The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, November 14, 1878, Image 2
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(77 G. AL EXA XIFKR, Proprietor.
CAMDEN, S. 0., NOVEMBER 14.1878.
Qor. Hampton.
The glorious news of the Grand Vic4
"*? *l-?* PorAlinft lin.l flnlilAVO/1
lorjf LiiUW OVUHl VU1VIIUU IIMV4 MVtIV ??.
had scarcely flashed over the wires be*
fore the sad intelligence was boms to
every nook and corner in our State,
that our beloved chief was seriously injured.
Thereaction was overwhelming,
and there was not a heart in our country
but what was 8tirrcdgto%its inmost depths
at news that was so destressing. The
changed look could bo seen upon every
countenance, and the brightuess of yesterday
gave way to the gloom of to-day.
All felt that it was "a public calamity,"
and earnest prayers went up from more
than teu thousand tongues to the Great
Benefactor, that his wounds would soon
be healed, and that vigor and health
would soon be his. Wade Hampton n
as dear to the hearts of the people ol
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South Uarouna as ever itouert xj. uk
was to the army of "Northern Virginia/
and new honors and new laurels yet
await him'from a people whose guide
shield and protector he has bean. We
join most fervently in the earnest prayer
with all of the intensity of our soul foi
the speedy recovery of our beloved and
honored Governor.
Is it Possible ?
A motley crew of infamous Radica
negroes were rejoicing over the Governor's
misfortune, on Assembly street
yesterday afternooo. Infamous wretches
To Wade Hampton, more than an;
other man in the State, do you^knov
that you are indebted for your very ex
isteuce ??Register.
Did we not know the high characte:
of tho Register for veracity, wo wouh
say that the above was a libel, even apoi
Radicalism. We know as much abou
the utter depravity of that party as an;
journalist living. Wo know the rniserabli
leaders who have made dupes of thei
followers, and who have dragged in thi
mire and filth all of the finer feelings o
humanity ; but with all of this knowl
edge we scarcely believed sbat we hac
upon earth more of the devil than then
is in his own abode, but it seems so
Demons, you are! Rejoicing at tin
misfortunes of a man whose voice ha:
calmed the storm that would have swep!
you away, whose hand has stayed the
tide that would have reddened this land
with your blood, and who has stood as
a bulwark between you and an outraged
people ! TFAy, it is monstrous ! and, indeed,
do we tremble for you. Wretches,
as you are, reflect ! You are playing
with the mane of the lion and dancing
with giddy step upon the brink of the
precipice.
Humanity dictates this advice, not
our own natural feelings. The Fejee
Iplands would send no worse creatures
among us than you are, and there
is a point at which forbearance ceases
to be a virtue. As sure as there is a
sun, you will reap tenfold all such seed
as these that you sow. In time, we urge
you to leicave !
The Situation.
The smoke of the conflict has just
cleared away, and as wo look down the
line we can form a correct estimate of
the result. It has been a happy day for
this long-suffering State, and nothing
now in the immediate future threatens
to impede that progress to which South
Carolina is a stranger; but which naturally
was, and is, her owd. To look
back upon the past would be, to say the
least of it, puerile and childish. The
future is ours ; not that which hus gone
by. "Let the dead past bury its dead,"
and with all the might that wo have let
us repair her ruined fortunes, shattered
credit and tarnished name. It can be
done?we believe it will be done. We
have a Legislature of greater intelligence
than any since 18GG. Upon them
Juties heavy and onerous will devolve,
and tbey occupy a position not lightly
to be esteemed, but one which their
constituents will closely scrutinize, and
each and every Btep which they take
will be carefully watched. Our victory
is overwhelming?a perfect Waterloo.
There can be no contending parties in
the Assembly, save from those who
have a natural right to claim their identity
and interest with us. llashness
and ill-timed legislation is out of the
question. Nothing but a romedy of those
evils that are so patent can be brought
forward?and to this their attention will
be called. The revision of the Militia
law, the abolition of the Trial Justice
system, one of (the greatest nuisances of
the day,) and the establishment of a
healthy District Court, with many
other matters of equal importance, will
and must meet their most careful and
earnest consideration. In addition to
these things of paramount importance,
a Senator to the United States must be
chosen who will reflect credit and honor
upon South Carolina, and whose ability
will recall the days when Calhoun, Butler
and Chesnut were ornaments to that
body.
Upon the whole, we are encouraged.
The night is well nigh spent, and the
morning star betokens a bright and
happy day fen: our weary and foot sure
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The Colored Voter.
The recent election has demonstrated j ii
one fact which it is important that all
colored men should consider, and which t
has doubtless already occurred to the
more thoughtful of them, if indeed they J
failed to translate the hand-writing on a
the wall prior to the 5th instant. That c
fact is. The colored voter is a nonentity j
in polities unless he unites his fortunes
with those of the white people cmony f
whom he fives. However desperately his j
race, witli their passions aroused and
prejudices enkindled by miserable Iladi- j
cal scapegraces who lurk in darkness,
may oppose the Democratic party, its
progress will be as sure and constant as
if it were altogether unimpeded. Does j
any intelligent colored man, or disap- ^
pointed Democrat who may be looking
out for greer. Selds and pastures new,
doubt this? If there be one such, it is '
but necessary to refer him to the prophecy
of Democratic orators for the last
ten years?mat me nme wouiu come
1 when the rule, of ignorance and eorrup'
tion would cease. Or, if this reference
? be not sufficent, 6urely the bare mention
of the grand achievements of the
" last two years would remove all doubt
on the subject. In 187G, the Demo1
crutic party, which for many years had
known nothing but defeat and demoralization,
rallied from its'Iong slumber, and
' by diut of organization and management
stormed and captured the very
citadel of Radicalism. In 1878, flushed
1 with victory, it has overtaken and
eouapletely routed the last remnant of
; that hated party. Verily the times
' have changed, and we with them. The
t reign of ignorance and vice over intel
ligence and virtue is a thing of the past.
In their stead we have home rule and
r reform, honesty and capacity. It is
* worse than idle to suppose that the
1 sturdy Democrats of South Carolina
1 intend ever again to suffer themselvos,
r tVioir toIuoq ond ehildren. their nrnnertv
%mv" ",?vw "m%* ?; r- wi J
s ?all that is worth living or dying for?
r to be placed under Radical domination.
c They know from bitter experience what
^ that means ; and, having now possession
of the government, they intend to hold
^ on to it. And this they can do with
~ perfect ease. The only course, then,
left the colored voter is, as we have ali
ready said, to unite his fortunes with
? those of tbo white people among whom
' he has been raised, now lives and must
! die. And this course the thoughtful
' colored roan, who is concerned about (
! tho future welfare of his people, will 1
not hesitate to pursue, 1
' The Black List " (
; We have received from an intelligent I
; and most worthy subscriber of the 1
Journal a list of those white men upon i
the Western side of Waterce River, I
' who without cause failed to voto in our i
1 last election, with the urgent request i
that we publish the same- We regret
! that we cannot do so, and we are as- j
1 sured that our friend will not think un- j
1 kindly of us for politely declining the i ]
same; but we have three distinct reasons
which we know will be satisfactory to
him, and we trust that ho will accept
them as such.
> In [the first place, these depraved
> beings in the form and shape - of men
are known to all of the respectable
' citizens of that section of our county,
and are looked upon with loathing and
cootempt. In the next place, we are ^
personally acquainted with many of
their better halves, and we wculd not
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inflict upon them any more mortification
than they must already have stood in
seeing their husbands act &9 strangers (
and aliens to tho commonwealth that f
gave them birth and protection ; and in ^
the third and last place, we feel that we
will waste enough ink and 'paper upon ^
them when we record their demise into j.
regions less hospitublo than these, for
surely we can see in the economy of
nature no need of such people living. c
We appreciate highly the spirit that c
animates our correspondent, for we sharo a
deeply with hiin all of his good feelingi ^
for West Wateree, but we would sug- 6
gest to him to try reformation among B
this class, and to be hopeful, as wo have 11
a precedent in the repentance of the 1
thief upon the cross. If they should 6
dare lift their heads before this repen- ^
tance, let us know, and these columns 0
will spare do grape or canister for them. ?
We can and will make it lively?rest 1
assured.
NEWS ITEMS. ]
The Paris exhibition finally closed v
on tho 10th inst. The receipts since 1
the opening were 12,053,746 francs. t
The yellow fever relief committee of a
Philadelphia closed up their business on c
the 8th inst. Their total collections to 1
date amounted to $132,0S2.72. ?
Froman, the Hull river murderer, f
while being carried to IJcaufort on tho '
10th inst., jumped from a car on the '
Port Itoyal Railroad and was horribly ?
mangled. i
Tiie mosl fashionable and beautiful '
pari of Cape May, the famous watering '
place, was destroyed by fire on the 9th 1
inst. A half dozen hotels, numerous 5
cottages, and more than 1,000 bathing 1
houses were burueU. 1/ws orer $400- e
ovo. 1
? I MBTM l' I M MM!? MM*
The TJnit?- ! German Hani; of Washigton,
D. 0' . lias suspended. Too
mch stealing- for the profits of the baok
o cover.
The latest news from Governor
lampion says that he is resting well
,nd improving, though he uaturally
hafes over his confinement at such . a
uncture.
Peter Froman, the man who muclered
his can;r>anion, Duncau, on a flat
)oat in Bull river, 8. C? in June last,
ind then fled'>n a bark to England,
las been ex t no i tea.
Newberry county is sorely afllicted
?chills and fever, diphtheria, tueasle^
icurlct fever, meningitis, mad dogs, mad
Itogs, iucendiurism, kicking mules, etc.,
ire some of tf-o prevailing evils.
Tiie banker Corcoran, of Washington,
has coni'uued to dispense his fortune
during l is lifetime U>y the gift of
550.000 to cho Southern Historical
Society, the ex-Oonfodcrate institution
at Richuioud, Va.
Telegrams from Northern and
Eastern Eur pe announce a heavy snow
fall. The Appenines and Black Fortrei
are covered, and the Swiss passes are
blocked with snow. lu France the
rivers are Tory high and the Seing
threatens inundation.
An indictment has boeu found against
D. H. Chamberlain for participation in
the land swindle, while C. P. Leslie
was land commissioner. As soon as
Ohauiberlain heard of it iu New York,
be immediately left for Washington,
there to cooler with his brother thieves,
and be safe from arrest.
It is reported that P. H. OhamberJain
has determined to come to Columbia
and stand trial if he is called upon
to do so, and answer any oharges that
may be made against him. If he does
come, we may be able to prove him
guilty and put hiui to studying geology
at the expense of the State.
Catch in;; Bio Frauds.?The grand
jury in the United States Court at CiiN
cogo, on the Sth, returned indictments
agaiust John 3!eArthur, ex-postmaster,
John W. Gr-gg, Edward A. Miller and
Wm. S. Ools-.n, clerks, for embezzle
ment of government funds. Henry
Greenbaum. president of the the defunct
German Naiimial Saviugs Bank, wau
held in heavy bail for embezzlement.
Great excitement exists in Darke
county, Ohio, over the acts of violence
committed by u band of Kn Klux
Some persoi s bnve been killed by them,
aud others ordered to leave the county,
or they would be killed too. Where is
that old bloodhound, Merrill, so we^
kuown in out State for his villainous
outrages on peaceable citizens, railing
Lheui Ivu Khsx ?. Send bim lo Ohio
md ste if h?j will net in the same manner.
Tiie vault of the Stewart family in
St. Mark's churchyard, New York, was
broken open on the 7Lh inst., and the
body of the la o A. T. Stewart taken
thoref'rom. Mrs. Stewart has offered a
reward of $25,000 lor the recovery of
the body and proof to cauvict the thief,
ar a proportionate amount for the body
ilone. The report that the detectives
had found a c'uo to the perpetrators of
.t r L rri._
me ueeu is iuuijnj uc nuuic mmg
is still shrouded in mystery.
Arrest c r Prominent Citizf.es.?
L'pou affidavits made by Kaaborg and
die negro, Jo Douglass, of' Darlington,
warrants have been issued against Col.
A. Law, the 'Ion. E. W. Cannon and
.ho three Mr. Kcllys for violation of
he election ic?T. Messrs. Spain, Boyd
ind Nettles a-o defendants' attorneys.
The parties u-i'uscd to be arrested, but
rill appear any day appointed, Yescrday
was the day appoiuted for the
learing.
Affairs i i Europe appear to bo un
hanged, Ba-sia is building new ironlads
and keeping the ranks in the
ruiy full, and holding her former posi
ions in Turkey. England is still
;rowling and blowing, trying to frighten
omebody. The Afghanistan difficulty
3 still uuseti!?d. England also has
rouble to ke^p her African colonies
traight. Mtr.y of the English mills
iave stopped; tad others are ruuning
n half time. Hard times is heard on
in every hand, and the depression in
business is f it over the whole land.
A sad incident of the recent election
omos from I'lvW 1'ork. Mr. Aloxanler
Smith, oi' the 12th district, who
rn.s elected t succeed Clarksou N.
'otter, died in the very hour of his vie*
ory. He bad been sick but two days,
ind whtle hi-, friends were cheering
iver the result ho was breathing his
ast. On learning of his success he
milled and pressing tho hand of his inbruaant,
he -aid : "You must thank
nv siiDDorters for me, for 1 shall have
io opportunity of thauking them my- |
lelf." lie was a man of unflinohing
ntegrity and considerable business abili
y, and his lo:.; is deeply regrotted by
riend and foe alike. IIo had a large carlet
factory a'. Voukcrs, aud employed
icven liunur h'tuds. One of his emiloyees
said 'Flo gave letter wages
ind treated i. o* ;i?*r tliarix any other facory
owner iu Yvn?hOW."
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