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Jatean |tttiel%??feL Wednesday Morning, July 1st. COTTON BLOOMS. Mr. L. C.'Nkal, of this District, sent us several cotton blooms on the 29fh ult. Another gentle? man informed us last week that ho saw abloom on thalOtibj, near Belton. This ia remarkably., early, for this section. THE WEATHER AND CHOPS'. There has been too generocrain in this- section of the.State for nearly sir weeks, and the crops are everywhere suffering. We are " informed that the drought began this year abbat the same time ss ir? '4?? known as the "dry year,-" and .many, are fearful that a similar disaster TnlPagoin befal us. Such a calamity, heaped on a thousand other woes, would fill our cup of misery to overflowing. .-:????-;? . EQUITY COVET. The June term of the Coori of Equity began on .Tuesday, 23d ult., and continued th? remainder of last week. The dockets seemed to be heavy, and mach'business wiis continued. . Only a few impor? tant cases'Tiere heard. Chancellor Cabboll pre? sided, with all Ihe dignity and ability for which he ? is distinguished, and made a most favorable im? pression, upon the bar and community, lt waa his first visit to this 'District ia thia high judicial ca? pacity, and will probably be the last, since the new regime will shortly be inaugurated. We observed among the legal fraternity during the week, Hon. JB. F. Pkbbt, CoL Townes and Capk Kawlx,. of Greenville; Gen. McGowan and Maj. Bu et, o? Abbeville; Mesara. Nobton and Simme3, of Pick eas. and -W. G. H abbi 3, Esq., of Laurens. THE CLIMAX HOT YET BEACHED. A dispatch from Richmond gives the following letter from Senator Sumner, of Massachusetts, to s' cit i-.cn of Norfolk. It will be seen that the grand climax baa. not yet been reached, and that this honorable Senator desires the company of aome sable brother, aa the acme of his political ambition. W? sincerely agree with Charla the First, and earnestly hopo that the present Radical Congress may be regaled with the presence of a genuine son of Africa, as the proper representative of the ro . construction - attained by that body. After thia Congress ia dissolved, however, we*- would prefer that the negro and his ardent admirers be required to take a back scatj Scmseb included. Here is the latter-: Sksate Chambee, June 22, 1868. _2?<er Sir : I have your letter of the 18th in ref? erence to the eligibility of a colored man to Con? gress. I know ol'no ground on which he could be excluded from his seat if duly elected, and I should vete?me the election of a competent representative of the colored raes to-either House of Congress as the final triumph of the cause of equal rights. Until thia step is taken our success, is incomplete, ,\ Toora.truly, CHARLES SUMNER. -__j-o MEETING OE THE LEGISLATURE. '" The Governor elect, Gen. R, K. Scott, has ia ancd a proclamation convening the Legislature of thia State' on Monday next, 6th instant, in the city of Columbi?. The constitutional amendment will bc adopted and United States Senators elec? ted, when it is presumed the Legislature will ad? journ for a short time, and await the reception of the sews that the State has been allowed Con? gressional representation. It ts stated that the member; .elect of the Legislature will not be sworn in, until after the State is declared entitled to .representation in Congress. In the meantime, the Reconstruction acts are in full force, the State government provisional only, and tho military au .thority.aopreme. At this writing, we are not advised in regard, to the contest made abont the members from this bia -trici. -We will say thia much, however, in ad . yance, that unless the Democrats elected are priv ' Hoged to take their scats, Gen. Canby has only looked on one side of the picture. That may be his style of making-investigations?we don't pre? tend to kaow. -?-o THE RIGHT 80RT O? A MAH. Gen. Charles P. Stone, formerly a gallant Fed? eral officer, who has settled since the war in Gooch land County, Virginia, where his upright and 'ooarteous demeanor has won him many friends, wes recently unanimously nominated by a conven? tion of the conservatives of GoochlancL. Powhnttaa and Fluvanna to represent their district in the Senate of Virginia. He declined the honor in a Hotter so manly, frank and delicate, that we cannot rrefrain from making-an extract, to illustrate tho -?diff?rence between tho Northern gentleman and the carpet-bagger. Baring thanked the Convention for the honor of the nouiinaliioc, and observed that it is a proud position, when perilous times come upon a people, to be selected as their representative by thefr free choice, Gen.Stono says: h is not to be supposed that it con have been a ? perfectly free choice in this case. It is not be - supposed that in a Virginia Senatorial District com? prising three large Counties, a free choice should set aside all the gentlemen who were born and bred in the district, and who hnve^lived honored in it from yonth up, and select one. who, while yielding to no one in a sincere and earnest devotion to the welfare, and in desire to protect the rights and ad? vance the interests of thc people of the district, yet has been a resident in it only two and a half years ; one who was born a Ynnk?e, in Yankee land, and who Io>ks back to five generations of Yankee ancestor.*, glorying in. the lineage. Public doty demands of a man tira^he. shall, if necessary for the public good, sacrifice everyiitingtllat is his, save his self-respect. That can never bc required; ?nd if required, cannot be yielded. I should lose mine did I accept a public trust cot freely offered, and climb to office by reason of tho , -present peculiar condition of public fiffairs. While, by its Constitution, our country claims to be a free republic, resting upon tho consent of the ?whole people, no voluntary act of mino shall ap? pear to admit . that it is not one?and it would be "apparent, should 1 now be selected from among my .peera for thc (rust in question, that one strong point governing the.-ohoico, is my mere ability to freely lake an abominable test oath, which dis? graces the proposed Constitution of the State, ren? dering ineligible largo numbers of the most honor? able and most trust-worthy voters and taro-payers within its limits. I oaanever accept office under , - such conditions. What a rebuke this is to-tire tribe of adventurers, -numerous as the locusts of Egypt, that-have over? run the whole South, absorbing all the offices, and glorying in that which should be their shame! Most of these birds of prey migrate to- the South, iox no other purpose than to gorge themselves upon what the battle hos left. Not a few of them have left their own country "for their country's good!'? Instead of ? being ashamed to "climb to office by reason of the present peculiar condition of publio affairs," they would be ashamed of themselves if they neglected the opportunity. It is not, as a genoral thing, for tho distinction of the offices that they care to have them, but for the emoluments and stealings, though there arc some who really ?cern to think thal an office confers honor, r.o mat? ter bow it is obtained. General Stone deserves the thanks of his own soction for giving the South at least one specimen of true, self-respecting Northern manhood, which lion so long beon dis? gracefully represented i" 'he official vampires who ! ace rioting in th? Kft-l?!o'?d of 'li* J?m;fn-:'? people. ' ITEMS-EDITORIAL ?ffD OTHERWISE, i ? Got. Bollock Las issued a proclamation, con? vening theJ<eg?8lalure.of Georgia on tb? 4?i inst. ? TLe military authorities offer a' jerrard of $5,000 for the arrest of the murderer of G. W. Dill; near Camden. ; ? Accounts from Mississippi stats that the Democrats carried the election last week by a large majority, and tbat the constitution has been de? feated: ? The President has sent special agents to Georgia, to investigate the circumstances connected with the imprisonment of citizens of Columbus, al? leged to-be concerned in the killing of Ashburn. ? Lu the United States Court, at Raleigh, last week, acose was tried, in which a stockholder of the Bank of Washington, N. C., was sued for the full amount of the notoB of said bank. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the stockholder. ? Among those from this State whose political disabilities were removed on the passage, by Con? gress, of the conference-bill, by a two-thirds vote, last Monday, .were J. D. Ashmore, A. S. Wallace, C. C. Bowen, .F. J. Mos bs, Jr., Thomas J. Mackey. ? Chief Justice Chr.se, in conversation recently, expressed himself anxious for the withdrawal of troops from the Southern States before the elec? tion, in order that the country may see bow the people will vote when onawed by bayonets. ? It is a characteristic circumstance that tho first point raised by the Arkansas delegation-after their admission to- Congress, was whether they were entitled to pay from the date of their elec? tion or that of taking their seats. ? A bill has been introduced into thc Houso of Representatives, furnishing arms to the militia, (of the South, we presume.) which authorizes the Secretary of War to supply each congressional dis? trict with 2,000 rifles and a battery, upon the as? surance that militia organizations in the respective districts are lovai. If this scheme succeeds, thc entire Southern States will be in thc condition of Tenncsse?reconstructed, and held' down by thc bayonet ? Ex-Oov. Seymour addressed an immense crowd in New York city, on last Friday night, in which he said that without general amnesty and the restoration of suffrage to all whites of tho South, a great standing army mnst be a permanent institution. He appealed to all classe?, in every sectioa of the country, to use their united efforts to restore peace and prosperity, and drive from pow er the enemies of liberty, honesty, honor, rights and constitutional law. rMPEACHMENT-"NOT DEAD, BUT SLKEPEZET." It has been a mather of conjecture with us as to the whereabouts and intentions of old Thad. Ste? vens. We wero confident that he was concocting I some new villainy, and are not now surprised to find the following paragraph in a recent number of the Now York Tribune : ? The Hon. Thaddeus Stevens hos prepared new articles of impeachment against President Johnson, which he will report to the House as soon as the Anendatory Tax bill is disposed of. He has writ? ten an elaborate speech in support of these articles, and will deliver it in the House when the articles are offered. The articles as at present constituted are four in number. The first impeaches Andrew Johnson for a high misdemeanor in violating the Constitution of the United States by making Pro? visional Governments in the Southern States with? out the consent of Congress, etc. The second im? peaches him for a usurpation of the pardoning powor both in- the cases of Rebels and of deserters (ron*, the Union army,.whom he pardoned for the special purpose of enabling them to cost their votes at a pending election in a loyal State. The 3d im? peaches him for a high crime in using the patronage of his offioe to obstruct the laws cf Congress in the Southern States. The 4th.and last impeaches him for a corrupt use of tho patronage of his office in the elections which have taken place within the 'last three years in the various States of the Union. Mr. Stevens has spent a great deal of time and labor in the preparation for this new attempt at impeachment. He hos gone all over the investiga? tions which were made in the first attempt at im? peachment, and over those of thc late trial as well, and from them he has framed a new. indictment. 1 It may he remembered that the strongest article of the famous eleven, and the one which Mr. Johnson- j feared most, was matured and written by Mr. Ste? vens. It is not expected that a vote can be secured on these articles during the present session. Mr. Stevens is aware of this, but says that he will bring them up carly in the next session. He wanta the truth and facts togo to the country even if nothing further can be accomplished. --4? A WOED OF ENCOURAGEMENT. In publishing extracts from the letters of Messrs. Kudtma>n and Smith, which appeared in this journal last week, the Charleston Xor s says edito? rially : We print this morning a full abstract of two let? ters which have been received by Gen. Harrison, containing a graphic but faithful account of the vast wealth of thc border counties of South Caro? lina and the line uf the Blue Ridge Railroad. The facts stated may seem incredible to those who do not know the region which they describe, and they will be surprising to many who have believed that they were well acquainted with our mineral and agricultural resources- Every word may, however, be relied on as the simple, straightfoward truth. Them is every reason to believe that the Blue RiJgo Railroad will bc completed during General Scott's term of office, and we are glad to see indi? cations that the State is once more alive to the im? portance of that vast undertaking. l'or Ike Andcrton Intelligencer* Honea Path. S. C., Y June 24th, 1868. J Mr. Editor: Please insert in your paper the pro? ceedings of the Democratic club at Honea Path, on Saturdoy the 18th ult. According to a resolution passed'at our last meet? ing, Col. W. D. Wilkes had been invited to address them. Tho citizens, both white and colored, hav? ing also been notified, and quite a number of both having assembled at the church. The meeting was called to order by the President of the club. But, in order to give aa much time to the Colonel as possible, the general routine of business was dispensed with, and the Colonel was then introduced. He responded by tendering his profoundest thanks to both officers and members, for the invitation they had so kindly extended to him. He then proceeded in an able and eloquent manner to give a graphic description of the Demo? cratic party in its post, present, and probable fu? ture history? together with what he believed to be our duty in the present distracted condition of the country?which was listened to with almost breath? less attention by all. After directing his remarks to the whites for some time,, he turned to the col? ored, and in his usual happy manner acquitted himself well, conclusively showing the intrigue and falsehood with which the carpet-baggers and renegades were riveting the chains upon the col? ored population?giving a scathing rebuke to all who are connected with Loyal Union Leagues? together with the dangers which must necessarily follow. With these remarks ho closed. An opportunity was then.given for the reception of members to the club?whereupon four whites and four colored authorized the Secretary to.regis? ter their nnmcs. The meeting then adjourned to meet- again in two. meeks. W. T. TRAY XII AM. Secretory. - .? ggy- In New York on Saturdny, 27th ??fcot-1 ton waa len active af % I J. Gidd, t-K'J. ^ For the Anderson Intelligencer. Killie's OnovE, Cherokee Co., Ala., \ June 24, 1868. f Mr. Editor : Please allow me, by request some of your readers, to give a description of I country hereabouts through tho columns of y( paper, a perusal of which I hope will not pn altogether uninteresting. Kirk's Grove is pleasantly situated twenty-t miles southwest of Rome, Ga., on the eastern si of the Coosa River, and within a few miles of I Georgia and Alabama line. Capt. Kirkpatrick, native Caiolinian, resides here, and is doing thriving business in thc mercantile linc, cotnmai ing'the custom of almost the entire communi This section is noted for its remarkable beauty a farming country. It presents to those seeki pleasure a beautiful appearance. Nature has deod smiled upon this portion of Cherokoe. 1 rich soil of tho Coosa bottoms, its level and bei tiful appearance, together with the fine vail lands to our right and left, present to the fara everything that is attractive and interest ii Large farms are situated up and down the riv' nearly all of which are in a good state of cultii j lion, and some can bo bought or rented on reasc able terms. Cotton grows finely on those furn and the soil being loose and mellow, this st apio more easily cultivated than it is in South Carolii There are two qualities of land on the ri\ here?one peculiarly adapted to cotton, and t other to grain and clover. The cotton land loose and mellow, aud borders on the river bar while the other, situated a distance from the rivi is of a stiff nature, though very productive. Tl quality of land produces the finest clover I cv saw, Virginia not excepted. Will some of o Anderson friends, who deserve credit under t hand of improved husbandry for the success! cultivation of clover, blue grass, etc., give us call, and see what a contrast ? I am sure th one acre here would yield more than two thet with all the guano that might be usod. One Anderson's best farmers came to this County in t Fall of I860, and he has since been principal engaged in the cultivation of cotton.. He farm last year under circumstances very unfavorabl as most farmers did who based their- expenses i the high price of cotton, but by indefatigable e ergy and perseverance, he came out all right, ai this year he is going ahead again with renew energy, and with a-bright prospect of success. The cotton crop is very promising this yeo Farmers generally have a good stand, the eeasoi so farhav-e been propitious, and with a good pro .peet of continuing so. Tho negroes have genero ly gone to work with a better spirit than they ha' heretofore exhibited since the close of the wa and were it not for radical demagogues, they wou soon form an attachment' for and commnnity interest with those among whom they must liv and whose fortunes they mast share. ThiB Coui ty affords the best land in upper Alabama, and represented by those who have traveled lo be tl most desirable portion of the State. On the bc tracts of river or valley land, 1 bale of cotton, S or SO bushels corn, 20 bushels wheat per acre is common estimate The facilities for transport] don are very good, having direct connection wit the Atlantic seaboard by steamboats running tl Coosa, and ere long the Selma, Rome and Dalto Railroad will push its rnilrMo Rome and Daltoi and give us whatever benefits may be derived b commercial connection with the great Southwes The noble Coosa will soon arrest the attention! capitalists, and thc opening of the same will offc such profitable investment, that in a comparai i vol short time our products will be borne upon he bosom to tho Gulf to bc exchanged for the luxt ries of the tropics. The day is coming when (hi section will teem with a rich and prosperous pop ulalion. Its rich valleys and its hills, or it mountain?, richer still, in the undeveloped.minen wealth which they contain, and its vast wat ct power, constitute resources w-hioh, soonor orlatei must make ii, tho theatre of great agriculture and manufacturing prosperity. Already genii? men of enterprise aud sagacity?Southern mer too?have entored upon thc development of thi bright future. Factories, foundries, etc., aro i successful operation ; establishments for the man ufacturo of agricultural implements are in cou templation by somo of our leading men. To sc our own people leadiug off in tho manufacture c such articles thal can bc made here just as chea as at the North, io indeed complimentary to th spirit of enterprise. And when sufficient capita shall have been directed to the inexhaustible bed of iron and coal which abonnd in this section when the music of machinery shall mingle will the roar of these waterfalls, and the already pro ductive and beautiful valleys shall increase thei rich harvest of variegated products?from tin rice of the lowlands to thc grasses of the middl States?this will be a country which, in all ilia conspire to make happy homes and prosperous communities, cannot be surpassed in America. Farmers and mechanics of Anderson who desiri to emigrate West, would do well to visit this por lion of Alabama before locating elsewhere. A fe? weeks after laying by crops might be spent verj pleasantly on a trip here, and I am sure thej would be welcomely received and hospitably treat, ed, and on their return would carry with them lin impression that this is one of tho most dclightfu and attractive sections of our once beautiful South Respectfully, J. P. G. ??-<? VETO OF THE OMNIBUS BILL. Washington, June 2.r>. The following is the message of President John? son, returning the omnibus reconstruction bill, with his objections i To the House of Representativa : In returning lo the House of Representatives, in which it originated, a bill entitled "An Act lo nd mit tho States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alubama and Florida to repre? sentation in Congress," I do not deem il necessary to state at length the reasons which constrain me to withhold my approval. I will not, therefore, undertake, at this time, lo re-open-the discussion upon the grave constitutional questions involved in the Act of March 2. J8IJ7, and the Acts supplemen? tal thereto, in pursuance of which it is claimed, in the preamble to this bill, thcae States have formed aud adopted Constitutions of State government. Nor will I repeat the objections contained in my message of ?he 20th instant, returning without my signature (ha bill to admit to representation the State of Arkansas, and which ore equally applica bio to the pending measure. Like the act recently passed in reference to Arkansas, this bill super cedes the plain and simple t.iodc prescribed by the Constitution for the admission to scats in the re? spective Houses of Senators and Representatives from tho several States. It assumes authority over six States of the Union which has never been dele? gated to Congress, or is even warranted by previous unconstitutional legislation on the subject of res? toration. It imposes conditions whioh are in de? rogation of equal rights of the States, and is found? ed upon a Iheory which is subversive ?f thc funda? mental principles of tho Government. In the case of Alabama, it violates the plighted failli of Con? gress, by forcing upon that State n Constitution which was rejected by the people, according to 'he express terms of an Act of Congress reouiring that a majority of the registered electors should vote , upon thc <|uestion of its ratification. I For those objections, and many others (hat might be presented, I cannot opprove this bill, and, therefore, return it for the action of Congress, re? quited in <uch rases by thc Federal Constitution. I ANDREW JOHNSON. I For the Anderten Intelligencer. Mr. Editor : I had the pleasure on last Sat day of being present nt the meeting of the F Rock Democratic Club, and at the request of Chairman, I send you the following resolutions pub.ication, which were unanimously passed : Resolved,. That we recommend to Dr. Broyl President of the Anderson Democratic Club, propriety of calling a meeting at Anderson of the Democratic Clubs of the District, (at his cai cst convenience,) for the purpose of organizing Central Club. Immediately after the adjournment of the Ch a meetinrj of the citizens was held, A. 0. Non Esq., in the Chair. On motion the following re lution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we cordially endorse a call mt through the Intelligencer for a meeting of the ci zens at Anderson on the 18th of July for the pi pose of organizing a Farmer's Association. The above, Mr. Editor, is as it ehould be. think we should keep the farming interest of I country as distinct from politics as may be ct ven icu t. Let each interest, as far as possible, assigned to and kept in ?b- appropriate depa mont. The people of Flat Rook-seem wide awal and quietly, yet firmly, lay hold-of every schei that looks lo the public good. From what I c hoar from different portions of the District, ' may expect a largo crowd on the 18th of July. One word in regard to the first- resolution, think we have already been too dilatory in-regn to this matter. It is true the party in the Distr heretofore has done well?evincing a remarkal spirit of self-sacrifice, and theroby achieving victory which, under the circumstances, is aim? unprecedented. But we must not now sleep o\ our laurels. It requires the same sacrifice and vi? lance to keep a party in successful operation tl it does to form it. We must not only give ot selves to the duty of further strengthening o cause in.thc District, but by all means, do all can to infuse encouragement and strength to t cause throughout the State, in which it is true are in a considerable minority. Rut I candie believe tbat wo have all the elements of pow which, if wisely and prudently applied, may j place us in the ascendancy. ' We must, howev< be patient, and not allow ourselves to'become d heartened and restless under partial disaster. B member it takes time to accomplish grand resul and it would be a result worthy the wisdom ai prowess of the old Palmetto State to wrest h people from the jaws of Radicalism. H. -* For the Anderson Intelligencer. Mountain Ckkkk Chckch, "l June 27, 1868. , J A few farmers of this vicinity met and orga ?zed by calling Lo vi Burriss to the Chair, and r questing J: W. Norris to act as Secretary. Tl objects of the meeting wore stated in appropria language by a member of the meeting, and tl following resolutions passed : Resolved, That we appreciate the necessity organizing a Farmer's Association for ?nderst District, and approve thc call of a Mass Meetir of. Farmers at Anderson C. Ii. on the 1 Rib Ju next for that purpose. Resolved, That we believe the importance of tl subject requires tho personal attendance of evei farmer in the District, but to secure a proper re; rtsontotion of this neighborhood, we appoint . W. Norris, D. K. Watson and J. Skelton, delegati to represent this meeting in the Mass Meeting 1 the lime above mentioned. Resolved, That the Anderson Intelligencer bo ri quested to publish these proceedings. LEVI I5URU1SS, Chm'n. J. W. l?onms, Sjc. According to previous appointment, a number < .citizens met at Mountain Creek Church to form Democratic Club. On motion. J*. W. Norris wu ?oalled to the Chair, and.L. J. Burriss requested t act as Secretary. The Chairman briefly explain? the objects of thc meeting, and the necessity fe concert and unity of sentiment. On motion, Lei Burriss, Matthew Snipes, D. K. Watson, Jabe Skelton and P. A. Masters were appointed a corr mince to prepare a constitution for the govert ment of the Club. The committeo presented a constitution, which was adopted, and tho follow ing officers elected : President, J. W. Norris Vice Presidents, D: S. Wntson and J. Sktlton Secretary, L. J. Burriss; Treasurer, Levi-Burris! Tho constitution is similar to the ene usuall adopted by country Club?. The following resolutions were adopted :: Resolved, That it is the scn3e of this club tho there should bc a Central Detnoci?itic-Club at An dersou C. H., to which all other clubs in the Dis trict should yield a reasonable obedience, enmpo sed of citizens of Anderson, and an Execuiiv Committeo of five of its members, with one mein ber of tho Executive Committee from each coun try cluh, and that said Executive Committee shouh meet regularly once a month for the transaction 0 general business. Resolved, Thal the President is hereby author ized lo appoint a delegate to attend thu Centra Club, if coiled for before our next meeting. Resolved, That our next meeting be held at thii place on t>he25tu o? Jivly, at il o'clock, p. m. Resolved, That the Anderson Intelligencer bc re quested to publish these proceedings. J. W. NORRIS, President. L. J. Burbiss, Sec. ?-? For the Anderton Intelligencer. Mr. Editor: lam directed tosend to you foi publication the following Resolutions which wen adopted by tho Greenwood Democratic Club, al the last meeting, held on Saturday ihe 20th inst.: Resolved, That wo approve of the compromise adopted by the Central Exccutivo Committee of thc Democracy of the Slate, a ad-congratulate the peo? ple of tlie entire State on the prospect of harmony among our people in thc approaching ^Presidential election, and do hereby record our upproval of the combined nominations of the two Conventions re? cently held in Columbia for delegates to represent the State in the National Democratic Convention, to be held' on the 4th of July nert. Resolved, That we heartily approve of the sug? gestion for thc formation of a Central Democratic Club for the District, and would recommend that (he Anderson Democratic club call a meeting for that purpose at an early day. Resolved^ Thut the Anderson, Williamston, Brushy Creek, Piercctown, Greenwood. Bishop's Branch, Pendleton and other adjacent clubs, are hereby in? vited lo appoint one delegate, each lo meet at Piercctown on Saturday. 4th of July, to consult as to thc propriety of calling a mass meeting, at some suitable central point at Bn early date, to refresh and stimulate each other in the approaching strug gie for Constitutional liberty. J. S. AUSTIN, Sec. Greenwood Democratic Club. Equality, S. C., June 21th, 18(18. -<<? For the Anderson Intelligencer. Mn. EniTon : Anderson Division, No. 20, Sons of Temperance, has been ?e-organized wiih flatter? ing prospecta for usefulness. At a regular mcoting of the Division on thc 2r>th inst., the following officers were elcslcd for the quarter, commencing July 1st. : A. B. Towers.. W. P. D. IL Stephens, W. A. J. F. Lewi?, R. S. J. T. Keown,. A. R. S'. L. P. Smith, F..S. R. M. OtlNRSCALES, T. John H. McGill, C. J. M. Patxb, A. C. A. t). La?tostos?, I. S. L. C. CfcBVKEASn, 0. S. B. F. Wilson, Chaplain. The Division nicols every Friday night. Wv ure receiving additions every night, and we still have room for more. We say to all young men and old men, come and join our Temperance army. B. F. WILSON, R. S. Pro tem. Anderson, C. H., June 30th, 18C8. PEOTEST AGAINST THE ADMISSION OF AB? KANSAS. In addition to the forcible reasoning contained in the President's veto message, which will be found on fourth pnge to-day, the admission of Ar? kansas into the Union has received a fitting rebuke at thc hands of the Democratic members of the lower House in Congress. This manly protest ngainst Radical legislation is signed by forty-five members, and is as follows: The recognized presence of three persons on thc floor of this House from the State of Arkansas, sent here by military force, acting under a briga? dier general of the army, bul nevertheless claiming to be members of this Congress, and to share with us, the Representatives from free States, in the imposition of taxes and customs and other laws upon our people, makes it our imperative duty in this, the first case, to remonstrate most solemnly, and to protest as solemnly, ngainst this perilous and destructive innovation upon the principles and practices of our hitherto constitutional self-govern? ment. The so-called reconstruction acts which created the military government in Arkansas, and like government.? in other Southern States, to share with us in the legislative power of the Northern aod Western free people, we have every reason to believe, have been held to be unconstitu? tional by the Supreme Court of the United States, the public declaration of which fact was avoided only by the extraordinary and strange device of Congress in snatchingjurisdiciion from thc court in the McArdle case when such a public decision was about to be made. Of t he three great branches of the Government, it seems, then, that after the Executive vetoed these nets as unconstitutional, the judiciary adjudicated them to be so, while a Congress?the creation of but twenty-seven of the thirty-seven States of the Union?override these equal and co-ordinate branches of that Govern? ment, first, by voting down the vetoes; next, by nullifying the judgment of the court. In an era of profound pence, when not'an armed man rises aginst the Government, from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, there, in ten States, our American historical way of creating the organic law has been utterly subverted by the bayonet. Ever since the Declaration of Independence, with scarce? ly an exception, and even amid thc battles of the Revolution, conventions have been convoked through and constitutions created by the electors of the Suues, the only authorized depositories of the sovereign power of every State, without exte? rior dictation, as under the existing Federal Con? stitution, the hardest and harshest test-oath re? quired from 1776 to the peace of 1783 was an abjura? tion oath of allegiance to George the Third ; while some of the now so-called bayonet-made constitu? tions from the South propose absurd and cruel tests?absurd, ns iii Arkansas, where is interwoven in the organic law a mere party test between Radical reconstructionists and the Demooratic Conservatives, such as would exclude from voting, if living there, tl>e thousands and tens of thou? sands of Democrats in the free States, (article eight, section 4 ;) or cruel, as in Alabama, where no white man can vote who will not forever for? swear his own race and color, aod perjure himself by swearing, in defiance of- the law of God, that the negro is his equal, and forever to be his eqiiul at the ballot-box. in the jury box, with thc. c.u> touch box, in thc school, in the college, in house and home, and by the fireside; in short, in every way, everywherc.-(Art. 7, sec. 4.) Now, in these and the other Southern States, in the midst of war, President Lincoln, in his proclamation, December 8, 1863, offered amnesty and pardon.to rebels then in arms if they would lay down their arms and take an oath of fidelity ; while now, not a Union man in Arkansas or Alabama can vote, unless, in thc first place, he swears allegiance to thc majesty of this Congress, and, in the next, swears oft his Americanism and Africanizes himself. Hitherto constitutions with us have been the outgrowth of popular life, springing from the exuberance of our enterprise und energy in the settlement of thc for? ests or prairies of our country ; but here before us now wc have nine constitutions, with one, if not three, more yet to come from Texas, which have all been imposed upon the people by five military satraps, or pentarchs, in a manner never before known under our luw, but borrowed, at liest, from imperial Boman colonization, or from the worst precedents of thc French Revolution. France is then recorded to have had live constitutions in three years, so frequently made and so frequent y changed that '.hey were ironically classed by the French people with the periodical literature of thc day. Louisiana, a colony of that France has hnd four constitutions in four years and u constitution there has now become periodical literature, ns in thc ngonies mid throes of the great Revolution.? Laws, mere statute laws, which can never bc created by const it ut ions, are appended, more or less, to all these constitutions; and these b.iyonet created, one branch ?rovcrnnients, with no Execu? tive, no Sennte, un House of Representatives, no judiciary, have ordained irrepcalable, irreversible Inws iu ihe very organism of thc State, such as cannot thus be created by the Executive, the Sen? ate, and the House of l?epresontntivcs of legiti? mate government, when acting in unison nod nil combined. All this has been dune without regard to preceding constitutions or precedents, or to the common law of tho S a o-, or the law of nations. The military, which, under legit?male institutions, can only be used in times of peace to conceive or preserve the Sta'e. have been used to dectroy States. The General of thc army, who represents thc sword-, and only the sward, of the ?epublic, has been exalted by acts of Congress above the constitutional Commander in Chief thc anny and navy, in order to execute those military decrees, nnd us I he surer way to root out every vestige of constitutional law or liberty. The same General ot the army, in order to prolong and perpetuate this military domination, North and West, us well as South, has been selected in parly convention at Chicago to head thc electoral vote for the Presi? dency in len of our Slates, which are as much un? der his feet as Turkey ia under the Sultan, or Po? land under thc Czar of Russia. But, nu if only to add insult to the injury of this military outrage upon tho popular government in these ten States, either by act of Congress, or by these Congress Roldier-mnde State constitutions, at least 20O.0UU whiles have been disfranchised, while 75^,000 ne? groes, inexperienced in all law mnking, and more ignorant than our children^ have been enfranchised in their stead, and have thus been created absolute masters and sovereigns over thc whole white pop? ulation of the South. Because of all this, and in opposition to all this, we, Representatives of the people from the Irce States, in behalf of our constituents mid of thou? sands of others who would be here represented if thc popular power without could now constitu? tionally act here within, earnestly and solemnly protest against this violence upon j ur Constitution and upon our people, and do hereby* counsel ami advise all friends of popular government io submit to this force and traud only until nt the ballot-box. opernting through the elections, this great wrong can be put right. There is no law in tho land over the constitutional law. There is no gov? ernment but constitutional government; and hence all bayonet made, all Congress imposed con Etitutions are of no weight, authority, or sanction, save that enforced by arms?an element of power unknown to Americans in. peace, and never re? quired but as it. acts in and under the supreme civil law, the Constitution, and. the statutes enact? ed in pursunnce thereof. We protesr, then, in be? half of thc freo people of the North and tho West, against the right of thia miliinry oligarchy, estab? lished in Arkansas or elsewhere in the now r-e en? slaved States of thc South, to impose upon us, through Congress, taxes or customs, or other laws io maintain this oligarchy, or its Freedmen's Bu? reau We protest ngainst going into the now pro? posed copai tncrship of miliiary. dictators nnd ne? groes in the administration of this Government.? We demand, in the name of the fathers of the Constitution, and for the sake of posterity, not its reconstruction, but the restoration of that 80crcd instrument which has been to us a pillar of fire, from 1787 on to its present overthrow ; and in all solemnity, before God and man, under a full sense of the responsi? bility of all wc utter, we do hereby affix our names to this protest ngainst thc admission of these three persons, claiming to bc members of Congress from Arkansas. ? Grant has telegraphed MoDoWeJ] to lum OTer Arl.Htiyas I? thc -dvil authorities. For the Anderson Intelligencer. Ma. EniTOB : I beg leave lo announce through your paper that I heard it waa insinuated and ru? mored that I was a Radieil, and probably a Unios League man. Now, sir, 1 take this method of say? ing it is false. I cannot believe the people of An? derson, who have known mc for the last twenty five years, would believe such a report ; but I feel it due to myself to contradict it. I am now, os I always haTC been, a conservative man. I am dis? franchised, and have Leen allowed no vote ia none of the Reconstruction elections, and conse? quently have said tut litrle abost politics or th? elections; but have advised my friends, whenever' the subject of voting waa mentioned, to vote for' Democrats. I am no politician, but have alTrayg reserved to myself the right of thinking and hav? ing my cwn opinion about men and measures, af? fecting the interest of the country. Tbia-rightfc expect to maintain, and will just say that I think; myself and family, without any vanity on my part, made as good a record in the late war aa thone who are now trying lo injure me maliciously. Very respectfully, R. N. WRIGHT. June 2hth, 1868. ? JACKSON, MISS., June 26.-Jackson is ablas? with enthusiasm ; such an accord was probably never kuown in this State. A colored Democratic club from Brandon, numbering 300, is here to speak, to-morrow, and encourage the colored Dem? ocrats. A grand torchlight procession to night two miles long. The whole State is giving large Democratic majorities. The Democrats claim 25, 000 majority. Speeches by prominent politicians to-night. The Loyal League is parading the streets, about 200 in number. The Democrats ore receiving accessions from the League. Brinson, a negro radical candidate, in Rankin County, has joined the Democratic party. Special ftotitts. To the Democratic Clubs of Air derson District. In compliance with the suggestions of a resolu? tion of the "Flat Rock Club," and from various quarters, I hereby invite the Clubs of the District to meet this Club in consultation on Saturday. Ju? ly 18th, at 3 p. m. The various clubs to be repre? sented by such delegations as they may appoint three being the number suggested. A full attendance is earnestly requested, aa the object of the meeting is the formationof a District Central'Club. O. R. BROYLES, President Anderson Club. Anderson C. H., June 29, 1808. 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