The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 20, 1893, Image 1
GOD AND OUR NATIVE LAND.
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CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1893. -
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No.
la
State
.jears.
zero
28?;'
The
suffering
16.? The
morning
the coldest
16. ? Last
one and the
harbor is
all crait. If
once
^^?(1
of four
m
Oat.
16. ? Never |
of the Central >South
80 much suffering from
as at present Many
and some abandoned
inng crews. The mo9t
ing prevalent among the
The snow is from ten
>e feet deep in Eastern
id Western North (Jaro
itern Kentucky, and all
>r is suspended.
lest for Thirty Yearn.
?lle, TenD., Jan. 16. ? Not
?tears has there been such
Hther as now prevails in this
k The thermometer is far be
Ifcnd a dozen or more people
Rrozen to death. Business of
lis suspended, and the united
Ithe city officials and church
?are being utilized to aid the
Ell trains are late, and it is
|o run them on anything near
.time.
Jitelow /.uro in Ashevilie.
ille, Jan. 10. ? Last uight
coldest recorded in maoy
The thermometer registered as
below zero, aud at 9 o'clock
ning was 4? below,
ing continues fine. A gen-jj
who came in from Hot Springs
?rniDg reports that the snow
six inches deep and that an
e had formed in the French
River, the blocks of ice being
fourteen feet high.
Another Afconnt.
[EVILLE, Jan 16. ? A special
[Hot Springs says that snow .to
Jepth of six inches has fallen
aud ice ?? has formed in the
;h Broad River for a distance ot
le and a half. An ice gorge is
ujf in the river to a height of
err feet at the hotel bridge and
'entv feH high at the Western
th Carolina Railroad Bridge. It
ported that at Paint Rock, on the
between North Carolina and Ten
ee, the snow is nine inches deep
that the thermometer dropped to
\c below zero last night.
What a Farmer Say*. .
To the Editor of-the Neic*
trier. Much is beiDg said by
-83 an<i people about the
jsary bill, but by far the most
luted and mischievous
and
the
dia
un
measure
passed by the recent Legislature was
the railroad law, because it is a direct
blow at the constitutional rights of
the people. The three departments of
governing, with their intercessory
[powers, were devised to secure every
citizen in person and property, and
VRen we deny to any man or class of
men the right of appeal, as provided
in tne Constitution, we strike at the
foundation of our free institutions.
Jdere we have a law which boWly
denies this right of appeal to an in
terest of infinite importance to the
State, which gives employment to
thousands of her people, and which is
absolutely necessary to the industrial
prosperijjf of all classes.
Tillman declared in the last cam
paign that "the issue boiled down was
a tight against railroads and corpora
tions," and in puresance of this policy
the railroads are cut off from the
Courts and placed at the mercy of
three men, appointed by a power this
confessedly inimical to them.
I am a farmer atd all my interests
are with them, but I can see nothing
but evil in such arbitrary and unjuBt
legislation. It not reform, out
revolution, and like other conceptions
of sham relormers, it was born in
spite. ?
We are now in the third year of j
u Reform" rule. Excepting those who
have feathefed their neits with an
office it baa not put one dollar in a far- ;
merY pocket; it has not given us bet- :
ter schools or public roads, or in- j
creased in the slightest degree the se
curity, happiness and prosperity of
the farming class. On the other Hand,
it has increased our taxes, and this, J
when there is no compensating outlay
for the public good,3s a sure sign of j
incompetent goverunieat. It has
bred strife and distrust where there
should be a community of interest,
and it has earned ^r the farmers of
South Carolina, as a class, the con
tempt of wise and patriotic men, both
at home and abroad.
Floronc?, Jan. 9. j. s. J.
Will be Embarrassing.
The National Watchman , Peoples'
party organ, makes the following in
teresting announcement:
"The Watckman has sent outj a
large number of letters through the
South asking for a statement of ^Dem
ocratic election methods which wilj be
printed as jthey come in. Our aim is
to show the brethren of the West that
the Southern brethren did their full
duty, but were cheated out of the re
sults." *
This seems likely to bring matters
to an embarrassing focus for the South
ern brethren ? "at this time.? If they
show that they "did their full duty" ?
which means, we suppose, voting? for
Weaver and Field ? they will 'appear
rather awkwardly in the conte6& for
offices and influence under a Demo
cratic administration.- On the other
hand, if they confess that they did not
"do their full duty" and that they are
yet members and voters of the Demo
cratic party ? how will they stand be
fore their brethren of the West?
We will await the answers toj the
Watchman and the exposition^ of
Southern Democratic frauds with com
placent carioshy? Editorial G reenr
ville Neics. i ?
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ARfc HILL AND MURPHY OUT?
The Big End of the New York Machine Said
to be Tired of Hill and Anxious lor
Alliance with Cleveland.
The little talk there was in the
assembly chamber: the few sparks that
flew there in the clash between Cleve
land men and Murphy men were as
nothing, however, to the talk that is
heard around the corridors to night of
a new fight ? "a coming tight right
inside the State machine, a fight
against further control of the party by
David B. Hill. That seems now not
so far away. Yesterday the first por
tent came when Richard Croker, of
! Tammany Hall, looking at Senator
Hill, said loud enough for all men
: around to hear him: """That man
should be in Washington attending to
his senatorial business." Such words
are never lightly uttered. They meau
too much. So the firft question to
day, when The World reached Albany
and the story spread around, was:
"What does it mean?" and then: "Is
this the begining of the er\.<?D When
old partners want to break a?ay from
1 each other they use such w^rds.
Richard Croker would notspeak to
night about this utterance of his yester
day. He would not say even that he
tad used the words, but contented
himself with: "I have about made
up my mind not say anything at"1- all
on the subject."
'?Do you deny having used them?"
?'I won't say anything on the sub
ject " " . . . i
Of course this is an admission that
he did speak of David B. Hill as that
man who ought to be in Washington.
One of the Tammany leaders was ask
ed to-night what it meant, and almost
in Croker's presence he said:
"Mr Croker said what he Yelt."
One has not to go far to look for
the cause of Mr Croker's feelings. He
looks upon David B. Hill as perhaps
the only man in the State who stands
in the way of amalgamation of the
Cleveland and the State Democrac}'
interests. 'For some time past it is
well known that Mr Croker has been
seeking to arrange a peace with the
president-elect. He has been to
Daniel S. Lamont, who is again get
ting to be recognized as Mr Cleve
land's mpst trusted adviser, and he
has taken pains to assure that gentle
man that Mr Murphy has no antagon
ism ? to Mr Cleveland, and that he
would not seek to oppose the presi
dent-elect's policy. Senator Hill's
presence at Albany directing the Mur
phy canvass seemed, perhapr,^ dis
approve the good faith, of these utter
ances, and then it was that Mr Croker
wished that man was in Washington
attending to his senatorial duties.
Perhaps, too, inasmuch as -politics
are great economists of energy, it may
be that the State leaders have corned
the conclusion that there is no further
need of such a leader as Senator
David B. Hill. When he was gover
nor he had powe^knd with Tammany
HalL In Erie County and Renselaer
county he was well nigh unconquer- j
able. Now, though, politicians say
be brings no strength to the junta. ,
It used to be Hill, Croker, Murphy
and Sheehan. Croker still rules Tam
many, Sheeban is still powerful in
Erie and Murphy still sways Reoselaer.
But Hill sways nothing. Roswell P.
Fiower is in his place, and is not j
unambitious. Yesterday, when the
electors paid the governor their re
spects, Croker was by his side, and ;
when the others* departed Croker
lingered to whisper in his ear. To
night Croker was the first to tele
phone the news of his nomination to
Murphy, but he never went near Hill
to congratulate him that the opposi
tion to Cleveland in the Senate had
boen strengthened. So it is not sur
prising that the fresh gossip is of a
new^ tight, or rather of an ousting ?
that has been sent to the rear J
and that Croker, Flower, Murphy and
Sheehan are the new retail firm, and i
that they are not only willing, biit |
very anxious, to do business with the j
big wholesale house of Cleveland, |
W hitnev, Lamont &? Co. ? X. Y.
World . '
Bad in Every Respect.
The law is a bad one in every re- j
spect, absurd, impossible and injurous. ;
It isj^horoughly impolitic and unwise '
for a Slate to embark in the liquor !
businesses South Carolina proposes to
do, and there is nothing that can be !
imagined more dangerous than State
bar rooms, run by State officials. It i
will be especially severe on all who j
have embarked in the liquor business, ;
who will be absolutely crushed out '
and ruined by it
It is seedless to * say that alaw of
this kin'dr will, from its very - excess
and absurdity, prove a failure. They
tried one very much like it in
Massachusetts one year. It resulted
in a great deal of sickness, or at least
the applications for whiskey showed
that nearly every man in the State
needed it for ^medicinal purposes.
The whole matter was so absurd ? |
and more than absurd, for it encourag
ed hypocrisy and lying ? that the peo
ple of Massachusetts took the first
opportunity otfered them U> repeal it.
And so will the people of South Caro
lina as soon as they have tried their
new law a short time. ? The New
Orleans Timez- Democrat.
Now they Ajre Rigtt.
Charleston, Jan. 10. ? The City
Council at its meeting to night passed
a bill amending the license ordinance,
so as ta^rovide for the issuing of
liquor licenses for six months only.
Dealers ^^KHiave taken out licenses
for the year will have $50 of tie
'j?oney refunded to the;:: . 1% is gen
erally thought that the council have
been bulldozed by lie Governor, ?
Cor. the Age ij
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WAGE-EARNERS AROUSED.
a BROAD AND STRONG PlATFORM
ADOPTED.
An Address to Patriots ? Call for a March
j Convention? The Committee Meet* ?
Its Addreas.
The war is on!
The wa^e earners of South Carolina
i . ?
are up id arms.
The workingmen's movement lias
i been started, and'* it is destined to
overshadow the farmer's movement
that began, a few years ago and swept
' the entire Stiite.
This movement is started in the
I ?
line of real reform, aud there are no
men in it who are there for the pur-*;
pose of seeking office.
During the last date of the Legisla
ture this movement wasStarted, at a
mass meeting attended by represents- !
: tives from various portions of the
! State and held iu the Richland county ,
; court house.! At that meeting a com
i mittee of earnest workers, representing .
the various branches of labor was
: pointed to draft an address, platform
of principles, plan of organization, as
j well as to call a convention. The i
I committee waited till the holidays
were over, each member deciding to
draw up his own plan for presentation
when the committee met again.
Last night the committee met in
Hotel Jerome. Alter quite a long
session at which all the plans pre
sented were discussed, the paper, with
the issuance of which the movement is
inaugurated, was prepared and made i
public.
A full plan of organization, com- 1
plete to the smallest detail, was drawn j
up and adopted, but for the present it
will not be published^ ft-is tersely
outlined in the following paper:
THE ADDRESS To\hE PEOPLE.
Fellow Wage Workefs-and Sympa
thizing Fellow-Citizens: Your co
mittee having been appointed
formulate a plaur upon the basis
which an organization, capable of Cj
recting the evils of which we o
plain might be effected, feel that t
cannot do better than preface
plan agreed upon with a few rerna
calling attention to. the grounds upon
which we seek to justify our action.
speaking of the possibility of oppo
sition to the iniquitous laws enacted
at the recent session of the legislature, ^
it has been said, "Your head is in^the j
mouth of the Reform lion and so long j
as the lion don't close his jaws, it is j
policy to keep quiet and not enrage it ?
to crush you; such opposition would j
enrage and embitter the triumphant
taction and you would bring down |
upon the corporations and towns per- 1
haps stricter laws than those which
they seek to escape. It would be
political suicide to every ambitious
man enlisted on the side of the mi- i
nority." - . . ; _ J
In this manner does the triumph- ;
ant faction seek to freeze the manhood j
in the veins of those who might under
take to oppose its unhallowed course!
Thus is the vaunted intellectual j
civilization of the nineteenth century
resolved again into the kiDgdom of
brute force! So has it been decreed
that we shall bow down in homage to
the edicts of this political Nebuchad
nezzar! j
But surely the God of Hosts, who ?
delivered Daniel out of the den of j
lions, will deliver us, aUo, who have v
the courage to declare our manhood, j
out of the mouth of this ''Reform j
Lion!" How, then, shall the Scrip
tures be fulfilled, if, in the sequel,
there be not "weeping and gnashing
of teeth?">
Has it not been written that "the
zeal of mine house hath eaten me up?
And have they not testified to the
zeal of both Houses in doing, as well j
as in leaving undone? Witness how
salaries have been cut down! Be-^
hold the reduction of taxes! Mark j
how the rum trust was defeated! Oh, [
Prohibition, reyuie*cat in pace, for
"when I have a more convenient ,
season I will call for thee!" See how
"justice to all sides" has been meted
out. Whai matters the might of ten
thousand a^inst the might of fifty 1
"Daintf" Wherefore should corpora- ;
tioos^nffThe dwellers in cities and j
towns object to being legislated
"against!" Why should druggists,
keepers of hotels, saloons, restaurants,
and places of public amusement com
plain because exempt from this new j
dispensation!
Under such conditions it is "policy
to keep quiet?" Shall the fear of "em- :
bittering the triumphant faction per
mit the sword of lii>erty to rust in its
sheath, or the shadows oi "political
suicide" cause the hand to tremble, as
it is drawn from its scabbard?
Friends, let us not "strain at gnats
and swallow camels;" pious expletives j
are not issu^^-of vital importance to ;
the people of t^is State. Let them j
damn on to t\&r hearts' content, so .
long as thev shall not undertake to ?
damn the sacred stream of individual !
liberty, by denying equal rights lo all; i
bv grunting ?j>ecial privileges to any:
or by challenging the right of judicial
appeal, a right which has been to a
free people as "the shadow of a great
j rock in a weary land." It is, how
ever. the violation oi'f not one, but all
I of these, which causes us to take
; council wi th. each other.
' We are in a minority, yet why
should that discourage us? I>et us go
| forth like David, with naught but the
! stoue of honest purpose in our sling,
j and so Shall we have strength to fight
iX&mh Goliath and his Philistines in
defense of the heritage of free men.
We are sot, and must not be
i C03UE, a CLASS. Let welcome to
i our and our comfort the
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farmer ami the mechanic, the opera- j
live aud the laborer: tor our cause is
a common cause. W^are a miuority j
of the people of South Carolina, but,
like the woman of Macfcdona who ap- ;
pealed "to Philip in his sober senses," i
we claim the attention and challenge ?
the reason of the majority o?our
fellow-citizens.
I^et us begin now to educate our
selves so that we may judge between
the wise and the unwise, the evil aud
the good; for in no other way can we
hope to have our efforts crowned with
success, conclusive of the integrity of
our purposes. ? ! .
Your committee recommend the or
ganization of an Industrial and
Wage Workers' Democratic
League, which shall consist of a State,,
league, with subordinate counfy and
district leagues; and, in connection
with the State league, the establish
ment of a Bureau1 of Information;
and finally, when the objects sought '
by the organization of the Industrial ?
and Wage Workers'' Democratic!
League shall have been attained,
/through the enactment of just j
aud equitable laws, in which the right
of every individual citizen, howsoever
humble, shall have been duly consid
ered, your committee recommend that
we di^baud, so that we may not be
come a political machine in, the hands
ef'designiug men, to the detriment of
the interests of /this State and its citi
zens.
Your committee will appoint an
organizing committee in each county,
with instructions to organize couLty.
municipal township and ward leagues,
and to arrange to send delegates there
from to a convention to be held in the
city of Columbia, March the 15th,
1893, for the purpose of electing offi
cers, adopting a plan of organization,
and ratifying or amending the follow
ing draft_submitted j&sl
l>p??RATIONT OF THE PrINCILES OF
the Industrial AND f AGE
Workers' Democratic League.
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The Constitution of the States* and
the United States guarantee e<|a?l
rights to all, and prohibits special
privileges to any* of its citizens. It is
therefore the duty of those who may
feel themselves aggrieved through the
enactment of unjust laws, the effect <5
which is to deprive some of their con\
stitutional rights, while bestowing up
on others unlawful privileges, to as
semble and protest against such unjust,
inequitable and Unlawful legislation
arid to take measure-to accomplish
its repeal. More especially is this a
duty when, from the decision of par
tisan officials empowered to execute
and enforce such laws, the right of
appeal to the courts is denied; a right
wisely guaranteed by the fundamental
law of the land, and recognized as
one of the cardinal principles of
Democracy; a right which experience
has proven to be a shield of safety to
the weak against the strong, to a few
against the mauy; a right which has
been, and which must be, cherished
among the dearest principles of a free
people.
We condemn- the vicious class
legislation attempted and enacted
by the legislature at its recent session
and endorsed and . approved by the
Governor of this State; the pernicious ;
effects of which will be to put to haz- i
ard all industries dependent upon cor
porate capital, to lessen the volume of
currency, to increase the cost of credit,
and to render uncertain and precari
ous the occupation of all wage work- !
ers within the State.
We denounce the inconsistency of j
the so-called Reform Party which, pro
claiming salaries too large, omits to I
reduce them; declaring taxes too high,
increases them; professing opj>osition j
to monopoly, conspires to make the
State a monopoly; preaching prohibi
tion, legislates the State itself into a
rum- seller.
We declare our principles to be em
bodied in the simple but sound Demo
cratic doctrine of "Equal rights to ?ij,
special privileges to none," and our
purpose, to repeal and oppose all 1
legislation inconsistent therewith.
We acknowledge agriculture to be,
the master wheel of industrial mechaa-/
ism, but we declare tha^n the enact*
ment and execution of just aud
wholesome laws it is essential to con
sider that the quantity and quality of
the products depend upon the har
monious working of the whole ma
chine; and that upon no industry more
than agriculture will fall the injur?
just principle.
We believe the interests, #f capital
aud labor to be the same, and we as
sert that a blow aimed at one will fall
upon both; and that le<yslaiion duct
ed "against"' either w^ll react upon
the people ofcthe who^f Stat*.
We recognize the /rropriefy of just
| lara restraining tbf abuse of rightd
an3 privileges granted to individuals;
but we condemn all laws tending to
unrighteously lessen the inducements
to capital to invest in the develop
ment of legitimate industries within*
the State. ' j , '
We assert the necessity of main
taining the independence and high
standard of the judiciary, and con
demn any and all attempt to curtail
the one or lower#the other of these
safeguards to the enjoyment of indi
vidual rights.
Adhering strictly to the sound prin
' ciples of Democracy, living within
their limitation, and believing that
"a people is best governed which is
least governed," we shall undertake to
; maintain to the higest standard the
, financial credit and political dignity
j of the State.
In conclusion, we beg leave to hope
i that "'the principles which we have
j
ous effects of a departure
suggested may meet with the appro
bation and endorsement of our fellow- ;
citizens, to the end that a glorious
success may crown our righteous
efforts.
[Signed]* H. A. Williams, Chm'n.
J. J. Jenkioga.
Jno G. Hoffman,
J. M. Brawler. '
James P. CafiW,
T. W. Bollmai h
W. T. Martin,
L. W. Warren,
R. G. Ward,
J. P. Darbv,
J. P. Meehan,
J. T. Hideout
? The State. !
DEATH OF SENATOR KENNA.
The End Welcomed an a Relief from Pro
tracted Sufferinc
Washington, D. C:, Jau. 11. ?
Senator John E. Kenna, of West
Virginia,, died at .3 o'clock this morn
ing of heart disease, from which he
had been for some years an acute
sufierer, so much so that for a long
interval be had been compelled to
abandon bis duties as Senator and to
forego all mental exertion. Two sum
mers ago, with the view of diverting
his mind from physical ailment, he
established an amateur boat builders'
shop and busied himself in the me
chanical operation of conducting
boats. He partially recovered and
resumed his seat in the Senate and
made one memorable speech, which
was remarkable' both\for its length
and its vigor, but soon suffered a re
lapse from which he hever rallied.*
His sufferings during the last few
months of his life from heart spasms
were so poignant that, to himself as
well as to his family, death must have
been looked upon as almost welcome.
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John Edward Kenna was bora in
Yalcoiilon ' W est Viiginia, April 10,
1848. After working on a. farm he
entered the Confederate army us a
/private, served chiefly in Missouri,
was wounded in ] 864, and surrender
ed "$t Shreveport, La., in i 865. He
afterj^rd attended St Vincent's Col-'1
lege,, afc Wheeling, studied law at
Jpbaneion, West Virginia, nnd was
Jdinittei to the Bar in June, 1&70.
i$e was prosecuting attorney for Kana
wha County in 1873-7, and in 1875
was elected by the Bar, under statu
tory provision, to hold the Circuit
Courts of Lincoln and Wayne coun
ties. He was chosen to Congress us a
Democrat, serving from Ootcber,
1877, until March, 1883, and had
been re-elected when he was elected
.United 'States Senator to succeed
Henry G. Davis. Ilis abilities were
so distinguished and his services so
conspicuous that he was re-elected to
the Senate for the .term expiring
March, 1895. <
"The Saloons Must Go.*'
So far as we can gather from the !
utterances of those prohibitionists !
wbo tavor the Evans dispensary bill
their hostility is not to liquor or to the ;
sale or use of it, but to the saloons/
It is very plain that if the Evans !
bill is successful the consumption of
liquor will not be decreased. It is :
equally plain that if the sale of liquor '
by the State yields a large revenue
and diminishes the burden of taxation
prohibition will be impossible; for
every tax payer in the State who does j
not use liquor will have a direct
pecuniary interest in continuing its
sale and making his liquor using \
neighbors pay his taxes for him.
Brought to its last analysis, the Evans I
bill is simply a new State tax laid on
users of liquor and the State would
have precisely the same right to lay
an extra tax on consumers of tobacco j
and drugs.
We jnust conclude, therefore, that ,
?the alleged prohibitionists who favor
the^JKvans bill are not prohibitionists, j
They do not hate liquor; they do not
want to remove its evils. They want
to rivet it upon the State with the en
during rivets of self interest. What
they really hate is the saloon and the
?saloon keeper. That is tbeonly logical
deduction from what they say.
To destroy the saloon ? to cl ;se a
certain number of business houses, to i
make a certain number of dwellings !
\tenantless, to obliterate a certain |
amount of property and-drive a :aum- j
ijer ot citizens out o? the State? they
propose to create a State mouapoly in
liquor selling and to levy a new in
direct tax on the people. That seems
i6 be the sum and substance of it? -the j
whole meauing of the fcry thai "the
saloon must go" in connection with
\ the Evans bill.
I If the bill is upheld by the courts
| and the saloons go, the blind tigers
will come, as they have come in Maine
and Iowa and Athens and everywhere
j else. Instead of saloons under police
| supervision and regulation and con
i ducted under the responsibility of
'heavy bond?, we will have dark
closets and cellars and holes in walls
where mean Jiquor will be served out
by irresponsible and unseen hands
without check or regulation. But
that, we suppose, will be all right it
the saloons are shut. ? Greenville
1 Neics. -
Senator .Jno. G. Carlisle, of Ken
tucky, having, accepted the tender
? made him by Mr Cleveland, of the
Secretaryship of the Treasury, has
sent to the Governor of Kentucky his
resignation of the office of United
j States Senator. .
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BENJAMIN' F- BUTLER DEAD"
SUDDEN END OF A REMARKABLE
5 CAREER.
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The Famous Politician Die* of Heart
Failure, Superinduced by an Attack
of Pneumonia? Sketdi or His
Life.
\ ?
Washington, Jan. 11. ? Gen. j
Benjamin F. Butler died at 1.30 o'clock
this morning, of heart failure. J
superinduced by an attack of j
pneumonia. He retired at 11 o'clock !
last night, and soon after midnight, '
his colored body servant, West, who*
slept in an adjoining room, heard him
coughing violently. He went to the
General's room, and found that he
had gone to the bath room adjoining, j
He followed him there, and offered !
his assistance. The General mentioned !
that4iis expectoration had been dis
colored with blood, but did not ap
pear to think seriously of the matter.
West assisted him to bed, and he ap
parently went asleep. He died soon
afterwards. N
Benjamin Franklin Butler was born
in Deerfie\d, N. H., November 5, 1818.
Aiter receiving a liberal education,
he was admitted to the bar 4 in 1840,
began practice at Lowell, Mass., and
alwajfc maintained ji high reputation
as a lawyer, especmlly in criminal
cases. Htf early entered politics, as a
Democrat. In 1860 he . was a delegate
to the Democratic national convention
that met in Charleston. When a
1
portion of the delegates reassembled
at Baltimore, Mr Butler, after taking
part in the opening debates and votes,
announced that a majority of the
delegates from Massachusetts would
not further participate in the
deliberations of the convention, on
the ground that there had been a !
withdrawal in part of the majority of
the States, and further, upon the !
ground, as he alleged, that tlie J
African slave trade was approvingly
^advocated, :A j
At the outbreak of the war he.
marched to Annapolis with the Eighth
Massachusetts regiment. On May 13,
1861, he entered Baltimore at the
head of 900 men and occupied the
city.- He was then made a major
general and assigned to the command
of Fort Monroe. In August he cap
tured Forts Hatteras and Clark op
the North Carolina coast. He then
returned to Massachusetts to recruit
an expedition for the Gulf of Mexico
and the Mississippi.
On April 17 the expedition went
up the Mississippi. The fleet under !
I'arragut having previously passed
the forts and virtually captured New
Orleans, Gen. Butler took possession i
of the city on May 1st. His 1
administration of affairs was marked '
with great harshness and tyranny.
He instituted strict sanitary '
regulation, armed the free negroes,
and compelled the rich people of the 1
city to contribute to the support of >
the poor. His course in hanging Wm.
Mumford for hauling down the United :
States flag from the mint, and in
issuing his infamous "Order No. 28," j
alleged to be to prevent women from
insulting soldiers, excited strong
resentment, not only in the South, but
in the North, and abroad, and in (
December, 1862, President Jefferson
Davis issued a proclamation declar- ,
ing him an outlaw
In May, Gen. Butler seized about
8800,000 which had been deposited
in ^ the office of the Dutch consul,
claiming that arms for the Confederacy
were to be bought with it. This
action was protested against by all
the foreign consuls, aud the Govern- '
rnent at Washington, after an in
vestigation. ordered the return of the!
money.
In December of the same year, Gen
Butler was recalled, as he be'lieved, at
the instigation of Louis Napoleon, j
who supposed Butler to be hostile to
M8 ^e*ican schemes. Near the close
of I860 he was placed in command of
the department of Virginia and North !
Carolina. In October, 1804, there be
ing apprehensions of trouble in New
^ ork during the election, Butler was
sent there with a force to insure (juiet.
In December he conducted an in--?
effectual expedition against Fort !
Fisher, near Wilmington, and ^soon
afterwards was removed from com
mand by Gen. (iraut. He then re
turned to his home in Massachusetts.
In 18f5(j he### elected to Congress
by the Kepubfeans where he remained
until 1879,jfith the exception of the
of 1875 77. He was the most
active of the managers appointed in
1868 for the imjteachment of President
Johnson. He was the unsuccessful
j Republican nominee for Governor of
Massachusetts in 1871; and in 1S78
and 18*9, having changed his politics
j again, was the candidate of the lu
idependent Greenback party and of one
jwfng of the Democrats for the same
? office, but was airain defeated.
In 1882 the Democrats united up
on him as their candidate, and he was
elected, though the rest of the State i
ticket was defeated. In 1 *>.',! he was
nominated, but wa> defeated.
In 18*4 he was the candidate of the j
Greenback and anti-nonopolist p&feties
for the Presidency, and received 10H./
825 votes. \
n Hr'3 * ,iau?h<" ?f
Dr Israel Hildreth of Lowell, died jn
1M7 ? ,8e. >WaS, 0n the from
183< to 1842, when she married Gen
Butler and retired. Their daughter
j mamed Gen. Adelbert Ames of the
j Lnited States Arm v.
THE STATE AMD
Col Robert Alrfrlch'? F
amdJthesal
h'* Forcible Pk
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m
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the Erans whUkey Law* 4 ! j
To the .Editor of The Nttas and j |
Courier. I have a U.f
outside
Act wee' oOik
no; considered the
legal questions iAvol* red in the recent
Act of the Legislature, commonly
known as the Dispensary Law; They
arc delicate and impcrtnnt, and l have c
been too busy in the cloeifrgof the old
and opening of the new year to gift
study to auy questions
office. Whether tie
stitutionally passed c r not, how tkr it
interferes with inter State oom
etc, are questions tbut will arise tad
will be settled by ti e Courts. Then
are, however, glarin ; objections to the
Act, which strike' the mind at a
glance. ? />'' *3
To start with, w< tahold th
of our love and pridi i cifcarlv em
in the whiskey busii less. MLt is
of the province of a Stat? Qovsmmet.
to engage in any ki ad of business, for
obvious reasons. 7rom its kiperior
})osition all of its titiiens competing
' with the State in, the same fine of .
I business are at a disadvantage, and
! naturally regard th 3 State as a rival
and oppressor, impiiring their means
of support, while the State should be
' the common mother end guardian of
I all its citizens alike. In the eye un
der consideration t le State will be not
j only qpgaged !n a business, but
j monopolize it, thereby
1 large class of its people _
i their living out of a lucrative
heretofore legitime e trade. Utothing
could be more undemocratic or mora
m
p* n$ a:
rati re ana
.. !?
tyrannical.
Government monopolies
Europe to a large
ii j ?
prevailed in
extent ages gone
by, but with the adlauce of civilixiUion
and the growth of: liberal idlas the?
were discontinued as long ego at
House of Commons, anew
The
the demand of t)ie people,
this mqch-abused prerogative &.
King, and it has been known in Eng~
land no more sincethat time. In fact,
tyrannical Rsssia alone
rable
dojjBl
extent, and
political thinkaa)
in
exist to any consi
in the carnation m
it is, of all the hateful features of tut I
iron-bound despotism, the most hate*
ful. Russia derires a large portion
of her revenues from monopolies.
I South Carolina, it seems, will make .
j an etfort to imitate her. bat it wiU
I not be much ofjan etfort after all.
| This taking away from the people at
1 large the means iof livelihood in any
department is the quintessence of
j tyranny, and will be tolerated bp a
| free people no "longer than it will
^ke to wipe it otf the statute boo!
?? It is disappointing to those
hoped for relief for the people
the efforts of the Farmers* i
organized to con bat monopolies
every form and shape, witnessing^
Legislature, elected largely by
creating by law in South Carolina __
monopoly that would be a reproach to
the Czar of Russia.
'Hi!
I am do advoqate of intemperanot. |
la fact, the contention of the aavoeata^:! ,
of this law ia thats more liquor will b* \ , '?
consumed under; its operation than j : , ^
before; since it will be better liqnor n |
aod cheaper, jmd.at the same time the'
treasury is to "be enriched ^.&p<Haxes 1 | i ?
reduced, io ottoet words, they debauch , j; I
the morals of the people aod take
away their rights, but justify the t^in
iniquity by the assertion that we ere
paid for it. A;,
, Was ever greater insult offered to
self-respecting freemen? No: to enact
a prohibition law with the vjew of
elevating public morali is one thin?,V
but to engraft a despotic feature upon . f
the goverment of a free ^te is a very .
different thing, and Nthe people will
find a way of showing that when they !
voted to give up their liquor they did ;.( /
not intend to give up their libertiea
Mistakes rarely go singly, and
along with the promulgation of(his>
legislative blunder we hear threats of
the most drastic measures for its en*
forcement The people of South Caro
lina don't belong to anyboayyet.
charters of cities and towns ara^
taken away, and military force is
employed: chaoiand bloodshed
replace peace and order. The
this bombast and bluster is
the better for the reputations
who .employ it. ' lii
On the other hand we Bear of a ,
widespread purpose and intention of ! i
evading thejaw. This, i?ta culpable, ; ?
is far more \}ingerous? As long Mj >.
tjiis statute igbCftro' it must be, I
obeyed and nesni&id as law. JSToj
greater calamity tan wi^a people" ;
than to fall int6 a disrespectlfec law.
To disregard ainy law is the first
towards contempt lor all law, aqd
is auarchy. ? /
By all means, ^then, until
dispensary law shall be decl
inoperative by the Courts, or repe.
by the legislature, one or the o
of which must come soon, every man
who holds the honor and dignity o(j
his State above his personal views and1
opinions will rise to the patriotic duty
oi' obeying the law.
Robt AUpch.
Wa^eigtohj, January 13. ? Invite*
tions have to day been sent out
through Col H. C. Corbin, United
States army, to the Governors of all- . :$j
the States, inviting them and their "?
staffs to participate in the inaugnra*jl
tton ceremonies. The inauguration ' V
committee request that all civio
, organizations from the various. sections >
of the country who intend to partici
pate in the inauguration ceremonies j
will notify the committee' on civic j
i organization, Wm Dickson, chairman. 4 1
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