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Straps and Jacts.
?The Berlin papers contain an advertisement
from a one-legged man, who solicits charitable contributions
because, he says, his landlord, to whom
he owes three months rent, threatens to have his
artificial leg sold by the bailiff.
The Union Pacific Railroad has been completed
and opened for businesss six hundred miles
west from Omaha. Sixty miles have been built
this spring. The oompany have a larger force of
laborers at work than ever before.
A man lately advertised that on the receipt
of ten cents he would send a splendid steel engraving
of "that noble hero, General Jackson."
The "splendid steel engraving" proved to be a two
cent postage stamp.
The Sugar crop of Louisiana for last year
was 37,647 hogsheads, against about a half a million
which was the product iu "a state of slavery."
However, the Crescent says the culture is reviving,
and may in a few years exceed old results.
The statement is going the rounds that if
the flame of a candle be applied to a finger or toe
of a supposed corpse, and raises a wet blister, life
is not extinct. W ill somebody please put a candle
to old Ben. Wade's extremities.
The hanking and currency committee of the
House of Representatives have considered and
tabled a petition signed by five hundred citizens of
Montgomery, Pennsylvania, urging that the vignettes
of Fessenden and Chase be taken off the na
tional currency.
Five congressional districts in Virginia have
each from 2,000 to 5,000 more colored voters than
whites at this time. It is evident that in every
one of these districts?the colored men all voting
together, as they seem to think it a duty to do?a
negro can be elected to Congress.?Ni Y. Express.
That iniquitious institution, the freedmen's
bureau, with its attendant train of pampered and
insolent officials and hordes of lazy paupers, is to
be fastened on the country for another year. The
leaders of the radical party count on this bureau as
a most potent ally in the coming presidential election.
One of the sharpest political carricatures is
the "dying impeachment gladiator." Ben. Butler
lies prostrate in the arena, with his broken
sword ana a most demoralized countenance?whilst
President Johnson is seen retiring with a heavy
spoon over his shoulder, with which he has brained
the hero of Big Bethel.
The New York Tribune calculates that
Grant and Colfax will have decided majorities in
twenty States, including all the Southern States
but Virginia and Texas. Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio will,
it says, be stubbornly contested, and if the Democrats
lose either of the three largest, or Indiana
with either of the two smaller, the Radicals will <
win the game. ,
There is quite a disposition in Maryland to
put forward Ex-President Frank Pierce for the
Presidency, and Mr. Pendleton for the Vice-Presidency,
as the first choice of the State, and Mr.
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But for Mr. Reverdy Johnson's vote on reconstruction,
he would undoubtedly be put forward by
the Conservatives of Maryland as tneir candidate
for the Presidency.
A writer in the Memphis Avalanche\ from
Columbia, Ark., says: "The corn crop of this entire
region looks elegant, and the prospect is that
there will an abundtat yield. Many assert it is '
already made, and in some places it is high enough '
to hide the mules and plowmen, that are now gen
erally working it for the last time before laying it <
by. There is an immense lot of land: planted in
corn."
"We learn from the Mobile (Ala.) Register
that Col. St Leger Grenfel, who escaped from the ,
Dry Tortugas some months ago, and was believed (
to have been drowned, is now in safety. The .
Register says that a letter had been received at Havana
from Col. Grenfel, in which he sent his J
thanks and acknowledgements for kind treatment i
to some of the army officers at Tortugas, and said \
that he was just about to sail for England. ,
At the Grant-Colfax ratification meeting in ]
Albany, New York, Dr. Breckinridge made a par- (
tisan speech, in which he alluded to the city of .
New \ ork as containing 50,000 Roman Catholic
voters, whom he denounced as the cause of the ,
Radical defeat; and he said the State must be redeemed,
even if to do so New York had to be i
burned to the ground! s
It is at last acknowledged that the "rebel- ]
lion" did not originate in the South. The Tribune <
of Wednesday made the following confession with
reference to the revolt of the Southern States in i
1861: "That rebellion did not begin at the South;
hereafter it will be said that our war sprang from J
the revolt of the conscience of the North against <
the national dominion of slavery." This is not 1
the way it used to talk when it was firing the
Northern heart, and striving to put it against the
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It is stated that hardly a day passes at j
Goldsboro', North Carolina, that outrages arc not ^
perpetrated upon the citizens by negro troops stationed
there. They enter stores, take what they 5
want, and leave without paying for it, and if re- 1
monstrated with, generally assault the storekeeper, i
Frequently ladies are compelled to^yield the whole ]
sidewalk to them. The Rough Notes says their 1
lawlessness during the past week will compare ,
favorably with that of Sherman's noted bummers
in the days of strife and warfare. '
Persons who have insured their lives under
policies prohibiting residence in the United States 1
south of thirty-eight degrees of latitude, should be (
careful not to violate the condition. The Supreme j
Court of New York city has recently decided that
such a condition in a policy is valid, and supported 1
the company in its refusal to pay the amount in- !
sured to the representatives of an English lady who
came to this country and went to reside in Ports- j
mouth, Virginia. The person insured, in all prob- j
ability, went South thoughtlessly, and by this in- 5
advertence the benefits of the policy were lost j
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe has lately re- <
turned to Hartford from her Florida residence. 1
She has a very pretty place there on the St.
John's River. Mrs. S. says the Southern peo- (
file are no more inclined to resist the laws, or to (
oster the spirit of rebellion, than Vermont is! ,
She tested the real feeling of the people iu her j
somewhat extended journey all over Florida, and j
found them so kind that they would even surren- (
der their own sleeping accommodations to her. (
They desire only peace and the restoration of the .
Union.
The Panniers, of the coming of which we
have had several premonitions, have at last made
their appearance in the fashionable world of Paris.
The pannier is described as a steel basket, which is (
worn over each hip, and which is "exactly like the
wicker receptacles in which butlers carefully carry 1
old Port or Chambertin up to table. Between these <
there bulges out a hump far behind, and this is only <
tliA nndpr-fnnndntinn for nnflfv silk mntrivnnw>s ,
above! With such a compact affair as this on, the
trunk trade will fall, as every possible convenience
for travelling can be safely deposited within the hip
baskets." The most prodigious one of these panniers
that had made its appearance in Paris was
called the Imperatrice.
Wendell Phillips is even more than usually
emphatic in his denunciation of the Republican
action at Chicago. Neither the nominations made,
nor the resolutions adopted, at all satisfy or please
hiin. He brands the whole affair as a cowardly
surrender?both the candidates as unreliable, and
the general attitude of the party as a betrayal of
the negro. The explanation of all this, of course,
lies in the unmistakable fact that the extreme
ultraists did not have everything?or indeed anything?their
own way. They were opposed to
Grant for President, wanted Wade for Vice, and
resolutions embodying their specific views of impeachment,
suffrage and the negro. They failed
at every point?hence their discontent
There is a lady residing in Jasper county
who lost her husband in the war. What property
she had was swept away, leaving her almost penniless,
with three children to support?all daughters.
These girls?all young?were unused to
work upon the farm, but it was that or worse.
With two young oxen to plow, they have made
two crops?making an abundance to live on, and
are now cultivating the third, which promises well,
lliey have refused to participate in the charitable
distributions, and have never drawn one cent from
the county, but have raised a plenty of everything,
and some to spare. Such instances of independence
are uncommon, and should be recorded, that
others less worthy may go and do likewise.
Covington (Ga.) Enterprise.
There is a movement among the leading
members of the Radical party which looks to a
postponement of the entire question of Southern
representation in Congress until next winter. A
correspondent of tho Boston Hentld, says: "This
.movement has created a feeling akin to consternation
among the senators aud members elect from 8
the Southern States who are here clamoring at the
doors of either Honse for seats upon the floor.
One of the reasons alleged for the sudden change
of base--indeed the most potent reason?is the
fear that some of the Southern States?those that
have the largest electoral vote?are likely to cast
those votes for the Democratic presidential ticket.
Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas and Virginia are
specially named, and are likely to be kept out from
this fear."
??The ramie plant, which was introduced into
this country from Java, to the soil of which it is
indigenous, is attracting much attention in the
South. At an agricultural fair recently held in
Alabama, it was one of the special features of the
exhibition. It is claimed that, if properly cultivated
and worked, it will eventually take the place oi
cotton, and supply any deficiency in that great
staple production. Its fibres arc said to be much
finer and stronger than the best flax; that they
are as fine as sea island cotton, and that, aftet
cleaning, they become very soft and white, and
take colors as readily as the finest wool or silk.
Several articles of clothing made from this fabric
were exhibited at the fair referred to, and were
particularly noticed for the strength and beautv oi
the material. The cultivation of the ramie plant
has been successful on a number of plantations in
Alabama.
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YORKVILLE^S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1868.
Cash.?It must be distinctly understood thai
our terms for subscription, advertising and job,
work, are cash, in advance.
X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration
of tne time for which payment has been
made. A Subscriber finding a (&) cross-mark on
the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand
that the time paid for has expired.
ADDRESS OF J. B. TOOKER, ESQ.
In to-day's paper, to the exclusion of much of
our usual variety, we publish an address recently
delivered before the "Hickory Grove Conservative
Club" by J. B. Tooker, Esq. Mr. Tooker is a
man of Northern birth, temporarily residing in
this District, and the views he expresses are,
doubtless, the result of his observations since he
has been among the Southern people.
DAVIES' HOTEL.
We take pleasure in informing the travelling
public, and wayfarers generally, that the hotel
building on Main street, formerly known as the
"Kiug's Mountain Hotel," "has recently been reopened
by Mr. Thomas Davies; and a pleasant resort
for travellers established near the most active
business portion of the town.
THE ELECTIONS IN THE STATE.
In the recenf elections, the Democrats carried
several Districts in which they were defeated at
the late general election. They have been successful
in Chester, Union, Spartanburg, Laurens,
Pickens, Oconee, Anderson, Lancaster, Greenville,
Marion, and probably Chesterfield.
In Charleston, Richland, Fairfield, Sumter, Kershaw,
Darlington, Marlboro', Colleton, Beaufort,
n .? m J? u?
uruurguiuwu, Vftttl'CUUUII) xjax. until, Uiaugwym
Edgefield, and Abbeville, the Radicals have elected
their candidates.
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO.
On Sunday night, a terrific storm, accompanied
with hail and rain, passed along the western bor3efsof
this District, following the course of Broad
River. The damage done to crops and fencing is
reported to have been heavy. A friend writes to
as, that his farm will not produce the seed planted
upon it In some places the fences were lifted up
ind the rails strewn several hundred yards away,
leaving scarcely a vestige to show where a fence
bnce stood. The wheat crop, uuder the track of
:he storm, is reported as utterly ruined.
The handsome brick residence of Mrs. Ann E. i
Wright, on Broad River, was struck by the storm,)
which peeled off the roof, and carried it over upon
in opposite hill. Several smaller dwellings are retorted
as damaged, or blown over, and many barns,
stables and other out-houses.
The storm extended on both sides of Broad
River, and seemed to follow its course Southward,
[ts breadth, and the full extent of the damage
lone in this and adjoining Districts, we have not
been able to learn definite!}'.
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CONSERVATIVE MEETING.
A correspondent from "Tolleson's Store," Unon
District, whose communication we have not
oom to publish in full, informs us of the organisation
of a Conservative Democratic Club at that
place on the 25th ultimo, by the election of the
following gentlemen as officers: Jas. E. DeLcach,
President; J. H. Alexander and M. S. Lynn,
Vice-Presidents; W. L. Guudelock and James B.
Tolleson, Secretaries. We make the following ex.
;ract from our correspondent's letter:
"Col. I. G. McKissick was introduced to the
ludience by the President, and delivered an elojuent
and appropriate address. He explained the
purpose ana importance of Conservative meetings
;hroughout the country, and reasoned sensibly
with our colored friends on the importance of unaliroity
of sentiment. Our esteemed fellow-citizen,
[Jen. W. H. Wallace, was next introduced to the
isserablage, who acquitted himself most admirably
as an intelligent and able orator. He clearly
ihowed our colored friends that their former ownire
and not tho Radicals, were their true and only
Viends. To these gentlemen we feel greatly iniebted
; and would to God we had enough such
nen as Gen. Wallace and Col. McKissick.
Lastly, E. J. Anderson was introduced as our
jolored Democratic friend, and after three loud
iheers and a hearty welcome, he addressed his colbred
brethren with a view to convert them over
from Radicalism. He said the Democrats were his
best friends, and he thought they would all find it
but?that they were the true gentlemen and friends
bf both races. ^ He advised them to follow wise
anrl incf mnn in nnlitinc??oimli mnn cic fVirvcn trltn
had just addressed them."
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
Since the nomination of Grant and Colfax, at
Chicago, by the Republicans, the interest in determining
the men who are to run on the opposite
ticket has been rapidly on the increase. The
chances of Hancock, Pendleton, Seymour, Chase
and others, are being discussed by the politicians
af the day with much warmth ; and, from present
prospects, the New York Convention will have a
delicate task to perform in harmonizing the conflicting
preferences of the differing sections, for
their favorites. The Western men want Pendleton,
and Pendleton they will have (if they can get
him) because he is in favor of-repudiation. Hanjock,
also, has a strong host ready to support his
jlaims. But by far the most formidable rival in
the field, thus far, is Chief Justice Chase, who
has been both Democrat and Republican, and a
man possessing more brain, perhaps, than all the
jthers combined. Chase enters the field with a
?ood war record?is an able financier, and is supposed
to be able to bring to his aid a large Conlervative
Republican vote. His availability seems
jo be conceded on all sides, and although still
daiming to be a moderate Republican, has, it
a asserted, signified his willingness to become the
Democratic standard bearer, upon the platform of
principles that will, in all likelihood, be adopted at
New York. He is opposed to Military Eeconitruction
in the South, in favor of a general amjesty,
and all the other principles in the Demo:ratic
creed, with one single exception. He favors
;he suffrage of all classes possessing certain requisite
qualifications. It is even supposed that he is
villing to abandon this idea, if the Democrats will
put him in the field as their candidate.
We are not particularly engaged in the business
)f President-making, and may not be for sometime
to come; and are, therefore, mere spectators
n this gladiatorial picture. We would, however,
pe glad to see the Democrats select some man?
vhom they can elect?who possesses brain enough
:o administer the duties of his office, and who" has
:nough of honesty (if such a thing be possible) to
idminister its duties in the interests of honest
t men. It matters but little who the man may be,
if one can be found so favored as to possess these
| requisites.
THE DISTRICT ELECTION.
The election, last week, for District Officers,
i passed off quietly, and resulted in the success of
i the Conservative nominees, by an average majority
of about 1650. We present below a tabular
1 statement made up from the official returns. The
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CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. 1
The Senate, after a long debate, by a vote of 34 (
to 8, passed the bill to admit Arkansas, with an (
amendment providing that there shall never be re- ,
strictions on account of race or colqr, except as to (
Indians, not taxed. The bill was returned to the (
House, which, on motion of Stevens, refused to
concur in the amendment, and asked for a Com- mittee
of Conference. Trumbull, Drake and Williams
were appointed a committee on the part of :
the Senate. i
In the Senate, the Judiciary Committee reported J
the following substitute for the Omnibus bill:
Resolved, That each of the States of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia and
Florida, shall be entitled and admitted to repre- i
sentation in Congress, as a State of the Union, wnen j
the Legislature of such State shall have duly rati- <
fied the amendment to the constitution of the United
States proposed by the thirty-ninth Congress, ,
and known as article fourteen, upon the following 1
fundamental conditions: That there shall never be
in such State any denial or abridgment of the elective
franchise to any person, by reason or on account
of race or color, excepting Indians not tax- '
ed ; and the State of Georgia shall only be entitled
ana admitted to representation upon this further r
fundamental condition, that the first and third sub- '
divisions of section seventeen of the fifth article of ^
the constitution of said State, except the proviso
to the first subdivision, shall be null and void, and 1
that the General Assembly of said State by solemn
public act shall declare the assent of the State to t
the foregoing fundamental condition. ]
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That if the
day fixed for the meeting of the Legislature of
either of said States, by the constitution thereof, ?
shall have passed or have so nearly arrived before 1
the passage of this act that in the opinion of the
Governor elect there shall not be time for the Leg- r
islature to assemble at the same time fixed by the (
constitution of such State, such Legislature may c
be convened within thirty days after the passage ?
of this act by the Governor elect of such State. t
Sec. 3. And be it f urther enacted, That the first a
section of this act shall take effect as to each State t
except Georgia, when the President of the United I
States shall officially proclaim the due ratification v
by its Legislature of article fourteen of the amend- t
ments to the constitution of the United States, g
proposed by the tbiity-ninth Congress, and as to i
the State of Georgia, when he shall proclaim, in
addition, the assent of said State to the fundamental
condition hereinbefore imposed upon the v
same; and it is hereby made the duty of the Pres- t
ident within ten days after receiving official infor- g
ination of the ratification of said amendment by r
the Legislature of either of said States, to issue a >
proclamation announcing that fact.
In the Senate, on Che first of June, a resolution j.
of thanks to Stanton was passed ; and a joint res- t
olution of the Ohio Legislature, protesting against s
tampering with the impeachment judges, was re- t
ferred to the Corruption Committee. a
The House refused to entertain a resolution de- '
daring its violation of the constitution to seize pri- [
vate telegrams and papers. e
In the House, on the 2nd instant, the following a
resolution was introduced and referred to the Judi- ?
ciary Committee: c
"Resolved, That the States of Virginia, .North J
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas s
respectively, shall not be entitled to representation s
in the Electoral College for the choice of President
and Vice-President of the United States, and no c
electoral vote shall be received or counted from 1
any of such respective States unless at the time t
prescribed by law for the choice of electors the peo- 1
pie of such States shall, pursuant to the acts of
Congress in that behalf, have, since the fourth day e
of March, 18G7, adopted a constitution of State a
government which shall have been organized and ^
shall be in peaceful operation, and unless such ]
State shall have also become entitled to represen- j
tation in Congress pursuant to the acts of Congress a
in that behalf.'' ;
On the 30th, in the House, Senator Trumbull c
urged the immediate consideration of the Omnibus v
bill, but the Senate adjourned without action.
In the House, a resolution referring to the death c
of ex-President Buchanan was introduced as a t
"mark of respect for one who had held such an
eminent station," and was passed by avote of eighty c
to sixteen, and the Speaker appointed a oommittee *
of seven to attend the funeral. {
The Senate, on the 4th, after electing George
C. Gorham, of California, Secretary, rice John W. 8
Forney, adjourned in honor of the memory of ex- c
President Buchanan. The House proceedings are 8
devoid of general interest c
On the 5th, the Senate passed a bill providing
"that nny contract hereafter made specifically pay- 7
able in coin shall be legal and valid, and may be *
enforced according, to its terms, anything in the t
several acts relating to United States notes to the
contrary notwithstanding." *
The Omnibus bill was under consideration, but ^
no definite result was reached. I
In the Senate, on the 6th, the Committee of
Conference on the Arkansas bill submitted a report g
agreeing to the original House bill, introduced by 1
Stevens, with the additional stipulation that any t
alteration in said constitution, prospective in its j
effects, may be made in regard to the time and j.
j place of residence of voters. The Senate adopted j
the report. f
The original bill requires that the Constitution I
of Arkansas shall never be so altered as to deprive i
any citizen, or class of citizens of the right to vote, ^
who are now entitled under it a
The Omnibus bill was under debate, but no vote r
was taken. . t
In the House, the Conferenoe Committee on c
Arkansas reported, but on a motion to table the
report no quorum voted, and the House adjourned
to Monday last, when it was expected that the report
would be adopted.
Sherman's bill, making gold contracts valid, was 1<
passed, and now awaits the signature of the President.
The bill enforces the payment of gold contracts
hereafter made, without reference to the
legal tender acts of Congress.
inrW HTVTSTI8IIMENT8.
W. Paine, M. D.?Philadelphia University of
Medicine and Surgery.
Thomson <fe Jefferys?Assignees' Sales?In Bankruptcy?In
the Matter of W. C. Caveny, W.
C. Owen, T. H. & W. Dickson.
W. B. Metts?Assignee's Sales?In Bankruptcy?
In the Matter of J. E. Jefferys, B. P. Briggs.
W. B. Metts, Assignee?In Bankruptcy?In the
Matter of D. Theodore Byers, S. M. Mills.
R. B. Anderson?Female College Examination.
T. M. Dobson <ft Co.?Temple of Honesty?Calico?Yankee
Notions?Delf Ware?Shirting
?Hardware?Hats?Ladies' Fine ShoesGroceries.
M. C. Gallaway?The Memphis Avalanche.
R. H. Bradley?25 Shoe Makers Wanted.
John C. Kuykendal?Drugs and Medicines?Tonic
Bitters?Blood Purifiers?Ess. Ginger
and Coffee?Brushes?Kerosine Oil?Varnishes,
<fec.?Soda Water.
James Mason, President?Excursion Train.
R. H. Glenn?Ordinary's Sales.
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FniTADIAT l\KT,I\r:S.
Oregon Gone Democratic.
The Democrats of Oregon have carried that
State by about two thousand majority. A Democratic
Congressman is elected by a thousand majority,
and the Legislature and county officers are
nearly all Democratic.
The New Secretary of War.
Gen. Schofidld, tihe new Secretary of War,
has commenced the discharge of his duties. He is
probably the youngest man who has ever occupied
the position, not being yet thirty-seven years of
age. He graduated at West Point in 1853. He
was made a Brevet Major General in 1865, and
was subsequently raised to the full rank. In May,
1867, he was assigned to duty as General Commanding
the first military district, consisting of the
State of Virginia.
Ex-President Davis' Trial.
The United States Court met in Richmond
an the 3d instant, Chief Justice Chase and Judge
Underwood, presiding. The Chief Justice called
the case of Jefferson Davis, when Mr. Anderson,
rf Mississippi, one of the counsel for the defence,
read an agreement for postponement till October,
signed by Messrs. Evarts and 0'Conor. The
Chief Justice assented to the agreement, and ordered
a postpontment until the October term. Mr.
Ltevis was not present.
Commander of the First Military District.
General Stoneman, has been appointed, by
the President, as commander of the first Military
District, embracing Virginia, vice Gen. Schofield,
appointed Secretary of War. Gen. Stoneraan is
a native of New York, and during the late war he
was a prominent cavalry officer; was promoted to
the rank of Mnjor-Genernl of volunteers, and assigned
to the command of a corps. He had command
of the cavalry which made a raid towards
Richmond in the early part of 1863, and also commanded
the expedition which captured Salisbury,
N. C., in April, 1865. Since December 1860, he
bas been in command of the sub-district of Petersburg,
with headquarters in that city.
Murder in Camden.
A correspondent of the Charleston Mercury,
writing from Camden under date of the 5th inst.,
famishes the following account of the murder of
3. G. W. Dill, a member of the late Convention:
Solomon G. W. Dill, of this District, was killed
ast night at his residence, some ten (10) miles
Tom Camden, on the West side of Wateree Rivir.
Also a negro man, and Dill's wife (a colored
woman), wounded. There is great excitement anong
tue negroes. The Coroner left here at 12
)'clock to-day to hold an inquest over the bodies,
)ut up to this time of writing has not returned.?
They shot into Dill's house. Dill had been elected
i member of the Legislature and County Comuiislioner
of Kershaw.
Death of ex>President Buchanan.
James Buchanan, ex-President of the Uni- i
ed States, died at his residence, near Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, on the 1st instant, aged seventyeven
years. The last words repeated by the venirable
ex-President were "God bless.my country."
le was buried on Thursday last. A dispatch says: :
The Masons assisted throughout, and their fuleral
ceremonies accompanied the religious rites. ,
)n Saturday previous to his decease, while giving
lirections to his executor regarding his funeral, <
Jr. Buchanan said: "The principles of the Chris- <
ian religion were instilled into mv mind in youth,
? J **11 T lirtfA /?l?oofwo<I orwl ovnoMnnnorl in
I1U IIUUJ ill! L llti* v, UIIU ivuvuu ...
he long life Providence has vouchsafed to me, I
lave only become more strengthened in my con- !
rations of the divine character of the Saviour, and
he power of atonement through his redeeming i
[race and mercy." ]
)eath of Kit Carson. ,
Kit Carson, the renowned trapper and guide, i
rhose name has been the synonym of wild advenure
and daring to all Americans of the present ]
;eneration, died from a rupture of an artery in the i
leek, at Fort Lyon, Colorado, on the 23d, of April, i
In exchange says of him : ]
"He was born in Kentucky in 1809. In 1847
ie was appointed lieutenant in the rifle corps of i
he United States army. In 1853 he drove 6,500 j
heep over the mountains to California, this being
hen considered a very hazardous undertaking,
nd, on his return to Taos, was appointed Indian 1
gent in New Mexico. He has been largely in- <
trumental in bringing about the treaties between
he United States and the Indians, and on a mis- |
ion of this kind he visited Washington not long
igo in company with a deputation of the red men,
,nd made a tour of several of the northern '.nd *
astern cities. 1
The President and the Printers.
The National Printer's Union, while recently in
ession in Washington, called upon President Johnon.
The President addressed the delegates in a i
onversational way, premising that he did not inend
to make them a set speech. He was proud
o say that he had been a journeyman mechanic.
Hie President concluded as follows :
"Now, 1 do not wish by what I say to tickle the J
iars of the masses, nor do I wish to make any party (
illusion ; but I say that the aristocracy of labor is |
rue democracy, and to that aristocracy I belong, j
' have been a mechanic in the proper sense of the j
erm, and I tell you, gentlemen, I was considered i
in A No. 1 in ray line. [Applause.] _ I did my i
vork well, and I never broke a promise. [Loud (
iheers.] And I consider it a nobler distinction to ,
vear upon ray garments the tinge of the shop and ,
he dust of the field than all the insignia that may <
ittach from victories won on fields cumbered with i
irushed and bleeding humanity. I humbly claim |
hat no vote, no act, no speech of mine since I first i
ratercd public life was cast or made in any other i
- . i n ii. . i /?. _/? .
lirection than in the interest ana ior uie Denent 01
he laboring mass of the people.
Sen. Grant Accepts.
Gen. Grant, under date of May 29, formally
iccepts the Republican nomination for the Presilency.
The following is his letter of acceptance,
iddressed to Gen. Joseph R. Hawley, the Presilent
of the nominating Convention:
In formally accepting the nomination of the Naional
Union Republican Convention of the 21st
Jay inst., it seems proper that some statement of
dews beyond the more acceptance of this nominaion
should be expressed.
The proceedings of the Convention were marked
vith wisdom, moderation and patriotism, and I beieve
express the feeling of tho great mass of those
vho sustained the country through its recent trials.
. endorse their resolutions.
If elected to the office of President of the United
States, it will be my endeavor to administer all the
aws in good faith, with economy, and with a view
o giving peace, quiet and protection everywhere. 1
At times like the present it is impossible, or at
east eminently improper, to lay down a policy to j
>e adhered to, right or wrong, through an admin- i
stration of four years. New politicalissues, not i
oreseen, are constantly arising: the views of the <
lublic on old ones are constantly changing, and a ]
mrely administrative officer should always be left
fee to execute the will of the people. I have al- i
rays respected that will and always shall. Peace j
md universal prosperity, its sequence, with econo- 1
uy of administration, will lighten the burden of '
axation, while it constantly reduces the national ]
lebt Let us have peace. 1
With great respect, ]
your obedient servant, i
U. S. GRANT, i
i
t@F Twenty-two thousand dollars have been col- <
3cted and paid to the President's counsel. i
CHESTER' CONTRIBUTORIAL.
BY WM. H. BRAWLEY.
CHESTER, S. C., JUNE 9, 1868.
CHBGUS.
Ames' Circus is to be in Chester on Monday the ;
15th instant. The papers speak highly of it.
THE ELECTION. V ,1
Contrary to general anticipation, the elections
last week passed off very quietly, and without
much excitement It is due to the colored people :
to say that they behaved in a very orderly manner
throughout the whole time. So far as we saw, there
was no drinking or fighting. Many of them returned
to their work as soon as they deposited their 1
votes. As was supposed, the nominees chosen at
the District meeting were elected. The tabular
statement below gives the votes of each candidate
at the different precincts. As will be seen, Mr.
Reister, the candidate of the Union Republican
spread-eagle ticket, received the smallest number
of votes:
for sheriff. for clerk.
St 3 S- 3 sr T~rr~p
a ' a ? a ~ -v o
* " s i ? ? !
prec1kcts. < ? o s 2.
II f u f
? : : ? : Sf : :
:. : : ; : z : ;
Chester Court House,.! 383 29) 11 54 29! 573 184 ,11
Bennett's Shop, 74 28 43 5 Oj 44 50 58
Carmel Hill 49 27 185 9 1 19 53 196
McAlli-.yV Mill, 32 34 48 7 0 35 19 70
LewU' Turn Out,.... 79 13 0 15 7 31 74 0
WylleV 8tnre, 159 50 2 66 100 160 71 0
Rnttvllle 42 46 0 11 10 43 66 0
Torblt's Store, 93 10 7 II 1| 60 57 1
Boyd's Store, 46 71 0 11 0, 44 82 0
Total, 950 1 570 296 189 1481 !l009 l 656 339
4
MERE-MENTION.
In the list of patents for the week, ending May
26th, we notice one granted to Edgar P. Williams,
of Yorkville, S. C., for a ventilating portable
churn. A tract of land containing 330 acres,
with a mill on it, was sold recently in Rockingham :
count}', N. C., under execution, for $330. A
Radical Senator in the Connecticut Legislature
refused to rise during the prayer made by a Dem- 1
ocraticic clergyman. The first cotton bloom
of the season in Leon County, Fla., was sent to
the editor of the Tallahassee Sentinel, on Tuesday
of last week. The Augusta papers announce
the appearance in that market of Hour made from
this year's wheat. The colored children who
have been attending white schools in New Orleans
have been withdrawn. All children of known
mixed blood will in future be required to attend
colored schools. A prairie farmer in Illinois i
advertises for contractors to break up four thous- '
and acres of prairie land for three dollars an acre,
houses and lumber for stables furnished. The !
advertiser has a forty thousand acre farm. A
few months ago Greely said : "Probably General
Grant can afford to be a deaf and dumb candidate, i
but this country cannot afford to elect a dead and
dutub President A. T. Stewart returns
$667,499 income. Some charitable person ought
to give him a dollar to make it even. "The
Massachusetts Senate, by a vote of sixteen to nine,
has rejected a bill abolishing corporeal punishment
in the schools of that State. Impeachment
is [christened the "Lost Cause, Junior." A
large number of Germans, direct from Europe,
are soon to colonize in Ameliacounty, Va. The
citizens who were arrested in Hamburg, S. C., for
not allowing frccdinen to hold a political meeting
in a church, have been released on promising to
give bail for their appearance when their trial takes
place. Jack Smith, a freedman who recently
escaped from the Jail of York District, has been
re-captured and is in Jail again.
COLUMBIA OONTRIBUTOEIAL
BY JA8. WOOD DAVIDSON.
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, 8TH JURE, 1868.
Negro-political.
The two days of election for District officers? '
Tuesday and Wednesday of last week?passed off <
quietly. Towards which end the authoritative !
closing of all bar-rooms contributed very materially, j
The Democracy has gained, and that smartly;
but the country negroes, ignorant and filthy, vote j
the Radical ticket with a vim. I
These deluded creatures are still voting by or- 1
der, under promise of something to come in the
future?forty acres and a mule?twenty acres and
a steer?ten acres and a horse collar?or something (
else. I
Three years ago these promises commenced.? I
From month to month they have proved false; but 1
a renewal of the promise satisfies them for the 1
time, and they keep on voting. And so they will ,
keep on. ,
Delusive promise after delusive promise will lead i
them onus it has been doing,- until they perish <
from the land. And why not?
They are free. Freedom brings them death,
because they are not capable of using it; but what
of that ? They are no less freeFree
to be idle, ungrateful, ignorant, dishonest;
but no matter. They are free?
Free to be gulled by sharpers, to be voted like
jattle, to be despised by the abolitionists, to rot in
want, and to die.
But they are free.
And vive la liberie !
ADDRESS OF J.T TOOKER, ESQ.
Mr. Chairman and Citizens: I rise to address
pou with no small degree of diffidence, occasioned
by the peculiar position I occupy?that of being a
Northern man addressing a Southern political
meeting on the eve of a local or District election ;
ind I am not so certain that 1 should not feel
3omewhat embarrassed, when I look around and
see so many who are far more capable of instructing
and edifying you upon political subjects and
the state of the country. But lam here to-day for
the purpose of fulfilling what I consider a bounden
duty?a duty I owe to myself, my fellow-man, my
section of country, and my Maker. In all actions
of apublic nature, every man is rightfully supposed
to be actuated by a motive, either of gain, self-interest,
revenge, love of applause, desire to please,
notoriety, or an honest conviction of duty to do
good and benefit his fellow-man. And such being
the fact, what is the motive actuating me to-day?
Is it gain? Surely not. Is it self interest ? That
uan't be, because I am not in the ring as a candidate
for any office, and not even a citizen or a voter.
Revenge? Most assuredly not. Love of applause
and a desire to please? That is absuru ;
tor were such the case, I am most certainly on the
wrong side of the fence and barking up the wrong
tree. Notoriety ? No, indeed, or I should have
laid my wires long ago, and long since been in full
^Ammttnlnn rclfVt fKo MrliAflla Tlion if- must fill- I .
low that my motive is an honest conviction of duty
to do good and benebt my fellow-man, and such
1 claim it. And here let me observe, at the outset,
that my remarks arc specially designed for our
colored friends present?or whom I had hoped to
have seen many- more than are here to-day?and
to you I address myself, not without the hope of
stopping in their mad career, and arresting the
footsteps of any who may have been seduced into
the radical trap by the teachings and promises of
false prophets, and bad, designing men.
I have been a close observer of political matters
here at the South for over a year, and claim that
I have a decided advantage over many of your
leaders, from the fact of my being a Northern
man "and to the manor bom, ' and view the workings
of the radical machinery from both a Northern
and Southern stand point; and if after a simple,
plain statement of facts and warning, from one
who is neither a copperhead or radical, whose only
aim and desire is to warn you of impending danger,
and point out to you the shoals and rocks upon
which your bark will inevitably founder, should
vou continue in the channel the Radical party have
laid out for you; I say, if after all this, you continue
to follow after strange Gods, and rush headlong
to destruction, you cannot lay the flattering
unction to your soul, of ignorance, and say you knew
no better ; but you will be forced to acknowledge
that you brought about your own miseiy with vour
jyes open, forewarned, and that too, bv one wnose
record at the War Department, in Washingto ? 1
proclaims him by do means a copperhead, and
whose life and career indelibly stamp him an antiradical.
I presume it will not be denied by Apy
of you, that the benefits you are expecting from
your affinity with the disunion or radical-Mrty, are
to come from the Norland that you.hase your
expectations upon the enticing promises of your
leaders, who lead you to suppose that the Yankees
are a pure, disinterested race, whose affection for
the black man is so great as to make his elevation
the paramount desire and object of his life. Before
we grant this, let us take a hasty retrospective
glance at the past, with an eye open. to the
present, so that we can draw a tolerably correct
inference as to what the future will bring you, and
in order to do this, let us take a pretty long stride
backward.
About two hundred and forty-eight years ago,
the present month, a Butch vessel brought into
James River, Va., twenty Africans, who were immediately
purchased as slaves by the English-American
colonies, and from them, you date tne commencement
of American slavery. Nearly all of
these original twenty were immediately transplanted
to the New England colonies, in Massachusetts,
and from thence to New York, New Jereev, Delaware
and other of the Northern States, ana as they
continued toincrease among themselves and by an
<wiooirtr>n1 nmvuuinn from alavo (radors ihn Vm-tK
flourished, and continued to do so, by the aid of
slave labor, until by the rapid increase of population?involving
a scarcity of agricultural land?
and the advancement of mechanical science, it was
found that the cost of slave labor could not compete
with the paupers of the old world. Your
magnanimous friends, in Yankee land, began to
look about and devise a remedy to get rid of their
blacks; and how was that accomplished? Did
they say to their slaves! "we consider it wrong to
hold you in bondage; we, therefore, set you free?
go where you please." Oh! no; not a bit of it
They met in conclave and said to themselves, we
will get up a law of gradual emancipation, giving
us time to sell our slaves to our Southern brethren
to work in the cotton and rioe fields, where they
will be of great bcuefit to us in raising cotton to
keep our factories in operation, besides getting the
full value for every head of them; and so they
did! Therefore, they so loved your anoestors that
upon finding you were likely to become a tax on
them, they lovingly transferred them to the broad
acres of the sunny South, that they might be of
more service and profit to them, indirectly, in raising
cotton for their mills, besides getting their actual
value in money before they left. I go back thus
far, my friends, in order to get at the nrst evidence
of that Yankee love for your race, about which so
much has been said and prated upon. The South,
being an agricultural people, the climate, soil and
surroundings being more conducive and genial, you
thrived and increased, and by your aid, did much
to build up and enrich the whole oountiy. You
have been inherited from father to son as so much
property, costing so much, and worth so much,
out the honor of establishing a standard value in
money upon you, is due to the affectionate friends
North, in the way and manner I have stated, and
the only difference I see between the original emancipation,
North, and the recent emancipation,
io thnl itaii*? Vonl/aa Anan/ta ?u\aai ifa/1 itaiiw
UUUbii, JO] tuau j\jut x auaro iiicuuo lu^ifvu jruui
full value, while your old masters gave you your
freedom without money and without price, involving
the ruin of a very larjje number of Southern
men who were not responsible for the traffic.
But let us take another step forward, and see
if we can find another evidence of this much-talked
of love and filial affection that is so seductive, and
for which you are willing to sacrifice home, frienda
and all. It would be a natural supposition, that
if your Northern friends had given your ancestors
their freedom; as a matter of principle, they would
have nothing more to do with slavery?would
neither toucb, taste, nor handle the unclean thing;
but mark you! A few years subsequent?although
these magnanimous humanitarians had eased their
consciences by transferring their slave property from
their own soil?they enacted a law, commonly
called the "Fugitive slave law," by which they
pledged themselves to return any slave to bondage
that,should manage to escape to the free States;
ind this they did. Yes, my colored friends, in
their unbounded love for you, they gave your ancestors
their freedom because it was a matter of
jelf-interest, and they got their round dollars for
every mother's son of them; but foreseeing that
my slave who could manage to escape into their
free States would, perforce, become free, they
whipped the devil around the stump, and said to
themselves, although we have the name of freeing
?ou, it will never ao for us to let you get away.?
Ve can't get along without your labor, and although
we won't be called slaveholders and have
the trouble of keeping you ourselves, we will convert
our States into a hunting ground, and every
Eoor devil who contrives to get up here, we will
unt and secure him, and pay the expenses of the
chase. This, my friends, is evidence No. 2. of
that pure christian-like love you are praising, bat
[ fear your reciprocity is deserving a better, or at
least, a surer cause.
You will all readily see what I am aiming at,
ind as we have no surer way of judging the future
than by the past, it is far better to reason thus than
to rush blindly forward, until it is too late to retrace
our steps. We will now follow onr country
lown through successive years, all marked with
vonderful strides in prosperity, and advancement
cf the arts and sciences, nourishing as never country
did before, two parties alternating in power, viz:
;be Whigs and Democrats?but both striving to <
^Aintnln nnnofifnfinti onrl flin lorcfl anrl if j
iittiiuaiu VUV W1I4UVUMVU UUU VIIV IUIIO J uuu IV ?
nattered very little which party was in power, so i
'ar as the.prosperity and happiness of the country
vas concerned. But it seems our happiness and i
aeace were to be disturbed. And resting ourselves I
n fancied security, we scarcely noticed a small i
lark speck upon our political horizon, which con- i
;inued to expand and grow larger, until it ranked i
tself, by the aid of seditious fanatics at home and i
ibroad, as one of the parties of the country
ivalling the others for place and power. This
mrty soon become a rendezvous for the spawn and i
efuse material of the old parties, and by reason of
t disgraceful and untimely division in the Demo- '
:ratic party at Charleston, S. C., in 1860, the o- '
iginal radical Republican party slipped into pow>r,
seized the reins of Government, and, by dint of ;
isurpation and patronage, hold them stilL Upon i
he accession to the presidential chair of Abraham i
Lincoln, we were plunged into a civil war, which i
ifter raging for more than a year, a compromise i
vas sought for, in which the Confederates were of- ;
ered protection to life and property, meaning you,
f they would lay down their arms, and disperse to i
heir homes. You will readily perceive, that even <
ip to this time, they wero perfectly willing and i
inxious to keep you in bondage, so far as they 1
vere concerned, notwithstanding their fairpromi- i
ies and high sounding inteutions previous to their 1
jetting into power. This is evidence No. 3, of
hat supreme love, which you are taught to adore.
Mr. Lincoln substantially stated in his inaugural, '
hat it was neither his intention or design, nor that
>f his party, to interfere in any way with Southern 1
ilavery, and if slavery was abolished at all, it would
je done through some act of the South and not by
my act of his. And so it was; and you are now 1
ndebted for your freedom?if it be a blessing?to 1
he South, and not to him whom you haveheen '
ed to believe was the great apostle of liberty, and 1
vhose portrait embellishes the top of your ticket! j
ind how was it during the late struggle ? Did '
hey allow the Northern blacks to keep out of danger.
Oh I no; their love was so strong for your <
ace, that at the earliest practicable moment they 1
ushed eveiy black man, North, they could get 1
iold of, into the conflict, and if report be true, <
hey were not always in the rear when hard fight- i
ng had to be done. A distinguished Major-Gen- <
iral from Illinois, now a blatant, tearing impeach>r,
and member of Congress, is reported to have I
:elegraphed to the Governor of his State, to "hur- I
y up and rush in some more of the d?d nigger i
1 1 X* AC ? ? ? - LwaaoI- 4
fOiunteers, lur uiey luaue uiuut cawhcuv wccww- c
vorks of them, and that was all they were fit for." I
Another Major-General?^who extinguished him- ;
self during the war at New Orleans, Fort Fisher, <
ind Bermuda Hundred?is reported as saying, in i
he streets of Washington, at the commencement <
)f the war, that he wished every black rascal in the <
wuntry was strung up by the heels on every cross j
oad in Christendom. This gallant and "bottled 1
ip" gentleman afterwards engaged quite extensive- i
y in the collection of a very useful table utensil, and j
s now the great bell-wether in the impeachment 1
arce at Washington. 'Thus, my colored friends, <
[ might go on for the balance of the evening, show- J
ng you how futile and sandy is the foundation of i
- our expectations .n regard to the hollow promises'<
nadc you of what theNorth has done, and what i
hey trill do. I have endeavored to show you what <
hey have done, and qualified it with irrefragible
)roof. What they are doing is very palpable^ and
is clear as the noon-day sun; they are using yon -<
o contiuc themselves in power a few months longer,
and when your votes are secured you will be
hrown overboard as of no further use; and so long
is your votes are needed, you will be baited with
he same kind of promises which will be fulfilled as
)thers have been for the past two years 1'
I conjure and beseech every black man, within
he sound of my voice, if he has been listening te
he song of the syren, radicalism, to pause, to
;hink over the few facts I have had laid before
lim in my simple, homely and crude manner, and
L
f t ;
renounce this demon and all his works. Think for
a moment how deplorable most be your situation,
in a few short months, should you follow after these
Radical jdventurcr% who havemothing to lose and
everything to gain. rfwGod's name, what can you
do if.your.only true friends, the Southern planters,
cast you off* Where wiH you go! Not to the
North. Many of yon can't get there, and even if
you could, you certainly are not wanted there; for
although they allow, and in fact order you to vote
here, in order to keep them in power, bear in mind
you will not be allowed that privilege there. No,
i(ftijatfe.alUheUj?tPniises io you here, the moment
you land near their homes, you will find that
youaie DO longer dubbed a colored man, ifrcedman,
a citizen, hut a "nigger" m all bis pristine loveliness
; and when you greet them with the affectionate
question ''am inot a man and a brother?"
"It will he, "get out, you black rascal?get down
home where you belong:" an3 should you be so
unfortunate as to be without means or -support,
you will find no good, kind old master to open his
crib or back door and give you a peck of meal and
>?..?- - - ?1_ - i?a. Ml L
a 11 hi? Dacoa, nor even wars; Dai you win oe
snapped up by some radieal officer, and toddled off
to prison as * vagrant And if in *New York, by
looking around, vou might yet see some trace of
the hundred and ten blacks that were put to death
there in the summer of 1862 by a lawless mob,
headed by a fiend who is now enjoying a good fat
office, and is a rising member of the Loyal League.
Thus much for the Yankee love of the black man.
And now the question naturally arises in your
minds, what are we to expect from our old masters
here at the South ? I answer, all that you
will ever get you will receive from their bounty,
and when I tell you that they are your onlv true
friends and the only ones that will ever substantially
aid you. I know what I say, It cannot be
otherwise unless you still cling to your idol, and
utterly forsake them. They know you, are thoroughly
acquainted with your wants and needs,
ana your interests are mutual and identical, if you
choose to work together. They can live without
your aid, for they can import labor, at a short notice,
which would be far more profitable to them
than yours. But can you live without them ??
You know you cannot. They are the only ones
able tor assist you, and they have manifested this
desire, at all times. And how has their kindness
been returned? Your votes, at the last election,
bespoke your gratitude ; and even after that, we
find them still willing to attribute that error to ignorance,
and liberally overlook it. and give you
another chance to retrieve yourselves, next week,
by wiping out the stain and blot upon your character.
If you only knew, as I can see and know, the
importance of voting aright next week, and realize
how much is hanging on the way you vote next
election day, you would sooner have your hand
cut off, than risk the awful result which may occur
in the event of a mistake on your part. I often
wonder if it is possible that you will, so soou after
gaining your freedom, allow yourself to be wheedled
and bamboozled into the worst kind of slavery?that
of party; for you are little else than the
most abject slayes to a few unprincipled men, who
seek to compel you, by oath, to follow their footsteps,
and vote for them regardless of your conscience
or your God?to vote and use your influence
against providing actual food for your family.
Look over the radical ticket, and tell me if there
is one whose name appears there, to whom you
could apply, with any cnance of success, for a bushel
of corn to sustain a'starving family. Not one,
say you; but you would go to those who have both
the ability ana inclination to aid you, and then on
the top of that, rather than disobey your masters,
the radical leaders, go dead set against those who
have put food into your mouths. This has been
done, and I have seen it. A few weeks ago a poor
shivering wretch, hungry, and frith barely enough
rags to cover his nakedness, appeared at the backdoor
of the residence of the gentleman with whom
I am stopping, and before ho had an opportunity
of asking for food, was bountifully supplied (as it
always is) by the estimable lady who presides over
that mansion. Work was offered him; and how
was this spontaneous kindness repaid? Why, on
election day, this base, ungracious, unmannerly
knave, cast bis vote against his benefactor and his
own interest; and this is by no means an isolated
instance.
Such a state of affairs cannot last a great while,
and remember, it is I who tell you so; and unless t
am in great'error, and thoroughly mistake the
character of the Southern people and that of the
Democratic party, your day of grace is nearly
ended. You have now one more opportunity to
get back into the right track, and go with those
who do not promise so much, out perform a great
deal. Reflect a moment Where are those glorious
promises of "confiscation," that great BagBear
^ot up to frighten the Southern land holders
and tickle your fancy? The "forty acres and
mule"?where are they my friends? Is it not about
time that you haa some new assurance of the
possession ? I can answer that, when you work
for, and pay the price of the land and mule, you
will have them. How about that 300,000 dollars
which was, before the last election, in the hands
of one of your successful candidates, for the purchase
of ail idle lands for your benefit? All vanished
into thin air?as all their promises have and
will. They gave you the right to vote, but they
_l~~ iL. J.L. i. ...? c.. iL. ?T_:I
Lijsu Ktivc yvu uio ugut w yay lur iiic jjnvncgc hi
the sliape of a tax, and I venture to say there is
not a white man present who is not perfectly willing
to extend the same privilege to you. The only
difference is, they do not want you to vote yourselves
out of house and home without giving you
a fair warning.
It will not do to prate now, about secession or
slavery. They are things, of the past?dead and
buried and never to be resurrected; and the idea
thrown out to some of you that your liberty can
ever be endangered is false, and an insult to your
common-sense. What then can be the objection
to rallying around the Democratic standard, and
helpingto maintain the constitution and the laws, to
help preserve a lasting peace, andbuild up the country
? I answer nothing, if you are worthy the name
of freedmen, and have sufficient manhood to throw
off this radical yoke of oppression and vote as your
conscience dictates. Compare the names on your
tickets and see how they compare as to standing
and respectability. Notice, if you please, how
many tnere are on the disunion ticket who pay
taxes. See, if in the event of the success of the
radical ticket, the property, wealth and intelligence
of the people would be represented. Consider, if
you please, which list of names you prefer, if you
had an arbitration suit to lay before them requiring
judgment, and perhaps some learning. Look
over the names again of the successful candidates 4
at the late election, and reflect how loop this heartfelt
sympathy for tne black man has animated their
devoted breasts. Or have these men whom you
have elected and delighted to honor by your recent
votes, but recently come forward to the anxious
benoh and folded you to their bosom. Can you
consistently believe in the purity aDd honesty of
their sentiments, knowing their past history and
career? I, for one, while I admirg Union men
and Union sentiments, must confess that my confidence
wavere in these death bed penitents, who
seeing a chance to get at the public crib, turned a
double back action somersault, and landed into the
arms of the radicals. It would have been far better
to have taken them in on probation, and let
them occupy the stool of repentance a short time
longer.
You will notice that I have studiously avoided
explaining to you any of the measures or the platform
of either party, for the very good reason it
will be high time to do that, when you have sufficiently
understood the nature and importance of a
rote, and are sufficiently versed in the science of government,
to understand the Constitution of the
United States and at least some of the fundamental
principles which underlie a republic. In fact,
the measure of the radical party, which overtops
ill others, seems to be to keeD all thev have cot
md get all they can?and well they understand
that principle, as you will find to your sorrow if ^
pou follow in tneir wake. It is hejd and prophesied
by some very learned and eminent men, that
i war of races is not at all improbable, in the event
jf the radicals continuing in power. Whether this *
calamity is likely to occur or not, it is riot for me to
say, but this I do say, that if such a thing ever
happens, the doom of the radical negroes is sealed,
ina the death-knell will be rung out from the first
jun. God forbid that snch a fearful event should
happen. It needs not the astuteness of a Philaielpnia
lawyer to tell which would be the safe side
for you. I do not anticipate such a thing, but
stranger events have happened within the past ten
jreare, and why may not that? My advice to you
is, however, to drop all speculations as to politics,
or what this party will do, and what measures that
party will carry out and turn your attention to the
best, surest and safest way to secure at least food
enough for yourself and tnose dependent upon you
for protection and support; for in the present impoverished
state of tne country, when more or less
actual starvation would succeed the failure of but
one crop even, it were idle for you to attempt to.
procure the means of support, when it i3 not to be
had. It is also folly to suppose that those who
are able and willing to assist and aid you, in time
of need, will do so, if you persist in throwing the
weight and influence of vour vote against them and
against the interest of the country they are striving
to build tip against so many obstacles, and also