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OUB HOMES; THEN OTJH STATE; EIN ALLY THE NATION; THESE CONSTITUTE OXJH COUNTRY. VOLUME 2. SATURDAY MORNING,; OCTOBER IT, 1868. NUMBER 35. THE i ORANGEBURG NEWS. PUBLISHED AT ORANGEBURG, 8. 0. Every Sa tu rd uy Morning. 8AMUKL DIBBLE, Editor. V. DIBBLE, Associate Editor. \f BARLES II. HALL, Publisher. ?-:o:? TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Q*t Cepy for one year.$2.00 4. ?? six Months........... 1.00 Any one tending TEN DOLLARS, for a Clnb of N?w Subscribers, Tf ill receive an EXTRA COPY f?r ONE TEAR, free of chivrge. Any ono sending FIf i DOLLARS, fer a Club of Now Subscribers, will receive an EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, frta ?f charge. RATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 Square 1st Insertion. $1.50 \ ??.:: 2d ?? . 76 A Square consists of 10 lines Brevier or one inch ?f Advertising space. Administrator's Notices, if accompanied with the cash.$2 76 If ?tot accompanied with tho cash.$5 00 Contract Advertisements inserted upon tho moBt liberal terms. MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICES, not ex eceding oue Square, inserted without charge. . , ?:o:? ? BSr ?Terms Cosh in Advance, "ism feb2a o ly DEMOCRATIC TICKET. . FOR PRESIDENT, HORATIO SEYMOUR. OF NEW YQRK. FOB VICE-PRESIDENT. FRANCIS P. BLAIR. OF MISSOURI; STATE ELECTORAL TICKET. . FOR THE STATE AT LARGE: GENERAL J. D. KENNEDY, Or KEttrtllAW. COLONEL .1. 1*. THOMAS, OF UICHI.A.ND.' (FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: COLON EL R. F. GRAHAM, OF MARION. . 'SECOND 'CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: GENERAL B. II RUTLEDGE, OF CHARLESTON. THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: OOHONEL J. P. READ, 'of anderson. 'FOURTH CONCESSIONAL DISTRICT: ?CGWNE'L E. 0. McLbitK, ?of chest-Ua. V A SL Sis SPEECHES OF <COW>NEL A. ?C. ttASKELL, ?And tfOLOSEL D. WYATT AtREN, AT Wrs mass MEfrtva in OnANQKHUtta, OF . f OCTOBER ? srwrcn/pv <colonel hasIvell. ??Mi. President, Ladies <end K^mtUwen^ My friends and fellow-citizens, it requires many names to convoy tho feelings which throb my ? brennt, and to express the sentiments which . crowd upon me at the recollection of the home of my ancestors for three generations, and the jplace *frhere my childhood was moulded. 'Tis fhnjfpiticas inexpressible to breathe again tho >?tr?f Orangeburg, but immeasurably proud um I to broathe this atmosphoro of patriotism. I Thin in a time when ifii are called upon to do all we can in this great issue for our State, whoso life is imperilled. (Col. Huskell was quite hoarse from overwork, and begged in dulgence.) I am not hopeless though tears of pity may drop from angel's eyes over the scene ... of ruin here, yet the God of right will load us through, and we will win as sure as faith will gfyr,?i "eternal happiness to the trusting soul." There iR, notwithstanding nil the desolation which we niect on every haud, more hope for future prosperity nnd happiness at the South *%*n ih a^y 'other1 portion of this country, and 'i fed that the realization of that hope is not far rcuioVcd. An old statesman said to me last night, "Go on, young man, you aro right; fcut.bcforc you accomplish your great work I ?hall bo in the gravo.''. Tfo encouraging to sec such a demonstra $'ion<d'power and doterniiuatiou as is here ex pressed by you ; your countenances reflect the coble intent' of your souls, that duty demands your help and that help (hull uot be withheld. However glorious the paHt, however great its record of Yaior, the prcsont is even greator j you are acting the part of true greatness. But what shall I aay of woman? No flattering speeoh can pass my lips when adverting to a matter so serious. No ; my Techle tributo to her magnanimity, as exhibited in all hor Buf ferings and trialB, is impotent to convey nu idea of her greatness. Men may create tho armies of a couutry?men may brave the shocks of grim visaged war?men may court danger and defy its threatenings for their country's honor, but tho true glory of a nation is its virtuous womanhood. When tho shrill alarum burst upon tho Boashorc and re-echoed among tho distant hills, waking Carolina's sons to duty, then woman with noblest resignation committed the jewels of home to tho cause and bade them go; and she it is whom Heaven selected to "bring salvation to man." It is tho women of our laud who have saved us siuco the war from irfamy and ignominy.? South Carolina shall yet bo saved, and on her banner shall bo inscribed the bodgo of woman hood. Treason is hardly found here; our dear old State is united. I learn that there ishardly|a scalawag to be found here, uo native ^scalawag at least. There are three, not more, in my native district of twelve thousand inhabi tants. Visit the concentrated scoru of every man, woman ??nd child upon the wretches. I see bofore mo the boys' banner?"Wo expect to bo men." Boys, your duty is to emulate the example of your fathers; you must verify that emblem iu your every act, aud despise the hateful, traitorous scalawags, who would fet ter your young souls, while they debase your mothers aud fathers. I believe that the ap proaching election can be carried. By arith metical calculation there is a plain Democratic majority, and if we work, as work wo must, we can win it iu South Carolina. I say this to cheer you all on. What incentives impel you to work? Home, mother, wile, children, liberty and life. Your duty involves every feeling of patriotism and sacrifice. Better, far better, had we fallen on the field of battle, thau been spared to see our country under the perfidious rule of Radicalism. A government not securing life, liberty aud protection of. property to its oituous is un oppres sion ; it breaks the heart of its people. Such taxution as it would lay upon us insults, while it breaks down the energy of tho people. Meu too immoral, too gross, too debased, are to-day occupying the loftiest places in our State.? Moses', that vile mun, whom his State would, honor, a.s iu her generous heart she always did her anptring sons?how can we sufficiently hold him up to the hinting execrations of pos terity? His own people, whose history is re splendent and scriptural, denouuee aud diu. curd him. When a murder, of a fiendish na ture, wus recently committed at Columbia, and the constable in discharge of his duty attempt ed the arrest of the perpetrators, he was told that, under the Constitution of the State which was framed a few monthsMuce in Char leston,' ?a member could not be arrested wheu the Legislature was in session," and the offender was bailed iu the paltry sum ol ?1000, with securities ?ot worth a dollar, and is now at large. We will break down tint government, by making it dio its own death The creation of a now offico is a constuuey sc long as there is a hungry carpet-bagger with out one. YoU wre burthened moro and more every day with taxes to keep up this destrue tive oppressions Look at the depreciation ol land ; see the Bales made undor the auction! eers hammer; and if they who are now hi power succeed, they* will, by their emmiuM plans, tax nntil you are compelled to sell, and] their commissioners, in conjunction with spec! ulntors from the North, will buy in and owl your patrimony. This I denounce as u scheml of robbery. Thero arc citizens of South Carl olinn, not yet termed scalawags, who havl helped this legislation. A uy body of men ol corporation who assist them in any wise shoull be denounced as enemies to tho people. Thai body which sat iu Coiumbiu could not efiecfl the loan of a dollar. The State would not ufl gist them; the Radicals (lid not assist thcil The only support they received was fromH company iu -North Carolina, which boughtS ehitrter from them for $80,000- 1 have ?| ways said in my speeches, publicly, and wBj continue to assert it, that the action of tfl Blue Bidgc Kuilrond, in going before thl body, was neither wise nor patriotic. Whfl tho Democracy succeed, we will sweep awl this government and put ours iu its stead. General Grant was the most acceptable ? our people for a candidate, until he violatH his solemn promises to the Southern ariiBH when they laid down their arms, but to-day Ig is iu our eyes most despicable. I want } ""?8 the ballot box to make war; not a war of bio JH God forbid! but a war of power. You c.inifgffl be defeated. If you rise in your strength y^nr success will be complete. You have prope-ty, superiority of intelligence, virtue; and, believe me, you can win. Unless you rise to contend for the right, the past will pale before the hor rible future. Bettor that the spear of [thurju| which disclosed, the naked deformity of our first parent's sin, should pierce the nations' honrt than that wo should live to woar the chains of galling infamy which await us in de feat. Traitorous would we be to the memory of our dead, whose bones whiten an hundred fields, if we did not go on with the ranks of the Democratic party. Power and fanati cism are uot restrained by a party usurping con stitutional principles. Our oppression will never die until we make it dio. I would uddress a few words to the colored people who have the manliness to be boro, not withstanding I hear the shouts of a lladical jcrcw yonder in procession. I fear, colored mon, for your race, not for mine ; wo are the whito raco, and will prevail, as we have ever done. What can three millions of your race effect against thirty-six millions of white men. What blindness in you to supposo you can suc ceed. What folly to oppose our d?i?tminntion. Grant and Colfax both say that if elected, you shall uot vote. Let them win und you are cast aside. Come over, for if we lose, you will be swept away. I moan no threat, but no matter who wins mako friends of your old masters. I am brought up an honest man nnd cannot cheat you; my duty to my God forbids it. Stand by us, and you'll bo a free, happy and prosperous people. They tell you that we wish to re-enslave you. 'Tis false. Though shot and battered in tbo last war, I would go into war again to oppose slavery. It whipped us before, because only the white men of our Southern country did i the lighting. Aud I would warn you that you cannot expect pat ronage and support from us if you voto to de stroy our property. Labor can be had from abroad, and if one white man discharges labor from his placo, till will do it. Be wise, and withdraw your confidcucc from strangers aud enemies. I am truly delighted to learn of the com plete organization of your Orangeburg Ccutral Club ; it is better matured than anywhere iu the State. Be united, and your enemies will scatter before you us the leaves before tlu winds of autumn. Unite, and no disgrace will uttend you. Let there not be a single Aristidoinus here to disgrace the heroes, aud you, like the immortal bund of Thermopylae" shall sweep away the hosts who rise ugaiust right and against your God. Go on ; defend your State by your vote, aud when the great day comes, aud at the Court of Heaven you stand, and when asked how have you done your duty, answer j done as should be done. Work, my frieuds, for tbo memory of the un sullied past, for yo.ir living dead, for your coun thc legal tender currency being forty-five per cent, below gold value, and showed the bank ruptcy of the government.] Who in this State, said he, arc the Radicals who seek to oppress you? 1 answer, the negroes. Far mers-? I urn a farmer?and 1 couuscl you to seel to it that these ncgroeB pay their propor tui of the taxes. Don't let them work your laiids unless they do pay their taxes ; und if yqjl do attend to ihis we'll sec what will become ot Randolph and the rest of the crowd of - scoundrels. Don't have any more partner ship planting with tho negro, it will not do ; Ihey arc au inferior race und you degrade yourselves to their level by such an arrange ment. [Ex-Governor Orr received a genteel dressing, nud Judge Moses, the renegade, had his career fitly reviewed. The Colonel illus trated graphically the results aimed at by the mongrel horde now in power; the onerous^ school system biB, involving such a fearful expenditure of public funds; and warned his hearers that if they remained from the polls on the, 3d of next November they would be to Linne for the degradation of the .State, lie was particularly opposed to fence riders, and would bo one to treat any fence rider to a full share of his hobby, namely, a single rail, arid ride him to death. The boys' banner. "Wo expect to be men," caught his eye.] Buys, said ho, learu to work. Away with that sickly sentimentality, "Oau't work, let tho negro do it." Better cat a crust, the result of" your own labor, than a feast worked for by tho negro. Bring into action your muscle, show the world and the negro that you can work, rise to the duty of men, and this land w-ill be freed from Africanism and tyranny. I *Thc speech of Colonel Aiken was replete with excellent practical suggestions, and was ?delivered with great vigor, terseness and elegance of diction, but the rain interfered with your reporter's arrangements, and he regrets to be compelled to give so brief an itjtl lino. [From the Abbeville Dauner.] Our Mn.ss-mcelingr. _ Oka no en u uo, October SI, 18G8. Mr. ElMTon : This has been a glorious day fur the Democracy of this District. Early morn came nud with it the drizzling rain peculiar to our Fall. This did not, however, ?ffun UXt- the congregating of hundreds id" the yeomanry of the District, accompanied by their wives, daughters, .'isters and loves. The harder it rained the more determined did they appear to waive triumphantly the beauti ful banners of Democracy. At nine o'clock a procession of at least one thousand men was formed at tho Depot, and divided iuto live Divisions; each Division was li^?ro by a wagou huudsomely decorated ? with all sorts of festooncry of roses and cver grecus, and drawn by six mules or horses more handsomely caparisoned, ridden postill ion by Democrat negroes, and each wagon filled, with tho loveliest of fair maidens bearing beautiful banners. The whole procession was headed by a magnificent floral car, carrying a band of musicians from Charleston, whose exquisite airs hushed for the moment all r.p. position to our cause, i In that prccssion were seventy eight color ed^Dcmocrats, and near one hundred boys, the latter bearing a beautiful banner on whose folds were inscribed?"wo expect to be men." Ou_ arriving at the stand the head of (he column halted; the Marshall formed close column by Divisiou tm first Division ; the wu gowB were driven to the seats and emptied of their precious loads, and the closed Divisions parted ami marched up to the front of the stand. The muneouvcring and tramp of those men showed they had not forgotten the lessons ofjdnys not lotog since gouo by. The Stawd was quite as elegantly ornamen ted with Kbstoonery as the wagons, and filled with more than thirty chairs. JYidge Clover presided, and after a few appropriate remarks introduced Judge Aldrich, who was followed by Coi. Hinken ami he in turn by the can vasser, while the Honorable J. P. Reed closed the list of white speakers.^ ioode from Colum bia, and Francis from Charleston represented the colored democracy on the occasion. Doubt less each speaker thought he did himself and the glorious cause justice, and the patient, at tentive, splendid audience weathered it through to the last, occasionally rending the air with their shouts of applauso as a good point was niado or a funny anecdote told. The ladies, Cud bless thorn, showed their adherence and devotion to our cause by remaining on the ground amid all the rain until the last speaker finished, and then went one and all to the tables of viands that were abundantly spread, a table of two hundred feet being allotted to each division. Banners were everywhere suspended, flags floated in the air. while mottoes such as ??our rights," and "our liberties" were everywhere tc be aceii. and cheerful faces of earnest, energetic men commingled with the loveliest smiles of the prettiest women I ever saw. Nothing, not. even the constant rain checked tho enthusiasm ol the day and every one assured .us it was nothing to the assurance all felt in securing on the ,'5d of November next u radical decrease of ut leaHt one thousand, if not u positive majority for the Democratic party. Would that Abbeville werons much in earnest!! If wc wero,' our Democratic majority would more than counterbalance any defeat Ornngc burg may have. During the first two hours of the speaking two white villiaus, and probably the hyena Randolph, called about three hundred negroes iu the streut? and attempted to deafen the audience by their hideous shrieks. Dut as they would not be noticed tho leaders shouted themselves hoarse and the poor deluded ne groes siunked away in disgu.it. What a pity lt. K. .Scott and his canine protege?Dckuight ?could uot have beeu there ; they might have manufactured a case of manslaughter to send North as radical capital. Truly, D. \V V ATT AI KEN. The Now Yurk Journal of Commerce, ?a highly temperate und able paper, holds the following opinions on the subject of negro suffrage: i "No law in creation can fix negro suffrage into a permanency. It is but an experiment. II' it works well, contrary to the experience of mankind up to this date, it will remain incor porated in the constitutions of the Southern Stv.'i^ If it proves to be n lamentable failure, degrading in its effect upon whites and blacks alike, the sturdy good sense of the Saxon race will throw it off", like any other fetter which hiudcts its progress. No law of Congress, no Constitution of any State, no amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is unrcpcnl thlc. Congress has already shown to mankind with what facility the most sacred charters, the most solemu compact*?, may be rent to pieces, when party interests require it. At some time not far distant, perhaps, the Conservatives may have the supreme power, as the Radicals now have it. It will be their duty to revise and correct errors of Radical legislation. One of the first questions that will come before them will be that of the repeal of all negro suffrage enactments and provisos. Unqualified negro suffrage will then have been tried upon its merits, on the large scale. If, on the whole, it is a good thing, it will not be molested. But if it is a clearly apparent evil and nuisance, nothing can save it from being sponged out of exis tence." How n Peck of Corn Menl is Taxed. The (jftllipolis Dispatch, in answer to the charge that because a man is poor he cannot be taxed, thus shows how even a peek of meal, purchased by a poor man to aid in feeding his family of tittle children, is taxed, to aid in paying the interest on the untaxed bonds. . Says the Dispatch: "Tho corn from which that peck' x>f meal was made was raised on taxed land, plowed by a taxed plow, drawn by taxed horses, hitched with taxed gears. It was hoed with a taxed hoe, cultivated with taxed implements, gather ed with a taxed Wagon-, drawn with taxed horses, thrown into a taxed crib, shelled on a taxed machine, measured iu a taxed measure, taken in a taxed sack and ground on a taxed mill, sieved with & taxed sieve, mixed in n taxed pan, stirred with a taxed spoon, salted with taxed salt, *put- into * ta\cd bake pan, baked in a taxed stove, laid out on taxed plate, cut with ft taxed knife, and lastly eaten by a pretty heavily taxed man. "If it wero not for the taxes you could buy a bushel of meal for what that peck cost youj Besides, it is not on that alone that you are taxed, but upon everything you have to buy. A pound of sugar costs only 3 or 4 cents, but you have to pay from 1G to 2i). A pound of coffee only costs 10 cents but you have to pay HO, and if it eosts you three hundred dollars a year to support your family, you may safely say one half id' this is tax. Now, is?ft any wonder that times are hard and that you find it difficult to live?" I Tex Goon Ul'i.ks.?Choose the path of virtue, and imitate a high pattern. D ? all the good in thy power, and let every action he useful. Cultivate tliy mind carefully?it will be a store of pleasing reflect ion. Be diligent*- iu thy business, and strictly upright iu thy dealings. 3 -vesfigate affairs closely, and engage in them cautiously. La thy plan* with prudence, and be pre pared with emergencies. In all difficulties be patient, and overcome them by perseverance. Do that which needs doing most. Have a place for everything and everything in its place. In all things be economical without mcau ncss, and combine utility with elegance. Boston is abandoning the check-rein on holies. Items. ? . ^.?A^rt Swect potatoes arc plenty, in New Xoik. Bonner pays 010 apiece for-|HWiW"if"W*-* copted. ! M innesofa votes on negro suffrage Noveifc ber 3d. A 450 pound bear Wat fatel* ? : Hampshire. Snow fell at St. Paul, Minn., Wed last. Land in plenty in Arkansas at 3 to 5 een( ?????'! . Unv an acre. Frost lias uot yet damaged the KeattK&y crops. The potato crop of New York is 25,000,000 bushels. A bushel of bogus nickels has been found in St. Louis. A ucw elub for English reformers is about to be started. Iu Milwaukee they call a harness matter? "horso milliner." Vienna has a female orchestra which con cert izes successfully. They have a female Grant elub out west. Motto ? Match us." A woman in New York shines with $300, 001) worth of diamonds. The carpet-baggers are building a hotel at Jacksonville Florida. Nashville has a population of 23,304? 19,039 whites, and 3.305 blacks. The military works at Point Lcvi, Canada, have suspended operations. llice will soon be cultivated by coolie labet in the Cape Fear region. 'The "Champion Female Walker of the World" is astonishing London. ? - - The French Fishery off Newfoundland Iftas been a bad failure this year. Apples arc selling at 25 cents a bushel at the cider mills in Connecticut. Twelve thousand caus of sweet com are'daily scaled at one factory in Maine. A Jersey City German has tried m?r times to run away with his wife's sister. Ohio has one hundred and seventy-two wool en mills. Two-story cars to accommodate one hundred persons arc being tried ia Germany. ? Yale College has rejected 131 applicants for admission this year, some conditionally* ' ' -' '. >' .-??"?( .'.'"irr The Oil Creek and Allcghany eil wells turn ed out 12,235 barrels a day last month, . An establishment tit Keyport, N. J., cans 600,000 bushels of tomatoes in a season. & The annual yield of t?:=e in th- Ohio Tp. ley uloue, now averages over 700,000 gallons. The Quebec Legislature will meet for tho dispatch of business the last part of October. The total pay from the British treasury to the royal family amounts to $2,500,000 in gold. ?..<?? ..-r*.r. La ige vTssi.ciat ions of wine growers from Southern Franco are coming to .America ? <& grow grapes* Over 200,000 foreigners have sought a ftoine iu the United States since the termination v& the war. I ;.? .v.-h State Elections.?The following State elections occur this year: West Virginia, October 22. Now York, November 3? New Jersey, November 3. Delaware. November 3% Maryland. November 3. Illinois, November 3. Michigan, November 3? Wisconsin, November 3% Minnesota, November 3* Missouri, November 3. Kansas, Novciubor 3, ? Nevada, November 3* Massachusetts, Novomber 3? Tho Presidential election occur* uU the 34 of November. ,:Conic, hero, sjssy, said a young gentleman to a little girl, to whose sistor ho wo? M)'inj| his addresses, "Vom are the *weptos4 thjng or earth." * ??No I ain't, either," she replied; "sister says you arc the sweetest," Cicntloman popped the question next day* ? The water cure's no new invention,** said old Mis. Smith, when she was advised to try the remedy; "it's as old as the deluge, and even then it killed more than it cured/* K?nning off with another man's wife, is styled larceny in St. Louis. Potty (coat) larceny probably.