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i' .A., /VOL XVII. VAliKKRT'U PLATFORM Grounds Upon Which lie Seeks Elcc tion as Governor. THE WHYS AND WHEREFORES llo Defines llis Views I'pOn Public finest ions. The Colonel's 1.01144 and Honorable ltccord. iiclow will bo found t!io speech of Col. W. .1. Talbert, who Is a eandi-1 I | "V - | . jtlato for Governor, in full, as it, was delivered at I lie opening of the campaign at Sumter, where l he candidates lt. wore given full time. The time has been too short at. the other campaign meetings to deliver the speech in full, but the speeches made by Col. Talbert at these dilferont meetings have been along these lines and the speech here presented is a fuller elaboration of his views: No man ought to aspire to public otlice without lirst having examined ids mind and heart to ascertain whctli- i eror not ho has a proper conception of tlie responsibilities lie proposes to assume, and also to convince himself that nothing will be wanting in his determination to execute every obligation that may be imposed upon him. lie should thoroughly weigh his motives and his tidelity to the people who may choose him to serve them, .lie should consider well his abiding devotion to all that relates to the wellbeing of those concerned in his administration of otllcial duty and his courage to do manfully may devolve upon him. Such considerations as f these apply with great force to every candidate for otlice, but especially to those for the governorship of South Carolina, the State of which Kobt. Y. Ilayne said in one of his speeches in the United States Senate. "If there be one State in the Union that will challenge comparison jvlth any other, that State is South Carolina." There arc many things that com nine in an extraordinary degree 1 o i claim the attention, to employ the ] brain and stimulate the energy of the governor of South Carolina. For the time that he may hold otllcc he must practically segregate himself from all those private business alTairs to which he may have been accustomed. lie is inhibited from the practice of any profession and receiving compensation, reward, fee, or promise thereof for the same. Nor is he allowed to receive any reward or compensation for services rendered or performed during his incumbency, it, is contemplated that he shall devote himself exclusively to the service of the State. This is as it should bo, for lie should enter upon his high commisssion with singleness of purpose and look for his reward in the approbation of the people for worthy services rendered in their behalf and 2fcthe satisfaction that always proceeds from the consciousness of duty well performed." It seems to me to be not inappropriate in the outset that public attention be directed to these and kindred considerations that there may be a due appreciation of the requisite qualifications to this lofty station and the many obligations, express and implied, that are involved in its conduct, .lust here 1 desire to say that 1 shall conduct myself in thiscampaign as 1 have always tried to do, and to make my light upon principle and merit, without any attack upon my opponents. 1 am running for governor, and not against them. I am opposed to combinations and conspiracies and the corrupt use of money in elections, and shall depend upon my views upon public questions as 1 shall present them to you in this campaign for your support for the position to which 1 aspire. It was intended by the fathers that this government of ours should rest upon the foundation of free and independent suffrage and he forever maintained by the virtue and morality, the patriotism and intelligence of the American people, and that those called to minister Its affairs should not secure and hold otllee through descent, or by purchase, or by trickery and combination. If wc. shall ever reacli the point where votes equivalent to vows can be cajoled or coerced, l>ought or bullied, impawned or intimidated, where unshackled manhood cannot fearlesly assert its highest prerogative in the selection of political agents and the decision of political Issues, or where citizenship shall become so enslaved as to abandon its dignity and integrity, where the polling place shall degenerate into the market over and ballots m Kimii ue jil vendue, or men shall l>e driven like cattle, without choice of their own, then, indeed, may patriots tremble for the consequences, 'and then, indeed, will begin the downfall of our free institutions. That is a mean and contemptible ambition that would seek ollicial preferment by unholy combinations and the corrupt use of money or misrepresentations in the public press, and that is a despicable voter whose suffrage can be purchased with a price. Y<4t the growing tendency to expensive campaigns and the use of money to promote ollicial aspirations and sccuro election results have Justly aroused the thoughtful concern and provoked the righteous indignation of the good people of the State. 1 hope to see the time when it will be impossible for any man possessing the qualifications otherwise, high, low, rich or poor, to hopefully aspire to any ollicial position without respect to his financial conditions or surroundings. If the lack of wealth will be an embargo on patriotic ambition?If only the rich / / and well-to-do can be candidat es; if no | poor man, however worthy and capable lie may be, need apply for recognition at the hands of his countrymen; if in the competition for public oilice the possession and use of money arc the controlling factors then, indeed, we may look for what an eminent jurist lias described as "the submergence of tin1 liberties of tlie people in the sordid despotism of wealth." While 1 have paid my assessment as a candidate for governor, and do not comcomplain of it, yet it seems to me that some means ought to 1)0 devised to | limit tlie expense of candidates for otllce and thereby open the door to to every deserving man who may desire to submit liis aspirations to the suffrage of the people, so that men of merit and character, although without money, would have an equal chance witii 11 lose who are fortunate enough to have both. As it is. a man, no < matter what his qualifications may be in other particulars, will be unable to become a candidate unless lie is alilc to meet all the demands made upon In in in reference to the linancial side | of the question. This Is a matter do* | Kprviiur vor\* gui'lrtiiy; iuinci/lo?-) t i/??? ' '"h w% ' J 1 ,VU'* VV,Ul1'"1 IIIUMMI. In addition to the great and gr< wing dangers of the money power and it.-, corrupt ns^s. we are not unmindful of t he equally great danger of the gigun- 1 t ie monopolies and t rusts now formed throughout the land and country. We i should and must have laws to protect us against the abuses of these great i organizations. We must neither capitulate to the sway of avarice nor the domination of corporate power. We must have operative and elt'ective statutes to prevent conspiracies in restraint of trade and allied combina- ! t ions in order to secure to the great body of the people the employment of , commercial liberty and the oppnrtuni- J ties of free competition, it is a prln?|] ciplc worthy oi' all acceptation that ' "perpctnit ies and monopolies are contrary to the genius ol free govern- , mcnt," and should never be allowed. This sentiment found expression in 1 our State convention of the L'lsi of May last, and was made a part of the State Democratic platform, and I hope there Is not a well Informed and patriotic citizen in the Slate who would consent to have it. stricken out or become a dead letter upon our statute hooks when enacted. This principle lias been accentuated by congress and twenty-seven States of the I'nion by their legislatures. I desire the investment of capital in our State and welcome the introduction of every legitimate business concern, with the hope that it may do well and prosper among us, and we in turn desire bonetit therefrom. I wnnlfl do notiiimr obstruct or check our industrial . progress nor cause well-directed eapi till to halt at our borders. \Ve certainly have an inviting Held for every , worthy enterprise; at. the same time we are expected to have laws designed , for t he protect ion of our people against , corporate greed. We want capital to come, but we are not expected to ex- , tend unfair and extraordinary solicit a- t ions to it. It must come without bounty or subsidy, it c&Qnot invoke , exclusive privileges or seek exempt ion from just and ordinary obligations. It ought to be content with the assurance that it shall receive all due pro- , lection and receive fair treatment. , And every public-spirited citizen of ( our State will hasten to give such assuruuee and cheerfully assist in mak- . ingitgood. We all desire to.see factories ' built and every character of indust rial enterprise stimulated and developed J in our State: but tins can be done , without doing violence to corrupt ' principles and sound governmental policies. We welcome with capital t he , citizen who owns it; at t he same time ' we want him to understand that he is ' not to open amongst us a new political . school, but. that he is to join the school ' of thought already in existence among us, that many of our men have prospered tinder the teaching of the old school. They have borne the heat and . the burden or the day while develop* , ing our count ry's resources. I make no war upon legit J mate capitalization and corporat ions, which are necessary and useful in the promot ion and successful ope rat ion of t he many disserving enterprises of the country. 1 rccog- , ni/.e the fact that there arc great inter- , ests and vast concerns beyond the , compass of individual elfort or ordln- , ary part nership, or the capital of any j one man or limited concern. A proper . combination of the resources of wealth . .. ?wl tit 1- ! 1! ami rsKiu is niuispensaoie lo I no proper ( conduct of the great industrial, inanu- , factoring and commercial business of the country. I would not impair, j much less destroy, any proper corpora- s lion in the exercise of its business not j harmful to the well-being of the masses , of t lie people. Senseless clamor against a joint and moral accumulation I of wealth should meet, with noencour- j agemont. No legislation can fully ( cquali/.c human conditions; but no v manor set of men should haw the . power to oppress t he people or grind j the faces oi the poor, nor in any way , to deprive their fellow workmen of the s privilege of working for or earning " their daily bread by the expenditure of their brawn or the employment of j their brain. If you give the trusts unrest rained ! nnwor In wnrl/ ?1,1 v> ? viivii n?ja UI1U Will . without let or hindrance, the musses j will then be reduced to servitude or ( slavery. It is against the genius of ( our inst itutions and the conselencc of t a free people that aggregated capital , and the artlticial creature and t lie fed- t orations of corporations should be al- , lowed to use their tremendous power , to oppress mankind. ( This leads me to some observations t on the relations of labor and capital in , i this State. I have no patience with i any elTort on t he part of any man to ( disturb the peace of any community t or divide our people into classes any- t where, and there should be no ant agon- 1 Ism between the corporations and the r people; so there should be no estrange- c merit between labor and capmil. Nci- c ther can thrive without the other. It t is meet that they should go hand in j hand. They are interdependent one s upon the other and have mutual claims j for consideration. There is no neccssity for conflict between thein if they t can lie led to see and understand the c relation they sustain to each ot her and q that their t rue interests are one and v the same. It is the province of states- e inanship and the duty of all good men 1 to foster the harmony and co-operation c of these great factor's In our clviliza- t I? m CONWAY, 1H t ion. Fortunately, in Soulh Carolina ;i we have not had a great deal of i rouble . > along this line of conflict between i them, and let us hope that the future t has not in store any complications of s this character. Our recent State con- t vent ion spoke out in no uncertain tones I in condemnation of the unjust and ;i arbitrary treatment of the owners of c the mills of the Horse Creek Valley t Beet ion of their employees. Thlstrou- i hie, though, lias been settled, and i t here is a disposit ion among our people J" to encourage a spirit of conciliation t and impartial mediation lietween em- < ployers and employees. So long as f reason and proper concession shall t maintain their sway outbreaks ma.v \ t>e restrained and hostilities averted, f it will he a great stimulus to the in- i vestment of capital in manufacturing |< and other industries in our State when I it Is generally understood and realized, i as the facts now seem to warrant, that t t here need be no apprehension of cause- a less dist urbailees or instability in con- t (lit ions of employment, and that those who huild new factories and iuaugu- . rate new enterprises can confident ly , e rely Upon tlie fidelity of OUT operatives] so long as they arc iairly treated. It is desirable t hat every avenue should L be opened up for the profit-I c able emnlovineiit of hmmui i-ii.nr I.. It is as true now as it was of old that d "the lalniror Is worthy of his." And ( w bile on t his subject of labor and rap- (. ital I want to say that our late State convention endorsed something else f tluit. I atn in favor of, wit h some quali- t Mentions that is wluit is known as the ; "child lahor bill," of which 1 may j speak more fully at some fillure t inie in t lie campaign, as my time is limited c today. c The question of taxation is one of; N great importance. In order to meet'*1 current expenses of the government j' and secure tin equitable iont ribut ion i ' from every taxpayer, a careful and K as far as possible a uniform system Jl i>f rendit ion and assessment should lie I established. It is not every man that s Is disposed to render ids property at 1 fair taxable values. Hoards of cquuli- 1 nation, however careful they may he, 1 cannot always correct the failure of ( i he assessor nor t hwart t he disposit ion ' M him who would seek an under-valua- ' lion of ifis property. Discretionary ' power on t he part of any olllcor is lla- 1 hie to abuse and perversion on one side jr subjected to tie unduly influenced or ' ivcrreached in the other. The thing < [lesircd ise(|uaiity and justice "ad val- e arem" and the procurance of the need- s d revenue without any unnecessary I harshness or burden upon any owe. lie v is an inferior cit i/en who is unwilling s to hear his proportionate part in the () support of his government, and he who s Iocs not feel ti proper interest in his 11 state and a pride in its inst it utions by 11 rirture of his appropriate tribute to 11 their maintenance is barely patriotic ind public-spirited. There is no more V important otlicer connected with t h? raising of our revenue than is the as- ? ?essor of taxes, lie has the authority ' to ascertain the property subject to (' taxat ion and t lie full extent and value t i i. r \... u i - < 1 i mu m Hum ny any cnr/.en 01 ins 11 county, Tohfm primarily arc confided the revenue interests of tlio State. 11 I'o t lie conscientious man tliere is no 11 escape from complete rendition, if il not already tlie case, it ought to be ? made possible tiy some sort of searching inquiry and providing for more v thorough investigation to reach tlie 0 willing and t hose who resort to suit- 1 terfuge or seek to evade-1 lie necessary s llsclosure by any dislocation of cash or (1 credits or other device, and thereby 11 avoid tlie correct list ing of t heir prop- 11 *rty and their payment of tlie just part of the taxes imposed hy law. s riiere is no good reason why the door 1 should not lie opened and the light 11 turned on upon any concealment of 11 I'lfect s or suppression of truth with tlie t itriet enforcement of existing laws, g supplemented by any additional pow- a jrs and enlargements of tlie duties of '' usscssors and a t borough and impartial s performance thereof. It does not seem ' impossible that every proper subject 8 if taxation should be discovered and g 1 uly assessed. If tills is accomplished v it will not only be posslblo t?? raise all 8 l lie revenue demands for economical a public use, hut, to bring about, a reduc- 11 Lion in taxation. Then I lielicvc t here 1 Might to be some correct system of ac- (' count ing for the expenditure of public moneys and some reliable method for 'J inlfy Ing the fiscal affairs of the State, whereby interdepartmental acquain- i( lance and familiarity wit h all the ii state's tinancial transactions might be a liad. The information to be derived g Tom a systemat ic examinat ion of the c liooks and auditing the accounts of ? 3very department and subdivision and l' die correct ascertainment of the man- 11 ler and purposes of every expenditure n the different branches of the public c' service it seems to me would be great- w y beneficial to the State and prove t< useful to the legislature in making an- a iropriat ions. The people and t heir ? igcnts are entitled to know on short lotice t he condition of t lie fiscal affairs b if their government. If anywhere o vast ef illness or mismanagement pre- c< mi is Lucre uu^rni 10 oc some way ior 1 ts easy discovery and speedy correc- tl ion. This. I tliink, is entitled to ;ome consideration. '< One of the most interest ing subjects '' ,hat has in recent years attracted pub- " ic attention throughout tlie country " 8 the betterment 01 our public high- 5l, vays. Its correct determination and ' vise treatment will result in great renclit to the people. The blessings '< mining from good roads can hardly be " )verest imatcd. Tho vast and diversi- l? led interests of the St ate increase In a lie value of farm lands -the easy ' ransportat ion of farm products, the t< educt ion of expenses and the improve- b nont in rural travel, the stimulation p if local trade, the upbuilding of conn- <> ry communities and facilitating tlieir t< ntcrcourse with county sites and trad- a ng points, tlie prompt and convenient si leiivery 01 tlic mails, with untold inci- v lcntal advantages to farm life all of h hese and other ut ilit,ies that might be b nentioned are promoted by the system- I itic construction and improvement of I mr roads. This subject is no longer a ommonplace or local, but has arisen n ot.be dignity of great economic 1m- w >ortanee,challenging t he earnest con- w '.(deration of well-informed and enter- s( ir'sing people all over the United g States, There has been established In p he United States department of agri- c< ailture an otllce of "public road en- e pilryfrom and through which much s< valuable Information has been obtain- t< d. It lias issued many publications a n which are discussed the best meth- li kIs of building roads and the best ma- tl erlal for their construction, the law tl urn 1 i. TIIUHSDAY, A mil policies of different States, the .ystems t hat experience has shown the nost judicious and economical, and i >t her phases of t his great and progres;ive movement. Any administration I hat shall successfully encourage any ( eglslator who shall wisely construct my means as will meet the demands') >f t he sit uat ion will deserve and receive j: he highest commendation of the peo- | < lie and build an enduring monument < narking the material prosperity of the I State and progressive olvlllzatlon of j he age. It will rei|iiire some taxation, I >f course, hut such as will return tenold to the taxpayer. One dollar of , axes will make a return of ten in the | vay of good roads and the result t here- i roin, and then the people may say how < utich tax they shall pay themselves, i Jood loads, whilehrlugiiig many other ilessings, will prove a great factor in J itiilding up count r.v schools, and from : hem to colli gc; and t his firings me to ; j i point where I may say sometnin * of s lie importance of iducatiin in our , itate, and it is of more importance to nir Soul hern people at t his I imc 11 an i ver before. One reason education is of more hn- lortance than ever before is that he-j i ore t he war t lie Soul lin n people had I j ome to rely ujion their slave labor. , : nd upon that hid grown rich and in- j I I. pendent , locking to the North forli heir skilled work mi n, art isans, teach- rs, editors, preachers, etc. The war i it one fell iili \v knocked these props! | rom under them, bringing them face t o face with other problems and show j* ng their own redoubled efforts and i aise up their own skilled workmen, !i irt isans, teachers, preachers, editors, s tc.; Iience the great necessity for edu- t at ion. In the vast optimism of uni-1 < crsal law there exists no such thing, t is failure. Good, and good only, can 1 >r I he lilt i 111: l t < > nr<ului?l ?U' t Iwi <> 1 old operations of civilization. One re- I lilt of that bloody war following tin* i ibolil ion of slavery was t he raising of >outhorncharaotcr to a fuller under- > landing of Its own powers as well as ( ts own delieieneies and to a spirit of I limitation of the thrift, the enemy, i lie industry and the ingenuity of I it her and more progressive people. Ity \ liese t raits t he Sout hern people have f earned that a greater destiny than s hat of eot ton growing for the rest of t lie world has been appointed to them I i.V t he supreme director of human af- | airs that a loftier career still than < grloulturc or rellned statesmanship t ven or the indolent ease of dilettanti I cholarship is within the grasp ?>f their t lower. South Carolina has taken ad- ? antago of this inspiration as, can bo i een by her institutions of learning all t ver her borders, from the country t chool house to the high graded schools 1 ip to her colleges. Yes. she has cast s If from her proud neck the yoke of s stir pat ion and ignorance she was once i arced to wear, and her once fallen s rest lifts more grandly than ever be- I are in exalt at ion at having t limn plied t ver the combined forces that strove v 0 crush her pride during the dark u ays of reconstruction. Thank Cod I here is life In the old land yet; and a t iope burning brightly in her breast, V oupled with a double determination v ever to say give upor die, and die she l icver will so long as one of her sons n nd daughters shall live. Then it. is v tir duty to foster our institutions of v earning. And in this connection I \ rant to say that I am in favor of till I 11 r colleges, and while I would not c ake one brick from t hem, yet at the a time lime I am in favor of building up t ur common school system. You can- a lot build a house from the top. You t mist commence at the bottom and t (iv :i finiiwtiI ion o,11' u....i - ..J .. . .w. . . ./ill I II I II ll I M J I I < 1 I ?J ystcin is somewhat top heavy. I want i o live to see the day when our com- 1 iion school system will ho so amended ;i nd reformed and supported as to give ;i 0 every white hoy and every white } irl in t he land, high, low, rich or poor, t common school education, a common ;i iidispcnsablc minimum of common t ehool education, which will he a pro- ;i ect ion to our country against the i reat danger of popular ignorance, vul- 1 arity and vice, a common start. in life I dilch will enable a hoy or girl having c Otten a taste for learning to go forth f nd get higher education m (Joel's adversity if in no other. 1 longtosce i lie means of an education put at the t oor of every white man without (lis- i riminat ion, opening up as it were a r iroad highway from the. door of the a nimblest man to thesummit of Amer- > Ban citizenship and socioty. In speak- l ng thus 1 mean white children. Now ? s to the negro, I would hej willing to t ive him his own tax to educate his j hildren and let him build his own c Cliool houses and hire his own tcacil- f rs, as he builds his own churches and s ires his own preachers. I am bitter- f / opposed to taxing the white man to p ducute the negro, and 1 believe it n rould lie a good law, if constitut ional, u o divide tlic taxes that way. This is p white man's government; white men n ilist and will rule it. (Jod Almighty f liinseif never intended for the black a ird or the crow to get up to the top e f the mountain a?ric where the white c uglc alone lives and raises her young. I say this, however, in all friendship to n lie colored man, and the sooner lie u :arns t hese lessons, if he does not al- n :>ady know them, the better it is for t im. You can never, by legislation or o t herwise, alter the everlast ing laws of p at ure. They arc made for all time p nd are as everlasting as the hills S liemselves. / A not her question challenging t he attrition of our people is the liquor busless. We have a law upon the stat ute ooks relative to that mat ter known s the "dispensary law." While It, iay not be perfect and may from time ' j t ime be improved upon, yet It has t ecu sustained for Oor lo years by the ii eople, or at least by a large majority n f them. At the present I lielleve it ? j do uie Dost, solution of tho question, V, ihI being the law of the State, it ^ liould bo sustained whether we fa- ' orcd it or whether wo didn't. If I 1 ad no other God to worship I would ow down and worship t he law. When 'I sec the evil effects of whiskey, when l see a husband and father staggering li round a grog shop, I wish there was | ot a drop of liquor in the world, and I H ish for a more powerful language in hlch to express myself. 1 wish that . n fences were snakes and words s learn of their selfish light; I wish t hat criods were the eyes of scorpions and Dm mas the faugs of serpents and Kclamatlon points and stings of Insets; then with them I would want :> write sentences that would writhe ^ nd hiss, and coiling thcin around the H eadsofthe yet unpolluted youths of t he land, 1 would, if 1 could, make 1 hem to damn and turn their backs c timli J'(irST 21, 11>(>2. ii|H>n every ^rotf simp from "Han to Iteer-sheba," and "from I lie rivers unto the ends of the earth." Yes. I would do t his t hiiitf if I eould. Hot as it is I helieve it he dispensary law will . ome nearer doinjf this t han any other. Hence, I stand for it. properly executed, and if I am elected governor of this state I shall endeavor to put intoexc utlon, not only this law, but every v >t her one, as far as 1 can, reasonably', I hat I lie law-making power has, or may have, put upon the statute r >ooks. ii The subject of convict labor is in a ' t {feat measure associated with that nl , food roads. Many suggestions have 1 wen made and strong arguments advanced in favor of the use of such la- ! I Mir on our public roads. Our laws * nit hori/e such usage. There does not w inpear to lie any sulllclent reason why ^ i K''eat part of the lalx>r for short , erms, not needed on ourconviel farms, diould not lie used in this way, espee- 1 ally in populous counties, for the ex- s reuse < f transportation to and from *' Vd penitent uiry will in many cases p V more t han their short periods of n L'rvlce will be worth, whereas they v an Ik1 utili/.ed to advantage on the n loads of t lie couniy fioin which they , ire senienceu without this cost of transportation. Those whom our 1 ouris condemned lo penal sentence " thou Id 1)0 employed, whether wilhin ^ >rwithout tin- prison walls, for Mm l I ill-lie hoiiotit, as fill1 as it Is possible to I o rlono and in siioh a w:i\ as will least oinpete and interfere withlhebusi- p loss and pursuits of our free and lion si laboring pooplo. While ii is de;i ruble thai oui penitentiary should 11 jontrlbute as much as possible to iis 1 >wn support, still it seems to me I hat b he St ate is not so much concerned in naking financial profit otil of Its eon- " riot labor, or affording opportunities n or ot hers to do so, as it is in employing | t for the common good of the State. ?> Now wo have anions us some very ,vort by but rapidly disappearing lien- ' dietaries of I lie bounty of the Stale, ? he old soldiers of t he civil war. They an look nowhere else for aid and 14-- t< lefexcept to the State. The late of Ci var has made it t bus and we must not n 'orgot them. We recall wit h pride I he ipectacle presented when they sprang o arms in IHUl. Not as mercenaries tired to tight for pay were they, hut / >at riot s const rained lo si niggle and to il ii<?, if necessary, for principle, for what 111 hey conceived to he right and just. Jnrivallod in t he chronicles of war is it he record which they made. Half w lad and half starved, i hey fought as inly heroes could light, winning vie- ^ ory after victory from the enemy, j. hough out numhered t wo to one in al- . oust every battle: yielding up the . t rife at last, hut not .until they had wollcn the pension rolls with tho ' uiinesof t wice as many pensioners as l< oldlers in tho Confederate army. A tear to us are their empty sleeves, p heir wooden legs and their locks of r, vhito. We cannot enrich Ihein with Old, hut we can crown them with ' tonor and give t hem to eat and wear In' few days they .ire yet with us and M :eep on honoring and loving them, for g ve would love them till our hearts, r< ike broken drums, have beaten their e.ntisic out forever. Let them have vithout stint, what is duet limn in the vay of pensions for their valuable ser ice to their State. Crushed by fate, >ut sust ained by love's sweetest wel omcs, wcj see these dear old soldiers ti iter the conflict was ended start upon is heir journey homeward only to tind vl ishes upon ashes where oneo stood " heir humble homes: loved ones seat- s| ered and many of them gone; slaves .< inancipatcd, property destroyed and . ni 1 itill"v force in possession of I lie and. Ihit undaunted by adversity l< nd hardships, we see them start work ? .ml life again, and thoy contlnuo to ti >ersevere4and toil and strive till beau- pi yoncc more takes the place of ashes |,( mddesolation, and the old South, like .)( he huttcrtly emerging from the crys- !i .lis, hursts asunder the bonds of huniliation and apparent defeat and (> eaps into t he radiant and I riumphant a >ixio of today as a result of t he ellorts ?f these old soldiers. Then let us not e< orget them. T In conclusion, I will say there are n nany other matters demanding attenion, hut time forbids my going furt her () nto detail. Our people are more di- f ectly concerned in t he wise select ion ind judicious act ions of our legislators. a< iVe need our best men to make our aws practical, sensible, honest and li >at riot ie men of all honorable occupa- M ions and such as are inspired with the f( ?uri?ose and possess the ability to aeomplish something beneficial and uscul. No governor can add a line or ubtract one from our laws now in . orcc or hereafter to be enacted. Ills irerogativcs are well defined. lie " lay recommend, lie may veto, he may irge what he believes to be the best tx olicy, but, as I have said, he can pi icibhoradd one jot or take one tit tle |j rom the law. It. is his to execute it. u nd if I am elected to this high and xal ted posit ion of governor of what I '. onsider the, greatest State in the ( Jnion, I shall endeavor, as far as in ' ' je t he power lies, to do my duty as 1 ai nderstand it, making such recom- w lcndatlons from time to time tus I a hlnk will best promote the welfare of p| ur people, and I shall with all my u ower put into execution till the laws (|, laced upon the statute books of the tate as far as if is possible to do so. idv. nl tx A Now H|i?per l.le. P' A ..., ? - ? " ? ? - * "* W1KI.I Wdlllilll, hiiy.S LI 10 HOS- y on Herald a few days ago, "is look- -p rig forward to tier pleasant privilege y hat has lieen granted her of springrig the death trap that is to hang the cgro slayer of her father. The sherilT ays he was looking forward to that ( lousuro for himself, hut being a j ioutliern gentleman, sah, he couldn't ( efuse to comply with the lady's wishes In the matter." The Macon Telegraph nails the vicious story j >romptly and plainly. It says: "This ^ s a hit of lloston rot. The Associated 'y 'ress dispatch about this affair was 'sj ent out from this office. The Host on ' >aper lies about the woman and the ,. heriff." H( One Thousand Killed. a A dispatch from I'ekin says th<> tl lceroy of S/.o (Jhuan reports that im- S >erial troops attacked the retiel i>os- i< essors at lnchawan August 17. One c thousand rebels were killed and their w cader, Tong Yur Hung, was captured f( ind executed. h k ^ V V > A TELEORAPHIC ERROR l'ln? Ml\*l'|? it CllllHIUl 1111(1 How II >1 it it Caol Away. As lias been staled,.I. II. Adams, vim was under arrest in Savannah, scaped being brought to this (pate irobably through a telegraphic error a sending a name. This is probably lie llrst instance of the kind tliaicvcr appened in tliis state or any other, (ioveruor MeSweeney telegraphed he governor of Ucorgia to have the IicriIT <>f Savannah hold .1. II. Adams 111iI lie could send requisition papers hi liiin. An hour or t wo afterwards e received a message from (Ioveruor handler that lie had Instructed the lierilT to hold "Williams*' ts request d. (ioveruor MeSweeney was nnnlussed tor the moment, as he eould ot recall any "Williams" that he .'anted held, lie thought, that there light tie a hare possibility that his] elegram might have said "Williams" atherthan "Adams," but looking ver Ids telegraphy copy lunik lie mind that, the name '"Adams" was here all right. He Immediately clcgraphcd (Ioveruor Candler that it .'as Adams he wanted and not "Wiliiins," and sihhi after he received a iqily saying that the sherilT had lieen istructed to hold Adams, lint adding hat (ioveruor McSwceney's telegram ead '"Williams." I low "Adams" got, changed to Williams" Is the curious thing con (Tied wiin 1110 easo. The Western ni<hi otliecrs say the telegram wont Adams" from here, which, If true, tils It up to I In1 August a and Atlanta illcc t,o show how it was t ransfontied ? "Williams" when it, got to the lat r place. It may have been an error uiscd from an operator having one amo in nis mind while he was atMiipt ing to senrl anot her name. Such thing frequently happens when one i writing, and telegraph operators re sometimes, no doubt, similarly lleeted. The telegraph people are making an ivestigatlon how it, all happened, hut ithout result, so far. As it happenI, (lover Candler's message to hold dams got to Savannah too late, for lat man had been released for the ick of prosecut ion and was titled $10 ?r carrying concealed weapons, which ne he paid. Had it, not Iteen for the degraphie error in transmission, dams would no doubt he under arrest i t,his state, his second wife l>elng a sident of Hampton county. Wcdcsday he received a letter from the lerilf of Chatham county stating Kit by the time he received the teleram ordering him to hold Adams, the colder had released him and he had leaped. Haw Strange Sights. Captain Ulehard Nye, who was one r those on the steamer W. S. I'helps, lis of many wonders of Galapagos lands, which that vessel recently isited. In an interview lie said: The islands are full of minerals as Kid is of hones. On Albermarlc ieiA is an extinct crater, miles in lamcier, In which there is in sight J,000 tons of pure sulphur, 'l'iie era r is aliout 10 miles inland and a amway will he necessary for trans rtatioo to the coast, hut this sliould 0 a small matter, considering the [issible profit. One of tiie queer lings Albemarle Island is that it is verrun with wild dogs. fJ'ho animals re mongrclbrccd and were left on t he land by whalers. The dogs have bonne wild and are extremely vicious, 'hey are wolf like in their habits and in in droves." Captain Nye also lis of a remarkable lake on the Island f Chatham at an elevation of 3,000 et above the sea level. This lake, ^cording to the captain, rises and ills witli tiie tide and no sounding ne lias ever reached its bottom, [any relics of an ancient race were Hind. Out in Twain. A dreadful accident happened in ic yard of the Atlantic Coast Line 1 Columbia on Tuesday afternoon, 2th instant, whereby Yard Conduc>r .1. VV. LaMotte, one ofWio most ipular employes of the road, lost bis fe. The victim was a Columbian, ic eldest son of Col. Thomas .1. Calotte, and leaves a widow and several lildrcn, who were not in t he city at ie time, lie was about 45 years of <c. The accident happened hi this ay: Conductor LaMotte was taking number of cars down to one of the hosphale mills, lie was standing on ie top of the second car when suduily lie lost his balance in some way id pitched between the cars. All Inc ears following passed over his LKly before tiie train could be stopid. Those who reached ids body iirst uind liirn dead. The Ixxly was praceally cut in twain across the waist, here was a contusion on t iie Kide ic head hut no other signs of wounds. A Young Hero. Joseph Land, aged 10 years, a son l a Philadelphia builder, and Dainel >e Arigeli aged eight years, a son of j ohn l)c Angell, of Philadelphia, 'ore drowned in the surf at Atlantic ity, N. J., Wednesday. Samuel Ktagg. I years old whoso home is in Newark, I. J., and who was bathing with Land nd Do Angell narrowly escaped a rnilar fate. Land lost his life in a ain attempt to rescue Do Angell. 'ho latter was carried olThls feet by A iddcn wave and swept beyond his eptn. Land went to his assistance nd both Isiys were drawn beneath lie surface by the strong undertow, tagg attempted to aid his compannis, but was buffeted by the breakrs to such an extent that he too rould have lieen drowned had his cries jr help not brought a life guard to is rescue. ? r J NO. d. BOAT BLEW IIP. Four of the Crew Wero Killed or Were Drowned. CAUSE NOT ASCERTAINED. Four ol' the Crew Were IMcked I |? in an Injured C'omtllinn. Wiin lluilt in ('hnrlcMtoti. 'I'lic boiler of the Tug Jacob Kuper hlew up Wednesday near St. Oeorges, Si a ton Island. Four of the crew were killed or drowned. There were eight men 0:1 the tug and all were blown into the water. Four were rescued. Three are injured badly and one at least is not expected to 11ve. The tug sank almost Immediately and later a quantity of wreckage and clothing and the name Imard came ashore with the ebb tide along Staten Island. The owners of the tug are li. I >. Kuper and brothers. The tug was lowing a lighter loaded with cotton from ltrooklyn to Staten Island. The Staten Island ferryboat ('astleton w;is near Llio scene of the explosion when it occurred, ('apt. Unlisted of the fcrrytmak says tin* explosion and the sinking of the hoat were almost simultaneous. The tug seemed to break in two amldshlp. The Castleton was at once stopped and Itoats were lowered. Only one man was picked up hy the Castleton. Ills face was horribly burned and scalded. The other rescued men were picked up by a passing tugboat. ( hie of the men, a deck hand named Hanson, was taken to Smith Infirmary and the other to the Marine hospital on Staten Island. Neither was able to give any account of the .accident. The lighthouse boat Daisy Is at the place where the tug went down grappling fur the bodies of the lost. She was built in Charleston in lH8.r?. She was 90 feet long and was of lit tons gross. She was originally named Itrist/<>l but was chartered by the government and the name changed to Cheyenna, then back to Bristol and finally to Jacol) Kupcr. Ily Maryland Wimieii. The memory of the Maryland Confederates is to 1m; perpetuated by the women of Maryland, in a monument which will be erected In Baltimore, i The sculptor Is K. Wellington Ituckstahl, of New York, who calls his production "The Spirit of the Confederacy." The Brooklyn Magic thus describes the stature: The group Is 12 Ifeet high and speaks for itself. In it Mr Kuckstahl has put the l>est spirit of the South, of the soldier who wont into the fight from a simple sense of duty as he saw it, who fought his losing battle bravely and lovallv under most discouraging conditions and in face of sore "privations, whose valor both north and south are proud to honor as Americans. The soldier in the monument has fought his tight and lostit. He isdying, hut dying in the arms of Fame. There is neither hate nor bitterness In his heart. Mortal pain there is in ids face and a suggestion of sadness. The uselessncssof it all is in the limp, nerveless arm, with Its broken musket stock, but Fame holds the drooping tigure In one arm, while with the other she holds aloft to the world the laurels that he has fairly won. The group Is an apotheosis of the Confederacy, its valor, its suffering and its sublime patience, and suggesting the Spartan spirit of southern womanhood, nerving tier sons to the last measure of devotion and suhtaining them in the throes of the final disaster." Captured in I'hiludc Iphiu. The governor was again called upon Wednesday to ask a northern governor to hold a South Carolina fugitive murderer awaiting a requisition. During the morning tie received the following: Gov. M. li. McSwccncy, Columbia, S. C. George McFadden, charged with murder, arrested by Harry M. t^uirk, superintendent police, Philadelphia, Pa., at my request refuses to return with requisition, denies Ids identity, am certain he is man wanted, police threaten to discharge him, take necessary'steps to have him detained until requisition obtained, and I can go for him. Geo. P. Scarborough, Sheriff. The following was promptly sent to the chief executive of Pennsylvania: Gov. Win, A. tftonc, llarrisburg, Pa. Please Instruct Suueriiitenrtont ?if Police t^ulrk to hold George McFadden, under arrest, charged with murder, this State, until requisition papers from this ofllce can reach you. Answer. M. 11. McSweeney, Governor. This reply was sent to the sherllT: Geo. P. Scarborough, Darlington, S. C. Have asked Gov. Stone to have McFadden held pending requisition. M. li. McSweeney, Governor. A llurglAr Killed* Kdward Lcnchan died at Emergency i hospital at l>etrolt Midi., on Sunday from hemorrhage caused by a bullet from Ofllcer F. J. Lcmond's revolver. Patrolman Lemond discovered four burglars entering a grocery on Itrooklyn avenue Saturday morning. He endeavored to arrest them and they opened lire on him. The policeman tired but one shot in return and it struck Lenehan In the hip, penetrating into his abdomen. A seond of I the burglars Is under arrest.