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WA-MiNoros, Ju'.y 13.
The following in the text of lli? till as It
hnd both IIoom:
Bt it Utitotod bf tk* Sen alt anil I/oute of
of United State* of J
l?nri??, in Co*grot* atttmbled. That It it
KM by dttlirti to hit* boon tho true In-,
?nt and meanlog of tbe Aet of 2<1 March,
Ml, entitled, " An Aet to provide for tbe
TOW efficient government of tbo rebel
tatee," and of the Aet supplementary there
to, paseod an the *3d of March, ISA?, that
to weveramenta then existing in the rebel
istee of Vlqgiala, North Carollnn, ftoutbWnoilna,
Georgia, Mieaieoippl, Louisiana,
tolie, Texas aad Arkansas, were not
<gal State governm enta, and that there
Iter tbe said governments, if continued'
rare continued subject in all respects to
he military commander* of the respective
fctrisU, and to the paramount authority or |
songrcaa.
Sac. 9. That the commander of any <1 irrfet
named in aaid Aat ahall have pow or,
abjaetto the disapproval of the General of
ha Army of the United Stato*. to have ofeel
Mil disapproved; whenever, in the
(pinion of auoh commander, the proper adnioiatration
of aaid Aat ehali require it, to
hapend or remote from office or from the
<>rformanee of official duties and the exorlae
of official powers, any officer or pm-'on
' tiding ot exercising, or presuming to hold
<t exercire, any ?ivll or military office or
uty in such district, under any power of
lection, appointment or authority, derived
001 or granted by or claimed under any
voalled State, or the government thereof,
* any municipal or other division thereof;
Ad upon suspension or removal by such
atnmander, subject to the disapproval of
he General of the Army, as aforesaid, shall
save the power to provide from time to
inae for the performance of the said duties
of euch officer or pereon so suspended or
removed, by the detail of some competent
officer or soldier of the army, or by the sp
pointmdnt of some other person to perform
the same, and to fill vacancies occasioned
by deetli, resignation or otherwiso.
Snc. 8. That the General of tho Army of
the United States shall be invested with all
the power of suspension, removal, appointment
and detail granted in' the proeeding
section to district commanders.
Snc. 4. And be it further enacted, That the
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Acts Ol ine omoers 01 uiuniiu> oimuj uv... ,
in removing in said districts persons excr
cising the functions of civil office, and Appointing
others In their stead, are hereby
oonflrmed: Provided, That any person heretofore
or hereafter appointed by any distriot
commander to exeroiac tiie functions
of any civil office, may bo removed either
by the military officers In command of the
district, or by the General of the Army;
and it shall be the duty of such commanders
to remove from office as aforesaid, all pereons
who sre disloyal to tlio Government o(
the United Slates, or who u?e their official
influence in any manner to hinder, delay,
prevent or obstruct the due and proper administration
of this Act, and the Acts to
which it is supplementary.
Sue. fi. That the boards of registration
provided for in tlio Act supplementary to
an Act to provide for tlio more efficient
government of the rebel States, passed
March 23, 1867, shall have power, and ft
ahall be their duty, not to allow the registration
of any person ; to ascertain, upon
such facts or information as they can obtain,
whether such person is entitled to be registered
under said Act; and the oath required
by said Act shall not be conclusive on such
question ; and no person shall be registered
unless such board shall decide that he is
entitled thereto. And such board shall |
also have power to exomine, nnder oath, to
be administered by any member of such
board, any one touching the qualification of
any person olaiming registration. Tint in
very case of a refusal by the board to register
an applicant, and in every case of
atriMng his name from tlio list, as lien inafter
provided, the board shall mnko a note
or memorandum, which shall be returned
with the registration list to the Commanding
General of the district,"letting forth the
grounds oi suon reiusni or bucyi jnrikin^ irom
the Hat: Provided, That no peraon shall ho
disqualified as a member of any hoard of
registration by reason of race or color.
8bc. 0. That the true intent and meaning
-of the oath prescribed in said supplement
ary Act la. among other tiling^ that no
person who has been a member of the Leg
islature of any State, or who has held any
executive or jadieial office in any State,
whether he bas taken an oath to support
the Constitution of the United States or not,
and whether he was held in such office at
the eomraenoement of the rebellion, or bad
held It before, and who was afterwards engaged
in insurrection or rebellion against
the United Stales, or giving aid and com*
fort to the enemies thereof, is entitled to be
registered or to vote, and the words, " exeeutivo
or jadieial office in any State," in
eaid oath mentioned, shall be construed to
Include all civil offices created by law for
the administration on any general law of a
State, or for the administration of justice.
8ac. 7. That the time for completing the
original registration provided for in said
Act may, in the discretion of the commander
of any diatriet.be extended to the 1st day
of October, lf>67, and the boards of regiairation
shall have Dover, and it shall ho
their duly, commencing fourteen dnys prior
to any election under said Act, and npon
reasonable pnbllo notice of the time and
place thereof, to revise, for a period of five (
days, the registration lists, an 1 npon being
satisfied that any person not entitled there- ,
to has been registered, to strike tlio name
of sueh; person from the list; and such i
hoard shall also, during tho some period, i
add'to rocli rsgislry the names of all per- I
sons who, st that time, possess the qnnlifi. '
rations required by said Act, who have not ]
already been registered ; and no person ^ 1
shall at any time be entitled to be register '<
T H e 3 I
cd ; and no person shall nt any lime be en I
lilted toJ>? registered, or to vote, by reason *
of nny eaeeutive pnrdon or amnesty for nny 1
not or thing which, without such pnrdon or I
entirety, would disqualify hint from registering
or voting.
Sko. 8. That section 4 of enid last named
Act shall l>e construed to authorize the
CommnndingOenersl named therein, whenever
he shall deem it needful, to remove
nny member of the board of registration
and to appoint another in hia stead, and to
fill any vacancy in such board.
Sko. 9. That all members of anld boards
of registration, and all persons hereafter
elected or appointed to office in said military
district", under any so-called Slate or
municipal authority, or by detail or upnnintnuinl
of tha district, commanders, shall i
be required to take end lo subscribe the '
oath of office prescribed by law for offioer* '
of the United States.
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Sue. 10. That no district commander or (
member of the board of registration, or any ,
of the odicors or appoint res noting under (
them, shall be bound in his nclion by any |
opinion of any civil officer of the United i
States. i
8bo. 11. That the provisions of this Act 1
and the Acts to which this is supplement '
nry, shall be construed literally, to the end '
that all the intents thereof may bo fiply ^
and perfectly carried out.
A hill has passed the House appropriate ,
ing $1,076,000 for reconstruction. During |
the disonssion. KHridge spoke nl>out the |
extravagance ol dietrictcommandcri?nllud i
ing to Sickles as a greater harlequin than
the commander at New Orleans; and had |
read by the Clerk newspaper articles speak
ing of tire display made by Sickles, riding
around Charleston in a conch and four.? 1
Bingham replied that it wss fitting a man
who had lost a leg in defence of his Gov
ernnient should rido in a coach and four.
Nothing important in the Senate, except
the passage of the reconstruction Act, '
which goes to the President.
Tn the House, to day, the petition of the ,
Legislature of Arknnsns for an appropriation i
to improve the Mississippi levers, was re- i
coived, by a vote of fifty-six to forty three, :
and referred to the Committee on Appro'
priations. The reception was opposed, on
the ground that Arkansas ,wns no State and
tire Legislature could not petition.
Clit ?mttlirrit (Outrrunnr.
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CltEENVlLLE, S?C.
THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1867.
The New Act of Conffrosa.
Thrice tho'Congrcss has sharpened the spear
of their power, and thrice hnvo thrust it into j
the bosom of the South. One has not sufficed,
two hnvo not sufficed, will three suffice ? If, |
unfortunately, tho President should suggest !
anything hereafter, tliero may ho a fourth or
n fifth or a sixth Act thrust at tho pnssiro
South. When blow* arc dealt by a madman, tho ,
mora he strikes tho tnoro ho becomes infuratcd.
Wo hope this will not be tho ease. Tliero is
reason to say that tho lcsgislation of Congress
is infuratcd by passion anil party excitement,
Wo lioro of tho South tiavo no rights accorded
to us, and exist as a people entirely by
tho inerey and sufferance of Congress as now
constituted ; nothing wo eon say or do seems
capable of altering their predetermination.
The Act jnst passed, which will be fouud in
our columns, secures to the Coinmnndwig (Jencral
absolute power in tho State placed under
him, subject, In sotno things, to the control of
General (1 rant, who has thus bccomo, as it
were, the emperor of eight millions of pooplo.
May not Ibis bo a beginning of something
that may hereafter he more general ? It
saows wonderful confidence in tho mili tary
commanders on tho part of tho majority in
Congress, to invest them with tho supremo
legislation and control of ten States. What is
to hinder, but their own will, tho Command- 1
ing Generals, headed by General Orait, from 1
massing nil iho power, strength nn<l resources I
of those States, togothor with tho rogular Ar- '
my under their command, to effect any pur- '
poso of ambition ? It is clearly indicated that I
no civil authority is to intvrposo or hinder the i
military at this tiino. Congress adjourns, and i
the military is supremo. They may do as ,
they plcnso. Suppose they were to conclude
to resist Congress, ns SitKitihAX did iho Prosi- ,
dent, with the applnuse of the House of Kcpresentatives.
Tho President inighf, In turn, upplaud
and cncourago tho military, and, in a
moment, in tho twinkling of an eye, as It were,
POWEll which tho multitude of the t'eited
States have been drilled to worship and olioy '
for tho last sevon years, would be found with I
her standard reared high over tho OKNB- 1
11ALS marquee. "The will of tho Nation'' I
would be suddenly found taking rofugu under i
that same standard , undor tho same plausible i
howovor false, plea, of necessity. Where would 1
be constitutional barriers and fortifications to ]
resist ? where oven tho common sentiment of (
i??r iuuou uioicui'ii nun nnu oaiiorcu (
ramparts, constructed by such obi fogies as (
Wasiiixotox, Jkkfkiinos, If ahii.tou, Praxklk,
Maimson, etc? Already the bugle note
for tbe coining tramp of " the man on horso.
back" baa been founded by a leading journal 1
of the North, which snpgests tho quoro if *omo '
of the groat Northern States or jrroviuera of '
the central government at Washington would '
not bo better and morn honestly governed by 1
tho snmo system Congress has inaugurated at '
the South. Whilst thousands of tho whites, 1
If not a majority, with tho great mass of tl>? <
negroes in the Soath, would bo content to support
a military domination, rather than the
civil rule of a party, whilst that party rules for
party ends- alono, as would be urged against it ,
Whatever thoir motives, be their intents wick- g
ed or charitable, patriotic or sclflsb, we are not ?
now deciding; have not Congress sot the ex- j
nmplo to tho nation of placing tho military su' 0
prctne over tho Executive, tho Judiciary, all
oivil power but thoir own party powor, all oonititntion,
State ond Federal, all charters, and
thoso o/ rli/hn which tho speakers of the
iinglish language have been used to In ages
pnst, irnd which were never deliberately sacriIced
by legislators and people in any county ''
>oforc, and which are [solemnly embodied in "
;hc Poilur.il Constitution and in tho ooostl'u *1
> BTMiRR
ion of the Ktatea., Blppvto tho military rider 1
efuaea to *urren(W* Um rain* of hi* war bora*,
tow. held in hi* band*, to the wisbea of the
tarty that plaoed them in hi* graap, what d
toarer can oontrol him? Could a law of that C
tarty?paasod even by It* majority lu Cougrys.i J
?would that majority agree or?n to attempt t
my restraint ? VTo *ee the Houso of Rep re- e
tentative and tha Sonate most aeriowely di*- n
igreetng already Qpon the military view.-? ?
rho partv in tho lloure, unanimously almo?t> g
tpplaudcd the mutiny of a General agalnat <j
:ho President. the Commander' In Chief of the -
Army and Navy ; and the Senate party almost
is unanimously refused to sanction the foiolatlon.
Suppose, in case the military carries oat
;he immense power, over the cival authority, to
ts legitimate end, or attempts so to do, is tho
Congress sure of its own strength, in hotb
louses, that will enable it to po#? even, much
ess enforce, nny countervailing actf Tho
Senate might disapprove tho measure bf tho
House and the llouso tho measure of the Sen- j
ste, and the President, looking on Congress as
t greater usurper even than the "military,
night tako either a neutral position or posi. !
Lively side with tho military, as tho safest for
ilinsclf and tho country. It ia not iuprobi- '
jlo tho Congress having bean his persecutors
ind unsparing denouneers, his sympathise
would he with tho Artny. Such convictiona of (
would speedily engehdor and strongthen
sonriolions of </?fy In tho masaoaof the nation. |
This mny l>o alt considered wild speculation, j
)Ut tutioli wilder speculations have been reail- j
ted. We do not assume to prophecy or to ob- j
itruct iho progress of events. Whatever hap- '
pens, the Southern people, who aro the power- i
less siihjeuUiol the powers that be, arc not res- i
[lonsible. I
Wn aro nuiong thoso who cling to our old j
preferences for constitutional liborty, not only
liberty for each Southern State, but for each '
Northern State ; and now, more than ever, our
own future liberties for onrrelves and our posterity
dupond on preserving the great principles
of that constitulional liberty inherited 1
from our revolutionary ancestors. Wo are' j
uimrcsscu 10 see propositions nivoren oy con- |
sorvativo republican patters to amond the Conititution
of the United States, so as to take n
?wn,r all control of tho suffrage from tho in*
dividual Slates, where it was properly left by ,
Ihcso same fathers. If tho Southern States ,
aro now forcibly deprived of this control, wo t
do not wish tho North and AVest to suffer t
tho loss ef the saino liberty. Wo do not wish \
California to lose the power to protect herself ,
against the thiotlnv, idolatrous millions of ,
China; wo do not wish Kentucky or Iilinois, I ,
or nny other State, forced to confer suffrago on I ,
African* because Virginia and South Carolina ! |
ond the rest arc forced ; wo do not Wish to see '
all the North American continent become as
Mexico and South America. Tho tiuio mny
come when Asia mny empty its millions of
ooppcr colored heathens upon these shores,
and tho government of these United States!
tho dependants of tho boasted l'ilgrims, Chevaliers,
liugtienots nnd other whito folks, who '
have hi history evinced capacity to framo and !
support free institutions, and to profit so immensely
h,v Christianity and its glorious civilization,
will darkly fall in o the hands of dark
races of men which will l?e aided nnd abetted
by tho apostates from kindred and blood which
are always to be found whon the bribe of power
is offered to their JudfM hands.
This result i? tint merely possible, it Is
probable In the future. Our l'neifie const
is now tnotO accessible to Asia than the
Atlantic const was to Europe prior to ocean
steam navigation, which dates, ns It wore, j
luit yes'crday. The population of A?in j
is multitudinous, as ihe sands ol the sea in- '
numerable. Once turn its tide flowing to
North America, which, in climate is adopted
admirably to support its growth and
success, and in a generation or two it would
become, with universal suffrage forced i n ]
over}' Slate, a ruling nower. Then, where'
would be the hopes of UepnbMoanisin In the
world I No, our hope of Republican l?licr?
ty now rests with tho free States of (lie
North nml ffwt; they mu-rt not surrender
tlxir own freedom b?e?HM they Imvc destroyed
that of the South; for the present
at leart, they must preserve their* for
themselves and for our future benefit.?
They must, ami will see before long, that
it is ri.'lit for ell white men In the South,
is well ns all negroes, to have political
rights, and, as we have sniJ on former occasion*,
they must alto reach the conclusion
that thero i? such a thing as the forgiveness
of sins, however great tinners they think
u'O may have been. More than this, should
Ihc fears of many wl-ie and good men be
realized, and the negro voters prove destructive
t'> the liberties and wall-being of
?ny Southern State, the freedom of the
Northern and W eetern States, untrammelled
hy Constitutional oonatralnta, to enforce and '
perpetuate universal suffrage in every State,
might save us from utter ruin, and we believe
would do it. There might arise some
tympathy for the down-trodden white man,
nme shame and blush upon the clieeka of
Ihe white men and white women of the
North to save from degradation theh-Sculhrrn
kindred. Ilonaoa Gbkrly says even
now that he does not love the negro more
ihnn the Caucasian, or think him equal in '
-iijireciiy i (IKI.I-KK, a grrm AOOIIllonlSt, | '
iliioku ho had better depart from among '
js ; Oehkitt Smitii is not in favor of hia aa- '
".endancy, and unless Christianity, truth
?nd philosophy utterly expire, the time
will spo?'<Hly come when no good man any ^
where will deaire it or give it countenance.
Kor the sake of humanity, we hope, the *
tforth will not he deprived of their control ^
>f ilia suffrage question in their own States. ^
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Exchange of Palptte..
T>r. Buim, of the Presbyterian Churoh, ^
will preach in the Methodist pnlpft next
lunday, at 11 o'clock, and Rev. Mr, Hum "
irirr, of the Methodist Church, will fill Dr. e
Iuist'b place in the Presbyterian Church
n the same day and hour.
Dr. Ma*lv, Jr., will deliver the Sunday *
icruing sermon in the Hapllat Church.
. K
Politico in Ooorjtia. m
An intelligent gentleman, just from At" "
inta, aaya that the feelings of tha people ^
I that State, is growing stronger and |,
rong< r against convention. V'
S aTBI9
The Poetry of Mre. Browning.
by Bev. John A. Broodua, D.D^H
Ob Tuesday evening ImV Dr.
ellvered a Lecture before the lAtiMfiSi t
Heb. on the subject of "Mrs. PrrlUffrtjB | ]
"ortry." The assembly in the Court HoUeerc
rat, as usual, large and brilliant, end was! 1
ntertaincd and instruoted by a most oMmh!
nd delightful Lecture. The e'aima of p^ lj
try were explained and Vindicated
Iflft if nnoA laernait nrnfiinnrl en<l etmlHI^V'
lie difference between male end
>oot?. Mid the reason for Uie greater nieces
of men in that department of genius,
fits admirably treated. Dr. BaoAnus tank>d
Mrs. BsoWnisO as the first of female
\>ela of any age, and supported It is opinion
vith satisfactory reasons. Those who arc
tot familiar with her writings, who listened
o the lecture, will certainly fee) dispoeed
.o read her worka at Uie first opportunity.
Mrs. BrowninO was placed by the lecturer
n the third class of poets, but when it is
understood that he only gave the preoclenee
to about eeven names, only two certainly
in the first elaee, aneient and modern)
lod five in the second, and associated her
with such names aa Pors, Damns and Bvioi?,
one can appreciate hie very high eetiiinte
of her merits. Doctor B. thought no
Amorleau poet approached tills class.
Thero is no one of our acquaintance to
shoae learning, taste and judgement we woutd
tooner dofer, yet wo folt disposed to rebel
igalhst the authority of tUo lecturer when he
ailed to rank Mn.roa in the first class of
loots, tt is singular that most all critics, and
he world generally, only allow two or three
Irst class poets to hsvo ever lived ; all agroo
(million nn and Buakspbakk aro of that class,
ind with simo hesitation, Pasts is also nclordcd
tho situation. Critics rarely placo
it 11.tot among them, bat the vvStiiiuu i?.-oplo
lo. The authority of tho mass of intelligent
coders is suporior to that of any select few,
loworcr learned and groat. ITo who drew hit
aspiration from every elasic fonnt, end "Sl?
oiiin's brook that flowed fast by the Oracle
if tlod", who soarod, with no middle flight*
luivn Mm AnsimSan If' a*-* * "
?w.v ??V ??vw?mu muuui) |iumiIDg inHlgH 1111
then tinattcinpted In prose or rhyme, that he
ni^ht assert eternal porirdonce and Justify the
vaysof God (n man, displayed powers that faiiis
'd him to contend eucoesfuHy with the mightiest
>f the mighty for a plate In their rattle, and there
to Is, a fixed etnrin the poetic heavens, shining
with undiminished head ; and although twooth>t
greet once are shining lliem also, even With
inure varied corrusoations, there Mit.-rox will
tontintie to glow, aetar of the first tnagnitudo
Torever, unless God shall grant a now and improved
creation of human intellect.
Bala of the Goodlott Houe.
Tlie building formerly known by tbe above
name, lias recently changed hnnd*. It'll as
been purchased from the proprietor, Mr. II.
Ai.t.in Trrrrn, for the use of the Southern
Hiplist Theological Seminnry, established
at this place, for five thousand dollars, payable
in five years. The whole premises
will at once undergo a thorough repair, although
no part of the general arrangement
of the building will 1 e changed; after
which, it will 1.0 applied to the purposes
of the students in nttendonec upon the
chools of the Seminary, as residences, free
of cost to them.
Ic effecting the purchase of this property,
poor yoang men who are candidates for the
ministry, and are preparing at this place,
will be vastly benefited. Free tuition with
ao room rent to pay, the difficulties attend
ng the course of preparation required for
snlering thia useful and holy calling, will he
greatly lessened, and we know of none who
lake more interest in removing the obstacle*
of the indigent to an education, than the
|cnrned and pious gentlemen at the head of
llic Seminary.
The Freodman's Views.
We publish n communication tliis week
from s freedman, and we nre plained to see
[lie hearty disclaimer of any of the evil purpose*
which ho complains are attributable
? his race. If the negroaa are governed by
ight feeling and pood sense, they will enleavor,
in the u?e of political power, to pronote
their own interest by promoting the
ntoreat of the whole State. No good can
ome by listening to strangers who try to
uske them mistrust their white neighbors
?nd friends. The providence of Ood has
(iven them liberty; they should not enilavc
themselven to any patty, they nre interested
to keep pcaee and friendship
ivilli tljose among whom they live in the
W?nth. They are In a great minority, as a
whole, in the Sonthern States, all their in
terests arc here, they should not sutler
themselves to he made tools and fools of by
nen who run over the country and get up
political meetings on Sundays. Oood men
?nd true friends would not thus violate
lod's law, it seems to u?, doing evil that
jood may eomo. The Bible, that ^the writer
seems to respect, condemns such conduct"
By their fruits ye shall know them."
tw Next Tuesday evening's lecture he- j
ore the Literary Club will be delivered by
Ciofessor Joskto LkComftk, of the Sooth
Caroline ? - ??? .-- ?
uuujrcv, ~~ 1 llf l>OII j
formation," if we mistake not.
I?adiea *aif.
We learn that the ladles of the Baptist
^burch have in contemplation the holding
>f another Pair, In a short time, probably
within a few weeks. It will be held in the
3onrt Home, and will be, no doubt, a grand
ifT??ir, gotten up for the benefit of the
llittrth.
Tliia Fair will be preceded, by an Ice
>eam Saloon, making way for it. Howiver,
we will keep our town reeidere pos'd
in the progreaa of events.
Wat hat la Hotel.
Wehaveeome pleasant memories connectd
with the hotel of Mr. Rikmann at Wsthal
?. We hoard of hie fame as a good ho*t
ret through an accomplished and intellU i
ent lady who waa an invalid, who spent
im? little time at the establishment, years
go, and was highly delighted with Mr. (
ItRMAtn's management. Since then, we
eve oecaeionally visited the flouse.'and
ad onr piepossesriona fulfill d. See Ad- H
Discoicnt. , >
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thorough acqiri3inj|HfflnHH|^H|^H^H
m philosophers, sCHEFto^B^H^^HH
science m true or
ed to the idea of right, in
ancoincnt or foiling to nisei
grcsslvo ago. The iueid style,
of observation ahd praetioal bearing^gaBBBB
sent social, politioai and religions eoflfi?jHHH|
our country, makes ono Jwlsh thaM^^BH^Bj
have the oration in a mora tnngiblaJrg^ft3ME
read it again and again at his leastfjH
Por riia soutiikrr kkTampiua^^ jj
From the Freodmeil- j
Jtettrii Bditor*?Wq do not wish lo enter P
into any discussion about whoso Governraetot
this is, but wo would simply ask you to ^llow
us to corroet somo of tbo many tnisapprehen*
ions in rogar<l to us, in our now position.
Wo oannot soo how it is that a poopio with
whom wo hnvo lived so loug,oan now giro placo
to such visions of future troubles as wo bavo
scon exhibited in tho writings of somo of our
formor owners, for sUch Icars only areata a
morbid disposition that is not at all pleasant to
any of us, and it is poisonous to' our intcrosts
as long as wo livo together.
It will not b? asking too much if wo call
upon all to remember our eonduct in the past
or present, for tho world is looking with admiration
and wonder at as as a wholo,ovon if there
ore a few who do not do as wo wish them ; bat
you would not condemn the whole tree for tbo
sake of a lew dead branches ?
Wo leavo tbo quoetion of intellectual culture
for our children to provo to tho world, as the
chool house has boon openod to them. Time
alone is noedoif. Tho history of our forefathers,
wo think, baa nothing to do with as in
this country, for who can deny the fact that
we are living undor tlio gonial influences of religion?tho
emtio religion that raised tho Britons,
Scandinavians and Gauls, and made this
fair land what it is?
If the imitation of these Christian gentlemen
have partly civitircd us already, what will bb
tho results when wo havo tho whole force of
their instructions brought fo bear upon us?
Tho intellectual machinery of this nation can
polish tho darkest intellect, and we are not at
war with it, liko the Indians. We think that
wo can safoly say that not only the African, bat
the Chinaman, or any other heathen nation, can
be raised to tho highest state of eirilisat on in
this country, if thoy are not excluded from our
institutions of learning, and from tho rights of
mon, living under a Republican form of Gov
eminent.
As regards oar origin, wo tbink it safor to
tako tho word of God for our guide in this
matter than to tnko Prof. Agasslx's opinion,
or tboso who believe wtita him. We hevo been
taught by gentlemen of known piety and
intelligence to say "our God,"and" onr Father
who art In heaven," and we still bolievo it.?
But where thete gentlemen got this new and
strnngo doctrine from, is bard to tall. What
a wonderful discovery for the nineteenth eootury
this is!
Bat Wo choose rather to beltcro Messrs.
Bnist. Fonnan, Arthur, Broadas, Boyee, and a
host of others, than to believe those who are
not Christians, for they all taught us to say
" onr Father." We do honestly bolieve that
if San Doiningo bad had the saino number of
men in it who feared God as this country has,
there never would have bocn any sueh n fosrful
tragedy, unless they suffered themselves to
be led by new doctrines instead of the Holy
llible. Tboso places named by the fearful,
never bad tho light that we onjoy, and they
ought nevor to be once named by any in comparison
with our fair land, now teeming with
sehrill] houses and ohurehes, and, tho'best of
all, a living, active Christianity, shedding its
refining light on us all. How groundless ore
those fears, soon by false prophets in the distance,
hut they will die without tho sight eoming
nny nearer. But we would ssy to those
who aru thus troubled, that if we thought that
their sentiments were the true sentiments of
tho whole pftople, wo would propose - a
wholesule emigration to the load offered us by
the government, that thoy may rest in peace,
for we want to enjoy our newly given sights
as quietly as possiblo, and we don't think it a
wiso plan for any ono to wish thoumelves dea l
on oar aceount, for the World is wide enough
for us all. Any hew, we will see to it that
there "will be no war of races, for it always
takes two partlos to make a fight, and we will
not begin Orst, but retnembor, that "as yo
would that men showid do unto you, do ye or en
so to thorn."
What hu been said by many nboat u? filling
all the State office*, in at fabulous at a
fairy tale got up in one's owu bead. For,
while we want tho State to bars ail its necessary
officers, we do not desire to fill them all
ourselves; and such a statement at that published'
in your last issnn will only creato malice
against us, without a eause. Wo want good
men to rule us, but we nevor have said black
or white men, for that is a question that will
sottle itself; but we will try to put men in office
who are trying to make a permanent peace
for all men who love equal rights, and will not
sow seeds of strife and discord.
If friendship and peaee can grow oat of suoh
abusive and wrathful expressions as we have
seen eorning from the pen of Mr. l'erry and
others, (against the poor freedmen,) they will
be the first evil seeds that ever brought forth
good fruit. But we will say of them, as y..u. I
(aid of the Jew*, "t'other, forgive them, for
they know not what they do."
Wo would any, lAstly, that wo hope that
tho?o who hare taught as to beHere that Ood
lathe Father of ua all, will notnow treat uaaa I
though wo really hnd a different origin, but ,
will bewaro of atrange doctrinet. (
May the fearful tako freah courage, and rest j
in pcaee, and may the riaion of aagre rut'
never diaturb their ailent aliimbora. '
If wo do right, Ood will aond ua proaperity, I
and thle fair land will arise and (Line with a (
toanty never teen before. Dot, for Ood'a take, (
l int try to nj?pree* ua on acoonat of what the
;ovcruineut has douo for ua, or for ?nr eolor. '
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?m ?x?li^pippip|nBBpBH9B|^MnB
learn toVHHHN^^WJQpN^HHgflHpflHBS
realiae a much larger share of sfnaplaw^p^^^^^
nosa, in practicing a new system of doraestld
oconomy. ' LATB BBGINHKB.
XOh TBS BODTflRRB *!?TBKP*ISII.
Meeting of the Greenville Bar1At
a meeting of the Bar, held upon the act-*
journment of the Court of Equity this morning,
(twelfth of July,) on motion of Judge
Campbell, Governor Perry waa roqucated tcf
prcrido and Wm. E. Earle to net aa Secretary.
Gon. IV. K. Baslcy presented the fallowing
preamble and resolutions:
WifknaAR, the preaont term of the Conrt U
the first at whieh bis Honor Chancellor Leseano
baa presided in- this place ; and, whereaa, wo
desire to express our appreciation of the abfo
and efficient manner in whieh be bti conducted
the business of his court; therefore,
lttoolved, by the Greenville Bar, That the
elevation of Mr. Leskshb to the .Chancery
Bench has secured to tho people of the State
an ablo and efficient jndioial officer, whose
Ifcafning, dcumon and ability will make plain
the intricacies of the law, while his courteous
manners adorn the U?noh, and make pleesaat
tho administration of tW Law.
lUtnlvtH, That a copy of this Preamble and
Resolution bo presented to liis Honor, and
that they be published in tho newspapers of
tho Town. B. P. PiRRY,
Chairman.
Its. E. Eatm/*, Secretary.
44* u-fc
firrpuss rnon TsxitSss'sa.?>We find thb
following letter, dated SbclbyriUe, Ten be sees,
4th instant, In tho Charleston Newt:
Mn. Kkitoh: Tennossoo and Georgia haro
mndo several millions bushels of wheat, and
there is a largo corn crop to bo made yot. Tbo
rfpinton is, oorn will sell at forty cents per
bushel this fall. Tho com crbp WilT bo larger
than it has been for twenty years, add, if the
seasons arc favorable from this out, all will be
right.
Tennessee, in 1844, made more corn tfcart
any State In tho Union, and this yeaf she will
do the same. Onr Southern railroads, if thsy
do their duty, will hare as mosb floor, wheat
and com to carry down South as they possibly
can do. But If they persist In the present
prohibitory rates, tho produoe will bare to go
elsewhere. Lincoln County, in thie State, wUl
make more corn than tho whole State of Georgia?and
whisky, too. There are 125 distilleries
in Linooln County.
Now, if our railroads will do as jtikUoe, Wo
can got a large trado from Ooorgia.and Tehnossoc.
The frioghrt on flour from Nashville
to Cbareston, 500 miles, Is $2.75; frees Nashville
to Now York, 1,250 miles, $1.7#. Flouf
can be (hipped from Nashville to Charieeton,
via Now York, 2000 miles, Tor $2.10.
In eoneluslon, I will say that the wbolo
Southern States havo and will make mora
wheat and corn than they hare since America
has been a country. Q. A. NEUFFBR<
PsniosAt ArriAKtici of tee poem?a
correspondent at Rome describes tie personal
appearance of tho Pope:
" I mot him tho other day, on the Via Angelina,
a pieasent shady street that rear eat
North nndor the wells of the Vatican, wttero
he had gone, as Is his wont, to take an ?*#ing
drive. He generally drives oat between $
and A o'clock, goes out a few hundred rods,
end then dismounts and walkr. I saw htm
walk over e mile, and then be' disappeared
from sight, still walking, while Mr earrthg*
followed slowly on behind. He welhf shbllit
totter peculiar to old age, and yet with tei a
little rapidity anil energy. I am. bound to any
Plus IX bar tho plcasantest face I have aaen
in Europe; fair good natnre amounts almost to
a weakness, and his hesitation la Mid to
givo bis councillors much tronblt."
A Narrow Escape.?At NRahvHfev
on lbs 17th instant, tho telagraph opa*>
rators narrowly escaped with their foot,
so violent wera the nasbee of electricity.
Tb?
A uo jumiiivr
Most of the instrument!) were Mt?d
by being cut out, The infctniibrtte
connected with the wire lending \&
Memphis bed not been cut, end the op*
erator, Mr. tionergan, ?u transmitting
messages to that point, but fortooaloly
had opened bis u key," thereby brcelling
the circuit, to ask a question regard*
ing a message. Doubtless hie life wp*>
thus providentially spared. Ae it vwa?
he received a stunning shook, sterling
back in terror and araasomeal at the
blinding Hash and stunning report, end
tffqrding no little am overwent to his
comrades by endeavoring to back drnr
he next table. From tbe braae points
in tbe ewileh-board, lightning streamed
tix or eight feet into the room, enneiug
? general stampede and scatter afeonf
he " lightning boys." Outeida of th*
flice, a ball of Are about a foot [a di->
imeter was seen to leap from on# wire
e another, a distance of several feet.