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lUfi THIEVES' ^KflfVAL.
KEPOHT OF THE COMMITTEE OE FRAUDSIt
would bo irksome task to enumerate
nil the accounts rendered for repairs on
committc j rooms. It is sufficient to say
that they amounted to thousands of dollars
annually, when it is a well known fact
that aftor tho State IIsuso was fitted up not
a committco room was repaired. See cvidcnce
of Robert Scriven and others, who
slate that they wcro in oonslant attendance
and that no work was dono, except placing
the two wooden partititffes. No transaction
Was allowed to pass without paying tribute
io tho inordinate greed which eharaoterized
tho ity ^th^JMUnber^
up to
the time of speoific appropriations, pav certificates
for 'stationery,' whioh inaMded
almost everything, and for other asMunts,
Were issued to such an extent thatpKy sold
on tho streets for from ten to tmjRly cents
on the dolla??" Tho ovidenc^shows that
tho average member never^jcoived over
ton dollars' worth of ftat^taery; but tho
bills rcndcrod and paid bythc State in ono
session amouutcd to $08,000 for this commodity
alono. ? tL
^ Clerk Jones, inttis ewfence, pays : "Stationery
includodf rcfr^kmcnts, dry goods,
groceries, carjgpi, fur^ure, horses aud carriages,
nnd miscellaneous articles of merchandise,
apd tho names used in tho accouuts
vrcro '* ?
GENERALLY MYTII8.
To furthor illustrate the frauds committed
under, this, head, wo rofor to vouchers iu
evidence of A. O. Jones, designated as Nos.'
6}, 5J and 51 amounting in tho aggregato
to $3,GGG. Mr. Jones says : "It is asserted
that theso accounts wcro for books aud
fiue stationery furnished the memhers "?
Attention is called to accounts numbered
from 10J to 14, inolusivo, where it will be
socn that in January alone ono firm furjiishcd
$6,683 29 worth of "stationery," or
more than fifty dollars worth p<flr month to
?ach member, in additiou to the above,
<tho accounts of Messrs. Bryan & McCarter
and Mr. Stokes, well known dealers, who
reside in Columbia, aud who furnished
stationery to the llouso and Scnato, are
. . itemized, and, from appearances, include
** most of the stationery actually used.
Clerk Woodruff" says (and the vouchuar
SBBfr prove it) sb*. during one scesTohWdnelPl
ator received * copy of |
Webster's unabridged ;
Dictionary, and a calendar inkstand which
cost $25.
The accounts of the Western Union
Telegraph Couipauy, together with Mr.
Woodruff's evidence, will show that even
the privato telegrams of the senators were
paid for by the State.
According to cvidenco 0fa accounts, the
Senate ofteu used $10'wbrth of postage
stamps per day. Qold pens at $10; inkstands
at $25 ; Webster's Dictionary and
fino stationery certainly afforded our
''Statesmen" every facility for an eztensivo
correspondence.
JEwKI.KY.
Wc cannot refrain from commenting
Upon the large accounts of Mr. Isaac Sulzbachcr,
a well known jeweller of Columbia;
and oall especial atteution to tho accounts
designated as "No. 27" and "B 5," incn*
tioncd in Woodruff's evidence, whore jew/llrv
urns AipniaKntl a QAnntAM .
V..J n?o lUiulDiauU iU Utuau/io f f 11 ibtUIll UI*C,
Maxwell, Hayno, llev. Win. Johuston and
Representative Tiin Hurley. He also furnished
fine gold poos costing as high as 810
u pieco, and, judging from Lho bills rendered,
from five to ten pocket knivos to each
member during the session.
The ncceunts of Mr. Hayden, (a jeweller
of Charleston,) designated A 1, by Woodruff,
olearly demonstrate tho manner in
which bills wore raised, tho amount being
for five call-bells 812, and raised to $112,
by inserting tho figure one (1.) ' We quote
p- from Mr. Woodruff's diary in reference to
an account of Mr. Hayden for a watch for
Senator Whittomoro : "Wednesday, Jan
uary 10,1873, oollcctod oertificate for 9940,
ana paid Ilayden for Wliittemore's watoh.
GRACIOUS GOODNESS !
Whittcmoro must have somewhore about
ten thousand dollars this session. That
ought to be satisfactoriy. He is always,
though, after one more."
It has long been a mystery to the uninitiated
where the matchless diamonds which
flashed their rays of light in tho halls of
the Capitol, tho showy watch ohaius and
nvnAnalvA wn Molina nomn frnm
V*|/VUHI|V TTUWUVO VUUIV IIVUI y UU1 Ull I U *
spcction of Mr. Sulzbachcr's accounts, nnd
those of a similar nature, will revoal the
startling fact that they were furnished by
an impoverished State.
We submit a portion of Mr. Sulzbachcr's
account for
RKPAIRINa CLOCKS,
t Nos. 251 nnd 26}, and r'ofercd to in A. 0.
P Jones's eyidenco, which will show the
N^ar- "* ntnwpMo bs several hundred dollars. Mr.
Glaze, another jowcllcr of Columbia, has
soveral accounts, somo of which nro designated
as Nos. 61, 62 and 63, by A. 0.
Jones. Instead of jewelry wo now have
. gorgeous military trappings for our lcgislativo
heroes, who belonged to a well equip
ped bttt badly organized militia. These
v
amounted to something over twenty-one
hundred dollars. In connection with these
accounts seo evidence of P. Simkins, (under
tho head of "pay certificates,") who states
that ho purchased some articles from Mr.
Glaze, and that his account as well as that
of S. J. Leo was settled with a legislative
pay cortificato. Afterwards ho and Lee
wero both sued, aud ho paid Mr. Glaze two
hundred -.dollars, aud Mr. Glaze still holds
the ccrli|^to as a claim against tho State!
In thoHtcouut of W. J. Whippor, attorney
at'l<K designated as C 13, lie charges
tho StatJUhc modest sum of
flp pK DAY FOR FORTY, THREE DAYS
professiJol services reuden^tf^ttttmUee
five C. CT Phffer7" receiver*, wnereby the
Stato lost a largo amount of moucy, by
commissions and other mcaRS.
For vcars largo accounts amounting to
several hundred dollars, annually, have been
paid for
CLEANING TIIE HALLS
of tho Senate and House of Representatives,
wliilo hundreds of convicts were iu
tho city entirely idle. To illustrato the
economy practiced now, wo will stato, that
not ono dollar is paid out for such work,
convict labor being utilized.
Wo liavo examined tho accounts for fitting
locks, to tho desks of members, aud
luid that during one session the State was
charged with 307 new locks, whero there
arc only 101 desks in tho Senate and House,
thus giving more than two locks to each
desk. Wo suhuiit a few accounts for wood
and coal. Upon a close calculation, we find
that during ono session more than
ONE THOUSAND CORDS OF WOOD
and one thousaud three huudrcd and twenty
tons of coal wero charged for, and at the
same time there was not a single wood stovo
in use at tho State IIouso. Sergeant Williams
in his cvidcuce states that not a fourth
of the wood and coal purchased was consumed
at the State House. Ho also says
that Mr. Crews furnished and delivered to
any of tho members who asked for it this
necessary commodity.
From the account of Mr. Mayrant it appears
that he furnished Scuators Whittcmoro,
Maxwell and others with wood,
f The bills jrendered show that
of dollars were spent <i,i,nuil/^g^BSSSMI
iBi^Atho StaU^IIouso
fatftir tcstiUc^na^S^^fflfiWw
roomsVore furnished with stoves every year,
and that, wheu he called for thorn, the members
told hiiu. "it was nono of his business."
Mr. Fattier states that tho stovos in the
State House arc worth $1,500 at this time,
and that ho docs uot find ono-eighth of tho
stoves at the Capitol which I10 furnished.
We will not attempt to give the amount
of soap,
IIAirt BRUSHES AND TOWELS
furnished, but will simply stato that the accounts
amounted to thousands of dollars!
Verily, they should have bccu cleansed.
We respectfully call your attention to the
accounts designated as Nos. 81 J, 82, 82J,
83, 81, 85, 80, 87, 83 and 89, in evidence
of A. O. Jones, and C 7 aud A 1 in tho evidence
of Mr. Woodruff, iu which it is shown
that State officials, members of tho IIouso
and Senate, clerks and attaches were furnished
with most of the leading daily
papers af tho State and a largo number of
weekly country papers. In addition to the
abovo the accounts, vouchers and evidence
show that uovcls, law and other books were
furnished to the uiemhors in orrlor tlim tlw w
might while away thoir idlo hours iu improving
their minds at the State's cxpcuse,
though thousands of thoir constituents'
children woro unable to uttcnd school for
the want of books. In evidence of the
nbovo wo refer you to uccouuts designated
as A 2, W 5, and others of a similar kiud,
and tho evidence of A. O. Joues.
The accouuts of W. K. Grocnfiold, Ilardy
Solomon, M. J. Calnan, and others, show
the amounts paid by the State for the use
of so-called committee rooms. These rooms
were not only used during the sitting of the
General assembly, but were often occupied
the entire year at the extravagant prico of
ONEDOLDAR I'EIt DAY RENT
for each room. Add to this the cost of
furnishing, gas bills, refreshments, &o., and
this of itself would prove to tho world that
South Carolina was cursed with the most
oxtravagant and corrupt class of legislators
known in ancient or modern times.
We refer to accounts designated Nos. 2
to 5 respectively and No. 78, included iu
A. O. Jones's ovidcnco. It has boon clearly
demonstrated that a sufficient sum bos bcon
paid in fivo years for rent of upper rooms
in more than one-building to have purchased
the entiro building. Wo call your attention
to what seems to us n most palpable
fraud, designated as No. G5 in cvidenco of
A. O. Jones, whero H. K. Scott certifies
that an account for room rent, amounting
to $3,249 60, "is justly duo." Mr. Jonos,
in his ovidcnco, says that this is an account
of 11. K. Scott for the rent of a cottage for
one year.
It could not be sold for that amount today.
Mr. Greenfield says, in reference to
this mattor, that ho rented the cottago in
rear of McKeuzic's building to 11. K. ftcolt,
to bo usCd as a resort or *
CAU crfsJftOOM M jf
daring his candidacy Tor thtfTTa^Wd . Rtatcfcj
Senate, that ho wa>?paid bjwotMlAhScottyY
and that he has no kuowle?o ofpM^eertigJj
ficntcs boing issued in payaeat tMnftAlpF j
The voucher dosignatcd'Dj IVooHpPiia j
No. 26, is for rent of the Hssidonoo JTJohtf 1
J. Patterson, for tho use of SohataBWhit- j
tcniorc, OwenS, and others who reviled iu
stately mansions, enjoying their gaugj stolen
from an impoverished pcoplo *whS their
poor dupes iu their lowly cabins won suffering
for the necessaries of life. j A
TUE ROLL OK RASCALS. J T
The private bills of State officci sJroouators
and mombors of tho House, referred to '
a"d
Lieutenant Govgruor Ilansier, Licutonart
Governor Cleaves ; senators C. P. Lcslio,
L. Wimbush, Frank Arniui, II. E.,IIaync,
B. F. Whiltcuiorc, II. J. Maxwefl, C. P.
Ilayno, Y. J. P. Owens, W. E. Jlhnston,
J. M. Allen, J. Ilollingshead, Robert Smalls,
W. B* Nash, S. A. Swails, Geo. F, Mclntyrc,
E. S. J. IlAycs, Jas. A. Grcew, John
IjCO, J. E. Greeu ; represen tat i vest Jas. A.
liowlcy, Tim Hurley, Joseph D. Piston, J.
B. Denuis, C. II. Sperry, S. J. Lee, P.
Simkins, 1*. It. llivers, W. M. Thovia^W.
II. Jones, F. J. Moses, Benj. llyas, NJiou
Davics I
For further information wo refer*' to
various bills of this class, dctignaAd by ,
Woodruff as Nos. lj 2, 3, 4, B, G, tw, 12,
13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 24, 25, 28. %, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 3G, 37, 38, 39, 40, A, 42,
43, 45. 4G, 47. 4S, 53, 78, 110, Ud|llG
and 118, C 12, A 2, A 14, W 4, W ^ II 2,
115, D 9, 1110, II 15; also to Nos. 21 j
rnd 54 in evidence of A. 0. Jones.
To enumerate the bills designated by Mr. "
Jones in his evidence as "myth?" aud "queer
accounts" would fill hundreds j?f pages. A j
few aro inserted to illustrato nfcs manner of
robbing tho treasury. The *<friginals aro
submitted in his cvidenco, uumberod as follows:
,
No. 9. A. Washburno $ 700 00
No. 48. James Stebbins 895 lb
No. 58. A. L. Stingum 3,554 19 ?
Making an aggregate of..;.-' ..'..$20,368 80 '
MYTHS "AND OTUKKS."
Mr. Jones says tlicso "myths'' wero i
pushed through under cover of "and others," ,
and that "the number was so great it would
have been foolishucss in hiui to havo made
inquiries concerning them." llo also says i
if ho had placed any impediment in the way ,
of certificates being issued to pay this class
of claims he would h^vo lost his position, ,
and that in somo iustanccs the only supplies \
furnished was tho paper on which tho account
was made out. Scrgt. Williams tcs- ,
tified that vouchers and accounts were made
out in tho names of fictitious persons for ,
large amounts passed upon by the committco (
on contingent accounts, and pay certificates
drawn for them and delivered to dif&reut
members. He recognized No. 1 referred to
iu evidence of A. O. Jones as one of that
class. It calls for $1,125, and ho thinks it
was given to W. II. Jones, a member from
Georgetown. A largo numbor of accounts
were made out in the namo of John Wil
liauis, scrgoaut-at-urms, among them Nos.
53 and 01, amounting to 85,432 02, also
Nos. 02 to 111, inclusive, amounting to
815,C30 08.
While Mr. Williams was boing examined
ho said : "I know nothing of most of those
accounts. 1 allowed my namo to be used to "
assist tho members from time to time.?
Ho.vley, Dennis, Thomas and others wore
frequently boneGtcd by tho use of my naine.
The State received no consideration whatever
for the certificates issued iu the payment
of these accouuts. 1 did not know
my name wns used so often, nor for such
largo amounts, until uow. I am euro it was
arranged by introducing a legislative claim
j . J if it - vi - *
iu mjf uuuiu uuu auuiug mc worus 'ana
others' to it, thereby gettiug it passed without
creating any suspicion that it was n
fraud. I rcuicuiber tho $3,500 account;
that was for the coramitteo on contingent
accounts. I think they took $500 apicco.
They promised mo $500, but never gave it
to mc."
Your cominittco cannot undertako to enumerate
all the accounts submitted with this
report, but will refer you to & few rondored
by Messrs. Kinard and W. D. Love k Co.,
dealers in dry goods, and to those of Messrs.
Strauss k Bro., D. Kpstin, Wm. Robinson,
dealers iu olothing.
Clerk Jones iu referring to the accounts
rondored against Scrgoanl-at-arms WflliamB,
says: "It scorns ho was appealed to by
thoso who wero naked and ho olothed them,
by thoso who wero hungry and he fed
them." ;
CONCLUSION.
Your committeo feci assured that to languago,
by way of comment, would add forco
to the simpio statement of facts attending
this era of revelry, embracing peculation,
embezzlements and robberies of a character
hitherto unknown in South Carolina, jTh?
perpetrators aro covered with infamy *nd1,
disgraco, and should be pursued during their
natural lives frith the sword of Justice hanghtebxAAkread
ovor their heads.
yjaPPfn justice to the houcst taxpayers of
roSj|ipf-%b&t can be said to relievo those
MH^ntsaud^hldOrs who participated in
mJ*fl0^8nsiug from such stupendous
testimony submitted shows
,persons oither wcro reckless of
flra|titciw of tho people of tho State, or
id^Scd at, connived at, or colluded with the
rtUttrs to fleece tho people?a collusion as
hhfl&liating as the faots are digraoeful and
f We regret to place this on record ; but
it is true, and the facts as proved justify
your committee in joiuing with tho good
regie of tli?.gtot?jq dOTOuucing Buo^wnCliairman.
* H. A. Meetze.
On part of Senate.
S. Dibble.
g. muller.
J. G. Blue.
On part of ITnuse.
: .
the cost of bad boads.
The Knormous Taxation Imposed for the
Privilege of Riding Over Had Romls?
Our People Hear it With perfect Equanimity.
Extract Front Profo-or SandfonV* Address Before
Georgia Agricultural Society.J
Wc complain heavily of lladical taxation
for the last twelve years, and wo have abundant
and just reason for complaint, but I
trr?nfiit*<v Htn necnHiAtt llinf tm now ??"?.? f.x*
.w. ?.???>* ???V WOMVtVIVM, H*UV IF V |7(IJ 111U1W AVI
the privilogo of riding over bad roads, than
for our national, State and couuty taxes
combined; and this point, L think, is susceptible
of demonstration. Now, let us
see where these taxes conic iu. Here is a
tanner, who, for the comfort of himself
ind family, invest $200 in a buggy. Now,
in a system of hard, smooth, wcllgradcd
roads, this buggy ought to last, in good running
order, for ten years. In this instance,
the annual outlay for buggies is $20. But
what are the real facts in this case'( Docs
the buggy last ten years? On our rough
uid uneven roads, with ruts and holes into
which the wheels are constantly falling with
A^t'SSOnieutnin of sledge-hammers, wo doubt
whether the life of the average buggy extends
beyond fivo years. If this bo truo,
then there is au annual expense of $40 for
buggies?$20 more per annum than iu the
case of good roads. This extra $20 per
ftUtthUMWr ta ah.intents and purpose, a tax
fortlio privilcgo of using bad roads. And
how multiply this .tax for every man iu the
Stato of Georgia, who rides iu a buggy, and
what a fearful'array of figures docs it bring
fiut; a tax for the privilege of bad roads.?
What I have said in regard to tho baggy,
holds good with reference to every class of
rebicles; from the $900 pleasure carriage,
lewn through the list of road wagons, carts
ind humbler conveyances. I vchturo to
jay, that if we could get at tho extra cost
if carriages, buggies, wagons, etc., with the
wear and tear of harness, aud the unncccsJary
consumption of horses and mules, we
jhould be astonished at the liugo amouut in
dollars and cents, that this fearful array of
items would foot up; to say nothing of per
Bonai uiscouuort, aud the wear and tear ol
patience, which cannot be reckoned in dollars
and diuies, but wliich seriously detract
from enjoyment.
Aguiu, another heavy tax which wo pay
for bad roads is this, that we are compelled
to keep a number of horses and pay an
amount for their support which would not
bo u ccessary under a system of pood roads.
It is a fundamental maxim with eminent
road makers, such as McAdam, Telford and
Stephenson, that a pood road should bo perfectly
Iroel, or nearly sons the nature of the
country will allow. Trustworthy experiments
by theso engineers have shown that
when a road rises one foot in height for
twenty of its length a horse can draw continuously
only one-lmlf tho load that he can
on a level; and, thcreforo, on such a road
two horses will be needed to do the work
of one. Now, take the common county and
neighborhood roads in our State. How
many of them can you find that have as
good a grade as one in twenty ? How very
frequently do we find a grade of ono in ten,
or even as high as ono in five ? If a horse
can pull only half his proper load, when
tho grade of tho road rises one in twenty,
aP AAll rOA WihAn ' ?
vi vvuidv nudu in iuud UUU 1U U3U lit) CIIU
draw bat ont-forlh of his propir load.?
And it is an undoninblo fact tbat ninny portions
of our roads do havo this injurious
grade. What is the consequence? If the
load of tho horse is adapted to his power of
drawing on the levol road it follows that
when ho conies to a hill rising one in twenty,
or still worse, of one in ten, his strength is
over taxed, ho becomes prematurely worn
out, and there is a consumption of horso
flesh which has to be resupplicd with now
horses; and nstir horses, in their last analysis,
mean simply monjy. On tho contrary, if
the kMtd of the horso is accommodated to
what he can easily draw up n slope of one
in twenty, or of one in ten, then he is underworked
on tho level portions of the road,
and an excess of horses must be maintained
to llinnlv thin iniwilinlitv nf irnrlr T lliinV
it a modcrato estimate to say tbat, taking
all the farms in our State, at least one-JiftJi
more horses arc fed and maintained to do
the hauling oyer bad roads than would
bo roquirod on S system of good roads. If
this hypothesis be correct, then do wo not
pay a tax for the privilege of bad roads,
equivalent to the expenso of supporting
one-fifth of the horses and mules iu Georgia?
Another plaefc-wbcre tho tax for bad ro&d
comes in, is the lost of time. Hero is a
farmer who lives ten miles from Apicrieus,
or some other market town. He h?t a wagon
and two goo<fc mules ; ho loads on two
bales of cotton and starts for Americus.?
With tho rutty and'boggy roads, steep hilla
aud deep mud holes, you know it is a good
day's work to get those two bales to Americus,
and return in the day. We will suppose
at a moderate estimate, thit his wagou
and team Q^wor th. ^ 50 pQE day_-^ Mow^
?radffliirtSuo^PiWcntodVivo his wagon,
it would bo just as easy for his team to carry
four bales, as it Is now to carry only two;
in other words, he could then accomplish
in one day, the satno amount of hauling
that now requires tico days. His team, as
L have said, being estimated at 82 50 per
dav, and his being compelled to tako two
days to accomplish tho work of one, is it
not a logical inference, that in this ease, the
farmer fiays a tax of $2.50 a day, for tho privilege
of using bad r~nln? ftit multiply this
item by tho uumber of farmers in theStato
of Georgia, who go thrugh this identical
process numberless times during the year,
aud what a fearful burden of taxation it
piles up. If this tax came in a visible, tangible
shape, or if it wcro collected hv government
officials, backed up by bayonets,
what an amount of righteous indiguation it
would p^pvoke ! But it comes so noiselessly
and quietly that our people bear it with
the equanimity of Christian martyrs, and
in deed seldom think of it as a tax at all.
At a certain town in Georgia, which annually
ships from ten to twelve thousand
babs of cotton, there was a few years ago
a long, narrow causeway leading to a bridge,
said bridgo and causeway being wider than
necessary for one vchiclo, and yet not wido
enough for two. Whenever, thcreforo, a
vehicle fairly secured the entrance to the
causeway, it was necessary for the other vol.
?i 1._ -i. -
uivi? ub buu uuu ui iuu unuge, no mailer
liow many they were, to wait until the first
vchiclo had entirely passed over. On onoocacsiou,
1 passed this causeway, and at tho
end of the bridge I counted eighteen vehicles
?buggies with ladies and gentlemen, wagons
loaded with cotton, carts with wood, etc.
There they stead, on ? wintry day, reminding
one of "patience sitting on a monumont
smiling at grief," waiting, with Christian
resignation, for a ouo-horse team to drag its
slow length along tho causeway and over
the bridgo. Tho owners of these vehicles
never once dreamed that they were paying
tho heaviest sort of a tax for the privilege
of riding ovor a causeway too narrow for
two vehicles to co abreast; nor did they
once imagino that the loss of time in buggies,
wagons, carts, etc., with tho vexationincident
thereto, would have paid the cost
of constructing a wider embankment, twice
over, in one season. All this is altered
now. To the crodit of that town, be it
said, a few enterprising citizons saw the
heavy tax that thev were Davint?. and
r A ?r "Q? '
solved to pay it no longer; and now they
have a broad embankment and a wide
bridge, ample enough to cover any amount
of travel.
# .
Are We in Danoer ??Governor
Hampton seems to think so. Else; why
his warning to his audience on the 22d ultl
Why the extreme caution that characterizes
bis every word and action !
The elections in Sumter, in Gcorgetownr
in Newborry, what do tbcj indicate ? How
many negroes do you know who even profess
to be Democrats ? Do you suppose
that the recently unearthed secret history of
Elliott, and Nash, and Wright, and Sam
Lee, will have any otlior effect upon tho
rising young negroes of the State, than to
stir them up to follow these illustrious exemplars
?
By what majority was Hampton elected,
when there was no decent white man who
dared to nav nncrht kim V l??.
J 0-w -'3 ?? ??? * OWBIing?ninety
thousand ; against stealing?
niuety-one thousand. Two years ago, then,
ninety thousand citizens of South Carolina
came out openly and declared for thievery.
With all the decent people uuitcd to a man;
with all the enthusiasm developed by a
struggle recognized as vital, wo carried the
Stato by one thousand majority, in a total
vote of moro than one hundred and eighty
thousand.
If our pooplo believe that they will win
without special effort, if they believe that
Republicanism has no lifo left in it, they are
destined to experience a most grievous disappointment.
Then too thero is an undercurrent,
tho strength of which wo ennnot
yet measure. Rut this we know, men who
nspiro to offico will often risk rl>? nnhlin
weal, that they may advance themselves.? x.
Some plausible argument can always bo
fjund by self-seeking demagogues, to justify
bolting. Let us recognize the dangers of
our position and set ourselves to work with
energy and unanimity. Let u^ 'organize
our clubs and prepare in timo for an activo
campaign. Wo will not win if we underrate
tho difficulties which arc before us.?
Wc will wiu if wo determine to overcomo
them.?F. in Greenville Nrxrt.
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