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J,..iJDBVOTBDl TOu POLJIT108i 9OIRALlT1, MFDlCATlO- ANO ~~rl%~~Rb A1 V - 1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - ,- 1 -1 r. - 4'?~-It.-4't? ?- v_PICKENS,_R.__e,_Tii_,_]RrmD THE SENTINEL IS PURLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. . R. ADLEY & CO. Teras or Subscription. e.. ...ar . ....... $1 60 W*.Montbs;....... . . . ... 75 Advertising Rates. AsIvertisements inserted at the rate of $1 00 p.ar guare, of (9) nine lines, OR Lxs, for the o irst insertion, and 50 cents for each subse quent insertion. Contracts made for THUZ, six or TWLVX meuths, on favorable terms. Advertisements not having the number of Insertions marked on them, will be published uatil forbid and charged accordingly. . These terms are so simple any child may ud.?stand them, Nine lines is a square *o ob.. In every instance we charge by the space oqcupfeid, as eight or ten lines can be made to occupy four or five squares, as the advertiser may wish, and is charged by the 4r Advertisers will please state the num ber of squares they wish their advertisements to make. A Business men who advertise to be benefitted, will bear in mind that the .ENTINEL has a large and increasing cir eylation, and is taken by the very class of perpons whose trade they desire. SOUTH CAROLIN&. hark! a wall across the border Hear a sad, appealing cry, See a long oppressed people Striving hard for liberty. See the shackles falling from them. See the day of reckoning nigh, See the fire of coming freedom Gleaming bright in every eye. t See the hand of the usurper Dooming them to chains once more, See a host of armed soldiers Thronging 'round the State House door. See the armies of the nation Driving Justice from her place; Weep to bee the Union's banner Soiled by such a foul disgrace. ( f But endure a little longer, Southerners, do not despair, For the great heart of the Northerners t Beats responsive to your prayer. 'Ve will think how our ancestors Fought, with yours in days of old, t Ilow they shared their woes together, Shared the hunger and the cold, Shared the watching in the night-time, Shared the danger in the day, I)ouring out their blood together. Dreaming ne'er of civil fray. Then, with brotherly compassion We will heal your wounds and scars,* We will put an end to ranchor And tha strife of by-gone wars. Woe to him who strives to kindle * Fires that long since ceased to blaze; Woe to him who 'gainst a brother t Would his hand in hatred raise, For the time of strife and anger IIhaspassed away to come no more, - I Ad;the reign of peace and plenty Soon shall stretch from shore to shore. The fiend of discord shall be driven Blaok into,.his loathsome lair, When the nation's great reformer Mounts the Presidential chair, thenaio'sMexT H. THoaP, 3a. [But th ainsgreat reformer didn't mnount the Presidential chair.--ED. SENTINE L] The Presidents Inaugural Address. WASHINGTON, March 5. FEiLOW CITIZENs:-We have as- I slembled to repeat the public ceremo. i nial begun by Washington, observed 1 ky all my predecessors, and now a < time honored custom, which makes the.commencement ot a new term of f the Presidential office called to the f duties of this great trust. I proceed i in compliance with usage, to an- a nounce some of the leading principles I on the subjects that now chiefly en- t gage the public attention, by whichi it Is my desire to be guided in the< discharge of these duties. I shall I not undertake to lay dow irreversi- I ble principle by measures of admin istration, but rather to speak of the I 4 motives, which should animato me, and tosuggest certain important ends I to,be allowed in accordance with our I ibstitutions and essential to the wel- < fare of our country. At the outset oft the dIscussion, which proceeded the I recent .Presidential Election, it seem,. t edI to me, fitting that I should muake i V known my sentiments in regard to c soteral of the important questions i which then appeared to demand the 1 consideration of the country. Follow.r ing the example, and in part adopting t the laalignage of one ot miy predeces- c sore, I wish now, when every motive I for .misa'epresentation has passed i away, to repeat what was saidc before the election, that my country- t mien will cordially weight and under- < stand 1t, and that they will feel as- ( .aued, that thesentiments declared in t "accepting the nomination for the 1 Presidlenc, willhbethastand..ar..... my eondnt in the path before me, char god as I am, with the gravest difficult task of carrying them out in the pa triotic administration of the Govern ment, so far as depend the Constitu tion and laws on the Chief Execu. Ive of the nation. The permanent pacification of the country upon such principles and by such measures as will secure the complete protection >f all its citizens, and the free enjoy nent of all their constitutional rights, s now the one subjedt in our public iffaire which all thoughtful and pa lriotic citizens regard as of supreme mportence. Many of the calamitous affects of the tremendous revolution which has passed over the Southern States, still remain. The immeasur ible benefits which will surely follow iooner or later, the hearty and gen )rons acceptance of the legitimate -esults of that revolution have not yet )een realized. Difficult and embar 'assing quewtions meet us at the hresh hold of this su bject. The people )f these States are still impoverished, Lnd the inestimable blessing of wise ionest and peaceful local self govern nent, is not fully realized. What, ver difference ot opinion may exist is to the cause of this condition of hings, the fact is clear, that in the )rogreas of events, the time has come vben stich government is the impe 'ative necessity required by all the ,arlied interes's, pub'ic and private, f those States; but it must not be orgotten that only a local govern nent, which recognizes and main ains inviolate the rights of all, is a rue e:f government. With re6pect L the t wo distinct races, whose pecu iar relatioins to each other, have >rought upon us the deplorable com >lications and per plexities which ex, st in those States. It muaust be a ;overnmenit which guards the inter sts of both races carefully and qually. It must be a government Vhiich submits loyally and heartily to he ci nstitution and t1e laws, the awe oft the nation, and the laws of he States themselves, accepting and beying faithfully the whole consti% uttion, as it rests upon01 this sure and ubst ant ial fonnidat ion, the su per t roctuate <'t benificent local gevern nets can be built up and not other vise. In furtherance of such obedik mece to the letter and spirit of the sont5it ut ion, and. in behalf of all that Is attainment impilies all sOscallkd >arty interest loses their apparent muportance and party lines may well >e permitted to sink intto insignifi-, ance. Thue ques'tion we have to consider or the immediate weltare ot those hmates of the.Union is the question of governmwent or no government and all the peaceful industry and the >ursuits thbat belong to it, or a return o bar barism. It is a question in which every citizen of the nation is Ieeply interested, antd with respect o which we ought not to be in a par isa~n sense either Republicars or Democrats, but fellow citizens and 'ellow men to whom thte interests of Scommon country and a common iumanity are dear. The sweeping evolution of the entire labor system rf' a large portion of our country, and he advance of four millions of peo >le from a condition of servitude, to hat of citizenship upon an equal ooting with their former masters, ould not occur without presenting problems of the gravest moment to eo dealt with by the emancipated ace by their former masters, and by lie general government, the author ~f the act ot emancipation, felt that t was a wise, just anid providential ect, fraught with good for all con erned, is now gener ally conceeded broughout the country, that some bhigation rest upon the National jovernment to employ its constituh ional powers and influence to estab, ish the rights ot the people it baa mancipated. to protect thoam in the enjoyment of those rights, when they are infringed or assailed, is also gen" erally admitted. The evils which afflict the Southern States, can only be removed or remedied by the unin ted and harmonious efforts of both races actuated by motives of mutual sympathy and regard, ad. ,hiJ6 in duty bound and fully to protO tle rights of all, by every constitutio* l means at the disposal of my adminis. tration, I am sincerely anxious to use every legitimate influence in favor of honest and efficient local self-govern, ment, as the true resource of those States, for the promotion of the con tinual and effectual prosperity of citizens. In the effort I shall make to accomplish this purpose, I ask the cordial co%operation of all who cher ish an interest in the welfare of the country, trusting that party ties, and the prejudices of race will. be freely surrendered in behalf of the great purpose to be accomplished in the important work of restoring the South It is not Jhe political situation alone that merrits attention, the material development of that sections of the country has been arrested by the se rious political revolution through which it has passed, and now needs and deserves the considerate care of the National government, within the just limits presented by the Constitu tion, and wise public economy; but at the basis of all prosperity for all that is well as fOr every other part of the country, lies the improvement of the intellectual and moral condi tion of the people-universal suffrage should rest u?;on universal edus cation. To this end liberal and per maneut provisions should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments; and if need, sup.. plemented by legitimate aid from the national authority. Let me assure my countrymen of the So%thern States, that it is my earnest desire to regard and promote their truest interests-the interest of the wh,ite and of the colored people egnially, and to put forth my best ef forts in behalf of a civil policy which will for ever wipe out in our political affairs the color line, and the distinction between the North and the Sout b, to the end that we may have not merely a united Soutb, but a united country, I ask the at, tent ion of thbe public to the paramount necessity of reform in our civil ser.. vice-a reform not merely as to cer tain abuses and practices of so called official patronage, which have come to have the sanction of usage in the several departments of our Govern ment,'but a change in the system 'of appointment itself, a reform that shall be thorough, radical and complete, a return to the principles and practi ces of the founders of the govern ment. They neither expected nor desired from public officera partisan service. They meant that public offi cors should owve their whole servise to the government and to the people. They meant that the public officer should be secure in his tenure as long as his personal character remained untarnished, and the pet formance of his duties was satisfactory. They bold that appointments to office were not to be made nor expected merely as rewards for partisan services nor merely on the nomination of mem t>ers of Congress as being entitled in any respect to the control of such appointments. The fact that both the great political parties. of the country, in declaring their principles prier to the election, gave a promi inent place to the subjects of reform of our civil service, recognizing and strongly urging its necessity in terms almost identical in their specific iw p'>rt with those I have here imployed must be.accepted as a Gonclusive ar gument in bekialf of those measures. It must be accepted as the expression of the united voice and will of the whole country upnon this subject. and h political parties are virtnallyi pledged to give it their undjvIde Support. The President of the Uni ted States, Qf necessity owes his elec tion jo the office to the suffrage and zealous lAbqrs o a political party, the members of wbich cherish with ardor and regard as of essential iin portance the ptineiples of their party organization, but be should strive to be always mindful of the fact that IlW serves his party best who serves' tle country best, in furtberance of th le form we seek and on other impor-1 tant respects, a change of great ims portance, I recommend an amendf. ment to the Constitution, prescribing a term of six years for the Presiden tial office and forbidding a re elec, tion. With respect to the financial con. dition of tt.e country, I shall not at tempt an extended history of the embarrassment and prostitution which we have enffered during the past three years. The depression in all our varied commercial and man ufacturing interests throughout the country, which bogan in September,: 1878, still continues. It is very gratifying however, to be able to say that there are indications all around us of a coming change to prosperous times. Upon the currency question, inti mately connected as it id with this topic. I may be allowed to repeat here the statement made in my letter of acceptanc,-, that, in my judgment the feeling of uncertainty inseparable from an irredeemable paper currens cy, with its fluctuations of values, is one of the greaest obstaces to a re% turn to prosperous times. The onlv sate paper currency is oO which rests upon a coin basis, and is at all times promptly convertible - into coin. I si all adhere to the views heretofore expressed by me, in favor of Congressional legislation in behalf oA early re8umption of specie pay. ment, and I am eatisfied, not only that this is wise, but that the inter ests as well as the public sentiments of the country imperatively demand. Ptssing from these renmrks ppon Abe coudit ion of our owni ountry, to eQu) sider our r4dations with9thJer.sd, we are remindecd by the interpation al cornplicat ions abroad, threaten ing the peace of Europe, that one' traditional ru'e of non interference in the affairs of Foreign Nations, has proved of great value in past times, and onght to be strictly observed. The policy inaugurated by my hon ored predecessor, President Grant, of submitting to arbitration grave questions in dispute between our eelves and Foreign Powers, points.to a new, and incomnparable mode of settling international disputes the best instrumentality bor thme preservation of peace, and will, I believe, become a beneficent example ot course to be pursued in similar emergencies by other nations, it unhappily questions of difference shonld at any' time du ring the period of my administration arise betweep thme United States, and any Foreign Government. It will certainly be my disibsitlon and my hope to aid in the settlement of th~e same peaceful and honorable way, thus securing to our country the great blessing of peace and mutual good offices with all the nations of the world. Fellow citizens, we have reachetd the close of a political contest marked by the excitement which usually~ at tends thme contest between great par, ties whose members espouse and ad. vocate with earnest faith of their re spective creeds. The circumstances were perhaps in no respect extraor' dinary save in the el>seness and the consequent unity of the result., For the first time in the history of the, country it has been deemed best, ina view of the peculiar circumstances of the case, that the objections and questions in disput a with relerence tothe copnting. of the e)octoral votee qbotik be,loferred to the decision o P-r1bunal appoitted for,this purposec That. tribupal petablisbed by law to this sole-purpOsA, its members, all o thetn, wen. of Jong established repu tation' for integrity, intelligence an< wort:hite edkcise of: these, who ari also meinbers ot the Supreme Judi eitry,ehosen equally from both po Iltichl partM6. Its deliberation en llghte6a by the research and the ar guments of able counsel, was entitlet 'to'e fte)lest confidence of the A mer iJan people. Its decree has been pa tiently awaited and accepted as con clusive by the general judgment o the public. Four the pretent opin14i1 will widely vary as to the wisdom o the several conclusions announce' by that tribunal. This is to be an ticipated in every instace whore mat ters qf dispute are made the subjec of arbitration. Under the forms c law human judgment is never uner ring, and is regarded as othorwis than wrong by the successful party i th6 contest. The fact that two gron political parties have in this way sot Lied a disputo in regard to which gooi men differ as to the fact, and tlie laN no less than as to the proper course t be pursued in solving the questions i controversy, is an occasion for gonor al rejoicing. Upon one point there is entire un animity in public sentiment-that c conflicting claims to the Presidency must be amicably ancl peaceably ad justed, and that wlhen so adjustet the general acquiescence of the natio might surely iollow. It has been ro served for a (overnment of tho pe( ple whore the rights of suffrage is un versal, togive to the world the firk example in history, of a groat natio in -the -idut of strugglo of opposi tion party for power, hushing it parties tumult to yield the issue of th contest to adjustmont according ti the forms of law, looking for the guid ance of that Divine aid, by which thi Jestiny of Nation and individuals ar shaped. I cnlled upon you SenatLor Representatives, Judges, follow-citi, zoas hero and oeyry where, to uniti wit,h me in an earnest effort, to secure to our, oountry, the blessings, no only.of natural prospects, but of jus bico, peace and union --i union de ponding.:not upon the const,rnetion c force, but upon thre loving devotion c a free people, that all may be 80 0r dered and settled upon the host an< surest foundation, that peace an< bappiness, truth and justice, r'eligioi and, piety may be established amnonj us for all generations. A -Negro Watch Meeting T~Ihe New York Sun lhas a lonug ac CggnLt of a negro watch meetinj somewhere in. the South and it con tains a r4t extraoreary sermon from which the followinog extracts ar made: I'll tell you a little allegoric o speech by de figger. rth and Li< started out for to trabble. Thes stopped to drink itt de ribber of Jur dan. Truth was thinkinig no evil but lie pushed him, arid lie fell ii and was drowned. Lie got out, stol Truth's boots, anid, meetin' a cullu< pussoni who was rootin' 'round wha he had no business, entded into hin and 8ot up his habit ion. So Lie ha lowed to dwell along wid cullud folk ever since. It's my bizneas to 1)inrt ou dese tings to sense you of do tricks c de debble. Lie den sowed huis seed among us cullud folks. I axes yui ain't die a fac'? Djn't de produnc correspond with the seed?i No matter b,ew hungry you gite, you have faitb the L'nrd's gwine t feed you. De,re woe Darniel, a ma who 'was sot agin circus shows. D clown cotch h)imf prayin' out der' wir: der, and put him to starvte in tlme liorn den. De angel one day met Beeolze bub carri'soup'801 to his tarider', wh was hoeinu' Iris crap. Ebenezer comI a ridin along on a mule, Hie hat been to town to buy some wbiae Do mule lie seed theaagel,Iad je f kicked up and hknocked Sbooer heels over head,. and - Idrapt bis r wbiskey bottle. Relzebub he seed 4e f bottle and picked .up.. and put In ie .coat fall pocket. Ypu see lie found it, and dat make it 10444g 3 kotched Belzebub by is..F901- on IhI head, and tote WiraP, jie;as he was wid his tin bucket of squy and de bot tle of whiskey andbe drapt him i-n d. den where Daniel was. I ineber beard dat Dannel g drunk, but Scripter tells us Noah who was shy of m atei-, kept a bottle of Loosianner rum under his bed. f Some colored preachere say Noah I wos do casion of do brak folke in die f wise: Noah had one gal child nam, I ed Cane Anny, a sassy, dissipated gal who would steal her daddy's bottle - when lie wos asleep a*J drink hlis t rum. le ketch her4 one day tipy f and makin' a spectacle of horself. D olo man cussed her good fashion til 0 she turned right black in do face. I ' dont pend much on dat, ease it cun's ' be proved Cane Ann-s head got kinky No, my 'pinion is colored folks is do most wonderful production of natturu V dey-growed jis so. I axes who mnade dem I When was dey made, and whar I nobody answerm. Des* p'ints can't be proved by de Bible; dars ntfin in do Holy Writ about Cnegroes, and dat eireumstance shows dey is a nation 'eulia to dere own na tions, an' Ie nebber seed dat one was I, not proud of his color. De 'plootle n says to do 'pistle, 'lJiow thysell.' I - 'terprets dat, 'B.3 ye seekers after knowledge how you's so. comically made in do flesh.' You have all seoAd the blisterp on n de sycamore tree; da' sireumstance is a berry interedi' fac in do bible a Dere was a very small colored man D named Nigger Demos. He kept public houwe and dune his own cook. Ing. He heard one of de 'eiples done borrowed a ginney and was comin in great glory to preach. Nigger De mos thot if he could only get to see dat good mnan de 'Jnumbager be car iied in de small of his back would L, cease. H1eario iu)ksp a spitoutin bp flung down his dish cloff aq went* out to ase de 'ciple, but by.e 'easiorp of his stumpy legs lhe ceuldat' see Sni flin. A big ey camore was growin Sright before lisa cabin, so lieslhined up dar' an.d looked down at do 'cipI. who went ridin' by and nebber seed Nigger Demos. Po r Nigger De os did cry I Lie was so hurted, his tears was so hot dey blistered de bark whiarover dey touched. 'one of dem tears hit de jinney on her baclk and hurt her' so bad she kicked up. s Da~t -ciple den looked up and seed Nigger Demos and said: Come down ,poor fellow ! I'll stop at your bons 3 and take a glass of your 'simmon beer N igger Demos was prond of do hon.. r' 0r. Sycamornes been blistered ever 3 sinice. Now, we must bury our 'heads in do dirt and pray long and fer vently. I hope iny endeavors to give you do true light to carry you froo de next year will bring forth fruits without insects. The Lord be wid y ou all. "There, that explains whore ma clothes line wont to!" exclaimed a Yankee woman, as she found her hue band hanging in the barn. SA controversy is threatened as to a whether Joe Bradley understands the ~, nature of an oath. An illinois .Jus C Lice of the peace once asked a witness a question of this sort; and the candid f Hoosier answered that he didn't uneW o derstand the nature of an oath until ri the defendan t called him "a kamned e rascal," and after that he thought be .know what iL meant. S When the Breton mariner pots to' sea his prayer Is: "Keep me my. Gode my boat is so small and Thy ocean se 0 wide." Does not this beauBliripFayw or truly express the. condiino ai - ot us?