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Jsmsft1 T. H. CLARKE, Editor. c G-1*. ALEXANDER, Proprietor, t js Sub., $'2 per year in Advance. . CAMDEN, S. 0., APRIL 1. 1S80. t Caaipiug Out. Scarcely more than a decado of years f ago, Thad Stevens, the great Commoner, 1 with a strong spirit>in a very weak*, physical structure, declared that was , "not only absurd, but monstrous to ( think for a moment that the Constitu- < lion, written by our father?, should be adhered to when it did not suit to do so." In short, he said that he was camping entirely outside of it, and that he had no apologies to make for it, as it was a desperate disease that be was trying to doctor, and he didn't care a picayune how he did it. "There is an unwritten Constitution, and I do not propose to coat over the old one with all sorts of legal constructions, but when necessary I mean to go right out of it," Every one knows that this old fellow had in him more of hatred to the South, perhaps, than any man living. Hisjwcak hnduhald in itafurnaceoffireashot as the infernal regions and his trembling tongue, tho expouent of his seething brain, never failed to flash the keen, sharp lance of his deep and bitter hatred to the South Hut with all of this, the old demon was brave and consistent. He had his God, and he made "no bones"?he loved persecution, and he served it faithfully. He was a devotee of mischief; but he never failed to stand to his colors, and on this account he did have respect even among those who hated him as they did the devil. At the time of this remarkable declaration of Stevens, he was lashed from every quarter, and deservedly so, we think. ITe was the target of every gun fired from the Democratic camp, and his bold announcomnt was declared to be the rapid decay which would soon throw down the pillow of the Republic. " i i .1 However, time softens ana cnanges, ana Sunset Cox, the other day, when introducing some remarkable measure for the relief of the suffering Irish, said : "Although it is not constitutional, yet the Constituion must rest and bo quiet when aroppeu Itb ttlV X- V < wj '' 1 This, in our mind, is the same rose by another name, and though mercy may, and is far more commendable than hatred and vindictiveness, yet, indeed, why damn one and halloo the othe^ when both in open debato declare that they care not for the Constitution ? That jewel of consistency is dimmed by such a course, and we are forced to ask, what can wo expect from politicians ? "We have reached that period when constitutions amount to little, and we don't suppose there is much prospect of a brighter time. What will be next, we ! cannot tell. We have an expression , from both sidjs now, and we would not i be surprised if the best thing that we could do would be to burn up the whole concern. It was buried at Appomattox, J and it is wroDg to honor dead parch- < mont. i The Grave of Mr. Calhoun. Every South Carolinian and every ( true Southron must feel for the memory of Mr. Calhoun something of the rev- ( erence with which he regards his own i ancestors. Tho correspondence which ' 1 .1 a ~:.u A i jjas rcceuuj uauncu niui u^aiu iv iuc removal of his remains, is not therefore t without a deep and tender interest for x us all, and we are pleased to see that his remains will be permitted to rest where they are interred in the city of Charleston. No fitter resting-place could be found for them than the metropolis of the State in which his name and memory will ever be held sacred and 3 honored with a reverence which can n never grow cold or die out. ( Shakspeare says, "Curst be he who v mdves my bones;" and we have always 1 felt it as a sort of desecration which n should not be committed unless under D circumstances of peculiar emergency- h No such circumstances appear to us to u exist in this case, and we therefore hope " 0 that the descendants and relatives of w our illustrious statesman whom we, in S( South Carolina, venerate as the Virgin- fti ians venerate Washington, will deter- k< mine to leave his remains where the re world may see how South Carolinians aj will honor him, and where the grand g< children and great grandchildren of the hi present generation may make pilgrim- Cf ages to his tomb and catch the inspira- ^ tion of high patriotism and noble ca ambition from so exalted an example. J th -s Citizen" on the Call of the Con- ' vention. 1 Mr. Editor : The Abbeville 1 'itiM, in an able article which you justly 1 otnmend and endorse, condemns the ! etion of the State Democratic Execuive Committee in calling a convention o early: and the Kershaw Gazette, in a engthy article, which we all kuovv etna lates from headquarters, and not from he ostensible editor of that journal, rlnc vnflinr nnsnpr>i?s<sfullV. to justify 1 ?w, . ....... y , ? it!rl defend that action. But both of hem overlook the most ubjectionablo eaturcs of the measure, which I will reniure to point out and expnsc. The Legislature is the ' iccak sister" jf our State government, whose frailties ind errors have done more to weaken and bring reproach upon tho Democracy af the State than all other causes combined, and demand more than all other abuses stern rejjuke and sharp correction at the hands of the people whoso confidence has been so betrayed. But the people are not yet aware of tho extent and flagrancy of those errors. Nay, the acts of the General Assembly (session of '79 and extra session of '80) have not yet been issued from the priuter, though more than three months have elapsed since the former were approved. None of the people, jherefore, save the very small number who happened to tako Charleston or Columbia daily papers during the session, have had any opportunity, of knowing what has been ft,? T.ooialninrfl Vfif. thev are UUUt VJ V1IU , J bcfrinniDf? to open their eyes to the follies which were committed there, and doubtlesswill have them fully open Before the proper and normal time for the call of a convention, and might then decide intelligently as to the merit or demerit of their legislators. Doubtless, too, there is much reason to apprehend that their decision will not be favorable to the latter gentlemen. So the State Executive Committee calls a Stato Convention for the first of June. This precipitates an early meeting of the county conventions, when delegates to the Legislature (probably in most instances the same delegates) will be nominated, after which all exposure of their delinquencies will be suppressed on pain of being denounced as a traitor to the party ! Now, is not this a coup d ctat ? Yes, sir ! Louis Napoleon, if living and in his prime, could not have executed a finer one under similar circumstances. It is ?L r\ nVioron tVinco IIUC UI_y |IUI (JU3U UCIIi iu .... gentlemen with having intended a coup d' efat; yet where the obvious effect of a measure is to operate as such, it is difficult to imagine how men of shrewd and able intellects could overlook that effect, or be quite innocent of the inteo? tion. Nor do I know how many of the Executive Committee are strongly in-! terestcd?directly or indirectly?in such a coup d' ctat. But I do know that in this county one delegate to the General Assembly is chairman of the State Ex? ecutive* vonrwittee, ?mid mitnbm I* chairman of the County Executive Com -1 T 1.. ? milieu, UUU .1 UilU I'UJJ laivv; uiho aa u sample of the rest, But coups il' ctat aro not practicable in a Democracy; and when resorted to, must signally fail or prove fatal to it. The people of South Carolina, if they have the independence which should appertain to freemen, will not passively acquiesce in being thus hoodwinked, but when they find, as in many instances they assuredly will find, that they have been hurried blindly and prematurely into the nomination of candidates who have already proven unworthy of their confidence, they will in disgust withhold their support, or if they give it at ill, will give it without the zeal and enthusiasm necessary to ensure success. Party leaders commit an absurd error when they imagino that a score or so of gentlemen in high position cao at pleasure call forth the strength of a party, rhe mistake would scarcoly be more ibsurd if they attempted to stir up the Atlantic from its "vasty deep with the paddles of a row-boat. The action of 1 party is only powerful when its forces ?ome from the bottom?when the masiies >f the people are inspired with one purpose, one will and an all-pervading mthusiasm. It is true, the light which s to produce these must come through he higher strata of the party. But it nust be left to act in the legitimate way lpon the understanding, the senses and he feelings of the masses. These must be lnconstrained; and if the light does not, n due time, produce the desired effect, ho leaders may shrewdly suspect there s something wrong in their policy, and change the programme. At all events, t will be futile tor them to imagine they an do anything by political prestidigtation or ring tactics when the masses ire oat or sympatny wim tnera. Now, is the State Executive Coianittec sure that the people of South Carolina are in sympathy with them rith respect to national politics ? That hey will accept the Democratic nomi- | ee, whoever he may be ? That they rill take passage in the "boat" of the ational Democracy however humiliating, owever dishonorable tho conditions nder which they may be permitted to et aboard ? The distinguished author i f the Gazettes editorials intimates that .. it :i 11 i 4 )f t> _ e eau -sail iu uu uwier ooai. do li >; we can at least stand whero we are id await with hope the coming of t otter times, or with dignity and selfrspect whatever fate adverse fortune . ay have in store for us. Nobody can v ipreciatc better than the distinguished t, mtleman just referred to, the proba- t lity that Samuel J. Tilden, or some ll juaHy worthy person, will be the cap- J' in of that "boat;" and that the first p rvice the Southern delegates will be died on to perform will be to assist in 1 vowing overboard the pure and noble rhomas F. Dayard, merely because lie ! felt not <|uilc like a bruto towards the j people of the South at the beginning <>f ! aur late war. and dared to express his ! J sentiments?sentiments which would j have been strenuously advocated by Daniel Webster, if living, and even by the elder John Quincy Adams, and by ] every great patriot the North has ever produced, however sectional. Now, are , the people of South Carolina expected | to go blindfolded on such a voyage ? So it would scetn, but I believe every true man among them who is uot a politician would rather perish upon the land. And , at are to be the profits of the voyage to us even if successful ? As a ]>copIr, we > i shall only reap tlic mirage of the desert, I' though a few politicians may get fat offices for their sycophancy. The North* ere masses are narrow-minded, bigoted and infernally malignant towards the people of the South; the Republican leaders foment their malignant passions against us because we arc the allies of their opponents?the Democrats; and the Democrats, feeling sc3ure of our ad* hpsion in any event, will go any length in pandering to their mean prejudices and hatred to us, in order to secure their suffrages. Can it be imagined that any advantage will inure to the f?outh from the triumph of a party which ostracises and throws overboard the ablest, best and greatest man their section can boast of, *" "***' * h rt fftU n linmnna Oir m ? merely uevjuune lie icib a Iiuujauc aj i?jpathy for our sufferings ? If the ihilanUhropiet, who pitied the poor "reb," can neper be forgiven, notwithstanding preeminent merit in all other respects, will the "reb" himself fare better ? It would seem absurd to think so if the fact werev not before us?if our politicians were not trying to make such a fantastic crotchet the bases of our gravest political action. No ! Sound policy, like charity, should begin at-homo. Let us set, our house in order?let us compel our Legislature to do its duty by extracting from our delegates a sharp and strict account of their stewardships. Let us enforce economy and efficiency in every branch of the State government, and then with the /innfidnnt^ nf nil rOnaspa nh hnmc whioh such a course will command, let us stand up like freemen before the Northern Democracy and say : "We tender you our alliance on fair and equitable terms ?terms consistent with our interest and self-respect, but on none other." But let us not, as our politicians would have us, cringe before them with the old maid's prayer, "anybody, good Lord, whom your charity may deign to give us." But the conventions have been called, and we must make the best of it. Let the clubs, then, look to it thatgpoliti-1 cians, or their partisans, do not pack ] their delegations by prestidigitations orj blarny. Let them be careful to send to the county conventions their ablest and j truest men?men of firmness, sobriety; and judgment rather Mian men ofmeiis, tonguf; and let these delegates, when met in convention, be on the alert against the wily manipulations of politicians, and, uninfluenccd-by them, select, to the best of their ability, men who will i represent them and their constituents, views and interests, and not those of the politicians in the State Convention, in the Legislature and in the various county offices. A graver crisis never was upon us, and everything dopends upon the wisdom, patriotism and independence of the clubs and of the delegates in the county conventions. Citizen. BURT'S STEAM SAW & GRTST ILL. Corner Rutledge and Market Sts CAMDEN, S. C. I am now prepared to'Jfurnish LUMBER in any quantity and of all kinds at lower prices than ever before known in this market. A large stock always on hand Square lumber only $12 per thousand feet, with common erades proportionately low Grist Mill , Will be running every day from next ' Saturday, the 8th of November. A large lot of fresh meal and hominy on hand all the ] time, and for sale at the lowest prices. , Give me a coll before purchasing else- t where. R. BURT. t jlyl7-Gm COTTONBUYEE, I W. CLVKI ?.\, Ag't 1 FOE 1 KNOOP, FRERICHS & CO. < ' v AT ' t CAMDEN, S. C. o c The Largest Cotton Buyers in the 11 [Jnited States. ? Xo Xliddle Meu. J Cotton bought for them is shipped c< hrough to Europe aud other places. (Uj l'lanters, Merchants and others faking d n cotton on liens, barter or town currcncj', vi . ill find it to their iutercst to call on me \\ efore selling or shipping their cotton to ai heir factors, as they will save from three to o four dollars per bale. I am prepared to di tiu from /inn I n fivn lllindrnd bfiloS at nnV I n imc. The HIGHEST CASH PRICES ai AID IN GREENBACKS. J. \V. CLYBUB5 , Ag't. aug28tf CARRIAGE PAINTING & TRIMMING, UPHOLSTERING, Kattress Making, Furniture Repaired^ Etc; Having an experience of twenty-eight pears in the above brancnes 01 ousiness, i un prepared to <io all of such work in the pery best Myie. mnl guarantee satisfaction. Any kind of Furniture neatly Upholstered in Rep, Hair or Cloth; also, revarnished and made to look as good as new. Mattresses always on hand; or made to order on shortest notice. I am the only Carriage Painter in Camden who can give you a first-class job. My PRICES are as low as can be had in any of our cities. Give me a call. 4Shop in the rear of Mrs. Meroney's millinery store. B. T. OWEN. Now Opened. H. ELLIS Beps t*> announce to tne pnouc ana ma friends t aat he has opened a store for the sale of Groceries and Liquors, At tnc old stand of W. H. Ellis, in CIyburn's Block, Aud "rill keep his place fully supplied with the best brands of Wines, Liquors, Cigars and. fPrv"kr?nn/\ M U O; V/? | Family and Fancy Groceries Always on hand and for sale cheap fox the cash. A share of the public patronage is respectfully solicited. II. ELLIS. B. F. GRIFFIN, Wholesale ail Retail Grocer AND COTTON BU\ ER Main street, below State House, COLUMBIA, S. C. Keeps ou band a large stock and tall line ot Staple and Fancy Groceries, WINES AND LIQUORS. 15,000 Bushels WHITE CORN and a car load of RUST PROOF OATS. Pays the highest market price for COTTON, and makes liberal advances on consignments. The people of West Wateree particularly are invited to bring their produce to me, and give my priceo a trial. No dangerous bridge to cross in bringing your cotton to this market, oct 2-3m B. F GRIFFIN. South Carolina Railroad. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT?CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. .On and after November 30, 1879, Passen ger Trains on Camden iirench win run as follows, until further notice : Down. Leave Oamden 7 00 am 215pm Arrive at Columbia 1150am 650am Arrive at Charleston 9 30 p m Arrive at Augusta 8 35 a m Up. Leave Charleston 7 00am 900am i Leave Augusta 7 40pm 8 00am Leave Columbia 5 30 am 415pm Arrive at Camden 120pm 815pm Trains on the Camden Branch run daily, except Sundays- On Columbia Bianch, only he night trains run daily. On Augusta iranch all trains run daily. All other rains run daily except Sundays. Sleeping ars on all night trains?berths only $1 50. ( Passengers taking the 2 15 p m train to ,'olumbia will have to remain over in Kingille 12 hours. Those taking the 7 40 p m ruin from Augusta will have to remain over n Kingville 6 hours. Those taking the 00 a m train from Charleston will have to a hange cars at Brnnchville. Th^2 15 pm l ruin from Camden is the only one to make onuection at Columbia with day trains on C. & A. It. It. for Charlotte and all oints North. The 7 00 a m train from 4 amden nnd 4 15 p m train from Columbia " ' * *? r ^ ? :u~ ? a r*^i Dnnect Willi trains qi urccuvnic uuu v/tnmbia I'ailroad to and from all points on nit road. The 2 15 p m train from Cam- " en connects at Augusta with all trains disrging from that place both South and ? rcst. Connections nre made for Tuesday's id Saturday's steamers from Charleston L Florida, agd on Wednesday's and Saturly's with steamers for New York by 2 15 m train. For information and tickets to ly point in the United States, apply to G> IS. JONES, Ag't, Camden, S. 0. JOHN B. PECK, 0 General Superintendent, ' D. C. Allen, General Pass. Agent. 1 GEO. ALDEIN Offer for ! LOWEST FAC The i FERTIL WIL COX, GIBES & O'S MAIS CHESAPEAKE GUANO, CHEASPEAKE A. SAN DOW ( To Granges and other net CA! to offer' VERY LOW rates. WE ALSO GLOBE COTTI i GUANO D At .f actory JNtsxtJASft ra. GEO. AL I NEW " New Goods? -A.. T>. KEIVJV Ren BRICK BUILDING Oppos Will Pay MAE COT and other COUNTRY PI BAR< HEAVY AND Fj JZ Dry Goods, Clothing, and Si Call and I | We also have on hand the L, TOBACCO ! Ever brought to Camden. HEADQU FOR ALL KINDS FERTII sTonsro, ASH KJLI ACJD P 3R ANY OTHER FIRST CLASS F CALI Give us a trial before you purchase, ny other house in town. W. A. ANCRU i rv i _ I jaraen oeeass LAXDRETII'S well known anil reliable arden seeds, all kinds, lor sale by KlRKl EV & SMITH. )R. I.H. ALEXANDER, Dental Surgeon, *??.?**? ?* wtiP nttvr i ni'T nnt i PAT T PUf OF DENTAL SlTUEllT. tfict, Xezldoor to County Treasurer's Office, I CAMDEN, S. C. GUANO! 9 I & C^n Acypn+Q_ I W WIJ ? IgVMIiWJ Sale at the TORY PRICES following DARD .IZIBS: [IPULATED, LKALINE, [INGO and MONARCH, COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE 3H PURCHASERS, we are prepared o OFFER THE 3N PLANTER LND ISTRIBUTOR [CE and FREIGHT. A Co., Agt's, Camden, S. O. STORE. IVew Prices! EDY, Afxent. loved to site * Geo. Alden's Old Stand. IKET PRICE for TOisr tODUCE. Will gave Buyers G-AI1VS IN A.NCY GROCERIES, )WARE, , Shoes, Hats, Crockery iddlery, ie Convinced. A.RGEST and FINEST lot of and CIGARS II ARTERS , 5 OF FIRST CLASS LIZERS. ?o -A-TXjA-lSrTIC. GMENT, HOSPHATE, ERTILIYES THAT ANY ONE MAY j FOR. as we know we can do better by you than M & CO., Ag'ts. ATMORE'S ENGLISH Plum Puddin , In caus, nnd very nice, and all other kinds of Canned Goods for sale by KIRKLEY 4 SMITH. T. 21. CLARKE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Camden, S. C. Office in the Journal Office, on Ruthdj5 Street, one door west of the pott office.