The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, September 09, 1868, Image 2
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Cewerai J Vail of eolifilnde fvr the future ,
tof our^fiounlry, I come with my heart In
tny hand to learn the condition, wl?h<-e and
intentions of the people of the Southern
t}t?t?-o-*e*pecl>?lljr to ascertain the Benti
meat* of that body of bravo, energetic niyl
eelfeaeriflolng men who, after sustaining
the Confederacy for four years, laid down
thair arm* and swore allegiance to the
,jOovarnment of the United fetates, wlio*?
trosted and beloved leader voa have boon.
I aea that Interpreting "States' right*"
to conflict with national unity ha* produced
ft violent reaction against them, which H
drifting oa towards consolidation, and ?!s<\
that ao great a country as onrs even now
f9. certainly is to ha. mud hnve State teov
rnmtmts to attend to local details, or go
farther and fare worse.
It \e plain to ue^at the West and North
thatUi le oontinu mce of s->np>auvrvliy. such
taa baa existed for the hut throe years in ten
8tales of onr Unlort. largely Incvoa-ce the
danger or centralism. swells oor nntionsl
expenditure*, diminishes our production?
and our revenue, inspires douhts of our po
li'leal nod finanoiul statu lily, dtprec'tuUe
the value of our national bonds And enrren
?y, and places thboredlt of the richest below
that of the poorest nation In Christendom.
We know that our currenfev in It at he depreciated
eo long as our bonds are below
par, and that, therefore,,the vast bu?inese
and commerce of the country niuet suffer
tho terrible evil of a fluotuatlng standard ?>t
.-value until we can reinedv the evil ootidi*
tion of things at the South. We also see
other mischief quite possible. if not ptohable,
to arise, ntioh ?s.M-pin a failure of crops,
" * local Insurrection, snv many other unfo-*
aeen ccntiogeiK-iea, which may atlll more
r depreciate our credit and currency, provoke
discontent and disorder among our people,
and bring demagogical agitation, revolution,
repudiation, and a thousand unnamed
avilt and villainies upon to. We know
that the Interests of the people of the South
ore for law and order, nnd that they u?u-t
share our fate of good and ill.
I believe?every one I know who refl- cte
believes?that if tnc popple of the Southern i
States could he at p?ac'c, and their en< rN-y
and good will heartily applied to re/ an-I
the wastes of war, reorganise- their business,
act the free-linen peacefully. prosperously
and contentedly at work, invite capital,
enterprise and labor from elsewhere to
eomt freely amongst. them, they wool i >on
rebuild their ruined fortunes, multiply
many fold of the value of their land4, r -t?'?
lish public conlidenee in onr p-dl'ie:it et.?bllity,
bring our gnveriuneiit bonds in pre I
miuin, our currency to n gold standard. sn l |
assure for themselves and thn who's- nation j
a most happy and ^rasireron* future.
oceing mis, ami how nil jn?I inrerrs's
concur in the work. I n?k the flBtv-r* and
soldiers who fought fur the Union. n*k every
thinking man of I he prent Welt and
North, why jt mnnot be done!
Wo are told by ihoso who have cor.trqllcd
the government for llic hist. four vent?, thnt
the people of the S>uth will not do ii ?
That, if ever done el alf, H mud be deu?
IVy eh?r poor, simple, uneducated, lsndlee*
freedinen, end the few whit e wlio. again*!
thn pub ic opinion and sentiment of the intelligent
white people, ni'o V:u".* > In f.'tempt
to !>ad, nnct tinkc ti.eir living off
thcie ignorart', inexperienced colored pen
pie, meetly men w ho tnii't be needy ndven
. tnrore or without 'any of those attribute*
on which na'innee f?r pood guidance r
government can be placed. We are told
that t hi* kind of government must he continued
at the South until aix or eight millinns
of inlellipcnt, en?-rp?tie white people
give Into or move out of the country.
Now, I think, itic Union n?nty think*,
and people of the North and Wee*, 1 dm,
ay, believe, there rr.net be, or tliO'-r on-Jit
to be. a shorter, surer way to get gn--d g .v
ernment for ail ut the South. We kno ?
that they who organijted and sustain-<i th>
Fotdlu-rn Confederacy for four years against
gigantic efforts ought to l?e able to give
peace, law, order and protection to tli?whole
people of the Sooth They lirvvii tin
interest and th? potver to np'oy, protect,
educate end elevate ilto poor frcoloie".
end to restore tl emselve* end our country
to all the bbsiing* of which I hnv* lost
spoken. The question I went answered is?
* Are they willing to do it V
I come Jown to find out what the people
?>f. the South think of this, and to a?k you
what lite ameers and soldiers who served
#n the C'nf" dori.te army, and tie lending
people who en,tit;.led it, think of these
thing* ?
I come to ask more. I wn t to ask j'oo,
in w hose pniily and patriot ism I here ex
pree# unqnalifh d confidence, and as many
good men as yon ean conveniently eon*nlt.
to say what 3'ott think of it; nnd, also,
what ton are willing to do at.out it ?
I want a written expression of view* that
can be followed hv a concurrence of action.
1 want to know if you and the gentlemen
who will j-dn in that wtillou expression,
are willing to pledge (he people of the
Hontli to a chivalrous and magnanimous devotion
to restoring peace nnd p-osp> r ty t?>
our common country. I want to carry tha?
pledge high ahove the level of party i o i
tics, to the late offices nnd soldiers of tin- I
IJoton army, and to th? peoide ot the Nor I. j
and West, and to ark incin to consider it. j
and to lake the neee?sary action, confident
V-? I > ?III -. ... ...I.I - -
innvn will men wiifl ? rtwporiftfHO wni m,
an generous nnd confiding, that wi- shill
a<*e in It* snn?hine the miuhnw of penr* in
our political ?ky, now black with clouds
and itnpendln et"rm.
I know you are a representative man In
reverence and regard (or the Union, the
Constitution aud the Welfare of the country,
and that what you would a?y won hi be en
dor ed Hf nine-tenths #?f the whole | copto
of the South, but I should like to hove tl.e
signature* of all the representative South
ern men here who concur in your views,
end expression* of their concurrence f< om
the principal officers end representative
nieD throughout the South tvlien lliey can
be procured.
This eor.ettrr nee of opinions and wills,
alt tending to ponce, order and atnhltily,
will sssnrs t nr Union Soldiers and business
men who want substantial nnd solid pence,
and cause them to rise above the level of
paity politic* and hike such etepe to meet
yours n? ?ifl insure a lasting peace with all
its countl op b'e-inza
Vet v irulv your Mend.
W. A. KObKNCRA NS.
flen. fl K 1 sk, White Sulphur Spring*.
West Virginia.
Whits SntrntR Srntvrra, Wrrr Vs., >
August 2C, I8A8. j
Otnrrnt: I hwvo tha honor to receive your
fetter of ibis dale, and in arcnrdai oe with
your suggestion, I have conferred with a number
of gentlemen from tbo South in whose
judgment J have confided, and who are Weil
ac/pmintftfi with the public sontim.'f.t of their
r.'speoflvo State*. They havu kfndlyeonsented
m uake wf?h nee i? sephrlng to your eomoinnteation,
and their nsrura will ho fottud
with my own nppyuJd to this snswrr/
IVilb this explanation wo proceed to give to
yoa weAMi'l statement of what we boliova to
be tM^fHutltecnt of tha Pont hern people in te?
fH* li.ljlf. 'M"* to which-yon refer.
VMKr opinions may bare prevail# I in
Ifae p.hd iu regard to African slavery, or the
'S*
rlftlt of ? Ste to to accuilo from tho Union, w*
b*Uvv? we express ihoulmost dwtniroows Judf~
radBt.of.the Southern pco>?? when w? declare
that who cbusldet that tho** question* wen i
deoidedHjr tho war, nod that'll la thc^r in tenlion,
la goad faith, to ahido by that decision.
At tho close of tbo war the Sou'horn poople
laid down their arm* and nought to resume
their former relation* with the United State*
Uoveruuicut.
Through their State convention* they abolished
ilavcry, and annulled their ordinance*
of secession, and they returned to their peace*
ful pursuits with a sincere purpose to fulfil all
their duties under the constitution of tbo Unl-'
ted States, which tbey had sworn to support.
If thuir action in theso particular* had been
? v? ... I. fj-.m vi irnunllCBA DUO ?wruminv, wo
belivTe that ere this old irritations would bnvo
passed away, and tbo wounds iu the tod hv tbe
war would usro bcsn iu n great inoanur? healed.
As lar as we ar? advised, Iho pooplo of
tbe Bouth entertain no unfriendly feeling to.,
ward tbo government of tbe United Htatee",
but they complain that their rigbta under the
constitution are withheld" froin them in the administration
thereof.
Tbe idea that tbe Southern people are hostile
to tbe negroes, and would oppress them if
it were iu their power to do so, is entirely unfounded.
They hove grown up io our midst,
and we hare keen accustomed from childhood
to look upon them whlrkindncss. The change
in the relations of iho two races hive wrought
no change in our feeling toward theui. Tbey
still constitute the iinportnnt part of our laboring
population! Without their labor the
lands of tho Bouth would be comparatively
unproductive, y i t h o u t the employment
which Southern agriculture affords, they would
bo destitute of the means of subsistence, and
become paupers, dependentou public bounty.
Self-interest, even if there were no higher
motive, would therefore prompt the whites ot
(lie South to extend to the negroes care and
protection. The important fact that tho two
races are, under existing circumstances, neoessary
to each other, is gradually becoming
apparent to both; and wc bcliove tliat but for
inthicliuca exerted to stir up tlio passions of
tho negroes, the relations of the two races
would soon ndjust themselves ou tv basis of
niatnal kindness anil advantage.
It is two that the pooplo of tho South, together
with the people of tlio {forth and West
ere, for obvious"reusont-; opposed to any sys
tern of laws which would place the political
power of the country in tbe hands of tho n? ;ru
ra"O. Hut this opposition springs- fromu?
feeling of enmity, but front n deep seated'
convictiou that at present tho negrvus bare
neither tiic intelligence or other qualifications,
which are necessary to muko them sate deposit
>rirs of poIitic.il pewcrs. They would iucvitanly
become tbo victims of demagogues,
who, for selfish purposes, would mislead tbeut
'to the serious injury of the public.
The grc.tt want of tho South is ponce. The
people earnestly des-re tranquility and the re
st--rui.i-.iu of this Union. Tiny dcpfcisnto disorder
and excitement ns tbc most serious obstacle
to tlirir prosperity.
| They nek kVeitonliun of tlicir riji'..t? tinder
lint constitution. They desire rvliot imni oppressive.
tntsrulo. Atiovc all, the}' would up.
penl to their conntfviniu for the re-establishj
incut in the Kontb.rrn .Slot ? of that which ha?
justly l>c?u regardm! us the birth light of oiety
I American?the right of self government. Establish
Iiiere on >? tirm basis, and we ran sate.
I.v promise on behalf of th? Southern people,
that tSioy will liiiibfuiiy ol-ey the i-unrUliHioti
an-! lows of the Unite-I Flutes, treat the negro
with kilnliless nii-1 humanity, auil fulfil every
duty incumbent on pem-eiul oltixe.nr, loyul to
the Couriituiiou of their country.
We b-.-li- vv tLv above cyntuln* a sncrlact ret"
' e *C'.;?ru! topics cm'-raced ir. ymr loiter,
nttd we venture fo'sr.y, on behalf of the
Southern po-pic, and of tho oOWrs and solIsers
of the into Confe-Eiatc uvioy, thai they
will concur i:i ell the ?i ucuiei.'.n wtich we
!-.avo expressed.
Appreciating the patriotic motives which
Itava prompted y--ur letter, and reciprocating
your expressions of kTK.l regard, wc hnvo the
U'-nor t-i be. verv respectfully and truly,
K. K. 1-KK. Virginia.
(I. T. HliAV RKtiAlil), Louisiana.
A. II. STKPHKNS, Ucorg'uu
A. II. II. STUART, Virginia.
(', M. CIA'K ID, Louisiana.
LINTON STEPHENS, ti.or.fU.
A. T. CAI'RIU'ON, West Virginia.
.1011N KCII01.S, Virginia.
F. F. STOCK I>A LK, Texas.
V. W. I'll KKS-S South t'lir-'lina*
WILLI** .1. ROBINSON, Virginia.
Jo.-Kl'U 11. ANDERSON, Virginia,
W. P. TUKNHIt, West Virginia.
C. II. SllllKK. South Carol nu.
K. KON'T.-ilNE. Virginia.
JOHN LETCH Eli, Firgir.lt
it. O. All.tMS, Mis-isslppS
\V. J. tilthEN, North Can-lira-.
LEWIS K. 11 A it V I hi, Virginia.
I P; V. I?.\ NIEI-S, Jii , Vir.-iriia.
W. T. SIT HEREIN, Virginia.
' A. B. .CAMKS. Louisiana.
T. HEA'LKLUAIil), Texas.
M. O. II. NOllTON, Louisiana.
T. I'. BP. ANTE, Georgia.
II. T. Rd'SSMLL, Heorg'a.
s. .i. ynutiLA.H, pioti t.-u
JF.lt KM I All 110KTCN, Virginia.
J. ri. BALI*WIS", Virginia,
(i. W. ITOLLTNO, Virginia.
TlIKO. FI.OI US'oY, Virginia.
JAMES i.vo.Nj. Virginia.
T" Hell W. S. It"8r.' UA Ns. Minister to .Mexico.
White Su'phur Springs, Vi?.
The Elec'ive Franchise.
T" tkr Penptt of ,Vfiiaih (WofiW
Tt wa? referred to tho State Central Executive
Committee, by the lute Democratic Convention,
to inquire into tiia disabilities imposed,
by reason of tlwi war, upon a portion of
?>iif people, restraining them from the cxereisc
<>f tlio elective franchise in South Carolina;
and to publish tlio conclusion attained, for the
information of the people of the State. The
committee, in the discharge of that duly, announce
that they Lave exaiuin<<t the sahjeot,
and beg-m state :
7. That no such dire Witt ita now exist by or
under tho Acts of Congress, known as tlio
Reconstruction Act, the State having heon officially
declnred to he Jn tho Union.
2. That no turli disabilities exist under the
so-calied amendment, known as the fourteenth
| amendment to the Constitution of tho United
: States, tho disabilities therein expressed having
reference to offieeholdtnir. xn,lu<>t in
tin*.
3. Tlmt no fifth dreahilltlpe exist by the
so-palletl State Constitution of ISA*. nn>kr
whleh it in claimed that the State hit* been
reconstructed ami reatored to the Union.
The undersigned, thcreforo, announce that
no auch disabilities exist by force of any law,
or supposed law, or authority whaterer; and
they urge their kitbrrto diairanchitt-d followcilixenr,
in every part of tho Steto, to exercise
thuir right to vole at the cowing election
for President ao'l Vicc- Preaid out, of wbirb
right they bare I.ecu so long deprived by military
power. By order of tho
LXHCl'TIVE COMMUTES.
A Sturm Mont or DcaTRorixa Ivss.ots
os VfUKT/uiM.? Insects injurious to vagotatinn,
it ia staled, ran be destroyed by tb<
application of a liquid ennpoiad of oao part
vinegar and nine pruts water. The mixtnri
ahonld t>e applied to vinea and planta with a
, garden syringe or watorpnt with a fino nonle
Badkn, September A.
Pohrnbelo, the distinguished French chom
iat, died yesterday.
8?TH SIR
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GKKKjTviI.T.K, 8. |!
WEDNESDAY, SXPTSMBU ?. 1S6S. j"
" faota ?nd ooibbmbu," | ^
"fh? other. day w? look op a nnusbee of 1
the A'sw York AfrreantiU Journal, (a* most 1
; valuable paper to all parsons who ara inter- <
ested io trade, or who likewise enjoy good J
reading matter;) we were t truck with tfce 1
above heading, and conainaaaad raadiug to 1
see what " facts * were commented on by 1
the editor. Tha-first sentaoee cootinoed 11s 1
that lie was making a special attack on'the
Radical*' " Arbitrary power makes a tre* 1 1
tvndou* death trnwol* * n,,?# tu?? *#?.t *. I
propria** III* remark, thought *f. The <
Radicals are indeed the mu?t despotic flower '
in Ilila world, and they are making their
death struggle, ture enough. They ara rap-idly
epprnaclilug a righteous death, hut not
the death of the righteous, end are loon to
he finally da in tied by the voice of the
Ateeifcan people. 80 we took It for grant
*d that thaw important " feete"" were the
fact* in the editor's mind. Oir reading farther,
however, we dlecovered that the ed- \
itor waa contemplating the " arbitral^ pow.
er'r of European monarch ice, which are '
riff/itroume** at id peaoa, mercy and truth, '
compared to the mnnater Radicalism, the' ^
fittest type o( the devil ecen in the wojld
since the old serpent oeeaeloned I lie falf of 1
man, and dragged into hell (lie nation* of
tile earth. VTa appeal to every reader if
our first impression* of " facts and com
mentn " were not natural nnd justWe eare
not whether that reader should even ba a
Radical. The Radicals know whom they
serve, and whom they obey. They who'
mourn for SrirfRies and snoh like, tile wra^h
of whose " fomieatio* *" hath pleased'them
eo well. Tlirj'mourn for hire a? the vultures '
j and hawks of heaven mourned the fall of I
| the slaughterer* and dest royerr who fur1
nislicd the prey. They mor.en for h*irti as
thu worsl.lp|>ers of the mystical Babylon
; may mourn her fall; they nro s*Ml worship- .
j p ra of the Hcast, nr.d " hear hi* mark.'* ,
Wheat Bowing.
Tlie season fur sowing wheat is n>ar at ,
UniiJ We venture to remin* ail eoncc-i 1
<-d of the importance of thorough propura
lion of the land, and the application of ma
nitres. One acre of the right eorl of land,
deeply broken and well mnnuicd. has
brought fitly bushels of wheat in this D'*trict,
twenty nnd twenty-five is not uncomntou
for such land ; whereas, throe In five
is common in n opr.-pa rod upland fields,
even ui-.h a tulciahly fair Season. Olie
fourth, sometimes one lentil, I lie number of '
ncres properly prepared will therefore
yield as much as four or ten limes theqoan
litv u u limit- moll iio..,r.li,,n U'L.i ....
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imrncnac raving of trod, an I of labor,
w Inlst there i? only tlit* more liuu] left lo
?ow in rye or eats, or Ij 11* idle and ini
pro v..
Ae to mannrea. t!ie?e nre of the
commercial tli?t are valuable, but aim ??l I
every l"nrrn?r may. with home male ma- ,
nor-, enrich nn nrre or two of! I.rsnf, and )
many considerably mora. Wo would like
to a -e our farmers nil ejtpariinont upon the
phosphate, gtinno, ?e., to-a reasonable <X
tent. It ia Knid that the great dopovta of t
the phosphate manure near C arleston will
aoon be wnilted no a* thtnri.lah the fnm?r?
and planter* in tliia State. We h pe ihia
will be done Immediately, for the benefit of
the wheat crop whiuh will be aowed thi*
Fall. Mai.tirra moy ba botight n?>w In
OreenviHe; sea advertisement in our col
umna.
The Lecture of Kcv. Dr. Whttefoord
Smith before the Oreenville Literary
Club.
Oeiiig to unfavorable wentber and other
cirenm-Unets, the Lecture wf Dr. Smith
una postponed till Thuraday evening of
laat ureek, wlwn the weather again proved
i thr. at?n'B!?, aud prevented a nrunber of
I ln.liee as well us ire.nl l< men from si tendinis
that w<>re anxioua to henr the Doctor, aa
who wo not; nevertheiera i number did
attend who were well repaid tor eo doing
The enbj?-ct of the Leeture wt?, "The Ine
qonl'tiei ?f I.lfe." which wee treated with
that ability, charming eh-qotnee, and fine
li'erary tarte, lor which the eminrM rpeak
?r ie eo favorably dietingmehed. We were
noAV-llaldy and reluctantly alt*, at from
the lecture. Our information as to ?U char
aeter and nteiita ie deilved Irom gentlemen
better qualifhd to Judge than onatelves.
Religious Intelligence.
A pre!reeled meeting waa begun at the
I'oik SI ?.- Ie Church in thb District, on the '
fifth Sunday of August, ult., and ?m eontinned
till 9Mnday evening, dth iuat The
meeting waa conducted by Iter. W. L.
Dai-Luio. lie*. T. D. Otnr, and Rev. A.
Amen. It win w-M attended, and a great
deal of i'ltereet manifested by the congiegatlon;
s? on evidence, nineteen persons
were r calved for ba|>ltem, end are to l>e j
next t*nnriay. Thn meeting will j
again be rammed on Sotumlay next, and
wi:\ continue the nrxt d?y, when two Dmc?>n*
of (I10 Church will be nrrialtiod. Rev,
U a WltMAua, D. f> . the regular minister
of the Chttreh will prraeh on the occasion..
Weather and Cropa.
Aftor Jong continued rainy weather, It baaheroine
fair and" pleaamnt, and there I* a promUn
of a good time for foikler taring in Greenville,
and alao for eeearlng bay, which we hope
the farmer* will male while the eon diioee.?
Corn erope ere frenerelly gao<t, and Orecnrllle
' Di*triet, it ie heliered will hava an abundant
I I enpply of prorleione, and soma to spare.
II - * .... ?.*- ?
? Pubito Meeting en Prlday at William i
j eton.
- | Dont far pet that on Friday next, the nonet,
i log lakte plane at Wliliamiton, where we may
export great entertainment of the intellectual
and pbyeieai man. We auppoee there will ba
! uyual Railroad aeeemmudatiowr of half fare.
E ?TSEE
thm UrntavlUs Utfrw; Club.
That a ?m a larfa turn out Of the Club at
lii.hMM uf Ibv. W. J>. TbonAi on U*|l
'ridny evening. The subject discu?*?d?
lAalronoray "?area introduoed by Profea J
or Jons F. Lankbao, who (Ullrared orally.
i vary learned nod interesting dlseourae.? 1
I'he diaenaaloD waajcept up by Dr. B. Man
kf, Jr? and Judge <*. 8. Butan, (wjk> had I
>ooo specially Inrlud by merobeta of tho 1
Club to attend |ta meetings) also, by Dr
r. A. Bun.iDtn and Profeeeor JvnEoN. All
thee# gentlemen gave great additional Into
rest. Judge Bar an maoifrgted a ready fanilliritv
with th? auhS#(?t v?r* tihitonal for
/ ^ ^?? ? J ? ?
jne of the fraternity of the Bench sod Bar,
which in thfcs country is not geosrally fin'
molts for the cultivation of Philosophy.
The Cluli meets next month at the honae
>f 0?L O. F. Tdwkk Professor Domra to
lotroduee the discussion,
9 y -XI ?
The Allied B la tea Court.
We have not been able to attend upon
the proceedings ef the Court for tlie paat
week. Some interesting mux have been
argued end determined.
Judge Bryan, on the objection takhn by
Qnv. Pxbkt in a cue of fha pros<outinn of
I perlyw v.elation ef lha K?r*nt?.? law*,
held that the Dietriet Attorney oould not
appouit a deputy to nepreeeot lum, uul*?a
tome einetun atari ce mhde it impossible for
him to attend Court in p#r?on ; consequent-'
ly W?r. K. KAttnt,. K?quire, (who era* repre
ruling NfsjOr Co'tatH, nb*.?n'., attending h?*
dutiee arfieneter,) ws* stopped from anting,
nsid nil prosecutions n?tvj???ni.-d lor the l ime.
Capt. Faulk has Jaet received authority by
Telegraph from iYatshiogtou, to art as proseouting
offiaer of the Court, iu the absence of
the District Attorney.
The Bill to Cogrce Negro KqliSUty tip-'
oo- all Fublio Houses. Ac., So.
This lis* failed in the Senate, Major Const*,
Wiirrrmione and Rev. Caw, negro, op
poned P., aa well a* other*. It was urged nr
ihexpedient, end damaging lo the party;
What litis legislature may do after the
Prea;d?ntial election Ie* another thing, if
ghan't ia elected.
Through Freights to and from Charleston.
Mr, Hamvkt and the South Carolina Ra'd,
oad b'nvo now an arrangement for loafed
rata to run through without breaking- bulk at:
Columbia.
Southern Presbyterian Review.
The July number wl this valuable quarterly
has been received. It Is aldy eondue'-o.l
by an association of miiiistera and issued
ht Columbia 8. C. $3.00 per annnm. Address
Rrv. James WootBow, at the above
place.
Coti/rw/s ?Hodge on the Atonement;
Tlit* Technical Development of Attic Trag
edy : Canonicily and Inspiration of the Sa?
?rcd Scripture*; Powcia of the General
Aocaibly ; The Kevlewei Reviewed, or Dr.
Itoss on Right and Wrong; The General
Arrcmblv ol 1S6S : Critical Notice?.
Southern Cultivator.
V'e have road tho Southern Cnlticator regitlsrly
for near fifteen year.", and we kuow of
do agricultural periodical that wo thought
bettor or interest us more, audit is particularly
vulnnhlo to the .'JuiilArrn farmer nud
planter. Partners, do auconrago your own
journals, and no ono will So moru benefitted
thim yourstilvea. $2 per year. Address Wm>
A W. L. Jmnks, Athene, (Jt. lust ofaoutauU
of the September number.'.:
Work for tho Month ; Putnam County Plan,
ter's Club ; 11 ee Culture as a Science; Choat
in Wlicat; Experiment with White Labor;
Deep Plowing; The Soil and Productions of
Florid*; Caatur Bean*; Chester i'itfs, Devon
Cattle, 4o-; The " Itcd Oat"?"Heard Cotton,"
Ac; Six Months Cone; Hints for the
Management ot Gold Fish; fiaceleios?the
other aids examined; About Hogs; Latter
from "Sand MountainCondition of the
Cropj in July; Experience of lSfifi?sefar;
Lurorne; Defense of the " Halter LovelA
Sure Method of Making Coru; " Mole I>rains;
The Athens Whoat Club; Home-Made vs.
Commercial Manures; Mr. George W. Gift?
an Experiment..
Ba'.lou a Monthly Magostna
F ?r J sly. has ita usual variety of goad
reading, with illustrations. Our families
arc muoli interested with it. $1.50 per annum.
E-liott, Tnonrs A Tai.buT, iloston.
Content*?Ascent of M >unl. Shasta; The
Japanese; Orare Church. limed way. New
Yak; Humors of tho hlPy; A Woman.1*
Error; Lewis IVc(k!> Sonut; Elsie's larva;
Waysidu Sweetness; Usgimn'a P ak; To
Qrief; The Wrong Ticket ; To " Ti<!a I i
a Nutshell; An E iga^-tr.snl Ring ;. Steal
log btrawin rri-ap a tna>e to Put nam's
W olf; Qld Hugh's Lr?'?k-?tT: or, Maury
Stone's I'ride ; l ittle llsitio lloncydew ; |
Children's Hymn; How Jan* spent her
Monov ; The Housekeeper* Cuii uu Mat
ins; Facta and Funyle-; Wa-sltinijUta Street
S ur'ita
Tun poet oftia* ililauMNfiilt, Ore<-nviII?
County, h?? h?cn w-itsliWWwl, cm) Mr.
Katua!* Lkaoke appoint.:*! poet maoWr.?
Tlie office will be at Lite ittidnu-e of Mr.
W. U. J on a*.
tar flo to ILoks's to buy j?ur ahoea
heap.
ptf The Com mil toe competed of the TlreProniilenU
of tba different Deniocraiie Oiuba
of the Piatriot, appointed to aeleet a Demo,
ratio ltadge, la reqaeated to meet at the Court
House at 11 o'clock, oo Monday, Beyteaaber
tilth.
nuuisiA, oepfvmoer 4.
A largo Democratic miiw meeting wae
held at Wayneeboro, yesterday, which wm
addressed by Gen*. Toon.br, Wright and
other I)fm?ci?l?. It ??? an enfhueisetie
allair. It is believed to he the programme
; to grt all objectionable persons from the
! Legislature, and that expoleion will not be
I c infilled to negro members, hut be extend|
ed to many whites who, it is ehsrged, are
I not eligible. The Democrats are eery bit*
, ter against that elass whom '.hay tsrm se.d;
awaga and carpetbaggers, and are deter
mined to unseat all against wlritn ehargea
1 are proven. It ie now evident the Demo
, erals aan do what th*-y id<-as? in th* l<?'gla>
! laiuie?the Radicals helng entirely frnwrrl<-?a
In the lower llonaa, and not able to
j bold t|?eir own la the Sena ?,
islsl 6WmX)*
Aiupx?t 19.
11fli?r faT?lw!7.MbT m , ID bring
to your attention, the critical relations Of tho
skit* and colored population of this Ftetc.
Tho proceeding* of tbo NTl Dimocratio Contention,
at Columbia, bar* doubtleaa came to
your knowledge, ill which statements were
made bj delegates from Union and other Dietrich,
going to Ac# tb*t thoncg^.cs are fort#,
lag la this State, >oeiet militjfy STgmmati'#s.
Near tlyia place, there it a company of liny,
VUli a captain, whose name it known abd can
be given. On Saturday last, at ? pttfce held**Ing
to Got. Pickent, who it absent from tbo
State, they gave a barbecue. This eompany,
or a part of it, was there drilled by a negro
with epaulettes on. It it satd there are other
aim liar organisation# in the District. Yeahave
also doubtless seen the announcement
made in a Charleston paper, published in the
interests of the colored people, that "orcry
plantation has itc ~ captain." On the othsf
baa#, it is believed, there Is not a corporal's
guard of white mcd iu this Btate, under military
orzanlxnlioD, tho Utiitcd States troops
excepted. An intelligent physician, who has
the most extensive practice in this taction, informs
me that within the range of bie practiee,
the hegroes are better armed than the whites?
many with thermae t approved weapons. This,
with their limit od^msaas, is impossible of themselves.
Besides, we have Information that
within a few nights, arias are to be brought
lor thorn, in a wagon, by one of their u umber,
to Ibis place.
The net roe*, jt it bare been told find
believe, thai they must organise thus to protect
theft liberties; and that If Bcymoor and
Bl.iir m elected, they are to he p?Mf back into
slavery-3-* thin* thkt all iutcHigeut men know
to he simply ridhntlouk. It is said, muiwovefl
and it wwsso stated at the Convention, that
such organisations meet with yoar countenance.
Hnch organisations of one ttto must,
of necessity, lead to similar er-g-.diiiat ions' of
the other, lor self-preservation. lvou are the
head of the conservators of tho peace in Houlb
Carolina; and if it 09 true, which I am retuolunt
to credit, that your UxcelVfin^y is countenancing
such organisations, t admonish you
that you aresowinjr'' for the negro "the
wind,'' of-thieh he " will ttap the whirl wind.''
The conserYntiro influences which have been
'hitherto eXbrrisod in the iateroets of peace, by
the officers'el the late Confederate army, and
other uatrieslo ellitens. will he powerless to
keep that pcaoo, if tbie course of prcparstiun
fortdood-sbrd.be not'arrested, "the responsibility
for its breach will rest alone on the
beads of the deluded negroes- mid Uu-ir udvi-'
iters;
Believing ih'at'yhu ranmt'b'd in'dllferexlt" to
the impending dangers, I send you this communication,
with the hope that you will at
once exercise the weight of your position and
influcuce, to arrest thir tendency t? ansreby
and hlond-she<f.
When a war of veres shall be inaugurated,
it requires no prophet to predict the result.
However a few may feel otherwise, white men
will, in geueral,. sympathise with their own
race, and the black man must go down. Tho
white men of this State, with rare exceptions,
you must hare perceived, have no hostility to
the negro.
The negro behaved well during the War,and
ta the ihaiit, sinco, when removed from the influence
of the emissaries, who have played
upon his credwllty end prejudice* Hut if sednccd
Into <r?p<Mt>j, With arifls." Ticrooeratirf
success in the approaching Presidential election,
or if for other reasons, he shall thus'secretly
organise, to forcibly control the whiles,
a Storm will be raised that will not easily be
calmed.
I say to yon in all soberness end truth, that
lilt! Africsu can never thus tyrannise vxfr the
Anglo in this country. Tho people of
thte State, un.*" I?w exceptions, have observed
in ni-,? " t ilid nrc?ant mnmnni tKn
spirit o^tho parole* givi1 I'JT oar troop* to
Geo*. Grant and Sherman, a.."* wUI abido the
remit* of alt constitutional *nd
peaceful instrumentalities, hut wilt not qnitd'y
sul-mit to unauthorized and armed nogro domination.
I ntn, *ir, very respectfully, your
ohediont servant, M. L. JIONMAM.
Statt or South Ciromaa, ^
KxrCI tivr llhoamturxt, >
fi>?.r uhia. August til, 13A8. j
lis*. JL I. /tuj|kup>Sia: I have Keen directed;,
hy hi* Excellency the Governor, to ac
knowledge thu n ocipt of yonr communication
of the llhh instant, utul t<>*t?l? that (lie preservation
of the peace and tranquility ol the
Slate i* tho ohjeel of hi*"deepe?t tolicilnde.
All the influence he ut:iy poserse, and whatever
of power i? conferred rl? hlln by the Constitution
and law*, thallbc exerted todisooon
tonnncc and suppress illegal organisations, and
to protect every f itlsen in the |>eaeefui exercise
of hi* personal nod political right* In
theso ofl'urU, ha hope* to have bo countenance
and support of all law-abiding citizens, and"
especially of those whose position and talent*'
euahlo them to axorcUa a commanding influence
in shaping pu'die opinion.
* Very respectfully,
JOlIX nRART,
Private Secretary. '
sens
Atlanta, September 3.
Tho Legislature ia atiU engaged in the
'diac-uasioa of the eligibility of negro members.
during which, Tnrner, a negro, said
lie did not 1toow until the past two or three
weeks of tiro imbecility of the Anglo 8'Xon
race; tliat they (the negroes) might b?
driven out of I he I^-cia'?'ure, but they
would light up a torch n?vvr to be put out.
lie ndvieed the carpet-bagger* to look out,
that when the Democrat* turn out ilia.negroes
their turn would tome next.
Ln lb* afternoon (ration a vol* we* taken
on the r?-a >luUon, ami tliu neg-ore declared
ineligible liv ft vol* of 80 to 23 The n*.
gro*?, to ill* nunil(*r of twenty five, v*r*,
th*r<f>re, unerated. Four, who claim to b*
white men, remain, and their claim will be
inveeitgated at an early day. Ae the iregroee
left the hall they bowed to the Speak
rt, and w*v*d their hale to the white
rnemherc, *tnL ehook. the duel fr?in their
feet,.
Ati.amta, September 6.
A reeolutton Ml afforded in the llnuec, but
not acted. upon, deeUring negroes ineligible to
any ami all officii of the Slato, and that all
ofli;e*of die Stat* now tilled by negro** be
declared vacant by reaaon of their inoligibiil.
tyf and that the Governor be dlreotod to have
ueb offiree filled In compliance with tbe eode
of (leorgl*. The governor and other eoiumi*aton*<l
anthoriMea of tbe State, are anther*
itod to refute commieeion to all pereou of
color that bate boon, or may ho elected to any
office in tbla State*. until the Supreme Court
of tbe Btnte have decided the eligibility of
colored pareona.
- Atom*#
RAMcal Outiaob.?^Ve know
of no fjrouter outrage perpetrated by the Radical
Congrcae, thau lb* law paated in July
last, impoaing a Ui o t $ 400 on the poor in en
Ihwiagbout 1M eountry, who ere in the habit
of distilling few gallons of brandy, from
year to yen, lor their own and. the use of tb?ir
i in mediate neighborhood*. Several of oar
eitiacut, ignorant of thie infnmoua prooerding
of Congreta, hrwl made proparail >ns to convert
their few bushel* of applet, posslits ead grapei
into brandy, and jort a* they were ready, tbey
are informed of thie unjust, and oetrageom
tax. which arooente Is a prohibition. W<
would aJvbm-our frieftda let to distil aa email
a quantity a* one gn lion under the present law
bnt to M dry " their peer bee, nod eonrert tbeii
apple# Into vinegar, nod their grape# into wine
l>ried frail, good vlungsr and good wino an
alwara In demand, and we doubt not, wil
Ii?>d more in ihta rbane, than tf ooorertec
it# brand/.?.VeWw* JTf<w.
The IIoQM WH to re organize the
Penitentiary ?M laid on the tnlle. A
huUlitute, giving the appointQieot of
comtnteeionera. will lie piu-ed.
An unftuccessful eff??rt we? made to
ptnke from the calender ell private end
other M1U not eb*oliit<4y neceaeery to
he petofet Ot tbi* aeeeion.
The scoount of P. & Frigpe for $S0.50,
(or drapirte the 8enel4> (ft'mourn.
ing ort lb# occasion of tba deaefc of
Thud. $t#V**s, *r? order*} u? bg paid.
Coibin irttrodocad a bill to suppreea
inaurraotioa or rahe-lltany It prmidaa
thin lb the event of lha Governor finding
ft impossible to execute tl\? lows '
by regular judicial proceduie, by reason
of any cotnbinotion or insurrection, bo
may cell out the mitfta, seise the lelrgraph
lines end rsjlroeds, and all tbeir
shops, offices, dre., make then-port of
the military estnbiinbmeet ond subject
to military regulations; suspend tjus
writ of habean torput, and when so.suspended,
there shall bo nopower tocompel
the military commarttrer, who mo/
liitve a prisoner in charge, W pfoduco
hi tik
* i . ii
#or' she Mstktrs bMpin.
ATttrt. Kdiion?On the rrs of leering the
Slats for a prolonged absence, I desire tli *"
use of your columns to sddress one word to'
my old constituents, fellow citterns end
neighbors. Rumor, for month# pest, much
tn my injury end Indignation, has proclaimed
me a member of the Radical and
negro party of tbld 8UtV1 Tb view of my
part long seTvtlrhS W thd eonnlry, and'm/
written #e pfilillilieff'wbrj, I hs>e felt too'
much'pride and indignation to 00ndenoted
so 'sr. n detiiui, except lh' private converse-*
Uon, Now, on leaVthg lbs" State? It may'
be never to return to W-I desire simply to
ssy that it la untrntf. I have counselled, in'
| private con v> reation only, the aceeptaace of
our position;-as Generals Lee, Longstreet,
and many others have done, and opposition'
to all political agitation or partisanship on'
rither aide. And I now predict, in oonao(pience
of the rejection of this counsel, (with
perfect confidence toe,) when tliie
fair land ie again devastated and'Scourged'
with the rode and erifel'haad of war?and'
that, too, a war of raoea, and at no distant1
day?sll will then exclaim*thai it would
have been far bettrtr for nt to bare taken
this counsel, and remained quiet yet awhile/'
even nndar the wrongs whleh We know we
are suffering, than to have engaged in a
course of agitation atrd partisanship, which
must result in warpand'altieh,In my hum-'
ble judgment, there is do power now on
earth can prevent. Time atone can provo
which was, or ie, the wiser course; and I'
await its developments with' the most sin-'
cere and earner., hope that wy views,and'
! itxlrsm..s?t m?? ? --- * " * * *
4 iu?j |>rv?r wrrvntons, una HiAl Of
7?y old friends, neighbora nnd enneiltoente,.
to whom this t? nddreteed, eorrM. Cow'
p*re my counsel with that of Uen. Robert
?. Le?'i. and aliow a difference who aan I
B epcetfully, ,
JNO. D. ASBMORE.
8-pt. 6th, 1868.
tW Pereona wriiing for thefrcae, ahould
nturr write ou both aidea of the paper.?
Communtcntlone have frequently to be divided.
according t-> length, between two
or more competitor*, which can hot be
done If both aide are ueed.
.Mabbiso, at Chick Springe, eo the 26th
nit., I.y the Rev. It if. ReM, Mr. M. M.
Mlid.dft. lata of Knox* Hie, Tenn., and
Mlm-CAKRIE FA UK.
; ??
I I)iat>, on the Stat nit., JiVUN Svyouneeat
aen of Jame* H. and Bhaebetto F. Naah,
aged 4 yeere and 8 moo the. |
I Dim. at her reaidenec near Orcenville^
July 28, 1868. Mile DORCAtS J. GREEN,
aged 80 yoara. Tlie deceased waa a daughter
of Elijah Green, Enquire, now'deceaeed,.
formerly of thla Diet ra t. She wmewtpohg
the oldest native* Of the TMatViet^ and haalivad
a long and uaetol Ufa In tha Immediate
locality of her birth. ' Sha poMeaeed'
many ati|ierlor qualitiea aa a woman, a de-'
voted daughter, kind anet, aad friend and
helper of many member* if her family.?
j She waa full of eoargy, and excelled in the
I management of h<>tu?hold affaire; waa
abundant in hoeptialUy, *nd ha? had many
frionda who highly eocerord hat1 for her
eterling virtues Hne lived end died In the
membership of the M?th<?dUt Church. Her
nievie and disposition for many long yeara
before the war, enabled her to often asaiat
the needy, and te imitate at an nutnble ditt
lance, tha " alme-deedc" of hor Scriptural
nameeaka ; and we tract that her eptrlt
' ' *
? p?m? ""FPJ WW W|U)
that of lX>ro*? of olU.
A RRLATIVR
SPECIAL NOTICED
The Pari* Mountain Democratic
- Clt>?,
WILL meat at MOttfTOOMRRVS tha
Sorond 8?tnrd?y in Saptaiafear, at % o'elock,
P. M., A full atUodano# of alt tha nam*,
bara U MniMtij riq??t?d. Dr. J. M Ma*
CUnahaa wilt addrraa tha maaiiog.
By ordar ot tha Praaidaat. >
T. IX OWYN, Seoly.
SaphR . If 1 fl
Vaitriew Pitmen' dah>
wrkt maat at fatrvWv an BataH*;, tha 1
12th of 8eptaa>bar,itfa?t. at 10 o'alock. A full
attaodauaa af mambara ta datlrod, *?<1 all par- ' ^
atma vtaHag to baauaa mora hero arelnxitad *
* to ha praaawh ff
V1L A. IURRMMB.
ftcpb ? 1? 1
The Clear Spring Dcinearatie Otnfc
W ILL noct oi Jokn MpD*?Ur?,? J o'clock,
a* flal'icdav. (be 1 fib of tfootftttbor. 1&A&,
The luoettog ottl bo by WiU
Uom H. l>rry, Eoq, Mt <* tl. "Wotti ud
Robert MoKoj.
By o*dof of Ibo CkoV.
D. C. 1BBXLT1!, SooMfMy.
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