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BY E. B. MURRAY & GO._ _ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1879. VOL. X1Y-NO. 48. UOV. HAMPTON'S SrEECII. ?'ull Text of tho Ablo wild Coimorvutlve Itoiuurks of the South Carolina Senator. The biil to repeal section* .820 and 821 .of the Revised Statutes of tho United States, relativo to jurors in tho Uniteil States Courts being under consideration, Mr. Hampton said : Mu. PRESIDENT: I beg to acknowl edge my obligations to the Senator from Delaware ?Mr. Bayard] for the courtesy which enables me to submit a few re marks to tho Senate ; and in taking up thc bill which ho has laid before thc Senate, I do not propose to discuss it specially. I rather prefer to make gen eral remarks upon the subjects which have been under discussion during this ee&siou. The main reason why I do not desire to speak particularly to this bill, is that I can hardly suppose that there ?B a Sen ator on this floor who will object tc its passage, for it strikes from the statute book one of the most infamous laws which have over disgraced legislation. It is simply to strike off a law which was placed there, if not by mistake, by fraud, und I therefore do not feel that it is nec essary for me to enter into the discussion further thau simply to give an illustra tion of how tho present law eau be used to tyrannize over the people of tho coun try. In tho recent trials in tho United States circuit Court nt Charleston, a short time ago, a jury was summoned. Ono of tho judges who was on tho bench could not take the test oath. The dis trict attorney had been in the Confederate army; tho assistant attorney had like wise been in that army. They of course could not take the test oath. And yet when tho jurors were brought up every democrat had that oath applied to him, while all men who were not Demo crats, men who bad served through the wholo war, if they were republicans, wcro allowed to take their placea upon that jury without having tue oath ad ministered to them. I think it is not necessary to say anything moro to show the impropriety, to say the least, of al lowing a law of that sort to stand. There aro many reasons which make ane reluctant to obtrude my views on the .Senate at this time. I recognize fully the propriety of that unwritten rulo of the Senate which imposes sileuco upon the new and inexperienced members of this body until they have become famil iar, by association, with the experience of their older and wiser colleagues. The physical disability under v.-I.ich I labor not only makes all exertion painful to me, but unlita me to do justice either to the great questions now pendiug or to myself, and I cannot, therefore, address the Senate at length. Nor is it necessary to do,BO. Argument, rhetoric, invective, and denunciation have been exhausted by our opponents, und I ctn scarcely hope that any utterances of mino will allay the prejudices which have been aroused, or carry conviction to the minds of the people. Theao are potent reasons to enforce my silence, and under ordinary circumstances I should have adhered to my determina tion to take no part in the debates of this session. But the subjects which have engaged the attention of Long.ess and of the country during tho present session are not of ordinary importance, and tho tone and temper of the debate, which has been prolonged through weeks of vehement and angry denunciation, impose upon the repreentatives of the South at leas* .lie duty of honest protest. Against my wishes, therefore, and under every disadvantage imposed upon me by my physical conuition, I must, aa ono of those representatives, ask the indulgence of the Senate while I place upon record my earnest protest against tho unfairness with which we have oeen treated. The PRESIDENT pro (emp?re. The Chair would Btato to tho Senator from South Carolina that if at any time it would be more convenient to bim to speak sit ting, be ia at perfect liberty todo so. Mr. HAMPTON. I thank you, sir. Day aUer day wo have listened whilo Senators ot great reputation, high abili ty, and whose words aro the creed of thousands of conscientious and patriotic citizens, have denounced the op;nions mid the actions of southern men a., rev olutionary and treasonable. It bas been declared that tho Southern members rule ' ' e caucus, dictating the policy to bo pursued. Tho able any distinguished Senator from Ohio (Mr. Thurman) with equal truth, justice, and candor has, it is true, met and refuted that charge by as suming for the northern and western ?democracy the responsibility of the pres ent political situation. But in spite of thia generous assumi'on of responsibili ty on his part, tho truth still remaiuB that we of the South do mako the democratic maj '.ty in this Chamber, and we are thu J as responsible for what we apjuove and support as for what we suggest. I have not tho presumption to make any claim to leadership here, but whilo not at tempting to lead, it is my duty to know where and whom I follow, and for any vote which I may cast here I ahaii never endeavor to shield myself from responsibility behind any mau or any party. If tho policy I support is revolu tionary, 1 am tho revolutionist; if Ibero is treason in my voto, I ara tho traitor. But, sir, I ask in all seriousness what are the issues before the Senate to which such language is appropriate ? I might demand of Senators ou tho other side the proof that any action of ours was revolutionary. I might open tho Con stitution and reading ita preciso and em phatic definition ct treason, ask who o? us is "levying war against tho United States or giving aid and comfort to their enemies," or what overt net of violence wo are proposing to commit? But I do not desire to make a mere technical ar gument. I desire to meet the accusation lu its spirit as well as in its letter. What aro tho issues before un? Ie* us under stand them distinctly. But drst let mc ray what aro not the issues we are dis cussing. To me thero is no question, there can bo none, as to tho propriety of making the appropriations necessary for the support of the Government in all ita departments. Upon this point there shall bo no misapprehension of my posi tion. Bv no voto of mino will the ap propriations necesxary for the efficient maintenance of the Army bo refused. It ls competent for Congress to declaro un der what limitations and upon what con ditions tbo appropriation is to bo mqde. Tho form in which this is dono I regard ns immaterial. In my judgment it would liavo been best to adhere to tho usual form ; but as it has been deemed advisa ble to mako the necessary appropriations in another manner, I shall, in order to ie; ure unanimity, acquiesce in the decis ion nf tho majority. But in no event can I consent to aid in disbanding the Army or impairing its efficiency. It is thu army of the South as .well as of the North ; lt is the Army of the whole coun try. In its history, from tho days of tho Revolution, through its achievements of 1 SI 2 and the glories of tho Mexican war, 1 have somo reason, by right of birth nnd blood to bo proud. In tho late civil con test, on many a bloody field, I tested it? valor, and no word nor act of minc shall depreciate its valor or lessen its usefulnes. Dut because I so re gard it, no act of ruine t-hall teud to degrade its rank and filo into a police squad uor couvert ila officers into detec tives. I will not so legislate that against its own honorable instincts and trnditiona it shall be the instrument of tyranny in the hands of a factious party or of au executive who might be ao un scrupulous na to use it unlawfully. Nor shall I contient, because of any difference of opinion upon matter? of legislation between the majority nud the minority, or between the majority and thc Presi dent, to close the courts of justice, stop the administration if tho Departments, and embarrass the necessary und orderly life of the Government. The Constitu tion, which I have not idly sworn to sup port, has provided tho means by which an appeal to the country can bo taken, and it is for the people to decide wheth er the presidential veto has been wisely and patriotically used to defeat tho will of this Congress which represents a voBt majority of the citizens of tho United States. My duty will have been per formed when I have used all the. power with which that Constitution bas en trusted me. The President and the mi nority iu Congress must be responsible for the uso of theirs. Aud while these are my general views of duty, I certain ly have no inducement, no disposition, to embarrass the present Administra tion. It is a source of profound regret to me that the President could not find himself able to approve the bills he has vetoed. To me they seem to embody but simple declarations of constitutional principles, and to be in entire conformity with the policy which he has announced repeated ly ns the one that ho would pursue. But I am not disposed, on account of this dif ference, grave though it bo, to denounce his action nor to impugn his motives, i am well aware that his position is not easy nor his responsibility light. I re member, and thc people whom I repre sent remember, that in a critical period of our history, ic J??rcgard of tho pris sions and in opposition to the wishes of the party who placed bim in his pr?v int position, with doubt as to the result ( f his independent action, moved, as I honestly believe, by his convictions of duty, he withdrew the Federal troops from thc State Houses of South Carolina and Louisiana, thus enabling the people of these States to restore their local gov ernments to those who represent the pop ular will, as well as tho character, the in telligence, and the property of the two States. For this action, wise and patri otic ns I am sure that history will record it, I for one am grateful. And while in the honest and necessnry party dif , ference8 which must arise in a free coun try it will be my duty, with all the ener gy and ability I possess, to oppose the partisan policy of which he is tue repre sentative, my opposition shall not be captious. Nor shall I, by bitter and ac rimonious censure, drive him into de pendence on those who would, in their selfish rush for power, trample on him and on us. I trust, therefore, in v.-hut I have to sny, I shall bo able to speak with truth and soberness. What, then, let me ask again, are the issues bofore the country upon which any action of otire can be called revolutionary and treasonable? If the repealing acts which have been suggested were pp.ssed to-day, we should simply be remanded to the legislation under which the country has lived nnd moved and had ita being 1 for seventy-five years of ita existence. | Can such a restoration be revolution or 1 treason? Surely not, unless the intervening war has BO changed our relations to each other thattheold constitutional legislation is no longer applicable to our condition; and yet this is really what Senators on the other ?ide would have the country bo lieve. I ask, in all candor, would such ? legislation as wo now seek to repeal have ! been conceived or defended bj Any Btates- j man before tho late war? Would any ] President, from 1789 to 1861, ever have dreamed of sending an army of the Uni ted States to keep the peace at the polls, or of appointing Federal Biipervieore and marshals to superintend the popular bal lot? If not, then \he necessity for the mnintanence of this legislation arises from something new in the relations of tho States to the Union. Will any Sen ator point out what that new element is? If any CX?BIS, what is the difference in the relations a State holds to the Union to-day and those of the same Stale before the war? If there is none, and I venture to say that nono can be pointed out, wherein consists the necessity for such legislation to-day which did not exist then? This question should, I think, bo fairly an swered, because it is the point upon which thu accusations against the South rest. If all that wo ask is what existed for three-quarters of a century of our ex istence, how can it be revolutionary or treasonable to make this demand? If the democratic doctrine that Federal troops cannot lawfully be used at the polls, or cannot interfere in State matters unless specially requsted to do BO by tho consti tuted authorities of a Stat? be a heresy, we have the strongest republican author ity to sustain that heresy. In his roes sago to tho Legislature of Pennsylvania, in January, 1871. Governor John W. Geary used the following language: "The employing ol troops of ino Uni ted States ot elections, without thc con sent of tho local and State Governments, has recently received considerable atten tion and reprehension. * * Under any circumstances, in my opinion, it,, is unsnfo nnd antagonistic to the principles that should govern our republican insti tutions. At the Inst October elections, Unitea States troops were stationed in Philadelphia for the avowed purpose of enforcing the election laws. This was done without the consent oe even the knowledge of tho civil antin. !*.ies of either the city or the State, and without any expressed desire on tho part of the citizens, and, ns far as can be ascertain ed, without existing necessity." The democratic party stands to-day where Governor Geary, a staunch repub lican, etood then. Nor are we without other and equally as high republi can authority to sustain the position taken by our party. Hon. Carl Schurz, now a distinguished member of the pres ent Cabinet, m his place on thia floor, made this memorable pretest against tho scandalcup and unconstitutional uso of Federal soldiery in Louisiana: ' "United^ States Boldiera, with fixed bayonets, decided the case against them, and took them out of the legislative hall by force. * * I cannot, thoreforo, es cape from the deliberate conviction, con scientiously formed, that the deed done on the -Uh of January, in the State House of Louisiana, by the military forces of the United States, constitutes a gross manifest violation of the Consti tution and laws of thia Republic. * * If this can be dom; in Louisiana, and if such a thing bo sustained by Congress, how lon viii it be before it can bo done in Mass lusctts'nnd Ohio? "Ho who in a pince like oura fails to ntop, or even justifies a blow at tho fun damental laws of the land, makes him self the accomplice of those who strike at the lifo of the Republic and at tho liberties of thc people." The present able Secretary of State, Mr. Evarta, in his great speech on the V i same subject ?u New York, was even more emphatic than his colleague in thc Cabinet, and his words could well be I adopted now to formulate the creed of the democratic party. Ile used the fol lowing language: ''When men vote, and when their chosen officers meet, and when without violence and without demonstration of insurrection they undertake to conduct the affairs of their political government no soldiers can interfere. "There are two very distinct firm lines ot limiuation, which observed, will pro tect tho machinery of tho Government for the people to-day ; that is, .hat tho eolo intervention of tho Federal power within State authority shall bo to sup press violence, and that their office af ter that shall not assume to go further unless when invited by tho supremo au thority of tbe.Stute. "What use is it to give the purse and .the sword to tho House of Commons if the King or tho Frcsideut by military power can determine what shall be the constitutiou of tho House of Commons or the House ofCongress? Aud this is what they fought for in England. * * And for this reason tho people of the United States are justified in assuming that tho supreme civil power shall dom inate over tho military, and that no merging of them or interference with them Bhall bo permitted." Now, Mr. President, shall wo bo de nounced simply because wo plant our selves, not only where tho fathers of the Republic stood, but whero the great lights of the republican party have de clared the only true constitutional posi tion can be fouud. Now, sir, I venture to assert that underlying the whole ar i gumcut ou the other side are two assump tions : first, ?hat tho war hos so devel oped tho independent existence of the federal Government as distinguished from the States, as to givo it greatei power, larger influence, and more direct interest iu congressional elections than it possessed before ; second, that thc Administration, as the representative o: that party which elected it and in cou trol of the Federal machinery, is bonni to uso that power and influence in tin protection of these interests. In othei wordB, that tho privileges aud preroga lives of the States are to be obliterated not by force, but by the subtler thougl nut less destructive influences of the tw< great national parties using the power of tho Federal government as weapons o party warfare. Now I do not- oro'H'?? to roskc HU constitutional argument oe this subieci It is sufficient for me to Bay that I huh the form aud character of our govern ment to have been unaltered by the lat war, and that the mutual relations of th General Government and the severa States of the Union remain precisely a they were when the union was forme? I hold that the recent constitutions amendments have wrought no chaugo ii these relations and in these views. I at sustained by the language of the Su preme Court of tho United States in th case of The Collector vt, Day, reporte in eleventh volume Wallace. In th i case, Justice Nelson, in delivering th ophion of the court, used the followin language : "The General Government and th States, although both exist within th same territorial limits, are separate an distinct sovereignties, acting separate! and independently of each other wilbi their respective spheres." In the same decree the ensuing won are used: "Such being the separate andindepei dent condition of the --Mutes in our con plex system, as recognized by the Coi siltation, and the existence of whic is so indispensable that without them tl General Government itself would disa] pear from the family of nations, &." I maintain, therefore, that tho Coi stitution ha? not been changed in its e sential featt es by the late amendmenl and that U is therefore now what it w before the war, so that when the count demanded the preservation of the Unit by a restoration of the States, it mea such a Union and such States as tl Constitution recognized. Can any adv cate of a strong government, which but another term for centralization, su pose for one instant that the founders our Republic contemplated or wou have countenanced the exercise of su power by tho Federal Government ure claimed for it by the legislation 1 are seeking to repeal ? Does any Seual here believe that this is a safe, a who some condition of public affairs? I'< ting aside all extremo theories of Si: rights, does not every Senator rccogni the fact that ono of the elements ot o political safety has been the manner which local State interests have act and reseted within tho States upon t tional politic?, so that until just befe tho war wo never have bad great natit all parties which divided tho country 1 tween them simpljgron Federal issu Local influences liad always to be ct sider?. . But if in the future wo aro have only great national parties, in 1 half of one or the other of which 1 Administration is to iuterfcro dire ly, we are un the high road to a const dation even more dangerous becat more violent and variable ih^n a rec uized change in the Government. My objection, therefore, to thia le{ latiou, which the war called foi th is its immediate danger. It is not the tual Army which I fear, or ita direct fluence. Bul I do most strenuously ject to any legislation which affords i excuse, or justification to the Gove ment that il has the right or interest, any degree to interfere with tho perl freedom of elections. The roughness oven riot of an election is no greater tl nny other violation of peace ; and Slate in this Union is without nm menus of suppression. And if the State t hon tics aro unable or unwilling to do tl duty, you have not now, you will not h for generations to come, an Army slr enough to take their place. It is be so; better that iu ono or two gi States, there should bo temporary tu: lenee, confusion, than that in the wi country there should bc military deaj ism. Congress has thc right to dei who shr.il take his seat ns representa and who '".all not. Congress can p i.sh w;'*" nchisemcnt any commi ty whici. .. dd force into these Halli improperly elected member; and tba a safer, n surer, a more constitute safeguard than tho exercise of doubtful or unlawful power by the I eral Government. But, Mr. President, unjust ns have 1 the assumptions against tho South which I have alluded, there are others less grave. There has run through whole discussion the strong and sU current of insinuation that the Soul not true to tho Union ; that its ol in pressing tho repeal of those meas which we deem dangerous to our li tics is to give us a freer field for cont ac*y and a better opportunity to supt by force and fraud the real voice ot Kouiiie.ru people. We are tauntingly that proof of ' th eso charge? is foun tho presence on this floor of twenty members who 8e ;ved in the Con feat army, and the South is reproached, denounced, for sending such men to resent her here. Sir, the answer to this charge is simple. Nearly every man in thc South who could b*anr arms was in her armies, and she ca.i scarcely be reproached with justice for trusting and honoring in peace the men who risked their fortunes and their lives for her in war. And when the fact ia cited that while tho South scuds so many of her old soldiers to represent her in this august assembly, the North sends but four, 1 submit that the reproach, if reproach rests any where, belongs rather to tho North than to the South. I feel that I but ppeak tho sentiments of every man hero who was 1 in the Confed?ralo service when I ex ? press my deep regret that there aro not in this Chamber more of tho men who met us in battle, for if opposed to us po litically, they would, if true soldiers and gentlemen, treat us with tho respect that I brave men never fail to accord to each other. And, sir, had these great oppos ing armies which for four years confron ted each other in a death grapple been left to make and enforce the terms of {>eace, not only would the country havr; >cen spared much of the suffering and the humiliation it has experienced, but it would hav enjoyed a peaco honora ble alike to conquerors und conquered. We should long ere this have seen a union re established on tho basis of fraternal reconciliation and a whole Iicoplo bound together by the iudissolu )lc bonds of mutual respect, commun in terests, and a common destiny, (such nt least, is thc Grm conviction of every true soldier in the South, und nil he. sons were soldiers. Nor ia this convic tion wanting among the brave soldiers ol the North, for I have heard it expressed by them lime and again. That thc men who truly represent tin South are hero to-day is due mainly U our friends on tho other side. Whet you insisted that the States should rc turn to the Uuiou ; when you callee upon them to send bnck their Represen tntives, did you mean what you said, oi did you mean the Southern Stales to bc rotten boroughs to be filled by nomina til i ii s of the republican party? Indeed did you not for fifteen years make then so? And I will leave it to the cando of republican Senators to say whethe they are satisfied with the result of tl? experiment they mnde nt such frightfu cost to us and the whole country. W aro hero because we do represent th popular mt.j jrity, the chnrncter, the in telligcnce, and tho property of the State which have sent us. Wo are here be cause left to themselves, tho instinct of the re??eutly enfranchised voters hav taught Diem that their interests are iden ticul with ours. We aro hero becausi belonging to your own race, trained i the kaine political experience os your owi taught by years of rule how to goveri wc could not be subordinated, mid th people of the country did not wish us t bc subordinated, to such a mais of igrn rant voters as you bad rashly and sut denly created. We ore here, we trust, fe thc good of the whole country. What ? were you knew when you insisted that w should still, bc^part and parcel of th Union. For the pnst you cannot expect us I apologize ; to do so would be to sacrifie our own self-respect and to forfeit tl respect of all honorable men. In tl heat of thc conflict we struck hard blow and doubtless we spoke hard words, ll does the remembering or repeating thci now bring us any nearer tho peace at harmony for which the whole count BO ardently longs? The men who servi iu tho opposing armies are now tl strongest advocates of a true reconci! acion. Wo learned in a common scho how to respect our enemies ; wo learm that personnl courage and honor ni truth were better guarantees of patric ism than constitutional learning or el quent speech ; wo learned ut least th in spite of differences, even unto deaf there was a common country which i could better serve in friendship than hatred, and were our antagonists of t late war here to-day, in tho contests this floor as in fiercer battles of yo whoever might be the victor, we BUOL be insured of a fair f;dd and honest surrender. [Applause in t galleries.] Judge us more by our acts The Presiding ClTicer, (Mr. Walk in thc chair.) The Senator will smpei The Chair gives notice that if furl! applause occurs in tho galleries bc ? order them to be cleared, Order must preserved. Mr. Hampton. Judge us now by ( act3 ; and again I ask what aro they provoke distrust? We ask you to str: from the statute-book legislation wh was as much the inst ruinent of war, I expression of distrust, as were arm and navies and military districts. ' Bay, if you bring us back as States, tr us as otates. Wo ask you to remove i disability which forbids a citizen lose on a jury when it does not forbid li to servo on the bench. We ask you leave tho ballot box free, as it has bi through nearly tho whole of ou* pol cal existence. Yoi1 may refuse* \ have tho right to ref. se if you bold i demnnds to bo ci nw ic or un eons ti tional. Hut surely in the face of tho rec decision of thc Supremo Court in reg to thc iliror'8 00'b in fnrjo of the !otr!1 tion of nearly a century in reference miltary interference at the polls, ; cannot charge us with revolution urti son in making these requests. U] these issues wc are willing to stand, the people aro with us we shall prov and this war legislation will bo rep ed. If the people are with you, t this legislation will stand and wo learn to adapt ourselves to these char in our old constitutional thoughts habits ns wo have learned to adapt < selves to others. In tho great con in which wo failed wo lost much, lost power and wealth and prcc lives, lt';*, when the people of tho ited States declare that the right of i government is extinguished in States ; that tho prerogative of a voto, which is. the distinguishing g of American citizenship, can bo e cised only under tho supervision o Federal marshal or the protection < Federal soldier ; that the duties of ( coors aud Legislatures to maintain dignity and preservo tho pence of ereign Stales bas been transferred to President; and when it has become elution and treason to ask tho penni consider these things, then will memory of our poor losses bo forge in the overwhelming calamities w would follow tho loss of Amer freedom. A thousand jrarn wave? lo form aStato An hour may lr.y lt in Ihr- dud, and vin ? Can man ita ?hattarni splondora rcnoYata, Id-call Ita viruta hick, and vanquish time and Mr. President, patriotic men of all ties, North and South, can join hear! hand in tho effort to perpetuate on continent constitutional liberty as e lished by our fathers. In this noble \ wo of tho South will not provo gards. Wo wish to promote tho bea ter cot cf the whole country ; wo wh restore harmony and good-will; wo i to eeo permanent peace and widesf i prosperity among all classes of our I plc; wo desire to seo the painful m i rica of tho lato unhappy war boric our hearts, not rising to tho lips in bitter i words which can only provoke sectional ' auimosity, and we propose, in spito of misapprehension, misrepresentation, and denunciation, to maintain tho Union in perpetuity, trusting, hoping, praying that to our children, if not to us, it may bo given to seo thc States of this mighty Re public bound together, not alone by tho tics of material interest, but by the cords of true fraternity, ruled hy a great, a bappv, a froo people crowned with all tl.e glories which God in his infinito mer cy can bestow. [Applause iu tho gaile iCS.J _ . ?RANT, OK SHERMAN. A Houne Divided Against Itself. Signs of bitter antagonism between the two wings of the Republican party, re I spectively headed by Grant and John I Sherman, are now visible on tho surface, j and will soon take serious form and s ub i stance. This feeling has grown rapidly hinco the publication of Sherman's fetter to Mr. Haskins, announcing himself as a candidate for President, lt is intensified by the manner in which the public pu troiiiige has been openly used nt tho South to organizo a Sherman movement, and to prepare tho way for thc election of Sher man delegates to the National Conven-1 tion next yenr. Tho first public blow struck nt Grant was in the nomination of Poster for gov ernor of Ohio. It was intended to bo a faUd blow. The friends of Taft were al lowed to go on with their plans, and to feel assured of an easy triumph until tho day came to undeceive them by a sudden and mortifying defeat. While they were counting with certainty on success, and foolishly proclaiming its significance in advance, Sherman was quietly drilling his forces for a surprise, and seducing support from Taft by promises of reward at tue expense of thc treosurv. That victory turned even Iiis cool and calculating head. Since the Ul.::: con vention he has boldly taken the lead, an nouncing that he speaks in the name of tho fraudulent administration, which has n right to shape thc policy of the party and to mako up tho issues according to its own views. As may be supposed, this sort of declaration, which ignored Conk ling and tho Old Guard, diu not sit lightly on the stomachs of Senators who had been accustomed to have their own way and to command instead of obeying. Therefore, when Mr. Conkling had a caucus called for the express purpose of Qnr>n?iTnr tito pnijr-i? "?rsucd bv Sher man's fnends in thc Houso on tfie army bill, and denouncing iLs virtual surrender of the issuo raised in the first instaucc by the veto of that bill, he intended to notify tho fraudulent Secretary of the Treasury that if there were blows to give there should also bo blows to take. It was a formal declaration of war between the rival factions of Grant and Shennnn. No condition of things is likely to arise by which the influence that Mr.Conkling represents will in any event be reconciled to tho nomination of Mr. Sherman. He may possibly be supported by pet banks, by syndicates, and ny other money pow ers, but, after all, these have little to do with the organization of parties or with controlling the election of the delegates through the party machinery, directed by a few nanda. The baukR and syndicates can furnish tho sinews of war to carry elections, aud nre in that respect a tre mendous power. Hut as an element in making the nomination they may be omitted from thc estimate. Grant and Sherman will be strong enough to kill each other off if their names should bo presented as candidates, which is by no menus sure to happen. Thc idea of the Graut movement was to to secura tho Republican organization by storm, crush out all opposition by a pa rado of strength, and then nominate by acclamation. Tho managers overdid the work, and now, before the candidate has returned to American soil to play the part prepared for bim ot home, the party IB split by a well-organized opposition which excludes tho possibility of Grant being nominated by acclaim, und may drivo lum from tho field entirely long before the meeting of thc national con vention. The probability of that event has already suggested Zach Chandler and others, who were never thought of before, aa candi dates. With Grunt out of tho way, Sher man would bo able, through the machin ery which he controls by office and by patronage, almost to unify thc Southern vote in his fuvor, not as a matter of polit ical sentiment but of personal interest. And if the Republicans should carry Ohio this fall he would certainly tower above most other aspirants. In that contingency a combination to defeat Sherman, led by Conkling, would doubtless bo formed, and a new name would bo sprung as a compromise. The friends nf Wosbourne are holding him in reserve, hoping that by Borne chapter ot accidents ho may finally come to the front. MEXICAN JEALOUSY.-A private letter from Colonel T. H. Hringhurst, dated at Parral, Mexico, May 10, 187?, gives tho following narration : Last week, in Chihuahua, a woman weut into a shoemaker's shop in front of his dwelling and was measured for a pair of shoes. Tho son of Crispin .said to the woman : "You have a very pretty foot." "Do you think so? said she. He replied : "Yes. That is thc pret tiest foot in Mexico." The woman wr j to come back next day and leave $1, wheu thc shoes wero to be commenced, u'lie shoemaker ? wile, hear ing all, said nothing. Tho next day thc shoemaker was out when the woman with the pretty foot called according to agree ment, and tho wife got her. into tho back room and ?tabbed her to death. The wife then cut a steak out of tho dead woman's leg and packed tho body under tho bed. The wife asked him how he liked tho meat. He answered that "it was tho beet he had ever eaten." The wife then tdd him Unit ho had eaten a part of tho prettiest leg in Mexico. Ho a-!: ed her what she meant? She showed him the body under the bed, and made a dash at him with a knife, but be escaped and ran to tho Palacio and told thc judge what had happened. Tho judge sum moned a guard of soldiers and went to tho house. Ho asked the wife if abo had committed the murder, and when sho an swered yes and attempted to justify the act lie ordered her to bo shot on the spot by tho soldiers, and his orders were promptly obeyed." LIKE TO OBTAIN.-NO doubi thc pub lic would like to obtain what it requires at as cheap a rato as possible, and many times aro induced to purchase cheap arti cles, which are in reality the dearest in the end. Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts costa a few cents moro, yet Abey are tho cheapest, for they require much leas in quantity. - Alexander Turrentine, a negro was killed in Charlott, N. C.,Saturday morn ing by the explosion of a soda water fountain. In attempting to charge tho fountain too quicklv, it burst at the liand. striking the man in the forehcard and crushing the skull badly. VENGEANCE, SWIFT AND SURE I , I.y nrhliig of tho Wretch vi lio Murdered MUN Henton-How the Doomed Man wa? Wrested from tho Custody of tho Hhcriff -Hefuidng to Confer?* his Crime-Some of tko Lyncher* talk of Huming Illili! j hut aro Overruled- --Hung to H Tree Neiir tho Keene of the Murder. Sjtccidl ?>:.<jinlch ta thc Newt and Charier. Sl'ARTAKDURO, Juno 17. I Munday last, n week ugo, tho body of a young woman was found in tho woods near Vornonsville, in thia comity, shock ingly mutilated. Tho remains were iden tified as those of Miss Francis Heaton, or Woodwnrd, ber mother having married twice. The appearances indicated that she had been outraged under circumstances of horrible cruelty, robbed, shot and her throat cut. Suspicion fell from tho first on John J. Moore, a white man, living within n few hundred yards of tho sceno of the tragedy. Moore is a farmer and a storekeeper, a licensed whiskey manufac turer, in comfortable circumstances, and a life-long resident of the neighborhood. His reputation was very bad, however, he having escaped, through legal loopholes, from the consequences of half a dozen ugly charges, und being widely known as a thief, sharper and desperado. The evidence against Moore gradually accumulated. The deceased had last been seen alive going with him from tho house in tho direction of the place whero the body was found, bc ostensibly desiring to show her the way, although she declined his company, ll is alleged that he as saulted her twice in fight of hisown house, and he was seen soon afterwards alone in the woods near thc scone of the tragedy, hatless and shoeless, walking ncarlyger River. Thc tracks found leading from the body corresponded with the size of his, and showed that they had been made by shoes run down at the heels ami on thc side. His foot gear was all in that con dition. It is also stated thal he had blood on his pantaloons when he returned to thc house, and his nccount of the time of his absence is flatly contradicted hy wit nesses before tho coroner's jury. He was arrested and lodged in jail. The people throughout the enliro sec tion of the county were much excited and incensed, and a plan of speedy and terri ble vengeance has been maturing, the fury of the citizeus being aggravated by the report that bc would obtain a change of venue from this county and bo defend ed by able counsel. Last night 150 mounted tuen, nrmed -.lal. .._. ?...1 _._J WHU ...... ai ??aa ailu ouui. f^uaia, airuu nm? this town and surrounded the jail, leaving heavy pickets along all thc roads leading here. The jail VMS searched on being opened, but thc object of thc quest was not found, Moore having been spirited away by the sheriff. The organization of the crowd broke into squnds, o.ich of which was under the command of a leader, to whom nil yielded implicit obedience, or ders being issued in military stylo and promptly executed. No disguises wero used, and all classes and ages seemed to participate. Ouc squad of twenty men, from infor mation received, found Moore concealed under thu wall at the side of a bridge on the Air Line Railroad, about a mile and a half from town, and guarded hy four men. Thc guard were overpowered and tho prisoner was taken out mid marched buck to thc city, amid silence and order. He was not abused, and all his wants were promptly attended to. Tho raiders soon reformed, and Moore was marched about two miles from town, where he was put in a buggy and driven to the woods where the body of Miss Woodward vns found, seventeen miles from here, the party arriving there about daylight. People flocked to the scene from all di rections, until a crowd of six hundred had collected. It hud been announced that Mooro would be hung nt 10 o'clock, although some were in favor of burning him. 1 interviewed the prisoner, but he refused to confess anything, although he had prom ised to do so on condition of being allow ed to choose tho manner of his death. The crowd became impatient, and 'ar rangements were systematically made for the execution. His wife and family were brought up and allowed to seo him. A minister was also brought to him. The people showed a terrible quietness and cool relentlessness, but thero was an en tire absence of all excitement or boister ousness. A person one hundred yards from the scene would not have suspected what was transpiring. Moore said little, but was cool and self possessed. I do not think that even at tho lust moment he thought ho would really be hung, although, he said so. His manner rather indicated that he thought it an nttempt to frighten a Konfession from him. The sisters of the murdered woman were brought faco to face with and implored him to confess, which he again refused. ?. Tho idea of burning seemed to gain strength and some few ndvocatcd tortur ing him before death. Tho committee of arrangements, however, refused to allow either, and proceeded quietly and delib erately with the preparations. The lower branches were cut from a stout post oak and a buggy was drawn under a project ing limb. The prisoner was hound and n hangman':', knot nut about his neck and the other end of the rope securely tied to the limb, and he wai put standing on tho seat of the buggy, ile said a few words here denying his guilt, and expressing the hope that the right mau might be caught sometime. He said that ii" be thought as the people did his action would bc the same as theirs under simi lar circumstances. The question was put to ttio crowd whether his request that his body be turned over to the family should be granted, and general consent was ob fained. Maj. J. W. Woodward, of Winnsboro', appeared on the scene and made an enrn est speech advising all to await th . action of thc law. Ile was listened to quietly, but as soon ns he concluded the cry again nroso: Hang him ! Hang him! ?String him up ! At 7 n. m. two men went deliberately and quietly, took hold of the shafts of thc buggy and drew it from under the doom ed mnn, who swung off amid perfect de corum and silence. The knot slipped to the back of his neck and the rope stretch ed so as to leave his swaying feet brush ing thc leaves on tho ground. Ho was un doubtedly choked to death, although ho scarcely struggled and appeared to suiter little. He hung about half an hour and was then cut down. Coming away I met crowds on the roads flocking to tho scene. If the cxo-< ailinn had been deferred to the time an nounced, thero would have been two thou sand people of all nges and classes and both colors present. Thero was no ex citement whatever, and the act is uni versally approved throughout tho county, ??hero Mooro has been a terror for years. Yho lynching was the coolest, quietest and best conducted on record. Detail* of of tho Our rage and Murder Which Led to Uio Lynching. Greenville Neut Jtme ia. Many pf our rcadcri will remember reading an account of tho horrible out rage and murder of Misa Frances Wood ward, near Duncun's Cross Roads, on the Gi.li o? this month, and that suspiciou pointed to John J. Mooro as the perpe trator. Ever since the sad und horrible event, the utmost vigiiunco has been exercised by tho people of that section to ferret out, beyond tho possibility of a doubt, the wretch who could be guilty of so shocking a crime. John J. Moore, a dis tiller, living about two miles from Duu cau'a Cross Roads, was the last person seen in the girl's company, and circum stances pointed so p' rnly to him ns the culprit as to justify nis arrest and im prisonment iu tho Spartanburg jail. It was established that Moore had offered to accompany tho girl on her way when she left his house, and that after sho had declined his company, he fol lowed and overtook her, disappearing with her around a bend in the road. On his return homo it was noticed that he was unusually excited and nervous, and cn lip'^g asked the cause of it ho gave as I a reason that he had been drinking the day "before and had not become altogether sober yet. Parties who found th? body of the poor girl so horribly mutilated on the 3th in fant, also found an indistinct trail lead ; ing fromit to Moore's wheat field, to which point he had gone on his return from Ins walk with her. It was also offered in ovidonce before the jury of in quest that Moore had slept with his wife on the night of the Otb-a very unusual j occurrence-and that a Mrs. Crawford, who occupied an adjoining room, heard I him say in very excited and pleadiug I tones, 'For God's sake, Sallie, never toll it!" All this and much moro of a similar nature was elicited, and on Saturday, 14th inst., a call was issued for men to meet nt Dantzlcr's Bridge, on tho South Tyger River, for the purposo of dragging the bed of tho stream in search of tho murdered girl's wallet and some articles of jewelry which wore missing when her corpse was found. About ono hundred men nnswered tho call and met for that purpose. Squads were formed and the search began. What was found is not known, but enough was learned to fully satisfy them that Moore waa tho guilty man, and an organization was formed then and for tho purpose of aveng ing Miss Woodward's revolting murder. Some of tho party counseled moderation, but they were not listened to, and finally told that if they did not wish to join in the lynching they shou'd withdraw. They did HO, and then th J vigilants orga nized for systematic action. A jury VIER drawn, nnd "Judge Lynch" presiding, a trial wan held ; Moore was returned "guilty." Tho party then dispersed and returned to their homes. On Monday night a party of two nun dred armed men rode into Spartanburg, surrounded the jail, effected an entronco an i made a thoro:>^h search for Moore, but did not find him. Sheriff Thomp son had received an intimation of their proposed visit, and had secreted his pris oner away from the jail. Hut tho men had como determined to find their mau, and would not bo baffled. Dividing into squads, and taking different routes, the adjacent country was carefully policed. One of the squads, commanded by a de tective of some repute in dur State, star ted up tho line of the Au Lino Railroad, and after passing over tho first trestle their attention was attracted by frequent flashes of light, similar to such as ryon Ul be made by striking matches. One. ol the party pulled off his boots, and run ning a head of his companions, came upon three men sitting on tue railroad. Level ing his gun nt them he ordered an i ru mc diate surrender, which was quickly gran ted. He then asked them who they wen and were told they wore Moore's guards When asked where Moore was they re plied. "Over in the woods." The rcs of the squad coining up at this juncture the party proceeded to the spot indicated and there, under a log bridge, which spam tho little stream, Moore was found, stow ed away in the mud. He was taken ou and conducted to tho railroad, when ai engine was seen coming from Spartan burg. Thc appearance of a single engin running very slowly, and having no trail attached, naturally caused remark to b made, and then tho guards admitted thn it was the intention of Sheriff Thompsoi to take Moore to Columbia, cia Charlotte and that they were to signal tho engin when they hove in sight by striain matches. Mooro was taken in chargo by the vi ?J dante and conveyed to Duncan's Uro. Roads, a small town two miles from h: home. On arrival there, at day-break o Tuesday morning, ho begged to be take to his family, promising that if they woul do so he would tell ail. His wish wt gr >uted, but on his arrival there ho stou ly maintained his innocence, and said ho were hanged his blood would bo upo their heads. One of the party who na bold of tho ropo which boumi him gre impatient, mid giving it a pull told hil to como on. Mooro was now put iuto a buggy, am amid the screams of his half-di.stractc wife and the wailing of his poor chi dren, was driven to within fifty yards i tho spot where tho body of his victi was lound. At the junction of two di country ronds, over one of which ho hi conducted Miss Woodward to her brut death, a good-sized post oak was selecte standing just off tho road, on a woodi eminence, sloping toward the north, ai upon which tho early sunlight was she ding its soft rays. One end of a comme cotton rope about three-fourths of an im in diameter, was then made Inst to one tho limbs, the other waa fashioned into hangman's knot and adjusted round 1 asked him, "Aro you ready to confess In a clear, firm voico came tho auswc "I nm innocent." Col. Woodward, from Winnsboro. wi happened on the ground, advised tl crowd, about GOO in number, to desist ai let the law take ita course ; but after 1: tcning to him a moment they turned tin backs on him. and, pulling the buggy o from under tho unfortunate Moore, le him suspended in the air. He hung thirty-nino minutes, when I Tolland, tho same physician who ma an examination of Miss Wcodwar body, pronounced h .rr. dead. His ccr? was given to his family for interment. A noticeable feature of this lynch! ia the fact that tho entire community vs in hearty sympathy with it. Old gre headed men, tottering on tho verge oft grave-young men in tho prime and vii of robust life-all were in favor of Tho talcs of violence and general mei ness that aro told of Mooro would i columns and everybody in tho commu ty in which he lived breathe more free since his death. While we do not. beliovo in lynch 1 ns a general thing, we cannot holp 1 feel that in this instance it waa a gc thing. While we write, a prominent c zen of Greenville tells us some disgti ing details of his conduct during the? His natae waa coupled.'with the sude death of Wiley Wood before tho w and it is also alleged that ho urged I Young on in his attack on Ralph sevc months ago, which lcd to the form; death. So long, howover, aa he \ mair aobor and boro no malice, he waa a t crabby good neighbor. But it ia ? nc rious tact that but few women tell safe wandering about the community in which he lived, unprotected. Moore was between 40 and 45 years old, and leaves a wife and five children. Iiis aged mother lives not more than a mile from tho scene of the hanging, and is al most prostrated with grief. SPEECH OF JEFF DAVIS. Tho Kx-Frealdent Addressee the Mlbslsslp lil Editor?, On entering tho hall he was greeted with cheer on cheer, all rose, the ladies waving handkerchiefs and throwing floW ero ann bouquets before him as he passed through the hall with the committee, of which E. Barksdalo was chairman, who introduced Mr. Davis, saying that every Mississippian walked with loftier strides when Jefferson Davis appeared among them after the long and bloody night that had passed. Regenerated and free again, Jefferson Davis was welcomed to thc hearts and bornes of Mississippians. Mr. Davis said Mississippi was identified with his highest hopes, and he rejoiced to see her regenerated. It was charged that Mississippi had repudiated her hon est debt, which was untrue. She paid nil honest debts, crushed and bleeding from every pore, without a voice to raiso in her own defense. That dark hour, thank God, had passed away and Missis sippians once more governed Mississippi ; ana through weeds, sack-cloth and ashes exclaim, in the Inngungo of Job, "I bc liovo my avenger liveth." Truth would prevail in final triumph. From begin ning to end, he said, in prosperity and adversity, when lending bodies ot men or laden with chains Tn a dungeon, I have bern trim to Mississjppi. *I believe you have done right ana I do not feel that I have done wrong. Thanking tho press of Mississippi for their cordial recep tion, he predicted it would vindicnto the post and point to higher roads of moral ity in tho futuro. Tho women of the South duriug tho wnr wore most resolute. Ho said ho never saw a Southern woman who had been reconstructed. The chil dren of such womcu must rise to vindi cate such principles. I^et no ono, said Mr. Davis, suppose I nm advocating inv olution or preaching sectional strife. The re-establishment of such principles and great truths os lay nt tho foundation of this government was necessary. Nul lification and secession began in New England and not in the South. Friends -for all Mississippians are my friends, one and all; 1 lovo Mississippi nud I iove Mississippians-God bless you all now and forever.-[Repeated applause and great enthusiasm. [-Paeeagoula Spe cial to Ario Orleans Picayune. Restoring The Drowned. Dr. Lambert, of New York, nsserts that it can be done by hot water. "The philosophy >f the matter," says tho doc tor, is tiiic: "Apply heat to the drowned body, (?et it warm. That is all. Only get it warm. I deserve no credit for tho recipe. I discovered it one morning when a boy. Tnero wa? no wit nor wis dom iu the discovery, lt, was made ac cidentally. Ono wintry afternoon, when a boy, I found n chicken lying in a fro zen pool of water. Tho half of it that was frozen by the water was frozen stiff. I picked up tho creature, took it into the kitchen, and laid it on a stove a minute to thaw out, BO that I might pluck it. Presently its head lifted slightly aud dropped. In a minuto or so its body fluttered. I took it up and discovered that it was alive. Now tho explanation of tho thing was very simple. The heat acted upou tho nervous centre of tho chickeu, t ii eso upon tho heurt this upon tho blood. Tho blood began to circulate,cud thechicken began to orcatbe. Of course the chicken had been dead. Everybody knows how frozen fish come to life nguin when warmed. A man digo a hole in the ice, brings upsomeflopping pickerel, and throws them on tho ice. They nre soon frozen. But any fisherman will tell you that remaining frozen for two or throe days-weeks, for aught I know-they can be resuscitated. Now, it is the same wit! i iie human body. Take a drowned man, wrap a warm blanket around him, pour warm water-OH warm as the flesh will bear-on tho blanket, produce an equally distributed warmth in the body, and lifo will be restored, no matter if ho has been dead for days. Why, I have saved a number of cases. The first was that of a man who fell off n boat in Lake Erie. Tho captain followed my direc tions immediately, and they were suc cessful. I have often tried the experi ment on dogs. One summer I drowned the same dog twenty times, and brought him around nil right each time. You can take those dogs at the pound on East river, warm thom up well, and make them alive again os easily as not. In corroboration of this assertion Dr. Lambert pulled out a memorandum book and proceeded to read extracts from jot ters ho had received, and then recited instances of tho successful operation of tho cure. He is un earnest believer in tho doctrine of tho possible resuscitation of tho drowned dody. "Wrap it in flan uel 1" he exclaimed, "and soak, the flan nel with warm water. That is all 1" "Wno is Bi. A : Nr.? - A Western ex change derisively asks: " Who is Blaine, anyhow?" Now, don't you know who Blaine ts? We can tell you very easily. He is a citizen by adoption of the State of Maine, and enjoya tho distinction of wearing a Senatorial toga. ii.. ?L *? man served thA TJ";t'd States as a drafted soldier in tho army, through a substitute, hired for him by the Sovernmcnt, which substitute ran away rom the sanguinary scene of conflict. He is tho man wno, ns Speaker of the House of Representatives., used his influ ence to secure the Fort Smith and Little Rock Railroad subsidy, receiving for his influence $42,000 in bonds. He ia tho man who got on his knees to Mulligan and implored him to deliver up hk criminating letters, urging as a reason that his wife and family would be left helpless if those letters were to appear in evidence and the law was allowed to tako its coarse with him. Ho is tho man that snatched evidoncb of his guilt from another man's hands. He is tho man who was sunstruck ou tho eve of a national Republican conven tion, i Ask us a harder one.-Portland (ilaiAe) New Era. -,- mm . ? - Currens fcattii irlcston stock marked u> tho rapid advance in the ?rico of Sou vh Carolin* Railroad stock, wo or three months ago this atock^had no value, and it ls nowln activo demand I at 2Ja2|. It is reported that Northern buyers are in the market, picking up all tho stock that is offered. What docs it mean?-Charleston NeiOs and Courier. UNIVB?BALLY AD?rai&-~Dr. Prico'? Unique Perfumes are now universally ad?, mired, lt is truly remarkable to seo ' how ??ko tho freshly gathered flowers r.rj ! all of Dr. Price's odors for tho handker* ; chief. They are tho fashionable pevfu wc?, i They are the sweetest and most lastinir i odors in the market