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AVA DEVOTED TO POLITICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND rO THE GENERAL INTEREST OF TIlE COUNTRY. VOL. V. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY DECEMBER 7 1876 NO 14. OI0'8 LEADINO DEZfOCRTS DEMAMD FAIR PLAY IN THE SOUTH. The meeting of th' State Demo cratic Central Committee,, to day, called together a large attendance cf the representative men, of the party, as large almost, indeed, as a State Convention, and was iotowerty for the ducided stand they. took-an the grave questions of the hour, and 'a, the same time for the careful avoid cnce of those who took part in it from saying anything that was ill advised or that could be construed into revo lutionary sentiments. It was, in fact, a calm, outspoken, denand on the part of the people for the recognition of their rights as Citizens, and its tone and manner, thoigh firen and out spokon, did not smack in the least of the war -talk which so many of the opposite party had charged upon tle Democrats during the two weeks of Ssp~ense which has succeeded the ,election. The meeting was called for Thurs man Hall, at 2 o'clock, and at that hour the crowd filled the hall and ex% tended down the stairway into the street. The call included, besides Membera of tho State Central Com.. mittee, leading members of the pal'ty Wo saw fit, to come up for ccntul tation on the pending count for Pre .t4idtIen[t. Short ly after the committee appear eil, headd by General Ewing, who Was e-corted to a plae on the Judge%' bench), who without further dulty, the following resolutio.": Resolved, Tit trotsdmad ot every good elt irt" aispii-i t or ieady cqidesetico.'n ith # esult of the PIe sieential clectionl as fati+ly uaseertailed, anid wo dopiecatto ill partisin feelinig inl the diseiNions of faut atid law on which that result depwiedi. Rtsolved, Tlhat it is due to t,0 iele, and it is indi.Apenisable to the presotIKLion of free governimet t, that tile Preh*lelt shidl not be chosei by fratud or' birce. We upp.,eal to tie of ficers charged with C:anVii1ng.'the voteJI anid making the returns to allay public vtpprhension anid susp)iciott by open anid impartial action, thus comn mending the cordial nequiescence (ot the A metrican people; but, admonaished by the past action ot toe presenit Re turnaing Board of Louisiana that such returns may be falsely and frauds lcntly made, we demand of the Sen ate and IIouse of Representatives to .exert., if necessery, the constitutional poer vested ini them, jointly or seveialy, to the end that w hoever hast been fairly choson by the people shall be declared and inuaugur'ated President of the United State. Resolved, That we regard the con, centration of regular troops at Wash ington by the President., on the eve of the assemabling of Congress; as an act calculiat.ed to throw discredit upon the disposition of the people to obey the law and submit to the results of the Presidential election, as legally ascertained, and to cxci to unnecessary * alarm as to the stability of the Re public, thereby imperiling peace at uhome anid publ:e credit abroad. Resolved. That we recovrend to the Democratic central comnmittoe of the State correspond, and to confer * ~ with other &tate Democratic commnits tees of the country, with a view to a full understandbog of the f&dts m and perfect concert of usc'low in 'aintain,.. ing the rights of the people in the late Presidential election, as det.ermnined by the prtoper legal authorities. Tihe reading of the resolutions eli% *ited great applause; par ticularly the second one, att which the crowd chieer.. ed and cheered to t.he echo. After reading them General Ewing moved their.adoptiop, and it, wasdng t trneendous cheers, there being io dis senting voics. Then there was a loud call for Pendleton, to which that. gentleman responded as follows: MR. PENDLETON 'B SPRRCHI ,Mi. Chairman and Fellow-Citi z,ns: After the iunanim ns adoption of thoe-resolutions reported by the committee, it seems to me that it is baidly necessary that I shoutd say a word. These reivil u tin isl meet 1113 hearty conerrence. [A voice, 'good, and applaiise.] I thinik they are the temperate, considerate,matu red jtidg. ment of the Democratic party ol Ohio, of thb pvople of the United States, in relat ivn to the crisis that iE tipon us. [Applause.] I think they state plainly ithat 16e people of the UnitA-States demand a fair count (applamse]; that with a fair count, according to the forms of law, they will be sati6fied; that if the count shall not be fair, aid in aceordance witli the f)rms of law, they will not be satisfied, but will demand that every legal and every constitutional remedy shall be exhansted to right the wrotig. [Applatme.] I do not helieve they demand unci.onsti tut iinal or extra legal meastiua& for that pir pose, but that they initend that tie forms of law and the righto of tih people siall be preserved, and tieio according to the forms that have been adp ed for nany 3 ears inl this Govervnentit a a ncai.s of ascertain 4ig and evincinig the will of the peo ple. [A vioice: "That's st!" and a. plause.] What more shall I Lai I am not without hope. I am nut in entire despa r tlhat these Boards thart are eitting i Lo iiaina and F.orida will honlestly, an-d fairly and i-ud ati.dly express the judgment of the peopl!e. [Aj phlimse.] I have observed that mjenl clotiled witi great reponsibii tic, and acting il Ihe brod 1igh t of day are 1ihl 1111re a1pt t a 4b6ervc ti legal obigations pILcedl npe ttelt, aill ti dq right, thall We zi,11e times Ihlink thev are. I caln 4 ta to you that I despalir that thesae Ik" - 111rn1inlz bt.dies in the S11th Will d, entire justice, bumt I amost sayv thiat we are ill at %ery in.f.rtua e predi eameit he we *are at all plaej ill llhelr I-Ower. I th1ik, getlnle, that we are :o day in the very el ie.is f4 a he hlit'.ry (if tlik cruitrY. I thiink this is thle greatest stress tha1t has e'ver beena put nponuu ~C lleulicean isti tui ns11, and this ir, the ci nicail test (of Ike capaicity ofur people for faee governutmenat. [Cries of "Tham.t's it," "Thiat so,'' andi appalause ] We kanow that a he De moacratic canidt( tate for thle P'residenm cy hase received a largo aj>rity of i he popuitlar u,(te; we kno'w that hie has receis e a large amajority of the *lectoral vote if th se gent lemnen are to be coaunted as electors who have receivedl the miajor itte of the votes diep)ositedI in the ballot box. [ApI plaauae ] T'haere is a u ivtersal culn victin t111hat it those votes should be purged, 8t illthe electoral vote will he ins favor of on:a Presidentijal cani didate, and yetL th peole of the~ ev.untry-forty nillions of pieoplee stanid to day oni the very t iptoe oef ex, pectationi, knob wing that resul ts are to be deterinhed by J3oards, in which, to say the least, they have niot the greatest conftiden ce; stand4 to day patiently f arbearn nr, wait inlg the anntonnaaelfeent; anid it thle Pres~ideni tial election stall be made ini conf Iormvity with, the foams of law, de ferminved toi a .ide by t he decisi' n ac coridinig thiose forms1 (of law. Ini myl judgineat it is t he cruical test of lie caphacaty of this people tor self gov ernmewnt, and I have confidence enus ough in the people t, b)elieve that a peoIple which exhibits such heroic virtues of' patience and for bearanace will tunderstaadl lhe right a d see to it that the ,rvght i don.. OEN. EWINGB SPEIOK. Gens Ewing spoke as follows: Whoever attribautes the pr fouund an xiety of thfl people oif *he United States to mere part1y predjnrd ices and prejudices and preferen ces wholhI mristaikes the sitnation, It arisLes from no fear that on the (one hand Hlayes, or 'n the ot her Tilden, mat' have been fairly chiosent Preidenat. On the conatriary, nuies~tenithis of' the Amnerman~ peopie would rjoice Lu day at the ascertaiied fair- election ot either Hayes or Tilden. Their fears arise wholly from the obvious and prearranged purpose of cortain wick ed leaders of the Republican party to count Hayes in by fraud and in. angornte him, or continne Grant by force. Tie treasonable purpose is, in effect, openly avowed by many l6nding papers a4nd men of the Ad ministration party. With a majority in Florida for Tilden of 1,000 ap parent on tha returii, and in Loi8i ana of from 7,000 to 9,000, with no disturbance whatever at the polls, with no published facts of intinida tion or bribery, such as would effect the result under the laws and and nsa4es governing elections, these States are claimed for llaes by the Adinhistration its press and expo nents, with absolite conidence, founded solely on the k1lown scoii., drelisn of Returning oflelerS. [Ap planlse ] Tweity years ago the pro,slavery leadet s sought to entrench t henseb es in pow er by fasteiiig slavery on Kansas again3t t' e will of the peu ple, through precisely these nethod of force ar.d fraud. Tho Lectotip'on trai.de, though affeciting a feeble Ter ritory,split the Dinocratic nirty and overw-,elined the Adinini-tratioi of BI3ehanqn. It public opiion revol ved a(i overthrew Wll who were re sponsible for petty e% imle, how wilh it deal with the ).arty responsible for this giant Le:c-nptt)niivj? (A p plane )' It will grimid it 'o po wded. (A pplau.e) W e are ii t aiiti>rize' here to sp.ak tot the pelliple tf Ohill (Ut vither I-ar'y, bll we are of the people and can speak t-or it.rselve,t; aid speaking tor ii, telf, I say that % hlterver be ihe dtaics or plwers -.1 the Iutrining U>ai d in L-iisian1a or if the G ivernor tot Florida, let them be discharged wit.hmt mn--Etation tui ier the f-ri1s of law, subjec oIly% to such control as may be excicise(d by t ie Ouirts. It the returning offi eera shall <.are to perp etrua'e a trandi( uipo n the nal ion , let the lIo'nse I lleresen ttives, th rough Commniis sioners sent to the spot, pri imptly anid thormngbily expodse it (apphluse.) s. thia', thi etublic iioniEi, wvahi is thec a,gregate judtgmnent of intelligent andl fair men, shall iunderst aind antd celn demni t he v llainis, anid thieni it, in lihe deI lberaite j udgemnet 4of t he II..n.4c. it hats the power* und'er thme Conust-itu tioni to tollow' thne prece Ients se by lhe RepubIiiican i party for t wVelv~e s cars paar ~and right the wroig b)y re j.-ctiz'g thle ..let''ral votes falsely 'r fraudulently retuirned, let it then rise to thle height of thle occaseion amil act. (A pp; lause.) Act ni .t in t he sp.irit of at partisani, gn e orpasn butt wviih the dignuit s -t courage be comning thle Iimediat;e reprecse''ta lives of the peopule. (A pplaus~e.) Ie mloSt ilonstrollis dichla at'ion yet miade ini tAils crisis is that u bi hais beent attiibiuted withlotut c otrat diction to Geineral Grat,. that it Ilatyes is given) States en. ng. b) thle ret uring officars het. si.aill be iia . gutrated, an td that a jutdiacianos use '.1 te aro y will prevent all asne fle is already mnassing r.ops ini WVashlington to execute, I suspect, t los~ covert threat. Hie seemsJ to inte:.d that the atct of t he Returning B3oard, howtever trandudlnent. shll noIi~ t bej bantlkedl 0r brought ini qu:eshion by thte action of the Iiionse of Itej resen tat ives. Let hi ' beware. (A ppjlause ) lie is n:ot dealing with a suhjna.ated Southern Siate, but withI the A mer*i can people. (A i.plamuse. "Go on, go on." "Give it to themi." watsshoutetd by the crowd.) No, ion, genitlemeni, I do not want to go on. I hanve but oneO mtore word to ear, and that is that I have faith enfon'gh in the tree spirit of t he peCople and in t hedes. tiy ot our repul ic to believe t hat the lonse of RI.presenttati ve will nleve(r be cowed by a President unttil long, lon' aftert the mooory of Gn....., civil career shall have slink in a kind ly oblivion. (Prolonged applase.) SPEECH OF EN. DURBIN WARD. Geo. Ward spoke as follow. Mr. President and my Fellow Citizens:-In1 this emergency it seeli to me persois ought to have fem words. Thlere comlie times whet words are acts. We have chosen a we believe, a Preident of the Uni ted Stattes by a majouity of more tha thruee hundred thousand popula votes, and, we heliove, by a major, ity of more than twenty f the Elec toral College. The great question te day is, shall he be inaugurated. Mi felLwcitizens, I atri one of thst whi believe in the observaico of law Whei you Ch4im3s a President yo: exurcist- tihe highest of the finetionm -f overeignty. You who do it so berbeily and patiently investigatt before you vote, and investigate ev, cry vote afterward with coo!riess, calnness and discretion. No wild threats, no undie abuses of our op piment, a Nll recognition of the right tof every citizen to think and act foi Itimself, and then we go on and ex amine the returns of the election. They should be scrudiiized by the le gal authority. We should use ever-3 resort known to ti.o consititution and law to sec'ire fairness. Ve h1avt ntihintg to say of any tilterior pu r pose or measure, but it the timt should cott.e when we have nsed al legal it eais, it tihe time sn1hould com whien tl h,e deliberate judgiment o th( Ahmerican people is that they liav been dett auded or detfated by trati( or force inl their choice of Presiden there will irise for settlkment a ques limn that is too Stolemlill to discuss it a piublic meeting like this. I hopc iII fuiendp, that that.I time inl the Re ublie will never cmo. I beieove i will not cmle. I believe that th Returing Boards will not care t c-iuit -iut the legally elected Presi ti-t of the United States. (Ap plause.) They will iot dare to di < be~cause the RetuIrn ing Boanrd (e Lou iisianai: is inflamlousB in t he eyes 0 the nat ion, anid of all the ci vilize< wverbi. anid it u ill not dare to do s< mi te tiacet o) the shotrt lutad reeort era liar are akinig Ieil w htril is dom1 atid said t here. G4ent he men, I sa' qjuicily and( sberly to those wh.e hear mie, tha.t I hopaje there is muan to.odh eniutgh left inl the Aceriai peopl'ie to see to it tisat uio snel frand lent or" violenit means ttot savei the will of ihe piceple abhall sced (A pplause.) I coiini'eh peace, I cooni bel o'rd c'r, s.m bog its peacee anil d eadel are0 Cons)istenat w'ith c'niti lina lUberty, but, if the hitutr cemes uha tyrlanis at teiingt to st rangale colht o tie nal l ibe,rty, he is un worthyi toi b catnnted a tree man wvho wihi not ~d. asi Romuiant tireem)ei dii, sti ke fI'. yonr counitry. TUhre1es'ltions ade,p, eti are mijld, they' are not in icaceut dian; they are~. no. hireate- itng;- theg they were not ienided to be sin. We i ntend toe trieat oour tellow~ cit izeni of bothi paties aos 15Ihough they i. en ed a and would tinally do jets nee, ande we be! eve tlh.y a' ill do so ileece, we have a1pealed cahnrly th hoese whoic have charge of the return: 'ht they shiall comnply with the law Le, me repeat one more) thaUt Wile every ot her hope is gone- whien ev. eiry menIcaIue ot law i., exhutsued foi tile asserti'n '1 fet oner rights, if thIey at e attempted to be truample dlown bj in dit ary po wer a I hey hi ave beeri lorn yearse, if it is attempted to apiplj to thle people of -he NorthI to thin pepeat the caithad, the same unii co'nsti ttisenal anid lawless exercise 0 ineliutary force as has~ been use~d in th<l Southern States; whent thlat 11i11 shiould come,0 it comle it dhoes excus, tne; but tne mani whlo statu;s belot ont now onice sha (d his blood to) ce me tt b hese St ates miotre i mly, ai'< do you l>elieve t hat I value conistitIl tional hiberty less than I val!ue th union of theRe 8tates. (Apnplas. Why, mIy Counti, mnel, the destilly (fI the nation for the future hang trem bling in the bahince. The great Americarr people are halting uid holding their breath. Bot0 parlies are doing so They kn-,w full wvell that the popular heart of America inhas decided that Tildei has been el% elected President of the United States - (applause,) and yet now for two weeks or- more every resort which ingenity could use has been applied by the opposito party to aid the Re turning Boat de by military force, awd to overawo the Atmericant poPlo by the show that the arnv rnay be used against us. For the first tiie inl Amercican his tory we fiid the President of the United State-4 using his power as Chief Magist.rate to adivitneo the intere.st fit his um n party. My countrymen of all parties, this will not do. If we accus ton ourselvos to the idea that one party may inailnii itself in power by the force of arms, it is the end of Republiean liberty in this country - [Applause.] The American poop!e will do no such thing. Both part.ies will settle it in less than two weeks from this day, in my humble opinion, that Tilden is olected President, and vhcn lebruary comes I shall look for the returns to be counted by both Houses of Congress, and on the 5th day of March he will take the oath of office amid the triumphal shouts of the American peoplo and rcstore, once Morle, peace to this distracted coun try, and carry us into the coming couintry at m in arm with our brethren in the Sout.h, to the grandest height the Re. public ever attained. The feeling was manifestly intense I throughout the entiro meeting, but there was at no time any expuession by word or act except for a fair deal and main tenarice of their rights WiLh.. in the law. IL was an hoteie expres siun of the feelings o the party, with noltin- ill-timed about it, to nfror-d it protext, for a chargo of' disloyalty or toeven a lak of patrio.ic purpose. As L an in(ignation meeting it vas a grand success.. The New York V4rld says: This reckl1084 flttellpt to nullify by fira1d Sthe election of' Governor Tildeun to the IPresidency of the United States is flikely to cost the country quito as mnuch , if not more, than Black Friday, or the panic of 1873. The prtoposedl uIsurpa'tion canitnot be forced thr ough upon this counntry. T1hie law, as Sen ator' Bayar'd well says, gives wveapons enough with which to defeat it. A con tested election for the PresidJency is quit,e as much in order as a dispute regarding the success of' defent of a candidate for aiermnan or a member of' Contgress. Frequiently, under the prtesent, govern ment of the State of New York, a contest for the position of at State (flicor' has extended over Inea4rly the whtole~ term for which ho was elected. The inquiry into the -result, of the recen t Presidential elec-. iont may, ther'efore, should Mr. Hayes be awarded the seat, by3 a fraud of the Rloturning Jnar'd in Louisiana, be - prolonged greatly, and keep the ques.. Lion of the contstitutionial head of the Gover'nme)nt int such doubt as t,o be disastrous. rThe revival of the busi niess of the Coluntryj whtichi promised to followv the election (of Mr'. Tildeni, w ith ts assurances of peaico and economy, will be suddenly checked. Bright anticiplationis will give place to gloomy doubts. The hopes of thiouszads oif men and women, long out, of cimploy ment, and recdutcod to the vertge of beggary, will be succeeded by des pair. It, is ntot agreeable to think of' facing the openhig winter with our great cities filled with idle, hungry operatives, who have struggled along till nlow in tbe belief' that affairs would( mend, only to see the clouds of mis, fortune lowering more darkly than -over. A correspondent of the Augusta (Ga.) Constit,utionalist, writing fr'om Chicago under date of the 10th inst., says: ~ I passed a station last night about midnright, and was waked up by some SIndiana hioisier' hallooi ng, 'Ilurr'ah fot' H Iamptont!' Whore lie came f'rm I e can't toll. Just think, waty out here ) neonle huarrah for Hlamnton." Fashion Notes. Rei liace has been imported. Belt buthe ls are reappearing. Flower ornaments ire in vogue. Sailor suits remain in favor for boys. Polonaises are worn by girls of all ages. Much handsome embroidery 15 seen O-l cloth. iankorchiofs with scolloped edge& aro in style. O--tricheathers fare but sparingly used on bonnets The " Ed na" is a stylish sleeve, close fittinig, and in couti shape. Velvet, plush and silk are the matew rials in favor tor rnilFrery. Basquen are to be aeen with Frans. lin vests an-d 8wallow tail backs, Ladies' flannel skirts, ready mado ranMgo ill price Nrom 3 upward. Passomen terio i rinimings iro brou ght out in Ihnlsomor i ittertns than over. Elaborate eolored clt)eks are to be seen at tho sides on Childre'h stock mngs. Ilenriot ta cloth still rem ~ n-q one of the leading inaterials for (eel) mourn ing cestumies., Stockings for children ao art (o be of -m0 color, to natcl the cotume woro with them. A fish wife's costume, introduced in Engliind. for little girs, has become very popular, Unbleaebed hose, filnished with eRV broidory on the front and sides, are now irn usual demand. Very young children's bonnetts are made in black volvet, trimmed with muslin embroidery. The chief feature of lit.tle girls dresses is a bodice and skirt cut Ift one with an utter disregard of the waist. A shower or rico and slippers Is the propor thing at London weddings now; the revival of an fld timo eas toni. I'ho lower hem to crap)o voils Is (loop mourning is a quarter of a yard (eep, bUL thU hemI at the top is quite narroW. A new'. feat urer in rmillinelry is the in trodnetion of tulle anid crepe lisse rnchings,, which fill in the fuw brim. in front. The New York 11eraldI, in closing its comn c ts onl the inifamu a1018fction of the South Carolina Board of' Can Vassers, say?): "Eiven it the Court fails to reach the Board tihe electoral vot.o of the State will be little better than st,olen goods, which will taint the receiver ias well as thle shiarp practionors who purlion ed it. Can thle Republican party at ford to take its first, i'estallmeunt from the doubtful Stat.cs with t he highest udicial tributi i of donfthl Carolina crying. '"Stop) thiei !" afte.A Its nimble The Radical p)CM esconitinuel to claim Ilayes' election. Thaero is noI excuse for a mlanl's ly ingi, even w' ben hie has something to gain by it, but whlen) he has no othier cxcuse t han a i'uro luo of the pr'actie, it is tent times worse. Th'le shaipment of v'almazhtc cattle ar'd horses from MonIItreal to Great Britain is steadily ii cre:asinag. Lzast Thut aday tenl heifer's, valued at $23,900, were sent on 0oo goeamner. T welvo horses aiboardl were valu,-d a: $41700. The best three hecifers were war'hl $6,000 each,~ anld the best hm- ,' wa valued at $2,000. The ~VermonIt Legis4laturi e has at tacked the quest ion oif sa airoes, an:d has~ cut the State Treasurer's salary 25 per cent. (or to $1,800 without clerk hire), anid thero is said to be every prospect thait the movement will be unrcom)fortably inclusiive of all Statto officers. The latest in'stance of "marriedt ini haste" was thlat of theO coInplO uniited in matrimony on an Erio express train whilo it wvas rurrning at theo rate of' forty miles an hour,. Some boarding schools fit yonng ladies for keeping boarers aifter they marry and have a husband to Bu[ port .