against the benign gov ernment of their country. Yet tho continu ance of such disfranchisement would bo an anomaly under our Republican system based j upon the doctrine of universal suffrage. Let us hope that such an act of magnanimity will not bc mistaken hy the class of disfranchised, while to deny it will tend to make them ob jects of sympathy, and will bc, as it were, to keep a knife sticking in au open wound." I would add, that I have neither abandon ed thc hope or the sentiment that impelled that recommendation, so far as the industrial class of thc whites arc concerned. Although they contributed^ largely to thc wealth and strength of thc State, yet, in former times, they were not permitted to take any part in the administration of its affairs. Th ero is no natural antagonism between them and our present system ?of free government, which, in its paternal caro for the welfare of its cit izens, has, for thc first time in the history of South Carolina, enacted a homestead law, which guards the threshold o? the poor luau's dwelling, so that remorseless creditors may not enter and sell tho roof that shelters his wife and children, or seizo the products of the few acres that supply his table with food. Whatever feeling of ?hostility any of these may entertain against the government of their country, is the result, in a groat measure, of t'ie wilful misrepresentations of their foi mer privilcgcd^rulcrs, to advance their own political cuds. Thc Gcnorul Assembly promptly seconded this effort to restore universal good will among our people, by devising an equitable system of taxation, and by thc enactment of laws for the development of all the iudustrial inter ests of the State. As an evidence of thc beneficent policy of the new State Government, I cite the facts that most of thc circuit judges elected by the General Assembly were known not to bc in political accord with the majority of its mem bers, and none of them were political parti sans. More than half of all the officers ap pointed by thc Executive wore of the opppo sidon, ?nd thc old magistrates, who had held their places for years, were generally re-ap pointed. That this liberal course on the part of tho new administration was not due to a paucity of material in its owu party, is shown by the fuot that this policy was pursued even in Charleston, where there were numerous Republicans capable and willing to fill all thc pOiecs in that vicinity. All the old magis trates in that city were re appointed, and the best position in thc county of Charleston, thc couuty treusuryship, was bestowed by me upon n citizen known to bc politically hostile tj thc State administration. I recur to these facts to show that thc armed violence 1 which has prevailed in this State, and has successfully bid defiance to the civil authorities, cannot find a vindication in the plea, which su justly commcuds itself in tho American mind, that it was thc result of a re-action agniust oppression-an appeal to force to remedy wrongs for which there was no other remedy. Indeed, this system of organized murder began in 18G5, immediately after thc cessa tiou of hostilities in the open field, inaugu rating a condition of affairs that has contin ucd with varying intensity up to tho period of its recent culmination,ami which differed in its destructiveness in actual war only in this, that thc hilled and wounded were all on one. In evideneo of this, I refer to thc well known fact, that my immediate predecessor, one of thc most worthy and eminent citizens of the State, Governor James L. Orr, was both publicly ?nd privately maligned for his efforts to suppress it and enforce tho laws against thc criminals, The class of men who assailed him for the faithful und fearless dis churgo of his duty nro the same who openly defend thc Ku Klux and secretly moved thc springs that put and kept them in motion. A bettor temper seemed to prevail among , this class in tho carly part of 1868. This, however, wus rapidly changed under thc writ ten teachings aud pnblio kpeeches of tho op position press and lenders. Hy tho notorious Broad hoad letter of General Frank P. Blair, i und kindred utterances, announcing tho ' speedy advent of a national administration i that would "tiample under foot" tho whole i system of reconstruotiou, the dormant dis I loyalty of tho opposition lenders in this State i was galvanized into action, as is a palsied limb of tho human body by tho oleotrio spark. . These icudcrs at onco envied a recalcitrant spirit. They assumed the air and speech of ? a d?liant conqueror, and where they did not I vindictively assail tho principles of the nation , ul government of whoso rare magnanimity i ;.?ey wore living proofs, thoy would deoluvo, i as tho farthest limit of their loyalty, that thoy "acoept tho situation ;" nn expression which , hus now become stereotyped, and which, ou t tho lips of such mon, conveys both a falsehood i andan insult, in tho sense in which thoy uso i it, as it implies a reversed right to refuse oho dionoc to tho laws of thoir oountry. whoso - authority they oeascd to assail only when they - wero doprivod of tho powor to resist it. They mistook tho magnanimity of thc . govern meut fe.' weak nosy, aud presuming up ou its forbearance, bore themselves as if they hud been the victors in tho late'strugglo. These old party loaders .soon fanned into flames tho expiring passions of their follow CTS io the rebellion, doubtless fearing that tho uow political system might, if unchecked, induce tho white tnossoB to break? the thral dom that had so long bound thom under the auoient rulers of the ?StMo. They denounced thej S|ato Government, olectou by a majority of forty-three thousand of tho voters of tho people, ao a "tyrannical usurpation," aod "a negro, oligarchy," de signcd to crush out white men ; and they stigmatized its loyal supporters as "thieves and robbers," and passed a general senteuoo of outlawry upon every Republican, without re gard to oharaotcr. Tho seed thus scattered broadcast from thc rostrum, tlie pulpit and thc press, soon produced a terrible harvest. That Republicans were tho victims of fre quent murders, both open and secret, could not be accounted for on auy known theory of coincidences. It soon became evident that there was "method" in this "madness," and that a largo mass of thc whites, obeying tho "bloody instruction" of their politioal lead ers, were engaged in a conoortcd effort to suppress Republicanism inf ho State, by mur dering Republican i, white and colored, sole ly because of their political opinions. I en deavored to check this system of violence and terrorism by an energetic usc of tho State constabulary, and other civil agencies at my disposal, lo this I measurably succeeded for a time, although thc alleged criminals were in variably bailed, or escaped punishment through jurors in accord with them in politi cal sentiment. Just previous to thc general State election of October lust, there was a comparative lull in these outrages. Tho opposition party, in that clcctiou, was again defeated by an im mense majority. That defeat aroused the fiercest hat? in thc breasts of their leading men against every loyal man in the State, and, through their cffoits, the most perfect cohesion was given to the disloyal elements in tho upper counties, where there was an approach to a numerical equality between the two parties. In November following the election, a prominent citizen of tho State, an active and recognized leader of thc opposition party, used the following language, in an address delivered in this city to thc Confederate Sur vivors' association : "Defeated ou the battle field, defrauded at the ballot-box, we have but one remedy ! The dagger, that was made illustrious in the hands of Brutus, must, in the daylight and in the darle, cut its way to the hearts of the miscreants who now misrule our native State." That this language was used on the occa sion by thc person referred to I have the testimony of gentlemen of tho highest re spectability who heard it. Scarcely less In cendiary was thc tone of tho opposition news papers throughout thc State, as tho following extracts from their editorials of that period clearly demonstrate, and fasten upon them much of thc responsibility for tho baleful consequences that ensued : .'Remember that we arc tho whjto people, and that they arc tho negro; that they have chosen their ground and arrayed themselves against us with a determination and hate which arc unmistakable, and that our policy is to let them alone and take caro of oursel ves. But wc must bnvo o "ganization, not politically, bc it remembered, and the views below ure worth consideration. Lot us have a t horough understanding and a union of the whole white people of tho State, not forget ting, cither, thc worthy exceptions among the negroes, who have identified themselves with us, or any others who may soe fit to oast their lines in with us."-Newberry Hcraldy Nov. 3, 1870 '.The time for temporizing, argument and conciliation, is passed ; wo shall have no more of it. A straight aud severe line must be drawn between the races. The colored peo ple have ohosen thoir ground with tho advice of the ringleaders, and they must follow it out without aid or sympathy from their white friends. The white people have tho power and tho biains and tho determination to hold their own and protoot themselves, and they will do so Tho negros have foi lowed thoir devices ono time too many, und now lot thom look to others for help, assistance and sympa thy."-Darlington Democrat, Nov. 8, 1870. "Wo understand, thcreforo, and accept the solid black voto oust against tho nominees of thc Reform parly as a declaration of war by thc negro race against tho white race, by ig norace against intelligence, by poverty against actual or potential wealth. This issuo we havo striven to avoid, but the negroes will havo nothing else. They will not allow us to work with thom ; we must, if necessary, work against them. Conciliation, argument, persuasion-all havo been worso tilan useless. Tho white pcoplo stand nlone. And they must organize themselves and arm thom wi ves, not as 'a whito man's party,' but because tho past and prosont provo that deoonoy, pu rity and politioal freedom, as well as the pre servation of Kooicty, are idoatical with the in? torcsts of tho white people of the State." Charleston Daily News, Nov. 7, 1870. I shall not multiply these ovidonooa from the opposition press, but cannot refrain front , uttering a roficotioo that their oandid admis sions forcibly suggest. In view of this condition of affairs, tho Stato capital was thronged by refugee Repub licans, and in tho months of January tod* Feb . y hst I was car nest ly urged by many loyal men, taoludtag numoroua members of tho General Assembly, to coll ont the militia and deolave martial law over thaso cot in ti ea whore these aots of lawless violcnco wera ho ing performed. This I refused to do, fot i reasons which I theo thought, ?nd still think, . wore judicious and proper. I had al my dis?