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STANDARD and COMMERCIAL
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Beaufort S. C., OH., 12 1876.
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FOR PRESIDENT,
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
OF 01110.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM A. WHEELER,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR GOVERNOR,
D. H. CHAMBERLAIN
?' ?ATtnT)WATJ
.tuj* j*t,-uv
RICH'D. H. CLEAVESTO*
CONGRESS--5th. DISTEICT
ROBERT SMALLS,
OP BEAUFORT.
F#r PresMfiifial Eifdors.
At Large.?C. C. BO WEN.
JOHN WINSMITIT.
Kratl>istrict.-T. B. JOHNSTON.
Saooad District-T HURLEY.
FkW Di*rici.-W. B. NASH.,
few* Xfctriot-WILSON COOK.
FiftkDiatriot-W. P. MYERS.
For W/ of State,
a E. HAYNR.
-Jor Cbaip. -Oeueral,
T. C. DUNN.
* ? Slate Treasurer,
F. L CARDOZO.
For Att'y.-General,
R. B. ELLIOTT.
For State 8up't. of Education,
J. R. TOLBERT.
For Adj't Inspector-General,
J. D. KENNEDY.
For Solicitor Second Circuit,
S. J. LEE.
The Executive of the United States will
do his duty, and I shall do mine; and it
xha/l be seen by the world whether the
right to a peaceful and free ballot by the
citizens of this State, conferred and nuule
inviolable by the constitution and laws oj
State and nation alike can be trampled
.uwlcr foot by any combination or party
of men in this State. 1 he people of thif
State know that lam not a rash or unjust
man, that lam tender of every private and
public uiterest and right ; but they know
also that I am accustomed to doing my
'duty, without haste, but without fear.?
Gov. Ciiambeklian*.
Little over two weeks ago, Gov"
crnor Chamberlain was' taunted by the
democracy that his administration was
too weak to suppress lawlessness and
'violence. Now that he has manifested
his determination to go the full extent of
his power under the constitution to th.it
* * 1 - * :^i
end, his acts are aeserioou US il tJlitlllUli
and unwarranted usurpation of power.
Gov. Chamberlain, is but taking the
same course that Dr. Dewees, a democratic
speaker at Grahamville, said he would
Uke if he was governor iu disbanding
aruied rifle clubs. The doctor said these
armed clubs are creating alarm aud breaking
the peace fcv the course pursued by
them. We offer this testimony as against
Judge Maekey or Judge Cooke.
DISBAND.
Governor Chamber a;o has issued a
jproclamation calling up ?n all armed or
ganizations in the County of Aiken and
Barnwell to disband, and forbids the
existence of all such organizations known
as 44 rifle clubs " throughout the
which arc organized contrary to
the statutes of the State of South Caroli
oa.
Thi State Executive Committee of the
.'Republican party have accepted the challenge
of the chairman of the Executive
^Committee of the Democratic party.
Tune will alone show whether the democracy
are ready to abide the result of such
free discussions, of whether republican
speaker arc to be overawed, insulted and
uuiraidated, as they were at the meetings
attended by Governor Chamberlain, an
account of which he gives in his reply to
Cob Haskell. If it is to be a war of
word- ?'a." . ' b for -mued riflv
mctiugs.
mi ? iiiiii iiw .juaai mi??
\\ k devote * ? ?! i?tm'of our spaec i
tliis week to tin* ii !>'< reply of Governor
I
('ijamfic'i.iMi to <\,1. Haskell, a doeu- j
i inont well worthy the peru-al of every
! lover of live speech and an untranimclcl
! hall t. throughout the land. Couched in !
! pinyuaye that hears ujion fts face the impress
of Truth, descriptive of scenes many
of which the Cove!nor was an eye witness;
showing conclusively that the oppo(
sit ion dare not submit their claims to an
, UMiitimi iaied suffrage. If ever there
| was a conspiracy to nulify the voice of
I n free people, to crush out free speech
' to overawe a free ballot, Chamberlain
i has hv his reply exposed it to the world
in the measures adopted by the democrat*
ic party in the present canvass of this
! State, but if the e is any power in the
Chief Executive of the State, to repress
i lawlessness, and to give to the people a
i free expression of their opinion at the
ballot box. an 1 a protection of all the
1
j rights gua.anieod by the constitution*
i Chamberlain his risen equal to the em*
' crgency,
?. K
| Tiie history ot the prosecution of
George Holmes, county treasury, is the
I history of persecution from the first itij
ecptioti almost to the final act. Having
j their birth in the personal malice of one
j or two men, the charges are pushed fori
ward before a sworn body of uien; indict"
| mcnts are prepared by the highest prosj
securing officer in the State; some of them
| are quashed, but with an apparent fixed
j determination to keep their victim under
j fire, one of the indictments is, in spite of
his protest, allowed to go over until the
next term, A presentment filled with
charges is made, and then at the present
term, the State is unable to bring the defendant
to trial, part of the indictment
is quashed, and the case nol prossed.
The presentment against him is withdrawn,
and in the language of
counsel the Grand Jury have
placed themselves iu tho light of persecutors,
even though they may have been
unconscious of it, and the county has been
saddled with enormous expenses, to grati"
fy tho ;>ersonal vindiotiveaess and ambition
of a few men.
Victory! Victory !!
Ohic has gone Republican, and a telegram
received on Wednesday evening
from Washington aououneed that Ilarrisod,
(Rep,) had beeu elected Governor,
and that nine out of the thirteen Congressmen
elected wore Republicans in
' Indiana.
TH1C DEMOCRACY ANSWERED.
C'ham?>rrlfiln'j Ktply to Hntkrll.?Full
JiatUfactor)- and Compli-tt.-'l h* Democrat
Ic Campaign onr of Fore* and Intimidation.?now!
On Com.-tor ha a
bteti Tr<al?-d at Drmorrmllc xga.?
' I will not itct Wolvri to Guard
44 The Executive of toe UnUrd Stntfv
will do lilt Duty and I will do .Mine. "
On the 28th of last month Col. A. 0.
Haskell, chairman of the State Democratic
Executive Committee addressed
I a letter to Gov. D. II. Chamberlain, tendering
him, on behalf of Gen. Hampton
and the nominees on the State Democratic
ticket, an invitation to be present and
join'in this discussion, promising pcr
sonal courteous treatment. In addition
to this formal invitation, Col. Haskell
calls the attention to certain " slanders "
as he terms them, publbbed in the
- - /-? ir tr m ?
World, X. X. Sun, IX. I. iriounr,
which he desires Gov. Chamberlain to
* refute. The 44 slanders " referred to are
j of the terrorism exerted by rifle and saber
i clubs and murders that have disgraced
I the State during the past few months.
I The Col. asks, if there is auy violence
and terrorism in thc4State, to call upon
j them and their rifle clubs to suppress it.
In conclusion he intimates that the in*
vitatiou is extended to the other candidates
on the State ticket.
On the 4th of Oct. Gov. Cham|
berlain, issued his reply to Col. Haskell.
We regret that our space will not per j
mit of a verbatim reproduction of it
| as it is u document worthy of the head
! and heart of* the man who penned it ;
: but we hope that before many days it
! will be published entire in such shape
! that every citixeu in the State will bo
j placed in possession of it.
In opening the Governor avers that
i the invitation to hike part in joint disI
cussion should, with more^ propriety,
I have been addressed to the State Hepub1
lican Executive Committee. He had
submitted the invitation to the consideraI
tion of that body, but says individually
! %41 . hall be ready to meet General
' Hampton, at any suitable points in the
| Staie. not in 44 democratic mass meeti
ing." but in mass meetings to be called
I by both parties for the purpose of joint
! discussion, upon terms of perfect equality
i in all respects, of the political issues now
j before our people. " In reference to the
I charges lie says : The remainder of your
1 communication is occupied with statej
I meDts of what you claim to be the
spirit and conduct and purposes of the
democratic party in the State, with a
special call upan me 44 as governor and
j candidate " to contradict certain alleged
f statements respecting the present condi
tion of the State and tho notion of men
who belong to the domoeralio party,
! which you call "alanderous charges" or to
?'lo<4: iato thera by goiug in person to ascertain
the truth." You eav that "my
' apparance before the democracy
; throughout the State will be to me as
i governor a most pleasing refutation or'
J ?if the slanderous charges which constantly
are published against your party in
! some newspapers which claim to he niv
; political organs, and also in the' northern
papers, backed by the name of Senator
Patterson, or some other person who
:: riaitv to b1 mv pol?t:'*?l f. *rnd am! e.v
1 poucut. " You -ay L am -rovenv#r
nn?i ruinli'laio boninl hy ray ^nlM'rnatoml
f>U-?lir<* mimI honor, to prevent my follow- :
ers usinir the sanction of my official silence 1
to sustain these char?res airuinst niv on
poncnts, when these charges allege the !
overthrow of the peace and dignity of the
State, which I am sworn to defend. " '
Von present three example1 of th 'charges
to which you refer, which arc taken from
the Washington correspondence, respectively
of the New \ ork Sim, New Voik
I World and the New York Tribune.
You say that 14 these utterances In the
instances above cited are totally false
i and affect the character of the Slate" and
i that if I 14 believe them to be true it is
. my duty to restore peace and order, and
I to do so it is my sworn duty to call upon
j the citizens to sustain uie and enforce the
I law. You proceed] fui tli er to say .that ''I,
I and no one bettor, know that the white
! people of South Carolina are struggling
as few people ever have done [to ca^t off
; a burden of eorruption'and wrong such as
1 yet fewer people have ever born* so long''
t and you proceed to make extended quoi
ations from former remarks of mine re|
specting our public affairs, and to say
that the men v, ho committed the wrong:.
1 whielrl denounced *k are the same men
. who control]the ticket upon which my
i name stands, who divised mv party plat"
I form and are to-day my political expo!
r.ents. " You'say that I u know that it
j is against all this that our unfortunate
j people are struggling, and yet that I
: know full well that their efforts, although
in the warmth of canvass are orderly
and within the law. " You say that my
" manhood compels me to approve your
course" and finally you^declare that u as
governor of the State I am called upon
t ft nithpr'pnnfrad'ict the Jiscprtinn that tlio
law is overthrown and that terrorism prevails,
or to suppress this lawlessness" and
that " it is your right that I call upon
you before I appeal to the government Of
the United States. "
The Governor acknowledges the respectful
terms in which the charges and statements
are made, which cover in substance
the entire field of the present political controversy,
but expressed himself sorry that
they had thus compelled him to speak out
and disclose how widely his views differed
from those of Mr. Haskell and the democratic
party, which would also disclose to
the world a condition of things, unexpressibly
disgraceful to the good name of
our State, and which forced him to express
views and convictions while holding
a high official position, that reflect infinite
discredit upon a largo portk-n ot the
jveople of this State.
He states that the charges made
against him by tne World and Sun are
wholly untrue and unfounded and that
nothing remotely resembliug what is st?stcd
by them, had he ever said or done.
In answer to the issue made by?C(?l. Haskell
the governor reviews tho administration
of affairs for the past two years; and
claiming that he had carried out the
pledges of h.s party, in proof of which
he gives copious extracts from the leading
articles of the Xncs ami Courier in July
| last, which in addition to other reforms
a It fired that the administration had effect,
ed a saving of $1,719,488. lie also
claims that his re-nomination was an endorsement
of determination to continue
the reform commenced during the past
two years, and that the opposition to him
was not on account^of his reforms but
was based wholly upon charges of his
want of fidelity to strictly partisan interets,
or a failure to sufficiently regard the
interests and wishes of some members o(
the j*trty. In proof of which he cites
certain portion of the platform adopted
by the convention, to the formation o*
which his efforts were especially directed.
In regard to his being charged with in*
| consistency it) consenting to allow his
! name to appear in connection with the
j name of R. B. Elliott, on the State ticket
} he replied that it is no greater inconsisten!
cy and dishonor, than that exhibited in
! Tilden associating with Hendriuks, his
j pronounced antagonist on views upon the
j eading political issues. But he docs not
I choose to allow this retort to be his sole
I answer, but adds: u Mr. Elliott at the
! time of his nomination and since has de|
dared his full and cordial acceptance of
| the work of the convention in nominating
! me, and in adopting the platform which
j pledges the party and its nominees to
| thorough and specific reforms.
} Fie then proceeds to examine the
! claim set forth by Mr. Haskell, that the
demociatic party was engaged in the
present canvass in a simple struggle to
throw off the burden of misgovemment
and that all their methods
were legitimate and mxtcetul:
He first takes up the assertion tnat it is
simply a struggle to throw off the burden
} of misgovernment, and reviews the con
servative policy, a policy embraced at one
time by a vast preponderance of the talent,
property, political experience and
breadth of seutimeut and view in the
State, aha then contrasts it with the
straight-out policy, afterwards adopted,
J which had been termed the Mississippi
I plan, the Edgefield plan, and by the
! News and Courier the shot gun policy,
and contends that this policy had been
carried out by measures so exclusively
and entirely partisan as to deprive the
present democratic canvass of all just
claims to be what they claim for it?"the
struggle of the white people of South
Carolina to cast olF a burthen of corruption
and wrong."
Next he referred to the claim of peaceful
agencies, and in refutation gave an
account of the meetings he attended at
Edgefield, Newberry, Abbeville, Midway
'I and Lancaster, where he was most grossly
! insulted, and his life threatened. This
! meeting vv.re taken possession of by
mounted armed men. Republican speakers
were hooted and yelled at, and in
1 several instances prevented from speaking
altogether, while tiro democratic speakers
' tiered bitter anil threatening hervao . uo?
in concluding thi* point he say-.*
i?wiiwwiiB ii?mni a????
;'T pronounce swll a roill*; of conduct
as 1 have now described :is an nut rave .
ujmui free discussion. a mnckuig travesty i
of free speech, and a plain, palpable, j
systematic attempt to deter R"publicnns J
from canvassing the State, and to overawe 1
and put in physical fear peaceful citizens j
assembled to discuss political rjifistions; 1
and 1 submit, the justness of this verdict j
to the candid judgment of all who respect 1
individual rights or public order and
peace.
Irk Invtlii.r vitrnfofum nf tlio r?!?itin '
I
all their methods were legitimate and
within the law, he cited speeches of prominent
democratic leaders, resolutions passed
by democratic clubs, leading articles
from democratic papers, that established
the fact that the democratic party has
adopted and is carrying out a systematic
plan of social and political proscription,
with the set and avowed purpose of forj
cing men to vote contrary to their conj
victions and wishes. To show that they
I are acting contrary to law in foli
lowing such a course ho quotes Sec. 20,
j 24 and 2G, Chap. CXXXL of the Revised
j Statutes.
To further show that the democratic
' canvass is not conducted by agencies
which are peaceful and within the law,
he calls Col. Haskell's attention to the
j armed organizations .which go under the
! name of "rifle clubs," "saber clubs," and
"artillery clubs, " which exist in every
county in the state; are officered and
i drilled in the manual of arms, and a
j leading feature of the present democratic
| state canvass is the attendance of these
clubs at public political meetings, armed
and organized and acting in their organ
j izeil characters and capacity, bince 1874
I no authority hasjbeen given by the govern|
or for their organization neither are tHfcy
j recognized by him as forming any part of
the military force of .the state, and in
j organization, in objects, in conduct, they
are neither peaceful nor orderly nor
' within the law. To show that these
organizations arc in violation of 1 w he
makes the following quotation from the
Revised Statutes, Title IV, C'hapt. XV
Sec.. 14:
''That the organized militia of this
state shail be known as the national
guard of the state ot South Carolina, and
shall consist of such divisions, brigades,
regiments and battallions, and in addition
thereto, such batteries of light artillery,
and troops and squardrons of cavalry
as the comniander-in-chicf may deem
expedient, and nothing herein contained
shall be so construed as to interfere
with the power of the conimander-iu-chief,
in case ot war or insurrection, or ot
imminent danger thereof, to order drafts
of the militia aud to form new regiments
battallions, brigades, or divisions, as be
may deem just and proper: Provided.
That, there shall be no military organiza
tious, or formations for the purpose of
arming, drilling, exercising the manual
of arms, or military inauoeuvers, not
authorized under this chapter aud by the
commander-in-chief, and any neglect or
j violation of the provisions of this section
: shall upon conviction he punished with
1 imprisonment at hard laber in the state
| penitentiary for a term not less than one
j year, nor more than three years, at the
! discretion of a competent court. "
! lie then calls attention to t he Hamburg
j Charleston, Ivliciiton slaughters, as a por
I tion ot' the evidence now in his hands
; and within his knowledge, which further
j refute the claim that the methods and
; agen.ies now employed by the democratic
I party are peaceful, orderly x.nd within
the law.
In answer to the demand that he
i i i 11 .1 1. i* . .
should call upon tne democratic paity t<
suppress thi?* lawlessness before appealing
to the United States eovernwent, ht
says:
The reason I cannot and do not maintain
the peace of the state and suppress law
lessness and prevent tenorism, is solely
. because the democratic party are thi
authors of the disturbances of the j^cace.
the lawlessness and terrorism which they
now reproach me with and demaud that
I shall allow ear invite them to suppress.
Qlli otxt'ufr# Ctrstrjtlict t
To entrust the protection of those who
arc to-day endangered by the present disturbances
to the armed, mounted, unlawful
democratic rifle clubs, would, in my
sober judgment, be as unnatural and unfaithful
in me as to set kites to watch
doves, or woives to guard sheep.
Actual lawlessness is, in my judgment,
and upon the evidence before me, prevalent
to-day in several counties and sections
I of the state, and I believe, upon the best
J attainable evidence, that it has already
i resulted in the killing of from forty to
| fitly defenseless and unresisting republi|
can voters. Terrorism, resulting from
i lawlessness and violence extends tar more
j widely; and in support of this statement,
i I repeat here the remark made to me two
| days since by a white democrat who had
! crossed the country from the vicinity of
i llobbins' station, through Barnwell coun1
ty to Blackvilie, that "he did not see a
i 'nigger' man anywhere." But when, in
; view of this lawlessness and terrorism, you
and your associates mock me with the
demand to put it down by calling on the
white armed democrats who are the authors
of it, I answer that you are
welcome to the political advantage such
a demand may give you, but I shall yield
to no such demand so loug as I hold the
office of governor.
You know, as I know, that the
republican voters of this state are not
iinnxnscfiil roaistniiWi fn tllO
Vl^UlllfiVU IUI CUVAViViui A VUICVMIJVV vv %.>w
aggressions of the democratic rifle clubs.
\ou know, as I know, that to call upon
the colored republicans alone to suppress
this lawlessness and terrorism would be
to invite or precipitate a couflict the
result of which would be to increase
rather than to suppress the law1
lessness and terrorism which now
exist. In such au emergency my only
reliance for effective physical force must
be upon United States troops. I have
struggled long and hard to avoid a resort
to this agency. I have hoped ^fciinst hope
that a sober second thought would come
to those who govern the democratic party
strong enough and just enough to relieve
me from the necessity of action which
must inflict great temporary injury upon
the material interests of the state. Bu
j I am invested with large and extraordin
j ary powers by the laws of the state to
: meet extraordinary emergencies.
; The executive of the United States
I will do his duty; and I shall do mine,
; and it shall be seen by the world whether
tic right to a peaceful and free ballot by
the citizens of this state, conferred and
made inviolable by the constitution and
laws of state and nation alike, can be
trampled under foot by any combination
or party of men in this slate. The people
of this " ate know th.it I am not a
rash n: mju.t man. that 1 a pi tender o[
A
even* private and public interest and i
right; but they know also that I am nc-1
customed to doing (uy duty, without
haste but without fear.
PROGRESS OF THE CANVASS IN
BEAUFORT.
Large Meeting in the Town of Reanfort.
Joint discussion denianded. The dlscoinflttcd
democracy.
I
| On Friday evening last, arrangements
1 were made by the Republicans for a mass
; meeting in Beaufort. A request was
j made by the officers ot the democratic
club for a joint discussion which was at
i once readily complied with. Mr. Hamil!
ton Robinson as precinct chairman called
the meeting to order and throughout the
entire meeting preserved the utmost
decorum no one being allowed to interrupt
the speakers.- .Mr. N. 15. Myers.
; nominee ol the Republicans of this count;
for the House of Representatives, first
! addressed the meeting, aud advocated the
! principles of republicanism from the
I Jeffcrsonian stand point, that all men arc
j created free and equal, endowed with
| certain inalienable rights ol life liberty
! and the pursuit of happiness, and he
: further advocated them because they
t wore the truth to him, ai d the truth tc
every aian who believed in the equality 0|
man. He referred to the democratic
policy as one ot armed force and intimida
tion and iu proof of his assertions spoke
of the ucrtiags be bad attended in thi:
county were the armed rifle clubs of the
democratic party of Barnwell county took
charge of the meetings and dictated whal
should or shoafct not be said by RepsMi
can speakers, on the ground that they
wanted nothing spoken but the truth
and that they should be the judges ol
sueh truth.
He refuted the assertion that the
democracy were contending solely foi
reform, by instancing the reforms ac
coinplisbed by Governor Chamberlain it
the past two years, and pledging himseli
and his party to further reform in tin
ensuing two y*:rws. Speaking of thi
' opposition to R. B. Klliott, he contender
that it was not on account of his corrup
tion but because he was intelligent, th<
peer of any lawyer in the State, and h<
was a black man and asserting that if tin
democracy could make and prove an:
other charge against their nominee fo
attorney-general, he would cast his ballot
t and would; advise those present to cas
their ballot sgaiwt him. In conclusioi
he advised his hearers to vote the entir<
ticket Nationa1 State, and County ofth<
Republican party.
Mr. J. W. Moore was the first speakc
from the democratic si dc, who made th
| proposition that both republicans am
j democrats were endeavoring to reach th
same goal-good govcrniuental-thougl
| travelling by different roads and the onl;
j difference between democrat* ami repuhli
1 cutis was as :o the mcms to aceomplisl
j tliis. lie submitted that every 1112a
had a right to oast his vote for whom h
1 j chose. He thou proceeded to the in
' i quiry as to who were the party of gom
I j government and reform, and by a contra.'
as to the state of affiirs before the war
1 - which ho represented* as one of order
; peace, low taxation and good government
C; and the present condition of the State
, ! T J I .L . xl- . J
| eimeavoreu insiiuw tn;u uie uciiiucruc}
J! represented that party. He asserted tha
1 taxes had been increased, and as an ex|
ample of how this increase affected all
i j classes cited the tax on tobacco and the
^ one ccut revenue tax on each box of
| watches that the humblest citizen pur
chased. He contrasted the tax on land
j before the wnr and now ; the poll tax ol
! 38 cents per slave paid hy the owm.'r o
l tlu) slave before the war, .and the dolla
J CJ>f itatioo tax paid by the freeman to-dai
| and asserted that the root of the evil lied
I in the form of government, ft was a toe
expensive form. To illustrate this he saic
the roads were worked before the wai
without cost, the work performed by tlu
county commissioners, was performed before
the war without pay; the work o
the auditor was performed before the wai
! by the tax collector without pay; the
[ school commissioner cost nothing befo:<
; the war. It was this form of goveiniuen
| that was sufficient to show the claim foi
i good government of the democratic part}
j against the republican, and in conclusioi
j claimed that the democratic party wai
J the party of the people, as democracy
: came from two Greek words, one of whiel
' signified " people " and the other "t<
{govern. "
General Smalls, nominee for Congres
J from this district, took the stand in replj
| and admitted that he did not know it
I what sense the gentleman who preceded
hint used the word people, when he said
that democracy meant government by th(
people, but he knew that if the satn<
meaning was attached to it before th(
i war it ouly meant a certain portion
j But things had now changed; they had
I been made free and declared equal befon
i the law, and claimed they were men ant;
' ' * J 5 A- ? 1 #.- ?? A Artt? OA 1 tt f Vl/
lnienaeu uj nave- wuiu a?*j-ov m tu\
government. He then showed the falacy
of tlie contrast with affairs now and before
the war. Before the war the roads wen
worked by compulsory labor, but at the
present time he knew of no way to work
them without taxation, and this was the
plan adopted by every free State in the
Union. As to tobacco and matches, he
admitted they had no tax before the war,
but threw the entire responsibility of this
taxation on those who fought against the
government, as but for the war thej
would not have to pay any tax on such
articles to-day. These taxes are the rc[
suit of the debt into which the Southern
I States plunged the nation, and the colori
ed people were willing to assist in paying
{ the debt by paying their taxes. As tc
i the county commissioners, if as the pre
vious speaker remarked they had only
: cost he thought they had done
" well. H? (the previous speaker,) alse
said they needed no school commissioner,
whereas lie thought, he was an extremely
[ useful officer, and a similar office had ;
I been established in every northern state
I where they had free education. As a
reason why education cost more at present
than before the war he stated they had ;
j 100,000 children attending school against j
30,000 at the time spofcen of by the gen-'
| tlvman who preceded him. He then
advised them to stand by the nominees of ;
j the Republican parly, that the democrats j
had said that Chamberlain was the right!
j man for governor, and they were going to J
i take them at their own word and stand .
i hy hint. lie refuted the idea advanced !
f that it they voted for the democrats tins
| time and did net like their acts they could
change it at the next election, by referring
his hearers to Georgia, where the I
democracy' in Chatham comity was in the I
minority of two to one, yet they always I
carried the elections in the county by j
having only one |>olt for the entire count)*
| and that in the city of Savannah, and he
! j had no doubt but that if Mr. Moore and
t his friends went to the Legislature they
'! w> uld want to have only one poll in this
i j county and th:Tt at Gillisonville, in which
' j event the democrats eotrld carry tkecoun!
ty even* time. Time was called, and after
' proposing three chews for Hayes aod
) Wheeler, which was responded to in a
f hearty manner he left the stand.
* Dr. T. G. White was loudly called
* j upon to reply, but being a firm believer
5) with Josh Billings, that exteurporanicr?
* j speeches always-sound better when prcpar!
ed before hand, dccliued. Mr. Wm. ElSott
: t Iters delivered a fine burst of oratory from
' his stand-pwat. He claiawd that the
Kcnublican nartv sneakers wrnnirfnllv
nccuscd the democracy of many things.
They use two asgsaucnts that the whites
^ intended to obtain some iufiuence over
l lie tikfrd pto- do tfrew se*ne
grievous hanm To set their minds at
rest ?*. tfci* point he recounted how
I t hey hud voted for all thejbolting rtt-ub1
licans since 1870. The other argument
M used was that the Republican party gave
the colored people their freedom and that
thereforj thev ought to vote- for them.
1 This he denied, asserting the war was
not commenced for tfiac- purpose of put1
ting a stop to slavery, neither did the
South tight to. tu/uuiaiu slavery, but for
s other higher and nobler issues, to show
' this he referred to declarations in Congress
r and a letter of Abraham Lincoln that the
1 war w?* to maintain the Union, lie
paid a tribute to the tneuhny of Lincoln
1 and Greeley. He did not think that
e even if the republican party did free them
L> it was any reason that they should vote
for the party for ever. He admitted
r there were valid reasons for taxation
t! being higher than before the war, kut
1 chimed thfswas no reason why the taxes
e collected should be stolaa and t^kfcd if
i any one would deny that there had been
y corruption and robbery. He then gave a
- glowing account of the prospects of the
) democracy electing tfewrticket and that
rt colored men would be put on it in
.. I .... ..v.. 1 A..II*. fi.^t T.1 ih Aiill.UA f?f Kit
I" I aCTVIill CUUII1|(^<, 1.11 uic v.uui^\, <.i
i i remarks as t<? what democracy had ikwio
I 1 urainfc leiorni, he said they had tksott;
fled a republican official ami wrenched
. from his grasp Uiltins that he had
j stolen.
. ' .Mr. W. J. Whipper, followed ic. Wfly
! and reminded his hearers that they bid
I li :vcf the reasons presented to them why
f j they should sup|>ort the democratic parly
me ofthc.se being thnf that party had
I ! throttled a republican viilian and
1 j wrenched millions of dollars, but he
! would a.?k Mr K11 iotr who was the party?
; There was not an instance of the k ind exJ
cept that of Tweed and he was a doinoI
| ciat, and he challenged denial tlx* there
II was another instance of the sort in history
r! of re-constructed America. If they would
r i peruse the pages.of history they would
' I find that charges f corruption had been
} j made against every party in power and the
1: very moment the denioracy gets into power
r similar charges will be made against!them.
5 He then icviewed the history of dcmocra'
j cy for the thirty years they controled
: this country and challenged his opponent
r! to name one liberal, reformatory or de;
j cent act that tho party had done in tlioso
- years.
1 After referring to the passage of the
r fugitive slave fow, and other foul blots
' upon the CHjutcheon of democracy, he re1
marked that he was burn in a free State,
3 but he enjoyed only nominal freedom,
7 just such liberty as they would enjoy if
1 j the democracy got into power in tliese
} | States. He was not surprised that tho
words of Abraham Lincoln should be
? brought forward by the previous speaker.
r He had seen theui before. He road them
l when they were first written with a bleed1
i ing heart believing that it was a wrong to
1 j his race. But believing all this if he
; ! could lie would not pluck oue laurel from
i j the grave of that good man. Any man
; may make mistakes, and when they write
. ! the record of all great and good men,
j high above all others would stand the
ii name of Abraham Lincoln whose purpose
IJ was to preserve the Union one and in;
i separable.
- .. l
' I Speaking of state matters, ana as
:, Ye fere nee had been made to the parity of
i J political matters before the war, be now
s charged the democratic party before the
; | war with the barest frauds in connection
i, with the bank ot the .State, and he dared
i any one to come forward and deny it. He
! had the records in his possession that
, some of the first families of South Caroi
lina had taken thousand* and thousands
i of the funds of that institution on the
' basest security.
i After referring to the republican ticket,
which met with his hearty support, he
touched on the promise held out by the
j democracy that colored men should be
;, placed on their ticket in several counties,
> but challenged them to show where the
colon d man appeared on democratic
r tickets in counties where the democrats
i were in the majority, and also to show
> them a e lored man represented on the
?B??i?HBW?OP?????irf
State ticket, or a poor man; the laboring
men, or any class of men save the old
aristocracy. In conclusion he charged
upon the democracy the blood of Hamburg
and Ellcuton, and charged theiu
with organizing rifle dubs for the purpose
of intimidating and driving from the polk
the colored republicans.
Long before the conclusion of his remarksjtiinc
was called but the democracy
had no other speakers to stem the tide of
argument that had set FO strongly
against them.
The meeting was afterwards addressed
by S. J. Lee. Esq., of Aiker, and
Representative Thos. Hamilton. It
was generally conceded the following day
that democracy srot the worst i? th?
arena of argument.
P. RAILROAD AT PUBUC M
UNITED STATES OF AM ERICA:-1n the C1B
hit cr>urt,?districtsouth Carolina'
tiik UNION tr0kt company of new
YORK Et.AL, V*. the port royal raiINROAD
COMPANY.
IN Aeronlance with the decree of the Ceart fa
this case, will l?e sold at public *alo a! Put Royal
i South Carolina on the seventh day of December
| |S7ft, between 11 o'c lock, a. m., and* o'clock r. it
i totbo highest bidder, all and singular the Porg
I Royal Railroad, extending from the water* of Port
t Royal llarbor, Smth Carolina to the City of AtigusJ
ta, State ofiloorgkx, rt?s<UuiiD? with its turn-outs,
and sale tracks-ow hundred and eighteen mil<*s Of
road wellconstrwvted and fa- good" eodkr?also all
j the land* acquired by the Port Rnyal Railroad
| Com pa ay for right of way, depot ground* and other
| purposes^
Also
All tracks, bridges, culvert*, depots station houae*
engine houses, car bouses, machine shops, work
shops, erections, fixtures, and other structure# nowheld
by the Port Royal Railroad Comjauy, and
; situated in the counties of Beaufort, Bfcrtiwell, and.
' Aiken State of South Carolina, and in the cunnty off
Richmond, State o? Georgia, also all loeomotirea
| tenders, carsrolling; stock, equipments, machinery
> tools Implements, omtrvtofc for constructing aud
I repairiug,and.ta*lo?? te-nd.for the uic oldie said
i nxui. Also the cocvueah foaoaUte* under Ita *
j original charter or any of the dsvndeifate. thereto ^
and all other franchia-a whatsoever, pummd b*r
the said rood. Also the endowments, incoute.Brver*.
slotis, W>iuainde rs, toll*, and all the estate right titleand
inter?!*' present or prospective, of the said Pert '
Royal Railroad in the said property and right* and
every part and parcel thereof.
Tux*.
One third each remainder in three eqnai aoaaat
installment* with seven per cant, latere*, payablp
semi-annually from day of sale, secured liy bond of the
purrhaser with mortgage ot the property. Twr
chaser to insure the depot* and other l?.iWia<sand
assign :l*o pollen * to tbc.juartgagee. Owe tout.,
drcd thousand d-Uai* to he paiu by tho purchaserat
tho close of the bidding. In caae of purchase ?f
4n* said I^cul l>y Iiutdem- of first mortgage bonds
thov an' eutitled to make partner* in aald bonds,,
to the extent of their pro ctU share. Such bowA,
liolditrs as may unite (a the purchase are entitled
by the dur-rea in this c:we am! laws of South CarolL.
nato -rganUe a* a corporation tinier tho prwwuk
* charter of th? Port Royal Kail road C'esopasM? qtr
; untirr the {enenl corporation act of aald state as
| the tunpdcy, of the aald corporators may sb?oa*
DCSfClii C. WllJiOJi.*
.' t Special Master. ?
\ Application for Charter
I To whom it iv.ay concern:
Notic.-- is hetwhc given that at the ezpfratfaa of
, thiitr days fjweo this date, an application 1a: duo
| f?i Qfcu ill h*made to the Olrrk of the Court la a?d/
< ror Beaufwl County, for a charter ho the Port Royr
' al lira- C-njipanr, a corporation to to eelsblUbedl
ji at Coat Key at ia K-anfort (.onus?. ' ^
I Sej<.2Ub?I IG.-lro.
AAcin Cant he amdie t.c ev*ry agent evsejr
| a jlljy month In ttw bueiu>??? ?r furnish, but
I t b?s<- wittiDK vwk ? an easily urn a
; V law II *4?tz?-n deifaren dt.r right In their awn
^valitic.". is ex lain hrsr. Fasl?
k new pbrosa'i and . ouonLMt'. Women, and toys
[ and glrb do a* well as nten. We will furnish yen a
i couipf??c CntSt ft***. The to??in?!*? {-ays hett*
jj than vaufbiay eU. We wt!h Vwipae ?f startr?
ing y?a. Parth akara ! * ?. Wth-xai**. Farmer"
? and m-ehawirs, their s?n*an?l daughters, ami ??g
Iclaswain neeii of paying work at h?H*e,?h?uld writeto
us ami l<ara all al">ut ;he work at once. Ji?r
i*' is the lime. delay. Ail!t< wltwk. d to..
\ A*i,ui?ta Saise.
cMtor JSA, > m
t V VruTfi o/Trofiate..
"*?ijHy-of ft-Miiou J?
I" I'-ipy Stuwcaao*.i*r futiftito. PVtrtlou Mt vrr?A
!>
AsorlicaS. Williums Henry R. ViVfama,
A grain*
r Was. f*. ^:ik>k, T. A?lfli*on l:ici*trl?. J. J. It I' hi
aar5?, sA V. I'.ii Ann!*, Catharine IhiHme, C. W. R a
Boeev NcT>v Kiffcnwls HreUc Kirua JU, Kllen Rich
anA*
' To the SH-Jmftiirf aduwf uamrdh
Yon aie irir-by sum^i-re-d aisKrv^nftvffto answer
tl? - p-lincn tatUi* action which ha* been filed In thoofllee
tfiVshMf Judge in ami for Ro.mfect County
n suWI and to serve a o>py of yat annrtr
nn 16c MduoiN r at haviAre and' aflnionflr wtlhln
wenty 'bcsafVit the servim?3 iWa summons an
you exclusive t>fnit day of serrm#-.
If you fail ?? answer tha rwrffru- wfthla the
, time xfumoui. ufte Plaintiff will apply to the court
: for rfw se&L-f A-ruaixied in the Petition together
wilU the (.-out* atal disbursement* of this action.
colcvmki??,
Dated fiilTi.-'onriTTe, A or. TWk MTSL
To the Defendants in the above stated eaw:
Take Notice?That the summons in this action ?
which the foregoing i? ? '""Pf together with the Pe'
tition thereon has i>een film! In the o(fic- of the Pr<*
telle Judge for the county of Beaufort and state o>
South Carolina, on the 2Sth day of Aug. H7V
couhk'k a how.
Pro Pet
To Holders of County Cheeks or
Audited Claims, prior to Novem*
her 1, 1872,
IN accordance with the provisions of a Joint R r*olution
entitled "A Joint Resolution authorizing
ho Couniy t'oiuuiiiwioimn* ? iiiawm 1 -J. .?
! evy a special taxj"" dated April 7, 1*73; %atl"Aa
act to amewl ihw lanw," approved the 2SHh day off
January, 1874, sealed projsmls will be received at
this office Liesa pact1c* boidn. , hecks or audited
cltimo unlnctetpriur to Norehtlier 1,1872, nntil
TBl'RSDAY, NOV. #. 187#.
alt2M?at which time said bids will be open?4>
i and the board of county commissioners will draw
! order* on the Treasurer to the amount of one thoo'
saud dollars, in favor of the person or persona who
hall offer the largest per een/uM discount on thrir
1 cheeks or audited claims.
Proposals should be addressed to the chairman of
the board of County Commissioner*, and endorsed
"Pr-posals for tho settlement of Past Indebtedness
Ucaufort ctunty.
! Of P. PBITCHABD, m d.
V. S. ROUTT,
, It J. MARTIN,
County Commissioners
Titty. H. Wukblkr,
Clark of Hoard. . fsbKMt,
ICE! ICE!
! com? & amoss,
i RE NOW PREPARED TO FUR j
j xx Nisi! Ice in any miantity Customers |
inay desire, from their Ice House, I
Seventb. Street. J
JOHN CON ANT, I
J. A. EMMONS. 1
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