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".fSTO dollars - and a half pee AjnSUMv t'K c| || r;Ap^| ofJ^ver^sing^^^ r per square of twelve lines for the firsrinsevtion -! and-" Fifty Cents for. each- subsequent.; insertion. - Liberal dodu^fianS ihade'tb those wb^"!aa^?tise^6"v ?' i the year. * > - ' * ' -'. f ?! - f fiSg? For announcing a candidate, Five Dollars An Independent Family Journal?Beyoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. ANDERSON, S. 0, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1868. NO. 44. The Intelligencer Job Office? Ending recently made considerable additions ts this department, we are prepared to esccuto In the neatest style and on the most reasonable terms. Legal Blanks, Bill Heads, Pc-stara, Cards, Handbills. Pamphlets, Labels, and m fact every style of work usually done in a country Printing Office. In all cases, the money will be required upon delivery of the work. Orders, accompanied, with the cash, will receive prompt attention. fcfv Stcrip^i^X^thc^cdaraiioiJ of Rights ^^^t^je^^^P?VtS^B^I^^^^^ia?lJn?^? 1 OLl^Jt? of al ?^^^^%^^^'wj>^? and'' in whit; ^tftCpu^ a fine of vviftmy: bt> arrested" anil.?tried summarily* " biles liceTo "fine a ^ iiuthortze a ? J'^r :.n i iiiia: ? thc^S.tat'e" ? Cor .o'aIh, without ir?iieunent op iiiier ?i?^^^^i'd;J-tt^!-'i ?Uairau-^.thiijg i$jfjje?j??ic /Tr'i^ittiiiiigi than tr>e' [tu re. to >'dtsVeitnt : ienef r: the- laws of the laws? juited- Slates Ijit of habeas ;<r eases of re lie re. the whole line of peace, may: zes the General A.* phml^pper. This ~ iO^H^begislatu re My?^^avje b??n -suggested avlon'v in'M? 11 igu 11 case??' ^r^ti^u ldja?>4^ii*a^ "E COUTt Mm tieft rcr" 1 ao-UHonzes wo'IjegwjjitnffinVv'j l?trltain a standing army in MS^la^iuIng' ,.po wer/jis-; frbTtlj^'uifder "the" pfeT' 3^.J16erng' ? dhngeroua -^aiutaiiiyedr: in, The purpose of this pffl^ffifejfldrce '.-of-.' iiv.e or-^eu S!4Pj o\ ?3 o xi s t i t u tionCof t h 0 Ixpressly ' p rdhi bi Is' tin v ie$lpg>ir,oops or ships of . war 111 ^?Bfl.t i.ld*> -Constitution de SiguV wltn. ihe eoVfc . tr^yjid^cc ri"ol??'33'-.bi the SP ^eB/tWlfi ii' pbl ft i ^all (he-'temptuviotis and ^Sp?jF-rpoirtieiai)s." In pi^r-i^sip CW^^iTel^ted.rThey wTlf not ?%tv>tj'ci'otT tIie1 j0gis 1 a1111;e nvlirtber venture to ^fe^jihlon^ 1.0'ahy popu j^uuy^iie taii' eepiiig -f / v or". ^gt;?ie'JiJ<lg'JS of-England;1 ^?^?ii^iOn." dift'Lny:'th;a pleasure?, H>7*^W-'-^.V' "'ere' al\va-vs a'? ty-: ^3rftt'fiiaI^v i;<5tpf<?re the J.u'diciarf;i ^^?^iey.ti'd;. tor Hfol.lK|vc ahvaytf.';' j^fS?^? - tepi oa c 11 aj i d - b h e i r ;e 1 ? 1 ? i 1h! ^'o^irf^een siiilled \yith"a HUin (?f.-Kiis-. ^d;..;He.h'cifforth tlie J n"di(H?'ry of .Smith ijjnar.w.iJI he as com?p!^'#i&& suhser ?r a? ihel?adical^ai^S?idf. ^g^B^ei^^f^^^ivt^K.^^^ee^ or'.the Peace I^widd^ hasttfhly ;t:i ci alfy 'ii^w^n^torfs.-is high us one Ifundredil ^^in -V.p^ the: flood gate.,: ikeep'rho '*]fCople in con-i Mgjfc.crninn'otnViVr ' Petti-^' 9^^t*tjpi*in^ iip'all [.<i'veV..tiie[Stat^il %?i%^eaci.> a>niio^uietjof! he cpni-i gg^l^ranetvaim!'prej'it 1 lieu will be" g.- ujTjJiu eii 1 On 1 lie j'igh ts a od .lib 4''}itj;^ieuple.._ "a ^J;I>emeHjLhe Judges, the right1 ' ~.l^j5?L?*^I#'cJ^<?jiiatters of &?5?f&rop* tirie.i.l .in oajr. Courts.; ksoiuteiyi JlecessaiT f*n:??ihe.Judge to c laets' Iii'onli-r for the juries to ^^athn?Uficih ff?c'lZgivci?*'wjr '^^^hi^ will tie inii.tv impera aMi'^i -nuT'tp:m^r^liLU^' irrt'lu^'e*|itiries.' IfTii eorn" ::ist.:\b. t?'iv..;i stupid. ign'<?-: t his. ri.:cit i-ictioii, 1 he.tri ill; Te a njoelveiy of justice, j^r, ^^^itrnoir^: Takes 'tVMMnnJieVLejriAhfl^" ^^pL^^UH;Tj.o|t..'aw to tJierfiivVi?j?tioh''ot'1''tfiei ?^^m)/osed ameialmenLbr 1 he Federal C>f)ii ra^Tfiiiffbnv'r/ disf ra n_ehu?ing the ji'opple^fi fe^^jj^g^rfoiinav 'l^his uif'aiuoi.is raijiett^ f^Iimftrit'p'itfiimvml d>y - Ohio,, '^alifowna, l^&^y^'Jersey, and even Massachusetts; was ^'tiSrrtitted by Gongress to the several ^ptaW/'"fje^latures jfor their adoption or 'C^S^?'^'~?*&u f^iem should seem proper. '^Sm?v" weiieCto~judge of its merits and do &M0&&ty*M<&M. tZ$?& Waj9ed.tYon :^BW,jears.-..tl?em. before, hand to adopt it, ^4wheth^wise.7Jriin^vi^e, just or unjust!". ^^^ifC^N^H^^cf?yes nuf'rantf votd all i^coDtaactB.^or tb.e,;.purchase, of uuiyes, in pi ftipf?ttoVt of the^Ooii.^tiiation of the united ^r^^^^w Id eh declares thattio^SUitc /'^aJl t'n^'-peo'p?!^ 'owing; mtsh debts to vote for * liiTe^ptretTt?too'n^_ ii is^a nullity, and will f$^fatf$?i fliAJ&ftfleral Cotuis. ? But tjhfs will be after the cheat has had -'x{Sjw^t^ and;a'ccpmplished.its purpose.'; irri?oiiW. 2 ! of.'A?tjole 8,. Enfranchises ? every niale negro over the age of twenty . pne; w'bbfctrerr? cotfvit't^el?n or ?: pauper, ' ?S? ^isfr?n'cliise&.-?wrery wbite'ujian who Vpl?rfeeid. office inKo?th Card?n'?.:" I'n't^li ?tf^Dise, ytrtn? ?nd putriotism ?rert?.jjive; ' ':' . - / ?? 'place,'fa^ah ^lection?^ to- ignorance, stu? pidity and vice, Tlie superior race id to be made subservient to the inferior. Tax? ation and "representation are jio longer to be united: \Th?er::Wtio own ho property arc ic levy- all taxes,.and niake" all appro? priations. The property holders have to pay .these .laxe?',.without having any sS'qieOi in ievying.tuein,jjdEJuLcor/seq'?oneea 'will, be, in effect; confiscation. The ap ilpr&pviatftfh? %o^upj&r?-"fj'ee schools for the education of negro children, for tlie' ^j^fft-^^l^eg-^^iin^lJe;. pooiv hcwies, uiicl the vicious in jails anil the Peneteh liary, together .with a standing ai;niy of nyg'rjr so;lcljei*, w.iJI >be crushing and ut 7tcj;iy^rui?<Mi* lb Che State. E&'ofyi man's propSi4^; ivTlT have to be sold "to pay his taxes. ' t.t ' "Skct-on 8, Expnissly .prohibits Ihe Leg? -isla in re pulsing any law depriving a <on victof-l?rceny ol the right of suffrage. It^vu^^pptvheu.ded that in a few years a kre|fK|f? might be coiivie^teo^qtVh|^x^y^'.;and>tlfe :iSitjicjj.i -U&'&X^ in mMecmf?Q 'BuWit\tf$Mf$^finretuI, lIiaLS&?iirTOing?^ care, should ho taken to prevent rogues from being tcb^b*? netrscd^ w 1 i^BC^che^ame?;ca.n t ion? is 'exe'&ise-d U&^)U-]t&b-: pf&M) i ie 1 ligtA A, \Mi-tU()iis_aud patriotic fVoui the right of. sfTffrage:! 1t w'Otild Vfc'bm itliat tlie pnrp'osc. .\)f't n'o'fn^ was to found a'coihniu'hity of rogues and paupers Jiv South Carolina,! And so .astute hayo 4'H-y-;o?ii in ??ttitftigi<oxxft I tlieui' pii r|jose that they provide in Section 12 that all 3& 1 i.?? i?v$ ?1 read y J ige n_co i i vie ted of fclony shall-be allowed to vole! ^<SL^xi6N^t?iAuxfcLK 9, Prohibits the Legislature from- levying a poll t tax of ?rpH'\than'one dollar on each pefkrih'/*:ind j ;dyclh'res''tlt'jt this taxsh'aii 'be applied ex-1 (cli.sively to the publicjBchool lund ! And nb^ddiirowai;.;porl: t^xqshall^ bedevied- by any municipal., corporation ! -TTn ether words, the pupperjy.n.usl.pay. ?ll thetaxes ?l .tJVe;g?vornin?nt, and personsshall pay !' nothing Jqr: their protection., of; life /and liberty. The idea is .that the v?granlB and rogues-a re to boa sort ofnoblesse, ex "ernpt front taxation,'^ wits the^*cafie ol the jarisj.qc racy in France previous to tlie ^PrehclT^evolution':- n * v: - - ::! Jn.order.tp-secuj'O.the school fund. Sec? tion 15, Authorise* the Legislature lo |>Unislk:thoso who may embezzle il.-b.y de? claring them disqualified for holding an}" office of honor or emolument in. this Stale. But, tiien, true:to their purpose of verting ail political power in the hands of such persons, it provides in'tbe:-same seciion. that the General Assembly, 'r by a two third, vote, may remove ? the. disability upon pay me nt in full of the principal and interest of the sum embezzled!" If a 'man has stolen money from tub-public he" may'^^n^^h.! "office under" fh"b" Govern? ment if' he will ?? give up like a geivtle i'ma'n-^ tiie money"stolen! I c SicTiON 16, Provides, that no debt con? tracted-by this Slate iti behalf of the late rebellion, in whole or in part, shall over b^TpSridv^V^ij'.jBiiould. the n on.-property hold in j^Wgre'^ yankeca Iand-Soulhern renegades in the Couveniiun prohibit the property bidder from paying their debts it they see proper to do'so. and preserve untarnished the honor of* their State. XhiK war debt was .contracted with hon? est creditors, mmiy of them widows and orphans, and why'should it not be paid ?! ?Tbe propei'ty: hoidefs, who assembled in Convention in 1S05, and who would have to.pay this deht, never ihought of repudi ating'.it. ': ! : ' ' Skction 3 of Article 10, Establishes a uniform system of Tree, public scbpols) ?thj-bugbi-uti tlic'St;Uexand; provides for tlie' division of the Stale into school district*.; This will do very well in 2s'ew England,; wh^eihey have'!a,^rciise pop'ulalmn-f but is. wholly uusuited to tlie sparse pojiula lion'-of South Carolina. In niauy ut the .School L)is?:icts, four miles square, there -will not be a child to be educated.' In a majority of thnm there wjll nut, be cbij Srfeii^no'ti^h td-iiiake a respectable school The expense of such a system will be at letist one-million of dollars. It contem? plates and "forces the'-educafi?n of the white and black childreti in the same scliool. This, no one. who has any <?urd ioc the morals, manners anil future res* lecia bij ily-i m "hirch i Id re n, w i 11 t ol e l a le Tlnry'v'.,rro,are :ible: may" employ private itiU'?rs^t?r tliidi* sous lind daughters, but jjicpoor children will hayeiio ulteriialiye but to go. to those schools or bo iineduca U:d. ' _ ' ? j, Skction 4/Makes it. pompul.-ory for till children bet ween tue agos of six and six? teen to attend school for two years. This c/iinp'dsoiy systetiv niay ? suit,-the genius rrf -a despotic - govern'ment like - Prussia, biit is at war with the spirit of our irce institutions. Thorn are many parents who are not ?ble l(? spare the services of Llu'U-^childr^n at home,;!iTid.r many others wlftrTfr^'mif in h Jimditiotrfo fttrhish their children wilji suitable clothes and books for their attendance at- these* fchools. At le^spi.parantjshould .be peyjnitted in a ffee'repnblicTvtV counti\y togov-rn l,i-? own housebold and determine for bjii-st ii what is best for him to do. In order to support these sehoolsira poll tax 'of-one dollar per head is to':.be;, levied,- whith/miL"ht;-.huse one hni.dred thousand dollar.**. This would leave nine hundred thousand dollars lo be paid by taxation of property. .^ECTipN^r^tw;?'.;^ fur .t'hb-eBU?lljsli ment of'State relorm schoois,.fbr juvenile ofiendors.' This- is a new system to bo i n troducedjn: Sotrth Carolina, and of very d o u brtfti t *' p61 icy:It will "certainly add hundreds of thoiihands of dollars to onf: faxalioh. All'the public 'sclVn';is;;colle'g|'| and' universities-in the Stale are' by. Sec j lion 10 to bo-fitoe and open to all the j children, without regard to race or color. I There seems to bo a studied design i throughout'all the:provisions of this mosfr .infamous Constitution to degi'ade^ tiho i white vace and elevate the blaek ra*oe-; to j force upon us social as well as political equality and bring about an amalgama? tion of races. Section 5 or article 11, Forces each ?County to provide for tho support of the aged, infirm 'and ? unfortunate. It does not require* children to support their aged; infirm or unfortunate parents, nor puren ts^tolprovide for their children, but this heavy, and must enormous burden is to .bu-thrown on the public and provided .lor by taxation. . Heretofore South Carolina has pursued a .wise, policy in refusing all divorces.? Themrrriage contract is hot like that of any other, which the parties may rescind at pleasure, without injury to society. There, is a third party, innocent and helpless children, who are deeply inter esYe'd in all divorces. Moreover, it tends to d?mo'-alize every community where it is allowed or tolerated. But Section 4 gives llie-'Courifl power to grant divorces. This section was intended, perhaps, for the especial benefit of the-negroes. Jt ought also to have legalized^ polygamy, .which has likewise great favor with this class of people. , ;The settlement of a. wife's proper!}*, provided for in section 8-,.might have been .left to the discretion and wisdom of .the Legislature. It is an experiment; and it Ibuud. mischievous or un wise, the Legis? lature ought to.have the power of chang? ing or altering the law. But this ordinary act of legislation has been incorporated in the Constitution as a fundamental law, not to bo repealled. Attached to this Constitution, are seye; al ordinances, and amongst them one which repudiates all pledges of faith aud credit, on the other part of the State, to any corporation or private individual, made since 1SC0. ' The honor and credit of South Carolina, her good faith and most solemn pledges, are the treated as of ?no consideration whatever. But this or? dinance is ou a par with that, dishonor, despotism, and unscrupulous extravagance, which pervade the whole Constitution, and are worthy of the infamous source whence the instrument has its origin. The ordinance to create.a Board.of Laud Commissioners, authorises the purchase of lands for the purpose of selling them out in.small tracts to purchasers on a credit. This wild and ruinous scheme is, likewise, for the negroes, and is likely to benefit no one, except tiie land commissioners and; their friends.' State stocks are to be is? sued for the purpose of purchasing these lahfls.' They may be sold, but the pur? chasers will never pay for them, and the loss will ultimately fill upon the State. Did any one ever before hear of so many effective provisions for squandering public money, when the whole State, and all the people-in it, are reduced to bankruptcy and poverty*? Well may those, who have nothing and pay no taxes, provide for these vast expenditures of public funds, after appropriating to themselves eleven dollars per day and mileage, and dividing out all the ofliccs of the State. They have appropriated to themselves every office except that of Governor, which they gen? erously bestowed on a citizen of Ohio. Some are to bo ?nited. States Senators, Members of Congress, Secretary of State, Adjutant and Inspector General, tfcc, &c., others are to fill District offices, aud the remainder become members of the Legis? lature. If this Constitution was all that virtue, intelligence and ..patriotism could desire, no sensible and honest man could vote for it, on account of the usurped and polluted source whence'it springs. Without ex ception, the Convention was composed of renegade Southern whiles, yaukee adven? turers and negroes, representing only the colored population of .the State. It must remain in all time'to come, a badge of' South Carolina's dishonor and degradation, and especially the dishonor and infamy of e.vei\v one; who votes for its ratification. It: will be a brand of infamy which will slick to his descendants iu the third and fourth-generation; We should not despair, however, al? though this black Constitution may be saddled on us. It is impossible that such a go ye rj.nvi':r. can "continue, and' the day must come, when the State will be redeem? ed from I'a'dicalism by the'virtue, intelli genee, patriotism and manhood of hers?->ns. B. F. PFUiiY. The Spirit of Immortality.?In Tal i iburd's .dranniioJi'Ion,. when the young Greek was doomed to death ; when he was taking leave of his ocloved Clem at he and preparing to look his last upon this bright beautiful world, the fair young girlasked, iu an agony of grief, but with all a wo man's yearning instincts of immortality. "Shall we not meet again?" The answer was one of rare poetic .beauty: u I have asked that dioadl'ul question of the hills that look eternal?of the clear streams that flow forever?of the stars, among whose fields of azure my spirit liath walked in glory. All were silent!. But ; while I gaze upon thy living^ face, I feel that there is. something in the love that mantles through its beauty that cannot wholly perish. "We shall meet again, Clemaulhe !" .... How to Use a Ccoktng Stove Proper? ly. ?See that the stove has a perfect draft ?to secure which you often have to close up the fire place, or change the pjpejvtjiut rip's'oul, on t.h*? sid^of^-V^nmTfTtTtb an" up? right pipe which runs through the roof. In baking, sec that the bottom of the oven ' is hot enough to fry water before putting Lni the food; to do this the damper must be Hp^cd ujv': FlaKfop stoves should hs^ye ; tlie fliies'uuder the oven cleaned out every i woek,>md in no case should light-wood be. use>Hn a cooking stove. Stove pans, pots, o-riVl all cooking utensils used about a j stove should be kept; perfectly, clean, as no s'fovu operates well with dirty oooktDg I utensils. North Carolina. The following admirable editorial from the National Intelligencer contains so.much truth, and is alike applicable to the con? dition of affaire hi this State, that we copy entire : We have before us copies of the consti? tutions formed in six-of the Southern States by the Conventions which were .lately held there. These Conventions, it is well known, did. not reflect the senti? ments uf the white population of these Slates, but rested mainly upon the negro element, reinforced, inspired, and con? trolled by as base an element as ever walked the earth?the carpel-bag adven? turers who have gone to the South to make profit by the ruin of the people. Examine all those constitutions, and you find one1 key note pervading each one negro equality, political and social. This idea goes through them all. We have seen how one Slate after another at the North, even those most ultra Radical, Ohio, Kansas, and others, have rejected negro suffrage; and now; to crown the list, wo. Inn? Radical Michigan, which usually gives .that party fifteen to twenty thousand, majority, now refusing by a large majority the principle of negro suf? frage. Such are the instincts of race in a Stale where the. negroes over twenty one years number only some 1,800 votes, as against lG6,?(J? whites. In Michigan the question is, hardly practical, save as the assertion of a principle which white men will not suffer to be compromised. But liiere is no community in Michigan, not.even the smallest county, nor yva'rdj hor village, where the white population would .not have the power tb-piotect themselves against negro rule. Contrast this with the condition of the Southern States,' in five of which the 'negroes regis? tered preponderate largely over the reg? istered win tes; and in others, though in a minority in the Slate, control large sec? tions, arid a number of the most fertile counties. North Carolina is a State of this last description. In the eastern counties,and riot a few of the middle counties, the ne? groes are largely in" the ascendant. Ne gro local government; and negro taxation in these counties is inevitable. The ques? tion conies home to these people in the most practical and direct form, ami can wo wonder that they are excited at the prospect of a ruin that will be irretrieva? ble, and a degradation such as the white race has never suffered iu the history ot mankind! This constitution of North Carolina is to bo voted on upon the 2].*t of this month. As we remarked before, the in? strument does not emanate from the white population of North Carolina. It is the work of negroes and alien adven? turers, and was expressly designed to perpetuate their ascendancy. Every ne? gro, therefore, is allowed to vote. Even crime is no disqualification. And every negro voter is eligible lo the jury box. This doctrine of negro equably runs through the constitution, and under it the races are to be commingled at the public; schools, at the State University, in churches, public hotels and assemblages, and in the militia. AH this is matter ol law and obligation, according to the prin? ciples of this constitution. Such are the abhorrent features of this government, which it is proposed to fasten on the whites of .North Carolina. Have we any right to expect social order, peace, or sub? mission to the authority of Government when such degradation is inflicted upon the population ? It there was any doubt as to the intent of this constitution; il is supplied by the VO'tes of the Convention which framed il. We find that il was proposed that white and black children should not go to the samo schools; that they should not inter? marry; that whites and blacks should not muster in the same companies, and thai black officers should not command while men ; that poor while children should not he bound to negroes ; that marriages be? tween whites and blacks should always remain void; but all these propositions weroeoiitemptuously rejected. The great ambition of the negro is. to h- \z':::::\ of complete social equality wiih the while ra'-c. and they insisted upon these conditions. This constitution we ma}* hereafter ex? amine more in detail. The above are its more salient iniquities. Its aim is entire eq- ality for the negro, amalgamation, in? timacy of the children, negro office hold? ers, jurors. lusigislrHles, sheriff;, police, and tax-assessors. There is nothing that makes life valuable that'is not to be held subject to the degrading contact or op? pression of the African race. It is ahold and daring conspiracy against theproper I ty, the intelligence; and the manhood of ! this poople. As a measure of malignity, these constitutions, such as we have seen framed in Arkansas? Alabama, and North Carolina, surpass anything that could be expected lrom fiends. And yet we are told by the Radical papers that there is discontent, "disloyal? ty" in the South ; the whites are -rebel? lious," &c. They fret and are restive at. the prospect, nay. at the actual infliction of this ruin, shame, and unutterable hu? miliation of negro equality and negro rule! Is it strange?this spirit of resis tiiTicS t? o.'"T:; rri!? ? Is it not the instinct of white blood stronger than ail rryon slriie'Jon laws ; stronger than R. .-publican platforms; stronger 'than the bayonets which aro used lo enforce this cruel wrong and bondage? U is exactly the same spirit which made the white race in New York defeat the Republican parly.by nearly fifty thousand votes, becauso it was rotten on the question of negro suffrage; which has made the Republican JLegisla ttVro in Pennsylvania refuse even to sub? mit th? mattv Ud a vot? of tbe peopi*, and winch has foifnd voice and expression in Kansas, in Ohio, in Michigan?in every Northen] State where the people have been called upon to endure this infamy. Can we wonder that the South, even in the presence of bayonets, resents to the last this scourge. Let it be noted that all through that broad land there is not a man who has a thought or -purpose of disunion. There is not one who does not accept as final and irrevocable the Union of the States. It is ogainst, negro government and negro equality,'and not against the Union or tlie flag that they agitate, and if* von please, conspire and resist. Well, against this proposition nature itself revolts, and ex? termination is your only remedy; The people of Alabama and the South ask only the.same institutions as those which exist in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and 2S"ew York. Their offence hath that extent? no more. There is not a just or humane man who will not pronounce that to threaten them with the sword, because they refuse to obey a negro dynast)', is a suggestion fit only lor monsters in human shape. The people of the country see that the policy of Radicalism is not peace, but the sword. Their policy conducts to violence, to a war of races, to further ;i'uiu and misery and bloodshed, to a repudiation of the national debt, to retrogression in eve? rything that goes to make a nation groat. It lives only by strife. To vole down this vile conspiracy for power? whose moans are negro equality, bloodshed, and civil war?is the first duty of the homy and no man is excusable who hesitates to I do his part in this good and necessaiy work. The war of Eaees in the-South. Many months ago we warned the Rad? icals that they were sowing a fearful har? vest in the South. Wc loid them that the measures they Were adopting would inevitably result in a conflict between the two races. Heedless of the solemn les sons which history teaches, and utterly regardless, of the laws of nature, our Radical rulers forced their policy upon the South, and already are we beginning to see what the consequences will be. From ail appearances, a war of races in that unhappy section ul the Union is rap-' idly approaching. Tiiu first seeds of dis? trust wero sown by the Preedmeu's Bu? reau; which, althoug h under the patronage of the General Government, was most slianiefully f.sed by the Radical party to poison the minds of the ignorant blacks against their former masters. At a later day, the bureau noi being as secret a con? cern as was desirable, Lovai League clubs were formed from the Potomac to the Rio Grande. These organizations were com? posed almost entireh* ot negroes ; they became'so powerful in numbers and polit? ical importance that eventually- - their members assumed to be the rulers and masters of tlie whites. So lung as they .were permitted to display their arrogance and assert their usurped power, wu loot; was the danger averted. But the logical result of two years of despotism lies now before us in the tact of a counter action on the part of the whites. Prom one end of the South'to the other a new secret" socie? ty, known as the uKu KliiX Klan,'' has been organized iu opposition to universal negro suffrage and negro rulo. The aims and purposes of the association are hot eoneealeii from the world. Tlie Southern whites have declared that they will no longer tolerate a policy which sinks them into servitude, and makes a- se'mi-barba rotiM-race their masters. Thus we now have two intensely hostile elements or? ganized and organizing, and facing each other?the Kit Klux Klan, or secret so? ciety of while men, on the one hand, and the Lov al League.Association, or teeret society of negroes, on the other, each struggling for supremacy, and each of a nice alien in civilization and ideas to the other. How long will it be before such antagonistic elements pass the bounds of ?political warfare, and engage in a contest of bloodshed and desolation? Wie aro no alarmists, but we cannot ig? nore the fact that nothing can bo done now to prevent a war of races. And ) *;,?? actiOii of the- H'Ulit?Js must be ascribed this terrible prospect for the South. They aud their emissaries have inflamed the minds of the negioes with ideas which cannot be obliterated exempt by the stern and bloody wxperieiicespf the battlefield. They have goaded the Southern whites into desperation - forced them,asa means of preserving their race, to imitate the example of' their black antagonists by organizing a powerful secret society, and they have planted the seeds ot the mos: tearful conflict" that fh:s cuolinriri ever wituossed. Unfortunately, the races are nearly balanced, numbering, as they do. some six millions of whites to over four millions ot blacks A war between them will be much worse than any of the in? surrections in St. Domingo or Jamaica. Jn the South the whites are numerous ; they possess superior intellectual powers, and have won a world wide reputation for valor. Sul.'they have to contend against a horde of semi-savages, backed up by the entire power of the Radical party, and hall crazed by the pernicious leaching* they have received. An army costing throe hundred millions per annum will not sunl?e to iccrjr the pe.-h-t between tho two races. The inflexibility of the whites, and the dogged dotcrniiual-?on of the blacks never to submit t.o'eacb other's rule, appear to render in advance any at? tempt at. h reconciliation or restoration, of kindly feeling utterly impotent The situation in the South is a sad one; the futnre offers nothing better than in? ternecine war. In the "black belts," as they were called, of the different Sotith I erri Slates, those whiles who can get awtty fare already leaving thr-. home- of then* I nativitj and seeking safety elsewhere. They are fortunate in being able to leave; for those who arc compelled to remain will have to bear the brunt of the' storm; and for this impending conflict?for this certain annihilation of one. and possible destruction of both races?the Radicals arc alone responsible. They attempted to ovorthrow the laws of nature, t? strike down the barriers which God had placed between the white man and the negro, and to elevate the inferior race into the position of ruler of the superior... That this attempt "must eventually fail, we* firmly believe; but before its impossibili? ty of success has been demonstrated, the - wretched people of the South will have to confront another and mere terrible strug? gle, and another and greater hecatomb of graves must be reared from the Pofo mac to the Rio Grande. Such will bo.the result* of a Radical policy of reconstruc? tion ; and wc claim no remarkable pre? science in seeing it. Tho Radical party, in the effort to perpetuate their power, have ?? organized heil in tho ?outh." When the fruits of their measures have bloomed, they must prepare to receive from the entire people that oternal infa? my their own acts will have brought up- ?' on themselves, and to sink into oblivion amid the execrations of the thousands in the South whose kindred will have been murdered, and whose homes will have been desolated through an insane attempt to compass an- impossibility.?New York Herald.: -?-4W Ashley ?ir?N'G the Germans. ? O'ri Monday evening, aftet the speech-making at the Club House, Ashley and Mdckevy finding that the mouufcaitf'(in the shape of white men)-.would not come to Mahomet, ?determined that Mahomet would go to tho mountian. They accordingly made a de? scent upou a party of our German citizens, who, in the most private, manner, were with their wives and sweethearts enjoying the pleasures of Terpsichore at a select ball in their Turnverein Hall, on King street. Greatly astonished at this rude invasion, and perhaps perplexed at the lack of courtesy which led a party of men to break unbidden into their entertaiment, one of the Germans inquired what they wanted. Ashley said they wanted to ??make a speech on the political issues of the day; and intimated, that.he was v^ry" fond of "Germans, and.death; on Bologna sausages. ? One of the managers of the ball inti? mated back that the ambrosial impeacher had e\ident'y got into the wrong hotel,- " and i hey "didn't want no sich." Mr. Ash- 1 ley was further informed that the Germans of Charleston were white men, and not in the habit of being intruded upon in their - private 'entertainments by peregrinating politicians. The managers then turned - their backs upon the party and left them to their own reflections. On receiving tiiis very emphatic snub, it:.is -stated that the illustrious M. C. looked as if.he had been '"bottled.up" and wanted air, which he speedily , found-by putting himself vehemently down stairs. Mr.?Ashley is truly unfortunate. A few months ago he loomed up iike a lighthouse. The newspapers advertised him free of charge all over the country.. Then the Washington correspondents began to skin him alive, and didn't leave enough of his corpomsity, politically, to make a respect? able funeral. The impeaching process be? gan, and he was left out in the cold. When the lovely Butler took his place, Ashley took the stump.; He turns up in South Carolina. The whites won't hear him ; the colored people only applaud when he makes faces, and . his audiences "grow small'by "degrees nnd-; beautifully loss." He intrudes oii a German ball to . make a speech, and is told inferentially that although, he may be the immortal' Jeems Marsfisll Ashley, a Virgiuian so-' called, named after one of our big rivers, a very polite sort of member of Congress and all that, they nevertheless prefer td select their company, and in doing so in? variably choose a white man.?Charleston News. -<* Mu. Twomui.ey's Mistake.?Mr. Thom? as Twombley had drank but six glasses of. brandy and water, when, being a man of. discretion, he returned home at the season? able hour of l "o'clock a. m., and went soberly to bed. Mrs. Thomas Twoml-lry- - Was too well accustomed to the comings and goings of said Thomas to he disturbed bv the trifling noise he made on retiring; . but wheyi she discovered that lie ~];?u' his boots on, she requested him to remove them or keep Iiis feet out of the bed. '?My dear," said Mr. Twombley, in an apologetic tone, "skuso me: How I came to forget the boots X can't conceive, for I m just a? sober as ever I was in my life." Mr. Twombiy sat on the side of the bed and made an effort to pull off his right boot. The attempt was successful, though it, brought him to the floor. On regaining his feet, Mr. Twombley thought be saw ? I the door open. As he was sure he shut, the door on coining in, he was astonished, and, dark as it was in the room, he could not be mistaken, he felt certain. Mr. Twombley staggered toward the' door to close it, when to his great surprise, he saw a figure approach from beyond. Twom? bley stopped; the figure slopped. Twom? bley advanced again, and the figure did the same Twombley raised his tt?u? hand ; the figure.raised it* left. '"Whose thcro?" roared Twombley, be? ginning-lo be frightened. The object made "no reply. Twombley raised Iii? boot in a menacing attitude; the figure' defied Lim bv shaking a similar object. " ^By the Lor!'' cried Twombley, "I'll find out who you be, you-snenlun' cuss! He hurled his' boot full at the l ead of t! u mvsierious.object, when?crash! went the looking glass which,, ^wombley had mis? taken ibr'tho door.* ' -;-*-?-r:-r4 1 ? Be euro vou're rigv t, tuea go ahead.