Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Anaounceuenta of uiarrlajjea ?nd dealb*, and notice? of a rellgiou* character, are r-.pectfullT eolictttd, and will b? lo ?er ted gratis WILLIAMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE, WILLIAMSTON,. S. C. A Live Up-Count ry School for Girls. REV. ?. LANDER, A. M., President. LOCA TION- Healthy, accessible, quiet, pleasant. Community, moral, ordor iv. No grog-shop within three miles. Chalybeate Spring in 200 yards. Pu pils attend three Churches in turn. COURSE OF STUDY-Semi-Annual, on the "ONE-STUUY" plan. Each pupil .jiursucs one luiding study at a titue. Concentration of thought, Increased interest, success, and enjovmcnt re sult. Belles-Lettres, Natural Science, Mathematica, and Latin, roquircd for gradiitiiion. Khmio.us giris complete thc Course In three years. THE MA THEMA TICS SECTIO?V will open Monday, Oct. 8. For Ave weeks there after, each Academic pupil will recite three time? a day in Arithmetic and once in Spelling ; and each Collegiate pupil three times in her appropriate brauch of Mathematics, and once each in Arithmetic and Spelling. PREMIUMS.-Even* pupil who averages 75 or more is entitled to a discount of 10 to 50 ncr cent, on next Suasion's regu lar tuition. PHYSICAL EXERCISE re?oives systemat ic attention. Daily practice in Calis thenics. Regular use of Health-Lilt. Morning and evening wulk, &c. THE FALL SESSION opened July 31,and is progressing with unusual order, harmony, and enthusiasm. Pupils are admitted ut any time, and charged to the end. RA TES, per Session of 20 weeks : Hoard, exclusive of Washing.$66 00 Regular Tuition.$10 00 to 20 00 Instrumental Music. 20 00 For further information, send for a new Catalogue. Sept 13, 1877_I)_ly THE Exercises of this Institution will bc optoed at WALHALLA, South Caro lina, on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th, 1877, With a coir/, of competent professors. TniTirot ;? ASVAKCS ?2C in Cuib-giuie [ $10 in Preparatory, and $6 and $3 in the Primary Departments, per session of five months. Hoard, including everything, except lights and washing,$10pcr month, payable month ly in advance. Location noted for health, pleasant cli mate and good water. For particulars ad dress J. J. NORTON. Chairman of Stockholders. Aug 2, 1877_5_ A New Life ip the Land ! rTMIE Exhibition in Anderson was one of JL thc most remarkable events since thc war. In point of number-, talents and dis tinguished ability, nothing could have ex oecded it. At every stage of its proceed ings it W?? ma infest wiat a new iife is in thc i land. The celebrated Dr. HEIKITKII waa there, I and advocated Southam Medicines for I Southern people. His Family Medicines arc household remedies. HEINITSH'S QUEEN'S DELIGHT pu rifies the blood. HEINITSH'S BLOOD AND LIVER PILLS-For Liver Complaint, Sick Headuche, Dull Feelings, Loss of Appetite. HEINITSH'S ROSE CORDIAL - For J Bowel Complaint. STANLEY'S COUGH SYRUP -C-.res Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Catarrh. MOTHER DARLING'S INFANT COR DIAL-For all complaints incident to Teething, Sour Stomach, Crying. THE QUEEN'S DELIGHT is the great est Pharmaceutical product ever discovered for all disorders and dis eases which have their origin in the blood. Health may now bc regain ed. Life prolonged. Beauty re stored. QUEEN'S DELIGHT-For Scrofula, dwelling of the Glands, Goitre. QUEEN'S DELIGHT-For Nervous De bility. QUEEN'8 DELIGHT-For Indigestion, Liver Complaint. QUERN'S DELIGHT-For Consumptive Patients as an invigorating cordlul. QUEEN'8 DELIGHT-For General Pros tration. QUEEN'S DELIGHT-For all Cutaneous Diseases, Blotches, Boils, Pimples, etc., Ac. FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS. rBF.r.\nEO BY E. H. HEINITSH & SON. Columbia S. C. Aug 10, 4877 5 ly 100,000 BEADERS ARE CALLING FOR The ORIGIN and HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN A*? TK TURK AND TnE GREAT CONTEST NOW WA GING BETWEEN THEM: Our RUSSO-TURKISn WAR BOOK I* tbeuiont Reliable, uccurato ?nd Comprehensive, nod with Ita ?KI hleg?tit Engraving*, Maps aud l'lan*. the most ?howy. aeslrabfo and useful booV now publudicd. 5000 ACTIVE AGENTS WANTED. Thoao dearing Territory on thia work ahould aT?llJtliemscWee of aa ?arly application. Also IOOO Agents Wanted on Our GRANO Combination PROSPECTUS BEFaKSKCTiyo ISO Distinct Publications Of onlvenal Interest, Including Agricultural, Blo grapulcal, HlitcTica), Religious, and Miscellanea"* Work?. Salce mado from ml? rroapoclur- when all Slnelc Dook* fall. Al?) on our neatly 100 STYLES of PREMIUM FAMILY BIBLES, ENGLISH and GERMAN, PROTESTANT and CATHOLIC. .* -irded H;:?-~ ricrit7 CTCr a!! iii;::, fot t?VirTnTal?abTo"Ald?"nnd Superb IJIudlngs.at the GRAND CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION. 1870. ncf I'artlcalau freo. Addresc JOHN E. POTTER & CO.. Publishers, PHILADELPHIA. Sept 13, 1877__j>_'X F-ST A BLI SH ED 1842. H. A. BRAHE, SUCCESSOR TO F. A. Blt AUK & CO., DEALER IN WATCHES, DIMONDS, JEWBLBY, SILVEBW?3E, AND PINE FANCY GOODS, 20G Broad Street, Corner McIntosh Si, AUGUSTA, CA. j^f WATCHES and Jewelry carefully Repaired aud. 'warranted. Nov 1,1877 1G 8m Darin? tb? pm ST? years Ut? pablle bar? .".?BU? ooeerved tUe wonderful curas accom plished from tb? ut? of V EU ET I NR. From lu use many on amieied sufferer bas b*#? -restored to perfect beallb, ador baviug expended n small fortune la procuring medical advice and ob taiulng poisonous mineral medicines. Ita medical prooerUes are Alterative, Ton!?, Solvent sud Diuretic. Thar* la BO disease, C. tba human system for which the VJCUBTiKS cannot be mol with perfect safety, as lt dota not contain any metallie er poisonous com pound. It Is comiweed exclesively of barks, roots euc herbs; ll U ??ry pleasant to take: overv chi!U likes it. lt ls tufa and reliable, as tho followlug evidence will show: ? Valu able Evidence. The following unsolicited testimonial from Rev. O. T. Walker, D. !>., formerly pastor of Ilowdulu Square Church, Boston, ami at present settled In Providence, lt. 1.. must be deemed aa riliahlo evidence. No one should fall to observa that this testimonial ls the result of two years' experience with the use of VE? ETI NE in the Rev. Mr. Wnlker'a family, who now pronounces lt invaluable: PRCVIDKXCK. IL I., ICI TB AN air STEKKT. H. ll. STKVKJUJ, Esq.: I feel bound to express with roy signature tho high value 1 place Ujw>n your VEUETINE. My family have used lt for the last two years. In nervous debility lt ls Invaluable and 1 recom mend it tn nil who in?' need an invigorating, renovating tonic. o. T. WALKER, Fortuorly Pastor of Bord?la Square Church, Doa toa. A Walking Miracle. MR. If. R. 8TimtM8: Dear Slr-Though a stranger, I want to la form yon what YKQKTISE hos done for me. Last Christmas Scrofula made its Appearance ir. :ny system-largo mouing ulcera appearing on ino, aa follows: (Ino oa each of my arm, one on my thigh, which extended to the seat, one ou my head, which eat Into Ibo skull bone, ono on my left lo?, which became aa bad that two physicians came to amp?tate the limb, though upon consultation concluded not to'do so, as my wholo body was so f?ll of Scrofula; they deemed it advisable to cut the nore, which v .-.n painful beyond description, and Ibero was a quart of -natter run from this one sore. Tim physicians ali gnvo mc up to die, and enid '.hey could do ito moro for mo. Both of my Irr i were drawn up t* my r: at, and lt waa thought it 1 did get up again 1 would be a crip pin for life. When lu this condition I saw VEGETIN'E advcrtitcU, mut commenced tatting lt In March, and followed on with il nulli I had used aix treu bottles, and this morning I ain going to ploii;:h com, a well man. All my townsmen say lt Is a miracle to see me round walking and work lug. in eouclttsiou I will add, when I was enrtnr lng such great suffering, from that dreadful diseuse, Scrofula, I prayed to the I-ord above to take me out of this world, but os Vr.nrriNE baa restored to me tho bloasluga of health, I desire) moro than ever to live, that I may be of soma service to my fellow-men, and 1 know of no better way tn aid suffering humanity, than to luclo-o von this statement nf my case, with an earuost hopo thai you will publish it, and it will afford mn nlnnsur* tn r??n!y In any ^052 tnutiic.il hm which I may receive therefrom. 1 om, slr, very rcspeetlully, WILLIAM PAYN. Avery, Eerricn Co., Mich., July 10, lb7?. ?Rel i able Evidence. Mu. H. IL STKVF.M? : ... Dear Slr-i will mest cheerfully add roy testi mony to the great nulabor you have already re ceived in fnvor of your r.rcat and good medicine, VKGETINE, for 1 do not think enough can ba said in ii? praise, furl was troubled over30yeara with that dcca?Pil disease, Cntarrb. and bad euch bail coughing spells thal il would eeetn aa though I could never t reatho any more, and VKOin'INE has cured mr; and I do feel to thank Hod all tho tim? that there is so good a medicine aa V KO F.T IN E, a t td 1 alee think tl ona of tba best medlrlues for coughs suA weak. ?Inking feellnira at the stomach and nd vise everybody to take tho VEGETINE, for I can assure them lt la otto of the beat medicine* tba? over waa. mt>>J ! ?A-? Corner Majp?lno and Walnut Streets, _ oauibri?gc, iu?av. Prepared by H. E. 8TB?EN8, Bwton, Ha* VE6ETIHE 13 SOLD BY ALL DRU?3I8T& PROMPTLY! TO THE_FR0HT ! THERE arc Bonn? who hnvo not come forward promptly, and others who wc do not think will be behind hand with their engagements; ont we desire to state io all that we must have what is duo us, in order to carry on our bnsir.ess. We now earnest ly reqiicat al! our customers, who are in debted to us, to come forward and pay up. If we cannot get the money that is due UH by the I wt of December next, we will place our Notes and Accounts in thc banna of an Officer for collection. We have on baud a good stock of Bug des anti Wagon?. Our work cannot bc excelled, and our prices are as low aa any other market. We are constantly man ufacturing Vehicles of all hinds, and can supply you with whatever /ou want in cur line. ?j All kinds of Repair Work'done, in the best manner, and at reasonable prices. We will givo great Bargains for the cash. REED & STEPHENS. Oct 4, 1877_12_3lii VJ JE* WITH: THE TXILvdZIES! npHE undersigned hereby notifies the cltl JL zens of Anderson and vicinity that hu bas moved bis HOOT and SHOE SHOP from bis old stand in the Benson House to qcw quarters on alain Street, near the Market. I am prepared to manufacture fine ard sub stantial Boots and Shoes for ladies and gen tlemen, at shortest notice, "nd guarantee the prompt delivery of work at ti e time appoin ted. I will call at residences to get measures for ladies' orders when desirable. Tile friends of Mn. R. p. MCKINNEY - will find him at vork in my shop, where he will be glad to see them, and continue to do their work. I have on baud a lot of substantial Kip Roots, o." my own manufacturo, suitebl? for winter wear, which I will sell cheap for cash. Give me a call, and examine my stock and pri?es. R. Y. H. NANCE. Oct 25, 1877 15 8m WILHITE & WILLIAMS, Anderson. S. C. BUISTS' NEW CROP TURNIP SEED, MASONS' FRUIT JAR8, DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, etc. PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, DYE STUFFS, 1 .v". 'KUM ERY LAMPS, WINDOW GLASS, f And DKUUU?OTM" SUNDRIES, ^-~ *-.?-._ - J;. July li), 1877 1 AUGUSTA HOTEL, Corser Broad end Washington Streets AUGUSTA, ?A. HAS been thoroughly Renovated, Re modeled, and Nowly Furnished. It is located in tho centre of burinera Telegraph Office in the Hotel Building Express Office In the ssrss block. Sta Office only one block off. All other pilbil conveniences close at hand. JB?- The Office of tho Hotel will be opel during the night, and guests will be rocciv od, or called nt any hour. Rate? af Board, $2.00 per Day. W. M. MOORE, Proprietor. Nov 1. 1877_18 8m raTABIdWHfcl? 1874. GEO. . B. EDWARDS Cotton and General COMMISSION MERCHANT Charleston, S. C. PROM Fr attention given to mle of Cot ton, Corn, Peas, Rice and Produce o all kinds. , , , Merchandise bought free of oommbvsior, Agent at Charleston for fltato Line Oceai Steamships between Now York. Glasgow Liverpool. London uid all parts of Earopt RKTEKKsens-Bank of Charleston, Ja* Adgcr A Co., G. T. Lowndos & Co., Charlea ton, S. C. '" ' Oct 4,1877 12 Stn ILLINOIS AND THE CAROLINAS. ADDHK3SE8 OF MK. 'cTJUUtAIX. AND GOV. VANCE.. The most notable feature of thc State Fair recently bel? in Colombia waa the captivating Addresses of Hon. H. P. Kimball and Governor Vance. Mr. Kimball, a representative of tho Winne bago Agricultural Society, of Illinois, was first introduced, who spoko as fol lows: When Governor Hampton honored tho people of our State with his visitation as their orator aod guest, he brought his speech in bis head. Compelled by tho laws of necessity, I have brought mine in my pocket. As I came Southward in the cars, anticipating that your good people would invite me to say something, I wrote down a few incoherent ideas aud statement1. Fresh from roy farra, with my hands calloused with recent toil, and ".oming .tmong a people with whom ora tory is a raturai gift, you will certainly have patience for a fow moments, if for no other reason 'han that I am the old defender of your honor and tho truest friend that South Carolina has in the North. The present is a most auspMous occa sion. The motives which have prompted this exchange of fraternal feeling are in spired by no party considerations. We meet together in a philantropic spirit, turning our backs upon the memories of a bloody conflict, and clasping our bands in a united effort to make our couutry more glorious and permanent in the fu ture. Illinois, that empire of the prairio States, whose vast surplus of agricultural products constitutes her the cornucopia of the West, sends her greetings to South Carolina; and invites her co-operation in tho cultivation of those sentiments so eminently calculated to make the citi zens of this republic a prosperous aud homogeneous people. Sectional agita tion has been the desperate strategy of an ultra school of politicians, who, for personal aggrandizement, (having never confronted tho perils of tho battle field,) have Bown broadcast over tho land tho dragon's teeth of alienation and strife. There exists a numerous class of dema gogues throughout the land, who ignoro the principles of our glorious constitu tion and intentionally disregard tho fun damental truth of political economy, that peace and tnnnuilStv ?? ?he essen tial conditions of a nation's prosperity. With impious hands they tear open the wounds of discord which were well nigh healed, stir up the elements of dissension, and, preferring their own advantage to the nation's welfare, they rely upon the prejudices of the ignorant to secure for them official patronage and power. This continual repetition of sectional ani mosities by parly politiciens tends to dis tract the public mind, disturb our busi ness relations and check the diffusion of capital. It is everywhere the ruliog sen timent of the people, despite the ambi tions of politicians, that tho progress and perpetuity of our Dation, in the mutual development of its vast industrial and commercial interests, must depend cn tbs ur.it-?.-d ?Vi?d loyal nonviolent 01 tue I citizens of the whole count rv. The pow er and influence of sectional agitators are rapidly dying away. The people in their majesty are rising above the incentives of revenge to a higher and broader plane of general amnesty disinterested pa triotism. Standing noon the bright threshold of this new era, ?t everywhere behold the marshaling of om uaiion's industrial hosts beneath the white ban ner of reconciliation and peace. From every foundry and workshop in the Inno we catch in our eager and listening ears tho pulsations of those mighty forges, forever chanting the anthem of a higher civilization, as they beat our useless swords into plowshares and reconvert thc enginery of war into implements of hus bandry and mechanical industries. From the bosom of our mother earth, where our dead heroes lie buried, our associated industries must gather the materials tc repair the desolations of war. The peaceful pursuits of agriculture are exempt from those distract!', g caret that infest all other departments of bus incas ; and it is our lesson of experience that it is the best adapted to the ful development of the possibilities of tin race. I congratulate tho South Carolina Stab Board of Agriculture on the maintenuuci of a. permanent industrial organization Such an association, with an annual ex position of your manufactures and natu ral products, constitutes the text book o your capabilities as a people, in wbicl strangers may rend the lessons of you achievements and progress. ? congratulate jou moet cordially upoi tho public tranquility that reigns witbii your borders; the steady revival of you industries, and more especially upoi ; your enfranchisement from that horde o political conspirators who, under th livery of the civil service and an incoi ruptible national party, (?) pl?ndere 1 your treasury, bribed your represent? tives, impaired your public credit, an i with unblushing eflrontery outrage every principle *of justice and honoi ; The condition of South Carolina undr ? the usurpations of carpet-bag* mimd finds a '?triking analogy in that legend c classical mythology which represent ' Prometheus enchained to Mount Cauct sus by Jupiter, and whose punisbmer was aggravated by a ravenous vultun that descended upon him and devoure his liver, which grew in the night i much as it was consumed in the da; The league of the carpel-bag dynasi has, for a decade of years, constitute tho political vultures of the South, wt have preyed upon her resources, devoure her substance, crippled her industrii ' and loaded her with unparalleled bu dens of taxation and debt. Retributio personified Ly one of the ancient Furie armed with a scourge of venomous seo ntnnn In sin A I. a ii it fttjij * bittlSfy Cf ?Jti? eribg lightnings ia the other, shou . oursuo these infamous miscreants, fag tives from justice, who aro profaning tl sanctuary of our national capital, ai , drive them from tho boundaries of civi ization. South Carolina stands upon tl same proud eminence with Illinois ai Massachusetts in the vindication of b rights of self-government and ber cons ! tutional privileges as a sovereign Sui i The general government cannot impo c disabilities upon one without degradii and humiliat'ng the other. The confe 1 eration of the United States under t constitution afr'jrds a striking similitu to the physical anatomy of man. T two hemispheres of the human bra are typified in the two co-ordinate bram - es of our natioual legislature. Both i united in the closes sympathy with t needs and functions of tho ?remotest par 9 Sever an artery or dislocate a joint, a immediately the telegraphic system nerves sends the dispatch to th? mi minute and delicate fiore, and the whi physical constitution languishes wi 1 suffering. So it must be in tho admin trallon of our national govcrnmc Every measure of tyranny and proser ri tion enforced agni ut. jj free aod soverel ', State reacts with the most deletcrlc r?solu upon tho wholo country. Co '? ciro measures cannot paralyze the ind' h tries and commerce of South Carob without depleting tho national exchequ Only in the mutual and increasing de? velopment of the natural resource* of each State of this great commonwealth, imposing a check on the concentration of capital, can our nation attain its high est posible destiny. When the general government, under tho specious pretext of retaining the insubordination of your citizens, established a military encamp* 1 ment of armed soldiery upon toe campus of your State capitol, every other State must have recoiled beneath the stigma and humiliation of the outrage. Already indication? aro clearly discern able that a brighter era of industrial pro gresa will eventually dispel the stagna tion and fmnncial gloom that, uko the shadows of a dark eclipse, seems to hare settled down upon your honored State. The change in your political system, forced upon you by the reconstruction measures, afforded nome compensation in the change that became a necessity in your industrial system. Before the war, the lands of the cotton States belonged almost exclusively to an aristocracy of wealth. Une reservation after another was cultivated, until tho last elements of fertility were exhausted in the production of cotton, which waa exchanged for for* eign gold. The ambition of planters to cultivate large estates, under which method impoverishment of the soil with out restitution was continually occurring, Educed them iu circumstances that they tad only time to sow and gather up the harvest. That system of agriculture, then so prevalent, growing out of the possession of large estates, and conse quently a hurried industry, ignored every ftriaciple of agricultural economy. The and is as honest a thing as there is in nature. If you keep it hungry, then poverty and destitution, like famished wolves, will bo in wait at your own doors. The highest eulogy that could bo possi bly sculptured in marble, in commemo ration of tho labors of the husbandman, ia "He bas left bis farm better than he found it." It was Virgil, whoso classic f;enius in the conception of the Eneid il* uminatod the reign of Augustus, who uttered thu impoverished maxim : "Praise largo farms, but cultivate small ones." It was grand old Homer who sang of thc gardens of Alconious : "Four acre* waa the allotted ploco of grot 1, Hemmed by a green enclosure all around." Wo have no right to cultivate more !??id uinii TY o eau preserve in its original fertility. Wo are imposing a heavy bur den ou posterity io the impoverishment of our rich alluvial lands, in the removal of their most available clements by a system of surface culture, making them articles of commerce, whilo we return nothing in exchange. Citizens of South Carolina-In the di versification cf your industries, in the in crease of your commerce, in the more equal distribution of your landed estates, instituting a .nora thorough system oi culture, and securing a greater diffusion of capital, lie the possibilities of youi future progress and prosperity. You belong to a proud and honored lineage. The people who originally fixed their habitations io the warm latitudes ol the sunny South possessed more culture sod greater chi??lry and Mobility ci character than the Puritans, who sough! an asylum on the barren and storm-beaten coast of New England. Those noble and hospitable traita of character, ever fcc tered by an aristocracy of wealth and transmitted from an aristocracy of genius are conspicuous iu the Southern charac ter to-day. If the memory of my achoo days bas not /ailed me, I think it wai that gallant knight, Sir Walter Raleigh who first navigated your shores anc awakened the solitudes of your wilder nessee with the quiet accents of om mother tongue. Ho was succeeded b* that heroic adventurer, James Ed ware Oglethorpe, clothed with the powers t< exercise the functions of aOovernor, wb? sailed into Charleston harbor in tho gooe ship Anne, with a culouy of 114 persons iu January, 1733. The address of Lomochichi, one of tht principal orators of the Creeks, upon tht conclusion of the treaty with Oglethorpi I regard as one of the finest passages o aboriginal eloquence. "Hero is a present," said the chief ; M] give you a buffalo's skia adorned on th? inside with the head and feathers of ai eagle, which I desire you to accept, be cause thc eagle is an emblem of opee-i and the buffalo of strength. The Lng lish aro swift as the bird and strong a the beast ; trinco like the former, thc; flew over vast seas to the uttermost part of the earth, and like the iatter, they ar so Btrong nothing can withstand them The feathers of the eaglo are soft am Bignify love ; the buffalo's skin is ware nnd signifies protection ; therefore, hope the English will protect their littl families." I wish more of that untutored savage' benevolent temper and magnanimity might pervade tho radical sentiment c the North. Recently perusing the fol lowing vivid and picturesque descriptio of your State, written by the poet Wallei full a century and a half ego, a migrator feeling came over me, and I concluded t join tho flight of our Northern hird* i test the beauty of your scenery and th salubrity of your climate : 'Trie -pring which but min tea aa hera Inhabits there and couria them all the year ; Ripe fruit? and blossom* on the same tree Ure; At once they promise what at once thoy give ; So sweet the air, so moderate the clime, Kuno sickly lire? or die* before bia tiree. Heaven sure ha* kept this spot of earth uncurled To show how all things were created first." ! From that primitive period thebistoi i of South Carolina is illuminated by i bright a galaxy of orators and B ta team e who have reflected honor upon the country as any other State caa boa* Her Calbouns, her Haynes, her McDu fica, her Marions and ber Hamptons, el dowod with the highest gifts of state matiship, have justly earned their in mortality. In tho annals of our countr; their publio services and private virtu? Vi iii ho COtI,?i?u.Gr?tod ?l?u? i i Ul ? 0(1 fl be no longer. There are other chara tcristics which havo ever distinguish? the citizenn of your State, upon which t imputation of reproach has ever reste ana those are your honor, your herois and your hospitality. It is my bighe aspiration that South Carolina may y rise from the Gethsemane of ber sorrot and ber sacrifices more fair and beautif than Aphrodite when she rcsc frosi tl foam of the boisterous sea. Fellow-Citizens-Two yeera ago, co vi need that the material welfare of tl country had been too long sacrificed the interests of local politicians, that o nation was weary of contention ai needed repose, our industrial associath had the honor of inviting his Excel len Jefferson Davis, ex-President of ti (Southern Confederacy, to be ita orat and guest, s nd to participate in the he pitalities of its annual reunion. It was the inherent nobility of tho political principles, long cherished ai openly vindicated by the members of o official board, guaranteeing to every ci cen amnesty, liberty and equality befo the law, that inspired them to reach o a hand of welcome to tho united Soul in a hearty ovation to its former disti guished representative. Tbis act of o society's magnanimity occurred upon t eve of our nation's centennial. 1 Tho f trlotic sentiment was then universa' expressed that a reunited South a North, with ?very dimension bc%led, a should, lo ? covenant of friendship and c trust, lay apod trie holy altars of our lib- I ert'es the trophies of their industries. fl To demonstrate io diviner amplitude c that fraternal and chivalrous seutiment 1 which inspired the heroes of Fits Hugh c Lee*? Palmetto Legion and those of Mas- i sachusetts to bary their enmities in tho t classic ?oil of Bunker Hill, our associa- t tioo opened wide the doors of its hosp!- < tality. They had not forgotten that i Robert Toomba,' accepting on a t^ne the ( invitation of the citizens of Mi?aacbu- 1 setts, discussed the "Divino right of I slavery" in old Fanueil Hall, that Cradle < of our national liberties. The fact was < fresh in their memory still that Horrace " Greeley, after the cessation of hostilities, ? accepted the invitation to address the 1 Statu Agricultural Association of Texas. 1 There were no indignation meeting*, no bitter remonstrances from the soldieii in < gray to h?ap personal insult upon the old ? philosopher, or revive in hit mind mern- I or?es that would be painful to bear. Yet, < for half a century he waged a violent < crusade against the policy and institu- j tiona of tho South, and hurried tue ; fiercest invectives against her political > representatives. 1 Our industrial association, in its invi- I tation to the honorable and venerable 1 ex-President, the impersonation, in an eminent degree, of the genius and aspir ations of the South, aimed to unite the industrial interests and co-operative spirit of both sections beneath the pro tecting f enner of a restored ana united nationality. Ten long yearn of bitter ac ceptance of the irreversible results of civil war upon the part of the South should be sufficient to write a law of gen eral amnesty, higher than President's can grant, upon the heart of every Northern citizen-an amnesty embracing in its broad philanthropv the restoration nf all righto and immunities that existed when Northern and Southern blood mingled in a common sacrifice on Mexican soil. Both sections of our common country, io their geographical position and their varied productions, united also by broad and navigable rivers, are iuseparably as sociated in their commercial and indus trial interests. If thu fertility of our prairies fills the granaries of a continent ; tho capacity of your euil in its cotton supn'y feeds the manufactures of a world. In behalf of cur natiun'a cfuitannial. which has recently passed-in behalf of our diplomatic relations with the great ci viii ?cd nations of Europe, which respect governments in proportion to their strength and unity-in behalf of our vast undeveloped resources, which should in terlink our States in bond? of mutual sympathy stronger than steel, we appeal to the patriotism and magnanimity ortho whole country to bury in one grave of eternal oblivion their sectional animosi ties. Personally, it would have afforded me the greatest satisfaction to have extended to tho venerable ex-President the hpspl ts?itid? of my humble borne. In the ro visit-tioa of the eld tramping ground of his earlier years, it would have delighted bio haart tn h "VS realised thu 7-pi il dw I velopment of the Weat lu those illimita ble reaches o? wtid. rolling prairie trans formed into fruitful farms and dotted all over with flourishing homesteads, and itt. maleficent water courses resounding with the anthem of our mechanical in dustries. It would have kindled my enthusiasm to bave sat down by bis sido au? listened to the recital of his eventful experience io the musical cadences of that voice, which, on great occas* aa, had aforetime, bushed the chambers of the national capital by tho irresiatable pathos of its eloquence. I fain would have enriched his experience with the realizations of the fullest hospitality that the reminis cence of bis pleasant sojourn with us, might hereafter, steal in upon the quiet evening of his life, like a remembered strain of sweet and delicious music. Did the invitation of the Winnebago County Agricultural Society, to the dis tinguishea ox-President, so illustrative of the diviner qualities of our humanity, compromise in the least, the loyalty, the magnanimity or the Christianity "ot the North 7 If it did, then a life ot perfect Christian integrity would compromise the ''Sermon on the Mount." Under the classic civilisation*', it was prohibited that any inscription commem morative of the struggles of internecine war, should bo sculptured upon iron, brass or marble. Has our civilization gained nothing of magnanimity and principle in the progress of two thou sand years? Has our American repub lic reversed thc law of Valions! progress and adopted the law of retaliation of the federal times? Our industrial Association, that took tho initiative step in the cause of recon ciliation, in its invitation to President Davis, on a moro recent occasion m ado conspicuous ita strong fraternal feelings to tne citizens of South Carolina in its hospitalities to your distinguished Gov ernor, thr. Hon. Wade Hampton. You remember in the Oriental legend how that the Magil discovering a star in the Esst followed it until its benignant beams shown down, illuminating the l.i. -.1-n-ir_i.i The eyes of the whole North, intently watching the changes in the kaleido scope of public events, discovered a star of the first magnitude, rising in full orbed splendor, above tho pol?tica! hori zon of South Carolina. This planet Ssnius possessed quite an eccentric orbit, n one occasion it flashed out in marvel ous brilliancy from the meridian at Au burn, N. Y., and on another, at White Sulphur Springs, Vu., it dii?uscd ito daz zling splendors. Under tho instructions of our official managers, I determined, by the assist-' ance of some principle o* physics or met aphysics, to divert ttiis luminary from its orbic and compei it to revcive around tbs scribes "cction cf Illinois. When I wrote my first letter of invita tion to your Governor. I must h ?ve felt as Mahomet did, when no addressed the mountain. It was highly complimentary that ono or the other should accept to se cure tho interview. I continued sondlog , invitations, and telegraphic dispatches, j and to be relieved of my persistency, ano for the good it might accomplish, the The visitation of your. honored Gov ernor bad a most salutary influence upon i our community. When be appeared bo i fore that immense concourse of intelli ' gent citizens, who bad swarmed from thc : vast prairies and populous cities of oui i State, it occurred to me that there mas! ' have rushed into, bis mind a feeling ol i wonder and inspiration kindred with thal ' of the ?reat evangelist, who eaw in bb vision cf the apocalypse "a great multi tude which no man could number." Yoe i are familiar with the legend of the state I ly ship that sailed along tho shores of tb? . magnetic mountain. - Suddenly its rivet ? and rings, its bolt? and han wore spirited ? away by an ivreaistll.e and invisibh ; power, and the hugo vessel dissolved inU , fragmenta that drifted away On tho toss ? 'ig billows. Aa the Governor continue? ' -Jis address, I discovered in tho faces of t > few the expression of prejudice brightci into welcome, and thc frown of an tagon ' ism soften into tho smiles of approbation I Liko the magnetic mountain, the wisden ind nobility, tho conservative and con- d iliatory spirit of bin utterances irresistl- c; ?ly drew out thc bolts and bars ot bigotry vi ind pr?judice, which had so long ex- h hided the diviner qualities of the heart, n I'hu unwavering confidence of the Atneri- a an people in the heroic principle and ? ntegrlty of the Governor's character, tl heir united appreciation of the lofty pa* tl riotisrn which inspires his public ad? n tresses, and their endorsement of tho inpartial justice of bis administration, f onstitute tho "golden stairway" of op- g ?ortunity for the future realization of his 1; lighest ambition. Already the Gov- v srnor's address bas been incorporated n vith the historical records of our county, s vhich are upon tho eve of publication, a v sony of which work will be transmitted j o Iiim, with the compliments of tho pub- v isher. c Honorable members of the 8tate Board v >f South Carolina, in behalf of the North- i ?rn Illinois Industrial Association, I t p-oap your hands in token of the sin- t scree*, and truest fellowship. If there be me obligation which the members of our t ocietv esteem more sacred thnn another, i t is that of promoting, by every jmt ano t loepitablo method, a feeling of amity t ind confidence among all the citizens bf t &isgie?t republic. Tho late civil di - < tension resulted from the chafing andan- t agonisms of our industrial and political < nie rests and the persistent encroach- < neut of the usurpations of one section < ipon tho rights of another. The strate- < .tea of war rcsemblo tho marvellous cora- < /mations of a chess-board. We cannot i letermlne whut unseen power*, holding < n their trusts the destinies of nations, < itand ui'seen by tho heroes of the conflict, jiving tlx n nerves of valor and sinows ! if strength. Tho Almighty has as much ] lirect agency in the establishment and ! lubversion of empires, republics and i :ivibrations as he has in tho forme'ion > >f an island or contiuent. No r?proach, in a general view, can be inposed on the South or North for the part they took in the war. > Revolutions ire God s methods for restoring an equi librium in tho political world, as much as volcanoes and earthquakes aro his instru ments for quelling tho internal convul donsofa planet. Tho law of antagon am has been the law of national devel opment and tho exponent of its progress ; ii rough all ages. Tho pootlcal dogma that r.ll men z.r>. :rcatod t'reo and equa'. is established on no principle of reason, nature nor phi losophy. The equality is only ono of urivxlcge, not jxnetra-ono of opportunity ind not achievement. Before individuals, peoples and races can assert their claims )f equality with others, they must justify their claim with equal evidences of abili ty and accomplishment. Before we can attain equality with a Calhoun, Webster .nd Clay, we must ?how evidence of pos lesaing thoir quality and quantity of be ing. To bo a Bonaparte, wo must scale :he Alps with our victorious legions ami inscrbo victory on our banners in the 'presence of forty generations looking iown from tho heights of yonder pyra mids." To bc a Newton, we must meas ire the velocities of God ? invisible cou riers, electricity and light mears,,? ibo inter-stellar spices, anti poise tho solar lystcma in the balances of our calcula lion. To bo a Morse or Field, we must Srst tame the lightning, and then build a Highway of thought under the sen. To DC a Hampton, we must havo tho moral beroism to stand, in our right and majes ty, before tho highest powers of tho na tion and exclaim : "I nave not come here for any compromise. I have been elec ted Governor of South Carolina by the ^'pressed will of a majority, and, by the Eternal, I will bo Governor or 50,000 valiant r ons of South Carolina will unite to defend my claim." * have ye' to learn where a man has snrned his immortality by the surrender sf his convictions or the compromise of bis honest principles. Before the Anglo Saxon race shall abdicate their position af white supremacy, tho colored and mixed races mu-t first eclipso them in their powers of invention and their achievement of engineering skill ; they must construct navies, span the rivers with magnificent bridges, cover the con tinents with networks ol' railroads, and adorn n literature with poetry, science and philosophy, they must organize poly technic schools, endow universities and 50?jDir?ionivci hist?rica! events in groups of sculpture and galleries of art Out side the limits ortho ancient Egyptian civilization, no vestiges of aqueducts, no ivy-clad monuments, illustrative of a higher civilization, have rewarded the industry of modern geographical research in Africa. The Anglo-Saxon race in the versatility of their capabilities and the plcntitude of their power will hold the sceptre of supremacy till timo be no longer. Citizens of South Carolina, since tho time when Sherman's army loft its auto graph of cannon shot upon the walls of your State House and outraged tho prin ciples of honor and humanity in tho con flagration of your city, you have been made tho victims of the foulest indigni ties and conspiracies ; under tho,eves of the nation, you have manifested a heroic patience and endurance. A noble and conservative spirit has preserved your honor unblemished und restrained all acts of insubordination. It is the aspiration of tho citizens of Il linois that trio Almighty who holds in his hands tho destiny of nations will cast up a highway of material prosperity for the truly hospitable people of South Carolina. Colonel Taylor theu presented Mr. Kimball with a bouquet of flowers sent to him by the ladies of South Carolina. Governor Hampton then rose and said : My friends of South Carolina, the duty has been assigned to me, and I need not say with what pleasure I assume it, to present the gentleman who will follow she dieiinguisned speaker from illinois. U__J-_I_?_A- At...-1 u.?* ..\^...? III/ .. ? ? ? .nj i.L'.iu.. o *ui? j.uvtm; of South Carolina. His name and his fame are dear to us, of the old South State-almost as dear to UH as they aro to his own countrymen in the old North State. Ho is known hero ns ho is known there-as a true soldier, a tried patriot, an incorruptible statesman. He is known not as Governor Vance, but as Zeb Vance, in South Carolina ; but bc tr^a T "r^c..? i. ?o "*os ol lo T- roo to say one*word in acknowledgment of tho words that have fallon from tho gentle man from Illinois. Thin is tho first pub lic occasion since I returned where I have had tho opportunity of expressing, as I do now, my high appreciation aud heartfelt thankB to tho people of Illinois for tho greeting they gave me there. They extended to me as warm a welcome t i I could have had at the bands of any people, and I feel proud to-day when my countrymen welcome that gentleman from tho great State of the Northwest. He then introduced Gov. Vance, who spoke as follows: There is a destiny reserved for the peo ple of the older or Atlantic Southern States. The part they will be required to perform is, m my judgment, o'f prime importance to tho futuro of not only om common country, but of tho Englisli speaking race. That part consists lc what is called-sometimes with a sneer (xracTv?tim ; tho checking and steadying of tho extravagant and precipitate ten 0HC?C3 of our nnglo-Amoricau DerrVocra? ! f. This uncertain progression, the esk aide of all popular governments, as exhibited a more dangerous dcvc.op ?cot in these American 8tatoe than In ny other portion of tt-5 rorld. No chero are tue sober checks of conserva ism so much needed, so absolutely essen al to tho preservation of tho very ele ?entfl of liberty. Every circumstance of our oondiUon reds and stimulates or progressive dan ers; and the still small voice of home f prudence is drowned in the i oar of the rheels which the national energies set in lotion. We glory in our untiring trongth, in our limit] lesa power. When re work in tho fields of peace, it is our ride that we excel all otbeis; when we rar, oven among ourselves, it is a battle f giants, and even when we cirai it ia rito a colossal unity and on a scale of at'onal magnificence that shames alike tie petty larceny of the CurUiiao und bo Turk. Occupying the Voadest and most fer ile strip of this earth which spreads bo icath tue temporate belts of the ?un, bo ween two great oceans, an empire of lore than 8,000,000 Bquare miles in ex ont, not yet more than half subdued to ivilisation, the field of wealth and poy* i cai power which the vista of tho iuture iiscloses is grander than any which ever ld Roman or Spaniard gazed upon. Ita ontemplation has bred a wondrous nergy and a prophetic instinct which vinces itself not only in great deed? and ?reatar boasting, but in a most reckless lisregard of moral means and a moat langerous contempt of consoqueuces. In tho major part of the Union thia ccling characterizes the teaching im ?arten to thc young. A boy is taught, ndirectly if not directly, that it is more mportant to acquire a dollar than to un lemtjtnd and jealously guard the ftes ri >od-bought institutions which enable lim to earn that dollar and protect him n its enjoyment. The everlasting re rain rung into his .ears ia to "develop1' omcthing by which money is to bo mane. ?rom the press, the school room, the i listings, tho rostrum, tho store room, the vork-shop and the fire-Bide, comes this icanolcns lesson ; whilst the exhortation o develop the noble and generous quali ica of the oui, tho basia of personal and mt ional integrity, are left to tho formal Iribblings of the Sunday schcol or the lerfunctory routine of thc pulpit, .end ho Inculcation of the great principles vhich underlie and sustain our liberties iro heard only occasionally from como Ironing professor's chair, delivered with he air and manner in which ho would liscourse on *.he ancient fossils and ailu inn what-you-call-ems. In other words, mr progress is not a true progress; we ire expending our energies in physical levelopmont to the noglcct of the intel ectual and moinl; we are cultivating ho vino for tho production of wood and eaves to the neglect of the fruit; W9 are wilding cities, railroads nod ship canals, ipening lands to cultivation aaa amass ng wealth, but we are building no nov/ miwarka to protect freo government "In the con tr " ry wo have cast some cf thc lucient ones down apd trampled them in bo mire, S?d Gtiicr? Vr? ar? forgetting ind remanding to the musty cabinets of he curious. Never stickle for tho.con titution, tbey saw nov/ ; politics don't my the farmer ; let us develop somo hing; let Uo get rich. Verily I say so oo. Let us indeed ^ st rich ; not only n houses and lands, Tn flocks and herds, n cities and towns, in shins and Bteam raven ed highw?yi? and gold and silver, mt also in tho unspeakable riches of the 'reedom wherewith our allocators made IB freo ; in the knowledge of our rights, ttrsonal aud State, and above all, rich in ho courage and integrity to vindicate hem ; so rich in these virtues, in fact, bat an attempt to organize a freo legisla ure by the use ol* bayonets, and to con stitute a sergeant of the guard a judgo oj he election and qualification bf thc nembers thereof, shall blow all America nto a volcanic flame, which, like the earful looking for of judgment, shall :onsumo tho adversary-its author-ha tead of feasting him in the high placen >f Europe ana America, and will give lim tho confinement of a dungeon, lo tead of tho freedom of an ancient city. My word f-r it, my friends, these art he true liches of an American citizen; o strugglo for these things is the lessor vhich should be taught our children nexi liter they aro able to lisp "Our Fathei vhich art in Heaven." Tho absence o: beso teachings will result in tbe uttei lerishing, as it bas alieady produced thi rricvous wounding, of liberty. And now to the destiny which I hkv innounced that it waa my opinion yo, lad to fulfill. Tho chief business o :hese Southern Atlantic States is, am ?viii for generations continue to be, tin cultivation of the soil MU I Cognate pur suite. The tendency of these employ nents is decidedly conservative. Looking at the history of tho greo ['Jermaine families, it may be said, tba whilst cities and municipalities have beet foremost in asserting /reo instltutioui rural and agricultural communities bav aver been most steadfast in nmintainin md conserving them. The enjoyment c zorporate privileges early taught the! possessors tn the towns the importance c establishing also the rights and libertic sf the nation at large. Bat the spirit < gain and the love '. of chango also wei corned the approach of tyranny, an overcrowded populations gave birth t riot, nocial disorders, and tho demagogue the personation of all dangers to law an liborty. It is yet so. From tho crowda alleys aud dark by-ways of cur grei cities, abodes ef hunger jnd crime; corni forth the direst enemy with which ot institutions mast contend. The evl prophesied by Lord Mccauley have con upon us long before our vast Westei plains have been filled un: and whil there are still bornes to bo had almo for the trouble of squatting upon thei and bread for the sowing of the seed, tb war against property bas begun on scale requiring armies to resist it, ar communism-tue incarnation ofdespo ism and social chaos-is openly esta fished in tbe land. How, the sword mi temporarily check but cannot utterly sui vert this spirit. The sword is evil as t instrument of government, as comma ism is ovii, and one evil cumins care BI other. Moral i ?medies are alone perm noi?t and creditable to our civiluatid This remedy is found in the ballot bo and iu avoiding the causes which pr duce communism,. It is a fact of whii we cannot be too proud, that whilst ri and labor outbreaks Were.convulsing fl ciety and destroying millions of proper among our Northern neighbors last sui mer, and . frightened Executives we clamoring for the United States arm not a note of trouble was heard from tl Potomac to New Orleans. I could r* but eeo ibo contrast and feel tbs bless effects of relying upon a conservativo a ?.?cultural people. During tho flew period of that significant commotion, tl Governor of North Carolina was coolii himself on the hills of his native conn of Buncombe, the Secretary of State w enjoying himself at tho Warm Sprinj and the Treasurer ?as cet I oar in t shado of his apple trees in Randell County, and tho macbinory of each'il partaient was efficiently worked by thi TO CfO&RKSPOlflfKNTSL-In order to reotlte ' ituati?., oociiaaolw'.idDB ia nat ba ?carapulca jy tb-, t?at> cara? and add real o? Ute writer. E*. . Util MUi II l| I* wtXt-ao*. U attoiowd, trato?? tba aeacem-y stain pe ?re furnished to repay the pott ?-.t "WNU ra bot TMpouaild.o for tho flews aaa ;???ictis ?t <r?r uurn^ponaents. All ?oramrnlcaUons should be addressed lo "Ed llora lat JlHgerjoei," and ail checks. dr&fU. money ^ ^Sa^Y^,^' .Anderson,8. C. boya-two just frpro college and one un? dergraduate home for the vacation. The disease of social trouble was cot there, because. the -predisposing causea were not .there. . Cur lana is not flited with tr.rv?*ey rings, stock jobbers, and huge tx. vopolics and accumulation of capital to grind labor into dust and drive the working man to desperation, whore he has to be slaughtered in the nonie of order. Whilst denouncing the spirit of lawlessness, therefore, it ts also w?ll to denounce those by whom offenses come. Bet. your faces against rheas, too, my friends, and let them find no favor wita you at the ballot box. Whilst it is kept pure and ia controlled by conservative infl':?dces, we are safe. Tho stronghold ' of conservatism and of law is in the homes of those who viii the soil and live upon the fields. "Firm as the everlast ing hills," says the proverb, and the in* habitant of theso hills or plaint? ccqu?rco something of the stability of bis home stead. In the very r.?turo of his occupa tion, tb? man of the fields ia also a man of stability and peace. To bim we look for resistance.to now and untried things, for tho preservation Of old landmarks. When riot deluges the city Sn blood or wraps its palaces io flame, when atrita stop the wheels of the factories, paralyse the arm of law and invite crime to come forth to his carnival, and trtful dema gogues stir tho fires bf discord for selfish eurie, then indeed do tho eyes of-all pa triot? turn toward the hills whence com eth our strength ; then indeed do wo look to the men ol tho fiel-Ja to come up full of the teachings of their fathers and fresh from the parity of their firesides and their communings with nature to overcome the promptings of evil and misguided men. te restore the strength of the law, ana maintain tho freedom and justice of so ciety. Nomon on our continent have been better taught the great lessons of true civilization and constitutional liber ty, for no men havo sat at tho feet of 8tcatcr statesmen and purer patriots than' ie people of theso Southern Atlantic States. Of all men, they perhaps" best, know that all the - wealth . we can amas? and all the natural progress our vast're sources may enable us to make aro as a sounding of brass or .the tinkling of a cymbal-aro worse than vanity, except the genuine principles of freedom and of law are ?till dominant, in our hearts. Except these abide in the ship, verily ye cannot be saved. Knowing these things, and removed, as you aro in A great measure, from the temptation to do wrong which surrounds the densely populated" nnd manufactur ing districts of the land, I doubt not but {ou. will remain true to your destiny, and y your strong conservative tendencies keep the ship for many ages from drift ing upon tho rocks, ana preserve for our children tho blessings of: free and stable government To stimulate you to the performance of those high functions, and to ask you to contemplate with jealous pride the grand position you really hoid in the economy of our American politico, la my task to day. I can learn you little in regard to . the ?cl??co of agricultura proper. I can not tell you how'tb grow moro cotton with the same or less means, and I would not If I could. Yon grow too much as it is. Tho more of it yon produce tho moro dependent you become on Western meat and bread. If I had my way I'would have every man who called himself a farmer, and yet bought all bis meat and broad in Cincinnati pr St Louis, indicted for obtaining a good namo under false pretenses. Cotton is 'no* king; by d'tre necessity, in time of war. we learned that food was. You have tried sc long to en throne cotton that it ia time jon were finding out that your royal personage Uko many such in Europe, was an expen sive institution-hardly worth, the trap pings which adorn him. But there is a class of our population whose chief occupation is the production of cotton, whoso welfare should engage more of your attention now than the. pro duct of their labor. But lately -.your slaves, and poorly, fitted for the duties of citizenship, the problem of their future position is among the most difficult which we have to oolve. In my opinion the proper solution depends also upon the ag ricultural people of the South. It is for you to determine whether thoy shall or shall not become active and efficient fac tors in the preservation of free govern ment and tho promotion of oar material prosperity. Important factors of eomo sort they undoubtedly are and will be ; if left to the teachings' and influences of those whose opinions we regard as detri i montai to oar idea? of government, they , will become to a? evil factors in any case, j If brought within our own influence then they will become factors for good or ovil ' as our opinions may provo righter wrong, j For one, I think we have too long-per mitted aliens in feeling and interest, to control theso black people at oar doors. For one, I am willing for tho sake of put ting th em, a? a part of ou r own - people, uniter the control of oar opinions, to do anything consistant with tho preservation of tho purity of our blood and of those ?oeial distinctions which our Aogj-j-eaxon preittdiccain support of nature have es tablished. I w?'? want 4,000,000. of as^ucs??d half-civilized enemies, floated in tim very bosom of our Southern homes, controlled by enemies still ,moro hostile a thousand miles away. I do want theso 4,000,000, however, to bo our friends, to aid us to till our fields, >to think os we think, to feel that their interest is our interest and oars is thedrs, to sustain the law in tho maintenanco of lifo, liborty and prosperi ty, and by a natural alliance with tho land give strength to the conservative element of our society. Without aiwi ficing a particle of what we owe to our own race all this can bo done, by attach ing them to tho soil, by aiding them to procure good homes, by warning them i continually against the corruption which i liva iii ?TS?? tO O?tiap *!??.? SOutngv, showing them how evil miers oppress both black and white, and in ell ways manifesting a kindly interest in their welfare. Verily, If -ara irs ^ise, we will make our political anemics repent that, they made tho black men citizens. Such, my friends, aro the.duties which Bress upon tho rural populations of thcao tates. To check and hold steady the rav?u vrvsdcsoios cf SUT J?6?nera<Ur : to repress both the cause and effect of dis orders growing out of overcrowding pop ulation ; tp adjust our relations with thc black race and make it a useful and con tented element of our eivUheation. The?? tibios? may be termed the pol?tica! ethic* of your noble profession, and whilst they are grander and higher than tho skill fullest oxcrclee of your science, theircon fciontious performance will ennoble your toil and '-ender the plow as great em in ttrument l? tho field of palnotio states manship as lt ever has been in the pro duction of body-pwtwrtag bread, an emblem of both political and physical lifo. Now, that is ?111 have to say upon that subject. I repeat how much pleasuro it gives me to stand before an - audience of South Carolinians,redeemed, regenerated and disenthralled, myself being & repre aenUtiveof a State that ha? bad; a ?ko experience with yours. I will only ?ty . farther in tho . language of /?ney x Ita, ^Toay God bless us overy ono."