The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, August 17, 1876, Image 2

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JAS. A. HOTT, E.B.MURRAT, ^Ed"<>M THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 17, 1876. National Democratic Ticket -0 FOR PRESIDENT : SAMUEL J. TILDEN, Of New York. FOR VICE PRESIDENT: THOS. A. HEjYDRICKS, Of Indiana. LATEST NEWS FROM COLUMBIA. Special Dispatch to the 'Anderson Intelligencer. Columbia, S. C, August 16, 7876. ' The Convention met last night at eight ? o'clock p. ni., and was organized by electing James A. Hoyt temporary ehair mau. All the counties in the State were represented. The election of permanent officers was proceeded with, and resulted in the election of Gen. Harllee, of Mari? on, by seventy-eight votes, over Col. C. H. Simonton, who received seventy-five votes, which favored immediate action. The Convention is in secret session to? day, discussing the question of nominat? ing immediately. No conclusion has yet been reached, but indications point with. :certaiuty to prompt action. JAMES A. HOYT. CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. A meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the Democratic . party of Anderson County will be: held at the office of the Andeks6n Intelligences, on Friday, 25th of August, at .10 o'clock a. m., to consider important matters coa-j nested with the campaign. The follow? ing gentlemen constitute the Executive Committee : Anderson?E. B. Murray. Houea Path?D: S. McCullougli. '. Wiliiamston?Dr. John Wilson. Belton?Dr. W. C. Brown. . Broadaway?L. E. Campbell. Martin?E. Ambrose. Pendleton?W. H. D. Gaillard. . Garvin?J. P. Glenn. Hopewell?B.C. Martin. Brushy Creek?T. H. Russell. Hunter's Spring?J. Belton Watson. Centreville Mills?R. W. Reeves. j j Sandy Springs?W. W. Russell. Fork?F. E. Harrison. Rock Mills?S. C. Humphreys. Savannah?Reuben Burriss. Dark Corner?Dr. A. G. Cook. / Flat Rock?J. W. Norris. Slabtowi>?W. C. Watkins. Hall?Jesse P. McGee. Every member of the Committee is earnestly requested to attend tlie meet? ing, as it is highly important that all the Clubs shall be represented. The Vice Chairmen, Messrs. John B. Moore, M. C. Parker and J. B. Sitton, are invited to meet with the Committee. JAMES A. HOYT, Countv Chairman. ! THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. The cry of the Republican leaders that the liberties of the colored race'will be endangered if the ^Democratic party .suc ceeds, is intended only for political effect. They know that there would be more permanent peace and prosperity under the rule of a reform party than under the present corrupt; ring which contrqls our nation, but for the purpose of con-1 tinuing in power, they are busy stirring up strife among sections and hostility be? tween the races. To show .how false these charges are, we give below the reso? lution that was introduced in the House of Representatives, a largely Democratic body, by a Democrat from New York,' and the fact that it received nearly a unanimous vote, shows the hypocrisy of these Republican slanderers: ", Resolved,. by the House of Representa? tives, That all attempts by force, fraud, terror, intimidation or otherwise to pre vent tbe free exercise of the right of' suffrage in any State should meet with certain, condign and effectual punish? ment, and:that in.any case which has: heretofore occurred, or that -inay here? after occur, in which violence and mur? der have been or shall be committed by one race or class on another, the prompt Eunishment and execution in any court aving jurisdiction of criminal or crimi? nals is imperatively demanded, whether the crime be one punishable by fine and imprisonment or one demanding the penalty of death. The Republican party is doing exactly what they, charge upon the Democracy. They are intimidating the colored people from voting for the Democracy by caus? ing them to fear re-enslavement, or some great insecurity from the rule of the Democracy. It is an intimidation by working upon their prejudices, credulity und ignorance of politics, and is as effec? tual as if it arose from actual show of violence. The resolution passed by the Democrats show that they desire to pun? ish crimes by whomsoever they may be committed; and wherever the Democrats are in power there are none of these po? litical murders, for whenever a man kills another the law is impartially executed, and the offender brought to justice. But it is not so with the Republican States. Their government is too imbecile to pro? tect its citizens, and violence and lawless? ness are the result. In some instances they prefer making political capital out of them rather than protecting their citizens. Both white and colored men are safer under a Democratic government where the laws are executed in justice and mercy without partiality. Both white and colored men are more prosper? ous and contented under a Democratic State government, for the affairs of the* State are conducted for the good of the whole people and not for the benefit of office holders. Taxes are lighter and corruption is prevented. Our colored people should think upon this, and give no heed to Lhe men who are trying to stir up strife. flections have taken place in Alabama and portions of Kentucky, In Alabama Gov. Houston was elected by from thirty five to forty thousand majority against ? thirteen thousand two years ago. It is a grand Democratic triumph. The elec? tions in Kentucky also show large Dem? ocratic gains, their most notable feature being the election of Hon. Henry Wat terson, of the Louisville Courier-Journal, to Congress by a large majority?nearly three to one over his opponent, who was an independent Democrat. These elec? tions are encouraging, and the increased majorities indicate the popularity of thy Tilden and Hendricks reform ticket. A REMARKABLE COURSE. We have watched, frith wonder and surprise the course of the' Charleston XeiFK and Courier upon the political is? sues of the present cauvass. It is/entire? ly inconsistent, for in 1J#2 it stnihchl^ opposed any coalition with Republicans,' and its influence defeated the bolter's reform movement, which was the first serious effort to effect a compromise; aud if it ever could have been accom? plished, that was the year in which the Democrats of the State could have suc? cessfully imitated the course of Virginia and Tennessee. The New* and Courier, and counsellors of its way of thinking, caused this opportunity to' pass unim? proved. It then opposed any coalition with Republicans, and declared a prefer-, ence for the corrupt Moses over Reuben' Tomlinson, of Pennsylvania, because the former was a native. Although iis sup? port of Moses was a negative one, it was sufficient to secure his election., Two years later this paper denounced Cham? berlain and favored a coalition with the Republicans under Hon. John T. Green, who was a native of the State. It has now taten another step, and not only advocates a coalition, which it defeated when there was a chance of success four years ago, but wants that coalition with Chamber? lain, the man it denounced two years ago, and who is a Massachusetts carpet? bagger, who came into this State aud raised a negro company to garrison one of our counties after the war; a carpet? bagger, who stands'responsible in a great measure for the swindles of the land commission, and for the fraudulent issue of millions, of bonds in the way of aState debt; a carpet-bagger, who advocates miscegenation in our University, and has done nothing as Attorney-General br ?Governor to bring .to punishment .'his corrupt, political and personal friends who plundered a Avar, stricken State; a carpet-bagger, who spurned the offer of friendship from Democrat* by deliberate? ly insulting and ridiculing, them in an uncalled-for letter to Morton, and who traduced and slandered our people by letters written as Governor in regard to the Hamburg affair. This is the man with whom the Neios and Courier asks the peo? ple to coalesce. It is important; there? fore, to look into its reasons and the manner in which it attempts to secure its end. ; ? 'We have already dissected its eighteen reasons for supporting the Governor, .add shown that there was nothing substantial in them, and (bat at least four of them were unfounded in fact. < - ' We now wish: to call attention to the recent course of the News and Courier, and show that it is both unjust and inju? rious to our' people. We do this in no captious mood, but because we feel it to be our duty as pnblic journalists to give a word of warning to the people, and to show our contemporary how its course is viewed by many. There is great and merited complaint that the News and .Courier publishes statements;which.are damaging to. the interests-of Democracy, and to the fair reputation1 of; out'State, without having them properly authenti? cated, thereby giving , the,, first. im pres sions, which are-most lasting;in;an-jnfa? vorable light, and often by having its reports copied in other papers, spreading erroneous reports where a correction will never be seen. It cannot plead that its correspondents are bl?meable, for it co?ld and should dismiss them if ;they are.n^bt me... of the character and qualifications acceptable to the proprietors. The pub? lic mind is right in condemning any management which presents incorrect statements, damaging to the people and to the cause of truth. There.are several notable facts that cause complaint against the News and Courier, pre-eminent among which are its reports of the Hamburg af? fray and comments upon it. It published the most damaging statements. it could glean from other papers, and' when its correspondent went upon the scene, he obtained his information from Prince Rivers, the testimony before the Coroner's inquest and the versions of Republicans about the matter, and made no effort to secure the statements of Gen. Butler and the citizens of Edgefield and , Aiken Counties. Its exaggerated reports furn? ished much political capital1, for the "bloody shirt" Republicans of the Mor? ton, Blaine and Logan stamp. There was no word of vindication- or of expla? nation; hot one word of condemnation of the course of the Governor in allow this company to be armed,and officered by such a man as Prince Rivers for Major General, nor of the incompetency of this same man Rivers for the position of trial justice. : After these reports have been given to the world, and have made all the capital for the Republicans that they desire, the News and Courier finds that there are two sides; and proceeds to state the other side, but it- is too late to reach the popular ear, and its damage cannot be repaired by any such course. Speak? ing of the witnesses for the defense, the News aud Courier says: "The witnesses are citizens of good character and high standing. In any court of justice their words would outweigh the words of ex? cited and alarmed negroes^ who in many cases are proved to have made extraordi? nary blunders, if they did not foully perjure themselves." This is the class of persons from whom the first reports were gathered, aud the high standing and good citizens were not asked about it. Well may the News and Courier,' after doing I all the damage to our people it could, .'come out at this late day with the follow? ing poor apology, which can do no good, because the Republican press which used its former statements will not publish the facts. It says of its accounts of the Ham? burg affray that they "were unjust to the white citizens of Aiken and Edgefield, in failing to show the measure of the provo? cation given them by the armed negroes. For the attitude of the whites, as the evidence now shows, there was good rea? sons, if, indeed, the disarming of the negroes was- uot an inexorable necessity ; and we trust that the newspapers which laid before the public the statements of the negroes and the evidence taken at the inquest will, in fairness to the ac? cused, reproduce the later developments at the hearing before Judge Mahcr last Thursday." Another unfavorable feature is that the Ncwe and Courier, through its correspon? dents, gave publicity and prominence to Governor Chamberlain's denial that he asked the President for troops or that he thought them necessary, and when bis letter was made public and his equivoca? tion and ajfarapted/.dcceptiou made pub? lic, there was. no condemnation of the Governor's action and very little promi? nence given to his unfortunate dilemma. Again- this paper exhibited unbecoming anxiety for some cause for comment upon the crowd which assembled in Abbeville to witnesSs the execution.of Jerry.Cole mau, and when the papers of the County did not give any statement that would damage any. portion u(. the. Suite, the News and Courier was so anxious tu fix the blame upon the Democrats and make political capital of it that it copied an article from the- Union-Herald, written by one of the notorious Gnffin family of | Abbeville. And last but not least, the News and Courier, by its reporter, represents that the people of Edgefield broke up a Re? publican meeting in that town by threats and shows of violence. The article re? flects so severely and .untruthfully upon the course of the people of Edgefield, that Judge Mackey, a Republican Judge, and one.?f the Republican speakers upon the occasion, felt called upon to publish a <a.rd denying these statements, and vin? dicating the whites from the aspersions of its report. Here we have a paper claiming to be a Democratic; leader pub? lishing statements about the Democrats that a Republican Judge feels called on in the cause of truth and justice to deny. Its reporter evidently did not receive re? liable information. These occurrences are too frequent to be passed over with? out notice, and we hope that we will not in future behold so grave and damaging statements published upon such unre? liable information in any Democratic paper of. this State. A SENSIBLE COLORED HAN. While most of the colored people in 'South Carolina have not yet learned to feel secure in their political liberties, ex? cept, where, they are protected by the Republican party, it is a gratifying fact that in other States they are fast becom? ing educated in politics sufficiently to .act as freemen, and vote for candidates who give the . best assurances of reform and good government. The change in tbe Democratic majority in Alabama from. thirteen thousand to near forty -thousand, is largely due to the change of colored voters from Republicanism to Democracy. In Richmond, Halifax and other places, there are Tilden and Hen? driks clubs composed entirely of color? ed men, and the Rev. Garland H. White, who is pue of the most intelligent men of the colored race in this country, is zealous,, in his advocacy of Tilden and Hendricks. He, -with bther efficient col? ored speakers, intend taking the stump jn the South this , fall in the interest of | the Democratic party. He has written a letter recently for the Baltimore Uazetie, giving bis reasons for supporting the .Democratic nominees, and we commend his views to the colored people of this State. He is a credit to his race, and theywili show good sense by following: ?im! .In the article'referred to, he says: .-. "It -tho colored people want reform they- must unite with, the white rcym in electing such men as will reform, and not .vote for . Republican , men, who have by their -plunder thievery, bribery/ ana fraud made reform in the administration of the Governmentnecessary. -A corrupt 1 party cannot reform itself any more than a sinner can convert himself. If done at j .all it must, take place from the effect pro? duced bv a better and- purer agency. Politically- speaking, we are free to say that Samuel- J. Tilden is the man whose election will politically regenerate the country, restore the moral status of the people, give employment tc the laboring meu of every section, and forever settle the differences of every section of the | country on a lasting basis of .peace and fraternal feeling between the races." EDITORIAL NOTES. Judge Settle, the Republican candidate for Governor of North Carolina against Hon. Z. B. Vance, has mortgaged his farm, for $10,000, which sum, it issaid, will be expended in tbe effort to carry tbe State for the Republicans this fall. Poor fellow! When he settles this mort? gage, after the defeat that is in store for himin North Carolina, and for his party in,the nation, he will be apt to retire from politics a poorer if not a wiser man. ' The President has issued his proclama? tion declaring Colorado a State of the Union, in accordance with the terms of I the act passed for .its admission. This; makes the family of Uncle Sam composed of thirty-eight sister States. When the act for the admission of Colorado was passed, it was thought the State would certainly be Democratic, but since then some uncertainty attaches to this election, and it may turn out to be one more in the column of reform States, which will vote for Tilden and Hendricks in No? vember. Hon. Charles Francis Adams, a son of | John Quincy Adams, an ex-President, and a grand son of John Adams, another ex-President, is one of the ablest and purest men of Massachusetts. He has long been a conservative Republican, and was a supporter of Greeley four years ago, but he has declared for Tilden and Hendricks, and will use his influ? ence to assist in electing them. The Democrats intend nominating him for Governor, and there is a good chance to carry Massachusetts over to the Demo? cratic column. Mr. Adams' name will give much enthusiasm to the ticket. Elections will be beld iu the following States, at the times given, before the general election- this fall: Arkansas, Sep? tember 4; Vermont, September 5; Maine, September 11; Georgia, October 4; Col? orado, Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia, October 10; Louisiana. November 6. Of | these States, Arkansas and Georgia are surely Democratic, and there is a fair prospect of carrying Indiana, West Vir? ginia aud Louisiana, while the Republi? cans will certainly get Vermont and Maine, and possibly Ohio and Colorado also. The Democrats have fairer pros? pects for a majority of these doubtful States than the Republicans. "It would mean war." This is what Senator Patterson thinks would follow the State of South Carolina going Demo? cratic. It did not mean war or murder or auything of the kind iu Virginia, Georgia or Mississippi, and, with all. de? ference to this airy statesman, who, as the country knows, has been long enough in the South to buy a new padlock for bis carpet bag, we do not think thai he judges his white fellow citizens at the South fairly.?New York Herald. THE TRUE WAY WITH THE SOUTH. The New. York Herald, in a long arti? cle upon this subject, makes the follow? ing very sensible remarks : ji'-,Onc of the phrases oftehest used about the Southern States' is that they "must become like the- North." "We Avaut to make Louisiana like the North," said a very prominent Republican of that State the other day. "We want to make Mis? sissippi like de Norf," said a colored Sheriff of that State not long ago to a ; Northern traveler, who replied to him, gravely, ''You are Sheriff of this county, my friend ; you cannot write a sentence correctly; you caa barely read; you own less than $500 worth of property in the world; yet you are a Sheriff of a great county, and you would want to have your State like the North. Believe me when I tell you that there is not a State nor county in all the North where ten men could be found to nominate you for Sheriff, or, in fact, for any office what? ever. I do not speak it to offend you, but to inform you. If you lived any? where in the North, even in Massachu? setts or the western reserve of Ohio, no soul would ever for a moment think of nominating you even for constable, much less Sheriff.- You would be a patient and contented day laborer or farmer, and your wildest dreams would not lead you to think of office." Is not this true? And if so, when we echo the Southern Republican's or the Southern negro's crv that the South shall be "like the North," ought we not to think what that means ? Louisiana has a negro Lieutenant Gov? ernor; Mississippi had one until he was impeached for bribery. Almost every Southern State has colored Staie officers, colored Sheriffs, colored tax collectors, colored Judges, colored school officers. In this are they not unlike, very unlike, "the North ?" Frederick Douglass is a cultivated man, an eloquent speaker, a forcible writer, a man of property, a good citizen. What party in New York has ever thought of nominating him for Lieutenant Governor? It is often asked, "Why should not a Northern man run for office in the South?" and the question is thought to demonstrate. "Southern intolerance."? But suppose Massachusetts had a majori? ty of citizens, but lately slaves, ignorant, without property, but little moral, sense arid less value for that which we call char? acter and reputation. Suppose a Louisi anian should thereupon remove to Massa? chusetts and at once control this ignorant and debased majority for his own political ambition; suppose he should do this by appealing now to their fears of re-en? slavement, now to their cupidity; should unscrupulously arouse their unworthiest ambitions; teach them that lack of character and capacity need not keep them from taking the most important offices; should divide the plunder of the State with them; and when he had at? tracted to himself and to them also the suspicion 'uar and hatred of the old citi zetR, should then appeal to the omnipo? tent and dreaded Federal power for sun- j port and get it, what would be the condl-! tion of public opinion in Massachusetts ? Would not society be shaken to the core ? Would not respectable and otherwise virtuous citizens be embittered to the point where they would,shut their eyes to violence? We do not excuse violence. Nothing j excuses murder or lawlessness. But these crimes which happen in the South, and of which, just now, the President and the Republican organs and politicians give such horrifying accounts, are not without cause. They are the results of a long course of abuse begun and continued by unscrupulous and selfish Northern adven? turers,, who have, with the help of the Federal government, preyed upon South? ern society, and who have not even had the courage and energy to punish these primes of which their conduct has been '.the main cause. Let non-interference "halve a trial. Let us see what will hap? pen if these adventurers can no longer call upon the Federal power to maintain them. That is the only cure. ANOTHER COLORED MAN SPEAKS. The Rev. Dr. J. W. Dungee, of Rich? mond, Va., has written a letter to the Dispatch, from which we make the fol? lowing extracts, and hope our colored people will read and ponder them well: I feel compelled, in justice to myself, the good of my race, and the best wel? fare of the community in which I live, to say a few things which I think ought to be said. For years we have seen our people marched to the polls and compelled to vote for any man brought out by the Radical party, without regard to his moral character or fitness for the office. This has been pructiced all over the Sontb. The men thus voted for or put in office, have plundered the Southern people in the most shameful manner. Every State where they have bad the op? portunity has been sunk beneath a bur? den of debt. Behold the cunning du? plicity which they practiced upon our people, in the Freed man's Bank fraud, as well as in many other instances. In Washington, right under the eyes of the government, they had a board of public works which plundered the District gov? ernment in the most wretched manner. The report of Hon. B. B. Douglass, of "Virginia, and the Hon. W. S. Stinger, of Pennsylvania, expose the most startling frauds practiced upon us at a time when we were helpless and confiding in their friendship. It turns out to have been a scheme concocted for the very purpose of robbing our poor people. They have robbed every State government in the South where they have had the chance. They have labored steadily to keep us arrayed against the white people of our section, who are our best friends. They have ouly used us as political tools. True, they have kept a few colored men in office, but it has been to do their dirty work. It gives me great pain to speak of the outrages practiced against me and my church of late. The whole neighbor? hood of my church has been canvassed and the people warned not to attend my ? church. They have also compelled the children to leave my Sabbath school. Some of these children have been to my house and wept bitterly because they were made to leave. They have threat? ened to burn my house and church ; they have left no stone unturned to drive me out of the city. 1 heard one minister I say that he would compel me to leave by all means he could resort to. Now, all these are facts. Does this look like peace and prosperity ? No, no; it is just the work which they are bid to do by the Radical party. I say to these gentlemen and to the colored people at large, that these are things which they cannot over? look. The first thing for us to do is to make full and manly reconciliation with the whites among whom we live. I was born in the South, and served twenty seven years of my life a slave, and I have traveled over nearly every part of the j North, and I know that the colored peo? ple of the South are better o/f than any? where in the North ; and I would advise our people to be frugal and upright; educate your children, give them good trades; buy homes, get property, and stand with our own people; drive all carpet-buggers out of the South by letting them alone, and then we will have peace. Bury the dead past, go in for honesty and reform, and we will hr.ve peace and prosperity indeed. Rochester Union : Hancock and Hooker, the two great fighting generals of the war, are for Tilden and Hendricks. Dix and Garfield, two great soldiers of fortune, who stand convicted by a report of a Republican investigating committee of a Republican Congress of taking Credit Mobilier are for Hayes aud Wheeler. Which two are "the boys in blue" most likely to follow in this campaign ? OUR NEW YORK LETTER. Neu: Vor/:, Angtut 1G7/i, 187(j. THE POLITICAL SITUATION. The splendid Democratic victory in Alabama, and the absence of all disturb? ance at the polls has proved a stunning blow to the Republican managers. Their chief argument has been that Democratic victories in the South are attained only by violence and intimidation. They are forced to ad nut now that this great gain in Alabama has occurred in one of the most peaceful elections ever known in any State; proving what has,frequently been charged, that the disturbances in the South are instigated, when they do occur, by Republican emissaries, for political purposes. The effect of steady determination in a good cause was never more plainly per? ceptible than in the work which is now being carried on by the Democratic party throughout this State. From every quar? ter are received assurances of support in the labor of eradicating the public evils, and restoring the Government to its original and normal condition of verity and spotlessness. The letters of our can? didates have aided us greatly in our efforts. The ability and candor of these letters is everywhere acknowledged, even by our bitterest opponents, who seek in vain for some weak point to criticise. The Republicans, instead of setting themselves to steady systematic work, are still ventilating their private quarrels, and wrangling over their State ticket. Senator Conkling does not show any sign of abating his interest in the success of Cornell, as a candidate for Governorship. The e are indications, however, since Gov. Tilden's firebrand fell into the camp, that the parjy leaders of the State will not be permitted to retain control of the matter. Affairs have assumed such a serious aspect, that the National Com? mittee has signified its intention of en? forcing its authority over the Convention. It is doubtful, however, whether this would heal the breach, for Conkling and his friends are under the impression that they submitted to quite sufficient insult and injury at Cincinnati. It is scarcely possible that all the wiles of Chandler can induce a further mastication of his humble pie. The Democrats have so differently set about their work that they can calmly view their opponents' wranglings with a smile. The whole of their labor is so classified and arranged, that every por? tion is in the hands of some one respon? sible for its proper performance. The work of arranging the State ticket, for example, is the duty of the Slate Con? vention, and to this body will it be left. The selection of those who compose it has been very carefully made, and it is universally felt that they may be trusted to faithfully discharge their duty. They know the characteristics necessary in the men they select for the various offices, and particularly the high standard by which him whom they nominate for Governor must be measured. To them, therefore, the adjudication will be left, and upon the election of the ticket which they construct will the whole power of united action be brought to bear. Governor Hendricks made a short stay here yesterday, on his road from Albany to Indianapolis. He was looking well, and expressed himself as much pleased with his visit to Saratoga. Mrs. Hen? dricks was with him, and they were accompanied by Wm. H. Henderson, of Indiana, and his wife. Both gentlemen expressed themselves with great confi? dence as to the political prospects in their State. COMMODORE VANDERBILT. It seems to be now fully understood, even by the sick man himself, that the life of our great Railroad Monarch is measured by a few days if not indeed hours. It would not be surprising if, before you receive this, he shall have I passed away from the scene of his world , ly struggles and triumphs. His family, ' his physicians, and his pastor are in con? stant attendance upon him, to soothe and comfort his declining hours. Much in? terest is manifested in his condition, not , only out of regard to the man, but in consequence of the supposed influence which his death may have upon the issue of the great railroad struggle now going ' on. There can be little doubt, however, that the condition of this matter will re? main unaltered, as the dying man's busi? ness affairs have been carefully arranged, and his gigantic enterprises will be in the hands of competent men trained by him and in strict accord with him as to policy. THE FORMAL ACCEPTANCES. The more carefully and the more fre? quently one reads and studies the letters in which Governor Tilden and Governor Hendricks accept the nominations ten? dered'them by the St. Louis Convention, the more thoroughly is he convinced of the special qualifications which the writers possess for the high offices to which they are proposed. We have at? tempted a comparison of these writings with the corresponding communications of the Republican candidates; but the former are upon a plane of thought, hon? esty, and power so much higher than the latter, that it was impossible to get them into juxtaposition sufficiently close for the purpose. When we say what the former are we say precisely what the others are not. The documents of our candidates are the honest expositions of the writers' sentiments upon the ques? tions which they discuss. They are original documents, not compiled by party leaders, skulking behiud theuames of automatons whose actions they are governing and prompting. With an un? sparing pen the peculators and perjurers of the present Administration are exhi? bited in their true character, aud with unrelenting severity is laid bare the character of the transactions by which these plunderers have robbed the people and enriched themselves. Not even here is pause allowed; the true remedies arc unfolded. Not merely must the pub? lic service be purged of rascality and rascals, it musfbe so ordered and regu? lated that the admission of aught that is evil shall in future be impossible. With the authors of these documents at the j head of our affairs, it is certain that we should enter upon an era of public fideli? ty and national prosperity. THE RETIREMENT OF ORTH. Mr. Gottlieb S. Orth has resigucd the candidacy of the Republicans for Gov? ernor of Indiuua, for the express reason that he is satisfied the united support of the Republican party would not be accorded to him. It is said that in so doing he yields to the better elements of the Republican party. If-tiiis be so, it cannot escape notice how. much time is required before the "better elements'* of this party are able to assert themselves. It was not until the Democrats of the State, who are determined that their Ex? ecutive shall he in honest hands, made it known that they were fully alive to the disgrace attaching to the past career of Mr. Orth, that he withdrew from the canvass. The profligate and reckless party which brought him upwards of three thousand miles, to endure this ignominy, knew well enough his charac? ter before they put him in the field. The Venezuela swindle had been clearly un? folded before he was appointed to the head of the ticket of his State. The "better elements" raised not a voice then; they cared nothing that the man's hands were stained with the proceeds of plunder and robbery. He was the most available, as a caudidate, because con? sidered the most unscrupulous, and there? fore the best adapted for riding rough? shod over the will of the people. He has found, however, that honesty is a better policy than that which he has fol? lowed. The better elements of the peo? ple, who have repudiated the Republican party, have a strong regard for purity and uprightness in their public servants. To these better elements Mr. Gottlieb has been compelled to yield, and in the same manner will, sooner or later, all the thieves and rascals who have made them? selves so prominent in the affairs of the pation, have to surrender. The Repub? licans may look upon this Indiana busi? ness as an omen of what is in store for them in all parts of the country. The Hamburg Affair, in Court The hearing of the motion for bail in the case of the State against R. J. But? ler and others was had at Aiken on the 10th instant. The State was represent? ed by Mr.' Stone, the Attorney General, and th'e applicants for bail by M. W. Gary, Gov. M. L. Bonham and J. C. Sheppard, of the Edgefield bar; D. S. Henderson, G. W. Croft, 0. C. Jordan and James Aldrich, of the Aiken bar; W. T. Gary, of the Augusta bar, and Le Roy F. Youmans, of the Columbia bar. The affidavits submitted were about eighty, in number. They will soon be submitted to the public" in printed form, and it is useless to give more than the . substance of what they contain. They were sufficient to induce the distinguish? ed jurist before whom they were submit? ted, the Hon. John J. Maher, Judge of the Second Circuit, to decide without argument for the applicants for bail that they were entitled, as matter of strict law, to bail, which his Honor fixed, after suggestions from the Attorney General and the opposing counsel, at $1,000 in the case of each of the applicants. The affidavits on the part of the ap? plicants show a very different state of facts from those which have been sent forth to the public with the imprimatur of the Attorney General and the Gover? nor. They show that the so-called mi-' litia company, commanded by Doc. Ad? ams, was not an organized militia com? pany under the laws of the State, but an .organization raised "for the purpose of killing whites;" that the ammunition used by said company in the fatal affray of July eighth was obtained for the pur? pose of being used on that day; that in the difficulty between the militia compa? ny and Getzen and Tommy Butler, on the 4th of July, the said" company was entirely at fault, and committed on these two young gentlemen, both by word and deed, the most gross, wanton and unpro? voked outrages, and that Mr. Robert J. Butler, the father of one and the father in-law of the other of these gentlemen, only sought the vim * .ation of the law for the purpose of having his family se? cured from aggression and insult while traveling the public road to market; and even after legal proceedings, had gone to the court room the second time fixed for trial; was anxious only for what he claimed, and had a right to claim, as any other citizen; and insisted on noth? ing which the company had a right, legal or moral, to object to. The affidavits further show the earnest efforts which General M. C. Butler made to have all the matters of difficulty ar? ranged peaceably, and the duplicity with which his efforts were received and treat? ed by those who managed the interests opposed to those of his clients ; that the aggression and firing commenced on the part of the company, so called militia, of negroes, and that in the firing by the whites npon the building occupied by the negroes, and in the killing of the negroes Cook and Parks, the whites were entirely and absolutely under the protection of killing done in self-defense; that as to many of the parties charged it was proved unquestionably that they were far away ?some in the country, at a very consid? erable distance; some in other States? for example, some in Georgia and somo in California. Besides this, it was shown how utterly lawless, tyrannical and oppressive had been negro rule in Hamburg, detailed by the most respectable gentlemen in such colors of truth as to show that it was an insult and horror. The inconsis? tencies of the witnesses at the inquest were patent on their face, but the diabol? ical perjuries with which that testimony was fraught are shown in their true light by the sworn statements of most respec? table gentlemen who made affidavits for the affiants. The Attorney General re? lied entirely on the testimony at the in? quest, and at its conclusion General M. C. Butler, under oath, administered by the Judge, swore that the great bulk of it, of which he had cognizance, notably the testimony of Augustus Robinson and some others, was absolutely and unquali? fiedly false. At the conclusion of his testimony, with great deference to the distinguished Judge who presided, he said that he and his friends would regard it as the greatest of humiliations to be arraigned on such a charge, if he and they did not know the entire spirit in which the prosecution had been conduc? ted, and the publication of the perjuries at the inquest had evinced; that the prosecution was for political effect. His Honor granted the application for bail, and fixed it at $1,000 in the case of each. ?Columbia Register. ? The system of ejecting ammonia into the veins as a cure for snake bite is com? ing into general use in Australia, where it has saved many lives. A r nt case of this happened in Atlanta la. ourth of July. A man, being intoxicated, cap? tured a rattlesnake and was carrying him around in his hand. At last the snake bit the man on the hand, and notwith? standing his whiskey-soaked condition, he almost immediately became uncon? scious aud was near dying. Dr. Knott, a well known physician of that city was summoned and seeing the desperate con? dition of the victim, at ouce began in? jecting ammonia into the veins, and be? fore the man was safe, had applied the syringe more than two hundred times. There was nothing, else in the known world that would have saved the man from dying. During the session of the Louisiana Democratic State Convention, at Baton Rouge, the colored Conservative Club of that city, numbering over five hundred members, paraded the streets, after which the club was addressed by eminent Dem? ocratic speakers. POLITICAL NOTES. The Ontario County (N. Y.) Democ? racy promise a straight majority of 500 for Tilden and reform in November. One year ago the county was Republican. Springfield Republican: "Mr. Bout well hasbnc virtue?that of consistency. Four years ago he was as opposed to shaking hands across the bloody chasm as he is now." Cleveland (Ohio) Plaiudealcr: "Carl Schurz may go for proscription, Hayes | and corruption, but it is very evident | that he does not carry with him the ' German elemeut of the city of Cleve- . land." Albany Arjnu: "'Live within your income,' is Governor Tilden's advice. But if the Republican party remains in power another four years, nobody in pri viate life will have an income to live within." Detroit Free Prem: "No radical organ will admit that the Democratic House has saved the country a dollar, but they all pitch into the Representatives 'for their miserly conduct in cutting down appropriations.'" Albany Argus: The Democratic House struggles day after day to save money for the people. A Republican Senate and a Republican President resist every effort at retrenchment. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Muller, of Ohio, who was elected on the same ticket with Hayes, when the latter was elected Governor the second time, has declared for Tilden and Hendricks. Next! That .once hot Republican journal, the Michigan Tribune, has given up all hope of reforming the Government under the Cincinnati ticket, and comes out square for Tilden and Hendricks. Ex-Governor Bullock, of Massachu? setts, is reported as saying that the lack of enthusiasm and excitement in the campaign greatly surprises him, and that the present financial and commercial de? pression undoubtedly accounts for it. Charles Francis Adams has written a letter to Mr. Hugh F. McDermott, of tbe Jersey City Herald, stating that be will support Tilden, whom he considers the most fitted to meet the present emergen? cy in American politics. Alfred H. Colquitt, the Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia, is a native of that State, and a graduate of Princeton. He was. a representative in Congress from 1853 to 1855 and a Breck enridge elector in the campaign of 1860. The disagreement between Virginia and Maryland, as to their dividing line, will probably be settled this month .at a meeting of the -arbitrators at Cape May. The space claimed by ' each is mainly water, and valuable, because it contains' larg? bed of oysters. The negro women of Florida threaten to leave their "liege lords" if they vote the Democratic ticket; and the lawyers offer tb procure divorces, free of charge, to those men whose wives will desert them. A number of negroes will vote the Democratic ticket just to get rid of their .wives. The New York Sun: It is gratifying to find so many Republicans who recog? nize the ability of Mr. Tilden, and ac? knowledge that he is the fit man for Pres? ident. Mr. Tilden's Republican vote in this city and State will be very large.? He has won these Republicans over by sheer force of character and actual, re? forms. * Abbeville Medium: It is reported that Lern Guffin has retired from tbe field of politics tb his farm. He is to have noth? ing more to do with the business during this campaign. Lern has always been regarded as a shrewd man, and if this rumor is true, it is pretty good evidence that the Radical party is in its last ago? nies. The Chicago Cbtm'ersays: "Mark the difference! New York bankers have just purchased two-hundred thousand Georgia State Bonds at a premium, while there is not a sane capitalists in all the East who would-be willing to give ten cents on tbe dollar for South Carolina obligations. Georgia has a Democratic. State govern? ment, while South Carolina is hopelessly Republican." Hartford Times: It is worthy of no? tice that all the "outrages" upon negroes at the South are in the Republican States, where the governors, judges, pros? ecuting attorneys and the rest or the office holders are Republicans. In tbe Democratic States there is good order and good government,.and negroes and white people are alike protected. Philadelphia Times: Mr. Patterson,' by courtesy regarded as a United States Senator from South Carolina, has become a sudden convert to civil service reform, and be declared in the Senate yesterday that he hoped every Republican thief would be exposed and punished. What an emptying of carpet-baggers from the Senate there, would be if some sweet, potential spirit should hear Patterson's prayer! A. S. Wallace, in a speech at Chester, told tbe negroes ? that if the Democrats got into power in this State, corn would rise to twenty-five dollars a bushel. He said the depression in the price of cotton was caused by Democratic victories in the Southern States. He'was very bitter against the white people, denouncing the rifle and sabre clubs in the severest lan? guage. What Governor Tilden has done fdr the people of New York, and what the Democratic Congress has done for tbe country generally, Governor Houston has been doing in Alabama. Says the Montgomery Advertiser: He stopped the leaks, cut down expenses, practiced' tbe most rigid economy, and will save the people at least $20,000,000 during his term. Wherever the Democrats nave control in the South order prevails, and the people secure in their person and property. After considerable correspondeuce be? tween the chairmen of the State execu? tive committees of the Democratic and Republican parties of North Carolina joint public discussions have been agreed upon by the competing candidates for Governor. Ex-Governor Vance and Judge Settle will together visit every re? maining one of the ninety-three counties of the State speaking at least three or four times weekly. The only intermis? sion in the canvass will be during the week of the State fair at Raleigh, in Oc? tober, when it is proposed that there shall be an armistice in politics. Tbe negro party in Abbeville County have a majority of 2,000 voters; they have also the militia, armed with breach loading rifles, fixed ammunition, and bayonets, and yet prominent Republicans run off to their master in Columbia and report that tbe election will be lost to their party without United States troops. We think Grant and Chamberlain had better send one-half tbe troops to the South to preserve their party, and the other half might as well be sent to the Black Hills, to be scalped by the Indians. ?Abbeville Press and Banner. While the stump speeches which have for the past two days made the Senate of the United States a mere campaign meet? ing do not enlighten the country very much we presume it is fair to laugh over the trap which Mr. Patterson laid for himself when he complained that *\\ the Associated Press agents in the South are Democrats, giving Mr. Eaton a chance to say that they were probably the only persons there who could read and write. It must be nearly true, or Mr. Patterson would scarcely be Senator from South Carolina.?New York Herald. _ DUE "WEST FEMALE COLLEGE, 1876 Due West, S.C. 1876 THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR of this In? stitution will open OCTOBER 2nd. Tuition, Board, Washing and Fuel for the Collegiate Year, $177.00. Music, $52.00. One-third due in advance. Send for Cata? logues. J. I. BONNER. Presiden*, Due West, S. C. Aug 17, 1S7G ^ 5 ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR CONGRESS. ??3- Col. JAMES A. HOYT is announ? ced as a suitable candidate for Congress from the Third Congressional District. _MANY CITIZEN'S. pDr We are authorized to announce Col. D. WYATT AIKEN, of Abbeville, as a candidate for Congress from the Third Con? gressional District of South Carolina, sub? ject to the action of the Democratic Nomi? nating Convention. FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. Zir Tlic many friends of DR. W. G. BROWNE ropectfully nominate him as a suitable candidate for School Commissioner of Anderson County?subject to the action of the Democratic party. J?T- 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._ ??S- The undersigned hereby presents Iiis claims to Democratic Clubs for primary election for the office of School Commis? sioner. If nominated by the Clubs, he will be a candidate for the office; if not, he will not be a candidate, but will support the nominee. _WM. H. HAYNIE. spST- 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. ZST 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. 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. . ??T" 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, I 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 respectfully tender their, my grate? ful thanks for then* preference, and accept their nomination?subject to ratification at the primary election. _ JOHN W. DANIELS. . FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. ?ST- The friends of GEO. M. McDAVID respectfully announce him as a suitable candidate for County Commissioner?sub? ject to the nomination of the Democratic party._' _ ?zgr W. ASBURY KAY is respectfully recommended by the Honea Path Township as their choice for County Commissioner, subject to the action of the Democratic par? ty. There never has been a County Com? missioner from this section of the County, and the roads and other business needs look? ing after. Mr. Kay is a practical man, and qualified for the position. . HONEA PATH DEM. CLUB. ??r The friends of Maji L. NEWTON respectfully recommend him to the Demo? cratic Clubs at their primary elections as a suitable- person for the office of County Commissioner. Mai. Newton will cheerful? ly abide by the result of the primary elec? tion, and if not nominated himself wfil sup? port thoseTvho are nominated.. ? ??f~ The many friends of SAMUEL BROWNE .(Broadaway) announce him as a suitable person for the office of County Commissioner at the ensuing election?sub? ject to the result of the Democratic primary election._ FOR PROBATE JUDGE. Messrs. Editors: Allow me to tender my gratefdl 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. LOST! AUGUST 14th, a POINTER PUP? badly flea-bitten, ears liver'color. A reward will be paid for its return to E. A. BELL. Aeg 17,1876_5_1 dissolution. "I?TE would respectfully inform our v Y friends that, having purchased the entire interest of Mr. E. A. Bell, the firm of1 Bell, Prevost & Cunningham is this day dis? solved by mutual consent, and the business will hereafter be carried on at the old stand, under the name and style of PREVOST it CUNNINGHAM. J. BLAIR PREVOST, J. G. CUNNINGHAM. A?gust 17, 1876_5_2_ NOTICE. THE Contract for building a Bridge across Twenty Three Mile Creek, at E. Buch? anan's, will be'let to the lowest bidder on Thursday, the 7th of September next. Spec? ifications exhibited on day of letting con? tract. 0. H. P. FANT, J. JAMESON, County Commissioners. Aug 17, 1876_5_2_ CLOSING OUT! ?o IF you want Goods CHEAP, now is the the time to get them. BOOTS, 8HOE8, CLOTHING, HATS, DRY GOODS and FANCY GOODS, AT COST FOR CASH, until the first of SEPTEMBER next. TOWERS & BROYLES. Aug 17.187G_5_ attention COTTON PLANTERS! IDESIRE to call your attention to the new and wonderful improvement in Cotton Gins, which consists in Revolving Heads in the ends of the cotton-box, where? by the friction of the cotton running against the ends of the cotton-box is de? stroyed. Tins improvement prevents the choking of the Gin or breaking the roll, anil any common plantation hand can feed it. It does not injure the staple, and gins the seed much cleaner than the ordinary gins, thereby saving the planter all of his lint cotton. For speed in ginning. I do not be? lieve it can be excelled. As to sample, it will compare favorablv with any other. This is the 46th year of the Daniel Pratt Gin Bus? iness, and during that time have made over 20,000 gins. In Alabama, Mississippi, Ar? kansas, Louisiana and Texas they arc al? most universally used by the planters, to their entire satisfaction, und the same tri? umph is predicted for this State. Call on me and sec this Gin before buying elsewhere, and I am satisfied that when you see it you will be convinced that the Pratt Gin will do j'ou good. P. K. McCULLY, Agent for Anderson County. TESTIMONIAL. Anderson County, Aug. 9,1876. P. K. McCully?Dear Sir : We purchased a 60-Saw Revolving Head Gin of the Daniel Pratt make last year. We find it to be one of the best Cotton Gins we have ever used. It is impossible to break the roll of this Gin. It takes all the lint from the seed, makes a splendid sample, and the speed of this Gin is as good as any farmer or public ginner need want. We can gin a bale of cotton in sixty minutes. We cheerfully recommei;d this Gin to all persons using Cottons Gins. Respectfully, SMITH, JAMESON & CO. Aug 10, 1876 4 3m