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Sunday Morning;, June 10, 1866. ?
.Quorn Dena mit prrUric, prlw* ?)c
rarnutt-'"
fe lu taking the abo ve quota tion a* OH?
tox^, we mean to apply it particularly
to ihe ruting faction in the present
Congres?. The classical reade? kuows
the quotation, but foe the general
reader we' translate it thus: Whom
God trishes to destroy. Se ?rat moires
nuttL ...^ ..
We hold that this is peculiarly a?
plicable to Thad. Stevens and his
party in Congress. This ie especially
developed ?nd proved by the pro?
posed tax of five cents per pound on
cotton. Whatever spirit- -revenge,
hatred or oppression-may have dic?
tated or suggested this diabolical
measure, its effect will unquestiona?
bly be to drive the planters of tile
South from its cultivation. The
Southern States have long been pre?
eminently the great cotton producer
of the world ; they have defied compe?
tition from any quarter, as they were
enabled to deliver this universally
demanded staple, at the great marts
of the world, cheaper than any other
producer ou the face of the globe.
While it enriched "the South, it
brought to the great commercial
marts of the North and West the
products of other climes; it built up,
the great commission houses of New
York, Boston, and other ports; it in?
fused new life and vigor into every
department of human industry,
North, East, South and West; and in
short, governed finance and commerce
more powerfully than any other of the
world's products.
Is it any wonder that the wisdom
or self-interest of the Sw York
Chamber of Commerce caused this
great body of financiers and mer?
chants to call upon their representa?
tives in the rump Congress to forego
their purpose? Is it any wonder
that-the practical and far-seeing
statesmen decry this attempt, not
only to injure the South, but to injure
the great commercial interests of the
whole country? No! while the mon?
strous doctrine of protection and
protective tariffs for the benefit of
Thad. Stevens and his co-ironmon?
gers of Pennsylvania has long brought
into their coffers au untold wealth of
II unjust gains, the Southern planter
has never asked protection for his
products. The cotton of the South
needed no protection, for, as we
have before said, it can be landed at
the docks of Liverpool and Havre
cheaper than the same staple can be
" delivered from India or any other
country which tries to produce iL In
return ?or the vast shipments-three
' fourths o? all the cotton raised at the
"* South-the thousands bf vessels re?
turned to this country laden with the
products and manufactures of every
country in the world.
And all this is to stop, with the
vain hope of crushing the South, in
taking from her every inducement to
raise her principal staple. The radi?
cals, by the imposition of this tax,
would give to England a premium to
enable her to supply herself from lier
own possessions in the East. Daring
the four years that the American
supply was cut off, India, Egypt ami
Brazil made large fortunes by supply?
ing Liverpool and Manchester.
The New York Chamber of Com?
merce, in their memorial to Congress,
says:
"Whatever may be said to the con?
trary, the quality seen of India cot?
ton is good enough even to drag down
our own growth, as happened in Liv?
erpool, last month, to the extent ol
sixpence sterling per pound-eqtia
to fifteen or sixteen cents of our mo
ney-in less than six weeks."
And, if India can thus compete,
when shipments were freely arrivinf
from this country, what will she not
be able to do when she gets the addi?
tional advantage of five cents pe]
pound, when her cotton is placee
alongside with that from America
Crush the South, say the radicals
but, in crushing tho South in thit
mode, you crush all our financial anr
commercial interests, say thc states
men and merchants of their own sec
tion.
But, would the infliction of thi
unjust tax ruin the South? No! thanl
God, no. The very civil war itself
which wrought such evils otherwis
to our section, developed the facttha
the South is rich in varied and mani
told resources. In soil and climate
she stands unsurpassed by any conn
try; she can raise the products of al
most every clime. Com, wheat
? - . , . . . - 5 - 5 - ..' ? "S *'
grasses, the frnits of ali countries,
sire can raise with-profit. Her mine?
ral resources oro beyond computS
tion, a* their partial, development,,
daring the w?r, abundantly testifies.
Her witter power, for manufactories
of all kinds, is unsurpassed in thia t?r
any other eountry, nuil the pastures
of Texas alone would supply meat
for every Southern State! ?'Orth such
a country be crushed by the imposi?
tion of ft tax, iniquitous though it IHJ,
on a single product? No. Let them,
then, go on, and,-in the end, rt' will
be seen who will be the loser. In
the meantime, let tire Southern peo?
ple betake themselves to the full
development, of the mighty resources
which lie within their reach, and
which only require energy, pluck and
industry to fill their gamers with the
richest products vouchsafed to man
by tho disposer of "every good ami
perfect gift."
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CONFEDERATES IN MEXICO.-The
Mexican Government publishes au
official list, of the Confederates who
have settled on land at Cordova,
from which it appears that only
thirty-eight of oar refugees in thal
country have yet acquired any land.
General Magruder and M. F. Maury
have each (HO acres, and ail who hold
the land have documents to show timi
they purchased with their own moan*
from private proprietors, and that it
was not given by the Imperial Go?
vernment. Let not our young men,
therefore, be deceived by hopes thal
will certainly prove fallacious. Mer
of abundant means or of establishec
scientific reputation, can live wit!
ease in any civilized portion of tin
globe, but others will find a hard tim?
in Mexico. Take our advice, and re
main at home.
Miss Evans, the authoress of lieu
lah, and other noted works of fiction
has -generously purchased a marbi?
Mausoleum for tho Confederate dent
of Mobile. She luis set a good ex
ample, that we are assured will l?t
followed when Southern finances re
cover from their present prostration
We cannot expect the United State
to do anything for those who fell ii
arms for secession, nor are the Stat
Governments now able to do any?
thing. It is only from private muni
ficence that our loved and lost cai
now receive the monuments due t<
their memories. All honor to Mis
Evans !
We learn that the 25th Ohio Reg?
ment (which was on duty in this cit;
nearly a year) has been mustered ou
of service, and left Charleston ft)
home, a day or two ago.
The Commissioner of Interna
Revenue has issued an order correct
ing certain instructions to assessor*
concerning assessments of income
for the year 1866, by which it appear
a guardian residing abroad shouli
return the income of his ward in th
district where the ward resides; an
that all expenses for insurance upo
property and all actual losses in th
business may be deducted from th
gross income of the business of th
year.
STATE ITEMS. - -Tho Abbeville Pres,
of the ?th, says:
"The prospect of the grain eroj
seems to l>o more encouraging, an
the wheat is suffering less from rui
than was anticipated. The oom
promising, but the cotton has RU
fercd seriously from the excessn
rain 8."
The Greenville Mountaineer has tl
following items:
"The meetings in the liapti
Church still continue, and many ai
still inquiring the way of salvatioi
and are being directed to Him who
'the Way, the Truth and the Lift
The baptism of a number of conver
is expected to take place on next Su;
day afternoon."
"We have just returned from a tr:
as far os New Market, in Abbevill
and, from information all along tl
route, we have come to the oonclunii
that the wheat crop in that rango
country will be a tolerably good on
The rains seem, now, to be suspen
ed, and we trust that a week or t\
of fine weather will bring in a pro]
tious harvest. Farmers aro alreat
cutting wheat, in many places."
S.vi> OCCURRENCE.-Dr. John <
Williams, one of the most respect
citizens of Edgefield District, S. (
committed suicide on Monday last.
F IKE.-Between 7 and 8 o'cloc
veste; lay morning, a fire occurred i
Railroad Accommodation Whai
Ward No. 5, destroying n tnrpenti
still, two boats, and about 110 bi
reis of crude turpentine. The lire
attributed to tho carelessness of
colored hand, in allowing the boili
pitch to nm over, which ignited a
communicated to the barrels. T
property belonged to A. Robertson
Co., and, we learn, was not insure
[Charlesticn Courier, 0/7/
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Tit? CtMe of BIr. Ravi?.
The Richmond papers, of Thurs?
day, bring-tis the secondday's pro?
ceedings of-'the United States Circuit
Court, in that, city. Mr. Hennessey,
Hn i tod States District Attorney, hav
iiig moved an adjournment of the
Court until October next, Mr. James
T. Brady said:
j - If yot?r Honor pleases, I did not
expect to say ono word this morning
in reference to the case of Mr. Davis,
but some of the suggestions contain-'
ed in what my learned friend has just
read, make it proper for me to state
that if Mr, Davis be not technically
subject to your Honor's jurisdiction,
it is only because no copy of this in?
dictment, so far as I am advised, has
ever been nerved upon him, nor any
list of -witnesses, ?or any other act
done, of those which are required to
be done by the statute; it may be
true that, in this techhical sense, he
is not now, and never hos been,
amenable to your authority; but my
brother, Reed, stated that Mr. Davis
was. not claiming the benefit of any
of these want? of forms, but that, on
the contrary, he was here to express
from his own lips, speaking through
ns, his ardent desire for an immediate
trial; and though it may bc very hot
in Richmond, it is infinitely worse
where he is; and so far as the conve?
nience of counsel is concerned, they
caro nothing for that convenience,
impelled, as they are, by a sense of
duty. From my own experience in
the city of Bichmond, whose hospi?
tality I have enjoyed, certainly 1
would be happy to remain here,
either through the heats of summer
or the frosts of winter. We can only
say that we arc entirely ready. We
know that we cannot control thc
action of the District Attorney. We
I thank him for his polite response to
our questions, and of course we leave
this question for such action as the
Government may hereafter think pro?
per to take.
Judge Underwood then said: It
only remains for the Court to say
that the District Attorney has cor?
rectly represented the views of the
Government on this occasion. The
Chief Justice who is expected to pro
sido on the trial has named the first
Tuesday in October next as the time
th:it will be most convenient for him,
and the Attorney-General has indi?
cated that it would bo utterly impos?
sible for him, under the pressure ot
his many duties, now greatly increased
by the troubles on the Northern fron?
tier, on so short a notice, to give tliat
attention to this great question which
its importance demands. Under all
the circumstances, the Court is dis?
posed to grant the motion of th?
District Attorney, and I think I maj
say to counsel that Mr. Davis will, ii;
all probability, afc that lime, be
brought before the Court, unless his
case shall in the meantime be dis
posed of by the Government, whicl
is altogether possible. It is withii
the power of the President of tin
United States to do what he please:
in these mattel's, and I presumo tint
tho counsel for Mr. Davis would pro
bably find it to the interest of thei:
cheat to make application directly t<
the Government at Washington. Bu
tliis Court would not feel justified ii
denying at this time this application
which is in fact the application bot!
of tho Chief Justice and of the At
tom ey-General.
When tho Court adjourns, it wil
adjourn not until the next term
which is in November, but until tb
first Tuesday in October next. As i
is supposed, from the array of conn
sel on both sides that have beei
named, it will be a long trial, ii
which great political and constitu?
tional questions are to be discusse
and settled, probably taking tw
months, it would undoubtedly b
much more comfortable for counsel
as well as for Mr. Davis himself, t
have those months in the fall, rathe
than in the summer, because it i
every way more comfortable in Rici
mond at that time than now.
f think tho counsel is mistaken i
supposing that Fortress Monroe i
uot as comfortable a place in summe
as Richmond. When I have bee
there in summer I have found th
sea bree/.es at Fortress Monroe vcr
refreshing.
Mr. Brady. But there ia thci
very limited society, your Mono
(Laughter. |
Judge Underwood continued: Tl
society is limited. However, tl
Government is disposed to exton
every reasonable privilege, and I ai
happy to know that thc wife of tl
prisoner is permitted to be with hin
and that his friends are permitted I
visit him.
The motion of the District Atto
ney is therefore granted. This Cou
will adjourn, not until November, bi
until the first Tuesday in October, t
meet at this place. lt would be Se]
tomber, but September is a lu
month; timi, on the whole, the Chi
Justice and tho Attorney-Gener
prefer it should be October, when,
presume, if not before, this ease w
be disposed of.
With these remarks ol' tho Jndg
the business of the day was over, ai
the interest of the bar and spectato
at an end, and thc crowd in thc eon
room quickly dispersed. It was
length judicially ascertained that ?1
Davis, if trim I ut all, will be tri<
next October. This was the fir
great, point of interest, lt hail al
been shown, by the statements of t
District Attorney and the Judge, th
Mr. Davis was not and never hi
boen in the custody of this court, b
was a. state prisoner in the hands of
the President, and that as such .only
the President was responsible for his
retention, or was coin potent to bail or
parole him. The whole case had been
so managed as to tlirow upon the
President the entire responsibility
both for the delay which has already
occnrred in bringing Mr. Davis to
trial, or that may be incurred by a
future disposition of his person.
-After a brief consultation among
themselves, Mr. Davis1 counsel being
precluded by the declaration tliat
their client was not in the custody of
Che oourt from making any motion in
hts regard, left the court room.
Tb?* Cirent Armies of Ktaropc.
While it is an inspiring spectacle to
witness the sentiment of nationality
assertiug itself among certa'a of the
peoples of Europe against the arbi?
trary divisions, made in the patt, of
their territories in the interest of
particular dynasties, it is yet a sad
commentary upon thc boas* H! popu?
lar enlightenment of the age that
hundreds of thousands, and even
millions of men can be marshalled to
deadly combat by a few potentates
claiming power and government over
them. This seems no less the case
now than in the most semi-barbarous
periods in the world's history. That
higher development of the fetding of
nationality, that more cherished pride
of character nnd race, which shows
itself among the masses in more cul?
tivated nations now, is in striking
contrast with thc boorishness of
former periods; but nevertheless there
is a lamentable degree of ready and
deluded submissiveness to tho self
aggrandizing purposes of the few on
tho part of the many. This is shown
in what are called liberal os well as
mouarchiol and more absolute Go?
vernments, and in this day that ele?
ment of popular sentiment, creditable
to men generally, of attachment to
tLe ancient unity of country and
raes, of pride in the memories of
their past, and the dreams of their
future, is relied upon more than any
other agency for the purpose of in?
ducing a people to lend all their ener?
gies to the waging of great wars.
That sentiment is skillfully manipu?
lated by politicians aspiring to rule,
or potentates already in power and
determined to perpetuate or extend
it. The destiny of nationalities is
skillfully appealed to in quarters
where it is potent, and ignored where
it is not or would be dangerous.
Hence, wc soe equally in either of
interests, the stupendous military
preparations now going on among
t!ie nations of Europe. The ligures
are on a scale equal to, if not exceed?
ing, those of our great civil war.
The latest advices state that Austria
has 600,000, and will soon have
900,000 men in the field, while Prus?
sia is estimated to have 500,000, Italy
430,000, and France 100,000, the
latter, of course, capable of being
augmented to any number likely to
be needed should sho engage iu the
contest with as great facility as any
nation extant.
The figures may be exaggerated as
to the present st.de of the annies,
but the ultimate ability of the pow?
ers to put such forces in thc Held
nearly 1,000,000 of men on the side
of Austria and the minor German
States co-operating with her. and
about the same number on the part
of Prussia and Italy-is not doubted.
This would be in addition to the aug?
mentation of forces in Belgium, Den?
mark, Switzerland and other States
within the radius of the impending
hostilities. Tn tim meantime, Turkey
and Russia are moving largo bodies
of troops, that which disturbs their
relations pertaining more to the pro?
vinces of Wallachia and Moldanothan
the quarrel of Austria and Prussia
over the spoils of the Dutchies, and
the eagerness of Italy ti) re-acquire
Venetia. Yet neither Turkey or
Russia can be indifferent to the latter
quarrel, especially Russia, as the war
would impinge upon her boundaries.
The immense cost of all this, whether
war comes or not, is, of course, upon
the people. They must not only d<>
the lighting, but must pay its pri?e
also in money. And this is none the
less the case in republics than in mo?
narchies, where war is permitted.
[ Ballimore Sun.
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THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.-The no?
ble people of the Valley of Virginia,
who contributed so largely to the he?
roism of the Confederate armies, and
bore, with .so much fortitude, the
desolations inflicted on them by a
ruthless enemy, are now, with praise?
worthy energy, repairing their wastc
placcs and effacing the traces of thc
destroyer. The Shenandoah Herald,
of last Thursday, after station: "that
nearly every mill and barn in the Val?
ley, between Harrisonburg and Win?
chester, was burned," says:
"With that indomitable energy and
perseverance characteristic of the
hardy yeomanry of the Valley, they
did not fold their anns and spend
their timo in fretting and worrying
themselves about the matter, but
went to work with a hearty will to re?
pair the ?lainages; and, notwithstand?
ing the slender resources in money at
command, new hains and mills have
risen. Phonix-like, upon thc sites of
those burned. In this neighborhood,
we are happy to say, the most ct the
barns have been rebuilt, and the mills
are progressing rapidly, and will be
completed in time for the growing
crops. "
-* . *
Kev. C. C. Bitting, ol'Alexandria,
Va., has, we leann, received and will
accept neall from Greenville, S. C
i. 8 aa.- i
I Cte?. S*ott*? Itfitrr tm Mr. Si ?ard,
j The recent death <>? Gen. Scott,
j and the universal lamentation over
! the event at tho North, as well us the
! respect shown to his character and
I ability at the South, justifies the re
! publication of the following letter to
I the present Secretary of State, writ
: ten on the day prec ling the first in
1 augnration 6f Mr. Luncoln:
i WAHHINOTOJJ, March 8, 1861.
DEAR Sn;: Hoping that in a day or
two the new President will have hap?
pily passed through ali personal
danger, and fiud himself installed an
i honored successor of the great "VVash
I ington, with you as the chief of his
Cabinet, T beg leave to repeat in
writing wh-?t I have before said to
you orally--this supplement to my
printed "Views" (dated iu October
Lost) on the highly disordered condi
t tion of our (so late) happy and glo
I rion? Union.
J To meet the extraordinary exigen?
cies of the times, it seems to me that
I am guilty of no arrogance in limit?
ing the President's field of selection
to one of tho four plans of procedure
subjoined:
I. Throw off tin; old and assume a
new designation the Union jtartv
adopt th?' conciliatory measures pro?
posed by Mr. Crittenden, or the Peace
Convention, and my life upon it, wc
shall have no new ease of secession,
but, on the contrary, an eui ly return
of many, if not of all, the States which
have already broken off from thc
Union. Without some equally benign
measure, thc remaining slaveholdiup
States will probably join thc Montgo
! m cry Confederacy in lefts than sixtj
days-when this city, being included
in a foreign country, would require s
permanent garrison of at least 85,00f
troops to protect the (iovernmenl
within it.
II. Collect the <luties on foreigt
goods miltiide the port? of which thi?
Government ha? lost the CDmmand
I or close such ports by Act of Con
I gress, and blockade them.
IH. Conquer the seceded States lo
. invading armies. No doubt this migh
? be done in two or three years, by i
j young and id ?le geueral-a Wolfe, i
I Desaix or a Hoche-With 300,000 dis
j ciplined men, (kept up to that nam
> l?er, ) estimating a third for garrisons
j and the loss of a yet greater unmbe
i by skirmishes, sieges, battles an<
j Southern fevers. The destruction o
I life and property on the other sid
I would bc frightful-however perice
I the moral discipline of the invaders
j The conquest completed, -and tha
j enormous waste of humaniife to th
, North and North-west, with at leas
! ?250,000,000 added thereto and ct,
! hon"? Fifteen devastated provinces
not to bo brought into harmony wit!
their conquerors; but to be held fo
j generations by heavy garrisons, at a
; expense quadruple the net duties o
. taxes which it would be possible t
\ extort from them, followed by a prc
j tcctor or an emperor.
IV. Say to tho seceded States
Waiftcttrd sisters, (lepart in perice.
in haste, 1 remain, very trait
.yours. WINFIELD SCOTT.
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TUE CROPS.-Several hard frost
j have recently occurred in the vicinit
, of Allegan, Mich., injuring the peac
: crop, and entirely killing it in ?om
j parts. Other fruit is unharmed. Th
? wheat crop looks promising, lt
said hy many who have traveled ov<
I the State, to have bron the best the
have ever soon.
The Houston (Texas) Telegraj
says: Physical causes are makir.
Texas one of the largest-we belie\
? it will bc the largest -wool-growir
States in the Union, lt would be
matter of i?o surprise lo us if, in
few years, the wool clip should e
j coed in value the cotton crop in Texa
I From all parts of the country v
I hoar that tho prospect for an abu:
: dant yield of corn and cotton is e
I collent. Indeed, if there be no n
foreseen accident, tho corn crop th
year will be as large, and the cotti
( crop larger than over before. The
! will be about half a crop of who
made. All kinds of fruit are atm
dant, except apples. Of these the
! will probably bo about one-third
tho usual yield.
[Lebanon Herald.
THE PEACH CROP. -The peach civ
j in tho Aiken, S. C., region is like
to be an utter failure this season. .
A young lady was yesterday cons
?.rated in St. Luke's - Episcor
Church, Hudson street', by Dish?
Potter and several clergymen, as
member of the sisterhood of St. Mai
: of which the object is to do thewor
of charity and mercy, au?l all go
deeds within Hair power. The la
was given the name of Sister Agni
There are seven members of t
Sisterhood. Their dress, as w?;ll
tln-ir office, ar?? like those of t
I Sisters of Charity.-New York Pc
-? .
The Richmond Kramimr, spei
ing of tho great Hood of boc
.'fractional currency," or "shystt
money, now inundating tim wh<
South, says: We wish that tho i
vernment would immediately call
these small notes, giving tho peo
an equivalent for good ami bad alii
and then issue cnougli coin to ans\
tho business of small change. C
thing is certain, that we are (loot!
with counterfeit small notes, and
need relief.at once. "
. ?
Jeff. Davis certainly bas main
hard trial, but the trial is what
I wants and what ho isentitle?l to ha
( Prentice
.gagggggg i fa i ?j i
: Iiooal Xtema.
; . Tho" Ph<mir cotiteksti every morning
double the quantity of reading matter ot
a,1>' papor pobhshed outHi<le ol Charle--:.tn
It only require* a I-DMH! examination t?
; prove tliis assertion.
Mortgages and Conveyance* of Heal f??
tate for sale at thit. oilier.
PKOVOST Corn i . Several important ea*, c
I were t.. have been tried yesterday, but
1 owing to the absence of some important
. witnesses, tho cases were eontinned. and
many tethers were docketed. The Court
adjourned until Tuesday nexi, as Monday
will be. observed in ro*p??et to the memory W
of Cencral Scott.
FREEDMAN BU OT. ."- Through the careles?*
handling of a loaded pistol, yesterday af-"
ternoon, ;i young freedman received a pain?
ful vronnd, from the accidental discharge
of tts contents into his body. 1 his should
prove a warning to others against thc in?
discriminate use of euch weapons as play?
things.
MAH. ARRANURXRNTS.-The Post Omeo i*
open during th?: week from H a. m. to I p.
m. and from 5} p. m. to 7 p. >u. On Snn
! day, from M to "J a. ni.
Northern mail opens 8 a. m.: closes 2-j p. tu.
Southern " 51 p. m.; " 0 p.m.
Charleston " Sf p. m.; " 9 p.m.
Greenville lt. H. " 8 a.m.: " Sip.m.
Kdgefield " S a.m.: M sf p. ir.
All mails close on Sunday at 2 p. m.
THE RACKS. -The attention of subscriber*
to the citizens' purse ia invited to the no?
tice of Mr. Lumsden, published this morn?
ing. The subscriptions to the purse are
coming in quite liberally, considering the
impoverished condition of thu country, and
a line week's ?port iii anticipated. The
races, it is expected, will come off about the
Fourth of July.
1 Wc understand that orders have been
received from Department Headquarters,
South Carolina, that on to-morrow all Go?
vernment offices will be closed, and appro?
priate honor will be paid to the memory of
the late Gen. Winfield Scott.
The United States troops at this poet
j will be mustered at half-past 9 o'clock,
j when the General Orders wdl be read.
j Guus will be fired at intervals of thirty mi
I untes from son-rise until 1 p. in.
! KKLIUIOTS SERVICES Tuts DAY.-Trinity
1 Church- Kev. P. J. Sband, 101 a. m. and
I 5 p. m.
Presbyterian Church-Rev. W. E. Bogg*.
' pastor, 101 a. m. and 5 p. m.
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THE BriiNiNu OK COLUMBIA.-We take
; from thc New York Metropolitan Record
j the following letter of Col. F. W. McMae
ter. dated Columbia, S. C., May 23:
I Mu. EDITOR: In the issue of the 19th
; inst., your commenta on a report (so
i called) of proceedings of a public meeting,
at Columbia, communicated to the New
York World, brought to my attention by a
friend, you naturally manifest surprise at
certain expressions attributed to me.
[ With your knowledge of the general,
i persistent and diabolical perversion of
? Southern sentiment, you might have known
i it was a base calumny, when you road, in
j a Northern paper, that a colonel of the
: Confederate army, who consecrated his
' sword in the noblest cause that freemen
ever fought for-the canse of George
I Washington and Robert Lee-uttered one
, sentiment of regard for the general of thc
: nineteenth century, whose only parallel in
I history is illustrated by a certain other
i general, described in Gibbon's Decline and
I Fall, who, in A. I). 410, gave the Eternal
; City up to tho pillage of hie soldiers, with
'? this praiseworthy restriction: "Save the
' honor of the women, and the buildings
: dedicated to religion," (but what Alaric
i spared. Sherman ?id not protect, as wo
i men were insulted and eb ur ch os were
bumed.)
I opposed a preamble offered by a citi -
? zen. upon the ground that the purpose of
j the meeting was not to prejudge the case;
I that it was not wise, politic or just; after
t the facts had lieen elicited, and it was e*
j tablishcd beyond controversy who wa*
j guilty of tho high crini? before Ood and
j man "of destroying this beautiful city, and
i turning ont in a winter's night 20,000 wo?
men and children, without food or cloth
j ing, amongst a brutal and drunken sol
; dierv, garnered from ail nations, tribss.
kindred-! and tongues; after the heinous
: sin was exposed in all its deformity, then
j thc wretch would be branded with "the in?
! famv he deserved, and coming g?n?rations
. would call him accursed,
i In advocating a fair and impartial inves?
tigation of the tacts, I used the remark:
"Whatever we may think of Sherman, lie
! stood high iu the annals of the history of
j Mn country." We of the South have no
j cot adey; but Heaven forbid that I should
j ever consider "tho incendiary and robber"
as an honor te any country.
But the moat serious misrepresentation
. in the report, (so-called,) is the statement
I that resolutions to vindicate Hampton and
j throw the blame on Sherman, failed. The
j great majority of thc meeting did not con
, sider the vindication or conviction of
either party a legitimate subject of debate,
j The honor" of Hampton, not only dnring
I the war. but during his whole life, is free
from reproach; his benevolence, courtesy,
Iiis nohle mien, his princely munificence
; and charities, had endeared him to the
i humblest citizen of this community long
I before his knightly prowess on the field as
i general, and in "single combat hand to
1 hand, had distinguished him eminently aa
! thc Chevalier Bayard of America. Any
: word of praise ot him at the South is ?ii
perfinons, and we would fain believe that
, amongst the gentlemen of the North he in
i duly honored, and commands moro respect
dian some of the parvenues whose type of
gentility isa "Bummer," and who consider
lt the perfection of courage to insult and
despoil thc weak and defenceless.
j - -
NEW AovKr.TisKMisTs.-Attention is calt
; ed to tho following advertisements, whicu
are published this morning for the first
j tune:
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