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For Pr?sident, HORATIO SEYMOUR, OP N. Y. <SJ For Vice-Presideni, GEN. F. P. BLAIR, OF MISSO?RL STATE EIjECTOnAJj TICKET. ForState at Largs-J. P. Thomas, of Richland; J. D. Kennedy, of Ker? shaw. First Congressional District-R. F. Graham, of Marion. Second Co7igi'cssioncd District-B. H. Rutledge, of Charleston. Third Congressional District-k, C. HaskeU, of Abbeville. Fourth Congressional District-E. C. MoLture, of Chester. COLUMBIA. Tuesday Morning, Sept. l?, 1868. Tne Dangers All good Governments rest upon weUfregulated public opinion; indeed, wo may go further, and re-affirm In broad terms, that all Governments must ultimately rest npon tho consent of the governed. The Roman Em? pire, throughout tho centuries of its glory anid power, was sustained by the pride that the Roman felt in call? ing himself a Roman citizen; and the authority and power of the British Empire of to-day, results from the Jost pride that all Englishmen feel in being considered British subjects. Destroy this national sentiment, and where would bo the boasted supre? macy of ' that great power upon tho land and upon the sea? More parti? cularly is this true in respeot to a Government like ours, founded upon tho consent and affection of tho peo? ple. Withhold this consent and alienate that affection; and what would be tho Government of the United States? What would bo tho Union itself? An enforoed Union is a snare and a reproach. Some things are plain. Ours is pre-eminently a Government of opinion-not the opinion of one section domineering over another section, but the opinion of all sections combining to make np a united whole. Many of the North? ern people, in. this, tho day of their prosperity, seem to have forgotten the counsels of the past; they seem to think that ours is a Government of power, and not a Government of consent. They seem to forget that enforced obedience is death to the spirit of our free institutions. For more than eight years-aye, for more than thirty years-there are thoso who havo boen utterly oblivious of the rights of minorities, and seem to understand nothing but the might of majorities. The Congress of the United Stx.tes scorns of late to have forgotten that the great object of a Constitution, is to protect minorities against the tyranny of majorities, and that they aro bound by the Con? stitution. They seem to think that no matter what may bo written in the bond, obedience not to tho candi lion, but to tho penalty, ia to bo en forced. Principle means nothing; power means everything. This made tho late war. Heneo, too, since tho war, we behold the country breaking looso from her moorings and drif tiog to ruin. There is really no such thing as calm statesmanship left in America. Passion, hate, predudice, unscrupulous and lawless acts-the known characteristics of the mere mob-are tho order of tho day, and shape the policy of those in power. The question is not whether a men? suro is wiso and prudent; not whether it is statesmanlike; not whether it is humane. Oh, no! the only question seems to be, is it sufficiently extrava? gant, sufficiently vindictive, sufficient? ly rovongoful, sufficiently sensational and sufficiently leveling? If it fails in those particulars, tho cry is, away with it, and lot us givo to tho sorew another turn. Yes, they talk of Go? vernment as "a sorew," and they speak of "running it" as a machine. These people seem to materialize every thing. They act as if they want the support of the people extorted from them, and valuo it only when it is mingled with the cries of the torture. They want no sooh sickly sorvioo as comes from tho warm but rational affection of tho people, which oan only bo fostered by a wiso and merciful administration of equal laws. Ali this is of the very essence of tyranny. What is a name, if we have tho substance? The immediate result of this always is, that tho tyrant soon learns to hate the1 people, and the people, in return, learn to hate tho tyrant. Th;:; at once bmigs tip tho old story of history, repeated again and again in every country and in every age. And we are now hav? ing it re-enacted, in the nineteenth century, upon American soil. The party in power is seeking to retain its influence and its authority by subverting tho Constitution and driving the chariot wheels of the conqueror over tho necks of the peo? ple. Let them succeed, and our free institutions are forever gone. In such a contest, their candidate (Gene? ral Grant) is as nothing-not so much as an atom. He may be never so good or never so great, still he is a mere creature-a creature of tho very circumstances that have already driven ns to the very brink of ruin. Tho opposing party is seeking to cheok this onward and downward course, and to savo tho country, by a return to something like law, order and constitutional authority. It is trying to rest the Government onco more (whero only it can rest) upon the benign and cheerful consent of the governed. Hero, again, we may add, that Mr. Seymour, in this con? test, is a mere name, and nothing more. His popularity and influence are as absolutely nothing. This is net a contest between mon, no mat? ter how great or good these men may be. It is a war of tho elements-tho thunder-clash of conflicting opinions. It is tho great problem of self-govern? ment; and tho overshadowing ques? tion is, shall these American States be a republic, or shall they become a despotism, or must they fall into anarchy? When the party in power conferred, by the sword, the suffrage upon tho ignorant negro, they virtu? ally gave up tho republic; and, to avoid tho evils of anarchy, they are now prepared to fly into the arms of military despotism. Hence, the can? didate of their choice was the general of their armies. Hence, they vote for General Grant. Hence, they talk of a peace whioh is the peace ol death. "Let us have peace," Bays the General. "Yes," is their answer; "the empire is peaco." Let us revo? lutionize the Government; let ut lay in ruins tho Constitution ; let m violate tho dearest rights of tho citi? zen; let us overturn society and sci at naught the most cherished guaran? ties of liberty; let us uso tho barba? rian to drive out the free mun from his birth-right; let us do all this, aye and much more than this, and thee let us liavepeace! Peace! Yes; the peaco of despotism-the peace of thc grave, whorcin shall then lie buricc the great work of our fnthers and thc last hope of thirty millions of fre< men! This is tho peaco that they offer to tho American people! Tc assist this poaco is troasou! To over turn this usurpation is revolution What! lift your hand against ai accomplished fact! What! clank you: chains in tho ears of your master What! raise your voice ogainst Caa s or, when Crosar is Rome-"whei Rome contains but ono man!" Wh< does this? Off with his head! Lo us have poaco! All good meu fee that these great issues are in th: hands of tho Almighty; but He work by wise instrumentalities, and, undo Him, with tho lights beforo us, w< support that struggling party whicl seems to be in favor of pausing for moment in mid-career, of consulting the political chart and compas;, c taking a new reckoning cf cours and distance, and turning the head c the ship from the whirlpool that no< threatens to engulf us. God spoei the happy consnmmation of on devout and prayerful hopes. --?-??-? THE DIFFICULTY IN UNION.-Th Charleston Courier is informed tba the negroes who have been led b Bates, and who have caused so niue uneasiness in Union District, hov concluded to subject themselves n longer to the lead of that villain, an have entered, we learn, into a writtc agreement to abide by the laws an keep the peaco. The white people i Union had had their forbearam strained until it ceased to be a virtu and offered the negroes tho selcotic of peace or war; fortunately, tl "sober second thought" prevails* and the result is as given above. The pest omeo at St. Matthew Orangoburg District, has been di ! continued. ? Blaine. Tho annual State election took placo in Maine, yesterday. Bat, o? o?urse, the actual result will not bc known, 'or a duy or two. Both partios made a most active and tho? rough canvas;?, and a large vote may bo expected. Lost year, a radical Legislature had made a most odious liquor and constabulary law, which disgusted a very large portion of their party, who showed their disap? proval of these measures by remain? ing from the polls, and, although the Democratic vote was less by nearly one thousand thau in the two elec? tions, State and Presidential, of 1864, yet the radical majorities of that year were reduced nearly ten thousand, and that of I860 by nearly seventeen thousand. The average radical ma? jority for tho past five years is a little over twenty thousand, and it is from this stand-point wo should compare tho returns of the eleotion yesterday. Tho Wilmington Journal expresses the opinion that neither the candi? dates nor the platform of the party are speoially popular with the New England Democrats, and their opin? ions wore not consulted in this re? gard. But, on the other baud, the people of Maine have suffered so much from the enormous and unequal taxation of the Government, and have become so disgusted with the corruptions of tho radical party, that it is hoped and expected that tue usual majority will be greatly re? duced, if not entirely overcome. Democratic speakers have demon? strated to her people how the great industrial interests of Maine have suffered and perished under the bur? dens of radical legislation ; the ruin? ous results of Jacobin rule have been brought home to them, and they begin to look with favor upon their opponents. In summing up its con? siderations upon this election, the Boston Post remarks: "A word or two in reference to the election in Maine, which takes place next Monday. Last year the radical majority was 11,766; tho year before it was 27..700, that is, the Democracy made a gain in ono year of about 17,000, in a total vote of 104,000. j This was one of the most extraordinary gains ever made in ono year. A large part of it was due to tho State Con? stabulary and other laws, which have since been repealed; indeed, but a small portion of it was fairly attribut? able to national issues. At the com? ing election, nothing will be duo to local State issues; the only question before the people is a national one. If, therefore, tho Democracy retain their gain of last year, or even keep tho radical majority down to 16,000 or 17,000, it will show a prodigious chaDge in Maine on national ques? tions. "Wo ought not fairly to expect moro at this time, and we ought to receive such a as result conclusive evi? dence that a change had begun, which would result in tho certain success of our Presidential candidate. We hope for more-we hope, not only, that the gain of last year will be retained, but increased-but surely, if our hopes are disappointed, and we get in place of it a gain of 10 or 12,000 from 1866, under the circumstances of last and this year's elections, we ought to bo satisfied." Third Congressional DUtrict. MR. EDITOR: As the Convention to nominate a candidate for Congress, in the Third Congressional District, will convene in this ciiy, to-day, I beg leave to direct the attention of delegates to the fact, that the Central Democratic Club of Anderson Dis? trict have placed in nomination tho Hon. J. P. Heed, of Anderson, as a suitable person to represent tho in? terests of the people at this time. His fine abilities as a popular speaker are widely known, while his readiness in debate would render his services to tho Democratic party of incalculable value in tho coming election. It is unnecessary! to enumerate the claims of tho distinguished gentleman now brought forward by the Democracy of tho up-country; and I will only add that they are entitled to the highest consideration at the hands of the Nominating Convention, having sought no position nor claimed any honors, beyond the prlvilogo of bat? tling nobly against the tide of radical? ism-"first, last and all tho time." In conclusion, Mr. Editor, the re? solution adopted by the Central Club of Anderson, ls herewith appended, for the information of delegates: Resolved. That tho District Central Club of Anderson, rcspeotfully beg leave to suggest the name of Hon. J. P. Heed, as a suitablo candidate to represent this Congressional District, and that the dolegatce from this club to tho Nominating Convention, to be held on the 15th instant, aro hereby instructed to prosont his name before the said Convention. DEMOCRAT. Democratlo Mas? Mooting, itt Cam? den-?At the Clarendon and Snmtcr Ltne~At Dennet!avllxc, In Marl? borough District-'Immenne Gath. crlng?-~Gr?at Enthntlaira?' We are pleased to leam that all over tua State, the Democracy are moving and working and rallying and allowing their strength and enthusiasm. In the old town of Camden, a large gathering took place on the 8th. The procession was formed by Col. Boylan, the Chief Marshal, and marched to the place of meeting. A fine band of music from Charleston, added interest to the occasion. Gen. J. B. Kershaw was the chairman of the meoting, and after a few appro? priate remarks, introduced succes? sively, Col. J. P. Thomas, Gen. J. D. Kennedy, Colonel A. C. Hoskoll and Major F. F. Warley, who spoke on tho issues of the day. Pleasant Goode and Wm. Stowers spoke to the colored people present, nnd made a good impression. After the meet? ing, the crowd partook of a One barbecue. The affair was a decided success, notwithstanding the efforts of the iud i cal leaders in Camden to draw off the negroes. On tho 11th, the Line Democratic Club held a meeting in Clarendon, just over the Sumter line. The meet? ing was a most intelligent one. Dr. Ingram was President of the occa? sion. The meeting was eloquently addressed by Col. R. F. Graham, Ex-Gov. J. L. Manning, Mr. Moise, J. P. Kichardsou, Esq., and A. A Gilbert, Esq. About 2 o'clock, Gen Kennedy and Col. J. P. Thomas ar rived on the ground, and were invit ed to speak. After each of thesi gentlemen had spoken on the issue; of the canvass, Mr. Gallauchat wa: called upon; but declined to speak in view of the number of speaker that had already engaged the atten tion of tho audience. Mr. DePass of Camden, excused himself from th call made upon him, for a similn reason. The occasion was an in teresting one; and a barbecue closei the exercises of the day. Ona of the most imposing demon stration8 of the canvass, came off o the 12th, at Bennettsville. The prc cession was formed by Col. Hurrin? ton, and consisted of over 2,00 persons in the line. The processio marched to a grove in the vicinity c the town. There an immense crow from Marlborough and Marion an Darlington had assembled. J. '? Hudson, Esq., was tho chairman < tho meetiug. Col. Mullins, un acth champion of the Democracy in th section, spoke as usual with fir effect, and was tho recipient of handsome hoquet from the fair ladii of the town. General Kennedy w? introduced next, and spoke with li accustomed vim and eloquence. Cc J. P. Thomas spoke next, and th closed the oxercises of the ineetiu; After tho barbecued meat had bec disposed of, the crowd again assei bled, and William Stowers, Pleasa Goode and others spoke. The iii Muller band was here also, and di coursed fine music. This demonsti tion was a most imposing one, ai revealed a Democratic strength, tb gratified tho friends of the Den ciucy and astonished the adherei of a corrupt and dying radicalisi Mr. Grant, formerly a radical, w present and ready to declare 1 adhesion to the Democratic party. The good work goes on brave and all the signs are favorable. <-??-? The startling statement that t public debt, on the 1st day of St tember, was $2,585,614,818 carrie! single consolation-that this amor of debt is "lessca8h in theTreasur But, if the radicals aro running I country in debt at the present ra how long will the cash in the trea? ry last? The radicals ought to lei enough for tho beginning of tho S mour administration, and Democra care and economy, as opposed radical inefficiency and extravagan will provide all that is necessary the purer and obeaper times whi the success of the Democracy \ insure. No ELECTION TN MISSISSIPPI. -Ii now absolutely certain that there ^ be no election for President o Vice-President held in Misnssip General Gillern having positiv prohibited it. The Chairman of i Democratic State Central Commit announces that he will appeal fr the decision of Genoral Gillern General Grant and tho President. Booal Items. Wo aro requested to state that tho delegates to tue Democratic Nomiuat ing Convention, for the Third Con? gressional District, WU! meet, this evening, at half-past 7, at the Caro I lina Hall. Delegates from the Fourth District, at Nickerson's Ho? tel, at the same hour. A. S. Buford, Esq., the energetic President of tho Richmond and Dan? ville Railroad, arrived in Columbia, on Sunday evening, and will remain a day or two. He ?B quartered with Mr. Wright. A GOOD THIS? TO PUT d THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. -We saw an estimate of the expenses of the pre? sent session of the General Assembly, in the hands of a prominent member of the House of mis-Representatives, yesterday, which was said to have been predicated of reasonable calcula? tions. It amounted to $130,000. Step up, tax-payers, to the captain's office AND SETTLE. CHANGE OF PROPRIETORS.-Wm. A. Wright, Esq., ?Wmeriy of the Ameri? can Hotel, Richmond, Virginia, and for about a year in charge of Nicker? son's Hotel, in this city, has bought out the interest of tho former pro? prietor, and will hereafter ruu the institution under his own name. Mr. Wright is a thorough business man, and will retain the good name of the hotel. We wish Mr. Wright a just modicum of success-he certainly de? serves it. On Sunday, wo dropped in with several friends, and after par? taking of a substantial dinner, fol? lowed by fruit, ice cream, cake, etc.? finished off with that article whicl "Champagne Charley" so much ad mired. The committee of gentlemen fron Maryland, referred to several day! ago, as being on a prospecting too: through several of the Souther! States, arrived in Columbia, yester doy morning; but owing to their timi being short, they returned yesterda; afternoon; but with the promise tba they will be back in November. A far as they have been, they expr?s themselves highly pleased with th lands, nnd also with the cordial re ception thoy have met with. The; were escorted around Columbia, b several of our merchants. Tho part; stopped at Wright's Hotel-formerl Nickerson's-and consisted of th following gentlemen: Dan'l. Decherl John S. Fiery, Jos. Poppenbergei Lewis Schindel, Geo. Schindel, Wn H. Manby, William Marr, J. S. I Krouse, Daniel Statzman, Geo. W doggett, John P. Harman, Josep Fiery. _ A Row IN THE RADICAL CAMP. -Tb rads, propose to hold a mass meetin to-night, in front of Janney's ne State House, for tho purpose of coi sidering the nomination of Associa Justice Solomon L. H?ge, who wi selected, last week, as their candida for Congress from this Congression District. It is nuderstood that P. verly Nash, and others of his ill will deliver addresses. This poi wow will be the sequence of a mee ing of the members of the tv Houses of the Legislature from tl several Keounties composing tl Congressional District, which is bo holden this forenoon, with a vie^ if possible, of disconntenaucii Hoge's nomination, and substitute therefor the name of F. Judas Mose Jr., who is the favorite of the nu contents. Similar meetings we held, last Friday, but Moses was n strong enough to carry the point tho morning, and, by the time nig came, H?ge, haven taken the preca tion to sprinkle a host of paid cl quers in the crowd, managed to 1 called on for a speech-swallow* the nigger ?ta gulp, and thus p Moses and his tribe temporarily in chancery. How the moetings of to-day ai to-night will result, it is, ns yet, ii possible to prediot, but our impr< sions of Hoge's adroitness aro strong, that we incline to the bcli that he will hold his own against o modern Judas, who has, evident) sold out for less than thirty pieces silver. . ALMOST A FIRE.-A wooden sp toon, in Dierck's billiard room, to. fire, on Saturday night, and bur briskly, bot was soon discovers and the fire extinguished. T stump of a lighted cigar is thoug to havo caused the affair. ?tjg^**^*~^*rf~rtr*ii*rTTtiii; iimwjwmnn?i>? l?Maa | I ' -L_ At a meeting of the delegates of the D?mocratie Clubs of Riohlund, ;W. H. Talley, ?fas. G. Gibbes, W. H. Stack and John Alexander, were ap Dointfd delegates tc atie?J thu Con? vention of the Third Congressional District, to be held this day. A re? solution was adopted, instructing the delegates to nominate Col James G. Gibbes, to represent the Third Con? gressional District cf South Carolina in Congress. A BHGHT DIFFERENCE.-We under? stand that the State printer, yester? day, handed an estimate of tho work he has done and will hare to do be? fore the session is closed, to the Committee of Ways and Means, and that it amounted to $29,250. Subse? quently, a gentleman, who is an ex? pert in such matters, iudioated to tho Committee how nearly 810.000 could be saved, by merely ehanging the style of the work. It is not cer? tain, however, whether so unimport? ant n suggestion will bo tolerated by our very economical and disinterested non tax-paying legislators. MAH, AKHANGEMENTS.-The post office open during the week from 8>? a. m. to 7 p. m. On Sundays, from 4 to 5 p. m. The Charleston and Western mails are open for delivery nt 5 p. m., and close at 8% p. m. Charleston night mail open 8>?,a. m., close 4>? p. in. Northern-Open for delivery at 8,^ a. m., closes at 2.45 p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery. 5 p. m., closes at 8)4 p. m. NEW ADVERTTSE?EENTS.-Special at tention is called to the following ad? vertisements, published for the first time this morning: Fisher & Lowrance-Bristles. D. O. Peixotto-Auction. Mesdames Girard-School. W. Hntson Wigg-Citation. Mrs. S. Townsend-Boarding. Independent Engine Company. Columbia Lodge. - Th? Lawyer'* Test .Oath. We see that the Legislature is about to pass a bill requiring lawyers already admitted to practice, to take the oath to support the present Con? stitution, required by Section 80, Article HI, of said document. We protest against this action, and submit the following for the consi? deration of the Governor and the At? torney-General. The Legislature we regard as above law or argument. Said section expressly refers to members of the bar, "before they enter upon the practice of their pro? fession. " If there is any meaning in these words, other than that they apply to those who may hereafter apply for admission to practice, and not to those who may have already entered upon the pr?otice, then.we have gone to school and studied law, "beforo we entered upon the practice of our profession," to no purpose. Again, all lawyers now in practice have taken an oath to support the "Constitution of South Carolina." This applies to the Constitution then in force, and all amendments or sub? stitutes that might thereafter be or? dained. If, then, the Constitution of the "14th, 15th and 16th days of April, 1868," be the Constitution of South Carolina, the oath has already been taken by ali tho lawyers who have already entered upon the prac? tice of their profession. To require this oaih of themis to admit that the Constitution of the "14th, 15th and 16th days of April," is not legally the "Constitution of South Carolina." Again, Article "VT, Constitution United States, Paragraph 2, provides that that Constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof, "shall bo the supreme law of the land, and the judges in every State, shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitu? tion or laws of any State, to the con? trary notwithstanding." Now, the Constitution of the United States, as interpreted by the decisions of the Supreme Court, on cases made, is the law of the land just as muoh so as if those decisions were in totldem verb i s a part of tho Constitution. The Su? preme Court of the United States, in December, 1866, decided that any law requiring an oath of a lawyer, already admitted to pi-adice, was un ex post facto law, and, as such, null and void; being forbidden by the Constitution of the United States. Any judge, then, (who is not above law,) will have to rule that a lawyer already admitted cannot bo required to take the proposed oath, as the judges ruled in ex parte Garland, 4 Wallace, p. 333. Finally, the Governor is bound by his oath of offlco to veto a bill which is violative of the Constitution of the United States. The oath required violates that Constitution, and Sec? tion 21, Article I, of th? presont Con? stitution of South Carolina. Do' tho Legislature expect stability to result from excluding all talent and virtue from dur courts? A MEMBER OF THE RAB.