The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 02, 1882, Image 2
E. B. MURKAY, Editor.
THURSDAY, MARCH J, W2.
TERMS :
'.?NE YEAH.?I.SO.
SIX MONTHS. Wi.
TITO Dollar? ir not iiulcl In ndvanrr.
FOOIl rou A LITTLE REFLECTION.
A great deal of complaint bas been
made in sonic quarters of the state about
Democratic extravagance, and it may be
of some interest to compare this extrava
gance with what may be termed Repub
lican economy, using the term in a Pick
wickian sense. The present tax levy hy
the Democratic party for thc .State,
County and School fund in Anderson
County is 0} mills. The tax levied for
these purposes by the Mackey House at
the time when it was on its best behavior
was Id mills. Now take oil thc County
tax, -I mills, and the Constitutional
School tax, 2 mills, ami wc have for State
purposes 10 mills under thc Republicans
fo.' State purposes. Then take thc Coun
ty tax, 2? mills, and thc Constitutional
Schoo! tax, 2 mil!*, from thc Democratic
levy nod you have 1] mills for all State
purposes. Then it will Lc seen that tho
Republicans required a lax of 10 mills to
run the departments of thc Stale govern
ment which thc Democrats only levy 1}
mills to run. Now this is less than half
thc amount takeu by thc- Republicans,
and the government is better adminis
tered and mtjre protection and encour
agement given to the people of thc Stale
than was given by thc Republicans. We
have had no Combahec or Caiuhoy or
Ellenton riots, and the lives and proper
ty of our people have been given greater
protection and security. This is a grand
record for any political parly to achieve
in six years of administration, but under
thc foregoing comparison all of the ad
vantages of Democracy over Republican
ism do not fully appear.
We havo shown timi tho Republicnn
Slate tax waa 10 mills, while the Demo
cratic Stato tax is only 4ij mills. Now
it will bo remembered that it takes a tax
of 3] mills to pay the interest on the
State debt. Tho Democrats did not cre
ato this debt. It was largely thc creation
of Republican frauds, and therefore tho
responsibility for its existence rests on
tho Republicans. It is a charge upon
tho State, and must be pnid by any pnrly
which may control tho State. Therefore
it should be taken off of both the Repub
lican and the Democratic levies. This
leaves 6} mills levied hy the Republicans j
to run nil of tho departments of tho
State government except tho interest on
tho public debt, and only ll mills levied
by tho Democrats to run nil of tho de
partments of the State government ex
cept interest on tho public debt. Then
comes the inconteatible fact that tho Re
publicans lovied and collected C] mills to
run thc very departments of thc Stato
government which tho Democrats aro
now running on 1\ mills. Hring this to
a money basis and wo will get a better
idea of the ?mount involved. Under
Republican administration the assess
ment was higher than it is now, nnd 1
mill then raised about $145,000, while
it only raises $120,000 now. Therefore,
the Republicnn levy of GJ mills raised
$942,500, while tho Democratic lovy of
lt mills only raises $150,000. Think of
it ! then tho Republicans required ?792,
500 a year more in taxes from tho people
to run tho State government outsido of
tho interest on tho public debt than the
Democrats did. We nro now saving by
Democratic govornmont over three-quar
ters of a million du trs every year hy
Democratic government. If this is ex
travagance, wo think tho peoplo will ap
prove extravagance. Of course, thcro
are grumblers who will try to put them
selves in power by criticising Democracy,
but let every one bear it in mind that tho
defeat of the Democrats means a return
of tho Republicans to power. Thoso
who W?BII to indulge tho luxury of pay
ing such taxes as tho Republicana col
lected, instead of the taxes collected by
the Democrats, should help to break up
tho Democratic party, but those who
want to retain good government should
continue their allegiance to the party
which has niade tho reforms we havo
shown. These reforms hy tho Demo
crats should certainly causo people to
hesitate a long lime beforo they run off
after new gods,
A NATIONAL INCUBUS.
Tho Sonato by a vote of 85 to 17
passed a bill to pension General Grant as
a recognition of his services in the late
war, and thus committed an act of toady
ism of which the whulo American peo
ple Bhould bo heartily ashamed. Gen
eral Grant rendered efficient services du
ring tho war, and these were tho only
great deeds of his life. His course
during tho war, ?nd particularly at Ap
pomattox, was tho course of a hero and
a patriot, but there were several other
Generals who did quito ns much to crush
the Confederate government ns Grant
did, and yet no pensiou has been pro
vided for them. George Washington
saved the country in its infancy from de
pendence on England and a hated tyran
ny, aud by his deeds of valor, of hero
ism and of patriotism made himself "first
in war, first, in peace and first in the
hearts of his countrymen," obtaining
thereby the appellation of "tho father of
his country," and yot there was never
any talk of pensioning Washington. It
is true, thoro was some difference between
tho two men. It is related that at the
end of hi* second term as President,
Washington, preferring tho safety and
perpetuity of thc institutions of his
country, in tho foundation of which he
bore such a conspicuous part, refused to
continue in power for fear that s perpet
ual Presidency might endanger tho free
institutions of his country. It is on the
contrary true that General Grant has
boon a perpetual candidate for n third
term of the Presidency, and all over the
country there was a feeling that this can
didacy meant, if successful, au overthrow
of our free institutions, ft ia, therefore,
not to be wondered that a man of such
tendencies as Grant should seek for an
entirely different course of recognition
and reward from that bestowed upon
Washington. Washington declined that
which he .feared might injuro his coun
try, whilo General Gr*nt takes all that
he can cet, regardless of the interest of
thc country. The pension to him is an
act of hero worship which is unreason
able and. unjust. The wealthy ex-Presi
dent is to he fully provided for, while thc
private soldiers who fought under him
are either put off with s mere pittance, if
disabled, or totally unprovided for if not
disabled. Upon every principle of jus
tice, of decency and of republican prin
ciples, the bill to pension fJencral Grant
should not become a law.
IH?O AND IHtW POLITICALLY COM
PA lt KO.
In IS7<? the Republican party had
been in power until thc flied between
thc "iitf and the ina hfcd become very
great, and there were bickering-, jeal
ousies and strife.- which led to the forma
tion of bolts ami independent parti*.".
Thc Democrats were Bolid, for they had
no cause to grumble among themselves.
They were out in thc cold, and had to
Wwii, t-.fi?.! Ill I ililli .ill ./. "illili" i'li u'h". SO
overthrow their enemy who c-ilitrollcd
the State government. The Republicans
being thus divided and ibo Democrats
thu? solidified, the campaign ol' i870 was
fought, resulting in defeat to thc parly
which was divided, and victory to thc
party which waa solid. Six years live
clapped since that time, and now the
conditions have somewhat changed. The
Republicana have by repealed defeat
been brought solidly together on ail
political controversies in the State.
Their party obeys implicitly the diets
of its leaders, and their votes are thrown
solidly as directed by them on all occa
sions. Un the other band, the Demo
crats by repented victories have been
made over confident and somewhat care
less. The out* of the party have their
grievances against the inn, and the strife
for office now threatens to induce a great
deal of bitterness and jealousy, if not
contention and disruption, in the party.
Thc effect of this is too plain to bc over
looked. It will result in thc restoration
of the Republican party to thc control
of the Stale government. If the Demo
crats countenance office-seekers and
place-hunters, by allowing them when
defeated to make independent canvasses
for positions in our Countic* or in our
State, tho limo is not far distant when
thc result of 187<> will be reversed. In
stead of a divided Republican party
being beaten by a solid Democracy as in
that memorable campaign, wc will see a
divided Democracy beaten, and a solid
Republicanism assume control of tho
State. Independents in thc Democratic
party aro more dangerous to good gov
ernment in South Carolina than the Re
publicans themselves.
President Arthur has nominated ex
Senator Conkling to tho Associate Jus
ticeship made vacant by the retirement
of Judge Hunt from thc Supreme Court
Hench. Tho nomination is a great sur
prise, and some unfavorable comment is
indulgod concerning it by tho press. We
think, however, that Mr. Conkling is as
good a lawyer as any Judgo on that
bench, and that he is at least the peer of
Bonio of tho present Judges in integrity.
Ho is President Arthur's personal friend
and benefactor, and it is not remarkablo
that ho should have been tendered tho
Judgeship. Wc have no doubt that he
will ho confirmed, and it is more than
probablo he will accept. He will bo re
tired from political life, bul then he will
be provided with a life time position of
great dignity and comfortable salary.
Tho Right Rev. Patrick N. Lynch,
Roman Catholic Rishop of Charleston,
died in that city on Sunday morning in
the GGth year of his agc. He was much
beloved by all classes, and was eminent
for bis scientific learning no less than for
bis theological attainments. He was a
nativo of this State, and leaves behind
him tho record of n noble and useful
life.
THE CHARGES AGAINST MACKEY.
Slr. Dlhhlt''? Arraignment or Hie Contest
ant for Fraud nuil Corrnpllon.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The follow
ing^ is the full lexi of Mr. Dibble's state
ment nnd motion before tho committee
on elections iii the matter of the forged
testimony presented by E. W. M. Mackey:
HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES, r.s.,
WASHINGTON, I). C., Feb. 20,1SS2.
To tho Committee on Flections of tho
Bouse of Representatives-Gentlemen :
Without waiving any of the objections
heretofore urged by way of protest, nnd
presented for your consideration by mo
in tho case of E. W. M. Mackey against
M. P. O'Connor, I deem it proper to in
form you of certain matters in relation
to tho record in tho said case. These
matters have como to my knowledge very
recently, and thc affidavits accompanying
this communication will show that tho
charges I make aro not without founda
tion-, and nu inspection of the manu
script testimony on filo will corroborate
the affidavits, while, additional testimony
can bo obtained, n? ? am informed and
beliove, equally damaging to tho charac
ter of tho contestant and bis testimony,
should timo be allowed for tho purpose.
As I cannot ignoro the fact (of which the
said E. W. M. Mackey gavo mo notice
on January 4, 1882,) that the said E. W.
M. Mackey proposes to assail my right
to my scat on tho testimony taken in
this case, I allego and charge :
1. That tho ?aid E. W. M. Mackey has
wilfully, surreptitiously, fraudulently and
corruptly altered and perverted the testi
mony of tho witnesses who were exam
ined iu the said coso of E. W. M. Mackey
against M. P. O'Connor.
2. That tho testimony filed with the
Clerk of tho House of Representatives
in tho said caso is not tho testimony of
the witnesses as given upon their exami
nation in the said case.
3. That the said testimony was not
forwarded by the officer taking thesame,
as required by Section 127 of the United
States Revised Statutes.
4. That much of the testimony is not
attested by tho witnesses as required by
Section 122 of the United States Revised
Statutes.
And I, therefore, request this commit
tee to make duo investigation of theso
mattors, nnd to ask leave of the Houso
of Representatives to summon tho wit
nesses whoso depositions accompany this
communication, together with such other
witnesses as ma) be named by the said
contestant and myself respectively, to
testify touching tho truth of the charges
aforesaid, in case tho contestant deny tho
said charges; or to take such other
means as may bo just, fair and lawful to
ascertain the samo ; and that the testi
mony on file in the said ca?c of E. W. M.
Maokey against M. P. O'Connor be
stricken out, and declared to be fictitious,
unreliable, and void. Respectfully,
SAMUEL DI MILE.
- Senator Logau's brother Cornelius
h anxious to draw a priro in the shape of
the Chilian mission.
Senator Vance on tlic Tariff.
WASH i SOTOS, February 1'?, 1882
The dullness ol Monday wa? not con
tinued on Tuesday. JIL thc Senate, Mr.
Vance, the incomparable "Old Zeb" of
the Tar-heel State, made matter-, very
animated indeed. ThoxO who are not
acquainted with him personally will per
haps like to know what manner of man
he i-. I ?upi>osc lliat he ia qnite -ix feet
in height and fully 250 pounds in avoir
dupois. His bulk causes him to walk
with an elephantine '.rca I. Everything
nbOUt him is big -head, heart, body and
brain. His hair is luxuriant and of a
lustriou.s groy, tinged with infrequent
darkness. Iii- forehead is square and
firm. His eyes are ?rey .-.nd sparkling
- two "merry'deyil? that have been con
verted to goodness without losing their
waggishness. Thc face is full, unctuous
with content and incarnadined by high
and generous nourishment. L'nlikc his
brother in the House, he take-, his toddy
when thc *pirit moves him and hi- quid
of tobacco when lunch time arrives. His
devotion t'? party is extreme, but the
ultra Republican Senators have only
kind feeling* toward him. He is ' hail
fei ?ow w?-ii met" with ?ni mankind, and 1
think even thc temperance ladies, who go
about crusading, readily forgive him tor
frankly in form i ut them that though his
spirit is with their cause, Iiis rebellious
stomach i-' against it. He i- racy of the
soil of the ( ?id North Stat", ami a pine
tree i- to him far more beautiful than thc
stateliest palm or queenliest magnolia.
Like our own Stephens, who would
' rather be hanged in Crawfordvllte than
compelled to live in I'ari*," Yance would
he willing to give up thc ghost at once
rathe.- than be exiled from his birthplace.
Never did thc South produce a character
more eui gcncrU-more typically inui
vidual. He could not have been grown
anywhere else, and I suspect that he is
the bi :-t product of Bflncombe county,
polished by Charlotte and electrified at
Washington. The idol of the masses
and the hero of thc stump, nobody can
surpass him in popular oratory when
breathing his mountain air and face to face
with his devoted constituent". lint the
chilling precedents of thc Senate, allied
with a certain traditional pomposity, re
press his freedom of expression and
dampen his frolicsome pinions. The
atmosphere he takes into his capacious
chest is not the sweet breath of thc firs
on the cliff, b:it the artificial ventilation
that issues from the bowels of the Capi
tol and engineered hy a subterranean
gnome. Under these cramping circum
stances, ho cannot be seen in the highest
development. Mistrusting his genius, in
such an arena, he carefully prepares his
speeches, and has them in manuscript
before him. On yesterday he did not
confine himself scrupulously to the text,
but, ever and anon, snapped thc threads
of starch con volitionality, and burst forth
into some of the wittiest and most elo
quent utterances. While many people,
North and South, may not agree with
him wholly on the tariff problem, it can
not be denied that under .. fusilado of
humorous illustrations lay hidden a deal
of sound sonso and truth. His voice isa
mellow on?', and trained to giving em
phasis ti? epigram, ?rn elote and satire.
Ile knows to perfection when to make a
point, and where to stick it. He has the
faculty as Lincoln had, of illustrating
argument with little stories, full of pith
and pungency, and no less a man than
Grant has recently testified, in a post
Erandial speech, that this gift is not un
ecoming the greatest and most serious
of mortals, but only objected to by those
who are barron of wit themselves and
mistake thc sepulchral for the sublime.
In the beginning and at the end of
Vance's speech, >Ir. Morrill, of Vermont,
a prim grandmotherly gentleman, at
tempted to break the force of argument
by referring to tho North Carolinian's
record for jocularity twenty years ago,
when, ns a member of thc House, ho
proposed to put a tax' upon Yankee
pumpkins as an offset to r\ similar burden
upon terrapins. S'ancc good humoredly
but incisively rotorted that he did not
think he lind ever voted for a protective
tariff years ago, but, if so, he would sim
ply say that he had kept some bad com
pany in his youth, for which he was duly
penitent now." Mr. Frye listened to the
greater part of the speech with gravity,
und did not seem to relish somo of Mic
alv digs lie received. Democratic Senn
tora in hearty accord with the speaker
gathered around him in an admiring and
delighted group. There was a deal of
laughter on thc floor und in the galleries,
which was not suppressed. The speech
started out with n s. lid statement of how
thc North bad received from tho Govern
ment the Hon's share of the public do
main, railway subsidies, canal bonds,
edttcatioual funds, and a long array of
miscellaneous bounties. Tho mammoth
disproportion wa? so greatly in favor of
one section nnd ngninst the other, that it
was no wonder wealth and luxury pre
vailed on the one hand and poverty and
shabbiness on thc other. The man who
has eleven acres given him can educate
hi? children better than tho man who had
only bad one ncre. The nbsorption of
profits by thc manufacturing North was
ni thc expense of tho agricultural West
and South, nnd such a monstrosity was
only made possible by a high political
tariff, which constituted New England
the great American dead head. The
high tariff falls most heavily upon agri
culture everywhere in the Union, and
most heavily upon the South. Prohibi
tion in thc taritl was on n level with Dick
Turpin's code of morality. The one had
the more civilization ; the other more
manhood. The ono sneakingly evades
the ten commandments ; the other open
ly defies them. When he proclaimed
that such prohibitorv taxation was rob
bery, ho simply echoed tho decision of
tho Supremo Court, which ho read for
the enlightenment of the Senator from
Maine. There can be no moro heretical
despotism than unjust discrimination
that build? up individual wealth. It was
unconstitutional, illegal and unholy. To
maintain this Government protection of
the rich few ngainst thc multitudinous
poor capital had hired innumerable
bowling dervishes on tho press and in the
lobby. He was a loyal citizen, and so
agreed with tho Supreme Court when
that tribunal characterized Mr. Frye's
doctrine ns nothing but robbery-pillage
under the forms ol law to build up mar
ble palaces ut tho North and force the
South to dwell in hovels. The increased
wages of American labor-that is New
England operatives-were reduced to the
pauper level bv the difference in thc
?rice of necessities hero and abroad,
his shibboleth of "Au.?rican labor" was
applied only to manufacturing districts.
That fimnll minority of workers was to be
protected at the expense and out of thc
pockets of the tremendous majority of
mechanics, teachers and farm-hands
South and West. The farmers of this
:ountry are the truest laborers, because
[hey are the real producers of all that
constitutes tho true, substantial wealth of
the Eepublic. Mr. Frye seemed to think
hat the man nt the spindle was superior
lo the man nt the plow handle, ann that
:ho Government was run for the one a-:.!
not for the other. The white and negro
labor at the South was taxed on every
thing, fora head to heel ; and fifty per
.-?-?nt. of the black man's wages had to go
lo carpet tho floors and put pianos in the
cottages of New England factory men.
Thia was protection with a vengeance.
It was also dishonest, practical, class .
legislation. New England selects her
labor, not solely from the natives, but
largely from the paupers dumped over
lier? from Europe-the very paupers
from whom the Mci.io Senatoi said we
diould protect American workmen !
Pauper labor was therefore imported from
Europo to compete with labor at hoi...-,
rh eso paupers were likewise beguiled by
& promise of homesteads. New England
told her manufactured goods to the pau
pers of Europe, so-called, at one- half the
price demanded from paupers at home.
This was riot protecting our own coun
trymen but skinning them ti; the lune of
fifty per cent, bonus for the benefit <>(
foreigners. A Feejec cannibal cc ti ld kill
a missionary with an American hatchet
or knife, free of duty, and assist digestion
with free salt, while American labor is
heavily assessed upon ali of these artic!
Sugar was imported free ..( duty from
Hawaii, to break down the Louisiana j
sugar industry and ruin the colored and
white laborers in that State, "ur own
countrymen are always discriminated
Against when i: -uits the protectionists,
who force us to buy from them at the
highest price. '/ur home market was
built up for manufacturers, and nobody
else, lt was the Yankee jdea of heaven
'..> "c mer" Western and Southern mar
kets in buying and celling. A nation
can not get rich by trading with itself.
W'lien Japan sought to preserve ber an
cient! exclusiveiK'-.? and linnie mar
ket, the Yankee protectionists opened
her portJ and broke down her traditional
policy by sending war shins tu enforce a
demand to that end. The gold of Eu
rope is drawn here by the products of our
soil devoted to agriculture. A nation
cannot always prosper by taxing itself.
If the Wen and South ever equaled New
England in manufacturing, what will wc
do with our surplus? Foreign paupers
will be very useful then. The men who
produce $211,000,000 of cotton are -trip
ped of their profits by the protection
policy. Lands are cheap here because
they are abundant. Labor is dear be
cause it is scarce. Hie wage? paid by
free trade Kngland are double those of
protected Russia, Germany and Franc.
Kngland is not declining, and never will
as long as her commercial flag is flying
from the peaks of nearly all the shipping
at New York. Protection is like Aunt
Jemima's plaster on her old man's back
-the more she tried to pul! it ofT, the
harder it stuck. It is the g-eat political
tapeworm. It is an infant that gets nu
grily jealous every time there is a new
baby in thc house. Great care is taken
not to allow the rising cotton factories of
the South to purchase cheap machinery.
Rich and pampered manufacturers in
New Kngland were much harder to strug
gle against than the horde of European
paupers. The South was tickled with
the hope of free apple whisky some day ;
but sho preferred free cotton machinery.
A judicious Io ?verine of the tariff and
utter extirpation of the internal revenue
was what thc South wanted. The inter
nal revenue service was a disciplined po
litical machine, to bedevil mountaineers
and carry elections for the Republican
party. Wheu Virginia Democrats agreed
to a debt-paying policy, the Republican
Administration menaced its myrmidons
with dismissal unless they aided and
abetted repudiation. He opposed the
lop siilcd commission urged by Senator
Morrill, because the verdict on hog steal
ing was to be rendered by men who had
gotten some if the pilfered pork. Rut as
a sop to Cerberus, bank checks, which
the poor never had, were to be released
from taxation, and matches were to go
free, for thc benefit of saloon-keepers,
l'aient medicines were to have a day of
grace, and the American stomach was to
become a wholesale recipient of myste
rious nostrums, whereby a speedy exit to
thc grave was assured. This increase of
mortality would add to the protected
value of Vermont tombstones and Ruth
land marble. Ours is the grandest land
upon the planet, with its 700,000 square
miles of sun kissed toil and 2,000,000,000
acres laughing with grain harvest*. We
had a new Kgypt watered by a new Nile,
which bad gigantic development even
under repression. We reached out our
arms for an all-embracing commerce, but
were stopped by a New England spin
ning jenny ! Protection enriched one
man at thc expense of ten others.
Wealth is concentrated and penury dif
fused by a prohibitive tax that is unwise,
unjust, unconstitutional. Give us a free
land, with free labor, free ships and free
competition.
At the conclusion of his speech, Sena
tor Vance escaped the congratulation of
all his friends, except Senator George, of
Mississippi, whose rugged face was aglow
with delight and satisfaction. He
emerged from the cloak-room in hot
haste, with hat. nod overcoat, and beat a
retreat so precipitate that the casual ob
server must have supposed that "the toc
sin of thc soul -the dinner b?ll"-had
summoned him away. Ile had earned
bis bnuquel, and I boped he enjoyed it,
for whether right or wrong about the
tariff, no better or more whole-souled
public man steps in shoe leather to-day.
- Correspondence ('.'iron ic fr ?.(. Conititu
tion'jlitt.
DISCUSSING JUDGE CONKLING.
The Nomination Meeting with Criticism.
NEW YOKE, Feb. 25.-Tho nomina
tion of Conkling to the Supreme Keuch
created a genuine sensation, and consid
erable spare will be devoted to tho dis
cussion of it in the morning papers. The
weight of opinion on the street and in
the editorials is that tho appointment is
a commendable one in mrny respect's,
although it is not freo from criticism.
Doubts are expressed a* to bis accep
tance, but (lie idea prevails thal an ac
ceptance would inevitably remove him
permanently from politics. His friends
arc highly gratified that tho office has
been offered to him, mid whether be ac
cepts or refuses it, they are sure the fact
of his nomination will inure to his bene
fit, and placo him on a better footing
with his party. His opponents interpuso
few objections, as they are willing to see
his retirement from tho political arena
thus emphasized.
Ex-Senator Conkling declines to say
anything upon the question of accepting
tho Supremo Court Justiceship. Tho
nomination by the President was a sur
prise to bim, and he appeared, so far as
there was any appearance at all, to be
averse to RB acceptance.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Fob. 25.-The pa
pers of this city publish bitter articles
assailing the nomination of Conkling to
thc Supremo Bench. The Herald Bays
that President Arthur did an act that was
a surprise and mortification to those Re
publicans who bad placed confidence in
Iiis good sense, and who had refused to
bolievo that, in his official course, he
would defer to tho dictates of an arro
gant and discredited clique. Rather
than conform to tho wishes of tho great
mass of Republicans and regard the true
interests of the party and the nation, he
nominated Roscoe Congline to tho Su
preme Hench of tho United States.
Conklingism is triumphant. Garfield
republicanism is humiliated. That is tho
only construction it will bear. There is
no possible excuse for this.
CONKL1NO'8 NEW JOH.
Cfiicttpo Times.
It is now expected that as Mr. Roscoe
Conkling is out of a job, and a New
York man has just been hired at $10,000
a year to let go of a place on the Su
preme Court winch he had long since
ceased to fill, that thc President will
appoint tho picturesque and distinguish
ed ex-Senator an Associate Juaneo of
the Supremo Court. This, it is explain
ed, is to bo done on geographical grounds.
Tho Secretary of tho Treasury nan the
same geographical advantage, and hs has
tho farther advantage that his knowlcdgo
of tho law is not wholly problematical.
One would suppose that considerations
of the general fitness of things would
dictate tho appointment of Secretary
Folgor to tho Supreme Bench, and Mr.
Conkling to a place in the cabinet. Of
course his admirers deem Mr. Conkling
the greatest jurist of this or any other
age, nut if there be any superlative
claim that persons of the Newman type
of mind have notclaimed for Mr. ConVr
ling the country has not heard of i?.
That bo is looked upon by tho lawyers of
. .New York as the electric light of their
profession ii affirmed, but it is also vig
orously denied. He was in Washington
just about thc same length of time that
President Garfield ?vu?. I >?iriCILT that
period lie had six ca-es before the Su
preme Court, and the late President, for
whom it was never claimed that he waa
first lawyer in the country, had thirteen :
Senator Edmunds, who is acknowledged
to be one of the ablest lawyer? in tin
United States, had nineteen. Some of
thc cases that Senator Conk ling argued
before the Supreme Court were ea-cs
w v.- an influential Senator might have
been as important as a learned lawyer.
Ont ci hi? cases wa* that of thc New
York Central railroad, whiel was resist
ing the collection of taxe-, by tho gov
ernment. The case was fir-t tried in a
Federal Circuit Court, presided over hy a
Judge wboic appointment to the bench
was attributed to the senator. Herc he
won his case. The government appealed
the case to the Supreme- Court, and there
Mr. Conkling not only Inat hin case, hut
ho lost it unanimously ; not a single
Justice took the view of the law that he
did. During this same period Mr. Conk?
ling had five cases before tho New York
Court of Appeal, one or two of the cases
being of a political character, and in one
he was employed as associate counsel by
cr. Attorney Ocrerai v.l../ >.a.s under po
litical obligations to him. He is report
ed to have received one large fee ; it was
$10,000 from the Jayne gang of special
agents of the treasury, out of money ex
torted from Phelps, Dodge it Co. Mr.
Conkling was very indiguant a year and
u half ago because Senator Bayard inti
mated that he divided the proceed' of
thc raid made by Jayne ; ?ie did not
divide any proceeds of any raid ; accord
ing \rj Iiis friends, ho merely took a fee.
It wou'd appear, then, that persons em
ployed by the government in the collec
tion of its revenues, who were entitled
to all tho hw they needed gratuitously
from the District Attorney in New York
and from thc Attorney General of the
United Stales, decline to avail themselves
of this privilege, hut recklessly hired a
lawyer of their own at the expense o?
?lO.OCO. If it was only legal advice that
they wanted, this seems like wild ex
travagance, but tho District Attorney
and the Attorney General were not mem
bers of the senate, or the chief political
powers of thc administration 'd that time
and perhaps Jayne and his companions
knew what they needed, and got it where
it was to bc had.
After Chief Justice Chas? died Pres
dent Grant had a disastrous time
trying to get a successor to him. Thc
present incumbent's name was the third
that he sent to the senate, and the senate
was full ed his friends, who would much
rather have confirmed than rejected a
nomination by him. Besides Williams,
Cushing and Waite the president offered
the place to Roscoe Conkling. Thc
salary of the Chief Justice had been in
crcus.d during Mr. Conkling's term in
thc senate, on account of which fact he
was ineligible and declineel a position tc
which he could not have been confirmed.
His ineligibility was not generally un
derstood, and it was supposed by most
persons that he declined because he pre
ferred lo remain in the senate. A New
York lawyer was asketl one day why he
supposed Mr. Conkling declined an ap
pointment to thc Supreme Court. He
replied : "I suppose for the same reason
that I would not accept tho mission tc
China; I do not understand the Chinese
language." Possibly Mr. Conkling has
been devoting Iiis time latterly to the
acquisition of the language of thc Su
preme Court.
Thc Cat lu the Meal-Tub.
Fruin the liefonn Signal,
I have received two copies eif youl
paper and am very much pleased with it
As a native South Carolinian I feel
proud to Bee one of her native white
sons bold enough to be the editor ol
such an independent paper. Kudosed
you will find my subscription for one
year. Yours respectfully,
RODERT SMALLS.
Washington, D. C.
One of the most annoying types of skin
or blood diseases is Kczema, "a smartin?
eruption of tho skin." This smarting i;
produced hy the poison in thc blood, seek
inT an outlet through the pores of thc skin.
S. S., hy renewing and pu ri fy in JJ thc
blood, soon removes every vestijre of orup
lion, and the skin will present a beautiful,
natural appearance. Price. $l.(Kl and $1.7.*
per bottle.
STAU: < >F s< ?i'TH CAROLINA,
AM>KUM>N Cot* N TY.
Hy IS'. If. Hnmphrtyi, Judye ../ Probate.
I WHEREAS, H. 1>. Rochester has np
I i.?ietl lu me lo grant him lett? rs of admin
istration <m the Personal Estate und effect*
..f Mrs. Elizabeth Rochester, dweascd.
Theo are therefore t<> cite aud admon
ish all kindred and creditors of the?said
Elizabeth Rochester, dee d, to Le and ap
neat l>eforo mein Court of Probate, to
be heida! Anderson <'"urt House, on
che 13th dav of March, 10S2, after pub
. lication hereof, to shew cause, lr any tney
have, why the said administration should
not hr- granted. Given under my hand
tins j--, .lae of March, 1---' . . "
W, W. HUMPHREYS, J. T.
March 2. INS.' "?_
TOWNSEND'S MILL
"WT"I LL ( ?rind hereafter on Tuesday,
f V Thursdav and Saturday.
Merchants, doii't forge! ilia! Hie City of
Anderson hos a good Mill within her own
, corporal, limits.
Parti.- purchasing Corn from thc Mcr
chants. for bread, on cither of these three
dava can gel it ground promptly into as lino
au!l Mvt ct Meal ai any water mill In the
Stat? can make. Come ?nd give me a trial.
J. II. TOWNSEND.
Yt !. 2. ! --' 27_ly
B. F. WIIITNER,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
OFFICE-In Wost wing of Benson
House, S? ..omi l! tor, over office of H. G.
Sciidday.
Fehf), l?fSJ M 3iu
W. D. BEWLEY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
ANDERSON. S. C.
WILL Practice in all thc Court-of this
State.
Ornee-Wi lind of Henson House,
formerlv occupi-Kl bv I'r. H. P. Divver.
Feb IO, ?ss sj ;tl _ (ir*
it. ... s?Tiu?.\y. H. w. hisirso.f.
SGUDDAY & SIMPSON,
ATTOItXKYS AT "LAW,
ANDERSON, S. C.
1?TJ I.I, Practice in all the C ourts of the
VT Eighth Circuit.
Orri rWest end of the Henson House.
Feb Itt, l* -2 M 3m
TIMELY NOTICE.
WE hereby notify all persons not to
drive <>r ride through our field along
the General's Road in the Southern part of
the city, but to keep in the road, mud or
no mud.
JOHN E. ALLEN,
c sj BEATY.
Feb lfi,18S2 31 3
Buist's, D. M. Ferry's,
Hiram Sibley's,
Johnson, Robbins & Reid's
FRESH SEEDS
SIMPSON, ik k CIVS,
CHEAP FOR CASH.
TS* We will not be undersold.
Keb Ki, 1882 31
Notice ! Notice ? !
ALL persons indebted Ut the late firm
of J. IL CLARK & SONS bv Note,
Hue Rill or Account, will save money by
! paying the same AT ONCE to thc undcr
I signed.
J. S. M CRH AY, Jr.,
Assignee.
WM. S. DUOWX,
. . Agent Creditors.
Feb 2M, lfi S J 32 3
VfOTICK FINAL SETTLEMENT"!
-i-^t The undersigned, Administrator of
the Estate of Henry Sullivan, deceased,
hereby elves notice that he will, on the 7th
day of March, 1882, apply to the Judge of
Probate of Anderson County for a Final
Settlement of snid l?state, and a discharge
from said Administration.
A. ti. COOK. Adm'r.
Feb 2. l.s\S2 20 5?
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons ha lng demands n gai nat
?be F?tate of Willia <. Telford.defensed are
hereby notified to [?resent I hes? me properly
proven to either of thu undersigned within
the tune prescribed hy law. Per.-ons (twine
the estate ar.- ?ii??? notifie ! | , .".,!;,. ,,n ,,".,,,.
nt onee. and save e
M F I'KLKORIL
J. H l i I.F-iR.i.
fri
BCUS1
CIRCUS ! CIRCUS !
Thc State License is ,$100, Hie City of Anderson Li
cense, by Charter, is $300, so that every
Circus that shows its ^
MAMMOTH TENT
OK EXHIBITS ITS
NUMBERLESS CAGES OF WILD BEASTS,
HAS got to plank down so much cash, that it has practically killed out all tho Cir
Cutts tor this placo. This being the case, we can't pivo vou a Circus ; so we will
give you the next best thing to one, namely-THE l*I?TlTREN OF A CIRCUS.
So Save your Admission 75 Cents, and corns to
MESSES. ORR & SLOAN'S
AND GET A
NICE LAMP OR BRUSH,
OR DOXEN BOXES BLACKING.
OR DOZEN CAKES SOAP, &C, &C.
YOURS, DEVOTEDLY,
ORR & SLOAN,
BEKNON HOI Tl CORNER DRU?I STORE,
CITY OF ANDERBON,
STATE UV SOUTH C.iROIJNA.
March 2. lt*. 33 _1
Misses CARLISLE & PEOPLES
INVITES thc attention of the Indies of Anderson and the surrounding country to
call ou them nn examine their
ATTRACTIVE STOCK OF MILLINERY AND FANCY Q00D8,
Which .unbraces thc very latest styles of HATS and BONNETS, FLOWERS RIB
BONS, LACES, 1^ A HIES NECK WEA lt, Ac, which Ihey oiler at reasonable prices.
Call before purchasing elsewhere.
Alwo, 31 mit un-M tilting-.
March 2, IS82 33 3M
LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST
I WILL SELL
FURNITURE AND COFFI?j
Cheaper than any other man in the State.
ULL I ASK IS TO COME AND PRICE MY GOODS,
fi?>- I WILL GUARANTEE a bettor article of any kinu of Good,
in the Furniturr Hoe for LESS MONEY than any other
man, and I invite a comparison of Goods and prices.
Always a Full Stock on hand on Depot Stael
March -'. 1882
i-t- tr nnr .T .T ^
,JL-^ X.
TO FARMERS!
And all interested in Buying tho Best floods for
LEAST MONEY!
SUPPLIES,
AT '?&0SS,BLE SUPPLIK
A Full Stock always on hand. Cnn offer Hiiecinl inducements In gi,-^
uni Cottee, A large lot of Mnsrovado Jlolnyscs Jual a. riving.
HARDWARE, HARDWARE.
licit Slock of Hardware in thc City. A largo lot ot' Flows and Plow Steak
.Vc sell the best Wheel Harrow for Farm use in thc rr arkot-l?ght-rusalsti
latent wheels, very substantial, and at an exceedingly low price. If you want IlAED
.VARE don't pass us by.
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY.
We are agents for the WATERTOWN, TOZER, and WOOD, TABER & MOlSi
SKOINES, CARDWELL THRESHERS, and in fact nbont everrthioTh
Iiis linc, which wc will sell on best terms possible. ^ B
FERTILIZERS.
. 3
WE HAVE REDUCED OUR PRICES on Fertilizers down aa low as any firfttla
;oods can bc had, and we nsk those wishing to buy to give us a call.
fsa- CALL AND SEE OUR NEW ??AXO DISTRIBUTOR.
SULLIVAN & MATTISON.
March 2, 1882 33_
HAVING purchased the Stock of Goods of thc late firm of J. B. CLABK A
SONS, I am prepared now to offer
Bargains in the Merchant Tailoring Business,
To to bc conducted under the name and style of CLARE & CO., and have en
ployed Mr. J. Ii. CLARK to take charge of the bu s i nea? of Cutting and Filth*
Clothing, &c, who will welcome his old customers. On hand a Targe and wal
iclected Stock of
READY-MADE CLOTHING. CLOTHS, CASHMERES,
lint?, Ti'imming^Sj Underwear,
Which can bc had at the low price of COST.
JOHN W. DANIELS, Proprietor.
Feb 23. 1882 Si
CLARK & CO.
_ill
uuj-/7 Agent,
HAS A GOOD STOCK OF
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
AT LOWEST MARKET PRICES.
Would especially call attention to SEWING MACHINE!,
A large lot ot different kinds with all thc latest Improvements. Can suit, any one in
[heir favorite at LOWEST PRICE. See my Machines before you buy. Abo,
THE LOUIS COOK BUGGIES,
So well known in this country. I keep a good stock of all styles of them on lund, wi
nm offering them nt VERY LOW PRICES. I have a large supply of
Middleton'8 and Brewer's Fertlizers and Brenner's Acid Phosphate,
AT LOWEST PRICES.
T^ff- Come and see nie. 1 CAN'T BE UNDERSOLD.
Feb 10, 18K2
G. ?. HEED, Agent,
_ Waverly House Cornea
BROWN BROS.
Is the place to buy your
?oods. They are deter
mined not to be undersold
jy any firm in Anderson., nor
;he Up-Country, during the
present year.
Give them a call and be
?onvinced of what they Bay.
Jan 2,1882.
FRESH
GARDEN SEED,
ORR & SLOAN.
ONION SETS,
ORR <fe SLOAN.
BUIST'S SEED PO?
ORR & SLOAN.
VACCINE VIRUS,
ORR & SLOAN.
Jan IP, 1882 _ 27_~*
GENIUS REWARDED;
-OR THE
StoryortliB SewingMac?
A handsome little pwyhlet, bine
gold cover, with numerous engraving*.
XTOT1?E FINAL SETTLEMENT.
it? v . . "n?'crai8"?'. Administrator of
the Estate of Mrs. Martha Harkins, dee'd
hereby fjvos notice that he will, on'the 3ru.
rrohMP nrrCA;,,882'np;>|y lo th0 JudK? of
t r?bate of Anderson County for n Final
^Cm^\?l^E3ta{e' ftnd & discWo
rrom said Administration.
J^_2Lm2S^^|MITH' Adl?>
Cotton Bayer.
ISH? ^i10." aml aU other country pro.
for it nfT ?ive thf hlRh09t ?nwket prloo
rfaVeVor?Xm0 * c,ia??> .^eve/you
? Octohere/lMl - ? ? I ^ft^^
Hardware, Ac.
October 0, 1881 W,3P' BA*R
lie
GIVEN AWAY
to any adult person calling for it? j
branch or Biib-oftlco of The Singer
factoring Company, or will be9cntbyf? !
post pnid, to any person living stsdW
from our offices.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURE c9?
Principal Office. - -. 84 Union W '
NEW YORK.
Sept 22. 1881 _U_.-fr*J
Boots and,Shoes. ^
I. CAN At any foot at any Pf^-U*
the best of this line of H00^
gentlemen, children and a!^'*p pARft
October 0, J 881 15