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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 1#. IMS.
Tb? Colored Men of Oreenvtlla and the
Demoorntio Party.
Ronio of the eoloro^ men are voting the
1 Democratic ticket, and we predict jfent before
very long hundreds of tho mnro'Intelligent
among then will support tho tame party The
Dotuocraoy ha* been always the most enlightened
friends of liberty and justice to all classes,
and the negros have sense enough to know,
many ?i them, that it wou't do to trust a par.
t* that aims to put them abero the white people,
by making tho blaek population rulers of
the 8tato) that if raised to such a height, a
fill must bo the consequence. All tbnae colfored
men -who expeet to be imhiittrioua and
mako property, do not wish the tlovernmont of
.the State to be In the banda of any class who
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pay no tuxes, and have no property to pay on ;
they, aa well aa white moa, do not deelre to be
the taxpayera of taxlayers, who are not tax- '
payer*. Such ij the Government offered to
South Carolina by the Radical Republican
P*r*7???
Striking off White Voters.
Yesterday morning we were natounded on
boing told by a friend, one of the )arge*t and
beat farmer* of tho District, who had never
taken an oath of office in hia life, that when he
went to vote he found hia name stricken off
the list, becnuae he had nnee acted aa Commissioner
of the Poor! lie alao informed u*
that nnothor white man, of exeellcnt eharne- '
ter, a reaidont in thl* Town, had hi* name '
stricken off, beeauac ho bad made salt in time
of tho war ! ! It i* astonishing. Who
did it or advised it? Can any good exenae bo
furniehed lor striking off a man who never
took an oath of office, and for striking off from
the privileges of a freeman another man because
he made salt in time of the war. Why
net atrlko offovery whitemnn nt once. Surely*
there Is a?mc mistake, hut tho military may
have so ordered; if so no 6???/y ia to blame.
Hegistration in Grconvill?.
Wo last week espresm-d the opinion of
many that tinfairnea* had bacn practiced liy
. . the regioter*, or aotna of them", in tht* uintrlet,
In not giving newapaper notice of the
time ami placa of rr opening the ragiMrrc
hook* and al*o for not opening the liook* nt
Greenville.
W> here 1 een informed by one of fh#
Register*. whom re ki'ow lo be ft correct
m?n, end good eitlxen, that the whole mat.
' ler wa* conducted according to the law laid
down lo them. They only Imd th? right to
o| en the hook* ?t tlie center of eaeli battalion
in tho DUtrlct, and no right to ndrertice
in the ncwapapcrs, unleM at their own
individual expenao.
The nbore explanation ia'due to th? register*.
The great fault I* in tlie
exceedingly arbitrary and unfair law* and
the mdera under* under which they have
acted, ot which a Helical Cotigreaa ia the
fouti tain.
Impeachment.
The defonre of the Pretidcnt has bean entered
into before the Penate, Mr. Cnnri*, one
of hi* rounial, made the opening sp.acrb. flan.
Thomas ha* !>?cn examined on the part of the
defenoe. l^rttor writer* are now expressing ,
doubt* a* to the final result, hut the general
opinion teem* to be at ill that tho Radical* will
convict and remove the l'restdrnt. What the^ 1
do, It moy be well for them to do quickly.?
Thia great matter will be the turning point in
American hiatory. If the Provident i* now removed
for party reasons, wa may expect instability
and Mexican revolution* to bo com*
rnou thing* hereafter in thego United Plate*.
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Negro Suffrage in'Mlehigan.
Tho constitution giving univorial sufTrngo
to nerroet iu Michiiran. ha* hern dofrntod l>v
thirty thousand majority. Michigan i* one of
the moat Republican and Radical States of tho
Northwest. This shows what the Radicals
think of the whito trash and negroes of tho
South. Tho Union roon and Loyal League*
of the South aro Just fit to ho governed br '
nsgroos, but the Radicals themselves aro not
willing to allow so inurh as a vote to the miserable
scattering negro population iu their own
StaUa. i
Governor Orr in Greenville.
His Excellency, Oovernor Ona arrived at
Greenville, on Monday evening, to attend a
fowling of the Directors of the Greenville ami
Columbia Rail Road, and remained in Town
on Tuesday. Wo take from tho Columbia
/ fcrrnrV a communication laudatory of Governor-Own.
Tho Governor has lately received
considerable ohliqny from tho Press, and
should ho not likewise receive occasional commendation
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Turn Oat and Voto.
All who have not voted, ami are entitled
to do so, should turn out at once, to-day, and
to-morrow, and do their duty. What la
ithat doty t I?oea or onn it be poswibla that
any unbiassed person ean think that it is
their duly to put lbs .Stale under tha flov
eminent of I lie 1 >la<*k rnn J??r?ly f
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Free Ec'iool in Greenville.
Our t<'Hd?r?, ''I"' "uranlvea, hue? dotlhtle*#
icnined with greet nfl?(teli?e, th? *ucce**fnl
ritbrrription of f?..' 00 by flic eilixen* of Ih?
Town iuoI * few |> *of>* of tho Pirtriot Outride
'>f it* iiniit*. M'e Iruxt ami holier? that thin
i* flu- foMHiietlow 'tw? of ft permanent nyitem ?
of Irnr C f >f ibe Town, $3,.'>00 ere
TlAw nr.n..? ?? ft fund to a any on the *y?4(-HI
for |2 Month*, Ami arrangements will l*e
in mil* i*. Juo time to continue it.
Tli"_'4. whe hat? not n'i*<*rilH>'l yet, we
hope m ,-l rt^pond to the request ef the Con*.
H minlomr* itnl contribute coni'-thin^ to aid in
the ?-gtm e*pen*p? Incident to ft commencement,
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f/~ Attention i? oel'cl to the oolite of
th.- So A'dir Clut", wlio wi!| yire am enterI
:iii iriniit At the ('curt lionee FrUny night '
i very l might to go. The young men i 1
trtcrve coniiiutflKtion for their |iuhlie
epiiit, Wr intend to g% fttid will giy? thrwi
ft ftoli'** to *1 ?' i k t
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Another Republican Meeting-*-Speechaa ?|
. in vhe Oou>t Bodm- 1,
On Monday Kfenlog, Mr. Sawta* and
fuUDf "Macker and R.O. DiLiiioi and R<vr.
R. H. CAta also made ipercbti to a eonildiratile
collection ef ertlored people and a few
white*. We learn alao that Uer. T. D. ti win, C
Democrat, addressed the orcwd. W* hare re- u
ceived no a|>ecial report of what waa said. \Vr f<
were aot al io to attebd and alt vnt the meet- n
ing, and if we had done so would not undertake t
a full report of what waa aatd and done. The
erening war very cloudy and raining, and we
heleive the meeting waa rather thin, and a
portion of it Democrats aa woll aa Republican*.
Wo hardly think that the enterprialafc speaker*,
who csnie so far to -eultgliton the tlrcou- g
ville folk*, accomplished much hy the under* f,
hiking. Vfe douSt If any 7<?tea were changed. |
The Suction In South Carolina. 1
Bufure our paper can reach plie?r remote *
frarn Greenville, tlie Election# will be over, i
end it will be known whether while men a
end eeneible negroea ere to have (bell right* o
and llberliee ? governed by the ignorant *
masses of late alerea and the office seeker* 1
from abroad. *. .
A Plasnrs. i
It la a pleasure for ua, at all timos, to be
able to lay bofore our rcadors atstomonts thai t
will be of advantage to tlicin, for wo take a t
very great Interest in tbelr prosperity. . Tbb t
statement* that we now allude to, have refer- n
enco to tlio new atoclcs of spring good* being <j
receivod and openod by our dtffercnt mer- . t
ebante. At will bo seen by our eoluinna, Mr, t
Ilovav la not behind any of bis colleagues, n
and ao informs bis numerous friends. Mr. II.'a a
store hna fhr yeara past boon regardod aa tl>*
lading' store, and, some bow or other, fbr an af- k
tiule to come through IIovkt'k bands gives l* t
an additional value with tbe ladies. It being e
" the IvJiet' store," all we have to do is to tell I
thorn that his shelves aro full. I
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Dissolution of O 'partnership.
The firm of wai.tkw ? \v K*tm?iiKi.Axr> has
baan dissolved. TUo b'laiunss will be carried
on I>r. J. W. Mono ax and Dr. Jaaaa M. ,
WrHTWarlAsn, who have entered Into copartnership.
They will occupy the old stand,
aud will keep up a full stock of drugs. Success
to thriu.
rnn Tint aouiitaax kntruprisk.
Co-operation 8tore
7o tJi* ff?riM?r? ?*?// lfas.Ae.a.a'-a /I??
_ ... v. ?v VJ uimnur (I
/hatrict, *>d othrrn : tl
Who lire (lie men that need help ?t thin tl
timet In it tlie men that. ere full handed1 *<
if it the #pecu'alor ? or i# it the Termer* end ?
mechanic# of your Diftrict, end men of *
mall mean#! Who ere the men that make "
? eotlntry rich T It U the men tliet go to n
wtU, end not the peculator. The fermer 111
mid mechanic (to the work, the merchenl ^
ell* thcin good*, and the lawyer collect#?
Why #houhl not thie exprnee tie *ev#d, and |a
divided with lite farmer* end mechanic*!
Ily uniting our in tercet, we can make our j
country whet It onee *??, I have ecen ,
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and felt the benefit of a few farwere unit*
ing for each other# benefit, and I feel it my (i|
duty to do ell I een for myeelf end my tl
neighbor#. W ho have the tax to pay t The
woikicg men; and ehouhi not that cl??e t?
unite together for each other#' l?e#tollt T It Ii
a man cae eave money hy helping hi* m
neighbor, doe* tie-not benefit both hlmeclf b;
and hi# neighbor f n<
My propoeitlon ' % I hi#: That the farmer*
and mechanic# of thle Dixlrict unite and ^
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make, by e joint ?tnck. and bare a etor* et ^
Greenville Court Mouse, for their own lieu
tl
cfit, which will be known a# the " Farmer#'
end Mechanic#' Store" It will he for the (l
In-fir Mi or ell the etockholder# I em *ati?- jj
liisliiiti ik.? ... a?i *- f '
- ?= - i iur iiumirtn lArmrrt anil t!
mechanic* in thin District that will lake ?
from twenty to filly dollar* apiece, when o
they *ee the benefit and tho money they *i
will aftve. A good and gafe manager ic
firrt needed, which I know we can get,? i1
Twenty dollars fr>m each stock lio\l?r?**y '
li\o hundred?make* $10,000, which will *'
make n good heghtning. Wa mu?t hare a "
Jfloil eleik. Rents and tnaea arc to lie 11
paid, a per cent, levied to oover tho above u
mentioned e*pen?es, and each stockholder ^
can gel hi* supplier nf co*t atid carriage;
gay t?*n or fifteen per rent., or just Ortongh
to defray expenses. And then yon will ?cw ^
and feel the difference between fifteen per j
root. and fifty or on# hundred. If it i* j
fifty, and one atoekholder spends one him- o;
lied dollara for hie family, von gee?you ?
readily *ec?Hhe difference 'bet we*n fif? ???? ii
and fifty. There are thirty-five dollar* g|
awed; and ray there are five hundred ei
>toekholder*, would gave at tha game rate* a
icventi'on thousand and fifty dollar*; and l>
why ahould we not rave that anionnt
unonpst ourselves? You men, that rairo d
>orn and hogs, when yon come* to your own a
gent, he ean gi?e you tha c**h price f?r ft
pour produce, and lot yon hava your good* T
tl co*t and carriage, if you ore a stuskhoM- 0
r. The Mine with thoae that rai*n cotton. *'
V'onr ag?nt can hoy your ?alt, iron, lio-a **
tnd lugging, by the quantity, much cheap
?r thaii you can hy the amall By uniting ^
n thi* way, w? will gave, at tlie least eat- ^
lulalion, $ftO,tK?0 a year am-aget the farm ^
iri. HnH in a t*m wAa?a "u* * "
tappy ettret In t?*"* IMatriet. It U to ha *
mati transaction w-ith all. We can select
o)
hree or four men to examine the hooks,
iml see tlint Ilia business ia properly Conluetcd.
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1 |iave talked with at least, one hondred c<
n?n in ihia 1 >inii!? ?, and they say it I* Just *'
what we want, and that they ara read;*,
tiui sill take stock at onee* and pay the
hi
none/, an l p??t the thing in motion, to we
art get the >?-r.rftt of eaeh otltere etiiMli '
took, that ii required to do eo mnch good
n a com mo i<ity. |ln? mapy wtdoWa that m
lewd jual inrh a store aa this, and they or ^
ny one else may participate, and all ^
toehlio'dera will fare elike, and aeeornmo- |M
late others ?t a low rate for cash. I do |g
tope ilint every good farmer, large and ra
mail, will e?me up to hia own interest at Ti
nee, and save more than donhle His slock ' l><
Ills t anr, ami when tlila is nsderwteod, and ' le
4 a ' * % " *
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umtnmrify " " before a Jnpllc* of Ikt Pmw, or
*Mrr ojflctr, authorised hy Itw, on Information
inder oath, without indictment or lntervon.
ion of a Grand Jury." Can any thing ba mora
lespotio or alarming, than tho power of an
gnorant, vicious nagro Juntica to fine and
inpriaon any and every man in the State f
Suction 21, Enables the Legislature to anboriso
and empower any one, a police or lulllia
officer, to suspend tho law* of tlie Stnto or
be execution of the laws ] The Constitution
if tho United States limits tbo suspension
f the writ of habeas corpus hy Cungreu, even
n cases of rebellion or invnsioni. Itnt here
be whole laws or the State, in time of poacp<
nay bo suspnuded by some worthless ir.lulop,
uthorisud by tho Legislature !
Suction, 25, Autliorir.es the General Assam,
dy to subject any one to murliml / ??-, or to
he pains and penalties of martial law, when*
iver they think proper. This infamous power
a given tho Legislature under the guise, too, of
protecting personal rights. It seems to hove
ieen suggested by the minority of tho Eu
ireme Court's disrooting opinion in Milhgen's
ase. Tbey held that Congress could authorso
the trial of n nVurn by a military court.?
'ho frnmere of this Constitution did not Irtmill
to leave the legislative power doubtlul in
his particular.
Sr.rtioji 28, Clearly and distinctly empowers
nd nuthorir.es the Legislature to keep up nnd
inintnin n ttnndiny nrmy in tier of ynct !?
'his alarming power, is given, too, most adt>1tly,
Under the protroce, that armies boing
angerous to liberty, ought not to ho mainlined
in tiino of peace "wi/eowt the con?< *! of
in Gmnrmf Amrmhly The purpesn of this
pction is to enable the Legislature to keep up
regular force of five or ton thousand negro
ildiers to suppress and keep in subjection the
liito race, after the United Statoe forces ere
imeved from South Harolina ! The Constlitton
ef the United States expressly prohibit,
-,y State " keeping troops or ships of war in
me of peace." Hut this Constitution deciavee
may be done with the oonsent of tho Lvgisdure
!
Farnoe 2 of Ahticls 4, Provide* that the
ndgea of tlie Puprenje Court shall be elected
ir $ix yr.nrt, an 1 section 1J of the aarna aril,
e -ordain* thai circuit Judge# ahall hold their
dice for " a term of four year#." Tbl* clef oya
the independence of (he Judiciary, and
lakes them political partisan* with all the
mpta'iou* and corupfiona of politiciana.?
d order to secure their re election, tLoy
iu*t become subservient to the Legislature,
j whom they are to be re-elected, Thoy will
id Jure to docido an act of the lifgislalure
Dconatitutional, nor will they venture to op.
n?e their judicial opinion* to any popular
trrcni which may be sweeping ovor the Htato.
fhilat the Judge* of Knglsnd were in coin
tiaaion during the pleasure of the Cfown.
ley wcro alw.iye a tyrant's tuenoula. Here,
jfore the Judiciary of thi* State elocted fof
fe have alwaya been abovo reproach, and
!ieir ermino hn* never been aulllrd with a
Lain of suspicion. Honceforth the Judiciary
f South Carolina wilt bo a# corrupt and as
iibyerrlent as tho ltadica) Party itself.
Skcvtost 22, tlivo# Justine* of the Pcaco
irisdiction ill eases of bastardy and alt conTacts
and torts aa high as one hundred do|ira.
This will open tho flood gates of litiga'
ion and keop the peoplo in constant excitetent
and comtnntion. Pettifoggcr* will spring
p all over the State to disturb the peace and
uiet of tbo community. Ignorance sod preidioe
will ho ailtiog In jiidgiueuton the right*
nd liberties of the people.
Hrctio.s 2d, Itauios the Judges the right of
barging juries in respect to matters of facts !
n most cases tried io our Courts, it is absolute,
r necessary for the Judgrflo analyse tho facta in
rder for the juries to properly understand them
nd give a correct verdict. This will be more
nperativo hereafter when our former slnves
tiall (> pitting on these jurio*. In coin pi Iated
civil chip, before a stupid, ignorant jury
nder this restriction, tbo trial by jury will
e a mockery of justice.
Prcrto* 33, Takes from the Legislature all
iscretlon as to the adoption of tlio proposed
menilniont of the Fodoral Constitution, clissnehising
the people of South Carolina.?
his infamous amendment, repudiated by
bio, California, New Jersey and even Mnssahanctts,
was suhinittod by Congress to the
>?eraf .State Legislature* for their adoption
r rejection, as to them should seem proper
hey were to judge of It* merits and derido
>r themselves. Rut this sociion swears them
store hand to adopt It, whether wise or un<
iae, just or anjust I '
PrrTin.t 34, Declares null and rotd all roa acta
for the purchase of slaves. In violation
r the Constitntton of the United Stales,
kick declare* that no fttat* ?hnll pin* any
w impairing tbo obligation of contract*.?
hi* ?octl?n wtii in ten i le<l ?* a fraud and ?1oiption,
a bribe, to induce the people, owing
ich ilohtx, to rote for tho Constitution. ft i*
nullity, and will bo an declared by the Feded
Court*. Dirt tl?l* will ho after the cheat
is bad It* effect*, and accomplished It* purre?.
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Bartta* 2 or Annri.^H, Enfranchise* arery
ale uoyro orer the aye of twenty one,
bother a convii't, felon or a panpor, and dl?an<hi*e?
esery white man who haa hetd office
l.PoMth Carolina. Intelligence, vlrtne and
itrlotlsm are l? give place, in all etectlena, to
noranoa, stupidity and trlea. The on potior
co ie to be niade subservient to tb* inferior.
?xatlon and repreeentatton are no longer to
i united. They who own no properly are to
*9 all laser, and wake all appropriation* 1
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'. ' 'r rv9.-rx^ -- ' r r|y, r-rrr~ihera
lb? lotitflt, tliay will ??y, I
kit* alock t Ym, yoo may.
*Your# RaapactfullJ,
A PLOUQHMAff.
la not thla a mote In tho tight direction?
9l?r.>? t That ta the tuggctllon
1 "Ploughman." It will not t>? long l e>r?
viaetlting of the kind ia introduced in
tany town and country' loeulittee, alio
bruugliout tha Stat*.
FOR TI1K aol'THKnR KNTKRPniFB.
The Yankee Negro Constitution.
Sbctioo 10, Of tba Declaration of ltighti,
Una JiiatlM* ?r P.... l-.l~lt.i1-a. -f .11 ?f.
*noea, Um than felony, and In whtob the pun.
hmerit doe* not exceed a One of one hun.
Ired dollar*, or imprlaonmrnt for thirty day*,
"hi* la a jjro** inraatoh of that boa*t andbulrark
of Angle Saaon liborty, mi rnUL ?r
vnr. Any one may he arroated and " trittl
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The property holder* have U pay thwM tax or, 1
without having any vote* la levying these l
The maquHoM Will be, -In effort, coi>n*ca-1
Hon. Tho appropriations to Support fro*
seboola for the edueetlon of negro children,'
fbr. the rapport of old negroes In the poor'
houses, en (tithe videos in jails end the Pencil
a ry, together with a Mending army of negro
fold lore, will be crushing end utterly ruinous
to the State. Every men's property will here
to be sold to pdy bis taxes.
.Suction }, Expressly prohibits the Legislature
passing toy lew depriving e oo.irV't of
leraOny of the right of suffrage. It was apprehended
that lu e few yeere a Urge proportion
of the negro voters might be convicted of
larceny, aud the Radical party thereby shorn
of their strength In ell electtous. Hut is it
not most shamefal, tbet in forming e Constitution,
cars should bo teksn to prsvsAt rogues
fTom being disfranchised, whilst the same caution
is exsreisod to exclude the most Intel!!gent,
virtuous end patriotic from the right of
suffrage). It would seem that the purpose of
the fTamers of this Constitution was to found
a community of rogues and paupers In SouthCarolina
I And so astute have they been in
carrying ntU their purpose that they provide
itl Scctinll 11 tliiet all wltn kava wlwtnilv K?en
convicted of/?fc>njr aboil ba ftlhrwod to rota!
Sscrioa 2 or Auric t?a 9, Prohibits tbo
legislature from levying ft poll tax of mora
than one dollar on each parson, and declares
that tbla tax aball be applied cxclualvaly to
tbe public school fund I And no additional
poll tax ahull be levied by any municipal cor.
porntlon I In other words, tbo property tnuat
pay till the tnxea of tbe government, and per*
aooa aball pay nothing fur their protection of
lifo and liberty. The Idon la tbat the vagraftts
and rogues are to bo|u aort of nofcfrsse, exempt
from taxation, as was tbo eaee of tbe arlstoeracy
in France previous to tbe French Revolution.
Tn order to secure the echool fbnd, Section
15, Authorises the Legislature to punish those
who ma/ eniheaete It by declaring thorn disqualified
for holding any office of honor or
emolument tn thia State. Rut, then, true to
their purpose of vesting all polities! power In
the hands of suih persons, it provides in tbe
Snmo section, that tbe General Assembly, " hy
a two-third vote, may rcmovo the disability
upon payment la fnll of the principal add luterest
of tlie sum erahexalrd If a man has
stolen inqn^ from tbe public he mny still bold
nfAro under tho Governinont If he will "give
np like a gontleinen " tbe money stolen !!
Sscnoi Id, Provides that no debt contract,
cd by this State in bobnlf of the late rubollWm,
in wholo or in.part, shell ever be paid. M'hy
should the non-property holding negroes, yankecs
and Southern renegades in tbo Conventurn
prohibit the property lioldor from paying
those dahts if they see proper to du so,
and preserve untarnished the honor of their
State, This wsr debt was contracted with
honest creditors, many of them widow# and
nrphans, end why should it not be paid ? Tbe
property holders, who assembled in Convention
in IMA, and who would have to pay tbia
debt, never thought of repudiating it.
Sarrine 2 or Antirt.n 10, Establishes a
uniform System of free public schools throughout
tho State, and provides for tte division of
the Stats into sehool districts. This will do
vary well in New England, where they have a
,l?.. L..S I. _K.lt- > --
he sparse population of Runth Carolina. In
many of tho School TH?: riots, four mile*
square, there will not he a ohiM to he educated,
"In a majority of Ihem there will no*
ho children enough to mako a respectable
ohool. The expense of such a system will
ht at leant one million of dollar*. It contemplate*
auil furcae tlio education of tha white
and black children in the same echovl. This,
no one, who lias any regard for the morale,
manner* and future r*?portability of bl* cliil.
dren, will tolerate. They who are able may
employ privata tutor* for their eons and
daughter*, hut tho poor children will hare
no alternative but to go to tboae school* or be
uneducated.
Sxonox 4, Make* it compulsory /or nil
children between the age* of ail and sixteen
to attend school for two yeara. This compulaory
r/stcm may suit the (renin* of a despotic
government like Prussia, hut la at war with
tho spirit ef our free institution*. Thete are
inany parent* who sri not able to spare the
services of tlioir children at home, and many
other* who are not in a condition to furnish
their children with suitahlo clothes and books
for their attendance at these school*. At least
a parent should be permittod in ? free rcpuhlicnu
country te govern hi* own hou*obo|d
and determine for himself what it best for
bim to do. In ordor to support these school*,
a poll tax of en* dollar per head is to betevled^
which might raise one hundred thousand dollars.
This would tear* nine bnndred thousand
dollar* to be paid by taxation of property.
8ecriox 8, Provides for the establishment
of Htste reform schools for Jarenite offendors.
This Is a new *y?tctn to he Introdneod.in
Mouth Carolina, and of very doubtful
policy. It wil'i certainty add hnndreda of
tbousands ol dollars to our taxation- XII
the public schools, college* and universities In
the Stale are by Section 1? to be free and
open to all the children, without regard to raee
or color. There aocins to be a etodiod design
throughout nli the provisions of tbie moil infamous
Ounatitution to degrade the white race
and alerate the black raee, to force upon o*
social u well ae political equality and bring
about an amalgamation of rucea.
flncnoa 6 or -Annci-a II, Foreaa aaeb
County to provide for the support of^the aged,
infirm and nnforlunate. It doea not require
children to aapport their aged, infirm or nnfortunatc
parent#, nor parent# to prorido for
their ehildren, but tbie heavy and moat enormous
burden is to be thrown on lite public and
provided for by taxation.
Heretofore South Carolina baa pursued a
wiae policy la refuaing all divoeees. The marriage
contract ie not like that of any other,
which the partiee may reacind at please re.
without injury to aochity. There ie a third
party. Inaocent and helplees ehildrea, who are
doepty Interacted ia^all dkvoreea. Moreover, It
tend# to demoroliae every oemmeaity where
it la allowed er tolerated. Hut fleet ion 4
glvaa the Conrta power to grant divorce#.?
Tbie aeotion waa intended, perhapa, for the as- .
pedal benefit of lb# negroaa. It eaght also
to havo legaliaed polygamy, which has libewUa
great favor with this class ot people.
The settlement of a wife's property, provided
for In flection ft, might have beea 1?/l to
T <t *
the discretion and thflom of tor*. I
It U on experMwot, aad'if found jmlscheviuus
WWtilM, the Legislature ought U lrnve tbo
power of changing or alterlaig (bo law. Bat I
this ordinary net of legislation has boon lneor- ^
poratad la tbo Constitution at A ftindauiaaU)
lair, not to bo re prated.
Attached to tbia Constitution, are severe'
ordinances, and nuittngst tb?u> ouo ?|)ich ttpudiatea
art pledger of fbitb and credit, on tho g
pert of the State, to any corporal leu or prl*
rat# Individual, inado ainoe 1850. TM honor ^
and credit of South Carolina, bar good fbitb
and most aolotnn pledges, are thus treated aa
of no consideration, whatever. ltut this ordl- p
nance Is on a par with that dishonor, despotism,
and unscrupulous extravagance, -which
pervade (be whole Con*tltutIon, And ere worthy j
?f the i<?fauioua aouroe wbano* the Instrument
mi iia origin, , ( 4 *
The ordinance to create a Board of Larnl I
Ceooiuieajonora, authoriaea the porch*** of
land* for the purpose of eellhig them oat ia S
small tract a to purchasers on a credit. Thia
wild and rulnouc achome la, likewise, for the
nogroe*, and la likely to heneftt no one, exoept F
the land commissioners and their friend*.?
State stuck* are to be leaned for the purpose of
pnrchasing theae land*. They may be Suid( ]
bat tbe purchaser* will never pay for them,
and the loai will altlmately fall upon the
State. Did any one ever before hear of ao i
many effective proeialona for squandering
public money, when tbe whole State, and alf
the people in it, are reduced to baakrnptey ]
and poverty J Well may thoae, who have
nothing ?nd pay no taxee, provide fur theaa
vaet expenditure* of public fund', after I
appropriating'tq thein*elvc* cloven dollar* par
day and mileage, and dividing out all the
officcsof the Stat*. They have appropriated to ]
themselves every office except that ?f Governor,
which they generocily beatowed on a cltlcen
of Ohio. Some are to b* (lulled State*
Sanator*, Members of Congre**, Secretary of
Slate, Adjutant and Inepector General. Ae.,
dr., other* are to All Dletriet office*, and th* ,
remainder become member* ol the liijiil*tare.
Tt tlii* Constitution vm all that virtue, Intelligence
and patrlelifin evuld deetre, no *en '
sible and botiorable man could vote for It, en
account of the tninrpcd and polluted tourc* ^
whence it spring*. Without axooptlon, the
Convention wai composed of rcnegad# Southern
white*, yankee adventurer* and negroee,
rcpreacnting only tba colored population of "I
the State. It inuat remain in all time to come,
a hgdgc of South Carolina** diihonor and .leg- V
riulotiuu, and especially the dishonor and in.
fnmy of every oue who vote* for it* ratification.
It will be a brand of infamy which will 1
(tick to hi* descendant* in the third and
tottrtb generation.
We should not derpalr, however, although '
tbi* block Constitution may he saddled on us.
It I* Impossible that such a government can
continue, and the day must com*, when tbe **
State will be redeemed from Hadicali*niby the
virtue, intelligence, patriotism and manhood '
of her son*. 1). Y. l'K KKT. 1
Far the Southern Enterprise.
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Orncr. .r School CoMKtaatoacaa \ h
Fen tub Tow* or OpiR.uvti.i.n, >
April 8th, IMA. J
The Cointnieaionera lake pleaaure in repart- &
iug (bat Ilia amount of twaoty-flre hundred
dollnra baa be?n aubecribed for Publio Kduealion,
in accordance with the plan adopted at
lha Publie Meeting, Maroh 23>1.
Tba kubarHptione ara now therefore binding,
and nil aubroribara ara requeeted"te call at tba .
office of tba Traaaurar. (at Mr. H. Biattii'i
atore,) and pay tba irat initaltnent of ona
fourtb.
In order to provide for aebool furniture,
oiapx, chart* and otbar necaeaariea for a wall*
ordered reboot, about three hundred dollar*
more aro wanted; aud it i* earnestly deaired
that tboae who bare not yet aubacribed, but
wbo wiah well to the caneo, ahould add their
contribuliona to aupply tbaee naode. Bubaertptiona
will bo raeoivod by Ma*ar>. H.- littr*
Tia, Tn?o?. Ster. *, W. II. IIovgT, II. Ct
Maaki.kt or l. wllliamb.
It ia propoai-d to opau the 14 Primary School S?
on Monday next. April 13tb, in tba building
of the Old Male Academy. Miaa Burma C
Swim and Miee Kt.ita Powrll bare been
elected taaebera. Ity order pf the Board.
II. BKATTIB,
Secretary and Treaaurer.
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roa rut aoimxiix XRTcarBieR.
(irrrktiii.r, 8. C, April 7. 1668.
Tba Palmetto Pire Engine Company met in
the Court Itouae, at the uenel hour. A ma
lion wae made to enepend rulea for the election
of new mrmhera. Six pereona elected
ravniuvi* a? w mm woTru ilini ina V/OTnpuny q
pane a vote of thanks to tlia Amateur Club
foe their substantial prevent of $47.95 ; ftUo,
vote of thanks to the Editor* ot the ?h* *
ttr print fur bill of advertising, amounting
to $5.50, receipted, end presented to the
Company ; both of wlilob were carried
unanimously.
II. A. CAUHLS, Vice Prasldeot.
A. A. FoeTtH, Secretary. 1
Deci.iVATio*.?Hon. W. D. Porter publishes
a eommuniefttion in the Charleston papers, de- A
elioing the nomination for Governor of the
tttate, on aeeeunt of ineligibility, lie saysi ^
" The offiee ie not one to whieh I have aspired
at any time ; lee* than ever would (l be ,j
desirable now. Nor, in my Judgment, was
it neetssary or espedient to name candidates
for Ktate officer* at this oloetion. Hy the second
suet ion, eighth article, of the proposed T
Constitution, I am disquulited from holding
office under it; and, although I am not insen* f
slide to the compliment ef the nomination, I
eannet properly consent te be a candidate.
Dut this la ef little real eoneaqaeaee, for if A
+ /V?. vainimwMt /?? C?H (IVI9M
the Constitution ; rbieh, after all, it jour great ?
hjort. A vote ' against the Constitution,' in
tha form proposed in thnl inatrtmout, wll| on war
all ;?w putpunt and Mlifjr yonc whala ?
poIUiaal duty uudar aaietiag alreulnstaneaa."
Hon. Inter W. IIitu cWellnei tit* ?oml- *
nation far Attorney-Ounaral, and Ik hll aaad *
?y?i A
M Ta rata against Ota OenalUwltoa, la erary
white maa'a duty, and a far tMtof negro alia U
Urea kit rare, would d*a ao Mm aim; (at 1 fra?
that few aucb will ha final."
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M <U (Ovmu MfWHia
' Kactra trnO?oia.
' a uwiw or mtMia
l UfWn In tba Cytnu ?f Vwnnd 'K
Mem on tk? crfHi of th* Aanr^tw WUI*,
iiid It aril by I !) Ohapol of Still Clot
Til* livro of lh? kunltina ahrllh.
brtlb wHb a nhriak lik* i tool in pal*.
Low to ilia rallajr and toud on tip Mil,
'ill It dl*a away Ilka wnw alf In tiraia,
In Ilia reada of aba trqgaa HILIraiicnta
to loupv I# fioi Vranaoi*,- ' *
Will b?int lo-day wli?r* tha wild boar
lirooda { - ' . ?
laid hr tha flhanrl of Saint E!ui.
In the lt>rdIj Auv? rgne woods.
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tad lil? Irt-idn of t week U MU Golsnde,
She whom met call " La S?m d'Artois,"
tils telling bar bands with IIaIm hand
In ill* ChaUau of Vermaadota
'vasant and priest look forth Is a wo
And ernes themselves as the train swoops.
. *>y.
r??r tha prineely 8effne?r do Vermandols,
Mea say, has tho aril eye.
Franooi* Is lamp hunts long and lata.
And the flush of Ilia sunset is reJ oa tho
snow, __ a - ?
}0| llie train somas not to lbs sastle fata,
Though the shadow# glide aad flow.
t is nH(ht In the Ohatsan of Vsrmaadal%
Might in - the hollow and sight oa Vha
hill :
Jut down in the Chape) of Salat Kloi
A dim light fliekere OtllL
Acd the Priest kneels there by the Chapel
shrine, *'
Hut never a tonsnre hs? he, I ween ;
And the eyee that gleam under his gsber?
dins i*
Are ths ejss of Meselre Jeao.
ife'sfre Jean, du B-ls Oaronne,
Messirs Je?n, le brara, le bssu t
Vhat doss he liars while the night creep*
on '
And darkens ths pallid snow t
["o the walls of his stately Pieard tower
The path Is long through brake and l>rar?
Vhr kneels he here in Ilia twilight hour
In the garb of a hooded friar f
'risteam, ths hound, has pricked his ears
Where hard by the posters he holds hla ''
lair,
f i
'or stealihily taking tha night, he heard
A step on ths turret stair.
"he winding rtair that ahnra
To thi bower nud* soft with l?tlb?rj
ruth,
There the Ladj Oolanda her new mode
lore .
Hits in thn silken hush.
>ite end weeree at e good dame should, ?
A wondrone welt of orient dyes,
lade eweet with the eeent of the Sendal*
weod
And gorgeooa na orient ek1*e.
.
>r etrikee her eithero end einge and telle
Borne eweet eoft eong of the Prorenee rilU,
)r a legend wild of the Draehenfel*,
Or a chaunt of the Dauphin# hills.
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iut not la her bower's odor oat gloom, '
Nor in turret nor hall elte the lad/ to*
n'ght, .
lie web hangt loose from the idle loom
And the cithern U tllent quite.
[ho pattern gate list opened alow
And a form has passed, like a shape la a
dream,
Vhcre the flickering rtar-bcamr gild the eoow
With a wierd, ueearlliy gleam.
be bar donned her wimple and dooaed bag
heed,
And baa passed from the Chateau of Ver?
naudois, . ,
tear heath and woM to the twilight wood
To the Chapel of Saint RloL
ind tha Priest bu turned from tha ilttr
Ihero,
That holy man in bU robes oT gray,
I* bu thrown back tba oowl from hi* nn horn
hair,
It* bu toiMd kb lUff m;<
fesslra Jean da BnU-Garonne,
And alia that war orat kta promised brida
in the Arlois bilia a month egooe,
Bund rilaotly tide by side.
ha ba* bant to kb alafp, Lard Franeata*
brida !
Ska ha* bowed to bia lip*, La loan d* Ar- .
tols f
ilpi that with aaeh kira cry In thalr pride,
Ah Golsnde! Lnaora ana foist
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rbaro'a a sudden atlr in tba twilight wood,
A iwlft sharp glaam 'twUt tba Karl and tha
mow,
> thrust that ?in it as through aawl aad hood
To tba gallant Ufa balow I
bora is tba glaam of tba dying light,
Francois la Loap! la Aar Francois I
lla I Ha, Bonusira !'?and tba blada glaam*
brigbb-^
Ha! Ha Encore ana fol* I'
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rlsiram. the hound, has itltml la hi* l?l.
Hy Mi* turret atepa where be lletk low,
or t eotind balk (mole of I be ata riled air.
Like a abriok of mortal woe.
form Iim puad through the poatera.door.
That ope? to the Chateaa of Venaeadota,.
ut the Lad; Wolande mum beak *o mere '
From the Chapel of Saint Kloi.
ut the haatamen that traaka the red, deer'*
eli't
Oroeeee htouelf with the holy alga,
ad the Aevorgoe peaaaat tarriea apt
Te pray at the Chapel ahrine.
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ad on wintry night* whea the wlada aee Htk
The warder* whe wateh ad Veraaandat* . '
ear a any that thrill# like ? demon aheut,
lie! Ua I Koeota Caa Foil!' r-.ff
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