Abbeville press. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, September 04, 1868, Image 2
The Abbeville Press.
-A.bbevillc, S. O.
W. A. LEE, EDITOR.
TERMS?Throo Dollars a year in advance
ur No Subscriptions tukeu for a eliorte
time than aix mouths.
L: Friday, September 4, 1868.
National Democratic Ticket.
FOR I'ltESlDENT: |
HORATIO SEYMOUR,
Off New Yojik.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT:
FRANK P. BLAIR,
Of Missouri.
State Electoral Ticket.
For the State at Large:
Gen. J. D. KENNEDY, of Kemliaw.
Col. J. P. THOMAS, ?f IUclilaud.
First Congressional District:
Col. R- F. GRAHAM, of Marion.
Second Congressional District:
Cl?N. B. H. RUTDEDGE, of Charleston.
Third Congressional District :
Cot. A. 0. HASKELL, of Abbyvillo.
Fourth Congressional District:
Col. EL C. MoLURE, of Chester.
g? 1 =
Southern Reconstrction.?The South
Carolina Legislature.
For tho first timo in tho history of
a froo peoplo, panporism, igtioraneo
and vico havo boon mado ruling poivcra
in tho Stato, and a government
which is prosnmed to roprosont tho
property, intelligonco and virtao of
tho country is characterized hy tho
absenco of ovory element which could
mako it oithor decent or respeetablc.
or ouablo it to fulfil a single purpose
of its establishment. Southern Reconstruction
is woreo than revolution
itBolf, involving not merely a change ,
of rulers, but an uphoaval of the ,
foundations of socioty, a dissolution <
of its dements, an inversion of its ,
established order, a violation of its .
laws?repudiating every lesson of
eago experience and outraging every ,
dictate of our common nature. "Wo
have been accustomed to look upon
the Legislative body, as tho reflection |
of whutovor is exalted in talent, vir- ,
tao and public character, und as rej>reseuting
all tho varied-interests j (
whieh iPfurnrnmiint: w ?
^ uw.-mn iv |
tor aud protect. Cut this hti^ boon ]
nil changed. Vlrtuo ha.-* bccoiuo vice
and ovil, good, and tho^o high offices '
which wero once tho rewards of hon- ,
orod merit and distinguished public *
Rcrvico, aro now tho prey of needy i
adveuturora and faithle^ rcnogades, ^
until offleo iteolf han become a byeword
of rcproach, a badgo of shame, (
as it ie tho prico of dishonor. What ,
shall wo say of a legislative body, j
which representing neither tho property,
intelligenco, nor rospoclability
of tho country, but composed of itin- j
erant carpet-baggers, recreant sen la- j
wags, and newly enfranchised slaves, (
without tho intolligonco to discern, ^
oranymotivo to protect tho true in- .
teresta of tho Stute, aro now presum- ^
ing to mako laws for tho government
of thisonco great and noble common- ^
wealth?who without property I hem- (
selves aro presuming to tax your .
property and my property, to bus lain
a government which dishonors the
namo and imrmira tlm i:? i
x?- .I.M. .HI t
povcrishea llic resources of the
State. .
Tho procoedings of tho *o-callod j
South Carolina Lcgishituro are such t
as might woll bosupposed to emanate j
from a body, which in in itself ouo of j
tho first fruits of univecsal suffrage j
extended to tho nowly onfranchised t
slaves?which cloctcd by thoso who (
wero tho ignorant dupes of tho art- (
ful and designing, rcproscuts tho cu- j
pidity of tho alion, and tho rapacity
of tho renegade ; who having no honor
to savo and no character to lose, aro .
carrying out thoir own unlfiul.
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rcb without compunction and without \
?hamo? Tho proc?x?ding* havo been
charactoriaod throughout by ovcry
epooios of grosaness and indelicacy?by
a violation of parliamentary law
and decorum?and by an amount of
folly and corruption, which wo suppose
noTor boforo disgraced a logiBlativo
body?ehamolosely practised and
unbluslringly avowod. Bribery baa
boen tho potont lever bj^ which office
hafc been attained and taginlativo action
secured, and tho bucccbb of measures
havo boen mqdo to depend, not
A*- -f? ? ' *' "" ' '
jijwii mwr ntnoBD to ^v^noo tUo in*
teresta of tho State, hut upon iho
.means at their command to buy up
the patronage of individual numjjer*. *
After two months eession, what >
great measure of public utility has
been inaugurated ? On the contrary,
weeks have boon spent in tlio creation
of offices, and in cauoaoses to fill
them?in efforts to build up a party, ntifl
AH it- ?-i_
uu viiu jiuuKvu) oyiis nocoy
followers- Incondiary debates have I
been held, exciting the- antipathies' 1
and kindling the animosities of race, I
and a measure has been attempted to 1
t be hurried through, which w^ild pro- <
voice endless antagonisms and. colli- i
sions. Chartered rights >afei.'vested i
interests are to be saeifficedm jn tho m
-.c of the State Bank, tdSgrecdy \
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speculators, and 1 lio best interests of
trade, as in the ease pi' U.10 Chatham
bill, made to yield to selli^h and local
claims, which come avowed with the
all-polcut bribe. The most important
bill of the KCHsion, that which regulates
the assessment and collection of
taxes, and which a 11 eels every interest
in the community, is hurried through
with a rapidity which is a mockery
upon the lbrms of legislation.
Characterized throughout by this I
; unseemly huslo and unwise inaction, >
the Session has been protracted and J
at the same time frittered away, with !
no other object than to build up and I
securo tho success of a party, and j
rnriL'ii uio pocicots of individuals. j
And all this too at tlio oxpenso ol'
others?the property holders ami taxpayers,
who during the present session
have already been saddled with a
debt of $70,000, (o enahlo a set <?f
carpet.-haters and scalawags, and
deluded blacks, to indulge (lie expen- j
sive luxury of ruiningtho Stale.
In view of theso facts, wo have this !
chief consolation, that the very
enorinity of the evils which are inherent
in the system, must bring about
us flpccdy overthrow?that no such
overgrown monstrosity can long survive.
Tho clay of vcngennco?of just
rccomponac?only lingeroth.
Tlie Presidential Prospects
Tho Round Table, a Itopublican journal
of high charactor, after an impartial
and intelligent eurvoy of tho position
of partioB arrive at tho conclusion
that tho prospocts of Seymour
and Blair are brightening, and that ,
tho Domocratio tickets will bo success <
iul in tho noxt election. It makos the <
following estimate of results in rouiu
of tho States:
ThoStato elections will probably to ,
a COtlsidorabln ov?<%n? ????
V ?>a? UWIIVV VUVll j
oilier, tho floating voto nhvaj'S run- '
ning moro or loss with tho prevalent '
tido, but an tho succession happens to ;
lull, oncoura^oment is likely to bo prot- j
ly evenly distributed. Thus, tho first I
Stato election?that of Vermont, Sep- 1
lombor I?will of courso bo a Ropub- 1
lican buccobs. California, on tho fol ,
lowing day, will aa certaiuly show a ,
triumph for tho Democrats. Tho '
Maine election, Septembor 11, will bo '
much moro iutcrcstin" and si-rnificant '
a -> I
because it cannot bo counted as a |
pjrogone conclusion. Tho Republican t
majority of 27,?3u0 in 1S'?C> was rc- j ?
Juco.I hv Ifi film ion? " < - : :
-J V .viva 111 HVI, XI LllU |
process of reduction is Etill going cn j
?and this Democratic lea.lora san;uinoly
hope and strenuously claim?
the Republicans may find their last
reur's majority of 11,GOO entirely dissipated
in Nnvombcr. Aitor the
Vlaino election comes a month wbiuh
vill doubtless witness the hardest
.vork of the canvass. The four Stales
>f Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and
Iowa hold their elections on October
13th, tho same day. Iowa will, with>ut
doubt, go for tho Republican tiekst,
but Indiana is uncertain. Mr.
londricks* strength is very groat, but
10 has a majority to overcome?that t
)f tho last election of T>(>?of 11,001).
Jn tho othor hand, Mr. Lincoln's tna?
ority in 'Gl was J} I;000, and it remains
o bo scon how far tho rc-aclion has
>roceeded horo ns w-.ll as elsewhere. !
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in rcgurus wnio, opinions nro natu- j f
ally very much divided. Tho wish, j *
n political mattorn no potontially lath- j 1
>r to tho thought, produces dccidcd j [
:onviotions that aro highly antagonw-1 v
lie. T-> tho impartial observer it j 1
coma naggosUvo onough to porcoivo !l
hat tho Republican majority of 00,0'iG j1
n l$Gl wild loss than 30,000 in ,]
mil had dwindled to 2,000 in 1S07. 1
l?Yom proBont appoarancoH tho cloction '
n Pennsylvania, will bo donor than in |
iny other State. As to .Now York, j
carcoly any bat strong partisans now 1
juostion that sho will go tor tho L>om- f
Iftmt ift /?n n #Ti 11 n * Aa I ? -
?.v, VJ u UUUVJ' IllllJOr?
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Park*' Crkbk I)emocratio Or.ur.. i
?Tho L'arkfj' Crook Democratic Club J
wafl-orgapi/od on Saturday lant, tlio (
2tSd Ao^UHt inHt. Tlio following is j
tho list of ofTicorfi and mciubora. Ah v
it contain*! the natnM of only a por- t
tirtn of tho wbilo rfiOfi of tbo ncigb*- <
borhood, additional uamea- will bo 1
gladly rccoWod. > !
Profiident, J. T. JilDUEbb. '
Vico President, Tl. M. WJNN,- \
Socrotnry, KID WIN WILSON.
Treaaurqr, C. W. J>KN1>Y. 1
Robfc. Orawfuvd, J. 1;. Miller, 1
U. Coloman, B. |?\ McAlislor, <
J. B. Clamp, T. 1\ MeClellan, ' \
B: A. Bowie, - Frank liortry, <
R. 11. Winu, . \Yui. jNovro.l), v ' J
G. W. Cochran, T3dwfn Cater, t
W H. Sharp, W. O, Winn, ^ J J
Tho*. ytftTo nsonr -\Y mv M<?Com bs, j
JatflfB Conningham. . e.. |
Democratic at iiownt>i^k '
vn,fce.~ We aro requested to anoounoe {
that the Democratic Cleb-of Loj*nQdea?. j
vtile and citizens of that- vieinitjf will
be addvoased on tho 4tii .Saturday ol'.h
" "t i
September irtst., by the Hon. Thoinag J
Thomson, and CM. It. A* ffair, and 1
that our foUowoitieens generally arc \
invited to attend. The distinguished t
sbaractet x>t these sgentleiqon and *
their ability aod eloqnenco, together 8
with the mAraoatoas iaauea whioh are
sow ?kstako %ill no doubt eneor*
Lhera a lange<fadieoce. -'-V- *
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Leltere of Gov. Perry and Hon. James
. . 13. Campbell.
Wc take pleasure in laying before
our l'oatlors t!io follow-in.*;; letter* from
theno distinguished gonlloineii, who
had boon invited to address the great
Oeinoeratie Mufe* Meeting here, on
the 20th nit.
Ghfxxvii.i.b, S. C.,
August 2:J, 1808.
Jinn. A. Dart, C'hitirin tn, etc.
My 1)kau Km: 1 luul tl:o honor of receiving
your kiiK.I lettor last evening, re- I
questing mo to .vhlress "a mass mooting" j
at Ahbovillo Couit House, on llio 20tli inst. |
coining couui givo mo gieattr pleasure
than to be with you on that occasion, but
I liiiir il will bo impossible tor me to attend,
as tlio Federal court is now in session at !
this placo.
Let mo assure tho good pooplo of Abbovillo
that I am heartily with thorn and the
Democracy of the United Slates in the
cil'ort they arc now making to hurl from
power and placo tho most infamously oppressive,
usurping, despotic and damnable
party, that ever disgraced tho annals of
bib lory in any age or country. Fight
years ago this audaciously wicked and
criminal Radical party came into power by
an unfortunate division in the.Democratic
ranks, and what dire calamities have befallen
tho country within that Lri. l' period !
For years and years tlicso United Stales
had prospered, grown great and powerful,
under Democratic rule, as no other people
ever did on tho faco of the earth. They
had incieused from three millions to thirty
inillious of people from thirteen Stales to
thirty-three St.ite?. and all wore happy,
prosperous and free uudcr our Republican
form of (Jovernment. Tho American Republic
was tho admiration of tho world,
and a standing proof of uiau'a ability to
govern himself.
But in an ovil hour, ns I liavo said, tho
Radical party got possession of tho govern
mont, nid by refusing all compromises or
concessions to the Southern States, involved
the country in a most unnatural
;ruel nnd bloody war for four long years !
la this war were slaughtered and sacrificod
tcnn of thousands of American citizens, gallant
brave inonl Seven thousand millions of
lollnr* \v.ir.? 1 - *' "
__ - ~ v^i'uuuoi uy mu reUerai
Tovctnmonl in proMjoutiug this war! And
tivo thousand tnillions by I'm Confederate
^ovorumcnt in defending tho sacred ri^ht
>f every per>j>lo to govern themselves ! The
itauth was ruined and the North impoverished
! Commerce, agriculture and manuactures
paralyzed ! The national debt of
ho United States lias been increased to
hreo billions of dollar'', arid is still increasing
! The people liavo paid in taxes,
iil?ce the war, only three years, fifteen hunJiod
millions! Tho annual expenditures of
ho government, in tiiuo of peace, have increased,
under Radical tyranny and reck
?s9 prodigality, from eighty millions to
!vo hundred millions. A stauding army
las been kept up contrary to tho spirit and
;enius of our Republican institutions, at an
.spenao of hundreds of millions of dollars
umually. A Freedmcu's Bureau lias been
organized, nt an expense of fifty millions,
o stir up atnl prejudice the freednien of
ho South against tln.ir - ?
. ?.VIU11I u? nurs. I
Liogues and thieves have been placed in
lower, and the I'rosident forbidden lo renove
them. lint onu of these high olli:ia!s,
C'ulLcol, we'l known in Sontli C.iroina
as a cotton thief, under the Radical
jovernuient, was sent to the Penitentialv
ho other day by thrj courts of Now York
or his roguery.
Tha UaJical Congress have, for three
rears past, prevented a restoration of the
Jnion. They struck down, at ono fell |
iwoop ten sovereign States of this Union ! I
L'liey abolished tin; Statu governments, and
uhstituled a military despotism in' their
dace. Military commissions wore Bubbtintod
for courts of Justice and trials by
Uirr. The bnyonet took tlio place of the
vrit of hithras coi'/ws. Innocent men, in
lountkss numbers, havo been arrested in
ho bosom of thoir families, and dragged to
he dungeon Cell.i to be condemn* d and
ixociited 5 I havo recently seen I "resident
lohnson's pardon of three of these poor, u>i?
ortunato men, who wuro condemned lo bo
xecutcd by that n/torioualy infamous sarap
Hicklc-t, tiiu murderer of hid wife's
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.......i..11., iuil mill, iic cartii lor the pollii' |
ion of h's l?c?!, but on the Lacfdcmonioti j
irtuc of not concealing her crime from the j
>ublic. One won IJ have supposed that these
>oor men, who were chutgud with shooting
l negro for brutally violating a young lady,
night have found sympathy in his black,
Ichauchcd heart 1 1 >tit tlioy should ronumber
that iio took to his bosom again
lis polluted spouse ! (lencral C'anby, anither
military satrap, who was supposed to
io n gentleman, but proved himsolf a
io:n llcsa tyrant in South Oamliua, eomuiu
ed the sonloncc of tlieso unfortunate hici
rom death to fifteen years' imprisonment!
Regardless of iho Constitution which
hey Jiad sworn to support, and wrecklewsly
loturmiiied to porputuato their infamous
ytauny, the lladiual CongroHS utrippod the
.'rosident of his highest pnimiifniJonol
>rorogutive3, fmd placed the commanding
ienornt of ilio army, their candidate for
ho Presidency, over and above liini!
,?ocau*<j President J.ohnpon resisted their
jsurpations ntid Blood by tho conotitulion,
bey impeached him of high crimes and mislomieanorB
1 In oldon litnoh.'lt requiredt
is wo are Informed by holy writ; tep
ighteoua men to ?av? a city, but tbreo
?sg of jiul lladicals, wero enough in the '
rial of thi* fmpoachinent to uvo. tho K<i-- .
mbbc from ctornal dishonor.
liut satisfied "with usurping tho excontivo
cowers, the Radical Congress determined to
incroach on tho Judiciary and paused-& law
hat there should h<* no appeal lo Ihe Supremo
'onrt, in order tor test tho validity of their unsonstituiioual,
tyrannical and oppressive nets !
n>?<y were determined to couceutrato in tjicii
>wn hands oM tho powers of the government,
cgislative, executive and judiciary, .with
>l>j:dicnl tool at tho.hc'ad of the army. Although
here ar*? several' vacancies on the Suprctye
*neh--4hoy wity not prevont them to be Dllcd [
>y nomination of in* i
_ . .vniuvui. uicy.mu?tT>e'
v?>|>t open till thoy have a Radical Fre'sTrtunt.
in ofdor 10 parp^HiMo Uioir power in tlm Siuih-.
rrQ StMtfs, the KfftHcal^Cotig'J'es'f bavo tUsfrnnr
shittfd Uwueand* and lmn<Jr#d* of tbourtapd.a of
rirfuoiw, intelligent ftn/1 nAtrWic wbitt- inon,
MtfT enfranchised" WTetf *or Vgjit' htmflraj'
4tputan4 ignorant^$*.aifcr?Atjtga nogrbos! lb
his wny Uiej Lavo placet all tbe Southern jiates
nndot mj^ro 8npf?mafeyo!?" y
An4 doi.yet aattefi*4 with tlwur. wlskednee*,'
bey baye it ia o.<wJ*mpUtf<yi.to. ariu ?b*ao ouranchum!
Trecdmen In order to tFArry tblfe Sieeion>
ne*l full by f?n*ca bayonet. In
Florida and Alabama they,base caused tlieir
xigus.legislatures to take the blcetiou of I'rosi- .
..U.I. uic ine ppojilc.inil Appoint
hem themaclvcn J It mu?t b? remembered, too, t
)>afUiU pretended legislature .of Alabama was t
fraud on the rccoitfll ruction acta and olectod ;
lolcljr by U>? Radicals. - > , }
Kndi$?l p#ciy U%WB^Jikewi8p deol*rej?, ;
Iiat wbiUt tjjo poifc man,' the t#iKapicr tWJ
1fer?!in?it, Mi? farmer snd-pfanUjr/ar* ?
0 tU? earth trl< (* ttio i>ii<en ^40*1*1^0^. ^
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tnxos, Ibo rich bondholder aud inilliQimiro io |
public funds shall pay no taxes at all or Ills im- j
uieuse ill-gotten wealth ! Thay hUTO declared
that there shall bo one currency in gold for the
rich boiullioMer, ami another'currency in deI
reciatcd paper for the scMior, mechanic and
laborer!
Is it possiblo that the American peoplo dovoted
to republican principles and coustitatioual
liberty, as 1 believe they arc, will continue
in power such a party, "whoso fntricidal
crimes and atrocious wrongs, <irc uuatoued for,
and arc still crying to Heaven for vengeance !
Never! never! never! Two years nf;o these
black and hellish designs were concealed from
I lie peoplo of the North. They did not daro then
to declare universal uegro suffrage, nud pnytuonl
of bonds in gold. They caused tho elections
I then to turn on llio adoption of the consliluI
tional amendment. lint emboldened by their
Mirci'ss. thov nnt'nlv -1 Jl'
, j -i v..v .tiuucuu mmr [iiuiKM'lll,
and have had nothing but disaster and defeat
in all the Stales and municipal elections since.
Towns, villages, cities and States, one alter
another, liavo abandoned tlio Radical.parly
iitul wheeled into ihu Democratic lines. Tho
glorious little Stale of Connecticut, overwhelmed
as wo thought with abolitionism and radicalism,
rose up like a strong man and was (he
lirst to hold aloft tho Democratic banner. The
great empire Statu of New York followed, and
;xavo a Democratic majority of fifty thousand !
The keystone Stale was next in order, and nho
trampled a radical majority of thousands: the
year before, in I he dusi, and clocted n Democratic
Chief Justice. Ohio, tlio empire State of
tho West, theii came forward, and roled down
uuivorul negro suill'age with a majority of lifty
thousand! New Jersey, about tho same time,
trailed in the dust her radical flag. The golden
State of tho i'acitic followed suit. Aud her
sister Oregon came immediately after into llio
Democratic fohl. Little Montana and Idaho,
not yet grown to be Slates, have recently
changed their colors, and hoisted the Demo
nag. x lie uouio old common wealth of
Kentucky li:ul tlio honor of fiving the first
Democratic gnu alter the nomination of Seymour
and liluir. It was a big one, ami produced
great coustrenation all over the Kadical
kingdom. Tho carpel-baggers trembled aud
thought of "hum." Tlio scalawags began lo
dream of the Ku Klux Klan, and some rawheads,
and bloody bones! Ninety?five thousand
Democratic majority in "old Kcntuck!"
Indiana only wauts au opportunity to display
her Democratic banner with "fifty thouutnd
majority" emblazoned on its amplo folds.
In truth tliero is reason to believe, that tho
whole North-West will be Democratic in November
next. Tliero is no lolling wh?re this
Democratic revolution will end- Massachusetts
is not safe! Four thousand Democrats met.
tho other day in old Fanueil Hull, aud had a
glorious "rousilication" in "Mm rrmltn n?
ty I" Ueorgo 11. l'endlcion, tho Napoleon of
tho Wc^i, has gone to Maine to secure that
yt:?(c. Kx-President I'icrcc may redeem tlic
granito Stato. 12x-l'resident Fillmore has
placed himself on the Democratic platform,
lladical cloctora arc taking ilie situnp for tn-yinour
ur.tl Ulair. And ii is fernvely said in the
Xali'UKii /ntiUiijinnr that Grant himself is about
lo withdraw from tlie canvans, and leave the
Radicals with the bag to hold. It. is not improbable.
llis itoiiiimtiioti has fallen stillborn before
the American people and has excited no enthusiasm
anywhere, The kindred and fricuds of his
hundred thousand soldiers butchered in Virginia
fcol no interest in his election. Tho
Andersonvillc piisou?ra whom he refused to
have exchanged cannot l'cel any enthusiasm for
Itiui. The men of honor at the North cannot
rr.,.L-? o~ S.I..I -.? ? :?
.... .?<> ui nun ituur his ireacnory ami
falsehoods to tho President. The men ol' sense
nil know that (.Irani id no statesman, anil will
he the mere puny tool of his faction if elected.
The nomination of Seymour and illair hus been
met with tho greatest enthusiasm from one end
of ilie Kcpublic to tho other. Uulilientiou
meetings havo been held in almost erery couniv,
tuwri and village in every Stale of the Union.
Torchlight processions, with banner.-1, tings,
trnnrpuroiieies and suitable uiul appropriate
inotios, have greeted the spectators everywhere.
The people seem run mad with enthusiasm,
and with the hope ot reselling the liepublic
lYou the tcvrific domination of iliulieal
rule.
This Presidential election nl tbo North is a
question of liberty or despotism. Uut at the
Suiith, iny friomls, it i.s a question of life or
! it' tbo Radicals succeed, a war of races
in the South ensues inevitably. Frightful will
be the cousequenccs for a time, but tho result
is certain. The inferior race will bo extin
guishcd or driven from the country. They
will go as tl;c Indian hus gone when ho made
w?r on the while man. As deep an iiilcrect us
the North may fuel in this canvass, the Jroul)i
should li'cl u Mill deeper. We must tell them
plainly that the^c curpct-bnggcrs au-l renegade
bcalawags arc no friends of thiers. Their
only purpose is to get cliiccs aud position by
means of the colored voters; and if danger
comes they will tleo the country and leave
their poor deluded victims to their fate ! Tho
freeilmcn ought to see aud know that their
former owners and friends aro their best protectors,
ati'l that they cau derive 110 beuulit or
a>lvautagc from the carpet-baggers and renegaile
whites. They havo uolhiug to givo them
but lies for their votes.
V?"e musi explain to tho colored people that
lliPV '.r? fi< <* '>*? !..?!? 1 ?* 1 -
- J ...v.. vniMTia ?nu nui tty
the Itadiralft. Tli-'is, un will protect tlicni in
their freedom find in t lie onjoyincnl. of ull I heir
riguls, and life, liberty aud properly. When
I hoy arc qualified by intelligence anil properly,
\vc will extend to them the rij;ht of sulfroge
likewise. At present (hey ought lo know Uiat
Ihey are not i}iialiOed lo govern the Shilo.
ami cannot do so. This is a whilo man's government
and must ever reuniin ?o. Let them
bo told ih.it we aro mutually dependent on each
other. They wnnl 0115 land* to cultivate, and
we want their labor. If we grow rich and
prosperous, lliey must sliAio if. If wo arc poor
mid wretched, they will t>0 still moro poor and
more wretched. Our interests aro their interests.
lint if they will not act with us, h>it
agninst us, we must diconrd them. No one is
bouud to umploy his enemy in his household, or
on his land.-", and should not do 90. If wc refuse
to employ them, they caunot get employment
from their political friends, for I hey have
uonc to givo. Wo ought tobhow them that tho
mon ihov o*n #V\1 t--1 ? * 1 "
j ...? .uiiuirmg ?j iisii men, mid leu I
(heiu tUnL it id u sliiuuo they fhould bo votiug tor
rojjiics and worthlosa vrhito mon iustoad of
voting for gentlenion and honest good men. If
we nro taxed hoavily, they uiust pay their pioporlion
sit' iboso laxoa wlicn tlieir crops are
gathered.
T eannol conclude withont paying a cnnipliwent
to tho ladies 'who I kuow will attend your
meeting. I have ever found them more patriotic
art<t self-eaerifieing and more spifjted than
the geullomrn. 'A'Iib instinct* of woman's heart
are always true aud patripiio. After the passage
of tb? RecbiMtrOttlton Acts, the St At*
aeeured ppftic-alrickefi and paralyzed, There
was out a newspaper in South Carolina thut
opposed thfcm, hor Vfoadihg nw'n. "1 eommt'Oeed
my aerie* of t?Uer? against those infamous
measures, and (hey were denounced by
the preaa.' Some refused to publit-h them; while!
others gave thorp a pla?? in their ool.uiuaa only
to criticise and abuse . ibara. " Ono newspaper
only?the Kingatree War?dared endorse thenr.
Jlut every wlioro, jktjd on jail occasions, live soft,
sweet voice of woman cheered rha on, aai] every
niftil T rao-Jurt'l * - 1 "* '
. .w?t>vu n jruci i%viii lauirn wuuill J "OU
never known, giving me encouragement. They
B?id it the spirit of the men of Carolina wad
broken and crashed, that of the tariiea was not.
And they bid mo go ow iu my patriotic labor*,
and said their pyyrqra were offered jjp for ni*
and my emit*. Tbdir prAyer* w'eie noai'd, and
now ereVy-decent man in1 Skmtb Carolina is
heartily ojiposed to tfieae iufamoys Keconstractioh
Acta. They Will be swipt onC of <"*fsteijoe
by the .alecjion cff. Bn>inoyr>niJd lllnic, and the
whole South will aland redeemed,\ ragenorated
aitd disenthralled. * > B.'?, PEltRY*.'
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A. Xecr AbboviUo C. II., S.C. ' .
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ukntlk.mf.n ::?i in rocoipt'gf,
your valuotl invitation lo aClciul and,
wKlrc?a a mass mpcting of tho Dcfaac,- .
ra<\>' of Al^ibviUo District on tho 20j4*
luul hoped to l^V?j-h?
auclT anJ oogwioii,
liatyiftc <;iffcrout jjiroc
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tion next week, and I am compelled
to forego tlio acceptance of your invitation.
There are personal reasons to make
aw opportunity to meet Hie people o:
Abbeville especially agreeable to nu>
Their representatives, ,ou moro thai
one occasion? indeed, I think upon ev
cry opportunity*?have given mo theil
consideration and confidenoo far ii
advance of mv merits. I shall novm
I bo unmindful t?l* this, and I regret t<
miss the chance to say so.
1 never attempt to write or speal
in the great contest now ponding
that I do not feel oppressed by a can
lion and anxiety like that of ono win
watches the tr< nib ling of the balanc
when the turn of it tells tho issue o
life or death.
Tho work of the campaign, whiel
falls upon us at tho South, is restrict
ed to a very narrow scope, but it i
of the gravest importance to us am
our character, that it shall be per
formed manfully, fearlessly and truth
fully, leaving us nothing to regret o
be ashamed of in victory, and with
out self reproaches to take from ui
the consolation of a part well ant
honorably acted if defeat sliould be
fall us.
Our platform is national in all it
parts, sectional in none of them, am
for tliat reason doubly satisfactory t<
(ho South. Every respectable \vhit<
man of our own State, ivho is nol
controlled by somo special or persona
reason, is with uhj and tho other:
would not depart from their wicked
ness, if like tho sinner of Tarsus thej
were arretted on their way by divim
liyht, unless divino jtoiocr wcro ala<
applied to their case.
Wo are therefore discharged fron
all vain efforts to conviuco them. T5ui
wo havo a yreat and responsible dut>
j to perform to another class of oui
' population?to the colored voters. Il
[ is our duty?and the chief duly oi
the canvass?to omit no honorahh
and truthful effort (o convince them
<>f their error iu following the men
who are now leading them. It h
deshablo and essential to our success
in this State to convince them of this
but it is of even greater importance
than present success that this shall hi
done by nothing that is not truthful
either in representations or in promises.
The long future, which is sure
is not to he forgotten or neglected un
der the pressure and exigencies o
the brief present. In our zealous el'
forts for the present and the appro*
incite future, wo must not damage
the hopes of tlcit long future which
is to follow to-morrow ami the day?
and months ami years that are tc
come after. In political afYJlirs a*
well as in the higher purposes of 'ifi
the anxieties ami struggles of tin
present must not hut my us from t!_??.
contemplation of the fuluro life, oi
our State and our Nation. It will
teach us above all things to stand
steadfast hy principles, and to prae
tice justiuo and truth to all persons
This is especially due from us to tin
colored people, because they are weak
and for the most part uneducated
We are strong and liavo all the ad
vantage which education gives. Wt
are their natural friends, bound tt
them hy the strong bonds of hubil
and self-interest. We are not to b<
separated from them unless they d(
it. That credulity which naturally
follows ignorance and want of educa
tion subjects them to be imposed up
oil and led astray by tho designing
men who arousing them to their ulti
mate ruin. They arc told that wc
w? ?uld return t hem to slavery?to line
qnal laws?unequal legal rights?am
nil the hardships ami wrongs that un
equal laws might inflict upon them !!
From the days when tying deina
gogues taught tho people whom Got
had delivered from tho Egyptians tc
discard him and Bet up graven images
and a golden calf and to accept them
fcelvea in tile place of their faithfu
friends, thcro never haa been a won
abominable falsehood taught to the
oredidouH and ignorant.
I would have this proved to tho col
orud peoplo. This can bo safely dom
becauso it can bo proved that "wt
woro a wiUinir and nccossiuw nartv U
making them freo. . TJbo Badicals an<]
their. Congross have declared that the
abolition of. elavory was. "illegally'
tfOne. *Tney insist ^ipon it. "Wo denj
it, TTo say it wiiflawfolly "dorio
and, tho great iysuo now beforo th<
country is whothortho Southornijeg
islaturos which made the colored jnar
frco 'worp lawftil or nnlawfnl bodies
They say thewo Legislatures wort
uliIafrAtl, and alleging this they have
failed to proiide for tho emancipation
of tho colored man by flioSo Ijegiela
fur'es which thty say are lawful. 1
would' show1 him thin, and that woj
and not tho Radicals, aToirroVognb^
boutodTin honor, by law, and' b?jmi
own unchanging inclination, to a$$oro
him perjKjtttal- froedbM, i^i^otaal onjoyroont
of eipjal law?/ eQuaV lpgal
rights) equal fthffrttrtidU administration'
of Iffw^lwd jQfltico, and aft th^
blowing*;-ofr liberty, property, and
^ ^ap .socprt},
ji^t^n jliq^vi??yay and Just*** folly
bo. Bocurcd to
JgJUh, J?U?
ajid kipdly, .but, ^ifooii^tikelcaefc rc?orv^oj
.o^^votft^oRrr^fe^ Ho can
QQt ftu^^^V^y^^nrabTo political
and ^ovotimioiato! fe^^ro?Elacy.v Ho
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1 cannot govern this country. Hecan
not. make its} Presidents; op through
hip* Bona tors, as thty have, threatened,
> unmako a President. It is our eounI'
try, not his. Tlic Supremo Judicial
. .Department of tbo Government lnid
i onco said so- It was about to say so
- again when its voice was stifled by a
r corrupt Congress*
1 If we discharge our duties to him
r and ho still pursues the way of ruin,
j it will be his great irrevocable misfortune,
and not our fault. The future
c I will be safo tons, ruinous to him Vmt
it will bo to us without reproach ami
without shaiuo or guilt for his mislbr3
tunes.
c Again expressing my regrets that 1
(' cannot ho with you, I am
Your friend an?l obd't serv't
, JAS. B. CAMPBELL.
s FOJl TIIE AmiEVILT.E PRESS.
I Mk. Enrrou : Will you allow me to saj
- through tho columns of your paper, to the
- citizens of Abbovillo District, that as Can
r va??8or for this Congressional District, in
- behalf of the Democratic party, I will ad
n dress the various Democratic Clubs and the
1 citizens generally, agreeably to the follow.
ing appointments ?
At Agnew's Store, 10 o'clock A. M., or
s Tuesday, the 8th inaUnt.
1 At Scuflletown, 3 o'clock P. M. of sam<
^ day.
At Duo West, 10 o'clock A. M., oc
k Wednesday, tho Olh insl.
I At Ceutreviilo, 3 o'clock P. M. of sam<
h d?y.
At Lowndesvillo, 10 o'olook A. M., or
- Thursdny, 10th instant.
e At Mt. Cannel, 10 o'clock A. M., or
) Friday, tbe lllh inat.
At Bordoaux, S o'clock P. M. of aara?
i d*yt.
At Bradley's, 10 o'clock A. M., on Sat
urday, tbe 12th instant.
At White llall, 3 o'clock P. M. of saint
t, Jayp
Tlio DonnnlJsvillo Club aro rospectfull)
. invited to meet me at Due WeBt, Union
L Academy Club at CentreviUe, Monterey
, Club at Lowndeaville, Warrenton and Cal
; houn'a Mills Clubs at Mt. Cannel, Willing
, ton Club at Bordeaux, Moseley'a Club at
Bradley's, aud the Mill Way Club at White
. Hull. Jiespcetfulty,
1). WYATT AIKEN.
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Prompt Payment.?It always given
t us pleasure to commend a good insti
lution of any kind, and, wo are sure,
r all our readers will agree with us that
- the following act of generosity dein.
onstrates clearly that the Piedmont
> Life Insurance Company is one of the
! very bCBt Institutions of the kind in
< the land. Last week we published^,
> notice of the death of John C. Mauck,
; of this place, who had his life insured
? for 81,000, a few mouths since, hy Mr.
< 11. II. Siratton, Agent for this Coin>
panv.
f The President of tho Company, W.
I C. Carringtou, and tho Agont, Mr.
I ?Stration, were on their way to the
- Valley when they heard of Mr,
. Mautk's death, and since arriving
} here have given a check for the
: amount ot the msuranco, $1,000, to
. Air. Muuck's friends, but according to
. 'tho laws of tho Company they were
> not obliged to pay tho money until
> tho expiration of ninety days.
L This act of promptness upon tho
3 part of tho Piedmont Life Insurance
> Company will no doubt bo of acrvieo
r to the Company in procuring a num.
ber of policies from among our citi.
zona, and as there is no question as to
r tho reliability of the Company, wc
. hope they may succeed iu securing a
j great many.
This is a Southern Company, and
i thero is no use in paying money to
. .Northern companies when wo have
! prompt and responsible companies of
- our own.? Commonwealth, Harrisonburg
I Virginia.
i Democratic Mass Meetino at Nike
tv-Six.?Wo learn that there will bo a
1 grand mass mooting of the Democracy at
> Ninety-Six, on Friday, the 18ih inst. Oon.
) S. McGowan, Hon. Robt. Toombs and
Hon. B. U.IIill, of Georgia, and other dis
tinguiabed speakers, have been invited to
> attend aud address tbo people on that oci
caaion.
> From tbo ontorpriso and publlo
I spirit of tho citizens of that noigh>
borhopd and thd onorgy and enthaai
[ asm which they h?vo, manifested in
r the oontoat, wo expect to see a
; grand demonstration on tho ooc&Bion.
B6r A rousing mooting 'of the D?fl
mflcracp was helcf at Cokosbofy dtr
. Saturday laSt. ^ Abltf arid ea?nc8t'ad>
dresBoa v?qro delivered byColSJ. "S
> 1 Cothran, Ccrf. T>. W. "Atlcon artdothi
ors. Tho pooplo of that taction -arc
freely alivo? to the interests at. stakd,
C and tho Bomo'cracj are deceiving con,
rtant acc&iftfbns. "? '> '
Sunday SCHOOL ,Ojft.E#R4fio*.--An
v lritoreBting 'fetfliday-'srcfiooi Geicbra
JSj?> - .i- -1 >? . -
non 'wasiyya ?voniyTD!KODttreM"ne**
I Lovf ndestffftoj <m Saturday * IaAt> :i?*
. Sanday-Bchocrts of Smynwf^
f Sfrtlc&ttnd Bidgo obaroho*
- Appropirlsto-add^c# were toM&b<t
bf X*vr Br. 'WtaHefb*!B&POk'm
Wofford tJot Feg?, S91P. H^eoDf
IWvr tlrlt. B*w* borate*
^Daniel Aftdo&ora/tfnd jbTiaefrdfektibutetf
to tim pftpffe efHtofeh CBbMls^
TberC was^ A' ljrg?; ?.tie**difcr?o?o? cm ttae
occaai6D)4md *?* * of ?
"" terjtftorcMrtin#dhhrt^foK * ? ir t
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A largo 4ld enthusiastic moot'
ing of tho Abbeville Democratic Club,
was held in tho Courthoaso, on Saturday
evening last. According to provious
announcement, a vory ablo, oari
nest, and iotorosting address was doi
livercd by the Kov. W. C. DuBoso,
tho rognlar appoinloo, and ho was fallowed
by Gen. 9. McG-owan in an ad
drosB of an hoar ia longth, characterized
by ovon more than bis usual
. ability and oloquonce. Tho next reg*
i ular appointees are the JRev. Dr. Tilrc
; ner, and Edward Noblo, Esq.
We invite attention to tho
Card of Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, in an*
. other column, in which ho publishes a
number ol bis appointments as Canvassor
of this Congressional District.
Col. Aikon is a vory able and effecting
spoakor, and wo invoke on his behalf
a largo and enthusiastic turn out of
r the Domocracy.
BQL. Ex-Governor Bonham has addressed
a lotter to Governor Scott,
' r.?u;.w. -ii?i!? - *
uw unuauon 10 uio critical
4 relations of tho whito and colorcd
raccs in tho State, urging tho necessity
of his interposing hia authority to V
i prevent collisiou. , - J
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Tbo Charleston papors an5
nouueo tho doath of Mr. James Tappor
luto Master in Equity, and ono of
' hor most prominent citizons. , %
> BSy Wo would direct attontion to
tho advertisement of Dr. B. Parker,
' who has on hand and for tale, a largo
and complete assortment of Drugs and'
1 Mediciucs, and also a largo lot of
School Books, &c.
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M&- Tho nogroea ai'e about being
. declared inelegiblo to hold Beats in
the Georgia Legitjlaturo.
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CONSIGNEES
VVIi* liftra freight remaining in Uo Sepot
1 at Abbeville:
' Freight.?Doreey A Thornton, ABC Dor.
sey, Iter Dr Tnrner, J Devlin, A Boggs, J Kuox
. ?fc Co, W D Mars A Co, T Lyon, Titos Sim a,
Josiah Hereford, J A Ran ey, D Jordau.
Exprcta.?E L Tattoo, Mra H M Bryan,
1 Mrs W R Matthews, W C Wardlaw, Mrs O L
Parker, W D Mara ?fc Co, Maj D T Sims, J J
Wardlaw, Mrs J R Cheves.
D R. SONDLEY, Aeut.
ffHiminis,
Alcohol,
Gain Camphor,
Husband's Piaster,
Ext. Logwood iu lib Boxes, *
-r?_a a? \r t
Ir.Ai.rui:L? T Biiccm,
Extract Lemon,
Coticli Varuiah,
Copal Vuruiali,
Black Leallmr Varnish,
Annetto,
Cnpitules.
Creosote,
Pill Boxes,
Senna Lea#e?,
Ileilgeuiait'a Kllr, Bulk aud Iron,
Com position,
Pulverized Elui,
Philotoken,
Septannrin.
Iodine,
Babbet's Yeast Toirderfl,
Deuaon'a Worm Confections,
Mustang Liuiineul,
Glue,
Gum Tragaeinth,
Corrosive Sublimit*,
Villits Pro. To. Cur. Iron,
McMuns Elixr.,
White Wax,
Large Corks for Juga,
Pummica Stone,
. C' Tee Gelatine, ?
Cox's Gelatine,
Whiting,
Sewing Machin* Oil,
Copperas,
Black Drop,
Chrome Yellow,
Ippecac.
SSannfords Liver InvigoratdT,
Cinnamon,
Brown's Valerian,
Oxygenated Bitters,
Scotch Itoh Ointment,
Hehubold Buohu,
Chloride of Soda Froneh,
Mre, Winslowa Syrup,
Oil Bergauiot,
Reflecting Speoulums,
Peteanig Concave,
Tooih I'icke, . .
Military Soap,
Hey ncn's TruaSea Wood Padded,
Chloroform,
Iodede Patash French,
Browndo do; da
Gl$es Female Seyrauges, >_
Metal, do. do.
Tooth Brushes 'English,
Tooth Brush** uablwAej^-. . - ,
Perew Toilet Soap,
Cologne, 438'Smiths, j*'* \
' Cologne, 342 Strause, I
Hang, Jiang, (Kimmele,). Harps Bell?Extracts
7o< thfe fisndkerchfels most Fuhiad*.
Jiopn frwcdL. s ..
Qan PotMh, r ,
Srth TodHTTiC f,
Faint ffcfuafe** Now O-fcndj|, . *
. Marking . ...s /. ? .
'. "V^rojdh do., No. 0 arid \ I .
; Syr op Rhubarb, !* , y.
t Oil- Olevac, < 'V v . >
Twa Mur#U Iron, s- , .
If?ym*ai Pfclent Truam,
Roololbtt* Toilet Bo*p.- -t ; 600K&
: ?
. M i
Fowler?fcArjU?m?tica .. s-^ ~ .
Blank Bpoks, ^ f'i
jfe /' $ i tif&L - ^ 3
4400 ibs. jiE^S^8.
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