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Sfways and farts.
? Taking the census of 1870 cost $8,500,000.
? Matt. Carpenter thinks the Republicans
will carry Wisconsin by hard work.
? Kentucky negroes, instead of going to
Liberia, are going to Kansas.
? A few cases of yellow fever have appeared
at Fernandiua, Florida.
? Wm. Pope Hull, a prominent lawyer of
Augusta, Ga., died suddenly of Bright's kidney
disease, in New York last Thursday night.
? In the Maine election, last week, the Republicans
carried the State by about 7,500
against 14,911 last year.
? The people of Winchester, Illinois, hanged
Andrew Richards, colored, for assaulting
a white woman on Sunday of last week.
? The President's official duties and previous
engagements would not allow bim to
extend his trip further South than Chattanooga,
Tenn.
? Senator Ransom is quoted as having recently
said in Washington that the Democrats
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win uoi anerapi to organize tne oeume uy
seeking the aid of disaffected Republicans.
? Mayor Parsons, of Burlington^ Iowa, has
decamped, leaving a heavy deffcit in the school
fund, and victimizing the Merchants' National
Bank to the amount of $50,000.
?At Opelika, Ala., Friday morning, Ernest
Doughty, aged 13, was run over by a railway
train, and his head and body were separated
by the wheels.
? Quinine is now so high in price in Europe
that doctors are using instead the liquid solution
of strychnine, and find it nearly as efficacious
and much cheaper.
? The cotton seed oil trade has increased
greatly of late years. The article is largely
shipped to Europe, whence it is reshipped to
this country in the guise of "pure olive oil."
? A colonization convention of 4,000 or
5,000 colored people was lately held in Corinth,
Miss. The African scheme was not
favored, but New Mexico, Arizona, and
northern Texas were considered.
? Captain John Avis, the executioner of old
John Brown, struck Captain Johnson with a
stone, during a fight at Orkney Spring, Va.,
on Friday of last week. Johnston died on
the Sunday following.
? A Brownsville dispatch says: Two of the
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prisoners here, have been turned over
to the United States authorities by the Mexican
Government.
? John Taylor, President of the Twelve
Mormon Apostles and acting President of
the Mormon church, will retain that position
until a new President is elected. He was shot
at Nauvoo at the time Joseph Smith was killed,
and is a bitter Mormon.
? There are further cases of intimidation by
the striking miners reported in Pennsylvania.
All attempts to effect a compromise with
striking miners have failed. The operators
announce that nothing further will be done
by them to urge resumption.
? The proprietor of a bar-room in San Antonio,
Texas, when his slate gets full, shuts up
his establishment and goes out to collect the
dues. Those who refuse to pay he whips, and
the fact is so well understood that be has little
trouble in settling his accounts.
? The commissioners of the Freedraan's
Bank have agreed to pay a dividend of ten
per cent., and suggest sn organized movement
to induce Congress to authorize the
purchase of certain property to enable them
to pay twenty per cent.
? Congress, in allowing postmasters at small
poiols to get their salaries out of a 50 per
cent, commission on their sales of postagestamps,
has built up a large and profitable
industry by means of which business houses
can now buy their three-cent stamps at the
rate of forty for a dollar.
? A Scran ton business bouse, which was
asked by a miner's committee to contribute to
their relief fund, generously offered to assign
to the fund 910,000 in accounts due them by
miners, which accounts they have been for
years unable to collect. The subscription was
declined with thanks.
? A bridegroom in Payton, Iowa, refused
to provide refreshments for a serenading party,
whereupon they pulled him out of bed and
carried him through the village astride a rail.
The bride hurriedly dressed herself, aroused
a sheriff, and effected the rescue of her husband
as well as the arrest of several of the
mob.
? One of the school board inspectors asked
a small pupil of what the surface of the
earth consists, and was promptly answered,
"Land and water." He varied the question
slightly that the fact might be impressed on
the boy's mind, and asked, "What then do
land and water make?"?to which came the
immediate response, "Mud."
? The New York Commercial and Financial
Chronicle's statement, shows the total cotton
~r 1 S7? 1877 ka 4 48^ 493 kolno
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while the exports are 3,049,497, and spinners'
takings 1,435,418, leaving the stock on hand
at the close of the year 119,638 bales. The
crop of 1875-76 was 4,669,788 bales. The
crop of 1876 and 1877 is 184,365 bales short of
last year.
? Two brothers named Mitchell, confined
in the San Bernardino (Cal.) jail, recently es.
caped by presenting a wooden revolver at the
jailor's head while he sat at supper, and so
terrifying him that he gave them the prison
keys and suffered himself to be bound band
and foot. The revolver was whittled out of
a pine stick, and stained walnut color. Sheet
zinc was rolled up and fastened on to represent
the cylinders and chambers.
? In the State Republican convention of
Wisconsin, last week, a resolution referring to
the South, after a preamble indicating that
the Wisconsin Republicans consider the people
of that section still in a state of pupilage,
concludes: "We shall rejoice if the Southern
policy of the President produces the
hoped for results of order and peace, but if
these results shall not follow this experiment,
we demand that other measures be adopted,
which shall secure to all citizens, without
distinction of r^ce or color, the fullest enjoyment
of their constitutional rights."
? At Marietta, Ohio, the President called
me attention 01 me reporter to uuoiuissiuu iu
the telegraphic report of Mr. Key's speech,
which he said he was very sorry to see. Mr.
Key, when in the East, had made use of the
phrase, "Erring Southern brethren," thereby
drawing upon himself the hostility of the
Southern press. At Marietta he repeated
the word "erring," but it was not so reported
by the Associated Press dispatch. The President
seemed to wish the country to know
that Mr. Key had not changed base in consequence
of criticisms of the South.
? A New York letter of Saturday says:
"Without exaggerating existing facts, it may
be safely said that the week just closing has
been the most satisfactory one the merchants
in almost every line of business have experienced
in several years, possibly since the
# panic. To day, however, business was rather
light, especially with the dry goods commission
houses, it being a Hebrew holiday, which
kept many buyers out of the market. There
are to be no more half holidays this season.
The boot and shoe, hides and leather, hardware,
drug and chemicals, and grocery merchants,
all report a steady increase of business,
and next week there is every reason to
anticipate a still livelier time."
? What kind of house will we play ?" asked 1
one little girl of another. "Oh! play calling," |
replied the other. "Mary, here, she can be
Mrs. Brown and sit on the step, and me and I
Julia will call on her and ask her how she is, |
and how her husband is, and if the baby's got
over the measels, and tell her how nice she
looks in her new wrapper, and hope it won't
hurt when she has that tooth filled. And j
then we'll say, 'Good bye, Mrs. Brown, come !
and see us some time or other, and bring the !
children and sewing ; and you're such a stranger,
we don't see half enough of you." And j
then me and Julia we'll courtesy and walk off'
j a piece, and I'll say to Julia, d;d you ever see
: such a horrid fright as she looks in that wrap1
per?' And then Julia she'll say, "The idea
of anybody having false teeth filled !' And
then I'll say, 'Yes, and what a homely lot of
dirty little brats them young ones of her'n is.'
! Let's play it; what do you say?"
$he fotMIc (frttquim.
YORKVILLE. S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 20, 1877.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? It is asserted that the cotton crop in Abbeville
has been cut off one-half by drought.
? The Court of General Sessions for Lancastecjs
in session this week?Judge Kershaw
presiding.
? Two Spartanburg men have spent over
8100 in litigating over a rooster, and the case
is not yet decided.
? The propriety of reestablishing the whipnini?
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punishment for petty crimes, is being discussed
in several sections of the State.
? The Ledger is authorized to deny a story
which has been freely circulated, to the effect
that at the recent elections upon the fence
question in Lancaster county, the negroes
made the threat that "the white people owned
the houses and they the torches." The truth
of the story is denied in toto.
? Ezekiel Mayhew, a colored man with
some little education, and formerly a school
teacher in Lancaster county, left that county
for Liberia on Monday of last week. The
Ledger says that Mayhew is sent out to view
the promised land, and is to return and report
the result of his observations by the 6rst
of next year.
? The first bale of cotton, received at
Rock Hill, was sold in that market on Thursday
last by Mr. Sidney Robinson. It classed
strict middling, and was purchased by Messrs.
A. Friedheim and Brother at 13J cents.
Lastyear the first bale of new cotton appeared
in the Rock Hill market on the 29th of August,
and was sold at 121 cents.
? At the recent term of the Sessions Court
in Newberry?Judge Mackey presiding?seventy-four
cases were disposed of. Forty-five
convictions were obtained, as follows : Burglary,
2; bigamy, 1; grand larceny, 28 ; official.
misconduct, 1; assisting prisoners to escape,
5; riot and deadly assault, 4; manslaughter,
1; aggravated assault, 1.
? At the recent term of the Court of General
Sessions for Aiken county, Wade Hampton
McElven. a colored bov only twelve years
old, was convicted of the murder of a little
colored girl, and sentenced to be hanged on
the 14th of December. Jasper Robinson,
colored, was also convicted of murder and
sentenced to be hanged at the same time.
? The Greenwood and Augusta Railroad
Company has secured a subscription of about
$375,000, of which not more than $5,000 is
considered doubtful. The workmen have begun
building the stockade for the accommodation
and safe-keeping of the penitentiary
convicts. It will be located three miles below
Greenwood, on the line of the road, and will
be finished and ready for occupation inside of
two weeks, when the convicts will be put to
work. Along the line the greatest enthusiasm
prevails and subscriptions are continually
pouring in. In less than two years the road
will be in complete running order. The Augusta
people are moving things at their end
of the line.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Several bales of new cotton were sold in
Monroe last week at 10$ for best grades.
? Snake stories continue in order. The
Charlotte Observer says that Mr. Tom Wilson
reueuiljr SIC W mcu^'oiA ucauo iu uuc
old log, at a place on the Statesville road,
three miles from Charlotte.
? The first bale of new cotton received in
the Charlotte market, was sent on Tuesday of
last week by William Stringfellow, of Chester
county, S. C. It weighed 440 pounds,
classed as middling, and brought 101 cents.
? The reported shooting of young Worth
in Asheboro, Randolph county, a few days
ago, turns out to be utterly untrue. The report
originated with an impecunious but ingenious
negro tramp, who resorted to that
dodge for the purpose of procuring assistance.
? Messrs. C. J. Lineberger & Son, of Gaston
county, have begun the erection of another
cotton factory on the river, a mile or two
I below where the one now operated by them
stands. The foundation has been laid, and it
is of the most substantial character. The
building is to be of brick and quite large.
The machinery will be of the very best quality
with all the modern improvements.
? Elder Enoch Crutchfield, of Randolph
county, says, in a letter to the Biblical Recorder,
that he has been married four times,
and has had twenty children?ten sons and
ten daughters. He has been traveling, preaching
and exhorting, 54 years. He has outlived
nearly all who started in life with him; and
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altnougn ne nas raised a large larauy, ne nas
never bought a gallon of ardent spirits for
himself or family, nor a pound of tobacco,
snuff or cigars ; never chased a fox, nor killed
anything with a gun or pistol (except two
dogs;) never caught a fish with a pin or
hook; or a bird with a trap or a net; and
never attended a dance or reveling party.
? The Lincoln Progress says the convicts at
work on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad,
during their leisure hours, enjoy themselves
by preaching, holding mock courts, &c. One
of their number claims to be a preacher, and j
edifies his compatriots by occasional efforts in j
xpounding the gospel. Their courts are!
regularly organized, having a judge, solicitor I
and lawyers. When one of their number is
found guilty of an offense, he is tied down and :
subjected to a severe castigation. Not long :
since their solicitor was tried, found guilty of'
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tneit ana punisneu accorumgiy. mo penchant
for stealing rations from each other |
caused them to mutually agree to improvise a j
court and abide its decisions.
? The recent pardoning of Chipman, an es- j
caped murderer, by Governor Vance, is still j
the cause of much excitement in that section j
where the crime was perpetrated : The Greens- |
boro New State says: "The friends of 1
the murdered girl are taking steps to have ;
the pardon revoked, if such a thing can be
done. The recall of a pardon can never be
made after it reaches the person pardoned, I (
and is accepted by him or her. This shows
that delivery and acceptance are two essential (
elements in a graut of pardon. A pardon is ,1
void if granted on forged papers or on false > 1
representations. The pardon of Chipman 1!
was granted principally upon the affidavit of j (
Stewart, who swore that his brother, now dead,' ]
had, during his life, confessed to him that he,11
and not Cbipman, murdered Martha Pinnix.
The widow of the dead Stewart, and the
friends of the murdered girl, discredit this
statement."
? A novel question presented itself before
Judge Schenck, at Asheville, the other day.
At the spring term of Buncombe court, Judge
Furches sentenced one Shaft to imprisonment
in the county jail for six months. After he
had remained in jail a month, the eounty
commissioners, having seen the recent acts
of the assembly allowing them to hire out
convicts to the public works, or "individuals,"
proceeded to hire "Shaft" out to his wife for
five dollars per month, and "Shaft" moved
his quarters to the old domicil as the prisoner
and "hireling" of his wife. The matter being
now presented by the Solicitor to the
court, his Honor ordered that "Shaft" be
committed to jail as an escaped convict, hold|
ing that though the letter of the law might
have been complied with, it was a violation
o? its spirit and meaning, and a virtual nullification
of the sentence of the court. Capt.
MnLnud. who is the prisoner's counsel, has
appealed to the Supreme Court.
PARKER VERSUS CHAMBERLAIN.
On the first page of this issue, will be
found a lengthy statement made by ex-State
Treasurer Parker, in which he professes to
disclose his connection with, and expose the
action of others in, the various swindles which
characterize Republican rule iD South Carolina.
The revelations of Parker, to which we
have alluded, were published in the New
York World of the 10tb,and on the next day
supplemented with the following:
Ex-State Treasurer Niles G. Parker, of
South Carolina, was found at his office, No.
400Canal street,yesterday afternoon. "When
you first called upon me to obtain information
in regard to the South Carolina ring
troubles," he said to the reporter, "I had no
intention of making any statement, and, consequently,
I was not prepared to give a systematic
and minutely accurate account.
What appears in the World this morning as
coming from me is so correctly stated, however,
that I am perfectly willing to let it stand
without modification.
"The transaction for which Chamberlain
received the $2,000 was not the one, though,
to which Elliott alluded when he threatened
Chamberlain in the last nominating convention.
The $2,000 were given to Chamberlain
by myself, in return for bis connection with a
transaction which I do not care yet to make
public. I may testify to it in full at another
time ; but for several reasons I do not wish
to speak further in regard to it at present.
There is no doubt, however, that Chamberlain
took this money. I handed it to him in
the presence of my wife, and he took it without
saying anything, put it into his pocket
and rode off, for our meeting took place on
the street.
"The papers which Elliott shook in the
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which my attorney, Edward J. Maxwell, sold
to Comptroller-General Dunn for 84,000. One
of these was the letter written to me by Chamberlain,
'Dear Parker, how do the commissions
foot up?' The other two were papers
containing allusions to the papers which
Dunn thought would damage Chamberlain if
published. You remember that Dunn, Elliott,
Judge Carpenter and their faction were
bitterly hostile to Chamberlain at the opening
of the convention. Chamberlain was attempting
to secure the nomination of a ticket
leaving out the names of Dunn and Elliott.
Both were determined that Chamberlain 1
should not leave them out in the cold, and re- |
solved that they would make Chamberlain
back down and put them on the ticket. Dunn
accordingly, in order to get Borne hold upon
Chamberlain, bought the papers mentioned
from my attorney. He thought they were
valuable to him and damaging to Chamberlain,
or he would never have paid so high a
price for them. Dunn is no speaker, se that (
the papers were entrusted to his associate,
Elliott, in order that he might make the best
use he could of them in the convention. Dunn
and Elliott would have liked to made a ticket
iu opposition to Chamberlain's, but he was
too strong and threatened to make the election
of any Republican ticket impossible unless
his name was at the head of it. The
Republican managers could not afford to
estrange Chamberlain entirely, bo they reluc- 1
tantly compromised with him. On his orig- 1
inal ticket Earle and Stone were to be the
Comptroller and Attorney Generals, but when j
the compromise was made Dunn and Elliott (
were taken on in their Dlaces. Elliott was
obliged to read passages from the three pa- ,
pers in the convention on the next day, but
he omitted offensive passages and in general
toned down the originals.
"Another point is, perhaps, worth explain- j
ing. I told you yesterday that $1,200,000 in <
bonds were issued to redeem the notes of the <
State Bank. That is true. They were issued, j
and issued regularly, to redeem the bank notes i
bearing date prior to 1861. It is probable
that all such notes outstanding were presented <
at the treasury and exchanged for bonds. It <
is not these notes which are now floating about.
During the war the Bank of South Carolina <
issued notes which were practically valueless i
at the conclusion of the rebellion. The State j
government would not receive them, and they I
could be bought for a mere song in the market. '
I bought a number of them, I remember, for j
five cents on a dollar. Some time during the j
Chamberlain administration an act was passed i
making them receivable for taxes, and I know j
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11jul uiey were u&neu at tue treasury. tt ueu (
I was in the North ray house was advertised ]
for sale on account of non-payment of taxes,
and I sent $140 in these notes to ray attorney c
in order to settle the demand. He appropriated
the notes, but did not devote thera to the 1
payment of taxes, and consequently ray house 1
and other property were sold by order of the
court. I
"I would assert again positively that the E
statement which I have made is true to the ^
best of my knowledge and belief, although the
full truth in regard to several of the transactions
mentioned has not yet been given. I 1
prefer at present to withhold certain details i
which have come within ray knowledge, (
though I may be able to furnish them hereaf- ,
ter for publication at a more fitting time. I
am content, then, to let the matter rest as it is
for the present."
After the publication of Parker's state- *
ments, Chamberlain was interviewed by a re- ?
porter at his office in New York, and was
asked if he had any etateraent to make in reply
to the charges made against him by Parker.
To the inquiry, he said that he had care- g
fully read Parker's statement and so-called i
confession, and emphatically denied all the J
charges therein contained. He was ready and willing
at all times to answer to the proper (
authorities for his acts while in South Caroli- .
na. He then made the following statement, (
which he said was all he was willing to say at J
present: t
Niles G. Parker, during my term of office ?
as (rovernnr. was fined hv the State of South 1
Carolina to recover a large amount of coupons '
which he was charged with stealing and afterwards
converted into State bonds. In this
suit he was arrested and held to bail, which
he was unable to give.
The case was tried in June, 1875, and a
verdict rendered against Parker for $75,000.
He was finally released from jail on habeas
corpus, and instantly fled from the Slate, and
has never returned. Siuce that time he has
Jiligently sought to implicate me, in order to
obtain money and immunity for himself. His
agents and attorneys have visited Columbia g
repeatedly on this errand, and through oneef v
them, Parker now actually confesses that he e
iold certain papers, to be used agaiust me po- t
.ideally, for $4,000. I know also that his a
ivares were offered to those Republicans who u
were hostile to me for my course as Governor.
They were likewise offered to the Democratic
committee last fall, and I am glad to say they
found no market there. I have also the best
reasons for stating that he has over and over
offered his testimony against me to the officers
of the present administration in South Carolina,
and I can only conclude that they found
it as unworthy as did others.
Having failed to realize further upon his
stock of scandal, and being himself now under
new indictments at Columbia, he comes
forward in a fresh effort to palm off his budget
upon the general public. Now, I, for
one, do not feel called upon to notice Parker
or his statements, further than to give the
foregoing facts, and to pronounce his charges
against me maliciously false. None of them
are, in fact, new, except the charge that he
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was so base that even he could not name it.
With thia exception, they have all been repeatedly
published in South Carolina for political
effect in the last four years. If anybody
demands of rae that I should do more
now than deny such charges, put forward by
such a man as Parker confesses himself to be,
he will not be gratified by me. I am amenable
to the laws of South Carolina at all times
for my acts, and whenever the officers <Jf the
law in that State wish to call me to an account,
I shall respond and meet my accusers.
In the meantime, I shall trust to the evidence
I have given to the country that I have been
a friend of good government and the foe of
dishonest men of all parties in South Carolina?evidences
which, less than one year
ago, men of all classes and parties in that
Stai:e accepted as conclusive, to protect my
character with those whose good opinion is
valuable.
EDITORIAL^[NKLI5GS.
Haj es to Yisit Columbia.
A committee of the city council of Columbia
telegraphed to President Hayes, then
at Fremont, Ohio, extending to him an invitation
to visit the city of Columbia while on
his Southern trip. As the President has alreadv
signified his inability to extend his trip
farther South than Chattanooga, he cannot
be expected to visit Columbia this fall; but
the correspondent of the New and Courier
telegraphs from Columbia as follows :
"It is understood that Governor Hampton
has received the assurance of President Hayes
that he intends to visit this city at some time
in January or February, and this formal invitation
has been extended in accordance with
this belief. If the President accepts, it is
proposed to assemble together at Columbia a
few thousand red-shirted riders, and to give
his Excellency a welcome such as has never
been accorded him elsewhere, and such as he
deserves at the hands of the people of this
State."
Cotton Crop Report.
The statistician of the Department of
Agriculture at Washington reports the condition
of cotton during the first week of Sep
teniber as averaging, for the whole cotton belt,
the same as in September of last year. Florida
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas
and Tennessee make higher averages than
in 1876. The Carolines, Georgia and. Texas
report less favorably, the greatest reduction
being in Texas, as compared with last month.
Florida, Arkansas and Tennessee only report
improvement. The percentage of the condition
is as follows: North Carolina, 83; South
Carolina, 85; Georgia, 77; Florida, 94; Alabama,
91; Mississippi, 88; Louisiana, 92;
Texas, 70; Arkansas, 99; Tennessee, 100.
The caterpillar is present in all of the Gulf
States and South Carolina, but has done little
damage as yet except in Texas. In several
parishes in Louisiana the loss is considerable
from this cause. Where it has made a late
appearance, it will benefit rather than injure
the crop. In the Atlantic States there is
much complaint of rust, mainly resulting from
drought, but in some counties from injury
by beating storms. In this section the growth
is late, and the effects of frost in shortening
the harvest is feared.
Hampton's Opinion of Hayes.
While in Chicago, on Tuesday night of
last week, Governor Hampton was interviewed
by a reporter for the Times. A considerable
portion of his interview was devoted to
a statement of affairs as they now exist in
this State, and would consequently convey no
information not already in the possession of
our readers. To the question, "What is the
feeling among your people regarding the policy
of President Hayes?" the Governor replied
:
"Hayes is heartily supported, and the opinion
is quite general that he is doing his duty
conscientiously and constitutionally; and,
consequently, he is growing in popular esteem
and strength. I think myself his policy will ,
3ucceed, because I believe it to be a true one.
He has doue all Tilden could have done; in- ,
deed, in my judgment, be has done more than j
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Hayes will gather around him all the conservative
men of all parties. There need be no .
apprehension that Southern Democratic Con- [
pressmen will try to kick up a rumpus to embarrass
and frustrate the President's policy. I
There isn't a corporal's guard of Democrats j
in the South who would rallyto such an op- ]
position, if inaugurated. The people of the (
south have been asking for civil service reform,
and for the subordination of the military
to the civil authority, and this is what J
Hayes is giving them." f
The Governor also said that the people of
South Carolina at present are ignoring State
ind National politics and devoting themselves ?'
;o making peace and money ; but when the <
jext Presidential election came round, they 1
imposed to exercise a potential and whole- I
tome influence. <
The President's Policy. '
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Timet '
nterviewed President Hayes while the latter 1
vas on his Western tour. Asking the Presi- '
lent how he came to construct his policy, 1
vhich is so seemingly at variance with his re- '
:ent views while on the stump in his last gub- 1
irnatorial campaign, and whether or not it J
;rew upon him gradually as circumstances j
teemed to require, the President replied as (
follows:
"Well, those views began to take form in I
;he words of my letter of acceptance. I con* i
lidered the situation of things in the South, I
taw how impossible it seemed to restore order <
ind peace and harmony; saw the violence i
ind bloodshed at their elections; how white
Republicans, as well as black, were shot down 1
luring their political contests, and I asked I
uyself why is it and how long must this con* (
inue? These men down South, the white i
jducated citizens, are as good men as you or I
[. They are Christians, not thieves nor cut- \
hroats nor bandits. Yet they see these things t
ind tacitly approve them, if they do not take <
mrt in them. Why is it and how long will 1
ihey continue ? While thinking those ques- i
,ions over, my mind reverted to the scenes of c
he war, and an incident at the battle of Cedar i
Mountain came to mind. It was a hard s
ought engagement, and for a time we could 1
iot tell how it would end. We who were in r
iommand had determined that if a certain c
novement resulted in one wav, we would give j
:ertain orders; but if it resulted otherwise, i
lifferent orders would be given. With our 1
ield glasses we were watching the course of a
hings. AH at once I saw a commotion in t
he thickest of the fray. The artillery had d
fot to work and were throwing shells fast and d
fith unerring aim into the solid ranks of the! 11
neray. Heads were being blown from their j ii
todies, arras and legs torn from their sockets, e
nd souls sent to one world or the other, all li
uprepared, and yet I rejoiced and congratu- c
lated my fellow-officers that we were victorious.
How could this be? Why was it? It
was because we were at war. That one word
solved in my mind the problem of the South.
The people there were at war. There was a
conflict going on. The social and political
relations of the people were not natural, not
harmonious. There were disturbing elements
among them, and while they existed or were
unduly active, there would be conflict. Let
the causes of the conflict be removed, and
there will be peace and ultimately harmony
and prosperity."
"But," said the reporter, "we do not see
much disposition in the South to manifest a
loving temper toward us of the North."
The President mildly retorted: "How do
you know? You form your opinions, no doubt,
from reading the papers, but editors of newspapers
do not always represent the popular
general feeling of the people, either North or
South. I think most of the people in the South,
as I know they are in the North, are more disposed
to encourage fraternal, harmonious, social
and business relations than the extremists,
who, unfortunately, too often get control of
newspapers, but even these, or most of them,
will come around all right in time."
ine Massachusetts Democracy. |
The State Democratic Convention of
Massachusetts assembled at Worcester on the
13th instant. Wm. Gaston was nominated
for Governor. The resolutions reaffirm and
announce the National Democratic platform
of 1576, and favor the honest payment of
the public debt and a currency on a gold basis.
The resolutions further declare:
"We believe the people fairly elected a
majority of the Electoral College in favor of
the Democratic candidate; and while, in the
high interest of the public tranquility, we
submit to the authority of the Federal Ad*
ministration, we denounce upon the guilty
Republican party a stern retribution for the
great public crime by which the people were
defrauded out of their right to be governed
by the rulers of their choice, and by which the
elective priuciple was wounded in its most
vital part. We challenge for it the opprobrium
of history and the indignant judgment
of all honest men. We congratulate the
country and the supporters of free government
everywhere upon the happy results of
restored public order and reviving industrial
prosperity, and upon the inauguration of a
new reign of domestic peace and liberty regulated
by law in the Southern section of the
Union, that have ensued upou the adoption
of Democratic principles, aud measures of the
Administration, by the Executive Department
of the Federal Government, in reference
to the Southern States. We recognize
?? ? iiOnlrti/vuf. mail I V a Qt Cm Q 1 t?5 lOQ.
I LI tUCOC AUopiUIUUO ICOUIIO tllV oiguui t?uu*vw
tion and practical triumph of the constitutional
doctrines so faithfully contended for by
Democrats in the late political contest, and
the statesmanship of wise fathers who seek
the welfare of the Republic by the support of
the equal rights and dignity of all the States
in the Federal Union. We trust that hereafter
there will be no Southern policy ; no
Northern policy, but one common policy for
the whole Union, and equality of the rights
and duties of all men before the law."
Virginia's New License Law.
The Moffett register, for registering the
drinks sold in the Virginia bar-rooms, went
into effect last Monday. This novel method
of raising revenue was stubbornly fought from
its very conception ; first in the Legislature
and afterward in the Courts, its opponents
(the liquor dealers) receiving a final quietus
last week in the dissolution of an injunction
obtained against the register in the United
States Circuit Court. The law under which
it operates provides for a tax of two and a
half cents on all alcoholic beverages drunk,
and half a cent on all beverages sold. This
will necessitate sn increase of the price of
whisky drinks from ten to fifteen cents, and a
probable diminution of the size of lager beer
glasses to prevent the loss of the bait cent to
the saloon keeper. It is estimated that in
Richmond alone, the amount of revenue to be
derived from it will exceed $175,000 per annum,
and if anything like the expectations of
the projectors of the register are realized, it
will bring the State Treasury $750,000 a year.
The apparatus is described as follows:
The register is a plain apparatus, about the
size of a small cigar box, with a gas meter
dial on the front and a crank in the rear. Inside
is the necessary machinery to register
each drink, and a gong which, with each revolution
of the crank, gives notice of the fact.
There is no punch about it, that idea having
originated from its similarity to the car bell
punch. The bar-keepers and liquor dealers j
are greatly excited at the success of the register.
They are violently opposed to it, and
threaten to defeat every candidate for the
Legislature who will not vote for the repeal of (
the law. Its operation comes in at a very l
opportune moment, when there is cot a cent i
in the State Treasury, and while the State (
authorities are trying to negotiate a loan of {
$100,000 to carry on the State government.
Parker's Revelations In Washington.
A Washington dispatch gives the fol- j
lowing in connection with Ex-State Treasurer
Parker's disclosures, and the question likely
L- ? -!? '! ? n?Miin/ia nf flia flVl
to arise 01 pruuunug mo |/i?i?uwv v. ?.v j
sent plunderers for trial. Whether or not a f
requisition of Governor Hampton will be ^
obeyed in any of the States in which the re- }
fugees are sojourning, remains to be seen. (
Patterson, it would appear, feels that be is (
securely entrenched behind his position as
United States Senator from this State:
The confession of ex-Treasurer Parker, of j
South Carolina, of the plunder of the State
jf South Carolina by the ring of which he 1
was a member, has excited the greatest in- j
terest here and been the subject of comment r
sverywhere. These revelations increase the <
importance of the question as to what will be <
:he course of the authorities here in obeying t
the requisition of Gov. Hampton for those who j
have been indicted and who continue to re- ,
main without the jurisdiction of the State, in
the District of Columbia. United States Sen- i
itor Patterson is one of the number, and while \
he is very reticent regarding the present situ- j
itioo, at the same time he gives every evidence <
af his intention to remain here till the meeting j
Congreess and take his seat in the Senate. ,
[t is believed that he will plead bis immunity I
from arrest under the privilege accorded to (
members of Congress by the constitution, ]
though it is held that this exemption will not (
jover his case, as the crime of felony is not
included. jj
The President, it is not generally known, c
las nothing to do in the way of directing a
;hat a requisition for a person charged with |
ho pnmnliprl with. The nrocedure here r
d the absence of local executive authority is g
jy an arrest by the United States Marshal, *
who brings the prisoner before the courts of t
he District, which either remand him to the t
:ustody of the State claiming him, or discharge
lira. Patterson, it is said, when arrested, will a
nake a contest hefore the courts here, and &
loes not believe that his position can he overuled.
In addition to this, some legal advi- j,
era say that the legal requisition will not v
lold good on the ground that Patterson has ^
lot absconded from the State siuce the
lictraent was found, and that he is not sub- li
ect to arrest till he closes his terra or service j
n the Senate and returns to his own State. e
Ml of these views and theories will he prob- j t!
tbly set at rest in the course of a few days P
?y the proper legal proceedings. The Presi- j
lent, his friends say here, and there is no C
loubt of the fact, will lend whatever influence c
uay be proper to the arrest aud active pun- R)
ahment of all of the South Carolina plunder- t
rs. He will be surprised, it is believed, to
earn that Chamberlain advised some of the u
rirainal acts which Parker refers to. ^
LOCAL AFFAIRS. J
t
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS^ t
W. H. MoCorkle?Valuable House arid Lot for 1
Rent. ^
Hunter A Oatea?New Goods?Undervests?Cor- ?
sets and Bustles?Shirts?Prints?Plaids- '
Salem Jeans?Shirtings. 0
Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Salem Jeans?Just Received?Leather?Cigars?Glass.
I
John C. Kuykendal?Window Glass?Certain J
Gentlemen?Staple Drugs?Wheat Sowers? J1
Epilepsy Cured?Kuykendal's Pure Cod 1
Liver Oil?Wine of Lactopeptlne?Beef ?
Iron and Wine?Hubbell's Elixir Valerian- I
ate Ammonia. 1
Wittkowsky A Rintels, Charlotte, N. C.?The 1
Leading Wholesale Establishment in the ,
State?Wanted. ,
Latimer A Hemphill?Miles' Shoes. '
B. T. Wheeler?Cotton Press and Gin for Sale. \
J. W. Dobson?Milch Cow Wanted.
R. Brandt, Chester, S. C.?Jewelry, Ac.?Furniture.
T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bank- \
ruptcy?Final Meeting?In the Matter of F.
N. Walker, Bankrupt. J"
COOL RAIN. a
There was quite a change in the tempera- *
ture of the atmosphere on Tuesday evening
-lAnl a?w\mnani?l kv min 5
1IUUJ naiui IU VWI) ?vwu?|n?uiw iwjr ??I 2
which continued falling yesterday.
NEW COTTON.
The first bale of cotton sold in this mar*
ket the present season, was brought in by Mr.
John Nichols on Tuesday last It was of
low middling grade, and was bought by J. A.
Carroll at 9} cents.
GONE TO NEW YORK. 1
Our townsman, Mr. Joseph W. Colcock, '
left last Tuesday for New York, for the purpose
of entering into business in a wholesale J
house of that city. Mr. Colcock is a gentle- \
man of excellent business qualifications, and ]
as a traveling salesman has few superiors.
We wish him the most abundant success in j
the business be has undertaken, and feel as- ?
sured he will be quite an acquisition to the '
bouse be will represent. ^
ALMONDS. J
Miss Elala James, of this place, has an al- t
mond tree in her orchard, which bore frnit *
g
the present year. Her tree stands in an orch- >
ard amongst some peach trees, and nntil the j
fruit began to develop itself, was supposed to t
be a variety of the peach. Col. Andrew *
Jackson, a few miles from town, also has an f
almond tree which is quite prolific with fruit [
this season. These trees were bought from a t
nursery-man and planted three years ago. {
GONE TO MARKET. r
T. M. Dobson, of the firm of T. M. Dob- ?
son A Co., started to the northern markets ?
last Monday for the purpose of selecting his *
stock for the fall trade. H. Fred. Adickes, of r
the 6rm of H. F. Adickes & Sons, and W. C. *
Latimer, of the firm of Latimer <& Hemphill, t
started for the same purpose ou Tuesday, and '
John J. Hunter, of the firm of Hunter & Oates,
will also start one day this week. A good jj
trade is anticipated this fall, and the mer- a
chants of Yorkville are making preparations (
to meet the demands of their customers. c
? a
OFF FOR THfe PENITENTIARY. ?
On Tuesday morning, the Sheriff sent the r
following prisouers to the penitentiary, who J
had been sentenced at the late term of the \
Court of Sessions: ?
Ben Petty, colored, sentenced to one year, t
for burglary and larceny. j
Sam Partlow and Jasper Partlow, colored, j
sentenced to one year each, for burglary and j
larceny.
John Dees, colored, sentenced to three years \
for burglary and larceny. f
. <1
EX-TREASURER WATSON. *
The report that John L. Watson, former I
Treasurer of this county, had absented him- f
self to evade arrest on the charge of misap- e
propriation of public moneys, was premature. ^
l'be tacts relating to his absence at tne time a
the officer went to serve the process are sub- ?
stantially as we stated last week. Mr. Wat- o
son came to Yorkville last Wednesday morn- j,
ning, immediately after his return home from e
Ohio, and voluntarily appeared before Trial ^
Justice Fewell, the official who issued the d
warrant A preliminary examination was j
waived, and Mr. Watson was recognised in a ?
bond of 85,000 for his appearance at the Feb- r
ruary term of the Court of General Sessions a
and Common Pleas. &
d
CIRCUIT COURT.
The Court of Common Pleas and General
Sessions adjourned late on Saturday night
last, after a laborious session, during legiti- D
mate business hours, of two weeks. His Hon- (
Dr Judge Kershaw gave universal satisfaction
to all who had business in the Court True, h
there was not an unusual amount of businea si
despatched, but this is attributable to the ?
Tact that the points involved in every case ^
were stubbornly contested by opposing coun- ^
tel.'and much time was necessarily consumed ^
in the examination of witnesses. Suitors and h
:ounsel, generally, so far as we have heard is
in expression of opinion, are satisfied with o
;he equitable, impartial and unbiased rulings
md opinions of the Court. There was not *
in exception taken by counsel to a single Cl
ruling of his Honor, and on the civil side of
;he docket but one appeal made for a new
.rial, which appeal was refused. 0
The following are the leading causes dis- },
posed of in addition to those reported in our ft
ssue of last week: tl
Richard Sadler vs. Til man R. Qaines and Julius
Vlills. Gaines, as the "Palmetto Immigration Soiiety,"
received from Sadler, through Mills, 880, ai
ees, Ac., for furnishing four German emigrants, w
rhe emigrants were never received. Mills' lia- Cj
rility consisted in paying over the whole |80 to
3aines in breach of the agreement between himlelf
and Sadler, that only one-half should be paid: ci
;he other half to be reserved until the arrival of ?
heemigrants. Judgment against Gaines, $199.80,
ind against Mills, $44.99. Messrs. Hart A Hart Q
or plaintiff; Messrs. raiierson ana uiwwn iur ?
iefendants. 01
Jeremiah Moss vs. J E. Leech. This was an
iction to compel the defendant to open a way '
which the plaintiff claimed to have over the de- "
bndant's land, and for damages for its obstruction, it
The defendant pleaded that be did not 'know the f
Dlaintiff s road, as the grant under which plaintiff
ilaiined, did not give the courses, and there were P1
leveral old roads over defendant's land ; that he q
iad left a new road open, as good as the old one
which he had olosed up; that the plaintiff was a
jankrupt and had no right of action. HisHonor w
iharged the jury that plaintiff was entitled to a ti
rerdict if they were satisfied that he had identi- e.
led bis road. Verdict for defendant. Mr. Spen:er
for plaintiff; Mr. Bell for defendant. 111
Jeremiah Moss vs. J. E. Leech and W. B. th
iieech. This was an action for damages for a w
respass charged as having been committed by
Iefendants on plaintiff's mill-yard by cutting off
i strip thereof. The land belonged to one of the w
Iefendants. The plaintiff claimed that the yard 0,
iad been staked off by metes and bounds. The ,
Iefendants pleaded that they had left plaintiff a "1
;ood and sufficient mill-yard, and, therefore, he sc
vas not damaged ; that plaintiff was a bankrupt ol
nd had no right of action. His Honor charged
he jury that if they believed the mill-yard had 01
teen staked off to plaintiff, as claimed, he was pi
ntitled to a verdict; if not, the defendants should j0
lavo a verdict, as it ameared the mill-yard was t
till sufficient in size! Verdict for defendants. ^
lame counsel as in case above. W;
Lncinda Bennetfws. C. P. Bennett. This was
n action to recover a tract of land. The Court
ustructed the jury to find simply a verdict as to ra
vho was entitled to the possession of the land? lo
he equities reserved. The jury found for the a>
efendant. His Honor then passed an order that '
Irs. Bennett was entitled to commutation for la
ier support from February 1, 1872 to the present fo
Ime; to a support for the remainder of her life; 0I
hat the land be liable therefor, and the plaintiff t
njoined from disposing of or alienating the land *
he meanwhile. Messrs. Wilson A Wilson for cl
laintiff; Mr. Bell and Messrs. Hart A Hart, for w
efendant. ' .
Mauney Bros. A Roberts vs. Robert Barber. |
lause of action, note. Verdict for plaintiff. Mr. I I
.'hambers for plaintiff; Mr. Bell for defendant. i jn
S. A. McElwee vs. Catherine Alcorn. Cause of; .
" " * ?? 1._. I 01
etion, now, veriuet mr uuiuuuaui,. mcnsis. |
[art <fc Hart for plaintiff; Mr. Beatty for de- th
mdant. c
John J. McLure, administrator of G. W. Mel
)n, deceased, vs. W. M. Walker. This action
fas brought by Melton in his life time, demand- at
ng one-half contribution from Walker upon a
lote, Jerome B. Kerr principal, on which Melon,
Walker, Richard Hare and Dr. J. B. Huner
were snretiee. Melton had paid the note, and
t was.proved that Hare and Hunter were insolent
and beyond the jurisdiction of the Court?out
if the State. Judgment for plaintiff fbr f177.36.
Jr. Hamilton for plaintiff; Mr. Bell for defenlant,
% f [-i I
John F. Oates vs. W. C. Beatty. This action
sras against W. C. Beatty as surety of G. W. Wiliams,
deceased. Defence on ground that creditor
tad agreed with the administrators of Williams to
ake one-fourth of the note, thereby altering the
on tract and releasing the surety. Failure of
iroof, and Court holding no release if -proved;
Verdict for plaintiff for $128.20. Mr. G. W. 8. Hart
orplalntlff. Mr. Beatty his own counsel.
H. G. Carey'ra. A. Frank Smith. Cause'of anion,
account. Order for judgement, by consent,
n sum of $168.09. Messrs. Witherspoon ASpen- 4
er for plaintiff; Messrs. Wilson & Wilson for
lefendants.
S. W. Melton and wife vs. I. N. Withers and
ithers, administrators. Cause of action, accountng
for che administration of the estates of Ji D.
Joore and Maria Goore, and for division and
ettlement of estates among the distributees and
leirs-at-law. Report by referee, J. F. Wallace,
nd confirmed by decree of the Court. Meesia.
iamilton and Beatty for plaintiff; W. B. Wllon,
Sr., for defendant
E. C. and L. W. Smith vs. Abell and wife.
Chis was an action by the minor heirs of Lawson
imith, deceased, claiming legacy under the will
if John George Smith, of Chester county, viz.:
'Lawson and Walker Smith, sons of John Smith,
teceased, to receive their father's portion as they
>ecomeof age. Should they die before they are
if age or witnout bodily issue, then their share
if my estate shall be distributed ." Walkir
died before be arrived at the age of twenty-one,
md without issue. Plaintiffs claim entire legacy
is "cross remainder by implication" to their fhher
Lawson. Resisted on ground that remainier
was not contingent, but vested, and went to
Walker's administrators for bis heirs generally,
decision reserved. Messrs. Wilson and Hart,
br plaintiffs; Messrs. Patterson and Gaston for
iefendants.
H. F. Adickes vs. Dr. R. R. Darwin. . Appeal
>y defendant from trial justice's court. The defendant
claimed that the claim of plaintiff, |85,
vas included in a compromise of indebtedness,
vhich plaintiff denied. Verdict for defendant,
dr. Clawson for plaintiff; Mr. Bell for defendant,
Earle A Co. vs. Steele A Co. This was an action i
in an open account contracted in New York in _ \
859. Messrs. Witherspoon A Spencer represent- **4
id the plaintifft, and J. C. Witherspoon, Esq.,
epresented A. E. Huthchison. the only defenlant
who appeared. The plaintiff admitted a
sredit of$200 in 1873, and claimed a balance of
tbout$250, including interest. Mr. Hutchison
toatended that the #200 payment was acoeptedby
he plaintiff as a compromise of the claim. .This
he plaintiff denied. His Honor oharged thejury
hat if they believed that the plaintiffs had pot
accepted tne payment in full satisfaction, they
vere entled to a verdict without regard to any
mpressions Mr. Hutchison bad gotten from
>laintifffe' attorneys, unless they were authorized
o compromise; but if they believed that plaihiffs
had aooepted, the defendant was entitled to a
rerdlut. Thejury rendered a verdict for the defendant.
A motion for a new trial was made by
daintiff on the ground that there was no evidenceo
show that they had accepted the $200 in full of ]
heir account. The motion was refdsed. The
ilaintifis gave notice of an appeal to the SupremeJourt,
T. 8. Heyward etaLvs. Erwin and Steele, adninistrators.
This was a suit by the executors
if the heirs of Col. Alexander Moultrie, of
Charleston, against the administrators of George
Steele, deceased, to compel them to account to
he plaintiffs for moneys collected by George
Jteele. in his life time, on notes, wbicn he bad
lassea into the hands ofGeorgu Steele when he i
>ecame the administrator of NT P. Kennedy. The
Iefendants pleaded that Mr. Kennedy baa never
>een legally anthorised to act for the Mooltriee;
bat they were accountable to the Kennedy estate
inly, and not to tbe plaintiflb; and that the olaim
vas barred 'jy the statute of limitation. The
radge reserved his decision. Messrs. Thomson
t Spenoer and George D. Bryan were plaintiffs'
olicitors, and Messrs. Wilson A Wilson and J*
y. Chambers for defendants.
S. W. Jackson vs J. C. Patrick, administrator
if W. R. Moore. Moore reoovered judgment
gainst Jackson as surety for Simmons A JaCkon.
Simmons A Jackson had assigned to [Melon
A Melton. Moore accepted under tbe assignnent.
Jackson, as surety, claims relief on the
ground that assets were amply sufficient to satisy
the preferred creditors?among whom Moore
vaa one?went into the hands or tbe assignees,
rnd that under the statute regulating assignnents,
the assignees were under the control of
be creditors; tbat Moore, through his own negigence,
in not receiving the benefit of the assets
n the hands of the assignees, should be the loser.
Irgued before the Judge, who reserved bis de
mion. Messrs. Mart a. nan ior piainun;
Messrs. Allison A Williams for defendant.
Cureton Ardrey A Co. vs. A. W. Heath, execuor
of D. D. A. Belk, deceased. Action on note
if deceased against the executor. Plea in deence,
no assets. Referred. Report, "devastavit
if executor causing failure of assets." Excepions
to the report heard by the Judge Upon exeptions.
Opinion reserved. Messrs; Hart A '
lart for plaintiffs; Messrs. Allison A Williams
or defendants.
J. N. McElwee, sen., et. dL. vs. B. T. Wheeler
t ol. In this case the facts were 4s follows: A
ife estate in the land in dispute was devised to
lira. N. A. McElwee during her life, and at her
leath to her children, or child living at the date
if her death. If she died without children, then
0 those of her brothers and sisters, and children
f deceased brothers or sisters, then residing (at
he date >>f her death) in South Carolina. During
ior life, Mrs. N. A. McElwee with her husband,
x ecu ted a deed of feoffment accompanied with ^
ivery of seisin to S. A. McElwee, so*s to bar the
lleged contingent remainders. Mrs. McElwee
lied leaving no children. S. A. McElwee afterwards
conveyed the land to James McElwee, and
ames McElwee sold and conveyed the land to B.
\ Wheeler. The abstruse doctrines of the law
a relation to feoffments, vested and contingent
emaindersand executory devises, were involved
nd discussed at length. Messrs. Rion and Hart
rgued the case on behalf of the plaintiff! and
fetters. Wilson and Spencer on behalf of defenant.
Decree of the Judge not yet delivered.
HAMPTON IN ILLINOIS.
The following is a brief synopsis of Goveror
Hampton's address before the Winnebago
III.) county fair on the 13th instant:
"The chief thing I had in view in coming
ere was to promote a true and correct undertending
between the people of the'North and
both. You must admit that very many of
be evils which have fallen on the country
ave come from a misconception of the puroses,
each of the other. Tou remember there
i a profound troth as well as a knowledge of
uman nature embodied in the fable, where it
i told that in olden times a shield, white on
ne side and black on the other, was hung at
be intersection of two roads, and two knight#
pproaching in opposite directions, disputed as
) the color of the shield. Finally their lanes
were put in rest, and they periled life, each
) support his own convictions."
Referring to the days when the Presidential
ontest was unsettled, Qovernor Hampton alided
to the possibility of a civil war in which
imilies would have been divided, had not
ie South stood firm for peace, and said:'
"I tell you, men of Illinois?and I speak not
9 a Democrat; I don't know and don't care
hether I speak to Democrats or Republics?I
speak as an American tc Americans,
d say to you to-day, you owe a debt of
redit to the people of the South [Cheers] in
iongress, to what some of the North have
a!led the Confederate brigadiers. They preented
fillibustering and stood by tbe result
f the Electorial Commission's work. During
le receut strikes and riots, too, she evidenced
er feeling by upholding the laws and standig
conservative. She has given bonds to
ite to preserve the peace, and she wants
eace. She wants yon people of the North to
nderstand ber condition. She wants you to
salize what she accepts as the result of the
ar. She wants you to understand the moves
which have actuated her, not only be*
ire and during, but since the war. I myself,
iy friends, have no concealments to make for
le past. I have taken part in the war, nor ? ^
ould your respect for me be increased were I
i offer any unmanly apology for it. I did
hat you did. I obeyed the command of my
vn State, as you did yours, and you men of
le North were guided by yc v own conlience,
as we of the South were guided by
ire, and I say to you that up to the begining
of that war I used all my influence to
reserve the Union. [Cheers.] I was a Unnman.
[Renewed cheers.] I did all I could
preserve it. I did all I could to avoid a
ar, and when South Carolina called her
ins, as Illinois called hers, I obeyed her comand.
&nd. men of Illinois. I fomrht vou as
ng and au bard aa I could, and I have oo
jologiea to make for it. [Loud cheers and
ughter.] I remember especially that I
ught the Eighth Illinois, and I thought it
le of the beat regiments in the Federal army,
fought them very hard, indeed. [Great
leering and laughter.] Now, my friends,
e went into the war believing we were right,
jt when the war ended, we surrendered, and,
want to impress it upon you, we surrendered ^
good faith. We accept the Constitution
'the United States with the amendments,
tough we once opposed the latter. We acipt
them now and propose to obey them,
ght or wrong, that the Constitution shall
and equal for the protection of South Caro