The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, March 01, 1871, Image 2
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ORIO4 AND .1ms OF TIlE MYSTKRIOUs strACt
ORO.NI ZATiON -TII IL A L FEELING for til
A5ON* ' ri. ijrori.E or UrlERSOUTI Th
lAR')LINA-A JIIili.Y INTIESTING Klux
1.ETTER FROM tJioN diate
To l/&, Ediior of the News 'o ta
The mystery which burrounds the red ti
movements of the Ku Klux-Klan, has Steve
led the superstitious to regard them islatu
ns spirits of the disemubodied, while was I
tho ed scatod, beyond the field of path]
oprritiun, have belie-:od tha whole to be
story to be a myth. B it of their ex- nfor
isteneo, as an organized body of liv. not o
ing meu, we, who h ive seen thon, on- heVLef
tectMia no doubt. Of their numbers at U
11a 1 ext ent, it is impossiblo to spok. presu
There nust be one thousand in cireu
a da) la mairch of Union. You have oates
them. no doubt, in Charleston, and of 804
they certainly can be found through- ers )o
out Georgia, North Carolina ond Ten- Klux
iessce. Tiey occasionally leave be- onore
hind them letters explanatory of their whicl
purposes. Those of t om who operate the bJ
in South Carolina, say that they want be in
peace, but must have justice ; that the be a
courts are guided by weak judges ; those
and jurie.s conposed of ignorant no- only
groos ; that a thief, convicted with unde
nuuh cost of time, money, and labor nitte
to the prosecoutor, remains at the peni- comu
tentiary scarcely a week, and then re- appr<
turns home with a pardon, prepared Ku-I
to steal again. They say that when iitt(
their race have justice, and are no prote
longer robbed by public thieves, their our
nission will end. is, 1<
There are some erroneous opinions -so
entertained as to the feelings of the the o
people of Upper South Carolina to. the o
wards the Ku-Klux. ''hey are not a victiI
band of cut-throats and desperadoes, tman
as some suppoo ; nor, on the other know
band, are tney univorsally approved W
of by tho white people here. ''hcy Klux
are men of firmniess and norve, who alpol(
striko because they belive it neces- strue
Pary for the protection of their ife, in wI
property and libei ty ; they strike at as ea
night, because clrotimstanees render it self-c
imperativo. But. very many citizons men'
disapprove and condemn the acts of but i
violence committed by the Klan. We tiurd
fool the opprersion of the present tor, j
8tate government, but we would not min
have it overturned with violence. sin it
We might itnlulge in hard worie veng
aIainst the Ku-Klux, but we find that but I
they despise our stricturos, and bad
the State othelils believe all of us to gove
bo members of the hand, no matter ter tl
bow much we abuse it. N
Now, sir, before we can successful- evil,
ly oppose and end this evil, we must bers.
nppre(iate the causes. Itisbad prac- Tli
tioe to administer a remedy before we they
make a diagnosis. If we went back to pay f
first causes, we would indicato the to ni
Iteconstrmetion acts, the greatest poli- main
tical blunder of the century, as the year,
inciter of the Ku-Klux, In our State ed va
however, the organization would never The
have taken root if' we had been spared milit
the late iniqluitous election laws, the They
arunlmig of negroes with gunls hind ear- Way
t ridges, (the latter being unncessary them
for purposes of drill,) thle gross frauds sity
of the eletion in Oetober,the utatuor the E
ous pardons issned by the Governor, hone
and the wholesailo robbery by State pond
officials of' money1 wrung fromt our p0o. bia;
pie by enormous taxation. Anid again, trial
it is wesll known that Joseph Crews, Crew
promliniently conte~td with the St'ite givye
governmnent, hlonored by tht speaker of' tt
the H-ouse, and the travelling compan- Wi'll
soni of our Governor, in eteet encour. p'ist.
Ogpd murder, arson and rapine, last tile t
rummeiir in Laurens. What might gone
have been the eonsequienees ol' that when
advice, it is fearful to contemplate, that
lio may be more successful next hlghl
sunn11er. latori
Ini Septemnber or October last, Juno dereT
Mobley, member of the Legislature, On
inlormied his negro friends that ten p nate
whlite, menu should be killed for every Ku-l
negro urdered. Little did June them
then think thlat his threat against our ble.
race would so literally be fulfiled moyst<
against his own. Tho animnus of :the Whei
blhck race and their advisors towards go, nIE
the white people may be also gathered not r
froin the murderous plans of Crews know
and ethers (then: 'and new State light
officials towards citisong of Union and that
Laurens, so recontly exposed thlrough muaste
your columns by -Kerrigan and his horse
muen. It was only a further proof of times
what we already felt, that the white j aded
rceo would be taxed out, or killed ont after
-by negroes and their allies-if pos. riding
sibele. knowi
.1 bre were the causes whieh opra- they
ted to plant the Ku-Klux'in ~odth for fe
Carolina. The tnuirder of Mat whbolc
Stevens gave then) great strength. It 5ion C
wvas a foul mnurder-theo foullest ever make
known in this State, A one-armed, then,
inofl'ensive white man, of good charac. his ev
tor, who toiled honestly for his daily ttunitj
bread andl~ did 'harm to no one ; lie was less
wayai-1 and cruelly miurdered because We d~
he had a "white skin." The Murder. Ku-K
ers were a body of negro militia, at good,
hast twenty-fiye, and more probably evil,
Forty Irn number ; instigated, the white and
people of UnionI believe, and 'lhay in withol
time be aible to ')rovo by Elhiek exprei
Walker, etpt'din of militia, and June terms
8. Mlobley, a legislstor. Ihd as this Thi
umurder was, it woas a sign. of worse We wl
thwigs to see the euntire negra race of Ku-K
Union in notive syupathay wIth the geroul
murderers, .Had It been loft to the Ont<
negroes, net one0 os them would have thatt tl
heenu arrested, although -they pro. not a~
ch imiod their guilt wherever' they apper
went amlong their own people. It is
within boutn Is to Assert that two bun- LKTrn
dredineugroos in Unr Ion Colity were Tnll
Sievens, and tbM ther6. Ur pqt
>en of that eless )who dAld,
efusedto shiel4;the crimt'Pi s. 6
risoners beve been taken olt of m
il by tho Ku-Klux and killed,
of whohl were iurderers of A
as; the tenth was the negio who
he constable (Smith) on the first da
f January. We condemn the s
unlawful thd criminal, bt" f6i ya
etims we have no sympathy. U,
egroes, on the contrary, regard th
ndifference the deed in the ab- de
; their only feeling in sympathyi of]
e murdered priyoners.
muanifesto left here by the Ku-. fV;
sufficiently explains the imme. m
cause of the last raid on our jails of
ke these prionsrs-two of them jt
> the elbow with the bloo-1(-f th
as-to Columbia, where the Leg. th
ro was iu session, comOid0J, it ha
clieved, of mIen in active sym- be
with the murderers, was thought fo
tantamount to a relensa. It was hc
tunate that Judge Thomas did of
rder the return to the writ of fir
:s corpus to be mado befole him s
liion, or at his home, which, it is w,
med, is within the limits of his M
it. The letter to the judge indi- co
that he would sacrifice the pence sp
ioty here, and turn the prison- ov
oo, to save his office. The Ku- ne
thought the escape of the pris- wi
would be an evil, compared to be
i the loss of Judge Thomas to st,
ench of the Sixth Circuit would
significant. Such oapo would fo
wrong to their race, arid one of "l
wrongs which could flnd redress al
frorn their band. They were- re
r another namu--a vigilance com
e, with this diffTrence-vigilance bc
iittees generally have the tacit fo
val of their government ; the e
,lux operate upon crimes com- in
d by a class of citizens specially gi
eted, befriended and honored by th
tato. The vigilance committee tr
)wevcr, an unlawful organization w;
in the Klu-Iloux. The acts of di
nie find an exact counterpart in su
ther ; for, so far as known, the n4
us of Ku-Klux have been bad og
-dangerous citiaens and well- ha
n murderers, th
a are no apologist for the Ku- te
Nothing here written is an fo,
gy. The reader who so con. th
a this letter inds excuse suffiient svi
at we have enumerated simply ex
ises. We cannot excuse these
onstituted avengers of white af
5 wrongs. Crime begets crime, %vi
o0s not excuse it. To kill a (;,
erer is murder. To be prosecu- ti,
udge jury arid sheriff is a fearful fo
a sin legally and morally, arid a on
IllIs eyes to whom bolongeth th
'an e. We may have no jus ice, a'
-tter to suffer and to wait. A to
government is better than no th
enment at all. Injustico is bet- wi
tan anarchy.
gro militia can never stop the re
no matter how strong ia num
in
o Columbia Union advises that m
be sant, and the eunty taxed to ti<
or them. We advise the Union fo
ake a calculation of the cost of ni
taining a thousand soldiers for a he
and compare it with the assess- I
lue of property in this county- th
proposition is ridiculous. Negro ap
ta are powerless against them. m
may be stopped, but only in one wi
-mouve theocauses which nmade fir
faney their organization a necs* to
restore good government ; give K
tate upright anid able judges and thm
it offiials . stop the fright ful ex.-n
iture of publio money in Colum-. dc
prosecute, indict arid bring to ke
such men as Neagle, Parker and co
s ; disband the negro militia ;
he people intelligent jurors, aind or
monvicts be pumnished, and then
he Ku-Klux be a thing of the we
But let thei Legislatu~re and p
tate officials go on as they have4
on, and the time will soon be ej
raids Into Columola, and aromTed of
sapitoI building, will cause our o
y virtuous and intelligent legis- ,,j
Sto forget Union and Union maur
5. ci,
e more word. We ate all sus.-t
d of active sympathy with the p
Jlux, because we die net bring ivj
to trial. The thing is impossl- r~u
They shroud themselves in a h
ry which no one can unravel. Oi
ice they come, and whither they ba
one knows. Their voices are dIi
3cognised; their horses are not so
a. They are never seen in day- vii
;only in night. It would seenm cc
negroes would know whent thelir
rs left home, and took their al
out of the stable ; would some- tb
see their disguises, notioe the~ [
appearance of man and horse tip
a night of wakefulness and hard 'Vh,
t. IBut it Is not so. No negro o
I a single member of the band ; if iru
lld, they would tell It, if not hiere ing
ar, at any rate in Columbia. The bil
negr> race deir~e the aiuppres. au
f the Ku-Klux; but they eanti
no discoveries. Is it singular, jn
that the white man, who Fpends ob<
snings at home--whose oppor- ex,
as for detection are so much
should fall to find out names ? n6
not say that all condemn the edg
lux. Many see the Immediate nal
and think not of the consequent wil
Bunt many, very many, oppose
*bhor these dleeds, eominitted i
it any legal sanction, andi they faj
a their abhorence in unweasured rot
doi
letter has been made too long. mf
ote however to show that t,he ox,
luix were combatIng evils as dan
I to thepeace ofsociety authe
r evils they perpetuate ; end th
iese fearful coonter evils were gan
proved of by all the people of to
South Carolina. BmmUre. m
Rt PROMt JUDGE TUoMAS-WiY Bu
STEVENS MUR6KERR WEaR TO tou
E BEEN REMhOVD TO COLUkaB. wb
Be bid, I have ren'- re
fforts are mad to 'ill
e t e.goat to bear e q g
Ipon lto Unlon troublid. chi
low to tWilke a short statement. Sti
Oi the 'no ninof the first Thurs- eni
y in January, left Columbia for Le
artanburg. , as.,.paeng up . the for
road, oun haat the people of tie
lion were very much excited by pr<
3 murder of a one-armed man by a ref
tail of the State militia-all color.
v-bye~use eaud 'tt give tbein
iAP9nke.(ol pg Vnijng, T
aMdbo4tu4ge band ,t-f armed
in, in dispiise, had taken out five
the prisdners who -hnd! been put in
1, killed' tWo, aind bn-lly wo ird.l
roe. Upon iNniiry, I feannd th-t -
a impre sai il of 1he pecopio was tihat,
d they beon tried, they would have
en pardoned tand est-pied. I also
und that a large meetiag had been
1d that day, condemi:ing, the ie' ion
the night before. Ai soon as I had in
islied the ob-ject or ny vi it to th
>artanbn t, I hired 'h vehicle and
int to Union, not waiting for the
onday train. O Minday I held of
urt at Union, und succeeded in Ou
reading the Aegis of law onve more pr
er the ommunity. I shrank from ph
rerponsibility., and brought. away i
th me the assurunce of many of the
at citizens that q'miet had been re. C"
ired. liv
On arriving in Columbia r sent Er
r Governor Scott, and informed hina 1o
had hold the eicll courts in Union, ~
d thought that law and order was BI
stored."B
On the first Tnesday in this month, th<
ing in Columbia, and ready to leave frc
r Chuarleston, three iinfiuential citi- d
ns desired me to have a personal ti
erview with Governor Scott, anvd
re him a plAin statemient of what I %
ought of the troubles in the up.coun be
r. My idea was that the disease sp
sconstitutional. and not l0ctl. I
I so, and -as a part of the interview,
acceded in having sone of the best a
in of the up-county appointed to th
ice. One of the difficulties which oh
d presented it:.elf to my mind was 1-0
at this class of cit.zens took no in- lit
rest in the governmenat, and I had
and an apathy aiong thern so far bo
:t they would not risk their lives B.
ion called upon to not as a pos:e to sta
ecute the InWs in 'some respects. hu
This interview detained me un.til .
:er the train left. for Charleston, and ti
le awaiting for the rext truin, to
,neral Anders.on, of the State mili. aW
, approaohed in with a petition yei
r habens corpus for three pris- ma
arm at Union, the petition alleging .
at they wore inseo-.re in their lives
Union, and apkiug to be removed lB
a place of tafety. Mr. Brawley, aIn
e soloitor of the S:x- h Circuit, went go
th me to the Ouvernor, and he is 1
aranteed to us that; hey bhould .be ille
turned to un at Union for ti ial.'
Iloing sirpriwd at the allegation go
the petition, I had Mr. Drawley to his
rke iiries concerning the condi- is
mn oa a .s at Ildion, and I had a
nd that those who e ame down that .
ght were not uneasy, and appre- tin
nded no trouble. Upon rfleetin m n
concluded that s nmething other ant
an their sifety was the cause of the ine
plication fot removal. The thr.u -
mn sought for removal were the three '""
io had been badly wounded in the So
st raId on the jail, and were likelv 0114
know the raiders if any one did. Me
owing the distrust which many of a
e citizens had I tlho Sta-e Govern-th
nt, I stif'flated' with General An-.t
raon ihat the prisoners abould be s0
Pt in separate cells so as i t to Coin- its
at a story, andJ seixond ly, that. no0 one pla
ould seq ,tipiu: exceplt by especial a
Jer fromn hu n or rnyacelf.
Upon thie evening when the writ th'
a to have been returned with the li
isoners, and after hearing that the "is
eriff' would not tbey it, I was .wait- the
on by lur. sDunbar, the attorney ter
tie o pisoneors wohl another writ
bibelmp.qorpue. 'his I dcliraed to "
n~ as ':b3ui fulmes,," but in dioa., tbh
I~ to hum thamt al. L1hat wvas left of but
iauthorit.y was for, ;me to "tule to
a sherifT." Ilb said he would pre ~
re the tulo nd return that night De
th~ it. This was notdone, and theD
he wvas issued of my ouwn inotjon late
a nliglht apdl Apt (Mf. on the, oars. sa
to of the Ioadhing mnnembers of the chi
reof the.$ixth (hirouit, and tho can- th
late of the (ionservatives for the.
i on the bench, 'was preser., ad. it
ing and urging. thisi as miy onily noi
mrae. I had consulted .with two of for
brethren on ho benih amnd sever.. wvi
lawyers who -agreed with me in ea
view that as a judge of the:Statee
ad nothing-to do) wiih- the execu- hia
n of the c procesas .of . thme court, or,
qeo were for the bheriff.- and the and
oter. .if .they, could lnt carry Fy,
o execution thme prooecws by call.
out the pos.,e, then the respoanai
ity was upon thos.e who refused to st
as a possq,:or upon the constitu toe'
nlal dnflioulty which dievented these oni
>pale. of the interiost they biii ini
yiog the.ordora of.2t he thi iff orfa
rent ivo .ofeer. e
)w Sunday night, the shmariffa gnard (t
the jail ia Uioin -was ov power. eXI
and the three prisonerns who were the
ned in the writ of ,lheas corpus, Iyi
h five other,. wero killcd.
['le positIon of judge att p esenrt tri
biankless..entoughi, and if I Ihavo pro
led to ditebarg, nmy . duty, I are per
dy tlo resign.. I fedhat I have mai
e al~tat asin mcy poweor, and let
here is,e ,rosponsibility any .he~re
p$ gn th'e .arjned band who vi- can
Sd the Jalj,.It is po on ipe. , for
hVlo is responsiohe ?* It, may be rer<
sheriff ; it mnay.bo.those who or- god
ribedtheomlitiaja tonhla; way as 1i
v .ro~sral'nlcieun s, a. posse. M
t i thibk Ude true -caulse sill be som
ndio censtjtufiona1 deficiency fift
oh' oka.ions the anathy ofleading law
ristitqi. Tbi Is 0 trary
r(publi lfd9 , ai sho be rh
>vcdlby I? se in auth ty by
ange in, the onstitution of tbd
ite, making a tot paying qualiti
ion for one of the brahehts of the
gislature. This is a slow remedy
a bursting boil, batwhen the p
nt sees the phjsician op fly the
)per remedy, he may -not so
tiess.
Very respectfully,
Your olgodient iordasf
Ws r.'M.TIOMAh,
Judge Sixth Circuib.
WINNSBOROn
Wednesday Morning, March 1; 1871'
Fra uit air' Speech.
A car eful po uial of.Blair's spoeAh,
which, towards its close, he admits
it the fifteenth amendment "is coln
te," and is now "a part of the law
the land," convinces us most thor
ghly, that we are correct in our iw-. 1
8 -ion that our government is com- 1
tely rovolutiniiizt d, ind thorough
and Leytend horo of a relapse, i
isolidated anid nationalized. We 1
e in the first days of the AmiICAN I
triur, whether we can realize it or i
L, and call it by what name we please I
the Republic, if it suits. Now had
air follewed up his denutciations of
Reconstruction policy, "force and
ud," of the Republican party, by
nying, when pres.ed by the q-cs
n, that the fifteenth auetidnent is
al amid constitutionial, there had
en tome hol e, aupposing that lie
iaks for the Noi thern Democracy,
% reaction of public opinion, even
this lato day, which would restore
i government to its original Fedoral
tractor. But he shrinks back, and
Its, just w here a 6t udenat of our po
leal ny'tmn would have preferred a
Id and de.iant attitude. Why so I
iir is no saint, nor a jurist, nor a I
tesman. Hiis is -a popularity
rsting politician, and a tolerable
ie-server, and he was simply afraid C
deny the validity of the fifteenth I
end ment, as many a learned law
-would have done, at,d as every
n, not willing to accept of nation
i and consolidation, it seems to us, 11
simply obliged to do, for that 0
endment doe, revolutiouize our 'I
, orTnment. Whence this fear ? It t
)veause, as we believe, Blair knows
No, thern people are not going to u
Lack upon that amendment- during
opportunity for get ing office. It t
)ossible that the country may one
reverse that ninaidment. A con- 11
untion of Boweus and Whitte- f
re's as Congressmen from the South, f
I of frauds and peculations arid
xpressible corruptions and villain
in the State Governments of the
ith, may yet bring the sober, see
I thought. lBut not immediately.
rnovor, the early predonminance of
ites over blacks may so neutralize
enormities of @oconstruction, anid,
bide from the Northr thoeinfamny of
policy, that, in solf-righteous comn
eeney, it may never rarient. Blair
least seems to think so. He says, I
fifteenthi anyondment was acorn
ilhed by "fraiud and force," but it
complete, it is a part of the law of I
land"--that is, if we rightly rin- ~
pret the positIon, which sceems to
illogical and wveak, Reconstructi~n ~
oughout has bee~n "revolutionary," ~
.pess me, and I am not prepared ~
say again, as in I868,,"null and ~
d."' How this speecha can halp the ~
mooratic campaign for the next ~
isldency, we eatanot see. Blair C
'i, it will do so thus :The mls. C
ef is done, lint thd jeople will h'old' I
prrly responsiblse that have dinu ~
Now, if that be so, be ia wrong i n
adding, and they will reverse it ; r
ifthe people will do the one, they t
I dlso do the other. Bhut this gen
tion harp sojn no uigns tba we
e been able to see, of doing cith.
and, tlherdf'ora,, Blair is mistaken, C
his speech'till do no gbod even to
ujk hlir.
o eenelusi on, we cannot undler
da man's consenting to tleo fif. C
ath amendment, with Its thor
;h revo.lution of our entire FelotiM ~
teo, and its intoreshifig, but to us
rful and tremendous erpernent 1
e we insist that It is aa yet only an
criment) of negro suffago,i atildI
ni vainly babbling abotit "Stades
bis." It seems. to tis weak 'tnd P
ling. Wo, 9n . the ,contrary, are e
pared to try the revolutionary e x..
iment, to ran the consolldatlon d
shinaery, to oil It and watch It,and g
it do its best. But why so '1 Bo- ~
so we .:dmoo't believe; in a remedy
consolidation. -Itees'to ual al- a
yaeoniplished. What political 0
d oroivfl oomes to '961 hereafteb
come mainly froutn on~r National
!ernment. Obliged: to take the ~
,we favor striving to got from i6 0
e of the good." We accept the h
enth amendment as "a part of the a
di the land'ran~d a no~on tm, 11u
>ecase w6e 641(lielp it' Iji a fact,
tod cant o itj g neverthe.
ess old . t be %I exper inent,
sh if itVfaip, wil rveg:t' in we
lon't know what, but in BBihing much
Norse ; so we take t6 e oQurso-of hu
uan evetits quite coolly, restraining
>111abiy' 8taites - 'Rllghtk- pubatoes
the, oss of, morqtion.
IlHusging Played Out.
Thq. edi'or'eI pof tlse pubictn
hainst han.gi g h a, bdnishinent for
iurderus-ingularly out of -place at,
his time1 and wps, -writtep. because
F'ditors, we suppose, must keep wri
'ing. : We know most positively that
iong tbu blavks a tuipid idea pre
Vails tha S, u-idqr tLis governmpient,
here is to b no hanging, and few of
heni fear the penituntiary. Now
.bi4 idon is stupid in the extreme, be
'A-iso there have been cases of hang.
ng to refu'e it, 3et it does pre vail,
1d it does enuse lawlessnes. With
hat peculiar my.-trious salke of the
tnd Ithat they deem an especial maik
)f wisdom, a black ninn remaiked to
gentleman commenting on the bru
1t murder of Mr. Dubard, "dat ting
'hanging) used to be." And here,
t may just as well ho said as not, the
cople generally are, we believe, dis
omed to wink at Ku Klux outrages,
o long as the blacks expect favorit
smn from the government.
Ie Fainiy tle PoliticalUmaIt.
The State is a collection of faini
iies, and not simply of the individ
ials composing them, and the family,
Uid not the individual is the true so.
tial unit, and should not politically
brough its representative head.
s1118 theory is deducible from the Bi.
,lo view of marriage that man and
vife are no more twain, but one flesh,
nd from the record of creation that
nan (the singular) was created male
ud fomailc. No icligion givvs such
nonminonco to the doctrine of the in.
mito worth of the individual, wheth
:r male or fetnale, bund] or free, Jew
r Gentile, and yet none insists so
ositively upon the completeness of
he imarriiage union. In the church,
ndividual rights are sacred and con
ion, - belonging to both sexes ; but
dministrative privileges and services
re plainly confined, by both New
estament and Old, to inen. And so
hey should be in the State. We ad.
lit that this involves the subjection
f the woman to the man. But this
i a subjection enforced by nature in
lie very constitution of the sexes,
nd blosed of G. by the domestic
arinony and happine s that result
rotm it. For authority in the
imily bhould rest v ith the man, and
great deal of <omestic unhappiness
idue simply to the fact that it is not
iercised. Trho responsibility of rul
tig their households is shirked by
many men, who, therefore, find it
aird'r to rule themselves, and thi8
Icess of liberty, this domestic indi
ideal license, breeds disgust for
oile and home duties and associa
ions. A true woman rejoices ini a
usband that is trulyi the head of his
ous6.
Let this distin'ction betwedn person.
I rights and social admninistrativo
rivileges he borne in ruind, and we
re in hearty sympath~y with much of
ho Wotmin's Rights agitation of the
y. WVomen should have a fairer
old for labor, and more righteous
ewards for it., than at present. Their
ightsof property -should be secured
hem. Public opi~ion should be edu
ated tio encourage, rather than dis
otirage them in broador sphores of
ifort than those to which they are at
resent confined'. As to all this
hero Ia slens, there is virtue, there is
eroismi in th e demand for wotmatn's
ights.. But with the fanaticism on
he subjbet of the- ballot, and politi
ki office, &c., *e hasve no sympathy,
ndoed, Otne will get no omieo by print
tg it, but the batliot is not yet prov
d, to the satisfadtitn ofi sober reason,
,ot to be sa delusioni and a shatn.
!hl. mere ,majority represent ation,
'hen the spdgsof public virtue are
orrupted, is a terrible tyranny.
te power, is beyond the control of
ny thing but -the fear of revolution.
Eu Klinxienm is a reaction' eaanst it,.
ist' raw, here, ini this very - tate.
thy, then, confer so doubtful a privi
weo aiste .ballot upon the sex that
re happy in fooling that the dreadful
lague~of ptbities, inE a comniitnity ral
by am'ajority of ignoranttiegro pau.
ef~s, angd n ivhiebm everything except
irty dewiagoguism of the maost de.
tading charaoter, is..virtually die.
~anchise-yes happy In feeling that
s dreadful plague, the perplexlng
94 fretful grouble ot polities, is none
I' their busineqss,..but, belopgs to the
enpto temporizo with' it, to humor
.,to bear with It, to compromise
ithit anid te 'nitighte It, if we can,,
r to defy it, to . fiercy flght it and
ew our way out of it with a bloody
ie, if we mustratriking in the day.
submit~ so *p1 ation, too
unmii d a , fore ,
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
LATEST ADVILCES.
ooknID4, FMbYUOY 21.-The 19ta
peror Willam's health
anticipations.
The German wounded, capable of
bearing armshave been sent to the
font.
Troops are concentrating at Co.
logno.
The Frdnch ports are fi'l'ed with
provisions laden v0sCls for Paris, but
the provisions citnot be forwarde
for want of transportation.
PARIs, Feb. 21.-There is authori
ty for saying that the Gnal peace con
ditions will include the cession of Al
saue and a portion of Loraine, with
the fortresses Thionville, Meta and
Belfort, and two hundred and eighty
million francs inderunity.
LoN noN, Feb. 21.-A dispatch from
invre says : the city of Aloncon, is
refusing to pay the assesswent.
The Mayor and ten Councilmen
have been imprisoned. t
A dizpatch from Bordeaux, of the
20th, says : Bismarck is willing to
resign MCtz, if Luxemburg is given
to Germany.
Iismarck employs threats in urging
Thiera.to terms.
The French wish to prolong the
arministice until the second of March.
The French must pay half of the
indemnity by the fifteenth of March.
Paris is fast assuming its ordinany
appearance. Prices must soon be re
duced.
VEnSAII.IKs, February 22-via
LoNnoN, 23.-The Emperor received
Thiers to-day. General Chantey was
present at the interview. Peace is
considered concluded, though it has
not yet been signed. The Germans
will probably enter Parid on Stinday
next, but without triumphal ceremony
and they will not remain long in the
city.
LoN nosc, February 23.-A dispatch
from Paris or the 22d, says : Noth
ing is known yet of the Prussian
terms for peace. The Figaro, how
ever, says the terms are coneilatory.
The Munituer,of Versailles, says the
war indemnity demanded by the guv.
ernuient is two milliards of thalers.
The Germans demand immediate pay.
ment of two millions of francs, by the
Department of Oise, and accord dela5
in payment of the remaining eight
millions.
The Paris Moniteur says Troohu re.
signed at the request of Thiers, and
retired to private life. The distur.
bance at Nice is suppressed. The
(Gaulois says : Lord Lyonb, the British
Aimbassador, and Chevalier Nigra, the
Italian iniaster, will ouu go to Paris
in order to afford Thiers the moral
support of their goverumout in the
peace negotiations.
VxnsAit.i.F.s, February 23.-The
Moniteur, the offiaiAl of Versailles,
justiies Germany's- demand for the
indemn1ity of mnilliards of thalers. A
London dispatch from Arras, of the
23d, snys the mots around that city
was filled with water, for defense.
BoKDEAVX, February 28.--The
Moniteur, -of Bordeaux, annoures
that the armistice has been prolonged
until 26th instant, at midnight.
BonIUEAux, -February 24.--.The
Court of Rome has.recognized the new
Government or France.
BERI.IN, February 24.-The Cross
Gazette says dispastohes in lgipim
journals, purporting to give the egn
dit ions of peace negotiations, are al
together incorrect.
PARis, February 24,-The mili.
tary authorities are still unadvised as
to the entry of the Paussians. -Theo
impression is becoming general that;
the enemy will forego their trIumph.
It is rumored that the Assembly will
adjourn from Bordeaux to Fontaine
bleau. The Paris journals say the
Prussian demands on Franoe, have
produced a painful irnpres.ion on the
London, Vienna and St. Petersburg
Cubiniets.
LiONDON, February 25.-- A colliery
explosion occurred in South W~ales.
Fifty dead have already .been taken
out.
The Times'.special from Paris-says
the treaty is rearded as'. Nigned.
Blanc, Hugo and Rtoebefort, members
of the Radical Lieft of the Assembly,
will p resent a motion imppaching
Napoleon. It is stated~at Versailles,
that the material of the FTre.ggqh regi
mienta at lboideaux Ie excellent.
Paris, Februar~' 25.-Thiers ac
cepts the prtieffle of t'evritorial ces
sion, btut'i5 trying to'Myve Metz. IBis
marek agrees to reive~ that -fdrtress
to sFrance, but- Malike'objeetb.
Ro,.me recognizet. the New Ft'eneh
Government.
BOR DEAex, Februar.y 25.--Tiers,
Favrne and Ricard have hot arrited.
The departure of Thibers from PAis
is not yet nonounced. It is generally
supposed that the- Assetably VIlI not
nmeet to morrows and :the armistice
will be prolonged :fttrt.-eight houra.
NEW Yonx, F'ebruary 25,--Tme
steamer Quaker City was abarndoded
sixty iniles East of Cape Lookout, on
the 12th. She was on her lbeam-ends,
with sIxteen feet of' water Ira hqr bil
ges ; smoke-stacks earried an~ fires
puit out by the water. . Th officers
and crew landed on the Bermuda.
Th Quaker City was a BJaytien
wari 4esseI; sailing undeir thle name of
the Ln4 Ropublican,
' here has been heavy rain and
much wind West, with loas of life and
property.
lIClongqND, February 25.--The
Hous, to day, ad pted the Senate
amendments to the Washingtpn opd
Albp1tUrda 4 bIuays 4
nays 36-and the bill is now a law.
IIAVANA, February 24.-Valmaso.
da liae returned. The State troops
were defeated in a small fight, in
United States of Colonibia.
londuras has declared a war with
San Salvador. A general but feeble
fight is progressing. The coffee crop
is i'horit tin9~gh.ki. pli n9ica,
Ji, 'm
NEw YoRK, Feb. 2B.-Evening.
Cotton quiet, with sales of 2,200 bales,
at 15t. Gold 11,.
CHARLESTON, PFeruary S.-Cotton
quiet-muiddlings-14i ;reatpte 1,218
bales ; sales 300,
. irvicaropT,, February 25.-ven
tog-Cotton dull, uplands 7' ; Or
loans 71 ; sales 12,000 bales.
Cocoa Nut Cream,
A lfDin'assoment of other Candies,-.
Just received at
feb 28 11. W. blSPOlmEs.
Notice.
LA peTsoniblAin- deiLan'ds pagain t the
A sate Georg4. Hunter," deased, will
present their claims properly attested, and
liose indebtedill knake paymehi to the
undersigned on or before the lot day of
.January, 1872. GNORGE L. 1IUNTEIR,
feb 28-flx2 Admr.
Established 185.
J. 0. Matheas,,
Prodane Commislonalerchant.
-A.'u 1W''x s t 4%, 4G-a.6
I A RGE et-ck of Grain, Bacon and Cotton
.A Goody, always on hand. I have also
a large stook of Tobaceo at manufacturers
prices. All or#ers will havo prompt. atten.
tion. -feb 28-1 i
COTTON SEED MEAL.
NOTHING else In the world will make a
Nwilch cow Do Ier Beat in either quan.
tity or qiilify.
Feed not over four pints at each- meal,
and ynnr 9wn cow will convlnQe you.
Price $30.00 per ton, cash with order, with
disoount for larger quantilies.
C.OLUMBIA OIL COMPANY.
BW- Oil Meal and Bone Fertilizer, fur.
hiehed at $35 per len'cash. Cottn Seed
hought or contracted for to boe delivered in
July and August. feb 28-xIt3
MASONIC MEETINGS
A REGULAR communicat ion 'of
A Winnsboro Lodge. No 11, A.-.
P.-. M.-. will be held on Thursday
blarch 2d, at 7j o'clock 1. Md.
Brethren will take due notice and gov.
!rn theimelves. accordingly. By order of
V 0, JORDAN, Seo.
feb 28-t2x1
JUST RECEIVED.
600 bushels Choice While St. Louis Corn.
600 bushels North Carolina Oats.
Car load Louisville, including all grades,
rrom the finest to common,
6000 lbs. 0. R. White and Smoked Bacon,
1 Tierce Baltimore llamas,
Italian Maocaront and Cheese,
Carolina Retc,
Rio, Laguayra and Java Coffee,
Black, Green and Gun Ptowder Tea.
D. RL. FLENNIKEN,
feb 28
NEW GOODS
H. L. A. BA LK,
IYnosLxSArn.s a Uwrus, )~ a p4s
D RY GOO0D S,
172 fond St, Angusta, Qa.
SA spiay this acasort, t offerRa lrgq
')ress Ouod r at prleee.as lomeas Uafore the
ara. II. 1. A' BA LK.
Auigusta, Ga.
3 r~ art ror Dress and ShirtaE I have
Lopened a grelat variety of choice selee..
ions of all pnf allar mnkas.
' i. L. A.: IM LK; Augusta, GA.
N. Cas~se~sereq, apd 'eens, f9,r (1 nts andi
IBoys' wear, a carefully seleg9ted stock is
> ered at popular prices.
II: I.. A.IBA L{,'Auguit.ta, Ga.
OTICE~ is hereby given that I have ad-.
ed a, deparjjento, lloo-r andi Suofi5,
cher, a fiul assorimnt will alysys be krpt
i New Ysork prices.
U. ..''UtlAJK. g e
Ur~toclid... Brtown ai 1ll~uh ed .8lient
- oo Silein, id an Striped linoe-e
pu.i loleg i vry full, and offereu
* .. A,-BA LK, Auj nsts, GA.
itSAT,bargaluat,9e . offeired ii 81irte
eksTaes, inenis kicngs, Sujie,.d
urs, Ilbsie ry- &e.
. H. L..A. BALK, Angusta, Ga.
lil facilite. .enable me to buy where
.goods are cheapest.
Ii. t2 A. BALK, Augusfta, Ga.
3 8EL.L as low as the same goods cap be'
spld anywhere.
, 11, L. A. BALK, Aingue.a, Ga.
if ASK pnly ohe Price I
H1. L. A. BALK, Auguita, Ga.
LL godewarrnte tobe as represent
ed. golo.A . ALE Augusta, Ga.
ALhc rder, to insure a promptand dare..
Enflattenti on, should be. addresedo
feb 21-t II L.ABL,Auggaeta, Ga ,
RESH Gard wi Reed atnd Onion SeIll at
the'Dring tore of
- IN,:0 MoMASTER & BICE.
tab, i