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MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTTOESj not exoecding one Square, inserted without ?barg?. Terms Cash in Advance. "?a W. PERRY MURPHY. ?J ATTORNEY AT LAMg UllAXCIIYII.I.rM S. <'. "Will practrce in the Courts of Orange lb urj5, CoHeirm and Huruwcll. f?Vi 7 ?m Urs. II Vr. Barton & Hios. Legare. IHnvlng 'united 'ihenraedves in the prnctice ?of MEDICINiK.imdur thcnicwe of HAdlTOiN & WX5ARE. Offers thoir jj^efcsdnnal services to tbe T<iwn of OrAugebur^ and surrounding < 'mint ry. tiftice hour* fro n H to '.ti A. M. and 7 to ''.?} at night. Office. Market .Sin e: two d'iors below J. tt II. Hknultou's Store, dec 27 , 187^1 ; LMM AcnoN T Tbe Undernipi.d has ?aptsned-nn OFFICE ttur theSALE j< LAND, Peroona haviug REAL ESTATE td <Us jponc of will do well to register tlac fame 5or sale LARGE FARM'S subdivided and sold ia ?either LARGE or SMALL parcels, GOOD FARMS for Bale at from $2 to $0 j>er acre, on emiy terms. AUGUSTUS lt. KNOWLTON, OrangcburgC I!., S. C. nov 13 f If you have no Lund, go Buy as much as you want on EAST TERMS at the LAND OFFICE of AUG. 15. KNOWLTON. nov 15 tf If you have More ILnisd than you can TAY TAXES on, Register it for vale at the LAND OFFICE of AUG. B. KNOWLTON. - 1 ~ ' * -, If you bare I.chh Land than you want, BUY MORE at tho LAND OFFICE of AUG. B. KNOWLTON. DIL C. K. TABER. LEWISVILLE, 8. C, (ST. MATTHEWS P. 0.,) j?ne5 1878 tf ?W* hm SOt {'?'.">' i ij v. ? . J. FELDER MEYERB, OFFIPE COURT HOUSE SQUARE, tcWHl give prompt attention to all business ??"iraste? U him, mar 29?tf Browning & Browning, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, /?RANCIEBUISCi C, II,, So. Ca, Malcolm I. BaowMKd. oov 4 9~ AUGUSTUS B, KNOWLTON r^OBNEY AxND COUNSELLOR '?<& r ??"?"?tu.i 4Mk "\ .? ?, a Si.' f AT liAW, OliA^^piJRq, S.C. i?* w'fc^'jft ?< g.i -... ii ?,?^?i?, ^w.;aL, w.bilev TZZ'l '4RIAL JUStfeE, ?ir?&j .MHaiUMt iynet 4AS v^tw ??! ildenoe |u Fork- af-Edtato, n afvmapUyAnd carefully attended ihr** I ?u.y*<l liTiA^Rl Speech df Gen. 11. ?. Elliott, AT PUHLIC IlKOEl'TI?N, THURSDAY KVENINO, FEBRUARY 19, 1874. ? Fellow-Citizens??1 can hardly find words wherewith to adequately ex.' press the sense of gratitude that my heart at this moment feels lor the many kind sen time lit of approval that have been uttered by you as to my course as your Representative iu the National Legislature. . 1 'are equally destitute of the power to summon forth to my aid appropriate lamjuuge wherewith to testify to my hea: tfelt appreciation of your many manifestations of friendship towards, and deep confidence iu, my humble self. I must, therefore, content myself with the more common-place ex pivssiou of sincere, genuine thanks, dud my earnest assurance that I shall ever strive ? to be worthy of your confidence. Indeed, fellow-eitizeus, from the bottom of my heart, I thank you Three years ago, after a sharp and ncriuiooious contest, it became 1113' good fovtuue to bechusea by you as a ltepre ?entative to the most august parliameu taty body on this continent, the Atueri can Congress It was, indeed, a highly j distinguished honor, all honor of which 1 was sensibly proud. Rut, fellow-citizens, amid the exulta tions incident to my success, I was deeply impressed with the importance 01 so high it station, and the tremendous responsibilities that rested upon me in the discharge of its functions. I felt then, as 1 feel now, that as one oftho j joheers iu the national arena of a race , jm-t emerged from a lung and gloomy night ul American bondage?a race "till weighted with heavy burdens?I would be required to bring sotnethiug worthy whereby to propitiate the judgment of mankind. Robed with the ''ttigaV of u llepiv.-enl.iUvv.. I at umo rc li/vd h >w j much was expect d of mo as a natura! , ihq Uty of a pdplcbut ree.lilly infu-ed as a new ? lenient iitt?> the Imly politic While I could scar'-e.lv hope to fill t'.i ? i measure of public expecia 1 n, 1 tieverH theless d terminei, tin ler li. in: gu.d atico, to v.n lie?ic, to lit : lies of my j ability, the wisdom id (hit beneficent j policy which -tr.tek fr-un the limbi of four millions of human beings th 1 galling chains of slavery, and from their low estate lifted thcui before the eyes of the world to .the proud position of American freemen I resolved to con tribute my humble share iu illustrating the capacity of the negro for self govern nient, and in justifying the conduct of those of my white follow citizens who thought it no disgrace to vote for colored mcu. The condition of affairs in our State at the time of 1113 first election must still be fresh in your memories. Organ ized crime was dominant in many of | our counties; murder, unabashed, stalk ed abroad ; inoffensive men, women and children were being subject nightly to outrago j many were falling victims to midnight assassination ; many were writhing under the sting of the pitiless lash ; while many others, hunted for opioion'8 sake, wcro fleeing to our capital as thoir t4oity of rofugo." At such a time and amid such socnes, I hastened to Wnsjiiugti n to ansiimo .tho duties of my office. Shortly aftor, it became me, in the line of my duty, to invoke the ezerciso of the national power for the protection of American citizens domiciled in our State, j During tbo consideration of the "on forcomont bill," that great measure of I protection, 1 had the privilege of taking part iu the discussion. I shall never forget that day, when, rising in my place to address the House, 1 found myself the centre of attraction. Evory'hing was still. Thoso whn believed in the natural inferiority of the colored race appeared to feel, that the hour had ai med in which they should exult in t|iumph over tbo Jail are of tho first man of "tho despised race" whoso voice was about to be lifted in that chamber. Tho countenances of those who sympa timed with Qtjr cause seemed to indicate their anlety for iny suooasa, and their heartfelt desire that it might prove equal to tho emergency. I cannot, fellow c (izens, picturo to you the onio lions that then filled my. nuud. { nicuiLcrcd that my cause was just. How well that argument was sustained, with what.credit I acquitted myself, let the flattering comments ol tho Now York Tribune, tho Now York Herald, and other lending journals of the country, answer. Suffiaoo it. tn ?ny, that even where sympathy was withheld respect was freely accorded. Hut, fellow citizens, it is unnccc-sary for me to recall nt this time the iuci dents connected with the other occasions on which 1 had the honor to address the Forty-second (Jon gross. I am admonished of the fact that you arc assembled to do ino honor more partieu hirly for my recent effort in the present Congress in favor of equal civil rights. It is, indeed, pleasant to me to know that my remarks on that question, on vlu; 6th of.January last, have met with the highest commendation throughout the country. It is gratifying to know hat my utterances on that memorable occasion have been endorsed, not only by the live millions of people that arc most direr.tly concerned in the result of tho issue, but b}' n vast majority of the dominant race. That pleasure is in creased tenfold by tho warn: aud flatter ing manner in which those whom I have the honor more directly to represent | have signified their approval. My grali tication is also increased when I re member that iu our own Legislature the Conservative Senators and Kepreseuta tivos, with but two exceptions, recorded j themselves iu favor of a resolution in strutting the Senators and requesting the Representatives from this Statu iu Congress to vote in favor of the Civil Rights Bill, and expressing sympathy lor the National Convention of the colored race. With this fact before us, who is there among us tha.'. cau f.iil to understand tho .signs of the times? Which of us can refuse to go forward cheered anil inspired with renewed hope ami confidence iu the complete triumph of true Republican principles iu our State., prominent among which arc these cardinal points : liberty, fru f'eriiHy, justice, ciVil and political <|u ?lity ? Who among you can reasonably doubt (hat the Augfo-Sa xoii and the Anglo*AIricm races, who aro hero j fiound tiui: her by the ties if a c nuut'iii j de-tiuy. o i \yh-sc hearts have been in j scribed by the ??Unseen lau I" kiudrnd Oelings of fello.vship, will yet live to .'ether in couteiitmJtit mil happiness, and mutually enjoy the victories of peace ? in the recent debate on the Civil Rights Rill, the privilege of replying to the elaborate, l?gal and constitutional argument of Mr. Bock, of Kentucky, aud more particularly of the lion. Alexander 11. Stephens, of Georgia, was, by general consent, accorded to me. This privilege, of course, brought, with it tho highest responsibility. It was felt by all our friends that, this was an oecaoion on which it became the colored race to be leprosen tod by one of its own members- It was felt, too, that the legal aud constitutional arguments must be I fully met ami answered. With a pro found seuve of my responsibility to my race, to my immediate constituents, and to my own reputation as a Uepicsentn live in Congress, I addressed myself to this great ta.ik. No man could have had a more inspiring theme, or a more exciting occasion. 1 must speak under the eyes of crowded gallries. in the pre sonco of a full house and of many dis tiuguished strangers, attracted by the novel interest ol such an occasion. I may confess to you, fellow citizens, that T trembled for the result. That result T need not attcmnt to describe. It has more than filled the measure of try ambition. Tho praises of that offort, as .you nil have observed, have been numer ous and wido sproad Friends have boon delighted and enemies have been foreod to concede that the Vice I'rcsi dent of the Southern Confederacy?a man acknowledged to ho of the greatest intellectual force, and long public oxporioncu ? has been met in debate, and that hit* sophistries have been ex posed, and his constitutional arguments overthrown, by oue ofthat race which, I twolvo years ago, he described ns tit only to bo 1 beweis of wood and drawers of water" to I he dominant white race. This triumph I do not chiefly value as a persona! ano If it be a triumph, it is a 'triumph for you as well as for mo?a triumph for our whole race. Ayo more than that, a triumph for justice, whioh Sir James Molntosh has so finoly said , "is the common and pormtiuout iutere.it of all men in all ages," Let mo not fail on this occasion, and oil occasions, to do full honor to my worthy colleagues from this State on the floor of Congress, as well as those other Representatives of our rare who occupy eeats in the National Legislature. You kuow with what discretion and ready zeal the Honorable J, II. Rainey. has entered tho debates which have arisen from time to time upon the sub ject of our civil rights. Ilia just, though caustic, rebuke of Mr. Cox is fresh jn your memory. The Honorable A. J RaosiejjV has proved him'elf to be your zealous aud able ohninpiouin Congress, as you have long knowu him tobe in other places. The effort of Honorable R. li Cain, iu reply to Mr. Robbinst of Norfh Carolina, has commanded the attention of Congress and of the country,-and hits added to the well earned laurels of this distinguished champion of our rights Long may you be represented by men of equal ability, zeal, prudeuce and fidelity. With such Representatives to sustain our cause, victory cauuot be loug delayed. But, fellow-citizens, not only have we national interests and national duties, but wo have home interests and home ! duties The guarantee of the fullest measure of civil rights by the national Congress is not all that we need. That will give us the opportunity only to prove our titucss to possess aud use those rights. I should lall short of my duty on this occasion if I did not draw yrtur attention to the immediate and commanding necessity of a change in the character of our administration of the public affairs of th's State Fellow-citizens, T approach this sub ject from the stand point of a strict Republican. If there be any mm here, or in this State, who e?u impeach or gainsay my Republican rOCord, let him conic lorwaid. If there bo any one who can- show a longer, a more untiring or consistent service of tho Republican party, I challenge him to appear. What I ray tonight, I pay a* n Republican, standing on the identical platform which the Republican party solemnly put forth to the world as the expression of til e political faith of the Republican ptrty of South Carolina, on the '2 ?1 il-iy of August, 1^72. Upon that ph.tform I Still stand. If others have wan lei ed . from it, I have not. The pledges con | tained iu that platform are still binding f 71 I oil my conscience aud honor. Those plcdgo.s / nutitl (t)id shall reticent. Fellow-citizens, no man can exagger ate or overstate the critical ch tractor of our present political situation upon the i fortunes of the colored race. For ecu 1 turics our history has been marked by I oppression, iu all its forms, at the hauls of the white race of this country. \Ve were that stricken and pitiable people whom the world seemed to believe was j brought into existence solely for the j service of the white races of the earth, j The pathetic miseries, the hopeless j subordinations of our race, have formed j one ot the most deeply tragic features of the world's history. At last, the iu Stiuct3 of humanity, the divine sense of human brotherhood, have re ognized us 1 as men. entitled to the rights of men. worthy to be clothed with the powers and responsibilities of self-governing citizens. The vastness aud rapidity of this change in our civil and political condi tion has no parallel. Many have, at every stage of our progress, predicted our failure. With what confidence did men foretell that the colored man of the South would not work except under the spur of the task.master's lash. Yet tho crops of the South, for the last four years, are more than equal in amount to the crops of any four years during the days of slavery. How confidently was it said that thu colored man had no sense of prudence, no provision for to. morrow?idly basking in tho sunshine of to-day, and laying up nothing for the ? morrow. Yet one til the most marked results of freedom has Denn the univer sal aud uuconqiicrublu desire of our race in these Southern States to secure homes and lands of their own. It has bceu our reproach with the whito man that we were not content to pass all our years iu tilling tbo lands of Others, Thus, oue by one, tho colored race have shown to the world their right to a place among molt ; and our claim to such a pluee has boon oouueeded at each step. Our present claim to complete civil rights and priviloges will, 1 firmly bclicvo, bo soon granted, Rut, fellow-citizens, rights impose duties. Wo aro not now, as onco we wore, without responsibility because without power, without .duties because without rights. In the order of God's providence, tho politioal power of this State is in our hands. Ten years ago without u vestigo of political power, wo are to day the absolute masters of South Carolina. Such a change is without, parallel, not only in its rapidity, but in the momentous responsibilities it im poses upon us. Arc we so ignorant as to imagine that God and the woild will not hold us to account for our use of all these rights? Never was there-a people on whom the eyes of the whole world were fixed with more interest than o.i the people of South Carolina to-day. This proud State?mother of statesmen, numbering among her sons the brightest and bravest hearts that our country can bnas>t?has been com mittel to our keep ing. Our former mast rs have predicted our failure. Adinitting, ns many of our slave holders do, our capacity for im provemcht iu many directions, they have declared that here, iu t.he highest test, the negro would fail ; that he would bo the victim of the cunning ami uti scrupulous- while. inun, arnd the base slave of bis own greed aud dishonesty. I wi.-h I had ten thousand voices with j which to proclaim die great,fact.that, they, the colored men of South Cure liua, arc now on tri-tl before the whole vohntrt/. The question is now to be decided?can the colored people of this State maintain and administer the. government of this Stale upon the basis of self-government and unrestricted suf frage ? This is the tremendous re sponsibility which we aro to meet. The power we have' will be our condemnation, unless we mouse ourselves to our re spohsibiliticsnnd resolve to be overncd by a constant aud profound regard for the public welfare. Remember, my fellow-citizomV; that no fact is more deeply entrraved on nil the tablets of history than this; that individual pros polity can only bo secured by an en svlli.-h devotion to the goo 1 of the wh de. community. '1 hat State or community is hastening to destruction when its citizens are no longer bound to each o her by the great moral ligament of a constant toward l'?r the welfare of the community as a whole Sqlf-prosorva lion demands uusultish patriotism If we ui i k ? of the machinery of govern u.cut mi) thing else than a means of pro moling the uommou good, we remove the very foundations ol all our civil liberties. The formcr si ive holder, who, perchance, still denies your right to freedom and sullenly opposes every civil right which you demand, is not half so dangerous an enemy as he of your own party who teaches you to re gard the functions of a publio officer ns the means of merely securing your own personal aggratidizo uont. Nothing can save that people who have come to con sider public position as a source of pri vate advantage or gain. Your liberties, youreivil rights nil that you now hold most dear, will be dust and ashes, uuless you use thorn under a sense of your responsi biliiy for g*ood government aud the gener al public weal To-day tho North doubts whether we cau maintain decent government iu South Carolina. To day our friends blush for us. To day thoy Irok to see whether we are capable of shaking off this monstrous burdon of mal ndmiuis trat ion, and rising to u tolerable degree of regard for our common public inter ess. 0 Mistakes, many and grievous, may be made without impairing the confidence of our generous friends nboadj but it is not our error? und inexperience which threaten to ruin us; it is the pre sent reckless disregard of publio inter ests. the prostitution ol the machinery of the Government, to personal ends, and the total lack of responsibility ou the part of some of our publio officers. ?? e rise our demand for co nplote civil rights, and tho answer is, show m that you are capable of appreciating your rights, rustoro good government to South Carolina, use her revenues to public ends; build up her material prosperity: vindicate your right to full oiti/.cus of the republic, and your demand will meet no denial from any sourcu. I confess, fellow-citizens, that with all my zeal lor equal civil rights?and it is n ctiuso in which 1 am ready to lay down my lifo, if need bo?i confess with sadness greater thiui I can express, that here, in South Carolina, wo to day pro seilt a spoctaclc whioh d tes uot oxeito interest in our came; a H^ootu.do whioh disheartens our friends, piralyzes our best offorts for tho tompleto civil pro toi'tiou of our people, und makes tho Utime of this State a by word and re proach to our race. Our danger ;b not from without but from within. It ia not tho Demooraoy that will overthrow ua?it is our own party, with its faith less leaders and their infatuated ^honch men. Lot us not look abroad for our enemies?they are here, members of our own party?officers elected by our ow i votes. I have a 'hundred times lifted my voice before you iu support of the priu eiples and policy of the Republican par ty. Those principles, under all circum stances. I shall assert and maintain. They are the expression of tbo highest political wisdom of tho world. Rut I say to you now, fellow citizens, we miy shout our party shibboleths, we may re peat our party watch word we may discourse; ever so eloquuutly, uoo" the. glorious principles of. tho, Reput lean party, but all this will not save us fro a? overthrow and defeat, unless wo maintain good government in South Carolina. Party fidelity will never, in the long run atoue for this willful disregard of public interests, or reckless extravagance in public expenditures. No party tie ein ever be woven strong.enough to hold to gether any party whose members arc joined by nothing save tho secret bind of a common bode of g iiu by public debauchery. Dissolution will follow pollution. Distrust is born of pollution Discord is tho child of fraul. Nothing but honor, honesty, patriotism, regard for the public iuterest, cau preserve any party. There may be some so thou'htlass or so base as to charge that the utterance of these truths is an act of treachery to our party. Fellow citizens, the man who fails to so spnak in our real ene my. The man who hesitates to point out our true danger is the man of whom I the Republican party must be aware< If what 1 say here to night is not true dis prove it. If it is true, accept it, act up bii it. T speak to night from a deep 1 sense of the danger that confronts us?a danger springing not from the Dcranera cy of this State, not from the Tax Pay eis Convention, uor from any cxtcrual foes?but from the extravagances, the disregard of public interest' the subordi nation of public aims to private gains, [ mansfcsted so conspioiously by some of j the members of our own party. Let me s.ij here that 1 s?ll hive full faith iu the hoacsty and good intentions of the masses of our people. I believe that whenever the question of honesty or dishonesty, of economy or extrava ! gancc, in public affairs, of patriotism or ol debauehery. is fairly presented tn I them, they will be found on the right j side. 1 delicvc the colored people of this ! Statu will respond as promptly to such I an issue as any people. What we need, what we must have, is an awakening of all the peoplo to their duty. Each man who holds a vote must feel his rcspousi hilily for that vote, feel it as he feels his responsibility in his own personal a flairs. For. after all, this misgovern mont, of which conplaint is made, this reckless extravagance which now char act crises and disgraces us, will rest in the end on the common pooplo. The laborer iu tho end pays the penalty of bad government. Every mill of tax unnecessarily put upon the property of this State is a burden on the man who owns nothing but his own bare bauds. I f taxes are high, wages will be low. IT taxes taxes are heavy, rents will he high. All interest suffer in tho long j run alike. Aside from tho injustice that may ho done, the adding of au un necessary tax on tho lands results in a i reduction of tho laborer's wages who tills that land ot fff an increase of his rent. So that it is tr-rio that til;? p^or man suffers as much, and more, from. misgo\eminent, .than the rich man, Ina deeper sense than any political creed can express it, we were nil broth ivn in tho misfortunes, tho burdens, the injustice, tho distress which bad govern innnt brings in its train. None of us can escape theso consequenoo. Ry the natural law of cause and offeot, by the force of laws which no man can rnako or mar we are bound for weal or woo to the fortunes of our State. Constituting a majority of the voters of tho Stato, we are responsible before tho world for her oondition; her disgraco is mado chargoa blc to us, and in all the evils which may threaten her wo will he sufferers. And now, fellew-citizens, I appeal to you in the narao of our truo friends everywhere, in tho me of tho Republi can party, u idor whose guidance all our past progress bus beon achieved, in the uaiue of th c boner or felf interest as a lit . t * ti?* ft* ? . ?? " race in tho name of our Republican 14o? of solf gpxernment, iu the name of government bj the people, of the peo ple, and for the people, to arouso youi selvts to these groat, urgent,eomniatpdiag and sacred, duties.. I appeal to mj fel low-Republicans of every raco .andpst? tionality to arise in their strength and shako off the terrible incubus tb,at'waigft> down our party, to strangle tha'petsoa ous viper that is sucking our lifo-bloid, to removo the corrodiug .lcpro?ytb.at ia gnawing at tho vitals of our body poli tic. It is to you more cspocially, lay colored follow citizens, that l ist, tints time) appeal. Our dalvation br'dosMtto tion will come from our own . Jtuiq^B. Only those who re fusojovusjo tbpif eyes willd^py tboeyilspf ;wbjch,l bajraj/fP0 ken. Only those who refuse to consult the uuiycrsal experience of" tho world pan doubt, that such a condition of affairs will come to an e arly and disastrous opd, misgovcrnmcnt works its. ownsuioide. I appeal to you all as Republican's. Qoc principles aro true and undeniable* Within our own political organization, let us work 'oift tiie necde l rePorbratioB. At our side; aiding us with all the ubr al support of noblo characters ani'tyrt less livcs,'will ba found the greii lead era of the Republican partyV'-tne 3Pre*i dent of the United States,; tbo -gfeat chieltuin and great.civilian, trutf alvraj* to civil rights.and'to tho.'oolorod ric-J, w ho seeks nothing so niuch a* that trao and lusting peace for our Southern States which comes from gootj gjvera mcutand the material, prosperity of, all our people?Charles Summer, wl^aso life long devotion to the cause of fr3ed.ua I entitles him to our undying gratitude. Henry Wilson, our Vice President, true always to tho best interests qf.OttC race, Morton, Dawes, Butler,, L^WWIJOO, Hoar, all those honored n iraci, who, on the floor of Congress, and throughout the country, have ever bean swift to vindicate our rights and t o advance bur well aro. Follow citizens, the voioes of each men must be heard. Thvsy call Oa'di* to discard such of our loadn-s a9 are bring iug disgrace and destruction oq m. They bid us rise in our manhooj, and put off our false and dangerous sense of security in our numbers. Thoyhcso-oh us to rally, one and all, to the gresS work of restoring good govcrutueut to South Carolina. They tell us in plain terms, that our own safety depondsoa reform in our State affairs, incultingtoff those who have proved unwirthv of the trust confided to their care, in rec*.llip? und reinstating honor and ability in<Qjir high places of public trast. Tu ay. d> not ask us to forsalco t\\i RjpubUqia party, but rather tobe true to tint pi? ty, to vindicate its fair name, to mike it us it is, the party of progress, of i.ntolli gencc, of public coouo.ny and good faith They warn us, unless the Repuhliovas of South Carolina take heed to tjApir way, purify their administration of p'lh lie affairs, select upright ofliisrs, expefltt tbc public good, tho national x 'publi cans will no longer reogolza .ham as members of that party, or permit thent to affiiliato with the national orgiq'iza tjon. I call upon you, therefore, follow-oiti. zens, to look your safety, to take instant heed for the houor and perpetuity- of our party. ,7 Let us hero resolve that South Caroli na shall no longer be our reproach. Lot hs clear our skirts of the odium of gov. ernmental abuses. In such a good bfftdc our frienda ovory whore will join withfTC ?tho great Republican party mil aid u? throughout tho nation. Abovo all things! follow citizens, as representing the colored raee, let us* re move this ineffable disgrace, and ata.it) from our record as a race. AVe mav be ignorant, wo may bo poor?-but we Caa bo honest. Thorn is to day, witninbur party, iutoltigcnoo and integrity enough to give to our State a good government. There arc men in our party who may bo called to the holm of State, and who will faithfully carry out the pledges made iu our party platform, Pledges are good, but wo must put men behind tho*e pledges who will keep thorn to tho fetter and in the spirit. Honesty, eob'no'my, good government?in- city, comity and State?lot this bo our watohword, and our stern resolve. In thatsign wq shall conqur, auiLwith our victory wjllooma a more ohecrful auquiosoonce In out politioal supremaoy, a more friendly and holpful spirit betwoon our two raeo?, \ more rapid progress iu all moral and a final vindication of the oapapity of MB colored raoo to preserve theifbwu Itbev ties, and to rcBpcot the rights of others. To tho accomplishments of auoha.ftork, I pledgo my most earnest efforts.,., With one heart, one determination "J? ttft movo forward to the recstabitlBrntBl of an honest: economical and re^jjWettbdf government la drouth Cardiaa", < ??