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RnW WAlkrv T* a nvnn ?
inn nuoiui caajuan,
BY ARS. ftlUOURN'EV.
"Agriculture i? the most healthy, tho most
useful, the most noble employment of man."?
Otorgt Wathinglon.
What hero from the battle strife,
With palms of victory crowned,
fame's clarion music in hi8 ear.
From earth's remotest bound ?
What ruler o'er a nation's love,
In majesty sublime,
liic lirac, nit; grcwcsi in nie icuiui,
A king in freedom's climo,
Returns to rural haunts to watch
Jlis ripening wheat fields ware,
A blessed gladness in itis hert
That glory never gave.
> Who, 'mid his acres brond anil green,
Where plough-shares break the sod,
Prefers in sylvan toils to walk,
With nature and with God!
There was but one who thus retired
From conquest's power and pride,
For which ambition hath so oft
In madness striven and died.
There waB but one. Dost ask his name?
,Neath fair Virginia's nky
Go find Mt. Vernon's sepulchre,
And heed its answering sigh.
BEXABKS' OF OEN. McGOWAN IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OH
' THE MILITARY BILL.
The question was on tlio amendment of:
Mr. Moore.
Mr. McGowan?As i- happened to me
not to be able to be present through this
debate, I proposo to offer a few remarks.
The section under debate is in reference to
the appointment of the officers, and the
amendment proposes that the offices, from
captain, should be made in a different manner
from that proposed by the bill. Before
wo decide on '.Vis question, it is necessary
to decide on the military condition of our
iitate, and the character of the force to be
raised. This seems to me to be indispensable.
First : what is the military condition
of South Carolina \ What the state of
our military organization ? Every citizen of
the State of South Carolina, between the
- - . . .. .. .
ages or eighteen and torly nve aro'enr-jiien
upon tl.e list of citizen soldiers; are diwi*
xle?l into brigades, regiments, battalions and
divisions. They are also divided territorially,
sad these comprise the whole territory
of the State. This hody, amounting to
05,000 men, exclusive of the alarm men
of the State, perform the services of the
State gratuitously, elect their own officers ;
find, under the militia law, as now organized,
it is uniformly the case that they do
elect (.heir own officers. Colonel, and all
under colonel, are elected by the soldiers of
the territorial division, and all over that, by
the pQif)tpis*j.Qped officers of llieir respective
^commands. I'M* 's U>e condition of Soi}th
Carolina nov, this army of 65.000
fitizen soldiery is not j*II needed, and therefore
it is H^cessary tp suggest some plan
PUfraf the ordinary military organisation
pf the StHte, to rajse tjiis force. Wjiat is
the size of the force needed t I believe-ihat
f??\>'r
f Jje bill proposes .to raise sijc, eight, or ten
fhousautj: -4n(l therefore it is necessary
/.hat we go oijt of the present military
organization, and that they sbou!4 be mired
as far as possible, from all parte of the
State, Next, what kind of troops shall
this ten thousand be! I suppose ?h#jb ire
are all ngreed that they should be volunteers.
And tbat peculiar kind of troops
are particularly adapted to a Republican
forui of government. Under our covern
ment, as In-all the States of this Union,
there is ap Instinctive horror of standing i
> ..armies. The reliance of the State is upon
its citizen 6oldiery; and jt js called ipto service
tW form of volunteers. This is
fight ; for where public opinion is the fojjn-,
dation of armies as well as governments.?where
the soldier js much interested Th
military affairs as the ofljcer?:when vbayopets
as wfeH aa swords apeak, it is proper
for these troops to be volunteers. The.object
of the force.is purely defensive, and it;
7a proper that the citizen should defend bis
wives, bis'children and his fire side.
Third: Efow shall this force be organized
? I suppose that- *benfI state that |Jie
tgjraajr ia to tw voluntary, tbat tlxo /questfdtf
is settled. T know ot no manner of organising
an army, but in one of two wafs. I
.understand,tbat the first way ,is, tbat the
offioef^are cqO?tf twioDed, and then Bent-to.
^enlist soldiery aod jhew, than appointed,'
art Afterwards promoted By seniority.
.other iff thit- the SoWiers organice ifc'eib-r
selves into ? company, pnd o/Bce/s are choseo
afterwadrs, selected from their oWn
I . LTi'.' -
rwiKs. me nrot tsjne aysiem -oua reguiajr
nrroy^t&e others, the jpl#oieer ?jjftt*rn^
?be aoaefdtaent proposed,is nOtwboilyofi
.either pl\n. AH that i5^iropft?edV^? Uvgjvo
the eleetio^jof officers bfeiow'coionel to (toe
mon, white tliose above that officer, are appointed
or elected by tfie Legislature.' .fe
om pat* therefore, "we bafO a oon/odtiit^.
tfe? prioqip1eart*i<5ur>ced ipf tin* anf&uhacat
tW>p?8jnuch? as {J>i?conrn^d*ij!U i*r?
SBMh
over thenink^ of
pomtfd by th? Legi$Iftttifw, $&i
varnor, for.it teems f6 ij?e' If&l&il jxrWr
is too grisat urd.too I'ubk jU>'*iflfcitse to bjj
; entrusted in '.he hands of any o ie man.
It mny be said, in reply, that the Legislature
would not be in session when this election
was needed ; that it is a bill to supply
a future emergency, and when this arises
the Legislature may not be in session. 19ut
we must not leave the election of these
general officers until the emergency come5.
No! they must bo elected now, or our
whole system will be incomplete. Wo
ought to have our force arjnpd, equipped,
--? ? -
uiwpmitu, ruauy 10 uouuu into action at
tlio call of the State, or else, in the very
face of the enemy, wc will have to select
officers. We need npt put them immediately
under pay, but have them ail prei
pared for service. It, however, there be
any objection to tho appointment of these
officers now, let it bo remembered, that the
Legislature will probably be in session when |
the emergency arises. Jiut, in regard to |
the other officers, I insist that the choipo pf \
them be given tp their respective commands.
It is in analogy wilb tho law of South
Carolina. This law provides that they
elect all their officers, but for the sako of
prudence, I will submit to have the?r higher
officers appointed by ptbprs. But who are
those to bo placed under these commanders?
Citizens, by the law of South Carolina
; tjie equals of their officers, and tbe
peers pf those above them ; soldiers from
choice, not necessity ; from patriotism, not
gain; and who shrink back with horror
from haincr oKnfflo/l ??
i wuuinvu uv/n U IIJlilt? UUli
diliun of mercenaries, whose business it is
to die, We do not propose to go into an
offensive war, but thesp troops will defend
their bomeB and firo sides. Besides, it is
uncertain whether they will be employed?
ready when the work is dope to sink back
again into the bosom of their country. ?
The Palmetto I^egimpnt mustered under
this law into the service of the United
States, and elected their own officers of
Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Colonel.
That regiment has dunn mnm fXr
Carolina than everything ejso during the
past century, but theirs was not-a defensive,
but an offensive war. Jn a foreign
country, they struggled to maintain their
country's" honor. Butler, Gladden, and
Dickinsion, were elected bv their own
men. Butler waa not even in the State
when elected, though the lives t>f his electors
depended on their choice. There waa
not a soldier in the rank*, who*s|>w llr.
Rutler receive the flag that now hanga in.
our sight on the race-course in Charleston
from Mayor Ifutchinson, but who knew
thaf, though he made no promises, yet th^t
his eye told that he would come with itfrom
the battle-field, or or) it when it is
done. lieutenant-Colonel Dickinson, in
the army of Napoleon f, would have Brfen
stvled the hrnvAnfc of fJio
f v U
Major Gladden allowed he w^s the first in'
bravery, as he received from Dickinson
the colors that, on the plains of Ghurubusco,
had led to glory and to triumph.
Could. Suijth Carplina.have made a better
choice ? I am afraid, also that the opponontg
of this amendment would dampen
the ardor of those who have offered' their
eervjoes. I hope, therefore, that the
f aiT^cpdmant of oqiy friend' from Anderson,
whi.clj is thp oply -ioiermpdiate policy, will
prevail. < u ' "
v. V
A Russian Dinner.?The Russian?
a__-I -? -f ?i
uiaiu vu. ?vei. hi tue sn oi uiptng. An
Englishman being at Moscow tliey. gavo
him a specimen.. At 3 P. M.^he was bathed,
rubbed, knedded, flogged all orer with
laurestina boughs, wrapped in ' lippn, and,
served with quaaif and'tatypopo, which are
cooling bo?eragf^ tp 3)lay the heitof-the
bath and floggipg. ^At.5 .o'clock, bread and
butter, salt cucumbers and native brandy
and liquota weje served to'whet the ajfljfeti
te. At 6i, dipner tcrtbe rousio of, a'large
unseen organ; first, open pa tea of small
trout then soppmade of eel pool an<^
pj.,(J| Murgeon^tWaia sd rich that it'looW
like melted gold, and cosf^ not quite- aV
much y then, chicken cutlet*, Covered with
I -rr'27-i
piurts -tbeo.
rp4 Je?o4 wteb-an in<idntw?8Ue <pd ibjiw ^
;dribabte jtayfteg/ tlioti, jJrfi^joW/dtuflfed;
/^ith jpnihroomt . whichJ*?&! fftelt^d
! fy btflWr; 'then a; durWp)#^
<1cind? o? meat ?t>onnwi uii
*??P rthdft 'of ,W*
-jTu^ ? tbatr?a dUfr tM?$ta Bo#<?
injure - aWfrAot ed^fjpd no woirdef; UA.
five hundred other things, and nH ftorta of
by
Jjtflqfcr Ut&r wWth? 0 ? Itf/jv a' torob&t
f^Th w> ?fo? of^o^-T^io
-' .? V .j
\ -tr ..T'4 " ' . ' ?
' v th -'afce
^tHe^WlA?-tel^i^KrA #*y>p#
IWjj&he jitaffs. ' 9 .
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF CHARLESTON. .
Tho following is tho report of tho Cora? ,
raitteo on Education, on pertain resolutions ]
of enquiry, concerning tho Teacliew in the
Public Schools in Charleston : j
The Committee on Education, to whom (
was referred certain resolutions of enquiry,
' pp.ueerning the teachers in the public (
j schools.in Charleston beg leave to repori:
That they haye made enquiry as directed,
and from the information within their reach,
find that there nrp uow in operation in (
Charleston, six Common Schools, and odc (
| Normal and Iligh School for girls, in nil
! of which tlir>r? nro nlinnl
; teachers, of whom nine aro from the l^orth,
( and the remaining sixty-eight from Charleston.
These nine teachers have situations
as follows: Two are principals of the male
and female departments of the St. Philip's- c
street school; two aro principals of the i
same department in the Friend-street c
schools; ono is fqmale principal of the pri- a
ipary department in ihe Morris-street
school; one is male pri: cipal in the Nor- ^
mal school, and three aro teachers in the t
same school. Ii
It appears, therefore, that in the Com- t
mon Schools, therp ?ro five Northern ii
teachers out of seventy-three, and that
these five hold tlio nlanea nf nrinf.innla ?
_ , ? , ,
while all their assistants are frora our midst, p
As the system of education inaugurated at d
Charleston was new in its details and management,
it seems to have been a necessity a
that those who were to conduct it should c
be familiar with it. Accordingly, the pria- 1
cipals who were to be the conductors were 0
imported. These sphoola are under the a
supervision of a very intelligent, jealous e
and patriotic Board of Commissioners, ap- $
pointed by the Legislature, aqd yqqr Com- I
mittee believe-that the entire management
of these schools, which are now 'in the full i,
tide of successful experiment, may be safely
left to that Board.. They cannot,however
in their opinion, the Board of Commission- r
ers have "evinced, their good sense and pa- t,
triotism, equally by employing from abroad c
the proper heads, and-putting R?d?r lh?'r I
training Jill the*assietapts at home. In this
way they hare been enabled to secure all h
the advantages for the present, with the t
prospect of final indepepdeqpe jq the fu-,,(
ture.
The Normal School was established with \
the twq-fold object of promoting the same v
end, natne|y : The trAiniog of teachers, and (
and also qf furnishing thorhighest grade of a
education to young ladies. Tliese objects g
required teachers wl/o had fercotoledge of 'fc
the inodes of ppndupting formal Schools, a
and again limited the choice of the Board. a
xr n. Jx. . ?. * i4 * " ' - *
tout .i/omnmpep ^re- lniormed tuat they p
sought in vqin for teachers, with proper 0
qualifications, at th'e^ Souththat enquiries t
were presented at Richmond and Mobile, h
arid that even now, they find! difficulty* in a,
filling one of the vacancies which remain.
The Chairman of. the* Board-isnow at Co- 1
lutpbia, examining the qualific^tjops of 0
some candidates, f lje four ' teaobers now ^
jn this School weVerselecied at the North p
before the opening of tho School, and, we p
are informed ba?e,beep faithfully engaged t
in it ever aince. Your Committee inT e
formed tb?t the Board would, .Under ojist- j
ing circumstances, greatly prefer teachers e
who bad men educated amqfiggt ps; tnjl &
??FW^h could not be bad, the Committee n
thin&they reasoned correctly when they rjj
concluded that the hast nlnm wKinli tliiawf-.'
rv7- J |]
could adopt, was to secur6 the services of >
thosq who could ipost certainly traitMip the j,
best teachers'and the best sobolare. In their
selection they have been successful, as
^bp (Commissioners appointed by the )^at
Legislature testify. *' J j
A a. to any danger to be apprehended
from rtiolr teaching, the Committee,unanl- fl
mously .think it is purely imaginary. Ip ^
the Normal School, there are about
hundred-an3 thirty yotfng ladies pf fifteen o
jfara of "-age ,and over?the intelligent and {
high->pirjjjM^^ughtera of our own citizens. ?
?iey awfufj^^in classes of. not lew .than- ?
ijrty. ttw obvious that noth?ngAa*^ption-; fc
nabtfoutd ba^oti'oduce^'bv any tefcebew.' or _
wUbout iaimediftle lexpoaurq. Beafdd, tbe t
boofcaard selected by tbo Board, qnd^fce j
school itf visited daily tfy, eomo ono - of the
rrt&in^itf?9^"ibe CotiutoiM&K?.wb4MJiAj# c
<4jarge W ij^/Tbjs 0*rij{nUtee couaMta t
?{ ?Uul> aaotUfteea is Miv'Merautfneer. -tbe *
of the- Boai$, fend Jy4j?A \
M<Ur?th/W. J. B^s.eints^b. ^SHp ,
*i<jS
TKe^onatffiUef?oi?Hy ^fSmwVmed ta?t f
lb?^wdof Confm;?iob4iJl^Jo-?et. Aij
?i>y ^ ' j
. * .v .
yul faithfully discharged their duties, all
was done that the public interest Required,
[n this opinion your Committee concur,
ind they take the occasion to remark, that
t would be a reproach upon the character
>f the State, to discharge ^nd expel fenales,
who had come amongst us, at qui:
>wn invitation, and who are entitled to our
ivpteption.
Your Committeo having peiforrced the
luty imposed npon them, ask leave to be
lischarged from the further consideration j
>f the subject.
Respectfully submitted,
S. MoGOWAN, Cb'n.
From the New Orleant Delta, Sept. 23.
THE JOHN BROWNIfES TE*AB--AN INCENDIARY
'LETTER.
The following well authenticated and
learly proved document has bean sent to
is from Texas, by a gentleman from this
;ity, wlio assures us that thpre cannot be
. particle of doubt as to is genuineness.
It is a startling and fiendish document
rhich is quite wqrtlyr of thp persqal of
hose credulous, easv?nminor ritirona mlin
, ?-0 a r*v?
iave no anxictips about the South?no fear
>f tiny real design to intprfpre with our
ustitutions by northern emisariee.
From the following particulars, which
fe^j&d in the Fort Smith Herald, we are
>Ie&5ed to learn that the writer of the
locument below has been caught:
'On ?5unday last Bev. Bailey
rrived here in the overland coach, under
barge of Mr. Johnson, officer from Texas,
^he reverend gentleman^ it appears, is one
f the diapiplps of the John Brown school
nd has been engaged in Kurflfog, stealing
ct., inour sister State. " A reward of
.dvuq nasi Deei} oi|erccJ for his delivery at
Port Worth.'
I'lip following is the letter sent to us,
ientif jjng the individual:
Denton Cheek, July 3, I860.
'De^^ Sir?A painful abscess on ray
ight thumb is my apology for not writing
o you fronrj Anderson. Our gloripus
aune is progressing finely far so^h as
kenham. There I parted with brother
iVampler ; he went still further Bouth ; |
ie will do good whereeypr ha goea. I
raveled up through the frontier counties,
a part of the tin^e under a fictitious name.)
found rpany friends who had been initiaad.and
undgrstoqd the mystic red- J mpt
rith a good number of our friends near
leorgeto^vn. "^Ve held-* copsultation,
iid were-unanimously of opinion that we
liquid be cautious ot oHp-paw associates,
lost'of them are desperate characters,
nd may betray us, qs there are some
I n ttaI-i r*1 o nt />n r? * V. ' * '
ixuuumuic ixiivfm iiiimn, (?uu vaiue tne
>oor negro niucty higher than horsps. The
illy good they will do us will be to desroy
town?, milla, etc., whicli is our only
ope in Texas at piespnt. If wp can bre^lf
onthern mepchapts and millers, and have
heir places filled with honest Republicans
^exka will be an easy prey if we- only do
ur duty.- ^.11 we'waut, for the time, is
he control of trade. Trade, assisted bv
Teaching and teaching, will soon control
labile opinion. ^Public.'opinion ia migh*
jr, and will prevail.) JyincoJa will be
lected; w,e will then \haye. the Indian
Ration, poap wjjftt it will; .squatter aovjeri#ffy
will prevaj^there it.hifi in Kanas.
That accomplished, wehavjB butone
*pre st,ep JfaMke, ^cTiWe^ struggle to.
aake?that^i, ffeft.Tgxaa. >We will then
iave a connected link;from the lakes to the
Jujf- Slavery will then be;, surrounded
?y laud aijd. water, and 8oon;Sting itself to
Lk % . '
- ~hf^x.T
a repeat, Texas we must h*ve, .arfd^)ur
nly chunca is to breuk up tbe present in*
labitantem whatever way we can. It
nust be done, Some of ys wjl) ngi|.M>i
uredly faiil m rfcpop^isblrig o?r object,
iy^otir Hfeavenly FatK*r will. reward ttai
or assisting bira^in blotmg out.the greatest
urge on earth. * It wpukl be iihpossjfoie
py uu. ?u,mH lUHt is sb oiasiheif^BBRfie
ei^&t if^God, as holding
laymust kave ^wwtiepfc coaaulaeetibgs
t be in -Itta i^^tft^JjDpress ugga
tt&tjr elo^aed ptfjlrcjfe tiefcbleasijl^ OirSsdomj
.induQsr^M ^any^o ?
tfill alt). Oltr flftsnMmimM ?? '
v >'
iommodation t^rgo North'are better than
iopat
^ traveliag. r^ill e-epa oat. travollng
genta whbn I got home. You m#$fc ?p."
?piot artdpal wrer/ heigHferthood
O^Spfir sdi*tQcW v t "wflj&?$iM$Rkfac 'few
prove you and your co workers for your f
negligence in sending funds for our agents.
But few liave been compensated for
their trouble. Our faithful correspondent
and industrious V.rother Webber,
has received but a trifle, not ag much as
an apprentice's wagesa either has brothers
Willett, Magnum and others.
'You must call upon our colored friends
for more money, they must not expect-tis
to do all. certainly will giveevpry
i cent if they knew how soon theif shlckles
will be broken. My hand is very pain,
ful, and I will close. Yours, truly,
Wm. 11. Baile*.
X. B. Brother Leake will Rive you
what few numbers of Impending Crisis
we have; also, Brother Sumner's speed),
and Brother Beecher's letters, etc. Farewell.'
'The State of Texas, County, of Tarrant:
^
'Pprgopally appeared before mo, the under
signpd ai^ttiority, Parti Isbell, a man
to me well known, who bping duly sworn
apcofdjngto layf, ?ay^the foregoing letter
was founu by Georgia Grant and himself,
near the residence of the said Grant, six
miles'west of Fort Worth, near where a
horse had been fed, stealthily, as it seemed
and that said letter lias U0t been out oftheir
possession till now, and that it has
nipt been altered in any respect whatever.
'Given under my hand and the seal of
Tarrant county cp.Mrt, this the 10th day of
Augqst, A. I). 1860.
[L. S.] Thus. M. Mattuews, Deputy.
Or "Mon/?o nlnrlr ftf lliA /irtiinfw ""??? *
Jk VI* AiMMWy VIVI n \j* itiu WUI1VJT UUUll)
of Tarrant county, Texas.
. 4I herpby cprtUy that thp above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy of the
, original lottpr now. jn my possession, except
th$t Qomp of thp spplfing has been
corrected.
'"Witness my h^nd and the spal of the
Tarrant county court, this 15th day . of
August, 18 GO.
[L. S.] Tho8. if. mhttukws,
Deput. Clerk.
For the Southern- Guardian.
An Appeal to ths Booth.
?fl- Y1*
The Southern States should leave the
Union, because it costs them infinitely
mare than it is worth tp them.
What is the Union worib to tfie slaveholder?
Will some hone??, intelligent,
candid man answer this question f It is
ijsually answered by rliapsodies-and florid
declamation ; but these are times for Something
graver, I grapt j.h3t.it is a groat
and glorious Republic to the people pf the
North, and they cannot say too mijch in
its favors but to^tbe South, jt hs^s been 1
b'u? a torment and'blqod-sucVer for forty
years. po ydij say that you Qan go over
all'its vast surface, aipj be under lavrs. of
your own making? ?Jn 9II that time, you
have rieypr been able to' make A ''Single
la?, but, by^ sufferance of the North.?
Whenever 1 itr- representatives chose -Jd
unite agaii)Bt yoti, yours were impotent;
j #nd they have never failpd to unitej when
the higher loc^l interests of , the. twdt seditions
came in ponflict. ' Our. struggle* for
ouxfl of that time, ha* been {^secure tho
election of tjjenllt theNortb^who would
protcct u? from oppression And extortion.
As to receiving at - their hftnda^any'great
i boon that would coat the Noi ih a dollar^
| We long ago. ^ceasetf 'to look for such a
thing. If w4,'eould gel a I'resident who
i would^eto South-devouring rajeaifrejj, and
give oup ppJa[wanB} *pd throiig}vt1jein our
peftpfe/^ee^ wjjy we -gloriedv*a. though
Wo haA'-aJkYan^ed^nV Dnder our-thumb..
But 80 Afrit if froiii being true that you
c$n tray$over
| 'yotj&r l|om? i&ft ^aBSjgmpi *ruti> ' is,
fthittMsre ifrDpi aquntryon the
face of t^e earth, iti wfijplifcy&iifoay not
Ltra^l Ifljjl greattr privileges than you
i ba?? in th? Nojr$wn'States;?| t}?js
I A^ifew years
I wJjfr<jSW? Pruij^<
ip^tld to eroftnoipnte tfce^flVa ?
Pt iwrf*t> jf^^eol^y tiy&Wrdiiif' to
the law
and slay* could nob be fwoijred, by 'ibe
Rj.ere &tppor^*Oj6ur&$MpW
eomiiiy.
in /b wb^h Sttujo^^rHb'
.the %r$ero S&u* hMp$ ^0|^r?
with sixty or^Beve^ty ilay^ M^ard,
''r ' ' *
! " '
tlio palo of tlio 4 personal liberty law' of
tliat State, the courts condescended to hear
tho master's plea for his sWes. They decided
against him o{ course, ypon the
principle, I suppose, that the Constitution
superseded the law of nations, and they
superseded the Constitution. The liberty
of conscience s as boldly invaded, as the
right of property in those States. In
every church where majorities rule, they
have usurped papal power, without observing
papal clemency (0 Southern christians.
With all power?civil and eclcsiastical?
in their hands, what is to hnpnm? nf n?f
The Union baa nothing in it. to endear it
to the people of the South, ilow much
has it cost the South i . I will not answer
in round numbers, because you wculd not
believe me: and cannot answer it fully,
without wearying or bewildering the Reader
with figures. I will endeavor, by a few
eimple fact? and illustrations, to open the
eyes of the honest t eomanry and youth of
the country, for whose benefit mainly I am
writing, to the tremendous extortion to
which they have been subjected for four
and forty years by the things called tariffs.
Suppose, plain farmer of North Carolina,
you sibould go to Keutucby and buy one
hundred he;id of horses, at op? hundred
dollars a piece, for sale in South Carolina ;
and that when you came to tho line, au
officer should rpeet you and demand of you
bow much your horses cost you. You tell
him the price. ' "J'bat wop't do,? says he j
' show your bills.of sale.' You do it. 'All
right,' says he) hand me over $2,500, and
you may bring yopr horses into the State?
otherwise you can't.' 4 Why, wh?U d?e8
this mean ?' say you. 1 Well,' says the
officer, ' tho Legislature has passed a law
that evcjry man who brjngs horses into the
State, shajl pay into the Treasury twentyfive
dollars' worth?in other words, $25
upon their cq?t, or ya}ue; or, in common
parlance, has laid an ad valorem duty (or
tax) upon all horses brought ifito the State.'
'And what is all this furl' you inquire.
To enable the people of Soutli^'Carolina to
do a profitable business io horse raising, or,
as it is deceptively called, to1 protect' South
Carolina's 4 home industry.* . They cannot
raise such horses as yours and sell them
for less than $115, to make a profit on
them : but it : averv hundred dollnr liorRP
that is broughtdnto the SJtate cap bp tpfjde
to cost $125, then the South.C?rqliiw fniser
can do a pplendid biisiues3?he can put
bis price up to $124, ant} sell for n dollar a
head less than'^he importer's horses cost
him. But Souljf Carolina, vre suppose,
cannot supply a tenth p'ftrt of North Carolina's
derpan^J for Horses; ha?? now ? .. W^y
hundred. dollar horses in Kentucky/ are
worth $150 in North. Carolina. ,Nowf the
nrovers" Degm tp import again?pay the
State $25 per bead, and $25 per horse still.
Bui the South Carolinan, without any buying
at all, mattes thirty-five or forty dollars
per head ; for we haye seen that without
protection, the could have solil at $llo,
In the mean time all the farmer? are buying"
horses, simply Buying, ' why horse?
have run up ifligbtilv;' am) havmguo jdes
that it is thelaw^pf thejj* State thai "has /ifn
tbem.tijv-.. Neyflf'j.heless, though^hey do
noPtnow'iare p^yinglGO: mora for
every horse they-"buy ti)?p tfiey.&ught to
pay. . In. the ipeaat}m^ tlie treasury is filing
up with useless money, which mustbe
spent. Suppose"' the Legislature orders
eight dollars spent l if South * Caroling-fof
wrery-une ppeni m yiotyi vjnronna-; me eifoct
mtist bd that Sofjtb Carolina mast grow
rich .j^pnce, ylnl^ Nthi C^foiiW j? at n
stand-ptjll, insensibly staking or imperceptibly
nnijft* Now, is ^reoWl^. tlie
garno wliicfy lias been played by Iho North
upor. tlie -South fo'tTj-Tour^yef> j*;- fiCQpt
tbftt'lbe protectipnU riot UfcyQ#*fleigTib$rf
jtrtt*&ypr j J?o linfe, but to atrfirigef^ a t&&iund
mites off?nj>t*to ^.epe^
toies; ^ot on o^a-artjclo, but upoa fyfry
ii*4aAiA -'HAH AAI' *Aip",Kii i?rf* ilia*
fMjnv.o JVU ?> ...ft JTW?. iwy ,? ??
oo^es frooj<<nJ}rgnd. Not ftjjutyof 2$ per
? bjit ^0, 40, 50, ?pa even 1Q0 .^ir
roust to millions "pjSoir mjll^ras.'
XI does* ?ie wiyiiie uw
+?*&** iwt
>^?Dibipg but (Ufi
kibd pr&fWeqCV.of God, ?> giwffff ^cu ?r?
Hi.diw^ Ktai
^1,'^ttctoi^ ho^ia my wifi^fe)
Letter from Judge Longstreot.
Judge Longstrcel, in thp following letter
to the editors of the Richmond Enquirer,
trios to enlighten the people of that Slate
na to the true position of South Carolina
just at this juncture of public affairs:
Co^vmdia, S- C., Deo. fl, 1880.
Gentlemen : Allow nio n sifiall sptrco
in your paper to disabuse the myitis of
Virginians of a very false impression which,
they hnvo of the secession movement in
his.folate. Almost all your distinguished
correspondents speak of it as n thing got?
j ten up by politicians, and as being ej^rfely
under ^heir control. Never wa9 there u
greater mistake. It is the result of one
universal outburst of indignation on the
part of the people at Lincoln's election-?
one spontaneous and almost unanimous
resolve, from the mountaine to the eea*
board, that they nover should come under
Black Republican rule. Sire, you never
ghw anything like it ; the yforld never saw
.anything like it.
You might as well attempt to control ^
tornado, bb to attempt to stop ihetn from
'seceseiop. *]fhey drive politicians before, '
them like (beep. They do not vvait for
leaders to appoint meetings, with intent tq
address them. They gather in multitudes
* ? . , . v. , . , -
nnu oyi wnere a speaner is, visit mm, nna
compel biip to spenk and they haVe not .
found one yet (jold epoiigh to doptylpCd
secession?separate secession?IrtforelJiepj. ' kV;*
4pd yet there is not tamultjtsny.^ t^io.
tumult of applause; no riotous conduct,
no strife, no heart burning?nny4 quito the
reverse. It is all stpiles, joy and good fellowship.
Their meetings ..are generally at
night; fjli the day every m&j?|& quietly ap Ev?
ya business, and everygojng '
smoothly on. Flags in hand^nags across
the etreetB,-fings at printing ofjicea, stores, stfshops,
booths, on oippibuseS?ill every dl? tT-jj
rection. Now, gentlemen) why your'peoJ ??g
pie talk of poslponement?, consultations, ^
co-operation,' deliberation, <fcc., to - South/ %\ ;
Carolina? Vy'by do they speak qf hpjrjp '
thpqgh they thought she was experimpP^
ing with the other State?, or trying Jo^irce
them to a Jitter alternative. WheitaJjg
took her stand I do not believe shaexpesfct
d the co-openUion of apyTVtber Statia.
am sure ahu looked for no 8t)cb thingj|toj
t Virginia. Jn 1833 she sought co-operation
,witlf (Georgia, and 6bp was ycry cpurteO^*]^
, dismissed. -Iu 1850 shesougJ^j-fiao?mLr
tiou at Nashville, with all the other S-lnthem
States. Slie found-no .endpurajget^wl
there. In 18(30 she offered co operatic^"
Virginia, and.sho was delicately dismi^^b
What gfoiind of hope "had
other State in th> IJnjon 'wpul'd raa^'j^t
raon oaiise with ty&i^jprthis mo.?jraent?;i|fii
truth of tho matter-is that the impulse
moves her, moves- seven^teninl of m
pejpple of the South. Putfop^'our strafeest
tnen anywhere, iu ..Vjrginia, befoffifr
large piuItitud^oF her.unftspirinpf
let them propose temporizing resolittijttL
and let the mostWpopular innn^;irlh*Q|g*
. eerablv offqra substitute re8pigji(^,4B^|J|i
t mediate secession, atul mavk'tka,
tbo two upop- tlie fteople/' YotywfU -ml
t every- sjgQ^/aVjftil&ra tOjtbe^M^. ani^fc
; jbree instances out'tif fijro they jfiipHj^jgu
, the last with acclamation. Tjto
try is" stijred from Maryland to.TejBt
Why ia ^tkia! It i? bi&auso ev^rjl^qK
| knows whatjilack tl^publidani^m;;j?f?n
what Ujey fcre lo TooHf for ffopi it.-'
, iathereto conpult- a^ou^ to dafete'ajKiB
To see whether, we cannot g<et, 'guarn^flfc;
of fatU^(y^dl ^t)dnofc'fi'b>tt ,^hegvj^H y
dcodIq know frflhwcll thav'will fivG noilsffl
' gjin/nntrts fa. the'first plac<\.nor kwspjj?
Che'second. -,g0Pg-^|jg^i
inltmate'd Wbb lja*e,4>eea' tbnAK
. ting tbp ^utb?foi^ihjfiy .y^??
epiog wdrsaftjiipg? ,t|ian Uiey l^e per^B,
' traled; hnvo n&V^<j>6wcr.
' Haw mu9h;deliberat|.on dq tbe p<*o]^ '^wj
to dfecide whether I bey >viIV live uadep
3 <hftrt * titter ?
roach co mfort, j^ntion, nnd epD^isii^V &|
hp fopntf H
p?op0f4Jr 4U1 ;i| it