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July 21 ?r1 2* 17
Sixteenth Amendment.
BT H. S. YOUNG.
Are human beings possessed now a days
with so morbid so appetite that it csn be
only appeased by a continued course of
intense excitement, even of the most
revolting and unworthy nature.
The lives and sets of those who consti
tute the "power of the nation," certainly
prove the world of mind strangely agog.
Ever since tho cessation^ - of hostilities
there have been wranglings, quibblings
and juggliugs without end to annex a
Fifteenth Amendment; end scarcely his
this fiendish deed been accomplished than
the politicul heavens become overcast by
a cloud of more terrible import than all
others, in the form of a Sixteenth Amend
ment.
And what does it mean ? What need
for another appendage 7 What its sub
ject? What its object? Women of
America, veil your pure taces to conceal
the blushes that should mantle your
checks at mention of the word Sixteenth
Amendment, for it is sn insult to your
purity?s shame to your honor, the
death-blow to your womanhood.
You may question how this can be ?
How t Is it no shame that men should
stand in legislative hall and use the pure
and gentle nsme of woman in noisy de
bate or, hnrsh and jeering tone, that
should make the heurt die .' uTis sod
that men should scoff utid trample on
euch other ;.but oh, tis bitter wrong that
they should drag mother, wile and sister
from her higher shrino to crush her in
tho dust! Sixteenth Amendment!
Woman's shame ? Not that alone.
When tho act is done which proclaims
woman has entered the political arena to
contest fur position and power, it will bo
the final deed?the last signuture to the
death-warrant of a once glorious nation.
Ah truly indeed, may the poet siug,
??Fold that banner, for '*lia weary."
?^fSs, fold it?'drape it in mourning ?~
wreathe it in crape, for the nation is
dead !
Strange, passing strange, that woman
should contend for power ; should so far
forget her self-respect und duty ns to
stand before a gaping, curious crowd,
and with her woman * voice cry out for
equal rightt! Equal rights! For what?
To be trodden under foot? To ho jostled
and jeered by a noisy, clamorous mob?
Think you, Oh, deluded creatures, to
save the already tottering fabric of
governmcut? Vain delusion ! for with
the power of equal rights the old, sweet
influence of woman is forever gon?!
Will the rude, drunken creature wrang
ling at the ballot box heed the reproot
from the voice beside him in the noisy
crowd? Will he not rather lift his baud
to strike the reprover? Not cowardly?
as for a man to raise his hand against u
woman?but as muu to man ; for with
her equal rights she must accept the
cruel taunt, and hear the harsh and
wicked words, or lift her woman's hand
iu soil-defense. Wiiut prompts those
culling themselves women to demand
umong tue urchives of the nation there
shall be placed one law giving to them
such privileges us only men should claim?
Is it ambition ? Heed not the siren
voice; it will prove but u "Will o' the
Wisp," leading you through sodden
marshes into tho fatal quicksand. Do
not strong met) go down fa.ot and weary?
See them fulling by the wayside/ The
soiled and tattered banuer ou which they
hud traced, in joyous hope, "Excelsior,"
trailing in the dust?a bruised aud
crushed form beside them?seen too late.
In their haste and upward gazing, iu
their earnest, reaching for the "castles in
the air," they saw not the beautiful
flowers at their feet, heeded not the
pleading form and yearning heart, n.nd
in striving for fame und power, happiness,
was lost, and as they full tho truth of all
they might have been floats around and
away from them into tho "nameless
yonder ," The shoro is strewn with the
wrecks of barks guided by strong hands.
Cuu tho trembling, weak hand of woman
hope to steer more safely o'er the rough,
tempestuous sou ol lite ? The nation is
dying, and woman must save I?Then, to
the rescue ! Nut at tho bullot-box ; not
in legislative hull ; not by haranguing
heedless multitudes; but iu the quiet ol
home, with the groat, wicked world shut
out, oxerciso the power thstisthero
your right, none dare dispute, There
you can vhw a position the highest earth
can bestow. Hy the quiet fireside, the
true, loving mother instilling principles
oi truth, purity sod honor into tho heart
and mind of the prattling boy at he?
aide, is wield tug ? power f.* greater than
these nondescripts can hope to obtain by
the establishment Of a thousand amend
ments. Some of these so-called advo
cates of Woman's Rights awert that wen
have become so ael6sh an 1 wicked they
are no longer capable of < ontrolling the
destiny of nation or woman. Men are
evil. They have only left the Greater
Good, and must bo aroused lb a knowledge
of the fact, and they will -return to their
allegiance. The Creator declared man
the rnler "over the birds, of the air, the
beasts 01* the field,/ nud not that alone,
but pronounced him the* "head of the
woman.'* Arc we wiser than the Divine
Architect? "That some *<tmen aro sup- i
erior to some mnn intellectually forms
an exception ; that ail women are super
ior to all me.: morally is no. indisputable
truth, for IV is another ?jyidcnce of the
wisdom of the Maker. 'Man, with his
great mental and physich 1 strength, is
prepared to encounter thl: storms of life
and battle against theiy; but in this
daily strife human hearts grow hard and
cold, wander far from "^HS Tight, and?1
struggling amid the darH?css, Would be
lost were there uot a presence near, bear
ing the greater strength nmn have not.?
Thus woman lifts him 'lip, and renews
the better self, and man'and nations are
saved!
If within the sacred^realm of home
father, brother or husband in a moment
of sudden passion utter those quick,
harsh words of wrong that men do some
times say, a gentle lo\ing voice, and
pleading tone Haying : "Oh my darling,
don't say, such words! they* are so wrong
and stain your soul!" v;:.! linger iu the
heart, and follow him jinto the great
world beyond, and in a meitttent of sudden
temptation the quick words come, but
remain unuttered, for be can not sully
lips sacred to her bo pure hud true. Ah,
is not that a nobler yw>ww, a greater in
fluence than the loud-v.ncca creature
clamoring for a Sixteenth Amendement
can ever acquire ? Therms _y?t:x power
?-There, your rf^iG'^lTTSffidrT nofic can'
deprive you. Then strive to cultivate
your heart, beautify your home?make it
more attractive than the brilliantly
illuminated halls of dissipation and sin.
nud no more will you see your loved
husband, father, brother or son reeling
nud staggoring, or with simpering smile,
und eyes dimmed by that poisonous
draught, that proves at laat the double
tuurderei?murderer of his soul aud your
own and heart. Teach the innocent boy
I at your side his first duty is to hia God,
the next to his country. Ry instilling
I into the pure young heart lessons of
I truth, self sacrifice and honor you are
preparing a champion for your rights
nobler and truer thau -your owu frail,
I woman's voice ever hoped to be in the
balls of the nation.
Then, .. y sifters, let us say to those
who are demanding a place for woman
iu the councils of thu laud, we do uot
ask it, do not wish it; we only crave that
those who ever guided the Ship of Stute
will forget their wrangling, forget their
selfish desires for power, return to their
allegiance, bury the dead past, be true
to their conutry. Let us lift the soiled
and trailing banner, take the gruud old
charter of our Fathers and place them iu
our brother's bauds, saying, "Tukethem,
oh, our brothorp, for our feeble hands
eanuot boar their massive weight ! Take
them as our Fathers gavo them. Your
wrongs shall be our wrongs, your rights
our rights henceforth ! We have uot
lost the old faith in you. Do not fear to
trust our brothers. Take them these
?acred gilts, scaled by the blood and
prayers of our Futhers; und with them
we give the keeping of our lives, 0?i7
country and our sacred Won;*n'i honor !"
A gentle Quaker had two hoi?us, a
vory good and a very poor one. Wbeu
seeu riding the latter, it t timed uut that
his butter half had taken the good oue.
"What!" said a suoering batchelor,
"how Corres it that you let y,.ur wife
ride tho better i.orse ?" Tho only reply
was: "Friond, when thec be married
tliec'll know."
'?You seem animated by this fine soene,
my dear Annie," suida lover. ".No,"
s.iid she, ?' 1 shall uovcr bo Annie-nutliul
till 1 am your wife, dearest ;" and he
gave her such a kiss that Jotnima vowed
sho thought somebody had hit a<rniust
our streot-door with a life-preset vefK ii
made such a noise.
Forty-one hundred tons of wild sumac
have been gathered in Virgiuia this year.
It Nld for ?85,000.
Acte of the
The following ia a list of tho Acts and
Joint Resolutions of general interest,
passed at she session of the Legislature
which terminated on the 1st instant :
An Act to regulate the formation of
Corporations.
An Act to amend an Act entitled
"An Aot to amend the law in relation to
recording mortgages, and to regulate the
lien thereof."
An Act to determine the manner of
collecting taxes past due, assessed under
the late Provisional aod Military Gov
ernment of South Carolina.
An Aet to provide for the payment of
tho interest of the bonds and stocks of
this State in coin.
An Act to amend an Aet to provide
for the enumeration of the inhabitants
of this State.
An Act to prevent and punish bribe
ry and corruption.
An Act to make appropriation for the
per diem and mileage of the General As
sembly and the salaries of the subordin
ate officers, and other expenses incident
al thereto.
An Act to better protect holders of in*
surancc policies in this State.
Joint, Resolution directing the State
Auditor snd County Commissioners to I
levy certain taxes.
An Act couseutiug to the sale of cer
tain lands to the Uuited States, utid ced
ing jurisdiction thereuf.
An Act to authorise administrators,
executors, and oilier fiduciaries to sell
cortain evidences of indebtedness st pub
lic sole, and to compromise in certain
coses.
Joint resolution authorizing the ap
pointment of Fish Commissioners, and
defining the duties thereof.
An Act to repeal uu Act entitled "An
Act to organize townships, and to define
their powers and privileges."
Au Act to protect the rights of per
son*: h.-?fi-llg in possession of lands aod
tetiements.
An Aact to incorporate the Policy
Holders' Life aud Tontine Assurauce
Company of tho South.
An Act to incorporate the Winusboro
Hook and Ladder Company of the town
of Winusboro.
An Act to carry into effect the pro
visions of the Constitution in relation to
the rights of the married women.
Au Act to designate the officers by
whom sales ordered by the Courts of
Common Pleas, aud Judges thereof, and
the Courts of Probate, shall be made,
and for other purposes.
An Act to incorporate the African
Methodist Episcopal Church iu this
Stste.
An Act to alter and amend an Act en
titled "An Act concerning the office,
duties aud liabilities of Coroners."
Au Act to incorporate the Winnsboro
HaptiMt Church, of Fairfield County.
Au Act to amend the charter of the
Georgetowu Railroad Company, and the
several acts amendatory of the same.
An Act to authorise the Governor to
remove County Auditors, Treasurers snd
other officers by him appointed.
Joint resolution to extend the time iu
which the claims of touchers for cervices
rendered during the year commencing j
October 31, 1867, shall be presented for
payment.
An Act for the better protection of
migratory fish.
An Act to incorporate the Coluu/.-ia
Oil Company.
Au Act to regulato tho rights and
powers of Railroad Companies.
Au Act to provide for a genera! elec
tion of County officers.
An Act to securo equal eivil rights,
und to provide for the enjoyment of all
remedies in law by all perrons, regardless
of race or ool >r.
An Act to amend an act entitled "an
Aot to empower Circuit Judges to
change the venue for tho trial of actions,
both civil and criminal.
An Act to establish and maintain a
system of free common schools lor the
State of SouJi Carolina.
Au act to i ego late the publication of
all legal an . public notices.
An act to cstublish the weight, of a
barrel of crude turpentine.
Au aci to provide for the payment of
cluims of teachers for services rendered
during the fiscal year commencing No
vember 1st, A. L>., 1868, and ending Oc
tober 3lst, A. D., 1809.
An aet to alter and amend the charter
and extend the limits of the city of Co
lumbia.
ADMN ^.^ when
the salaries of the County School Com
missioners shall commence, and to fx tho
date of tk? fiat meetiog of the State
Board of Education.
An set to ehsrter the Maaeheitet and
Augusta Hail road Company.
Aa act to grant, renew and amend the
charters of certain town* and villages
therein named. **
An net to amend an act entitled "an
Act to fix the salary and regulate the pay
of certain omoers."
An tot to provide for the formation of
Religious, Charitable ?nd Educational
Associations.
An net to grant to certain persons
therein named, and thsir associates, the
right to dig and mine in the beds of the
navigable streams and waters of the
State of South Carolina, for phospha e
rooks and phosphate deposits.
Joint resolution to provide medical aid
for indigent sick in the respective coun
ties of the State.
An not to incorporate certain Fire
Engine and Hook sad Ladder Com
panies.
An act to authorise Trustees to invest
funds in the bonds of the 8tate of South
Carolina.
An act to aid and eucourage cotton
and woolen manufactures in this State.
An act to prohibit the peddling of ar
dent spirits throughout the State.
An act to make appropriations and
raise supplies for the fiscal year, commen
cing November 1st, 1869.
An act to revise, simplify and abridge
the rules, practice, pleadiugs and forms
of the Courts of this State.
Aa act to provide (or the construction
and keeping in repair of publie high
ways and roads.
Joint resolution to authorize the Com
mittee of Investigation for the Third
Congressional District to make a similar
investigation for the Fourth Congression
al District.
An act further to determine and per
petnat* th.-Home^ad
Joint resolution to authorize the At
torney General to institute proceedings
against the South Carolina Railroad
Company.
An net to fix the per diem and mile
age of the members of tho next General
Aseembly.
An act providing for the general elec
tion, and the manner of conducting the
same.
An act to define the criminal jurisdic
tion ot Trial Justices.
An act to enforce the provisions of the
Civil Rights Bill of the United States
Congress, and to secure to the people tho
benefits of a Republican Government in
this State.
An act to regulato fees of Probate
Judgea, Clerks of Courts, Trial Justices,
Justices of the Peace and other officers
herein mentioned.
An act to amend an act entitled "an
act to organize Circuit Courts."
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Sentence or a Female Perjurer.
?Sarah Qore, a white woman, convicted
in Philadelphia of perjury, hus been
fined $500 and sentenced to the peui
tentiary for seven years. Judge Paxon,
in passing sentence, thus addressed the
prisoner:
"You deliberately and falsely charged
a respectable citixen with high crime
upon your person. And having uiudo it,
you brought him into this court on trial,
and upon that trial you committed will
ful, deliberate and corrupt perjury, in
order to convict him. You did all you
could to consign an innocent man for a
long term of years to the penitentiary,
and to blast his reputation for all time.
Nor is that nil. I have judicial know
[ ledge tf the fact that you have made
similar charges against aovorul other e
I speotable citizens, for tho purpose of ex
torting money, and that in some of these
eases yeu have been successful; but Mr.
Weiner would not submit to your de
mands. He appeals to a jury of his fel
low-citixens, and thoy have vindicated
him ; and ho has also brought you to the
bar of justice, for which he deserves the
thanks ot every good citixen.
"Your offence is one which can receive
no mercy here. While wo give a burg
lar the extreme penalty of the law, we
can do no less iu a case like this. A
man had better have twenty burglars in
his house than one such woman as you.
A burglar may steal the property of tho
citixen. You would rob him of his good
name to make him infamous in the com
muuity, aa well as sow the seeds oi dis
cord io hi* domestic relations.
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A J?jtK oarJljsNRY Clay:?-Mr. C ay
wm a Western nian, and any measure
he supposed would aid the Great 1tVb4/(
always had hissripport.
Some emigrants from-the Khiue hap
pened to settle st Vevsy, Ind., and eon*
ceived the idea, then a new one, that
American grapes would make good wiua
The experiment was tried and was a
success. A present of half a dozen bot
tled wss sent to Mr. Clay, who, as might
be supposed, was in raptures over tho
success attending the experiment. '
A couple of bottles was carefully put
aside to be taken to Washington,' in
order to have it tested and sampled by
the winebibbers of that city.
In those days members of Congress
travelled either on horseback or by cur?
riages to the Federal city. Mr, Clay
had his own carriage, and used It on the
journey. Whcu the tired horse eauie to
a hill, Mr. Clay took advantage of tho
eircumstauce to stretch hie weary limb*
by walking to the top; but so anxious
wss he for the safety of his wine, that
wss to show that tho West could pro
duce an article not inferior to that made
on the Rhine, that he carefully and ten
derly carried it, a bottle in each hand,
lest thoy should be broken.
Arriving at Washington, the wine
was presented to Mr Madison then Presi
dent of the United States, who, to sh ?w
off its good qudity, gave a Urge diuaer
party iu honor of the event. The faot
that Mr. Clay had preseutcd the Presi
dent with a couple of battles of Western
wine, made of the ju'.ce of Western gra
pes, was made public, and a small quanti
ty given to each guest to taste. Esch;
sip was succeeded with a wry face, yet
all, as a matter of course, pronounced it
excellent, superb, magujucciiu As is
the cose with all general rules, there was
one exception, iu the person of a bluff
member of Congress, said to be ex Gov
ernor Vance, of Ohio, who turning to
Mr. Clay, with a quizzical look, said:
"Mr, Clay, this may be excellent wine,
Jbnt it tastes to mo ^iko Kentucky whis
ky, and mean whiskey at thai?" Mr.
Clay seized Iiis glass and tasted, paused
a moment, and then was forced to "ac
knowledge the corn." Tho sons of
Mr. Clay, as anxious as Mr.Clay lo taste
the Western wine, had opeued the bot
tles at home, drunk tho contents, and
filled them with whiskey, and the Great
Commoner, knowing nothing of the fact,
had carried the new made whiskey iu
old wine bottles to Washington, to have
it stamped as Western wine. The jofce,
so tho tale goes, was so good n one that
Mr. Clay forgave the juvenile trespassers,
and none en] >ycd it more than he, thudgn
he was the victim.
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Tint Geocoia Villainy.?Georgia
is a spleudid example of how lludical
reconstruction works. Congress has, bad
full swing at the Empire Stute of tu*
South; it set niggers, sea Uu wags uud
carpet-baggers to work on it; convened
and dissolved Legislatures; made und
unmade Governors, and iu all things,
acted in the extra-royal fashion so char
acteristiu of Radical Republicans, and
still Georgia is not up to tho mark' The
Judiciary Committee of the United Sta
tes Senate roports the present Legisla
ture of tho State to bo worse than that
which preceded it. It is absurd to ima
gine that any State will bo sufficiently
reconstructed that does not contribute fo
to swell tho lludical mnjnriy in Con
gress?it will bo romanded back again
and again until the des'red result is nb
t,inod. Not only must the Southern
States return Radical Representative,
but they must continue to do so, or be
thrust out. Such is tho doctrine emu:,
ciatcd by Benst Butler in his speech on
tho 4th, in which ho say*, substantial!v,
that Congrcra can do?l r:.'h Georgia er
any other State at its pleasure, and de
monstrate to the world that it. has not
abrogated nor abnegated its power over
States by the mere fact of admitting
them into the Union.
This is what we have said si! along.
We knew those reconstruction tiicusurt-s
wore all shams, ingeniously contrived to
keep the States out; that the acceptance
of th cm by tho Southern people would
not avail them one jot or tittle; that tho
object of tho Radical party wss not the
rcUorHtiou of the Union, but tho pcrpo
tu?ty of Radical rule, and that they Won Id
stop at uothlng to seeuro that end.
Butler has given notice that Tennessee,
whioh has been guilty of the heinous:
ctlme ol -'believing herself beyond tho
power of Congress," is to be next takeu
in hand and shown the folly of su \\ *
belief. _ _ ^