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DBM MWSW raman VOL. XXI WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1871. Tl sato o> BnnaoB Bt Dona, Fcrensea.-Vifg. NO. 38. DEVOTED TO Ll TER 4 Tl RE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE A?VEOT^BR filbs:T?- CA'f.X ATI TBNT??TOflI?8T5?5KCTT???***, AND FQttBt^ TT7. C ftE?*^A*' * > PAT B^?i^^^|^^^?^ PERF?MB^.fiOA^^Oria? POWDER Paff Boxarend Raflv - InfkatBrnaba*,, v ,, Toot)? end Nen Brot?te, PREPARED CAREFULLY AT ALL I OU RS, _ . ; By I. A. Mc&A<lRN. THE BEST BRA VDT, GIN. WHISKEY and WINES, _3oid x McKAQiSN'ft. ALLSPICE, ~ . GOT?, daimnwR, Gla?r,M*ee,..~ "Nctmogsand Popper. _At hTogAfiEyS jjjK gtoreV ?F EROSINB OIL, Lampe. Borr/er?, CW ns ney L Wick?, Acy At McTflgEK'S. LARGE and FRESH SUPPLY OF T w wii i by McgAGBN. MILLER'S ALMANAC forl&70 - At .McbUQEys. A FIJTE SEGAR . ' CAN BB BAD At McKA GEN'S. Feb I? CASSiaHRES, &a I sm now: recemng a Large and Complete Stock of FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING, OF EVEBY DESCRIPTION. ' CLOTHS, XASSIH?RKS, TWEEDS, Kentuckey Jeane, of low gradeo sad. rory J cheap. Sbirte, * Drawers, UnJerrettt, ' *. GloTot ?ad Crarate, Botponao?; / . . Collara, '* Soeke, ALSO A FULL SUPPLY AND VARIETY OF j Thee* Good?! am daterai ?ed to eell lower | than they caa be boagbt ii tbU market Deal? ing in tkls Koo'aioae, lam eBfiMed to do thft. I oa?y ?Amy nWoend? tc cal! ami ctaa-iae, and if tb?y do not Ind ay goode cheaper, I erBl] sot expo? thom to boy. D. J. WDOi. Agent. Sept? .. - ._ * e ? - ? Mainya, under Sumter Ho teL -- -ri?', ' ' La Po L01?IJG, -^^^M^? Messrs. Iwg ? Huppmn, BALTEiSOBB, fcHR Woai* ratpootlaRf eeticit tao pattonage ofhlt Wendi ead tb? pabilo. ' " LOWEST '?ICBS, FO? CASH. He wfii aa#?a^$^M??y a ?oaf Hob) aawri moat of Drugs an? 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DEVOTED TO Ll TER 4 Tl RE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. to pi w?Ujastify ,*h?s addifc?eV ' igiP^ipli?^ re*ol?4 tietvitorcr to -enterpnbt?c cr political ^ 50> bat tc Jimit the- gn;tiioatioji o? tioi> to pr?f?wional flQ<;cc83. v tbu Tesofution wits based upon thc assump? tion tb at ike- integrity" of tt e govert? oren* would- tot te <iisiarb)?d, and was froa only- TfiiflD that integrity ighi into qu^?stiott. Entering p^li tier with none buuhe most Gtiselfish '''t desire to-aid ig preserving tl union, I was caught in the WWft^wbi?b<lQicicene?i ?nf> revo t?tionary ,msd?*?? on-t?e repeal of the . Mir^wfi *; na^otBiee, iud have si nee been Wrtie ato&g, every hour'vaiah but eaTtt?stlj endeavoring to arrest i t-* wHd rato to our ruin. Through til its three stageu- of se? ' - Tecoo?rtetioB, I hare been, ?iii SCaiom >e?d cosisisten t antagonist of therevolution,aoc; regard inges I did the first stage aa nu error, | the second ?s a crime *od the third as X' maestreas eaurpatioc, J would act, if I ctroW, disguise frosi jon. thc fact that the conscious memory that I oppos? ed arl, ano>am, rn no degree, respoosible " r the cons?quences ofany, has beeo to me a well spring of joy through-all the horrors of the 'past, and will be a source of strength ia ali the straggles of the future. Whatever els?' be lost, tliis ooo? seiouiness of self sacrifice sind devotion o what I believed was riglht ?3 a treas irs of inexhaustleas wealth which DO power can destroy aud no - mb fortune can take away. ? Tba revolution, at least ia its work of violence, let tts hope, is at uh end Leaving now cit of view r.he material tad moral devastations sustained,- it is our duty to ascertain and fix with all pos? sible distinctness, and without passion, the changes wrought by the revolucio? io oar political framework ; for these changes, though wrought as resulta are BOW to become causes, and in their time artist work results, for good oir . evil, over all our country fer, perhaps, gen? erations to coma. The tangible, permanent results thus I rrronght by thc war io the character of oar political institutions ara embodied io what arc known as the thirteeth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States, it is historical accuracy to say that the thirteenth amendment received the as? sent of the original constituency of the Southern States ; and thc two other amendments did not receive that assen*. Nevertheless, all these amendment* have been proclaimed,. by the -power having jurisdiction of the question, to hire received constitution:;! ratification, ind to constitute parta ot the national fundamental kw. Taking this, then, aa oar starting point, thc first question is, What are thc specific changes wrought by these amendments? The first changes 1 notice are, per? haps, the only .ones which the popular ind seems to be aware of aa . accent* ished at all. The amenda^nts, io e order camed, established with a qualification, the freedom, civil, equali? ty and political equality of thc races- | ail races and colors. The only badge of bondage remain : in America ?j the qualification al ed "to--beiog the disabilities i mposed I the Fourteenth Anreodmeut upon a j ? of thc waite race xn the Soutb gut**. s.' ruth, thane changes io the statue cftb* different jacea are the^Jwi^wtii?eot eieeia of these ameodasent?. Not only has th e civil sUkwof the negro race bat, what ls inwpimi ^?jvrh3ktit?i or<rr thc tical status o? cM thal will be held to| by these amend* aWre?ly.,to tl t. Ta? effect* ft? eiara?r of the aajcDt-gr'-itiy iacreas Iadtc4> Ua* are tb.? ic Wm* crt being wufcrrod, <tWBT hs ocr?. DC t firi*e or "real, but ?ot??d;And ?e?rpa torf, and, frnaV therefore, tir? ?" Supreme. Court will declare the proclamations of soch/ratificati?i?fi to ,be noll and void. fl replythe\Sp^reme~"?oQTt has. only judicic?power, an??'tbe power in- ques ?lot ft po??cal andjbot judicial. ' Again, j $ris jadisial--pbirer of tb* 'Supreme Court is itself limited to^ cases . arising ] j tader. the Constitution-that is, to.ques i ifons Citrising in the onstr?ci?m of the Constitution ofter it is made, and not "o i the muk j Dg itself. The political poorer' makes tho Constitution .and the Judicial [power construe* it.The political power j having proclaimed, the?e amendments to be par a.of the Constitution, the judi? cial power can have no jurisdiction to-j review or reverse that proclamation, but eau only decide what the amend-j meats, so proclaimed,..mean. The facts j necessary tc. ratification, as recited by the political p?'w?r;fh?st be accepted as | Aras bj tba 3odieiaTy, and can no t be. e ver judicially questioned ; for the ju? dicial is no part of the ainending. pones* There is A vast difference, in-thia -re ?peet, between the making of, tbe Con Institution and |he passage of fairs nader j it after readeT .^ " \- 5 But, j ap asked, caa usurpations be? come laic, biuding a .people and courts ? j ? replyy yes, easily, verily, -and often. As efforts the most patriotic failing, be? came rebellious, so usurpation the most glaring, succeeding, becomes law. A j majority of human governments have no origin save in usurpations. Indeed tuccessfid usurpation ts the-siroogest ex? pression of power, and law itself, io its last anaiyais, is only power. (~. In plain troth, human experience bas discovered but one remedy for usurpa? tion.' That remedy is preventive-not curative ; military-noteivil. It is the sword. To apply this remedy in this case, the South was unable, and North unwilling, Conceding then, that these amendments were usurpations, they were successful, and.have become law fundamental law-binding upon States and people, courts and ruler.?. It may have been criminal-was criminal-to aid in committing a usurpation; it is crime itself to break tho law. And thus are we bound. Bat, again, va are told, the Northern people will discover their error, and a | reaction will take place which will ob" literate these amendments. But it will take three fourths of the States literate. Besides, I now bel following propositions may Igsj assumed concerning the Nor pie. 1. Feeling that their prot? io their power rather than in they have not been induced stand and learn the nature o? the^Hr? ero meet as their fathers did. iHShat men do not know they cannot love. Their government the ?ior hern people know... They know its potter, iu-boe sense, tud, for tiuxt, they love it. They do not understand its federative cliarac ier and do not love it. . 2. The Northern people believe that, what they understand to be the States' rights theory, was tbe real source, and, til ere fore, the cause of Secession, the. war,.and all its consequences. There? fore they hate that theory of our gov? ernment \? 3. The increase in population, tbe great accumulation of wealth, the won? derful growth of commerce and trade, the close intermixture of many States and people through the agencies of railroads and other improvements, re? quire, iu the opinion of the Northern people a strong national government,, and itt these amendments increase the national powers of the government, they are not likely, on that account, tc change them. 4. Add to the;e views the weii known fact that the great body of the Northers people regard the freedom and the civil and political equality of the negro ai .great national, philanthropic and rcii Lgious results; and yon, most agree with me that the' hope of a change at tbe j North? which would ? obliterate these amendments, must be abandon cd. If we could not hold ?be Northern peopJe to the franchise system when we had it with all the sanctity of cammoo revolutionary straggles hallowing it, bow ?ball we induce them to return voluntarily to that system, after, as.they believe, they haye paid ?o much in ircatrare and Hood, te get rid of ii. 1?; a word, the masses of tbe Northern people have been taught to regard,and do regard slavery, secession^ and Stato rights, as words of close affinity, if pot of iden I tal meaning, and whether , they are righi or wrong io their conviction there is. .no probability of its early |?aapo?ft. Tbe conclusion, then, is, .that *>e have a new National Constitution with J ?OW and enlarged power* of-grrv-enmieot", establishing new'end different relation* Between tie Oeneral ayd State GoWru ?enis ; and a^it? a new system of fo? nt w'^?be ^^e't^^t of life, liberty and .^?iprej wheibeM?V'^H^lP *'*X'?oW?'f?r msor*y??o^?Ven?t^^ i^ery "go?j i?d tf^t^WMn-l/ citiseo pWilLoppese'tf ba~c?n, and disag^pa "any low, a proposed^ wr?n^ aod'?wy t ao?h citi?re^ an. estafe tac^TaFanct %1^?j^'.?cc^t?]??shed -'fict? ; if the citizens": ^?p? .?t i she law, .rather than the. lawUfcsalfj fuinrsired the f: m eas ure- of 6 is phijjjiti en ^tc/ ?bey, J ? would hrii?pot??ble to ^?v?-, enS^m ; rule, scttledlaw, or kabie* gove^iiiejpti. 2d. Ir. waa year eprnioo thai/the colored map was act prepared aV Moe and indiscriminately ta understand and : a p precia* e, and, there fore," tb receive < the great trust cf suffrage.? Bat- fight , br wrong, wisely or .unwisely,. th* new, faudatDeo:al Jaw . has conferred upon I him th? right to exercise tna^trust.--? It has, therefore,-bec>me~pur daly as it is also our interest, cot only/ tc permit and assent to its exercised but - also to render ready protect ina and cheerfula?-: sis tance to the colored min ic its free, full and Unrestricted enjoyment. 1 'know, feliow crtisens, that yon coneac in these tiewe?ud dn--not treed ~&is admonition ; but theT .is noepbject pc which the Northern people and the gov crnmc?t itself so grertly sasocct your fidelity ; and, 'Krefore, you Will "know how to pardon this repcated:counsel. 3rd. *I respectfully suggest that the time baa arrived wherj duty, does-- not require, nor interest seek, a continuance of the divisions on the principles and events which have led tc- cur present condition, Their heroism io the'field; and wisdom io tho.Oahinet duriog?the, war ; their fortitude under sufferings, and patience nader wrong, since thc; war ; and, above all, the grandeur of that manhood which they ' alaros*- uni-, versal ly exhibited in persiateatly with holding their assent, under the severest threats, from a scheme which proposed to.manacle, intelligence and virtue, and: turn loose ignorance aod vice te inau-i gurate government and administer law, have mad* a record of sincerity* deyo-' tion and sense of honor for the Southern people which time must ever brighten and discussion cannot strengthen. Let us, therefore, cease all quartering over: the past and all threatenings for the future, and manfully unite ocr energies to bring hack prosperity to oar country and good will among our people. - Touching the pending ?lection I will add b?toue suggestion, lt' is cf se? condary, importance whom else yob chooie jor^our General Assembly ; but it is of first importance that you choose honest~"?M?. We are coffering for wise and hVag?f legislatijfifr We carjjfaevet get sui^Kegislatioa^WMess you elect! members whom ^ffit??isl? cannot buy. r<A" black maqay - cannot be bc^gh^is better .thar^Hpite man who cajfcfed * Re^bTte^'Twho cannot 'be b?.1s better D*e m o erat who caOHPh ? woratijj?pble condition for. 2ny mPP'c ?8 &vffiff; ?? ignoraist ?ad --n-irTr-'nhf-^ftJ^ger the cooUw? of a band of profe?Bp lobyist^vcl by aoscrapu'ous spap5fetors. N??overri ment can be stechend no o?prtry can b? prosperouSrif these things iieot: aol conde m nation by/ and correction (rec J, the people. , December S, 18ttf. BESJ H. ??1I&: ORATORS 1KB KBWSPAPE&S. Compare thc orator, one of thc noblest vehicles- for thc diffusion of. tbeoght, wit)? tko newspaper.,-and wc may gaie ? faint glimpse oHheobiqtiHeu^^wer ol the latte?. The orator speaks to a. few hundreds, the newspaper addresses mfl f ions. Thc words of" the1 etltor may die io the air, ?he language of the a iv,-?, paper is stamped on ?ables imperil bable as marble. Tho arguments of the orator may follow each other so rapidly that a majority of the audience may straggle io a net of ratiocination- the reasoning of the o-swgpaper may be scanned at .leisure without fear of perplexity. The passion of the orator influenc?e an as? sembly, the feeling pf a newspaper elec? trifies a-cuhticeut. The orator is fte an edifice, the newspaper for the werlS, th* one sh i ssa-1er au hour,, rh? ot her glows for all time ; the orator may be ^com? pared to lightning, which flashes over a varley for ."a moment, bu* it leave* it again tu darkness ; the newspaper to a san bining? steadily ever - the weds earth, and "fixed on the. bqsis of it* own eternity.'* Printing hse been happi-j defined "the art wbieh preserrcs aH arti Printing mates th?.prater' more thar a?t?intof:v* catfl?ies upi hi* dyros {-words,- aad rbreeihes-: north thetb vtfct breath of ?SRa^."' %i i^J^e speaking .gai lery through which.the orator thunder; lin the ears of ages, f?e teans-?rpin th< {.tomb ojtir the otadle of, ^fHuj^siaec%< -gadara ; , ? ,"^'V;. An A'ri.artsaa editor : t1*ek et editorial ??4 teat *tfw ??y'?h?? en ?wertet challenges *rie\ ?. rangiogFpre Jan -t^ise-te flgwti? ? ?e aaya <*a.f&r? ure pi editorial duties bada^we? ?^di ipatt?rs to accurodat* on his Rand's fo MsWtwW;?*4h* he had V^ro* 1OTB4MW*?F?EM CAUSE. FAHKlVfiSt/Ir A ??BESS OP Ta?B EX To eke Itntor? of the U??oa. Befo nc - .Party. . ; - . J.Ihotimc has arriv?d-when it becomes {.proper to announce'to you the tern:i:ia j^oa~?^ ifceilalw? of your E'x?citlts*' Coaafiltfte at aa -carly |^y, airdthe dissolution of the party as ap organisation uatfer thceouveatiau of Jone- last. Had thc party, beca successful* or even so &t supported by the colored people as to furnish any reasonable ground of hope that we might succeed io the next general election, it would have been eminently wise and proper to baye held} together, .to labor -s with Ten?wViilBo?rgy-aa?'faich for tl-.e re? demption ot the "State by the same means whereby we had. achier eu such eec?tfriigtng results, Bat we c?unot disguise the fact that though rh? ma? jority'against ui'VetwrneSJ''ny th* officers of electroni%;$robabfy frstrfnient to the-extent of* mor? than 20,000 To'ts. j yet enoujifh remafaVto deme nstrate that ' ail otfr efforts hare failed lb'conciliate the eeiored-?oterr to any hopeful ex? tent. ??ay,'it is even- evMchr that cs a people they are more embittered against the white rac? than after the Demo eratic campaign of 186$, and very much more so than ai the Jbeginoing ef the late canvass. Hence there would be no propriety in continuing effjrls whict irave been? perverted as -rather to alienate thtw^tn attract" those whom We w^uld:'?H?ijt.'to\rara8ta?a^Td?. On'the contrary, it is Jboth wise and just that room should he. made for other agencies to dojhe work."thatmust be done to save the perishing State. Those who take" our place iff the arena will find fhe whites arrayed ii? solid pbalani, steady and deter -mined, ready, willing at d prepared to. do and to - dare all that S?uor would; sanction or ?od approve. tO reawe'J.heir people ."from ruin'acd despair. Th.eyrwUl also ffnd- by the -side of these a faithful and heroic band of colored'men, wno, rising above the j prejudices of their fellows, $.nd appre 'CtatrtrS' thc claims cf honesty : and the necessity\of good j?overpraeat', bare braved dangers and pers?cutions calen la? ted "feb try the stoutest: heart, ?odj vindicated their rights as'".freemen by* votinft'?v?D1 af the risk of life, for the mon ?nd measures of their choi: e -a bandi, to be fo?*ered ahd'eJtwished"ULd ?'? all the'stern vicissitude* o? thc future r They will fiml, also,"that no barrier exista'between the 'goad people of this Statemud any organization of conserva? tism feat can arise in the next two yearn hy reason of the principles' an? nounced and established by thc ':Ua i or, Reform party. On the ' contrary, we have thereby been brought into portee' har?M?ry with- that'type cf Demoerncv dCW triumphant in so many Stat**, and that enKgbtened and ~ conservative Western Ref tfilicaolsm which has so n?bly and signally won the great State bf Missouri under the broad s banner oil free trade, universal suffrage, universa! amnesty and enfranchisement. Thi? solidarity orCwf j^odeitisens, and their harmony with the better class of pol it"ca> idees now swaying tba great masses ol the American people, sud destined, WY tmst; to restore' their broken unity in 1872, arVfru?ts of thc Union Retorm movement, weil worth the faithful labor which they ?wt. N These, however, arc. uot the only fruitsresulting from the Irberiri poi ic v and the self sacrifique lab irs of th . party, it his exposed to universal execration the corruptions of thc S r?t? government, and the persons controll? ing it-r ami foreed ils officials and org tti witbln the State, and its friends with out. to demand reformat ion. It h*> demoastratad toerery fair mind eh* determination of th? white people o' this State to abide by the afeoinplMieo' resnUsof the wai, and 'remove*, a* pretext for farther p*r*pc?ition- on tlu part of the .General Government I has washed its hands of ali the hind that msy hereafter flyw io a conflict o; races, so appwr<^rttty imminent in carraa: leoalities, bys public a^d* -.??>ie?jo ' cots cession eT-lcgalr^^lo th* rights' of th^ colored rase, te^ii^by informai ami; revolutionary precesses,. thus ?tty**?.: ?poQ rhcaltar of pesco aH -itrb?^dr U o^conliltent with honrrr, s?rfcri?<pec' j and-sc'f preservation. Finafly, ii h*v d^veloffcd tH true eo?diiion of s- -elc\jj m the'State, aod the r?al and vita: nature ot the eantcst ita whieh we^a+f engaged, and i?a>deme^rated, be-on-. a d?t, Swat fted?erii**? In S?nth C?tc4?a4WW ttpcft 'th?'Vewraj^wirm^ lh^:*i?h> *ve* t? th? -Storth era w*&-ve*^ ^ this aa Xa&nriiaa-** a^wba?p??;-vrii' appear f*n? jrXJfiKM- ?he- saurai 3 i c^si?ccv with - tb .J^hH?a* ingress v?vf^TM?n et traite in ^^?^?j^sBHtSaCT?Bs^B^BE^', J.Ut?. Vi- .o kt M . .-i ' ? ? O F ?..2: ? b 11 . ?1T?1?Y?IESCSIPTI P?OMirTLT EXECUTED AT THE OFFICE OF ?heSuxater Watc?ima?T* pe tr; -i' ' * - " ' ; * *?*f\ Hilliest Style of tho Art. 8 outside of political is ?-\<*. this w*s.-?\ ? Tiere weis literally noshing'ia it ?repel any citiaen ot any. ??bool af poli tics, except th ?? few wt;o; clinging t.o the is?nes o"i tl?e past, -.rf:re offended by Jp *he HberiJ-coccessious made tn- thc Jv colored people. . If. therefore, we ' couta' 'rib establish onr- charge- ajraiast the. t???a,*?B existing .?doiinistratio?. of" th?? Sr ate gj -goverD?iieci, we had a right to count ? upoa the support of all houest meo.- I Th?ie charges were, in general terms, J*^ incompetency, extravagance, prejudice \j and corruption, aad there is not. a cou?- / fy or precinct in Ute St*te where rhrcy .^ were not proved to he trite te the cco'~ i" , viet ion cf the commonest under.-tar.d- 1! ingc-and to an extent wholly o^iparaftei- -A ed in the-annals. ci ..ciyijized gov<m- - men's. These proofc.wero nevtr rcfated. | Some errors io; particular .^eciScarioGS | were occasionally poi?re<i ?<rj}. but aaa ^3 whcleihcy stoud anconTovoried-a;? they were encoutroversib'e-iuctTaeebiv rm- I pressed opon :hc recorded- acts'of the government. ILtd^tJie battle, b?cn i ;>erniittcdj:ovrcst ATOO' ;.h:s i*uev yoa 1 would tc day h.-v? been v<joiciag^c'^lre- IL* restoration of peace ?ad'good govett J^R, mcnt to this -stricken- a>d debated f State. The wicked ..Idader.v of the-" "J prejudiced and benigrit.*d- masses* nf . J eo^rcd-pefcivle, who. Itft-W-i. to thei? for 'J* \ iuidance with 'the .??in?ple' tai:h. of .JS"? sh h I hood i kcew Uro worl whets t'ierein? ? =" taretii?tb, by" not to avert thin blesgadvti : boon from their ?k-HieL-d^followers. Trna .ts j :o thc principle cf **ruio and Toro^f ijj which has ever actuated them sincV/*] riiey came amung a?, they . app^aledi-to' i*, .hat spirit of antagonism which, st a nat^?j bered, ant i I th? y. carn? and r\vd their.; v? ? victima blio.ded'io thc sacrifico. - l^ej? .sj: gretended that we w.erc not iaveiro?ert "91 -that oar le.'t&ng meu.did not support as; that ocr liberality cf -principia sndi-$ practice was-bnf premeditated tres chery T-.a subtly and dec^ptifco schecre to * icquire power : that that power, whenvffl squired, would be used to nut th eat jfl back into slavery j that wc were the[~???p >3roe people who had, held lhea in *#" bondage for so many, gentratioos,.- andvwj focghs foar years to rivet their chains, ^JM and could never be. trusted. Theyrakcti:1? I the ashes of the past to Ead the old % wres of slavery! opened them. , afresh,'3g :tnd rev* lied ia the torture they iuf?ict?dt^S* hythe creel pictures they - drew of Jg j wrongs which were either never endured JBt* *r as exceptional as child-murder io:?;; N"ew England-^ The more fiercely rage4afr; the mad passioBs of the j?rowdr the^t greater their effort s to ??rgrivate ar^d^i ?nfu.riaie them. They told them-? every// ccuceiyablc story they could invent 'U?Sfi maka ?hem believe that ?e^oushtiheir ruia. Every brawl between white atei?| clack waa magnified iota the begining of ^8 war against their race. They ware teldbfia that we would prevent their voting by/'^l violence, and on th is pretext they -weref^f armed by the State the farther to^larm md excite them. They were ?oH tba' we were rebels, enemies of fhe Genera! - . and Stare Governments j thattiie ?re?: lent aud the Governor, and the great Republican party were our ene:uks-and? 'heir friends; thatM?y w<i&id r.ever- be? \ hurt do what- th*y m:?ht ; tlntl high * axes were goth in g lo thitn---tliey / didn't pay them ; that it w?.^d -be g?>od :;' tor them if the fuoiii^'d^r should be-?; forced to sell his tanja d-own to a mer?^? homestead. They would then, have.* liomcs through the optra'iaT of ihc^ :and conamission and othi r canses5-thoa-.? all the accumal tti.d pro.wrry here-vas "he result of their- lab -r ; ?hut. it tight.< . fully bclonsred to them, a-id ;hc way to iel it was to vote for what thvy''wraaj?;. pleased to term ' the RepaMi?an parTy,'' .iicant??g thc ruling dynasty ;B ?>cths* karolina. These were thc argumenta? rith wh'ch th>: prefC'tticd t? ics is'afti^ s"Tf cuns??t?>?fl *! !vis-rs of dre >?I?te-i^S popple n>et the. *o!(? nn t>?'a. <? (?'?..: ing .?f;3 j he whites, ratified by them by a 'JiTgejt? ' ...ote then has been polled sbee thc W?f3| Tj> th(s<ea^pHaw to|?rnj'ii?iee,rnridnjj^'. I ?i ;?ii<'i?ncc W? rv6?f??.4et|i that *<*?? i ?vote ipeapablc rf the I rand* io?va:cd"?o^ ^ is; 1 h -<t the whites ire re nqitre^ >ap^i ?' pH'rt ?>f o:;r .mca-U'C?.'and -.a?w!d'A??|^: :.rorei>y .their vic^v; ihrt \r-.: V%Q nci'lr^ .-.r thc iitfuni'iwt ??'ir rh?? jv-wtr hf ? n?n.l lhi'B> ti? *l.ivriy. no-: ?.^ hil w>* *et? I ttij_wny ahridev their 1 ight- ?Vw.; W'^ih?;^ i hat, we wore a-V .. sp.-.i.io . tits-fc jv '. r.iJucti?U uT .s!.i'v? ry; :i>v ?^'urth C*K^? . una. by >t*Tn:i\ :wi<;e j?r<?'pst.-j a*j>?i>i^|S') it;, tim. it l;;tdi).-en C(it:?-?iirp-?! iii -c^Wiv .th t.'cs to a finpi^i -d ,ie?c^ii\ . thatr?o^ ? sy.sfCin,ig'M*d or Uvi. had the ri erif reJ?*iaiih? 'hetti fi?fm hfca?3?vi? v> >?*<*y* *'J(i 're ranice th^m what tli-.-v ?eu ; j h itv? I were Veered hy rrve".Vit?jg'U.y ahvinj?^ e!i >-;?*o rir lh? ;r ?ua^ttJ-s -u-A ^.arWt-j^B^ r.'fher ihotj rheir-ti.??!:?. rn- .'K???-ls -.tb*a? wai t> be wre.Rtnv-dv. i tt:. ?ift weil hjM .V;nvwhc? he Sid .?? .:f?.?<?" ; ; ti fl OX pi ri ?rte ul of the two '..rv - [ll ijlj* ?:?f? j ?i;-.t-? f.jH.i' :.-.*:H>,' ?SB I p*?c<y a?<l.?..??*. n ?ti V-c. bo iv:.?_i4n J .that i??. we<-aX*-tdy* "/> <?J urr :. MjeW? if Ihey, niado our former rc'-st'^irs g^ra?rdiof ha?ttiilyv we COK fd .never be njflj . peace, since we c^tld ne>'cr c?..:nge' tbaBI ^es* ;' that tli'e S?:>tc co?:d n?: l'rrt?rf^rj| ,?$Jocgm the government w'rs '..Imrn'-fi i iat?^Jb^FAhe on e face, ii? a <urr;t <&G ? heetil?r^ to the ocher r thlH t^? tnad apj& sc^?id Wy lea? to "Violenree w?d broo*^?! t^bey^f?]d^>7o^em j'-tha? we ha^ft jpjov^d ei!t\ci?lrna to th'? * p>*f< c; !.>a ?? .Ihe-flrwa'^?^^^gfhe >cw?.-: i?fjsosesB ? W^^o^octwit' jrnd; $gti '.%,- ?'>? we, were t?bela who ??tr ef*' a^aT and Tic?enee agaias? ns in ??.*nV .-?f pfi?rcv J ibafe neither PKtncfaet -?w <>ovcmbrt| ? ^WPP^^ et?c.?uxa^e%.^ejii.ia c^ja?' ?aecatflas. wit??cut ?o?aiicjt h?- ".eonati-dt' .'3 '4ino?4^wa4l^ thal we Wd 'a- -risht tefl;