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FIEST OUR HOMES; THEN OUR STATE; FINALLY THE NATION; THESE CONSTITUTE OUR COUNTRY. ?' ' - u. ? VOLUME 2. SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1868. NUMBER 36. TBE ORANGEBURG NEWS. ?-:o: PUBLISHED AT OKANGKBURG, S.O. Every Satnrday Moriiing. . SA MULL DIBBLE, Editor. V. ?. DIBBLE, Associate Editor. *" 9HARLEB H. HALL, Pullisher. ?:o:? TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Oao Copy for one year. $2.00 ? Six Months...... 1.00 A ay one lending TEN DOLLARS, for a Clnb of New Subscribers, will receive on EXTUA COPY far ONE YEAR, free of ohnrge. Any one sending FITS DOLLARS, for a Club of New Subscribers, will receive an EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, frt? of charge. ?:o:? RATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 Bquar? 1st Insertion. $1.50 ?.?.. i *?:. 2d ??. 75 A Square consists of 10 linen Uro vier or one inch ?f Advertising space. Administrator's Notices, if accompanied with the cash.$2 76 If not accompanied with tho cash.$5 00 Contract Advertiscnieuta iusurted upon the most liberal terms. MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICES, not ex ceeding one Square, inserted without charge. Turms Cash in Advance. feb 28 o ly DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT, HORATIO SEYMOUR. OF NEW YQRK. -o FOB YICE-PRESIDENT. FRANCIS P. BLAIE. OF MISSOURI. -o STATE ELECTORAL TICKET. FOR T//K STATE AT LARGE: GENERAL J. D. KENNEDY, ok KERHIIAW. COLONEL J. V. THOMAS, of aicHiiA.Ni>.'* IFJRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: COLONEL lt. F. GRAHAM, or mArion. . \SECOND'CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: GENERAL B. IL RUTLEDGE, OF CHARLESTON. THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: <X)DONEL J. P. READ, 'OF ANDERSON. 'FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: -C?^NsvL E. C. McLUitnj, ?OF CHESTER. V A iU 0 ? is SPEECHES OF ? <COi.ONEL A, <C. tt ASfctELL, And "COLONEL D. WYATT AttvEN, AT tTOS MASS MEETiya IN ORANQEIMJRQ, OF * OCTOBER 3D. ?* '-Or**3 SVEfcOH'0* 'COLON EL IlASkStAi. : Aft. I'resident, Ladies and 'Oentlcntcn'-: My friends and fellow-citizens, it requires many names to convoy tho feelings which throb my ? breast, and to express tho sentiments which crowd upon mo at the recollection of the home of my ancestors for three generations, and the place where my ehildhood was moulded. 'Tis Uittj/pincss inexpressible to breathe again the - air of Orangeburg, but immcasurubly proud am I to breathe this atmosphere of patriotism. This is a time wben we are called upon to do sll we can in this great issue for our State, vhoso lifo is imperilled. (Col. Hu'skcll was quite hoarse from overwork, nnd begged in dulgence.) I am not hopeless though tears of -pity may drop from angel's eyes over the scene j of ruin here, yet the God of right will load us through, and we will win as sure as faith will ''eternal .happiness to the trusting soul." There is, notwithstanding all the desolation which we meet on every hand, more hope for futuro prosperity and happiness at the South tfcan in any other portion of this country, aud I feel that the realization of that hope is not Jar removed. An bid statesman said to me last night, "Go on, young man, you arc right; but before you accomplish your grcut work I ?hall he in the-grave.'' TTfa encouraging to sec auch n demonbtra iionof power and determination ao is here cx ressed by you j your countenances reflect the noble intend of your souls, that duty demands yoor help and tbufc bolp shall uot be withheld. How over glorious tho paBt, however great its record of Yulor, the prcaent is even greater; you are acting the part of true greatness. But what shall I say of woman? No flattering speech can pars my lips when adverting to a matter so serious. No; my Tcehle tribato to her magnanimity, as exhibited in all her suf ferings and trials, is impotent to convey an idea of hor greatness. Men may create tho armies of a country?men may bravo the shocks of grim visaged war?mcu may court danger nnd defy its threatenings for their country's honor, but tho true glory of a nation is its virtuous womanhood. When tho shrill alarum burst upou tho seashore and re-echoed among tho distaut hills, waking Carolina's sons to duty, then woman with noblest resignation committed tho jewels of homo to tho cause and bade them go; and she it is whom Heaven selected to "bring salvation to man." It is the womeu of our laud who have saved us since the war from infamy and ignominy.? South Carolina shall yet bo saved, and on her banner shall be inscribed the bndgo of woman hood. Treason is hardly found hero; our dear old State is united. 1 learn that there is hurdly|a scalawag to bo found here, no 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, womau and child upon the wretches. I sec bofore mo the boys' bauuer?"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 we 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 aud 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 rulo of Radicalism. A government uot securing life, liberty and protection of. property to. its citizens is an oppres sion ; it breaks the heart of its people. Such taxation us it would lay upon us insults, while it breaks down the energy of the people. Men too immoral, too gross, too debased, are to-duy occupying the loftiest places in our State.? Moses, that vile man, whom his State tcouhl honor, as iu her generous hoart she always did her nnpiring sons?how oau we sufficiently hold him up to the Wing execrations of pos terity ? His own people, whose history is re splendent and scriptural, denounce and diu. card him. When u murder, of n fiendish na ture, was recently committed at Columbia, aud the constable iu discharge of his duty attempt ed the arrest of the perpetrators, he was told thai, under the Constitution of the State which was framed a few monthsvince in Char leston,i "a member could not be arrested ?vlien the Legislature wus in session," and ; offender was bailed iu the paltry sum ol vlOOO, with securities *ot worth a dollar, and is now at large. We will break down this government, by making it die its own death The creation of a now office is a constancy sc long as there is a hungry carpet-bagger with, out one. You are borthoned more and mon every day with taxes to keep up this destrue tive oppression. Look at the depreciation o land; see the sales madu nudor the auction cers hammer; and if they who nre now ii power succeed, they* will, by their cwin'mj .plans, tax tin til yott are compelled to sell, ant their commissioners, in conjunction with spec ulators from tho North, will buy in and owi your patrimony. This I denounce ns u sobeutl of robbory. Tbero arc citizens of South Can^ olina, not yet termed Bcalawags, who havl helped this legislation. Any body of mcu tl corporation who assist them in any wise shoull be denounced as enemies to the people. Thai body which sat in Coiumbiu could not efle! the loan of a dollar. The State would not uB sist them; the Radicals did not assist thcifl The only support they received was fromga company iu North Carolina, which bought! charter from thorn for $80,000- 1 have a! ways said in my speeches, publicly, and wH continue to assert it, that the action of tHg Blue Ridge Railroad, in going before thM body, was neither wise nor patriotic. WhH the .Democracy succocd, we will sweep awfl this government and put ours iu its stead. I General Grant was the most acceptable H our people for a candidate, until he violatH his solemn promises to the Southern amH when they laid down their arms, but to-day ? is iu our eyes most, despicable. I want youH the ballot box to make war; not a war of bio J God forbid! but a war of power. You canj|?i be defeated. If you rise in your strength y?,ur success will be complete. Y'ou have property, superiority of intelligence, virtue; and, belicvc me, you can win. Unless you rise to contend for the right, the past will pale before the l,or. rible future. Better that the spear of Ithurj,.) which disclosed the naked deformity of our first parent's siu, should pierce the nations' heart than that we should live to woar tho chains of galling infamy which await us in do* 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 die. I would address a few words to the colored people who hove the manliness to be here, not rwithstanding I hear the shouts of a Radical 'crew yonder in procession. I fear, colored men, for your race, not for miuo; we are the white raco, and will prevail, as wo have ever done. What can threo millions of your race effect against thirty-six millions of white men. "What blindness in you to suppose you eau suc ceed. What folly to oppose our determination. Grant and Colfax both say that if elected, you shall uot vote. Let them win and you are cast aside. Come over, for if we lose, you will be swept away. I mean no threat, but no matter who wins make friends of your old masters. I am brought up an honest uian and cannot cheat youj my duty to my God forbids it. Stand by us, and you'll be a free, happy and prosperous people. They tell you that we wish to re-enslave you. 'Tis false. Though shot and battered iu the 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. tho fighting. Aud I would warn you that you cannot expect pat ronage and support from us if you vote to de stroy our property. Labor can be had from abroad, aud if one white man discharges labor from bis place, all will do it. Do wise, aud withdraw your coufideuce from strangers aud enemies. I am truly delighted to learn of the com plete organization of your Orangeburg Central Club ; it is better matured than anywhere in the State. Do united, and your enemies will scatter before you as the leaves before tin winds of autumn. Unite, and no disgrace will uttend you. Let there not be a single Aristidemus here to disgrace tho heroes, and you, like tho immortal baud of Thermopylae" shall sweep away tho hosts who rise against right and against your God. Go on ; defend j'our State by your vote, and when the great day comes, and at the Court of Heaven you stand, and when asked hoic have you done your duty, answer; done as should be done. Work, my friends, for tho memory of the uu sullied past, for your living dead, for your couu Hr 1 SU wkm \ B-v LU wBSM m Hot He. Hf* ? Hp"' nHMHMHIH'r tmuu M"l',H'iap,llT'Pm?BHfl^^ e-i the legal tender currency being forty-five per cnt. 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? I answer, the negroes. Far mers? I tun a farmer?and I couuscl you to sod' to it that these negroes pay their propor tion of tho taxes. Don't let them Work your Intids unless they do pay their taxes ; and if | yott do attend to this wo'll see what will become ol Randolph and the rc?t of the crowd of - scoundrels. Don't have any more partner ship planting with tho negro, it will not do; they ore an inferior race and you degrade yourselves to their level by such un arrange ment. [Ex-Governor Orr received a genteel dressing, and 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 onerousJ school system bUl, involving such a fearful expenditure of public funds; and warned his bearers that if they remained from the polls on the 3d of next November they would be to blamo for the degradation of the .State, lie was particularly opposed to fence riders, and would bo one to treat any fence rider to u full share of his hobby, namely, n single rail, and ride him to death. The boys' banucr. '?We expect to be men," caught his eye] Boys, said ho, learn to work. Away with that sickly sentimentality, "Oan't work, let tho negro do it." Detter cat a crust, the result of your own labor, than** feast worked for by tho negro. Bring into action y?ur muscle, show the world and the negro that you can woik, rise to the duty of men, and this land will be freed from Africanism and tyranny. IVThe speech of Colonel Aiken was replete with excellent practical suggestions, and was .delivered with great vigor, terseness and ejegancc of diction, but the rain interfered with your reporter's arrangements, and he regrets to be compelled to give so brief an rmtlino. _ _ [From the Abbertllo Homier.] Our Mnss-rueeting'. i OllANGERURO. October 3, 1SHR. Mil. ElUTOR : This has been a glorious day f'ir the Democracy of this District. Early morn came and with it the drizzling rain peculiar to our Fall. This did not, however, fffui* ouA the cougrcgntiug of hundreds of 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 into five Divisions; each Division was lr>*wri by a wagou haudsomcly decorated with all sorts of festooncry of roses and cver gn ens, and drawn b}- six mules, or horses mo;e handsomely caparisoned, ridden postill iou 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 op position to our cause. Iu that prcession were seventy eight color ed Democrats, and near one hundred boys, the latter bearing a beautiful banner on whose folds were inscribed?"we expect to be men." Ou_ arriving at the stand the head of the column halted; the Marshall formed close column by Divisiou on first Division ; the wa gons were driven to the seats and emptied of their precious loads, and the closed Divisions parted and marched up to the front of the stand. The maneouvering and tramp of those men showed they had not forgotten the lessons ofjdays not long since goue by. The stawd was quite as olegantly ornamen ted with festoonery as the wagons, ami filled with more than thirty chairs. Judge Glover presided, and after a few appropriate remarks introduced Judge Ahlrich, who was followed by Col. Hacken ami he in turn by the can vasser, while the Honorable J. 1?. Heed closed the list of white speakers. Goodc from Colum bia, and Francis from Charleston represented the colored democravy on the occasion. Doubt* less each speaker thought he did himself and the glorious cause j tiec, and the patient, at tentive, splendid uudten e weathered it through to the last, occasional!; rending the air with their shouts of applause as a good point was made or a funny anecdote told. The ladies, God bless thorn, showed their adherence and devotion to our cause by remaining on the ground amid ail 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 divisiou. Banners were everywhere suspended, flags floated in the air. while mottoes such as "our rights,-- and "our liberties" were everywhere to. be seen, 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 nil felt in securing tiu the lid of November nest a radical decrease of ut least one thousand, if not a positive majority for the Democratic party. Would that Abbeville were as much in earnest!! If we were," our Democratic majority would more than counterbalance any defeat Orange burg may have. During the first two hours of the speaking two white villians, nnd probably the hyena Randolph, called about three hundred negroes in the street* an1 attempted to deafeu the audience by their hideous shrieks. Dut as they would not be noticed tho leaders shouted themselves hoarse ami the poor deluded ne groes sluuked away in disgust. What a pity R. K. Scott and his canine protege?Dckuight ?could uot have been there; they might have manufactured a case of manslaughter to send North as radical capital. Truly, D. WYATT AI KEN. The New York Journal of Commerce, a highly temperate and able paper, holds the following opinions on the subject of negro suffrage: "No law in creation can fix negro suffrage into a permanency. It is but an experiment. If it works well, contrary to the experience of mankind up to this date, it will remain incor porated in the constitutions of the Southern States. 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 hiudeis its progress. No law of Congress, no Constitution of any State, no amendment to the Constitution of tho United States, is unrepcal ible. 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 rerpiirc 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 nil negro suffrage enactments and provisos. Unqualified negro suffrage will then have been tried upon its merits, on tho large scale. If, on the whole, it is a good thing, it will not he molested. Rut if it is a clearly apparent evil and nuisance, nothing can save it from being sponged out of exis tence.*' How a Peck of Corn Meal is Taxed. The Cftrlipolis Dispatch, in answer to the charge that because a man is poor he cannot bo taxed, thus shows how even a peek of meal, purchased by a poor man to aid in feeding his family of little children, is taxed, to aid in paying the interest on the untaxed bonds. . Says the Dispatch': ?'The corn from which that peck'of meal was made was raised on taxed laud, 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 laXcd machine, measured in n taxed measure, taken in a taxed sack and .ground on a taxed mill, sieved with a taxed sieve, mixed in a taxed pan, stirred with a taxed spoon, salted with taxed salt, put into a taxed 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 were not for the taxes you could buy a bluthel of meal for what that peck cost you! Resides, it is not on that alouc that you are taxed, but upon everything you have to buy. A pound of sugar costs only 3 or 4 couts, but you have to pay from 1(5 to 20. A pound of toffee only costs 10 cents but you have to pay HO, and if it costs you three bundled dollars ?a year to support your family, you may safely say one half of this is tax. Now, is* any wonder that times are hard and that you find J it difficult to live?" Ten Good Rules.?Chooso the path of virtue, and imitate a high pattern. Do all the good in thy power, and let every action be useful. Cultivate tliy mind carefully?it will be a store of pleasing reflection. Dc diligent in thy business, and strictly upright in thy dealings. Investigate affairs closely, and engage in them cautiously. Lay thy plann with prudence, and be pro pared with emergencies, In nil difficulties be patient, and overcome thom by perseverance. Do that which needs doing most. Have a place for everything and everything in its place. In all things be economical without mean ness, and combine utility with elegance. ? ?????????????? 15 osio 11 is abandoning the check-rein on horses. Item*. Sweet potatoes arc.plenty.in;New X-^r^.lf'-m Bonner pays $10 ajiieco for poawt1 if iw - copied. Minnesota votes on negro suffrage Noveqn ber 3d. A 450 pound bear Hampshire. Snow fell at St. Paul, Minn., Wedi last. Land is plenty in Arkansas at 3 to a cen's an acre. Frost has not yet damaged the Kentucky crops. The potato crop of New York is 25,000,000 bushels. A bushel of bogus nickels?. ha* been found in St. Louis. A new elub for English reformers is about to uu started. - ii .. .,' In Milwaukee they call a harness maker a "horse milliner." Vienna has a female orchestra which coil* certizes successfully. They have a female Grant club out west. Motto "Match us." A woman in New York shines with $300, 000 worth of diamonds. The carpet-baggers are building a hotel at Jacksonville Florida. Nashville lias a population of 23,304? 19,939 whites, and 3,3G5 blacks. The military works at Point Lcvi, Canada, have suspended operations, ltice will soon be cultivated by coolie- labor in the Cape Fear region. "The "Champion Female Wdket.ujf.th? World" is astonishing London. The French Fishery off Newfoundland has been a bad failure this year. Apples are selling at 25 cents a bushel at tho cider mills in Connecticut. Twelve thousand cans of sweet corn are daily waled atone factory in Maine. A Jersey City German has tried"f?mrwllt? to run away with his wife's sister. Ohio ha* one hundred and seventy-two wool en mills. Two-story ears to accommodate one hundred persons arc being tried in Germany. Yale College has rejected 131 applicants tor admission this year, some conditionally. The Oil Creek and AUcghaoy uU wells torn cd out 12.235 barrels a day last month. An establishment at Key port, N. J., ean3 500,000 bushels of tomatoes in ? ?eaeotr. * The annual yield of wine in the Ohio .Val ley alone, now averages ovOr 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 amoaa*a to 12,500,000 t? gold. - Large associations of wine growers from Southern Franco are coming to America ? & grow grapes, Over 200,000 foreigners have sought a Homo in the United States since the termination tjj the war, n?m .%????? , . State Ejections.?Tho following State elections occur this year: West Virginia, October 22. New York, November 3? New Jersey, November 3? Delaware, November 3. Maryland. November 3. Illinois, November 3. r Michigan, November 3, Wisconsin, November 3? Miunesota, November 3, Missouri, November 3. Kansas, November 3k Nevada, November 3, Massachusetts, Novomber 3, Tho Presidential election occurft ?u (he 34 of November. -??ca> 11 mm*.[*> j "Come, hero, sissy, said a young gontloijiR? to a little gir|, to whose sister ho wan BMR^j his addresses, "Yvm are the sweetest thing on earth." * ^No I ain't, oithcr," she replied; "sifter says you are the sweetest," Gentleman popped tho question next day, ? ??.-?????? ?The water cure's no new invention,*' said old Mrs. 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," Dunning off with another man's wife, is styled larceny in St. Louts. IVtty (coat) larceny probably.