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^uto0? ?nttlli$mtx. JAS? A. HOYT, ) _ . B. B. MURRAY, j Editor?. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 6th, 1876. for president: SAMUEL J. TILDEN, Of New York. vice president: THOS. A. HENDRICKS, or Indiana. THE WOBK AT ST. LOUIS, Oar country has cause to congratulate itself upon the wise, prudent and patri? otic action of the Democratic party through its convention in St. Louis last week. Not only is the platform of prin? ciples enunciated by it statesman-like and to be admired in its every feature, but it has given to us a ticket superior to the platform, yet perfectly consistent with its every plank. The nominees are men of positive characters, without spot or blemish. They represent the nobility of human nature, and present to the country centennial candidates as grand in dignity, as lofty in purpose, and as spotless in the purity of their public and private lives as any ticket that has ever asked for the suffrages of the American Republic. Thorough reformers in both word and deed, their past services to the Republic have been the services of de? voted patriots,, rendering them in ability of statesmanship and devotion to princi? ple, the peers of any men the Nation has ever produced. To attempt to recite in this article their deeds, or even their ' virtues, is not necessary, for they are not negative unknowns, whose fame depends upon the trumpetings of political leaders. Each of the great men, Tilden and Hen dricks, are known for their virtues throughout this land, and each has prov? en himself stronger than his party in his respective State. Their candidacy means a candidacy of the lofty sentiment of free institutions, ruled over by purity of character and power of intellect; it means a return to the dignity of Ameri? can institutions and a rescue of them from the disgrace and subversion which has threatened them; it means a restora? tion of the theory of the founders of the Republic, that office is a public trust, and its holder is a public servant, in oppo? sition to the Republican practice that officers are masters of the people, whose interest they can despise for private or political gain; it means a restoration of rigid economy, of official accountability, of local State government and of thor? ough pacification, concord and harmony throughout the Union. Between Tilde n and Heud ricks upon the one hand, and Hayes and Wheeler upon the other, there is the most marked contrast. The former are positive charac? ters, while the latter are negatives; the former are reformers, while the best that can be said of the latter is that they are unknowns; the former have national reputations for integrity and ability, which makes them statesmen, while the latter are only local politicians. The former have been nominated for what they have done, while the latter have been nominated because they have done nothing. The former represent the party of reform and constitutional government, while the hitter are exponents of the party which endorses the Grants, the Blaines, the Schencks, the Belknaps, et id omne genus, and is the party of public plunder and corruption. The election of the former insures reform in every de? partment, while the latter guarantees a ? continuance of the evils of the past and present. In the two platforms the difference is no less marked. The platform of the Democrats arraigns corruption, and enun? ciates clearly every principle of the party. It panders to no sect, and does not seek through ambiguity to mistify or catch the floating vote. On the other hand, the Republican platform is one grand and incomprehensible combination of incon? sistency and mistification. ' It declares for reform, but endorses the present cor? rupt administration. It declares against sectional hostility, but endeavors to resur? rect the ghost of the Southern Confed? eracy to sway the passions of the North? ern and Western voters. It declares against public grants to corporations, but nominates the champions of the Credit MobiHers. It flounders over the im? portant question of the finances, over the woman's suffrage and the Chinese immi? gration questions, and, too timorous to act upon them, resorts to vague ambigui? ties capable of double interpretations to catch votes upon both sides. It is an admission of the weakness of the party, and is a powerful proclamation of politi? cal duplicity. Platforms, however, are nothing. As has been forcibly remarked by the great Thomas H. Benton, they are made for the temporary uses of a party, and are not expected generally to last longer than to the next election. They are made of political clap-trap and rubish, their planks being often of green or even rot? ten timber; and if we can judge any? thing, of the future from the past and present, we:would say that the great majority of the plank in the Republican platform is as rotten as the party which made it, and that no party can succeed before the country upon such an enunci? ation of principles, except by putting the best of men forward as its nominees. This the Republican party has failed to do, and we confidently predict that their decayed structure .will not be. able to stand the test of November, but will crumble in disgrace forever. On the other hand, the Democrats have an ex? cellent platform, but that which is still better, they have nominees who are a platform in themselves, and are men to whom the country would not fear to entrust the government without any platform.' This is the position which the two parties now occupy before the country, according to our view of the case, and we feel confident that the grandest triumph that could be desired awaits the Democratic nominees. The work at St. Louis cannot easily be over? estimated, for there was but one step between victory and defeat, so that noth? ing but the spirit jof patriotism which pervaded the convention could have rendered its action so wise and so sure of success. _ R. Barawell Rhett, Jr., assumed the editorial charge of the Charleston Jour? nal of Commerce on the 1st inst. TRIP TO CHARLESTON. The Crops along the Route?Fort Moul trle Centennial. Yielding to our propensity for sight? seeing and our desire and fondness for uniting with out people in their efforts to perpetuate the memories of and to increase the reverence and respect for occasions like that of the Fort Moultrie victory one hundred years ago, we, to? gether with two or three others of our town and county, took our departure on Monday morning for Charleston to wit? ness the celebration of the centennial of that battle, which took place on the 28th June, 1776. Before giving you an account of'the celebration, however, we will devote some attention to our observations as to the condition of the crops along the line of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, knowing that your readers are interested more directly in agricultural news. As we passed along through the country be? tween Belton and Ninety Six, we were pleased to see the corn and cotton crops looking well, the only fault being in the low state of cultivation. They needed the plow more particularly, but no doubt this neglect is more the result of the heavy rains than any other cause. After we passed Ninety Six and came into the vicinity of the Saluda River, we were pained to see such an almost total de? struction of the corn crop, and in many places the cotton crop also, the result of the recent great freshet We have never before seen such promising prospects so utterly blighted. In many instances the corn had grown to the height of four and five feet, but the River and other ?maller streams had been swollen to such an extent that nearly the whole crop in the bottom lands had been completely inundated, and being kept in this condi? tion several days, of course the crop is a total loss. After we left the Saluda bot? toms and came into those of Broad River, we observed the same destruction along the couise of that stream, and in some cases it was even worse than in the Sa? luda bottoms. But we were pleased to see the farmers, where the ground had sufficiently dried, busily engaged in re? planting, notwithstanding the lateness of the season. The cotton crop in this sec? tion, though a small one, looked better and showed a higher state of cultivation than that above Ninety Six. The small grain crop along the road is, with the exception of a few fields of spring oats, all harvested, but is too often seen still standing in the shock. It will be seen that Anderson and ad? joining counties are not the only ones that have suffered from the devastating effects of this terrible freshet, but the suffering is almost if not equally as severe in the lower counties. But, like their brethren along the Saluda and Broad Rivers, we hope to see them accept the consequences of this flood as cheerfully as their natures will allow, and soon again have flourishing and promising crops. We can say this much, however, to the credit of the farmers of Anderson County, throughout our whole trip we failed to see any crops that will compare favorably with those of our own farmers, where they have not been destroyed by the freshet As to the condition of the crops below Columbia, we can say but little, as we passed through that section at night; but, judging from what we could see by the light of the moon and stars, we con? clude that the crops are few, and that that region is inhabited principally by frogs and mosquitoes. When > we arrived in Charleston on Tuesday morning, we found everything and everybody in a great hurrah?hack men, newsboys, bootblacks, hotel-keepers ?in fact, everybody, old and young, were rushing to and fro, and seemed to consider every second of time as valua? ble. Our train had brought about five or six hundred passengers, and it required some time for us to secure conveyance to our destination. When we reached the main portion of the city, we found the same hurry and bustle with which we were met at the depot, except that it was here confined principally to the managers and clerks of the hotels, which were then becoming crowded. Every train and vessel that arrived during the day and night brought hundreds of visitors, and by Wednesday morning Charleston was never before so crowded. The hotels and private boarding houses were unable to accommodate the visitors?in many instances their parlors and piazzas being used for spreading beds?and hundreds were compelled to seek shelter under the roof of private citizens. The mili? tary companies of the city were kept busy from Tuesday to Wednesday morn? ing in receiving and welcoming the vis? iting companies from the neighboring cities, for whom accommodations had been previously provided. Early Tuesday morning the decora? tion of the houses and streets began, especially along the route the procession was to pass the following day. The tail and handsome buildings were deco? rated from bottom to top with evergreens, flags, etc.?flags of every nationality, great and small, and in many instances the flags of every nation were fastened in clusters by means of a ball of wood in which holes were bored and the staffs of the different flags were secured in these holes. Of course, the flags in such cases were small, and the clusters were,; generally seen suspended in the windows along the streets. But we will not enter in? to a detailed accountof the decorations, for it will consume too much time and space, and with a brief description of the arch erected on Tuesday evening, at the in? tersection of Broad and Meeting streets, will leave the picture to be completed by the imagination of the reader. The arch was thirty-five feet in height, the whole being traced in imitation of stone work, with the names of the thirteen Colonies painted on the divisions of the arch proper, Virginia having the post of honor as the keystone. A palmetto tree over the centre, flanked by a pine on either hand, crowned the structure, which was further ornamented by wreaths and a double row "of miniature flags over the arch on' its northern front The struc-1 ture presented a handsome appearance j and was appropriately designed. As to the number of flags, the Deutsche Zeitung says authoritatively that there were not less than 26,000 flags floating in and over Charleston on Wednesday morning. The preparations continued throughout Tues day, and through the activity and eeol of the several committees) by the close of the day every heeded arrangement had beeh ra?dc for the centennial pageant of to-morrow, and it only waited for its dawning for the grand celebration to commence. At about half-past five o'clock, at the sound of the drum and fife the different companies repaired to their respective battalion rendezvous, and soon the streets were crowded by the various companies, battalions, regiments and brigades as they wended their way to the rendezvous of the division. There was considerable confusion as to the place of forming in line, in consequence of a change made at a late hour on the previous evening, making Meeting street instead of the Citadel Green the place for the forma? tion of the line. However, about eight o'clock the line was formed and turned over to Gen. Wade Hampton, the com? manding officer of the day, which moved off in the'following order : Gen. Wade Hampton, commanding divis? ion; Capt. C. R. Holmes, adjutant general of division; Capt. A. Moultrie Brailsford, assis? tant adjutant general; Col. Edward McCra dy, jr., aide-de-camp; Capt. James Simons, jr., aide-de-camp; Capt. C. R. Miles, aide de-camp; Maj. Rudolph Siegling, aide-de? camp; Capt. James Armstrong, aide-de? camp; Lieut. Wade H. Manning, aide-de? camp; Dr. J. Soraers Buist, surgeon. 1. Battalion of Artillery, Capt H. F. Brewerton, TJ. S. A., commanding. Fourpieces and caissons. Light Battery F, 5th U. S. Artillery. Colored Drum Corps of Chatham Artillery. Chatham Artillery of Savannah, 4 guns, 45 men. 2. Battalion of Cavalry, Capt. J. F. Waring commanding. Georgia Hussars, 35 men. Charleston Light Drgoons, 60 men. Richmond Hus? sars, of Augusta, Ga., 28 men. German Hussars, 28 men. Social Mounted Club, ? men. Carriages with Gen. J. B. Kershaw, Gov. Chamberlain, ex-Gov. Magrath, Hon. Henry Buist, Mayor Cunningham, Gen. H. J. Hunt, TJ. S. A., and others. Companies E and G, 5th Infantry U. S. A. 3. Fibst Infantry Brigade, Lieut.-Col. C. H. Olmstead commanding. Drum Corps First Battallion Savannah Cadets. Irish Jasper Greens, of Savannah. Oglethrope Light Infantry, Savannab. Ger? man Volunters. Macon Volunteers. Com? pany B. Band. Second Battalion. Savan? nah Volunteer Guards, Companies A, ? and C. Colored Brass Band. Augusta Battal? ion. Oglethrope Light Infantry, Companies A and B. Irish Volunteers of Augusta. The Entaw Band. 4. Centennial Battalion, Gen. Johnson Hagood, commanding. German Fusiliers. Savannah Republican Blues. Boston Light Infantry. The Eutaw Flag and color-guard, consisting of a detach? ment of the Clinch Rides of Augusta, Ga., and a detail from every other company in the battalion, under command of Lieut. W. T. Gary. Old Guard Veteran Battalion. Washington Light Infantry, Companies A indB. 5. Mexican Veterans. 6. Second Infantry Brigade, Gen. James Conner commanding. Band 18th regiment infantry, TJ. S. A. First Regiment S. C. Troops. Richland Volunteer Rifle Club. Georgetown Rifle Guards. Carolina Rifle Club. Charleston Riflemen. Sumter Guard. Washington Artillery. King's Mountain Military In? stitute Cadets. Carolina Institute Cadets. Second Regiment 8. 0. Troops. Wagener Artillery. Irish Rifle Club. Irish Volun? teer Rifle Club. Irish Volunteers. Mont gomery Guards. National Zouaves. Rich ind Rifle Club. Palmetto Guard. The line of march w.-'s through CeI houn, King, Hasel, and Meeting rtreets to Broad, and thence to East Bay. The sidewalks and windows all along the route were crowded with ladies and chil? dren, who often cheered the troops as they passed. Long before the column reached the wharf at which they were to embark for the Island, very little order could be preserved, and from the time that the procession reached Meeting street it had gradually lost numbers of men. Whole platoons had fallen out of ranks, so intense was the heat. Num? bers had fainted, and others were so completely wornout and overcome by the long march and scorching sun, that they had to be taken care of by friends, and conveyed to places for recuperation. General Kershaw, Gov. Chamberlain and other honored guests, together with the troops that had stood the heat of the sun through the parade, embarked upon the Sapgho, Pilot Boy, and other steam? ers, for Sullivan's Island, but it was after twelve o'clock before the exercises on the Island commenced. The mammoth can? vass erected for the accommodation of those in attendance was crowded and jammed with heated and sweltering hu? manity, who had repaired thither to feast upon the eloquence of such accomplished orators as Kershaw, and Chamberlain. After prayer by Rev. W. T. Capers, Maj. Wm. T. Gayer, as Intendant of the Is? land, extended a hearty and cordial wel? come from the Islanders to the visitors. Maj. Gayer spoke at some length, and urged his hearers to enter heartily into the celebration of the occasion, and do all in their power to perpetuate the mem? ories of an occasion so famous in the annals of our State. After an eloquent and patriotic speech by Gov. Chamberlain, in which he ex? tended a welcome to the visitors from Massachusetts, New York, Georgia and other States, Maj. G. L. Buist introduced the orator of the day, General J. B. Kershaw, of Camden. Gen. Kershaw spoke for about an hour and a half, and was frequently applauded by his audi dience. His speech was indeed a finished production, and its delivery showed that its author, was a speaker of attainments and ability. After the conclusion of Gen. Kershaw's speech, the ceremonies were closed with a benediction by the Rev. W. H. Camp? bell, chaplain of the Palmetto Guard, and the companies filed off to the different houses assigned for their entertainment. A great many of those who were not connected with any military company returned by the first opportunity to the city, while others remained until late in the afternoon, preferring the pleasant breeze on the Island to the intense heat in the city. Take the celebration on the 28th upon a whole, and it was a briliant success, and everything passed off to the satisfaction of the citizens and visitors, and reflected great credit upon the ability and zeal of its managers. Give Charleston credit for the success with which this centennial celebration has been attended. From Wednesday until Friday evening every train that left the city was crowded to its utmost capacity with passengers leaving for their respective homes; not, however, without thankful hearts that they had been permitted to witness and participate in the festivities of this auspi? cious occasion. The hospitalities exten? ded to all visitors by the Charlestonians, was only excelled by their tropical cli? mate. The number of visitors to the centennial is variously estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000. In addition to the attractions of the centennial, there were other occasions of interest during the week that con? duced to the entertainment of the strang? ers, the most prominent among which were the races between the sailing and row boats and the base-ball match be? tween the Savannah and Charleston Clubs. But we fear we are trespassing, and will desist from further account of our pleasant trip to Charleston. VISITOR. The St. Louis Convention. Fnll Representation from Every State. Enthusiastic and Harmonious Convention. TILDEN and HENDRICKS THE STAN? DARD BEARERS. VICTORY AND REFORM ASSURED. On the morning of the 27th of June, the Convention of the National Demo? cratic party assembled at noon in the Hall or the Chamber of Commerce in the city of St. Louis, for the purpose of nom? inating candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. The hall was handsomely decorated, and every convenience for the officers and members of the Convention and for the reporters and visitors was arranged for [the occasion. The delegates were promptly seated and the Convention was called to order at 12.20 p. m., by Augus? tus Schell. In doing so, he submitted some brief remarks upon the purpose of this Convention to nominate candidates whose election shall change the govern? ment and overthrow corruption, and pro? duce the administration reforms de? manded by the people. [Applause.] He then nominated Henry Watterson, of Kentucky, as temporary chairman. [Ap? plause.] This was unanimously agreed to. Mr. Watterson was conducted to his seat amid great applause, and said: Gen? tlemen of the Convention, we are called together to determine by our wisdom whether honest government, administered by honest men, shall be restored to the American people, or to decide by our folly that it is the destiny of our country to pursue an endless, ever-revolving circle of partisan passion and corruption, until with the loss of our material well being we lose the poor man's last hope, civil liberty itself. Every citizen of the Republic, be he of one party or -"e other, feels and has felt for many a day the depressing influence of what are called hard times. We look about and see neglected fields and vacant houses, the factories closed, furnace doors shut. There aro myriads of idle hands. The happy activity of prosperous life is no? where to be found. Loyalists fatten whilst honest, men starve*. Empty is the mart and shipless the bay. What is it that has wrought so great a change in a land that under the rule of on intelligent, progressive, constitutional party ad? vanced within half a century from a con? dition of a huddle of petty and squalid provincial sovereignties to a foremost place among the nations of the earth? The reason of men must answer: "Parti? san misrule and sectional misdirection." The Republicans, my friends, are not alone responsible. With them rest the disgrace; with us, the follies. These twin agents of national mischance, work? ing under the miserable rule of contra? ries, have kept the people of the north and south apart and have supplied sus? tenance to corruption. They have dis? turbed values; they have unsettled prices; they have made our whole finan? cial system a cheat and snare; they have driven the best elements of political society into exile, and have organized charlatanism into a sort of a public policy, enabling the rogue to get a cheap advantage of his dupe, and sacrificing every popular interest to the last of that oligarchy which has become so encrusted with power as to believe it self-entitled to rule by the sheer force of its own wrong-doing. So much let us set down *o the convenient pretext of war; so much to the long account of damages be? tween North and South. It is for you to say whether the same conflict, with con? sequences multiplied and magnified, shall by any act of yours be inaugurated be? tween East and West. I shall not under? take, on an occasion of this kind and in a presence so imposing, to enforce the familiar lesson or mutual forbearance. Entreating you to direct your energies to the common enemy, I ask indulgence only on my own behalf. You have called me to a place of not mere distinc? tion, but of difhculty?a place which re? quires the best training of a better man than I am. In taking it I trust to your confidence a*ad good nature. The work before us should relate to ideas rather than to individuals. It is the issue, not the man, that should engage us. We have come here to make the people's fight, not ours ; for free, no less than honest government; for the reform of the public service and the regeneration of public morals; for administrative relief embraced in the simple creed of Home Rule, reduced -taxes, and a living chance for the South as well as North, for both the East and West. If anything comes of our proceedings, it must spring from the spirit of association and fellowship. The followers of Andrew Jackson and Silas Wright, of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, meet together on common ground at last to wrest the government of their affairs from the clutch of rings and robbers?Federal, State and munici? pal. They mean to extirpate these, wherever they are found, and whether they be Republican or Democratic. [Applause.] After prayer by the Rev. Mr. Marvin, the chair announced as temporary secre? tary, Fredik G. Prince, of-Massachusetts, with T. 0. Walter, of Iowa, and S. K. Donovan, of Ohio, as assistant secreta? ries, and Dan Abel, of Missouri, as scr geant-at-arms. A resolution was offered adopting the rules of the last National Convention, until otherwise ordered. Littlejobn,.. of New. York, inquired if this includes tiie two-thirds rule.? Voices, "yes I yes!"] If so, all right. Applause.] The chair. It does. The resolution was then adopted. The roll was then called and commit? tees on credentials and permanent organ? ization were appointed. Mr. J. C. Shep pard, of Edgeneld, represented South Carolina on the last named committee. A committee was also appointed on reso? lutions, composed of one delegate from each State, to whom all resolutions re? lating to the platform are to be referred without debate. Gen. Samuel McGowan, of Abbeville, represented South Caro? lina upon this committee. The chairman said that delegates from the National Woman's Suffrage Associa? tion were present, asking a hearing. [Cries of - "Hear them!"] There being no objection, the chair annouueed that they would be heard. Messrs. Weed, of New York, and Smalley, of Vermont, were appointed a committee to escort the ladies to the platform. Several motions and points of order were submitted, but the chair announced that a lady had the floor, and refused to hear any proposi? tions. Miss Phoebe Cozzens, of St. Louis, took the platform and addressed the Conven? tion with self-possession, but her voice was too weak to be heard many feet dis? tant. Miss Cozzens presented a memorial from the Woman's Suffrage Association, which concluded by asking the Conven? tion to adopt the following as one of the planks of its platform : Whereas, the Democratic party was the first to abolish the property qualifica? tions and extend the right of suffrage to all white men in some of the older States, and whereas it was a Democratic Legis ture that extended the right of suffrage to the women of Wyoming; therefore, Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to secure the rieht of suffrage to the women of the United States on equal terms with men. This together with various resolutions were sent up and referred under the rule, without reading, and at eight minutes' before 2 p. m. the Convention . took >'a| The Convention re-assembled at 5 p. m. The committee on credentials reported that all the States were represented and that there were no contested seats. The report was adopted with an amendment admitting delegations from the District of Columbia and from the Territories without votes. The report of the committee on perma? nent organization was read, recommend? ing Gen. John A. McClernand, of Illinois, for permanent President, with a Vice President for each State. The re? port was adopted and a committee escort ed Gen. McClernand to the chair. He addressed the Convention extempora? neously, in ? dignified and eloquent speech, counselling harmony and unity of action and fraternal feelings among the Democrats throughout the United States. The Convention was then declared ready for business, and the Hon. August Belmont, of New York, read a series of resolutions arraigning the Republican party, and appealing to the American people to forget civil war after eleven years of peace, and to put aside sectional strife. He accompanied them with some earnest remarks. The resolutions were referred. The Convention then adjourned to 11 o'clock a. m. the next day, to give the committee on platform time to report. After adjournment, Hon. Daniel Voor hees, of Indiana, was called upon, and made a strong and eloquent speech upon the issues of the campaign. At night Hon. S. S. Cox, of New York, was serenaded, and delivered a pleasant address. He set out to speak against Tilden, but the shouts of the crowd would drown his voice with their praises of New York's noble Governor, ana Mr. Cox was compelled to give Mr. Tilden a liberal amount of praise. Second Day's Proceedings?A Plat? form which is a Masterpiece of Intelect ual Workmanship, and a Nominee who is even better. St. Louis, (Wednesday) June 28.? Ali 11 a. m. every seat and standing place in the Convention hall was filled. Presi? dent McClernand called the Convention to order, introducing Father Brady, of St. Louis, who offerea prayer. Young, of Georgia, offered a resolution that the Convention endorses the reform inaugurated by the House of Representa? tives in cutting down the appropriations, approves their investigation of fraud ana congratulates the country on the bring? ing of public criminals to justice. The chair decided that the resolution must go to the committee on the plat? form. Kelley, of New York, at the request of som New York delegates, presented a paper signed by many eminent gentle? men who were opposing the nomination of Governor Tilden: [Applause, and hisses.] The chair ruled the paper out of order. The Convention then took a recess till 2 p. m. At 2 p. ra. the Convention re-as? sembled, and Judge Meredith, of Vir? ginia, the chairman of the committee on resolutions, presented a report, stating that a great many resolutions were pre? sented, all of which had been care fully examined and discussed before coming to an agreement. He then requested Mr. Dorsheimer, of New York, to read it to the Convention, and it was read as follows: platform. We, the delegates of the Democratic 8arty of the United States, in National invention assembled, do here declare the administration of tne Federal govern? ment to be in urgent need of immediate reform, do hereby enjoin upon tbe nomi? nees of this Convention, and of the Dem? ocratic party in each State a zealous effort and co-operation to this end, and do hereby appeal to our fellow-citizens of every former political connection to undertake with us the first and most pressing patriotic duty. For the De? mocracy of the whole country, we do here reaffirm our faith in the permanen? cy of the Federal Union, our devotion to the Constitution of tbe United States with its amendments universally accept? ed as a final settlement of the contro? versies that engendered civil war, and do here record our steadfast confidence in the perpetuity of republican self-govern? ment. In absolute acquiescence in the will of the majority, the vital principle of the Republic; in the supremacy of the civil over the military authority ; in tbe total separation of Church and State, for the sake alike of civil and religious freedom: in the equality of all citizens before iust laws of their own enactment; in the liberty of individual conduct, un vexed by compulsory laws; in the faith? ful education of the rising generation, that they may preserve, enjoy and trans? mit these best conditions of human hap? piness and hope. We behold the noblest products of a hundred years of*change ful history; but while upholding the bond of our union and the great charter of these our rights, it behooves a free people to practice also that , eternal vigi? lance which is the price of liberty. Re? form is necessary to rebuild and estab? lish in the hearts of the whole people the Union eleven years ago,, happily rescued, to save it from the danger of a corrupt centralism which, after inflicting upon ten States the rapacity of carpet? bag tyrannies, has honey-combed the offices of the Federal government itself with incapacity, waste and fraud, infect? ed States and municipalities with the contagion of misrule, and locked fast the prosperity of an industrious people in the paralysis of Hard Times. Reform is necessary to establish a sound currency, restore the public credit and maintain the national honor. We denounce the failure for all these eleven years to make good the promise of the legal tender notes which are a changing standard of value in the hands of the people, and the non-payment of which is a disregard of the plighted faith of the nation. We denounce the improvidence which in eleven years of peace has taken from the people in. Federal taxes thirteen times the whole amount of the legal notes, and squandered four times this sum in useless expenses, without accu? mulating any reserve for their redemp? tion. We denounce tbe financial imbecility and immorality of that party which, du? ring eleven years of peace, has made no advance toward resumption; that instead has obstructed resumption by wasting our resources and exhausting all our sur? plus income, and while annually profess? ing to intend a speedy return to specie payments, has annually enacted fresh hindrances thereto. As such a hindrance we denounce the resumption clause of the act of 1876, and we here demand its repeal. We demand a judicious system of preparation, by public economies, by official retrenchments, and by wise fi? nance, which shall enable the nation to assure the whole world of its perfect ability and its perfect readiuess to meet any of its promises at the call of the creditor entitled to payment. We be? lieve such a system, well devised, and, above all, entrusted to competent hands for execution, creating at no time an ar? tificial scarcity of currency, and at no time alarming the public mind into a withdrawal of that vaster machinery of credit by which ninety-five per cent, of all business transactions are performed, a system open to the public and inspiring general confidence, would, from the day of its adoption, bring healing on its wings to all our harassed industry, and set in motion the wheels of commerce, manufactures and mechanical arts; re? store employment to labor, and renew in all its national sources the prosperity of the people. Reform is necessary in the sum and mode of Federal taxation, to the %end that capital be set free from distrust, and labor lightly% burdened. We denounce the tariff levied upou nearly four thou? sand articles "as|Ja masterpiece of injus i tice, inequality and false pretence. It yields a dwindling, not a yearly rising, revenue. It lias impoverished many in? dustries to subsidize a few. It prohibits imports that might purchase the products of American labor. It has degraded American commerce from the first to an inferior rank upon the high seas. It has cut down the sales of American manu? facturers at home and abroad, and de? pleted the returns of American agricul? ture or industry followed by half our people. It costs the people five times more than it produces to the treasury. It obstructs the processes of production and wastes the Iruits of labor. It pro? motes fraud and fosters smuggling, en? riches dishonest officials and bankrupts honest merchants. We demand that all customhouse taxation shall be only for revenue. Eeform is necessary in the scale of public expense, Federal, State and mu? nicipal. Our Federal taxation has swol? len from $60,000,000, gold, in 1860, to $450,000,000, currency, in 1870; our ag? gregate taxation, from $184,000,000, gold, in 1860, to $730,000,000, currency, in 1870; or in one decade from less tfian five dollars per head to more than eigh? teen dollars per head. Since the peace the people have paid to their tax-gather? ers more than thrice the sum of the na? tional debt and more than twice that sum for Federal government alone. We de? mand a rigorous frugality in every de? partment from every officer of the gov? ernment. Eeform is necessary to put a stop to the profligate waste of public lands and their diversion from actual settlers by the party in power, which has squandered two hundred millions of acres upon rail? roads alone, and out of more than thrice that aggregate has disposed of less than a sixth directly to tillers of the soil. Reform is necessary to correct the omissions of Republican Congresses, the error of our treaties and our, diplomacy, which have stripped our fellow-citizens of foreign birth and kindred race, recross ing the Atlantic, of the shield of Ameri? can citizenship, and have exposed our brethren of the Pacific coast to the incur? sions of a race not sprung from the same great parent stock, and, in fact, now, by law, denied citizenship through natural? ization, as being neither accustomed to the traditions of a progressive civilization nor fitted for the exercise of liberty un? der equal laws. We denounce the policy which thus discards the liberty-loving German and tolerates the revival' of the Coolie trade in Mongolian women, im? ported for immoral purposes, and Mon? golian men hired to perform servile labor contracts; and we demand such a modi? fication of the treaty with the Chinese Empire or such legislation by Congress, within a constitutional limitation, as shall prevent the further importation or immigration of the Mongolian race. Reform is necessary and can never be effected but by making it the controlling issue of the elections, lifting it above the false issues with which the office-holding class and party in power seek to smother it ?the false issue with which they would enkindle the sectarian strife in respect to the public schools, the support of which belongs exclusively to the several States, and which the Democratic party has cherished from their foundation a.id re? solved to maintain without partiality or preference for any class, sect or creed, and without contributing from the treas? ury to any; the false issue by which they seek to light anew the dying embers of sectional hate between kindred peoples, once unnaturally estranged, but now re? united in one indivisible republic and a common destiny. Reform is necessary in the civil service. Experience proves that efficient, econom? ical conduct of the government is not possible if its civil service be subject to change at every election, be a prize fought for at the ballot-box, be abrief reward of party zeal instead of posts of honor assigned for proved competency and held for fidelity in the public em? ploy ; that the dispensing of patronage should neither be a tax upon the time of all our public men nor the instrument of their ambition. Here again promises, falsified in the performance, attest that the party in power can work out no prac? tical or salutary reform. Beform is necessary even more in the higher grades of public service. Presi? dent, vice-President, Judges, Senators, Representatives, Cabinet officers, these ana all others in authority, are the peo? ple's servants. Their offices are not a private perquisite; they are a public trust. When the annals of this Republic show the disgrace and censure of a Vice-Pres? ident; a late Speaker of the House of Representatives marketing his ru'ing as a presiding officer; three Senators profit? ing secretly by their votes as law-makers; five chairmen of the leading committees of the late House of Representatives exposed in jobbery; a late secretary of the treasu? ry forcing balances in the public accounts, a late attorney-general misappropriating public funds; a secretary of the navy en? riched or enriching friends by percent? ages levied >fT the profits of contractors with his department; an ambassador to England censured in a dishonorable spec? ulation ; Lhe President's private secretary barely escaping conviction on a trial for guilty complicity in frauds on the reve? nue; a secretary of war impeached for high crimes and confessed misdemeanors ?the demonstration is complete that the first step in reform must be the people's choice of honest men from another party, lest the disgrace of one political organi? zation infect the body politic, and there? by, taking no change of men or party, wc can get no change of measures and no reform. All these abuses, wrongs and crimes are the product of sixteen years' ascendency of the Republicans them? selves; but their 'reformers are voted down in convention and displaced from the cabinet; the party's .mass of honest voters is powerless to resist the eighty thousand office-holders, its leaders and guides. Reform can only be had by a peaceful civil revolution. We demand a change of system?a change of administration?a change of parties, that wc may have a change of measures and of men. a minority report. Gen. Tom. Ewing, of Ohio?At the re? quest of several members of the Commit? tee on Resolutions, I present a minority report as to one phase of the platform. The undersigned members of the com? mittee recommend that the following clause in the resolutions reported by the committee be stricken out: "As such hindrance, we denounce the resumption clause of the act of 1875, and we here de? mand its repeal," [cheers] and they re? commend that there be substituted for that clause the following: "The law for the resumption of specie payments on the first of January, 1879, having been enacted by the Republican party without delib? eration in Congress or discussion before the people, and being both ineffectual to secure its object, and highly injurious to the business of the country, ought to be forthwith repealed." [Cheers.] Thomas Ewing, jhio. D. W. Voorhees, Indiana. John C. Brown, Tennessee. Malcolm Hay, Pennsylvania. H. H. Trimble, Iowa. Jo?n J. Davis, West Virginia. T. L. Davis, Kansas. C. H. Hardin. Missouri. Great confusion followed this motion, and many motions, amendments and points of order were submittca. It was with difficulty that the President kept anything like order during the exciting contest between hard and soft money, which was involved in this clause and its proposed amendment. The adoption of the majority report condemned only the 1 date fixed for resumption under the act, while the adoption of the minority re? port would condemn the whole act for resumption. The previous question was called and sustained. Upon the motion to striko out the clause in the majority report and insert the minority report, the vote stood?ayes, 219; nays, 515. The platform was then adopted by a vote of 651 to 83. The convention then decided to pro ceed to ballot for the nominee for tbe Presidency. Wm. J. Whitley, of .Dela? ware, nominated Hon. Thos. F. Bayard; John S. Williams, of Indiana, nominated Hon. Thomas A. Hindricks; Leon Ab? bott, of New Jersey, nominated Ex-Gov. Joel Parker.; Senator Kernan, of New York, nominated Samuel J. Tilden, in the following eulogistic remarks : Mr. President and delegates of the Democracy of the United States, I desire to say to you that I rejoice, and I feel pleasure at the endorsement received by the gentlemen who have put in nomina? tion Bayard, Hendricks and Parker. But I must speak to you of one whose name is so closely linked with the great State of New York that he appears the most con? spicuous feature. We demand a man who can win ; a man who gives no com? promise views ? on reform, but who will push on until corruption is uprooted and entirely cast out. To you, my Southern brethren, I say you need a man who will remove the yoke and burden that has galled you for so many years, a man who can sympathize with you in your wrongs and abuses and who will use every means to furnish you just relief. To you, gcuiieraen of the North, I say you need a man whose nerve is such that nothing can deter him from doing right; a man who can give renewed life to the [)aralysis of hard times; a man whose lonesty would accomplish a thorough re? form ; reduce taxation, correct abuses, furnish bread, as it were, to those who are famishing through enforced idleness. We have in our State a man who com? bines these qualities. He came into the office of Governor of New York on the 1st of January, 1875, when the taxation of the State was $15,000,000 per year; at the end of the present fiscal year the tax? ation had been reduced to $8,000,000. [Applause.] It is needless to say further that he is a reformer. That man is Sam? uel J. .Tilden [loud and lone-continued cheering,] a'man who is a glory to his State and the pride of the great Demo? cratic party of that State. [Cries of "Time, time."] Mr. Kernan closed by reading the resolutions that were adopted at the New York State Convention in? dorsing Mr. Tilden as a candida'te. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, nominated Hon. William Allen. Heister Clymer, of Pennsylvania, nominated Gen. W. S. Hancock. The first ballot was" taken with the following result. Whole num? ber of votes cast, 738. Necessary to a clioiCG 492 ' * Tilden, 4171; Hendricks, 140*; Bay? ard, 33; Allen, 56; Hancock, 75; Parker, 18. The Chair?Gentlemen of the Conven? tion : No one having received two-thirds of the vote cast, no candidate is elected, and it will be necessary to proceed to a second ballot. The second ballot was then proceeded with amid the most intense interest. After the changing it stood as follows: Thurman, 2; Hancock, 58; Bayard, 11; Parker, 18; Allen, 54; Hendricks, 60; Tilden, 535. Without waiting to hear the formal announcement of the result by the chair, the Convention, at the close of the ballot, arose en masse cheering tremendously and continuously for fully ten minutes. The excitement and noise completely drowned the music of the band. As soon as something like order was restored, the States began changing their votes. Little Delaware went solid for Tilden. Pennsylvania'moved to make the nomi? nation unanimous. Indiana seconded Pennsylvania's motion, and, amid a fresh outburst zt enthusiasm, the motion prevailed without a dissenting voice. A motion to adjourn till 10 o'clock on the following morning finally reached the chairman's ear in the general din. It was put and carried. The Closing Day?The Ticket Com? pleted by the Nomination of Hendricks for Vice President. At the appointed hour the Convention was called to order, and, after prayer by Bishop Robinson, proceeded to business. A large number of congratulatory tele? grams was received from the various por? tions of the Union. Tbe nomination of a Vice President was then proceeded to by tbe Convention. The delegates from Indiana declined to nominate Hendricks, as they did not know that he would accept, and they said the Convention must take the responsibility of making the nomination. Governor Woodson, of Missouri, then said: Mr. President?I feel extremely grati? fied on this occasion that we are told by the delegate from Indiana that the re? sponsibility of placing Governor Hen? dricks in nomination for the second office in the gift of the American people has devolved upon thiff Convention.? [Cheers.] The Missouri delegation have instructed me as the representative of this great State to say that Missouri is a unit, and we believe the entire Demo? cratic party of America will be a unit in the support of Tilden and Hendricks. [Cheers.j Governor Hendricks has no truer friend from his own native State, or one who was willing to stand by him longer than I when his name was placed in nomination for the first office within the gift of this Convention, for I conceive that these offices are within the gift of this- Convention. I stood by him, but, gentlemen, if I was disappointed in the realization of my expectation, if I felt in my heart to weep for it. I this morning feel that I can rejoice when I remember that the distinguished reformer, the pro? found statesman, the honest man, Sam? uel J. Tilden, has been nominated by this Convention. [Applause.l And now, gentlemen, let me say this: Place Samuel J. Tilden upon the ticket first, Thos. A. Hendricks next, [applause] and then inscribe upon your Danner under those names retrenchment and re? form, honest administration, and from Maine to California our flag will float in triumph in November next. [Great ap? plause.] I second the nomination for Governor Hendricks. [Applause.] The ballot was then proceeded with, and resulted in Hendricks receiving 781 votes, which was every vote cast, except eight which were blank. He was de? clared the nominee The following resolutions were offered and adopted: Resolved, That it be recommended to future Democratic National Conventions as the sense of the Democracy here in convention assembled, that the so-called two-thirds rule be abolished as unwise and unnecessary. Resolted, That the States be requested to instruct their delegates to the Demo? cratic National Convention to be held in 1880, whether it be desirable to continue the two-thirds rule longer in force in na? tional conventions, and that the national committee insert such request in the call for the next convention. Mr. McMichael of Missouri presented the following resolution, which was adopted : Resolved, That we, the delegates, here? by pledge our individual and united sup? port to the nominees of this convention; esteeming it a positive duty to employ every honorable means for the success of the same in the November election. Mr. Riley, of Nevada, offered the fol? lowing resolution: Resolved, That the thanks of this Con? vention be tendered to the. president and Board of Directors of the Merchants' Ex? change of St. Louis for their liberality in Sresenting the use of their magnificent uilding for the deliberations of this Con? vention, and also to the citizens of St. Louis for their generous hospitality. [Cheers.] The resolution was passed unanimous iy. Mr. Kernan of New York?Mr. Presi? dent, I am directed by the delegation from the State of New York, who have been greatly indebted to the Resident' Committee in St. Louis, to present to that committee in token of our appreciation of their hospitality and efficiency a por? trait of Samuel J. Tilden, whichis above your chair. Permit me to say one word more, as I have your ear for a moment. I feel that we are now to go to work har? moniously and energetically to elect Til den and Hend ricks; and if we elect them I say to you I believe they will sweep over the country, and after the 4th of March they will sweep the carpet-baggers from the South and the thieves from the North. [Cheers.l * The Chair?What is the further pleas? ure of the convention? Colonel Williams, of Indiana?I move that this Convention do now adjourn. The question was put and motion car? ried, and at 12:30 p. m. the ttMjtt&tion adjourned sine die, with the'SHSraost harmony and enthusiasm prevailing among all the delegations. Each went to their homes to vie with the others in working for the success of the ticket. ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. ?&~ The many friends of DR. W. G. BROWNE respectfully nominate him as a suitable candidate for School Commissioner of Anderson County?subject to the action of the Democratic party. ??f The friends of Mr. ANDREW J. WATT respectfully recommend him as a suitable person for School Commissioner of Anderson County?subject to the nomina? tion of the Democratic Party. ?&- The many friends of J. N. CAR WILE respectfully recommend him as a suitable person for School Commissioner of Anderson County?subject to the nomina? tion of the Democratic party. Help our disabled soldiers. ?3T" The undersigned hereby presents his claims to Democratic Clnbs for primary election for the office of School Commis? sioner. If nominated by the G?bs, he will be a candidate for the office; if not, he will not be a candidate, but will support the nominee. WM. H. HAYNIE. ?3f The friends of Mr. ANDREW H. OSBORNE beg leave to nominate him as a candidate for School Commissioner at the approaching election?subject to the action of the Democratic party. FOR SHERIFF. ?&- The friends of JAMES H. McCON NELL respectfully announce him as a can? didate for Sheriff of Anderson. County at the next election?subject to the Democratic nomination. The many friends of W. T. GRUBBS announce him as a suitable person for the office of Sheriff at the next ensuing elec? tion?subject to the result of the Demo? cratic primary election. Help our one-arm Confederate soldier. ?ST- The friends of SAM'L E. MOORE nominate him as a suitable person for the office of Sheriff at the next election; He is therefore nominated for primary election, and if nominated by it he will be a candi? date, but under no other circumstances will he consent to run for the office. FOR CLERK OF COURT. At the solicitation of many friends, I present my claims to the Democratic Clubs at the primary election for the office of Clerk of the Court If not nominated at the primary election ^1 will not be a candi? date, but will support the nominee. THOMAS P. BENSON. Messrs. Editors: Several Democratic Clubs having nominated me for Clerk of Court, I respect fully tender them my grate? ful thanks for their preference, and" accept their nomination?subject to ratification at the primary election. JOHN W. DANIELS. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, gar The many friends of SAMUEL BROWNE (Broadaway) announce him as a suitable person for the office of County j Commissioner at the ensuing election?sub? ject to the result of tbe Democratic primary I election._. FOR PROBATE JUDGE. Misses. Editoes : Allow me to tender my I grateful acknowledgments to the Demo? cratic Clubs who have nominated me for the office of Judge of Probate, and an? nounce my acceptance of the nomination subject to ratification at the primary election. W. W. HUMPHREYS. I J. L. ORR. J. L. TREBBLE. ORR & TRIBBLE, ATTORNEYS at LAW. JAMES L. ORR aad J. L. TRIBBLE have this day formed a partnership for the practice of Law in this Circuit. Prompt attention given to all business placed, in their hands. Special attention given to for? eign collections ? ? July 1, 1876_51_3m TOWN TAXES! "VTOTICE is hereby given by the Town J3I Council of Anderson that the time for paying Town Taxes will expire on the 15th day of July, 1876. After which time the Clerk will proceed to issue Executions. JOHN R. COCHRAN, Intendant Jas. H. Bewley, Clerk Conncil. July 6,1876 51_I_ IN BANKRUPTCY. In the District Court of the Uuitod States, District of South Carolina. Ex Porte ) I JANE B. HERRICK, ^Petition to set up In. Re. j Lien, and for sale C. K. WILLIFORD, [ of Real Estate. Bankrupt. J PURSUANT to an order of the Hon. George S. Bryan, Judge of the U. 8. District Court, all hen creditors of said Bankrupt are required to establish their liens before the undersigned, Register, at Newberry C. H., on or before the 26th day ! of July next, or be barred from any benefit in the decree to be made in this case. C. G. J2EGER, Register. Newberry, 8. O, June 28, 1876. 51?3 COME RIGHT ALONG TO HUBBARD'S, With your Chickens, Eggs, Butter, Country Hams, Honey, Oats, and other Things, and buy some of them Goods he is Selling at AT COST FOR CASH. ALL WHO WANT DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES, BLANKETS, And CROCKERYWARE, Had better come first. Now is your time to buy without money. BACON, FLOUR, LARD, SUGAR, COFFEE, Ac, On band and for sale cheap, A. P. HUBBARD. All the Ladies say Hubbard's ICE SODA WATER is "mitynice.' Suly 6,1876 51