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" VJUl 1UL?TO&ATIC TICKET. 1778 .For President, HORATIO SEYMO0R. OF N. Y. jFbr vice-President, GEN. F. P. ?BLAIR, OF MISSOURI. BBT-BESENTATrVES' TN CONQBESS. First Congressional District--Harris Covington. . ... Se?ond Congressional District.-A, P. Aldrich. Third Congressional District.-J. f. Reed. ,f^X^ (Jfyttrlh Congressional District.-W. ??.BimpBon. STATS ELEOTOBAZi TICKET. For State at Large-J. P. Thomas, of Richland; J. D. Kennedy, of Ker? shaw. . First Congressional District-R. F. Graham, of Marion. Second Congressional District-B. H. Rutledge, of Charleston. Third Congressional District-A. C. Haskell, of Abbeville. .Fourth Congressional District-E. C. MoLure, of Chester.. COLUMBIA. Wednesday Morning, Oct. 14, 1868. j Tho Peril? ThRt EncoDipMl Ul. If lhere is a tide in the affairs of men, our luck, which has stood against so ranch bad management, may tarn at last. When we started in the race of nations, not eighty years ago, we had a Government as virtuous as that of ancient Sparta. If Washington had to appoint to pince, he asked for the best men ; if public measures were in question, he looked to the welfare of tho country as a father to the happiness and honor of his children; and his great exam? ple was followed at humble distance ia all parts of the United States. For nearly thirty years after his time, till the line of Virginia Presidents ended with Mr. Monroe, we continued to bo p\ire and honest; we bonsted, not without some reason, that wo were the model Republic. But without drawing lines invidiously close, or venturing to inquire when and under whose consulship it began, it is plain that less than half a century has made for us a terrible change. What are tho signs of an oppressed people? Debt and taxes. Wc have tho heaviest debt in tho world, and pay the heaviest taxes. What are the signs of decaying virtue in a peo? ple? The corruption of their Go? vernment. We. have a Govern mont admitted to-day on all sides to be, in most of its departments, Federal, State and municipal, perfectly cor? rupt. What is the sure undoer of free institutions? Take the answer in the words of Washington: "Over? grown military establishments, which under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty, and whioh are to be regarded as particularly hos tile to Republican liberty." But it was faction against which Washington, in his farewell address raised his prophctio and warning voice to the loudest pitch, and ho was right-for tho heats of every four years to moke o President, and which are upon ns moro than half of all our time, seem to have given at last to this bane of- free institutions a growth of the rankest luxuriance From' construing the Constitution down to who is to be mayor or con stable, everything is ruled abd ruined by it. To it everything has been sacrificed, until at last here is the Republican party to-day, which, being a party of yesterday, without integrity, cohesion, principles, histo? ry or traditions, comes to the contest for the Presidency as a jockey to a horse-race-to win, no matter how. After marshaling their ranks with the sword, if they waver and the general of the army ia likely to be beaton,| they chango their front, abandon a vote at the polls and foll back Upon their negro Legislatures; and should Legislatures fail them in tho South, Northern Legislatures may be ap? pealed to, and not fail them. To this complexion, says the Newark (N. J.) Journal, hos cornea large por? tion of our population; and if Wash? ington, beforo ho dosed his eyes on his native land, could have known what the people were coming to, the father of his oonntry-who was no outhnsiast-might perhaps have said that "if ono party wore not botter than the other, the general of the army was good enough for them, and liberty impossible." MR. EDITOR: If ft people were over blind to their own interests, we of South Carolina mo eminently BO now, in advocating the above projeot. ' To build this, road will bankrupt tho stockholders and tho Stato, too; fey inTc?Mug $u,(X)G,?O0 to run a lino through the most sterile section of oountry in the United States, and, when built, the road will be run to Ninety-Six, on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, branch off to Aiken and thence to Beaufort, ignor? ing Columbia and Charleston. On the other hand, build a road by the Rabun Gap to Spartanburg, for one-third the cost of the Blue Ridge Road, and it runs through the centre of the State, benpfltting the Capital, helping our present railroads to pay dividends and build up Charleston at the same time. MERCHANT. ? * ? ? MR. EDITOR: A paragraph appeared in your paper on Saturday last, sign? ed "Viator," which I believe to bt untrue in one particular, and at besl very uncalled for. The "woman o' color" to whom Gov. Scott paid some attentions on the train, is "wei known in Charleston." Her fathei has always been regarded as au ho nost and upright man-notwithstand ing his color; his daughter (both o them, in fact,) received a thorougl education at the North, and has al ways borne an excellent reputation and her character has never befor been assailed. As I happened to b on board tho train the day the Go vernor came up, I know who was re ferred to in the communication, al though no name was given. I asl the publication of this paragraph a an act of JUSTICE. -?-???-> Tb? Late Dr. J. McCauley. MR. EDITOR: It is with much re gret that wo noticed in your las issue, the death of Dr. James Mc Cauley, one of our public-spirited and popular citizens. Those who knew Dr. McCauley ir timatoly, will cordially bear test mony to his many good qualities c head and heart, ever ready as he wai to render any assistance in hi powor to the unfortunate nnd frieni less. By his kindness of heart, and e: cellent good sense, he attached t himself a host of warm friends an ardent admirers, which fact wo evinced by his election two terms < State Legislature, by large majoritie over opponents of no small degr< of popularity. His career was em nently satisfactory while a membi of tho Houso of Representative to his coustituenc}-, and gave gre promise of future usefulness, whicl but for his demise in manhood primo, would have been ncknoi ledged hereafter by frosh manifest tions of popular approval, shou while men o? hanoi' and iutegrity ev bo permitted to again participate matters of public moment. Durii the late wur, Dr. McCauley, wil patriotic zeal, joined in the strugg with the sous of tho Palmetto Stat in behalf of tho lost, but ncverth less, sacred cause. He had the distinguished honor being one of the last surgeons chargo of Fort Sumter, and of the receiving a wound where our for fications were but little better th one muss of debris from the effect the onomy's shot. At the close of the war, he w elected a member to tho Convent! called in accordance with the proa mation of his Excellency Andr Johnson, to remodel the Constitute of the State to meet the new exige cies by which we were surrounded a position whioh he lilied with hor to himself, and the approval of ] lriends. In early life, Dr. McCaul possessed a largo and lucrative pri tice as a physician, and upon his tirement, carried with him the bi wishes of his patrons and patie: to whose couches of suffering bad often brought relief. Nor \ it through the medium of citizi legislator, patriot and physician, tl Dr. McCauley was known to < people; for some time he filled D ably conducted the editorial deps ment of the Clarendon Banner, m ing it a most reliable and spicy abc Under the guidance of such mil as Ervin and others, the paper 1 attained a degree of favor with public that was indeed flattering will, therefore, bo no unmean: praise to say that it lost nothing tho polished any raoy handling MoCanloy. Friend, we shall miss thy gei face and sparkling humor. Nb m will we feel the hearty pressure that hand that was ever ready to minister to suffering humanity, i greet a friend. This tribute, weak as it is, will upon the "dull, cold ear of desi but it will servo to remind y numerous friends, who still sup you, of yonr many good qualities We do not claim for you infallil ty. Yon may have had your failli and we would ask, who that is mo bas not? Bat your excellencies over-balance your faults. Oh! bo his failings covered by tho tom And guardian laurels o'er his a?lif>? bU F?BTPONBb.-The entertainment,, by the smart children, announced for j last night, has been unavoidably postponed until Thursday night, in Gregg's Hall. THE OYSTEB SEASON.-Mr. Pollook I has fully inaugurated the oyster sea? son, and yesterday evening, supplied us with a waiter-full of choice mill? ponds on the half-shell. They wore first quality and no mistake. The weather being favorable, last ! night, Lowande's pavilion was crowd? ed to witness the .excellent perform? ance of his company. It is unneces? sary to say moro" than ndvise all who wish to witness a good performance to attend to-night, and see Martinho in his bare-back act and leap for life. It is truly wonderful. JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.-It will be per? ceived, by our ro-publication of tho proclamation for tho rrenoral election to-day, that there has been a correc? tion in the Fourth and Fifth Judicial Oironits, Fairfield being in the Fourth and Kershaw in the Fifth Circuits. Papers publishing tho proclamation will notice the correction. A CHANGE OF BASE AND CIRCUM? STANCES.-A couplo of months since, and Queen Isabella, of Spain, was about to despatch an army to Borne, for tho protection of the Pope and to guard the Eternal City, after the de? parture of the French. Yesterday, a papal war corvette was ordered to Marseilles, to embark tho ex-Queen from France for Borne, to find shel? ter at the hands of the Holy Father. Our lady friends-and the local hopes he has numbers of them-are particularly requested to call, with? out delay, and examine tho recJiercJie assortment of articles in the millinery line, which Mrs. McCormick has just brought out. Bead, if you please. Elegaut bonnets and charming head? dresses; natural curls, braids, appen? dages and furbelows; drooping fea? thers, delicate and fancy colored rib? bons and velvets; au endless variety of flowers and trimmings; besidos numerous niisunderstumlibles and (to males) incomprehensibles; and the tiniest and prettied collection of caps nud head fixtures for babies and little folks in general. Our No. 4 is under obligations to Mrs. McCormick for a tasty hat which that lady presented her with yesterday. We behove Pennsylvania hus cast her electoral vote for every success? ful candidate for President since tho foundation of tho Government. As I goes Pennsylvania, so goes the j Union. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The post office open during the week from 8}?j a. m. to 7 p. m. On Sundays, from .i to 5 p. m. The Charleston and Western mails are open for delivery at 5 p. m., and closoat8}?p. m. Charleston night mail open 8% a. m., close ?}X p. m. Northern-Open for delivery at | 8!.i a. m., closes at 2.15 p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery 5 p. m., closes at 8% P- ni. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special at tention is called to thc following ad? vertisements, published for the first time this morning: D. C. Peixotto & Son-Apples. Meeting Columbia Chapter. Grand Concert. H. A. Meetz-Meeting. Bryan & McCarter-New Books. R. C. Shiver-Goods Dowu. To Commissioners of Eleotion. Where there is so much smoke there must be some fire; appropos, while so many buyers are rushing to Shiver, thero must be pretty and cheap goods. _ When the PLANTATION BITTERS were first made known to the Ameri? can people, some seven years ago, it was supposed they were an entirely new thing, and had never before boen used. So far as their g?rerai use in the United States is ooncerned, this may be true. It is also true that tho same Bitters were made and sold in the Island of St. Thomas, over forty years ago, as any old planter, mer chant or sen captain doing business with the West Indies will tell you It is distinctly within my recollection that on the return of my father (who was a sua captain, and doing an ex? tensive trade in the tropics,) ho would invariably have the Bitters among the ship's stores, and our family side? board was never without them. For any sickness, it matters not how severe or trifling, the decauter of these Bitters, by a different name, was always resorted to OH a sovereign rom ody. MAGNOLIA WATER-Superior to the best imported German Cologne, an/i soldat half tho price. \'?%\ Audre? or Ho?. J. Q. Adn?.. ~ >" v fij'feiw lOOHTINUKD. I , \ 'i I Tho second step was taken by us whenwo broke from President Lin colu's calm, peaceful and 'Constitu? tional way, and dashed Our mad course in onr turu through' the or f;anio law. Mr. Lincoln's mind was egal and moderate, and he moved cnrefolly in a well considered way. Mr. Sumner's mind is theoretical and extreme, and very impatient of any restraints. He must leap instantly to his end, even if tho Heavens fall. And upon him eventually fell tho mantle of lender of the Republican party, and to his inspiration, moro than uny other man, is duo tho Re? construction Acts. The same mad? ness ruled the hour which had al? ready wrought your ruin. Your lead? ers conld not brook their threatened fate in the Union-ours could nol postpono for a moment their pro? mised fortune. It seems to mo thal if you trace out the process, it if ultimately the same in the one case, and in the other. It was in botl eases what I have called political in temperance. Neither party bad fui tl enough in tho cause or their fellow citizens, or patience enough in na tural and regular methods, or cou ?dence enough iu tho supremo lav which our fathers gavo us, to bid? their time in the assured conviction that tho greatest good for all mus eventually result. Yon have suffered the penalty o your intemperance, and you aro feel ing its effects bitterly to-day. We too, if I am not very much mistaken have a dnjr of reckoniug in store fo us-a painful sobering from our de bauch. If wo persist, it is inipossibl for any tolerable Government to con tinuo long, for it will degenerate int a mero squabble of contending fa< tiona, for a chance to oppress for time their less active or less numei ons opponents. Now, you can see clearly enoug to-day, where your interest lies. J you involve the Constitution, it : not hard to find the reason. Yo need most terribly just that protec ing medium interposed between yo and the governing majority. A Coi stitution is meant for just that, t mitigate and distribute the blows < majorities. Some day, I have no doubt, v shall see in Massachusetts, the mer of its operation, ns clearly as you i now; but I fear that it will not 1 until wc ure in a minority, and lot in vain for the shield we threw awi to ward nome threatening blow. B to you, my friends, this necessity pressing, is overbearing-somelhii you must have, you think, or peris Now, without going so fur us that, believe that the very best thing f you to try to get back, is tho Cons tntion of the United Slates. Nt you aro substantially prisoners war, held by military force, a: liable at any timo to further ord< from the majority. I do not iute to speak disrespectfully of your Sti Government; and I would especia nrgo tho utmost obedience to ye de facto rules; but I take it, that would not be long insisted up here, if it was understood that t North took no manner of interest it. You want the original princip of Union restored, tho right of I States to manage their own dornet affairs, without the interference the General Government, and manifold checks and balances i distribution of power, which our cestors desired re-adjusted; an( agree with you that it is your o practicablo escape from your j which radicalism, North and Sou has made of your good old State, far as you are concerned. And i brings ns to the key of our dist sion-how can this bo done? Why, how did it happen to n to bo done? I mean the last proximate cause of your present protected position. It was, a think, mainly because the eztre impatient and fanatical portion of governing party wore enabled, pa in consequence of Mr. Lince death, ana partly by tho indiscro of the South, to overpower the cal and moro moderate men in the pa and wield its whole force against i Now I know that it is likely many of you may feel a general indiscriminate detestation of the publican party, involving the wi array, in the denunciations wi you would like to launch at theil credited leaders. Now, gentleu this feeling is not unnatural, ann ia ono of the worst results of tho government you suffer; that it m men feol so; it fosters a blind, ii criminating enmity to its ri among its subjects, but in your it is very unwise to indulge it ni is very unjust to a large sectioj that party. There aro hosts of j oalm, kind and moderate men iu party ; there are multitudes whe no more unkindness to you tin do; there are many thousands deplore and deprecate the oe which has been taken in dealing you; a majority of that party, hopo and pray, love the Conatiti as well as I do, and regret its in tion as deeply as I do, but yot can sec no alternative bot to go it to-day. Tho faot is, that distrust, s cion, fear has more to do with sorry plight, than augor or mali hare not always thought, so, b bavo thought so of late. Then -- I certainly ft feeling of soreness, a rising j of the gorge, at the thought of the re? appearance of your old leaders in conspicuous places; but the strongest I cards which tho radical leaders bad, I were disbelief in your yows of alle ' gianco, want of confidence in your vyroiessionS'' respecting slavery, fear for the future of tho freedmen, and a deep distrust of your patience and good conduct in such matters as free discussion, forbearance with differ? ence of opinion, and tho right of un? molested travel or settlement among you. Perhaps you are aware how gravely such doubts and fears have compromised your case, but it may be wholosotne, if distasteful, to re? view these wide-spread suspicions aud opinions a little in detail. Of course, nothing could tend more strongly to justify the severe measures of the Republican party towards you, or secure for them more surely an indefinite extension of po? litl?n I power, than tc bo able lo'per 8iiado tho North, which in the early days of peace was inclined to place a generous confidence iu your profes? sions of u sincere and absoluto acqui? escence in the event of the war, and 3'our purpose to abide in good faitl: by the decision, that you were mcrt dissemblers, und dishonorable per jurors. That your purpose was to re deem by hard swearing what you los by hard fighting. Aud you your selves, in many cases, furnished th? material for making evidcuco agaius yourselves. Purt of it was l?gitim?t! and part was very unfair, but it al was eagerly caught up and unspar ingly used. If yon had been a dan g?rons foreign foe, whose utter dc strnotiou was necessary to our safety greater pains could hardly have beei taken to iufluenco thepooplo ng.iins you aud to close their hearts to you appeals. I doubt if Cato took mor trouble to show the Hornau peopl that Carthage must be destroyed and Punic faith must have been ver bad, indeed, if it was represented t be worse than your own. Ever hasty word, every natural regrel I every expression of pride in tho mt morios of the old campaigning days every ebulution of heat, was can fully remembered aud spread befot the North. If an irresponsible new: paper editor or reporter published foolish and inflammatory article, was iustantly pounced upon and sea tered all over the North, to show thi the mass of Southeru feeling was a rebellious as ever. If you made an attempt to take part in politics, yo were bent on revolution; if you r< fraiued, you were sullenly plotting new insurrection. The peaceful pr sence of delegates at tho Couvcutic in New York, was a plot, and the r solutions were dictated by you, ar your only object was to seduce tl Democratic party into a now wa These devices and a thousand mo have been used so long and so we that it is no wonder that they ha' produced a very great effect. Tl person or tho paper cited against y< may have been so obscure as not havo reached your notico here, or low as to preclude serious attentii on your part, or the writer, or t speaker, may have garbled or falsifie it mado no dift'erenco, tho contradi tion or disproof carno after tho da age was done, and was not publish to tho samo audience which had se or heard tho charge made. The an dote was powerless to reach tho p son. Nor wore your intentions respe ing slavery satisfactory. It \ urged that it had become so ingraii tbat you could not, of yourselves, frain from a longing for it, and wish would ripen into deeds if 1 chanco was offered. It was uselcsi urge your oonsent to tho thirteei amendment. If you ever had power, you would surely denou: your action therein, as done un duress and evil. If one asked be shown some conceivable metl by which, under the circumstanc such a consummation could be pi tically arrived at, the only aaswer \ "Where there's a will there's a wa It was useless to urge that if slav was, at best, au expensive estabi ment, it now would bo worse t valueless; nor conld the very i who had always proved this very f and declared, further, that you v sitting on a powder magazine, e when your slaves were most isola most ignorant, most guarded and solntely unarmod, seo that now, w they had tasted freedom, been stu with new ideas of their rights, watched and bristling with woapi any attempt to re-onslavo them w< be tho net of a madman, plunges a flaming torch into black grains of powder beneath 1 The distrust upon this head mostly fostered by intrepid si ment and supported by vague passionate declamation; but, on other cognato subj cot, your own j pie furnished weapons whioh A used with disastrous effect aga yon. I think that universal snffrngo possibly forced on you when it < and os it was, by tho vagrant ] whioh several of your Southern glslaturespasaCd soon after the closed. These wero instantly cai up at tho North and constantly raded to prove that yon wore d< mined to rtstoro slavery in the 1 of her sister-enforced servitude poverty; or, if not that, yet it she that you wore unfit to ho lei charge of the freedmen. Now t are doubtless grave difficulties ic problem which this vast, ignorant, and, from want of ?ducation and training, frequently thriftless and vagrant population, presented to yotgH for solution. The embarrassments aro also more apparent to you on tho spot th<?.n to thoso unfamiliar with tho surrounding nnd preceding cir? cumstances. But admitting, for the sake of my argument, that tho laws wero needful, humane and wise, they were exceedingly inoperative and unfortunate for you. Tho North was naturally exceeding? ly sensitive ou this point. The slaves had been manumitted by us for our own ends, and if wo left them exposed to your anger, or caprice, or vengeance, it would indeed be an in? delible stain upon our shield. We had become guardians of the freed? men and we must be.faithful to our trust. The most calm and moderate men were ns clear as the loudest and most noisy, that it was an un ? doubted obligation, on our part, to secure, by all meaus in our power, thoir security and happiness. It had long been urged that it was impossi? ble to insure that safety for the blacks among yon except by arming them with the franchiso; and your vagrant laws added tho practical proof which was alone needed to clinch the theo? retical deduction. Again, it was vehemently assever? ated and shown, by innumerable let? ters from all kinds of people, that, in their opinion, it would bo impos? sible for a man holding strong North? ern opinion about slavery and the war to como down here . and speak freely, or travel without molestation and anuoynnce, or settle here with safety. It was said that free speech was dangerous, open discussion pro? hibited or allowed only under prot?t, and persecution for political opinion universal. It is very generally be? lieved by us that, if ynj had your own way, you would enanre no .con? tradiction and tolerate no dissent; nud it is published every day that even now the negro voter is freely coerced by you to vote against .;his convictions. My purpose is not to discuss the justice of these charges, of their validity, but to state them, to you clearly; to show the process which has aided in fixing your pre? sent condition. Whether they were true or false, tho fact that they were used as the most potent engines to build up and sustain a public opinion which could sanction and support the Reconstruction Acts, discover, ot once, that a general belief in their truth was, at all events, considered by tho radical leaders essential to their purposo. A determination never to yield us peaceable possession of tho fruits of tho war, is the crime for which you aro sufiering, politi? cally. This is the persuasion i which you must overcomo before you can havo pence. For the North is de? termined, as I believe, to retain and establish, as the legitimate results of tho war, these general positions,, with all the logical consequences necessary for their convenient enjoyment: 1st. The utter renunciation of the doctrine of secession. 2d. The entire extirpation of slavery and all its family. 3d. A fair and unhampered career for tho freedmen. 4th. The equal right of every citi? zen of the United States to travel, speak, and livo in any State, so long as he does not in fringe.tho rights of others. I do not believe that any consider? able portion of tho people wonld be willing to sacrifice any part of these * acquisitions. Tho most effective outcry against the Dem?oratio party, to-day, is that they are willing to abandon to you. some or all of these trophies. If it were conceded, on ali hands, that you were faithfully and unalterably determined never again to struggle, by force or fraud, for their reBtora.-. tien, and the bare question was, whether the Constitution should ba restored, or reconstruction -, main? tained, I think the result would never be in doubt. The great desideratum, therefore, for your restoration, to; constitutional privileges, seems to me to be, first, to deserve, and then, to obtain, the confidence of our Northern communities, in your ac? quiescence, in good faith, in these results of the war. Bot, you will doubtless say: "We have deserved it, and we have done our best to obtain it; but we have failed, and we are growing careless and desperate of ever securing it, do what we will." My friends, you must remomber that confidenco is, %t best? a plant of very slow growth; and, when sur* rounded by an atmosphere so hostile as ours, the only wonder is, that it is not utterly killed. You must not forget that wo are in tho midst of tho most exciting election ever .held; and it is tho passion of a .few, tho interest of many, and tho business of a multitude, to defeat the Democratic party. You must boar in mind that youv yourselves, by your exertions in favor of that party, (which seem* to you, not unnaturally, just : ?, your only means of escapo fron, jiisery,) encourage misunderstanding aud in? fluence suspicion. In view of all these foots, I do not think you can look for a candid and tolerably dis? passionate review of your unhappy case, until after the Presidential election, fit least, mid, probably, not until some timo has elapsed, after it, to allow the fermentation inseparable