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Tm~E XXY CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1867. NUMBER 39.
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General Sickles' Address to the Charleston
Board of Trade.
The following is the address dcllrnrml
"hv flonAiwl T) V. Sir-L-l,.* fit.
the dinner given by the Charleston
Board of Trade on Tuesday evening
the 2nd inst. It will be read with
interest. General Sickles said:
Mr. President and Gentlemen: I
thank you for your kind expressions
of confidence and commendation.?
The relation I bear to the people of
the Carolina.?, while temporarily
charged with the suprcvi.sion of their
government, imparts additional interest
and gratification to the honor conferred
upon me 011 the present occasion
by so many person of consideration.
I presume some of you may
expect from me intimations as to my
line of conduct. I shall not, I fear,
gratify even a reasonable degree of
curiosity on that subject. But at ail
events I may, without departing from
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tlie reserve imposed upon iue nv my
official position, and its responsibilities |
and duties, tell vou what I shall not j
do.
First, I shall not for a moment
think of depriving myself of the abic
and efficient co-operation of my old
friend Governor Orr. [Great cheering.]
Nor shall I fail to avail myself
of the aid and assistance of any other
mil officer in South Carolina, who
performs his duty as zealously and
faithfully as 1 know Governor Orr
has endeavored to discharge his duty.
([Cheers.]
Gentlemen, I am sure I can add,
Dot only for myself, but for every offi cer
of the army of the United States,
serving under my command, that
under no circumstances will we sanction
any act of injustice, spoliation
or wrong committed upon any citizen
of North or South Carolina.
Gentlemen, I will offer to you another
assurance; you have my authority
for the statement to capitalists,
traders, to manufacturers?to all who
desire to embark in your agricultural
field of labor, and to all who wish to
invest moneys in your securities and
in your lands, that the military an- I
thorities will do nothing tending to
impair the value (Jf your possessions,
or to increase the risks of those who
have heretofore embarked in enterprises
on your soil. Whatever we
can do to strengthen confidence in
your resources, and to promote the
material prosperity of the Commonwealth
shall be done.
I concur heartily in the confident
expectations which have been expressed
us to your future. I am one
of those who believe that there arc few
things impossible to Americans. 1
believe that the civil and political
misfortunes, the disasters in trade
and agriculture, the privations, hopes
and discouragements you have sneered,
and which would have crushed
almost any people who had not extraordinary
energies, perseverance and
faith in the future, will all be conquered
by the elasticity, vigor and
fortitude characteristic of the American
people. There is nothing in the
history of South Carolina that sugorncfc
flint von nro n.n ovoonlinn to
these traits of our countrymen. It
may not h? unbecoming in me to say,
although you would perhaps refrain
from saying so yourselves, that, in
the war which lias just closed, the
people of the South have shown such
resources, and the ability to employ
them, and such energy, and resolution,
and courage, as will, if wisely directed,
surmount greater difficulties than
any now before them.
I will go further, and venture a
suggestion in reference to your line
of action. Otf course I shall not trespass
upon the political arena; for as
to that I am as much disqualified as
liis Excellency the Governor, though
not by a constitutional amendment.
[Laughter.] I shall abstain, as I aw
required to do by the duties of my
position, from any allusion to the
political bearing of any matter which
you have to consider. With this
reservation, letinesa}'' to you, gentlemen,
in all candor, that oiic of the
first duties you have to discharge to
yourselves and to your fellow-citizens,
is to remove all distrust as to your
purposes, feelings, and intentions in
tiie future towards the colored race;
this distrust is in my judgment the
main obstacle to the cordial co-operation
and good understanding of the
two races. The causes for the existing
alienation should, perhaps, be
looked for in the early history of
your State and her former institutions.
Hut these are considerations
of the past. I do not see from my
point of view any reason why the
undoubted identity of interest that
docs exist, and must ever exist be
tween the white and colored races in
South Carolina, shall not result in
their pursuing in common all the ends
of society and government as heartily
and successfully as if the old relation
of master and slave had never existed.
[Applause.] One mcthod=of reconciliation
is so nearly allied with the
.discharge of my own duties, that I
will add to this suggestion an illustration.
I think it behooves every
white man, and most especially every
white man of consideration and influence
in South Carolina, to exert
that influence, be it little or much,
for the fair, honest, and impartial
execution of the laws, which secure
protection to person, character and
property. Whosoever is concerned?
be lie white or colored?be lie rich* or
p<jjor?you must carry this resolution
with you to the jury-box, to the bnl-1
i lot-box, upon the seat of justice, in
j your municipal government, in your
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construction convention when it* shall j
meet. Equal justice should he a
cardinal maxim in the polity of your
State, not only because it is your
interest to have a contented, prosperous
and happy laboring population,
but for higher reasons, because it is
just and right. [Cheers.] If the
colored people are ignorant and poor j
and prone to error, tlie evident lesson
must commend itself to the heart and
conscience of every good citizen, that
the poor and ignorant should enjoy
the protection of the rich, intelligent,
and influential citizen. It is my be-1
lief, tliat when you have convinced j
the people by your laws and your ad- j
ministration of them, that you mean j
to do them justice, you will have i
solved the most difficult problem you !
have to consider in your affairs. You |
will, at the same time, obviate nineteen j
out of twenty of the instances in which j
the exercise of military authority in
your affairs becomes necessary.;
[Cheers.]
Mr. President arid gentlemen, al-!
low me to make a remark for the
purpose of disabusing your minds of
any erroneous impressions in regard
to the sentiments of the people of the
North toward the people of the South.
I affirm as my real conviction, that;
the measures of Congress now to be
executed here, under my direction,
have not been adopted with any pur-1
pose of retaliation or hostility, nor to
impede or impair the prosperity and
welfare of the South. The people of
the North do not desire to maintain j
a military government anywhere in ;
this country. They regard that sort
of government as repugnant to our J
institutions, and deprecate its prolon- j
gation anywhere as a misfortune, j
They do not desire, oil the other hand,!
that the people enfranchised by their j
action, shall be left altogether and j
! wholly subject to the control of those
by whom llicy have been heretofore
held in servitude. Nor do they desire j
that this numerous race, by reason of
any oppression or obstacles placed in
the way of their well being here,
where they belong, shall be constrained
to cut loose from their moorings
here and emigrate to other and less
congenial parts of the country, where
they could find no suitable or adequate
demand for their labor. Other
similar considerations have contributed
their inlluciicc to tho adoption of the
measures now to be executed. It was
apparent that the reorganization of
the political institutions of the South
would most speedily terminate the
necessity for military occupation and
military control. If the presence of
troops was necessary to enforce the
rights of the frccdincn, the obvious
remedy, in a republican form of government,
was to give the enfranchised
race, by means of the ballot, the
power to enforce respect for their
privileges as citizens. The advocates
of universal suffrage are certainly
friendly to the colored people : there
fore it is certain they wish no misfortune
to the communities in which the
colored people must continue, * for
weal or woe, to dwell. Fur from it,
on the contrary, they believe that
this addition to the representative
population of the country, in addition
to its military power and its mean!
of production, must result, not only
in great and substantial good to the
nation at largo, but that great and
substantial blessings must follow.to
the people of the South. It is not so
much my purpose to convince you that
clie.se measures will accomplish the
beneficial results contemplated by
Congress, as it is to commend them
to your judgment and appreciation in
their tru purpose and object, according
to my belief; and also, gentlemen,
to assure you that it is in this sense,
and with these hopes, that so far as
my duties arc concerned, these acts
of Congress will be executed. That
the results to yourselves, to yourpos
teniv, ana to our common country,
may strengthen and render the ties
that must henceforth make our destiny
inseparable, is my prayer and
will be my earnest endeavor.
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Gentlemen, I commend to you the
brighter aspect of the future. There
has never been an important experiment
in public affairs," that has not
suggested the gravest doubts and
difficulties, and especially is this true
in the matter of suffrage. Every
| large addition to the voting population
j of a country has excited the'alarm of
i many who fancied themselves among
j the wisest of their general ion. When
I universal suffrage was granted to the
I white race, it was predicted that it
I would involve the downfall of the
Republic. The naturalization laws,
arid the conscijiicnt encouragement
given to emigration, linve brought to
our shores millions of Europeans of
every race and clime. At the outset
it was predicated that this foreign
element would revolutionize cur institutions
and break down our experiment
of free government. Great Britain,
in 1832, by the Reform bill,
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voting population of that empire.
Many Dritish statesmen maintained
then, that, as a necessary consequence,
the decline and downfall of
England was imminent, if not inevitable.
Now we see the leaders of the
Tory party originating and advocating
a measure of enfranchisement,
compared with which the llcform bill
of 1832 was insignificant.
Gentlemen, I commend to you that
in choosing your course you should
not assume that every possible danger
is inevitable. Take the "risk. Do
all you can to avert unhappy consequences;
but cling and cleave to the
brighter hope. Let us have faith in
our good fortune. Let us believe that
the beneficent result is practicable,
and if it be true, as many of us have
been admonished to believe by the
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the past few years?if it be true that
in this epoch of emancipation and cnifranchiscmcnt,
wc arc in the hands of
a higher providence, leading us to the
fulfilment of a destiny we perhaps but
dimly see, let us have faith that the
same providence which has conducted
us thus far through many hazards and
difficulties of republican freedom, will
vet lead us through the dangers and
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( difficulties that now seem to lie in our
way. Let us have faith in the future,
as in the past, liberty and freemen
may vindicate themselves against the
doubts and sneers of their enemies.
The history of great commonwealths
proves that in proportion to their freedom
they gained in prosperity and
power, us in culture and military renown.
Power thus developed is con;
servativo to nations and civilization.
It may be for a brief period while the
new order of things is in process of
adjustment, the productive capacity
of the South will be impaired. This
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cannot last iuug. jlxiu vuxtun kjiujjc
raised by free labor last year under
greater disadvantages than arc likely
ever to occur again, sold for as much
as the largccst crop ever raised in the
South, licfore many years the most
prosperous, opulent and contented
agricultural population in the world
will cultivate the territory lying between
the Potomac and the Ric
Grande.
In conclusion, let me borrow an illustration
from the most brilliant ol
modern historians. "Ariosto tells a
pretty story of a fair}', who, by some
mysterious law of her nature, was condemned
to appear at certain seasons
in the form of a foul and venomous
snake. Those who injured her during
the period of her disguise, wer(
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. I forever excluded from participation in |
> the blessings she bostowed. But to
those who, in spite of her loathsome
aspect, pitied and protected her, she
; afterwards revealed herself in the
> beautiful and celestial form which was
t natural to her, accompanied their
f steps, granted all their wishes, filled
their homes with wealth, made them
i happy in love and victorious in war."
Such a spirit is liberty. At times
she takes the form of a hateful reptile.
She grovels, she hisses, she stings.
But woe to those who in disgust shall
venture to crush her ! And happy are
those who, having dared to receive
her in her degraded, frightful shape,
shall at length be rewarded by her in
the time of her beauty and glory.
[Great chccrs.]
At a late hour in the evening,
General Sickles, in response to the
sentiment offered by Colonel 0. A.
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iincirews, rrrcsiueni 01 me uuuujuci
of Commerce, said:
"I trust that nothing more will be
expected of me than to return my
sincere thanks for this hearty manifestation
of your kind regard and esteem.
To do less than that would be
to subject myself to the reproach of
failing to appreciate a flattering compliment.
It is a bad practice in civil
and political affairs, to make promises
; and as an officer I have none to
make, for mine is the plain and simple
duty to obey orders. But this much
I may venture to say, that I shall endeavor
at the close of my labor among
you, to deserve an expression of your
confidence similar to that with which
you cheer me now in the commencement
of my task."
The following was the toast offered
by Colonel Andrews:
The Commanding General of the]
District: In vested with the most I
august responsibility on earth, may '
he so discharge his trust, as to satisfy
his- frieuds and disappoint his enemies.
Mercury. 1
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Tin; ijeptfiilicaxs Break rxa rr.
The Republicans arc breaking to
pieces rapidly. Dana, formerly of
the Tribune, with one of the Conk-1
lings, has purchased Tammany Hall,
and with a capital of two dollars, or
two hundred dollars, or two thousand
doollars, or two hundred thousand
dollars, or two million dollars, we do
not know which, is about to start a
new paper or run against the Tribune.
So the .Republicans, who have hardly
yet succeeded in reorganizing the
South, are busily employed in disorganizing
themselves. They are about
to diverge into three distinct factions
.?one under Crrcely, a second under
Weed, and a third under Dana, each
with an organ slung about his neck,
rather burdensome to carry but capable
of making a great noise and creating
considerable discord.
New York Herald.
Maximilian, \vi arc informed by
a dispatch from Washington, is at
length to leave Mexico. On the authority
of "reliable information," we
are informed that Maximilian is now
only waiting in Mexico "to make the
best terms he can in pecuniary matters,"
and, he is to "certainly leave
Mexico before the 1st of July." We
have repeatedly had occasion to warn
our readers never to believe Mexican
prophecies, and to believe very little
of any other intelligence from that
country. The persons who gather
Mexican news appear to be entirely
devoid of one of the first requisites of
a reporter of news?a regard, even if
it be but very slight, for the truth.
People who, like the Mexican news
writers, are totally unable to tell thetruth
about events past, arc quite as
unable to predict events to come.
The Bankrupt Law.?Congress
having refused to change the time of
1 putting this law into operation, it is
presumed that Chief Justice Chase
will, as soon as possible, proceed to
the appointment of the commissioners
! of bankruptcy in the different districts
; of the country. The term of the Supreme
Court affords opportunity to
' confer with the Justices of the diffcr
cut districts on the subject. What
1 with the wild fluctuations of the past
few years, the effects of the present
prostration and apprehension of fur*
thcr disasters in financial and busii
ness circles, there are likely to be
! plentiful thousands in the country
who will find it necessary to avail
> themselves of the benefits of the law
) in order that their hands may be un;
tied and their energies once more J
. made free and available.
The Boston Post says that the State
constables have notified all the saloon
keepers in that city that they must
close up on the sale of cider and ale
on and after April 1. - It is understood
that the sale of beer and cider
wiH be prohibited in every city and
town throughout the Commonwealth
on the period above-named. The
sale of all other liquors is of course
forbidden.
A Southern Enterprise.?The
Sun of Saturday says of the Columbus
factory, near that city : We saw
yesterday specimens of soft, smooth,
regular and excellent cotton thread,
which is now being manufuctured at
this establishment, some three miles
above Columbus. Thread of as high
a number as sixteen is now being turned
out. The highes tpreviously was J
twelve. Operations commenced week
before last., The making of cloth has
not yet begun.
When a Spaniard eats a peach or a 1
near bv the roadside, he makes a hole
in the ground and covers the seed.
Consequently all over Spain fruit is
in great abundance and always free. .
A list published in a Masonic paper
shows that there are 254 Masonic
lodges in the State of Georgia, nearly
equal to two lodges to a county.
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The Most Indepenent Man.?
There is no man more independent
than the owner of a well cultivated
farm. He is less beholding to popular
sentiment than any other calling.
He has always a sure support before
him without consulting the opinions
or relying upon the custom of any
one. There is a constant market for
all the surplus he can produce, and
he obtains for it the current prices
without any one demanding of him to
know of his religous or political faith.
To Copy Manuscripts.?The fol-,
lowing method for obtaining copies of
manuscript papers will be of great
service to those who wish to preserve
copies of what they write: Put a
little sugar in common writing ink,
and with this write on common paper
sized as usal. When a copy is required,
take some unsized paper and
moisten it lightly with a wet sponge,
and apply the wet paper to the wri
ting, and pass lightly over the unsized
paper a moderately heated iron and
the copy is immedatcly reproduced.
Hotel Scene.?Stranger?"Have
you a good strong porter about the
house?"
Clerk?"Yes, we have the strongest
about the place."
Stranger?" Is he intelligent?"
Clerk?" 0, yes, sir, quite intelligent,
for a porter."
Stranger?" One point more. Do
you consider him fearless?that is,
bold and courageous ?"
Clerk?"As for that matter, I
know he is, he would not be afraid of
Satan himself."
Stranger?"Now, Mr. Clerk, if
your porter is intellegent enough to
find room No. 117, fearless enough
te enter, and strong enough to get my
trunk away from the bedbugs, I would
like to have him bring it down."
A school-master tells the following
"good oneI was teaching in a
quiet, country village. T'lie second
morning of my session, I bad time to
survey my surroundings and among
the scanty furniture I spied a- thleeleggcd
stool. "Is this the dunceblock
?" I asked a little girl of five.
The dark eves sparkled, the curls
nodded assent, and the lips rippled
out, "I guess so? the teacher always
sits ou it,"
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Tatlers.?There is one class of
persons in every community worse
even than Loafers ; that is the class
usually known as Tattlers. They
generally have business of their own,
but they much prefer to attend to
tliat^f other people, and in fact their
knowledge of the latter exceeds their
kno^edge of the former. This class
of people abound mostly in villages
and small towns, where cverbody
knows evcry-body else; but large cities
arc not exempt from their undesirable
presence, and they are found even
in sparcsly settled country neighborhoods.
The audacity with which
they invade the sanctity oi domestic
life, and prey into the most cherished
household secrets, would excite our
| admiration, did not indignation get
the better of us.
They are not very scrupulous, either,
with regard to the quality of their in- ;
formation?they do not require that
it should be very accurate, but, with
a very few grains of truth for a
groundwork, they fill in with material
drawn from their own vivid and inex- .
kaustible imaginations, and concoct
stories so plausible, so like, yet so
unlike, reality, as to cause the dramatis
per some to grind their teeth with
impotent rage. They believe, too, in
lending to each other a helping hand;
each adds something to the story as it ?
comes to him, and, like Falstaffs adventure
with the men in buckram, it
becomes more wonderful with .etL'chr
repetition. The most astonishing
talent which they possess, howevor, is
that of dissecting character, in this
they excel; but, strange to say, they
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acters which come within their ranged
this is a lamentable fact, but it is a
fact, nevertheless.
One good quality of this class, and
about the only good one they have, is
that they always give their authority
for each astounding assertion?theubiquitious
and omiscient "they."
This class cannot exist without
listeners, and the listeners are as bad
as, if not worse than, the Tattlers.
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Honor to Whom Honor is Due.
?Gen. "Beast" having recently
visited Albany for the purpose of delivering
a lecture, the following resolution
was offered by Mr.- G^ih, m
the New York legislature:' The
resolution was laid on the t&ble, in
accordance with the rules 5 of the
House, but the mere fact of its being
offered is a highly flattering evidence
of the Beast's established reputation.
Whereas, It is publicly announced
that the notorious Benjamin F. Butler
is to be in this city this evening;
therefore.
* Resolved, That the attention of the
Police Commissioners of the Capitol
nnlirn he railed to the fact, and that
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they he requested to take the necessary
precautions for the protection of
the moveable public property in and
about the public buildings located in
this city.
Girls in the South.?The Holly'
Springs (Miss.) Reporter knows sev- ^ *
eral girls in Marshall county who
were raised in the lap of luxury, with
fine carriages to ride in and money
by the thousands to spend before the
war, who can now chop wood, drive
a two horse wagon, go to market and
do all the housework. They can go
in the kitchen, too, and prepare a
dinner equal to a French cook. And
then call on them in the parlor, they'
will treat you to such music ae would
make the liouris listen with wonder
and admiration. These girls have
cheerfully conformed to the change
in their pecuniary circumstances.
The Reporter thinks they are worthy
of being the wives of the greatest and
best in the land, and so think we.
Can Ant One Tell ??Can any
one tell why men who cannot pay
small bills can always^find plenty of
money to buy liquor, and treat when
happening among their friends?
flnn .inv mie tell how vouncr men
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who dodge their washerwomen and
are always behind with their landlord^
can play billiards night and day, and
are always ready for a game of poker
or sever up.?
Can one tell how men live and
support their families who have no
income and do not work; while others
who arc industrious and constantlyemployed,
half starve ?
Can any one tell how it is that a
man who is too poor to pay for a
newspaper, is able to pay a dollar or
two a day for tobacco, whiskey or
cigars ^? 1
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Simple Remedy.?Coffee madestrong
and clear as possible, without ,
any addition of sugar or milk, is an .
excellent remedy against the vomiting
peculiar to cholera-morbus and
cliolera infantum. For an adult the
quantity to be given is a tablespoon
full, and to an infant a tea spoonfull,
every ten minutes. The writer of
this communication has within a few
days past witnessed its efficacy in the
case of inveterate vomiting, which,
after having resisted a variety of the
usually effective means, yielded instantly
to one tablespoon full of
strong, clear coffee.? U. S. Gaz.
The yaung lady that kept her word
has found it very useful.