The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, June 12, 1890, Image 1
h r I -TA N., s 'N C2. rV A. ST
' U IE SWORW.
I T mAS PLA (ED A GREAT PART. BUI
IT IS DOOMED
serJ111 by Dr, T19l1ittgo na t the IIInklyj
Acnilemy -Tie Sword na SeeI iI t tie lillit
-Tn Use neldl AlbIKo by Na imnm-Tio4
Tawim co,1iZn 'Whenk Nitt lon ShAl NE
1ore.lIfl . w . iowrd Agunia t. Nattitoln.
BROmOKIs N. Y., Jtne 5-hp
lain T. D Witt Tauago lut Sun
(lily preacied the aniual Keronilo he
fore the Thirteentli regimeint, in tic
Academy of Music. The titaff-oflicers
and 1 meibers of the regimenit were
inlunieditely inl front of the plitforll,
and their friends thronlged the gal
leries. The hymn sng w:s the Nat
iomil Air:
''MyV ('otl it'y. ,ll.i 'Ot ti.-'.
5'WveT. lati 431IfI aberty."
The subject of the serllnll Was.
"-The Swvord- -Its Missionl and1( it.,
Dooni." The text, Isiialh xxxiv. 5:
Mfy 8vord shall be batlied in1 heav
hiree hullred and fifty oile tilnes
does tihi( Bible spvalk of that sharp,
kveen, curved, inlexorable weapon,
which 1lash81ez uponl us fromu the text
---the sword. omictiies the ilention
is applatudatory and sometimes danIi
atory, sometimes as drawn, sOllie
tiiiies Ias Sheathed. Inl the lible, amid
il inich seculair literatirc., the svord
repr("esets all javelins, all nmitslet.,
ill (.41billes, hl gulls, lilt police<ldubs,
ill ba.le-axes, all w,'y for pys
ical defeice or' liti Oek. It would be
anl iiteiestdin;'1hi1g to give the his
tory of the Plough, and follow its fur
row all dowln liough the ages, from
the firt crop inl Cliddenl to the last
in Minn1esota. It would be iiterost
ing to follow tle penl as it- has track
ed its way on down through the liter
ature of niationls. from its first word
in the first book to the last word
which some author ]last. nighit wrote
as he closed his tianIuscript. It would
b)e an interesting thing to counit the
echovs of the hanunier from the first
nail driveni, downi through lil the
lmiechanlism11 of centuries to the last
stroke inl tile carpenter's shop yester
(aly. But, ill this, y annual serion
as chaplain of the Thirteenth regi
iient, I propose taking up1) a weapoln
thatt hits done ia vork that ieither
plow nor pen nor hammer * ver ac
coliplishied. My theiie is tile sword
--its mission anld its doolm.
The sword of the text. was bathed
ill heavel: that is, it wa.; 81avord of
righlteouNIess, as anlolther sword may
bv batled( ill hell,ald be t lie Sword of
Crne11lty mid wrong. There is it grerat.
difi'-relnev betweenl the sword of
Wiiklereid anld the sword of Cataline.
betwenii the sword of Leonidas and
thesword of Benediet, Arnold li
our. efrt to hasten the (Id f war,
we have hung the swomrd with ablises
and execrations, 'lien it has had a
divinv miission, and wvhen miany Vcri:;es
of lie world's history it has swung
for liberty and Jistive, civilization
anid righiteousiess aid (God. At ihe
Very openinlg 'of t l, Bible, and (oI th .
cat side of the Gardeni of Eden lGod
phfiteed Ia flatminiug 5word( to defenid the
tree of life. Of the oflicer of' thlelaw,
St. Pau1ll declares: "Hie heareI'4th1 not
the swor'd imi vaim." Through Moses
G od commanlndedl: "Pt every man
his sw~ord by3 his side." David, in
1ius pr'ayer', says': "Gird thy swvord
upon01 thy thigh, O) miost miight."' Omie
of the old battle shouts of the Old
Testamnent wasIL, "he' sword of the
Lord(lan d of G1 idleon." Christ , in a
y great exigencey saiu1, that, suc(h a wea-'i
j)on wals more1 impilortanimt. thian a ('oat.
for lHe declared: ''He t hat hathi no0
Ewor'd, lot himit sell his garmiuenit and
1b1uy one." Again He delares': "I
comle mnot to senld pceI', but: a swor'd.
Of Chrmist's second comling it is said.:
"Ouit ot H is mioutli went a sharpll,
two-edged swor'd." Thuns, souiio't imes
figuraltiv'ely, bult ofteneri literaIilly, I lie
dlivmle missionl of the( sword is anl
n oiunced.
WhIat, m1oreO concentr'atedl ting inl
tile world thanu Joshua's sword, 0r1'
Caleb',s swor'd, or (Gideomn's sword, or
D avid's swordl, or Washington's <
swor'd 0or Mai'ion's sword, or Lafay
(tte i sword, 01' Wellington's5 swor'd,
(or Kosciusko's sword(, or Garibaldi's I
sw'ord, or' hlundr'eds of' thousands of
againi beeni bait.hed ini hieaven. Swordi|
of thaut kind hiave been1i ihe besi fr'ienlds
of the humanili ralce. Thley haIve' slin C
I3yrannIIies, pr1iedl oj)en2 (1ungeonis, anld
cleaneCd the( wayt3 for1 ntfionsi ini thei'
march uipwvarid. It wias betteCr for I
Ilhema -to taike the sword( ~i a )n' efr i'C
than20 lie unlder' the oppreCssor's hleel
and( suifl'r. There is somaeini,g wor'se'
than deazth anid that is lifeI if' it, muist
,crmige anmd cr'oueh before the wrong.
'Iurn'i over' the leaves of the w~or'1l'
hiistor'y, amid finid thatt thereI' hast nieveir
been a tyr'anny stoppedl 01' a naitioni
1l(ierated except by the Hword(. I am11
niot ,talking to y'ou about the way i
timgs ought t,o b)e, but about the I
wayv they hiave beenu. What forcei
dr1ove b)ack the Sar'acens at Tours,1
and( kept Euhrope from bmeing over
subse<iuently, all Amer'ien& giv'en over '
to Mohammuedaniismi? T1he swor'd of1
can dleal enough in infinities to tell
wvhat was accomplished for the( woilId's,
goodl by the sword of Joan1 of Are'?
In Decemiber' last, I looked off' and
sawV ini thl distance the I)t.II'e} 1o
M~ar'athonm, and I asked myself whait<
was it that, on that mlost t.remnd(ouIsi
(11a3 im history, stopped the Persian
hosts, representinig not onily P>ersia, 1
but Egypt, and Tripoli, and Afghan-.
ustan, ando Beloochistan, and Arme.
nia; a host that had Asia under foot
aRn propOso(d to put Euriope unidr'
foot. and, if sucessnful in that bmat1le:
would have submlerged by Asiati
as at Consequence in tfter f inm
American civilizition? The sword
of Atiltiade, and Themistocles. nm
Aristides. At the waving of thes,
SwOrds, tie 11,0()( lancers of Athem.
on the run, dashed against the 100,
000 msolent Persians, anld traimple(
themiil down or plihed tlleii back int,
the seal. Thc sword of tiat (iay save(
the Lest part of the heimiispliere, I
trnity of keen steel flashing in ft
two lights---the light of the settill
sui of barbarism, the light of 0h,
rismill suni of civilization. Hail t<
these three great swords batlied ii
Ileavel!
What V uIIt uan (ld to iifiaimous Louli
XVI's planl of u1niversal comiuest HI
which England would have heel
Ilfde to kneel on the steps of the
Tuileries and the Anglo-Saxon rakc
would have 1 been halted and all EU
rope parialyzed? The sword of Mml
borough, at Blenheim. Tiie :aic
wihenl the Itoian war eagles. who.
beaks had been punched into the
lieart, of nations, mu11st be broulight
down from their eyries. All other
at I'ltlipts iad disgracefully failed, but
the Gerians, the iigltiest, iationl
for bnam aItid brainl, uni1dertook th'
work, and under God succeeded.
What drove back the Rom en1 Cvalry
till thle horses, wounded, flung their
riders and the last rider perished,
and the Herevnian forest, bee:aine the
senle of 1tome's humiliation? Thu
sword, the brave sword, the triumn
phiant sword of Arminius. While
passing througlh France last Januarv
ily inerves tingle'd withii excitveml(ei;
and I rose inl the ear, tlie hoter to(
see ihe 1 hattlefiel1 of Chalons, ihe
Mounld'; and bre1 st.works still visible.
though nearly 500 years ago they
were shovelled up. There. At tila. the
heathen mouster, (nlled by himself
the "'scourge of God for the puniish
iltent of Christi:uis," his life a imssa
ere of nations, camne to ignominous
defeat, anid he put inl one g'reat pile
the wooden saddles of his cavalry,
and the spoils of the citics and king
dois he had sacked, and placed oI
top of this holocaust the women who
had accolipanied him in his d(evastia
ting march, ordering that the torch
de Put to the pile. What, power
broke that. sword, and stayed that
red sCourge of cruelty that was toll -
mng over Eirope! The swod of The
doric ank Actius.
To come dovn to later ages, all
intelligent Englislimen unite with all
intelligent-Ameriem is in saying Ihat,
it was the best, thing that the Amei
el coloilies swung off from i he gov
riinent of Great Britain. It woul
have bect the worst absurdit y of 1.
000 years if this continent, should
have contited its loyalty to a thronc
on the othier side of t lie sea. No one
would propose a goverior general
for the United States as there is a
governor general for Canada. \e
have had splended <ieens in our
American capitol, but we could hard
Iy be brought to support it (Iteeln on
the other side of the Atlantic. lovely
mad good as Victoria is. TIh onlY
use we have for earls al lords and
dukes in this country is. t treat t IteII
well when they pass through to their
h1unting grounds in the Far West. or
wheni their fortunes have failed. rein
force themtit by wea'lthy mtriin'itoniial
:illince. JtIagine t his naition vet at
Ipart of English possessions! 'The
I'trouble the mnother' (outry is to -
lay with Ireland wouuld be a para
haici ('Ondition1 compared wi tI thle
[roub)le sIhe woul have with us.
Enuglanid and the United States make
'cellenit neighbors, but. the two famn
lies tire too large to live in the same
iouse(. Wh fat a god-send t hat we
hioul have parted, anid paIrt ed long
tg! But I can think ini no other
nly ini which we could have possibly
ichieved Amiericani inidepen dem-e.
l('orge the Tlhirid,thohaitlf-cratzy kintg,
hvould. not hiave let us go. .L4ord
North, his primte miniuister, would not
iaye let us go. (Genlerail Lor~d C orni
~vallis would not let us go, althoultgh
flter Yorktown lhe was gau entouigh
o) have us let him go. Lexington,.
md( Bunker H1ill, andti moth, t
md1( Trenttoit, andt( Valiley Foige, wvere
)1:OOfs puositive that. they were niot
villimg to let us go. .Aniy conutite(
>f Ameruin going ncross ihe ocean
0 see what (could have been~i done(
voulld.hatve found no better acicomi
inodations tlhanu L..ond(on Tower The
hily waiy it could havi~e.been (lone wasIi
>y. SWOrd. Jeffer'soni's peu couldh
vr'ite the Declarationi of Inidepe
hence, but only Watshintgton's sword
ould havt~e achievedl it, iand the other
wvord~s baithled ini hieaveni.
So now the sword hias ifs uses, al
hough it, is a sheaf beds wvordc. Thiere
N ntot tan armttor'y ini Urtooidynt, or New
a'ork, or' Philadelphia. or ChItira':.o, or
hariilestont, oi' New O)rleans, or1 anyt
\m ericani city, that could1( be spared
W\e hiave in aill ouri Ame'ricanit citiies a
-ufliani )oputlation whio, though ther
tre smaltl ini numbfiher, 'ompareit'(d wit Ib
i good population, would again ,ai
Lgaml manke r'ough tand st ormyt tiime's
f, back of our mayors tad encontil
ni flie armietis andxt arsentals someli
CCoon steel wvuhi, if brought int o
)lay, woutld imtake (tuick wor'k withl
ntoboeracy. TLhiere are in ('very'~ grt('
ike a row on a large scale, anid t hey
tent themiselves with sour miash ui
>d rye and otherideoctios,enr0h1ice
vith blue vtdriol, lpotash, tui'jent
Luie, sulgar of lead, huIlphinu'ie tiid,
ogwood, strychnine, high t shade aIh
>thter pre'ciouis mngr'edient, anid take
lown a wh ole glass withi a resoitl.
ng "Alh. of satisfacetion. WXhieii
hey get thait stufi in them, and the
>luie viti'iol 'olles with thie l)otash-i
Ld tlie turpentine wvith the sulpliu.
'iC ac~id, the vietimts are' readi(y for
my thing biut order' and1 decener and
good1 governument. Again and( agai,
mn our Amnrican cite. li-t te hi(''
ii tly of homlle g.u11;ds" beenl dtnI(onrvsf
You renlimber, how, whewn 41m;.
diers wvere au'l away in. (I,. w:a. i:
18031_61, what c<n:llag rations WO
kindled ill the trects of N ..v Yor.
and what llegro.w" werv hung . i-)ooI.
of ymu r-vinwinb i), h14 Ir.at rIts i I
Philaudelphi.) aIt, ires, ;oIictilnics kinl
dled jiust. 1*' I he o portulity of 11)
roarl nud deioti.t 11in. 1 8i9 .
-hiss atat flc tr(, -woul iharc relsltec
NiN\w York jiel. mje il i lv(IIi111I4i
iA> bef 11 I < t- . t he elier
iCt11 nctm r rE-:win Por t
evived inl -'l l:n fromn tlh frivinds oJ
3nr. 11wrmud, Jl English avlor
wheln i.m at0-r alqp1ared inl New
oiric in 11ainbth h, vie. ditinui-h(I
En.,lisl Iunall wi'i hlise( and Ilobbed,
thef wvalls of thef(. ci tY h:avv beln pla
car-ded wvith t he ann11outnlcoi1int:
i"Shll Aniericais4or English rulif!
this city.'" Stri-vt -were 11lled with :I
cro.1*VA, insarle with passion. 111
riot wvas ra,but it onl evke
loude'r y-llk mid heavier vollvy:s (d
stones, and t hlwob' NVIiU v wa WIirvnt
Viend Nvith vi<:lince al aassination.
But tlu. Ssv-ltli n ueld, 01"Ip;
Genl. h'anm4lal throi-hI roid
Away, pr-cror lc,l bly 1illniwd la rop11,
all(- at, ti -c. il:elc "-'irc! (G uari:
.Firv:!-eio s(-atteredl, andl N(,w%
York wvas savd. \\'hat wolul l1av.,
becollte ()! ('ui r ;I ), Ii\ t or 4 iI.
ItlaeiliI 1 wil l polive hy dc I(4 144 41
yea Will e lf-e. 11, 1 n i I ,1 t (1 11
I I,lI' svit'h 'is, It-U latilS i s: I 1ir
:1.llill:4i1 (4f It '.11iary h r e.'n
iVO. Do nlot cbar,, - uiCh sc(ne
tupoll A lli icall it ot i il).(I T It.
are,(, ats (hi) as the in 1111 0i
howle-1d f,or t w\. honI( n; in Il'aulI 's t i InI
ab1 out ithl Iheat re amid th 111 uv, <I
-whivih L stood la .wao-y Thcj
wel'(' witli's ctl ill IC1 ,. ill Londiw >.
wIleltK hci :d.h :1 g 'e
Lll cilltc1'rcl il il(lili1 i to ) 4)111 tilt'.
inncIhinery of th's . wh, heaust (f
t ji-ll VOL'w lvilt : o U ll ( llT ' l
t I-w 1eSt. ,Ilwy wei4re wv il1c.;ist'd f l1
17:41 at the laIria) o)f L on! I ( ;hl 1or1'' ( WV
do1 w. iwrc thof is a r liio 'us riot.
AgainI], inl 171 ,. w1l., I ih rah bbdd. cri"d.
"Donil with h >1o it byt rhuiait;is:
)(\wn with nwetil.:, hi : Ther
ha-Var lme it .. ,:'ql Vd--y ill be,
inl ginca.t lou u i i - v!;..- .;
ph. that m:no1 11trn themlve
: I ' ich nh 111ur 1 ;.ucannt
g()ven. anld 0ih-r :zr,- e:xi.,encies
wl cll t)("Jll.; i 1) l h 1r( , I c.ll I I
m t. AY01 tihte Ilnilii.ia 1-. thev Very
last regil nt thla't e i 1 will be 1af4 to
disbandt.
A'rhitr. n -1nIt will In"ke h p of
War ,i ween ?.1tion -t( I .in: .tion, and
natimnal arnlit'S will k h: 44 .i a - m -4 .
Sequwiece, mad the t inw. will coma
(410d hst .. n it: -W1111ill ln' wvill bc
no0 ne(ed of an Amifriva;i army or jut
vy, or i .l('issial a mllly or n.ny. .1t11
SonIIV tinwic alI'r ba.,itiswill lul-e t o
keep thiril. arli11 4rices u4d r 4inils:4
wOl. drillvd mlitti Ibevaus un'ic i til the
Iillcunnial day there N,ill be popzlh
tionls with whom ;m-b'intninIt will Ib
as imnpossible ats tre-aty with a1 :1aver*(,n
of hyenas or a .jugle <f simkvs.
These 11mCw11'vho r-ob 1t(r1*V1.- m0111 give
garrot(.r-S lilig, ad prowl alboul the(
wharves at 1i i' :l-l iaf . l e( I-Alth the
tli(-!l in ull nblin!" h ls, ti( a g( ) armild
with pIS4 411"i <ik whInill rwrin fml
1iturb1nce 1'o1(f t puikl 1pwae ju1).
ni prmoporion l Iht.hv - 11114
:Ou')I awkwan :uml. Auhil in iunger of
shotin1g'each ille 144>y54 m'l'ist.d4, or
los144in t eir own ' lif by1k1>king)1'own
l.1ad4 Il,n o 11. ge ig lteir nin-o tha(t
lIi1C h 4In, I A P s ill it, W3is.iSsip
i:1 th , .\bAthain, h1av I nV . ee
wo n ri J-d r ih h t flkow!. C 1111 1(
ndhi tIrfi'n If n.surtrect-in, :
tihey .n th0e blu flowers il
uStrAiv (If the SkiP.A 11hr711u9h whieh
t hey aseclded.
Bu tt thc -,wond is- don.Thivr(b
is ne w nI t Ihat 1weds t:) he IN.I i t ten I
Inl (vory thrmiw rn1, inl (,vry war.
oflev. ill vV(Ty 1MVyy yard. ill every
Initional coincil. 'I'T:tt vm t i- diN ?
artnaninC1t. iti o v-erTlIjI(etf cnn
_11,'ord t o O.hrmw it s.; v%(nrd nwayut ti
. tht, gre-at -.1vbr;n 1t11\im
a rt d t" d(I t he "'alnc. Ti1'o4
1the ilnih:lql; lir the0 r111 nA minv n
tiont of Nortil a l Atlirvi.ze:li
gover tlncnti a-;t4 'jolhino . to ). IA!d
11"wonigh the. Pca:w. Cmnventimn to) b.
blhI l n'xt .J Ily il 1 ,01i il )n, .1:u t ot h0
v w ts " In wI h p;41 It' , inani" 4.
andl(I n g.,.lA <liens, nd II sulII.,l I n
andt exars shal tako xrt, aill civiediz4
liait ions will cmll> I , di:,m :
and44 it" a few\ hb :u1-i:ml nesthrn
I 't <-.: : thenl all Ilc'( 1 < t 1un
t ioni'l v.-li S.Pnid %u n . - 4of cm int i
1m-l. ud ihl. !"t< w i / ' xviI i" I .
1 f 0i th v f:t tiri th Ini iser -n II t.
. It :I Ii.al 111l ul:tl( I lie I d v'mIit
al l .11 .1 eat )ij'j-;l' il y1 1iW
l I' ven InI It 1hat d IIn.tlt s it:
fortni,;s e :111d pi s it gulns 11u11
b- 'kt it I W:nt w l i p i- 1y I -
vitv its twit -11struotion. Hupp-..
b ("r for i :,ue encral an nn,1'
- in i i li ti Irow away iho' su>ili
Ihink y uh' 'r:iu hai l fIrai,4jn \in
(' rl<i8 h iN \\) <t-ll 1CC in i - ln ' sin 14 gl.C U
('t'SSLP kill ia ( iei-i s ,ji raw I A
NI Wie (.in-i: lanW Inn wL m sna il il
tsn' - ;iil I , 'C l(l l 4' si 'IIs. i.1 I. l : rew
-Ml slitil l l ag<FcIl; ! ';,ll lit idt
til.,i)t- 1 ,y ; swq>d, ;Al: il'. (-a!-h .S
:III! vulturs aindt li<ms1, of( -urp,
pmvw .r woumld .:' h forn piecf 401 thet
i s4)118 a: IrI 'i lVis. II lit' Vitst
- ,;:uT<M.'liel i o lf a liuntlt.IIC hliut.
Iw l1n be.Im-fore the N:.u-rvowsI 1!' t )ui
hi.irkor wo l be nh111"zm wvithi th<II
' il ling <f f> - n luni'm C.'rilim
c to : theA ' tfl "Aly ()f t i ' "-Mon
fl it CJe l w'sle tui twi' ( .)'gI --l-'d t
vlti III111 iti~8 1 i 't. d it
l1111st go. Complete zanntwt uni
2111)8 it) lisal-Invilt. At the sIn
ninu0aC1t. l t off ha lt" all nations half
nI IZ. A It the s:lne (10n1l1:', 1li ( i
"g-roild arlil' " a.ll Iell ts 11uIp1
I )..'. A t t ii aIt 1 11011 1d
l'r'nk r:liks all:
This ayIl lircl (fIn ou Milk.
Th" i:lin11 - ar-iy :;i ith Il i-h1n:it
f >n. F4E nglani d m.nft's to fet
ndrf it' iti1nannyv i:. b ii n u
by it, Utis"ian n l taxcd to) da1 btI
with it iupI s hn I thC. raillions
AI(d idei 1,1c' ~1~ 41I 1 4L fl r
of4 enbeloinl' SI the Shitdifg
ni'r. Iivi o)f wAv rb :nd ill abs Ahite i4Lle
s f -e p -Imi ve i nf st (i dlive s,
cosnnr.Wmul no4It the( world's,
prolt.ritis i( r, :Ca,li teiv world's
i1. i( Illh 1wtcr! O hI r e yuIn . !h
llte Ict l nlish ilen tha. \vtwn i.s nI I
c'stry t o khill 'el'(e surplfuls Ipoplnl
timn ofm, th.earth,. and" thati withou,it it,
tim worb wi ild b)(. sf c1iWe4 d he
VM l vocm I hf n rl4s'rved vatsa :Ini
10)41ufsteil , Ah I thilnk w1e4. l:i' trus-t
in.: d he SIl f 1ers,1'1 andll il1L I 's
('i4nnf Irippe oW kil lt' the. peoplI. Ias
worb'.lt Slets ftool l tl wi telil t blwup
th'ew o li concern11 n( ~ Il at anolii c ther '
v <rl( :f 11l4n 14'1et tIAr tife Ildst 1':lt,
of'aed. Ai sait.: t'Ih' ick loft th na
peitentiharo u~y, an heti luies ('Ijh' o
' . I Ih 11 1 oT I If .14 w a qter!
A 1 d1'Vtr1!1 .\ 4Ilte IIt! i11 -ler 4e411 "'s
Ai e w:u-25' h: 11wru'h LIchi ruelrs
how W W1 illw. o I n I' tIv 11v o t OI ldI I
couh l s end insonli- diliailed
f4rt n-, throug-h which the I stor illy
w itI o I wl. (uive I hini f(or aI )ill,ovw a
hat tered shiwl l let his bed bv
l1:in wit h the r11stoledI Ityonets of the
slainI. (Cver himn with llte coarmest
b141wta iht picLet ever wore. uid let,
Iis (11lY uip hv )4' the bleaclhed honle of
i o),t, his war-char--ers, Iuit the last
t a per by his bedside cxpirv t' the
lih Iih blast sighs into his var:
IT'l.w ll of the( 'wicked shall be)
put mut.- Toniiiht.against t1h sky of
Ilhe !jloriOui fuit urn, I sevi a"great blaze.
Ii i" a ; foImId ry inl full hhast.- Th'le
W(Wokinln hmve stirrved the fires ilotil
t11.1 hunI1:1cees are soveil fiimes heated.
Thm 1.a:,t wagon load of tle world's
s1onilas been hauled into tle
foundr, :lll tllh..y are h ullblvd into
(1ho 1,urnace. su1d tIly Iginl to glow
au-d reddenl a12d m(elt. and il hissilg
uisakigliquid t hey r-oll onl
d wni tl-14 thl e c(.vive of rock tinl
til 1l1Y fall i i nl) 2t 11old shaped like
I1w irin foot f 21 l.gh. Then the
liid1141 vo11" off into at hard Imletal,
and,1 bru ut out (Inl anl aivil. it, is
heat n :i[ poun<-d 1n1141 fashioned.
s Irtokv !ter st-rokc, 1nitil that which
was Ia" ; I waponl to reap harvests o f
1141en1 Iwc o -ws till illiplenll ent turnint.,
ihe soil for ivirvst 40f corn,l--t swo11r1 d '
h vilng. l hi e w (plowsIar.
(Mliccr:- :ni co a e fit thet Thir
Ill, i ut he ye111 r4 1 of '-i p t tl f - ula]an t 1n
I':1 1111L4 11 4 1. Y(I.Z11 I. I2111 IA .l: IS I (I IL.'
<! intnv I yo w it a ;:Ialut -
I i2 ) in: l i up 'io f v I w I wS. toII
14'-(w. I It t l w Il res4' Id"' ev lin
t14 t Y 4 it of Iw be1 1 1, Iw l m lcr
h Iu,I lct Its dodientc ourh ves
ancw t1 o 1o, I1 :. IIi I counltryv and hlollc!
I n th I I A - is cmnilict, called "The
\\:r I! thll s, aw!.- . whitf. rosw was
tIe h:e'1 1e14- o. '1'f th housi-1 Ie I -i of Yori, and
1i1- red rw;c ithe blad.!e of flw flllusv
(of 1 -:tm-a I st'r. : I with th e I wo coIl
I ws I h Y 1 1 ps ei e I vachlI 1. r In ha)'it tO2.
14' i \ t u in Ihe I ( I 1[ y \\'iVar fr w Il
tat ' 1 ill th i 4 ' 1 (' 2 i1 1iat i., wr n mg'
I pill ovter youmr henart, t wo luo)It(
-( 4 t I414- u ve 1121' of I he b d Sh ed .( I
wo )IuIr re-Cth-11npt ion an the III oither
!YnIolilt Iof a1 (ill liv:uh whitec and
1( -.1 I lqso of mar ILI a I(l t lI I
AY:.j4'i~ of 1)w 4 Val.. II Iv. I I1:124I2' 44 4'c
I I Ii a ,142t4'. Y I)l ,o
hV y I- Ihi b An'
1i~ ily G ;''. -14 :l12' J: .o
RETURNS FROM ORECON."4
I. v u I n )11' li r --2 at I A '4m41 1 A2 V
I 24 r111'. ans2e1 Ibera'wt' 4 4sic overao-. 4
I lil' s froi il il.- s ite verY i'11111_
p1 ic. The olection of f erman ( lie
pl 4idwa l 1,s "1. )'1 HCl 2 I . )F's.V Isll
I I. (h1ver1 t 1 wl is ill donbul. jf i he
ch.vers in fn vor f 'e11t m1111>yer. ( l)i
ocrat ). T'I'l H-puiblicanns ch-e. ilml
rin1.1ndeur oIfmlit 'Stale .t!i(.1 a lld a
1 . .11oit 1 i t b 1 1 br:lnhc s I fthe
W i t T4111 - 114 or l 'alac1.
( -. \ 111\'ison a 1 :1T1xa I r11,
r'n h ii N,-,\ York ill' I .httv hr parf. of
N .nI 4i r with a c<'11on4' ni1 11 o f
'i-11 'w<4 24 a~ I-i I a2 i i purchase'14 112y
ii1n \dal'e, ial w' eet b L hi e ' Ix
I(1l1 l et I hi' the14 lt'n'ia.. ()44 4122
aft e noon 4of 124' inber 2 I Ih4)4e op' ra.
Iin 'was '114 (1rf 2rin4 by1 I rs . .L . 4I ',.
several141 n,on hs4( 1\\'i1o4 .012 ,: nouri21'sh
.n1-it4through a 2slver iuh,.\:l. iner'b-114
il4s his2 44-sopha4S. ju ls b4eow the.
1n ' i s want" 1in 11: the h sital 411 . 4{i
:4t 4reat1deal, hmu-n-r,'S hsm4)''4 t(' i ta
tion42 1b1in2 d4)fective.h li1)5will ,)21o1y
spea 444112So 1wbat rlkulai2h-. '2iThLe
lot' fodf taste :uI)'41 W'1inell. d4 wll
1124 141id 1is a very di)icult tas for1y
hhn,Ib as he4 1124 lost1the' power to
ilp5444 143'1 whichtheo 4)1gu giv'1es.c
\\atson was2k'lpi aig al.)41Sb in erp ou-r for
(Wit EIFIlTION I' WS
DECLARED BY THEdREPUBLICANS TO
BE OUNCONSTITUTIONAL.
AItImitslerivigsympiisb oft Pl*rekim-- N v
Slliot1 4 .11 h Pi 'll- l 1o)t 1 (I)qj
I osw 'iii te' ohMne Elect iin tDi
WASIiII-rN, D). c., nt e i.-ei t
nIijmrity reportiIk i Ihe caseof I l leur vS.
llio tt ft-i l i ll,r e ' 1 . s 'i re StitI
Ellitt romthesevnth South Caro-t
liia district Was Sinitted to th iI f
Holus Colillittee onl Elvetions this
ni n 'ori h eport, is somewhat aI
w n11satinial inl that t the very begin -
uinig it. declares that the( vintire South I
Caroliina registrationa and elciny
laws ainii. constitutional. Thu ha- e
sis for tihis dec.I.lraLtion ats datc(d inl
thle report is that thlle State Ilw imo V
poses ai 111n11ber of restrictions 111o <PI
tie 14'rcise of the right of mufralY . l'
which are inl conflict With thMint ,ti t
Constittioln. The Costibutiol te t
prives at personl of th' rights of Sut a
frage only uponl conviction for IuIIII
der , fulony , dulellinl-f .(,:l Irao .
ThSt laStitl fwsi prohibit tie cxrcisc
of thl.e right, of slifra"t. by persois t
wh%-to Were nltit ilb t) ruzistcr i. I
IKSI and nIleh-ted to d() Kso, alls)\
those who in'0Ve11 it' t hSt at a<lt
nelecd tted t riter ait the fiir I-c
istration and on tlS. eho sold their
re istration certitittes for Ia vallm
ble consideration. The rpt,ort sayvs I
thata niuner of nie-igos have beein
con1411elled by poverty 'while wvaitinlg
the( mnaturity of the( cottonl crop to
ne111Otitato their vvrtifientv.< to tnader.;a
wI inIaIeIIdiately Send ih m tIto p iliti <
(i 7he vhileartr ith (1. w esut t tha t
tih Ic-trwer. arix per>ilaenwill I ':'li
franWhi,1vi. After layini;,, d wil t III
pr(ps): i it n thi e report lik v'Is t
d the lergal aspects, 4of the <It c
tion fnon the stial tan-point tal
reci':1V St falCt 0t.0 li ftithat t pro
VIne(Its wh at Iaeou lt to lanl , d111ca
tio ild test ani ! thrveilire an ilIc"'al 'i
iest ) w st'i ilvledi bY lettering ) IIc
1i1m'lot toxe" Which wtere sivparatc in
thw case 4'feach '1i lev,1i and that vo)tt.rs,
Wel'tr dvcCiVed byt1 ui)Lt ilten ltiOnatl Shift
ill of )x s o that the udes ( I
1tio wIl blo t) throw oult all
ballots cast inl the. wronm bxs.Thr
was Ialso, Says the- report,. viIt'I
of hal)t box fstfulit, ,oinl':lir up,
it is fodli il that, t i t e i po)Sitioin1,
inost favorable o ihesittilir. tiu inuber,
ti(he contestant, it'll'r hadl a ntjuift y
of 7>7, 'while, if tiht law was t rictly
rr
m vvd. haziltliso I4 lit'y iS'llilItcach
$4 .ig) w;ilmm-Wi 1731 f"it' u' ri)514 N iv r
p44n. ill( lit loity rulmlrt.
Meni<d 4I'Servive Pensin,
l ASiI NW'ot N, I-). ('., Jti f :t.-- It
a ' I ' esI1'erday ))(v lit, Senlat or
Davis Itid Re-pr'esenltative eri,
cl.11.'n11 of I'th. two re. llIliNilve on
Itesioll, it was belit-ve< h n
Iatrenilt, would bte fially ad f
111allyyreached to-daty by t he colnfer-O's
I' te gencn penl.sionl hill. i'ut
wli stw H llse coniferev, cn ulitp
I MoNil's Nvhioing io Ihe iistruchions
of f liII. Repuibliai calfns of last,
hto m'innininil thie principle (
c pensions, it was 2Imit' St 1I.at,
air wtlcoul not hbosevicunSatill
der th(oSe. coliitions Meil t i i vot tio
n-pot :t, ig43 11ev i t Io ite rtsplr
f.]i)ve bonss w:ts a1 thed. I thet
vIot-e1 pensiov(o' fthiue was4heg.]
.one tt('ud iri of i-lit' JleI tpl)1wh -b ih
.A(h'noue. lo p's , ,1ne1.-leatle Tall a
tintl i in a posit' in to hn-i
MR. PORTER AND HIS CENSUS.
1hot Tetlpervr Talreti Witer n fo fat
()n'jec:t 144 1>I) Qutes l.onii ,'Except in Inwr
Ap I dpIin IIls ffIn iho CrI InalII Claswvoes.
W.minIIo, .June 1.---- -tObVert4, P.
*rter, superintenvident of the CV1nsus,
mns recevivedl telegramlls from about
>Ie hrildred superlvisors sta-tilg that
lly were thorou 'Igly preparvid to en
clr 111n 11 till- W 11k of tiking the celn
i sn Al onda la ,: t il I that every
hing is in rc:tdiniess to) ptish the work
WWrIAdith iaccuneanc.v d rapidity.
The11 telegrm111S W(TreI i r'S1on1so to
II(eSssagqrC li1nt, out frloni Washingtonl
vsterday. All the supwrvisor; heard
rom reported that 1it) trouble had
et occurrl-ed, aid Ilait noseilousdifli
ultics weitre apprvliended.
Por-l'.r hIUim:tt(-d veryV plainly thlis
Veling thAt so far as tlt, 4-chroiic
i.as. (JIc.m;tii)In- werc cmncerned,
was Iot I1-t ilitelit ion of the oilce
1 1l414-avor to) b ..in Jl t I' P 1ishmW t,
L ho i> wre reluichmtt to maluke
uswrs, 1but as tc the "mortgage
1estionl he h 'lit hwig-liage not (iite
o ceerng orlhoqt whoz. have de
(1n11il<ed l()t t<o a.ove. t is pArt of
ht( Kched4ub1(., th'ulh the( probability
sdrn H'at \\-n ; Ill bot dlonle
vih r.eut m this tim t ter. He
1preIY hivisl i ry1'v' arnestly,
mIIWOVe1r. Wili reca,nLi' to) bringiiig the
;-v-to) 1w-tr 1ponltl s who willfully
cf tu o): s e a y:.tl <1,1tstionls
mt to tl Im I tv 0 mu ( n'11e111wrators.
Il' y wi ji h ('Wll ll o iiA i I at4lsw 1, I
ai. or It) takc tit( e 4 Iksctlt ence(s of,
h4ir reHusal. 1i them:ht there;was
v sibily ti6 n b11111!s of the
.igv of th '.if In--- -:1.4 a tha
m.] ny i f r!: in h t e t,o
b4.' 4 n11111ir n rators. and h1 s1 at t fl hat.
i C N. E A 14. * 1 w .1 ., 1;;-: 11 1. ) . 1. 1r -.
he It'n r I n fr. toI t h.' w1,ishw o 1
'1 rw.:e -Vi v Iwr.ptl
li-iiil pis bwcn crli*blyv inf-tirm d by
I ritl d f ( .n. -t. thal ]w 11he ha
. -< <o)t4 to ciocr 14 I- race for gover
nl wl*. 1J (t )r:, a14d 1 it taio h ve
part'. f the .tate fo- :l il w IO,l
pa l. ta llo I m hu n 21. 4 U'l e to,
yiell h) thwir dth ali . :11(i t
up1>1 t1i4 ( nllva,4")s o1 the S 1 at('. n
Ea: lt-. hin tif. is abwr nt II from itI.he
city a dot tt his 'fh ;'ll lIIti-s ;,
Colmhia :wl t wa u'passible 1 o
m b t inl aI ft.w\ tlays h wIll, d141
<" hi Lii 09 %te
Sioila Smi all ('I.n - Ag4, i
1hle Rvv. Samill W. ,:tll isama
Of Inan'ly 1in<ls. stvera
Jile lw 1 Esoll cIh111-c-1 311ad wAS
-ollfimile -,it St. 1'hilip-s, Athu.IItil. A
Iw 11onths biater. 1he 44ua1( ; 1-c-re
Il:a;kable sp'-fch mn Ihv lical of a har
-cl il the trot-11ts of.A tlanta,. ann1loin
ng his colnvers'io(n. 114' thn e11 mmlect
d himlsclf with the( .11 clIthoi:4 t 4lohrch
till] Y (1'I O t il -1i 11i. ; 1 )(.1
"- bI- 1m11 1-81 Iarnr i with II S:Il Jome fi n
1vai- rI- f wo, ). Wilvl f hw prir ler
hilio .1>h-cd, Small %% n'1 it hl4).for
.% whilill m the vang,lical woik. l
8N In- I'llirt'd h ck I't A h ulta 111d1
:li Ias an lh-pund-h 111C:,ildidaiv fll.or
ir -'on 'bt 1)lus 't l verl mot hs4111
11t414raw fr.m .the I tle thodis' 14lau-ch4(
40s0a4'b \ly reapp1ear4" ',,in Athmta1 I
unlida41(te for the1:', Leishiure. His
j4i1)1o 14)i ji;cid -1 jin 1s.y41. W1:lver lep
bljriI1e iiidn of141ls1 the .1tah uiver-'
lre te \,11(ih.- L p:1li1(n. Ti ,his indi
di1s that i r.14 144' will4 renounce l-..
14l1itcal m 'hliim 414 1mot t h Epi4'1sco '
a raly;I git 14144 14)0 am)l81is haiale
i4success 1m a t :my' 1 l1ine4' he 1may
bo .l(' W ha).c t h Iis44 l\ ill be:1 i
-w4I months lwnnlL'.- it 41 i 14a1way 'fie,'
14) 114 1m:14 wIr'ever hi may go, '
VInall42 his 14(r15to at tract atenHon.C 14
mli.u1 1111d 10Cbniay, 1)41u (lOOP, d -
dist ie, ii ampbel i1ount 41Iv. l ie
4y1wi1h' a011(l 11all'n of1 1: vhiskOetr.
il:4.1 jIohnls hi he conh' aen 11..41
.1.1(1 got 14 nual' o(1 a.ied Kiillof
1'he ditller's4i1d43 forte 1ne d(' sonut
41ty tookF4 his''j( 1ist0 from hone. They
14ft,:)unthen a.411 miliI away Lindsy