The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, July 18, 1895, Image 1
_THE__PEOPLES.-JORNL._
C S C UL,4ONI)OLLAR A YEAR.
and guardians of oul- own rights and
our ballots given as peacoful weapons
of defonso, and no honest and loyal
altizen is willing to deprive us of them
and we shall fight the fiesh, the devil
and all his imps through every court
and power in the nation before we
shall be robbed of our rights by an
archistic nullifiers.
A privilege class government pro
luceos on the one hand a class of cring
ing suppliant cowards glad oven for the
Poor privilege o life for a short time,
%nd ( nt the other a class of arrogant,
ruel and heartless murderers because
onscious of wrongfully obtained power
w hose members fear nothing from
Aheir creaturos, the ollicers of the law,
who construe and administer it as suits
Ah0 will of their masters.
Such a government we have in this
state to-day, and the ruling faction is
n favor of handing it down 'in all its
hvick(dness ats i a curse to genierations
inborn, but we are unwilling to entail
mch a legacy to future generations.
Most of Our Imurders and all our
y11ch ings are immediately traceable
,o such a governmont, and under it
mur State will continue to sink from
>ad to worse until it becomes such a
'e" tat nO 0110 can live in it.
Man, naturally given to error, is in
)elled to right action frou only two
:0ursos, the hope of reward or fear of
Mnishiment, and the law antedating
he Mosaic age, that he that taketh
n1an1's life must forfeit his own as a
icalty, has been abrogated and the
ule in this State is that a white man
aking the life of a colored man does
0ot p1ay tile plenalty with his own,
rhich has spread to others and is no
anger confined to thoe oppressed class.
Uponl the slightest provocation mem
era of the privileged class, without
par or punishment, murder or play
be part of prowling savages or canni
als, and dignify It by calling it a
vnching, as the conscience of the
tate has been so seared that it is re
arded as iL vil-tuo rather than a crime
) lynchi a fellow-being. Murders and
nch ings are 110XiOus la- ts iou-ish
1ig only uInder a privileged class gov
rnment, and will surely die when tile
lerillf and cour-t are made to depend
)r futIure favoIrs uponI tile surage of
very man.
We believe in universal sufl-age, be
3use we believe in that right or all,
tich, under our- foIm of gover-nment,
aminot be secuted without making the
oliticalI power of each man equal in
10 (raation of the adrainistrators of
he law.
The most illitet ate and humblest
itizen, Possessing nothing but his lire
nd muscles, has as much right to the
ieans of pirotecting his property,
houglih invisible, as the millionaire.
When deprived of out- ballot, our in
uence with the administ-ators of the
LW is gone and we al-e absolutely
rithout protection.
Wh3ie all mneumlbels of the privileged
lass (Io not, take advantage or our
elpless condition, many do, and it is
ruel and hope-destroying to deprive
s of the Power to aid humane and
iberal mDun inl the election of such
onest men as will, in the dispensation
f justice, hold the sCales equally bal
need, whether the subject weighed is
lack or white. The rile adopted by
he [Democratic Executive Committee,
cha1in-11g all colored men, regard
rss Of past political aliliations, fromn
artif.ipation in the 1 approaching pri
iatries of said part.y, and allowing all
-lite leln, r-.grd!ess of past political
liiliation. to plarticiI)ate .11 tile same,
rith tihe (declared purpose of collting
a1 the general election the ones nal1med
a the primaries, is violative of every
rinciple Of justice and honesty, r
ug('ant to tie doct-iLes of civilized
overnment, and a practical repudia
ion of the Wedera0 constitution.
We view witl alarl the action
f Conuservativyes, whomIU we are0 in)
lined to) reCgard- as broad and)( liberal
non, when thecy, to our- exclusion and
n) repudiation of our rights, accept an
q1 ual d1ivision with thle aidmUinistr-ation
actioni andl sublmit thait it is most iun
easona~ble to expect our- supp~ort wvhen
ailing to secur-e such conicessions.
Me submit thiat tihe only honor-able
hing for- them to do, If they mean
ustice, is to mlake a fair- tight fr-om
>rinciple inl ever-y county in thle State
'or the rights of all, inl which they
vould~ get the supp)hort, of every hlonest
nan in tile State, r-ogar-dless of r-ace or
>olitics.
'We further- submit that we stand
endy to join with) any number- of tile
iberal white men of the State, and to
iid thenm in maik ng a1 Constitution
>r-oad enough to co)ver the rights of
3vory man, hoewever- rich or p)oor, and1(
vili only votle exclusively for- delegates
f Our own race and p~arty, whoen such
nemberls fail1 or refuse to co-opeorate.
To the mn of om'- race, we anniotlnce
hat no' legal conlstittition cana bu made
withl our un1ited~ oppositlin. We muust
>r-ganizte to con tinue13 to railse the means
,0 proseculte the light n1ow pending in3
he iFederal courtfs for- tihe prleservationl
>f conlstitutiona1l libety to aL final to
inalItionl, aind to maitke such aL showing
nI the~ approachuing election as will
malle uis to miove Congress to actionl
,hr-ough) petitionls.
Before- aL finl dletCorminationl of thme
itigation tile iproposed con ventioni may
20 holden(U alnd al the wicked plansc of
myl enemie incor-por-atled int~o IL ne0w
JonstitLIuttion. bu31t if we shall1 provo to
he) satisfaction of thle "e(derli Sut
>roeme CJour-t that in its muak ing aL~l the1
-ights and franchises gt-a ted uts b~y
he stupremne Constitution have beeni
gnored andl tramplued under- feet of
which we have no0 dloub~t, thrlouigh
fraudulenmt and( utnconsti Lu ional r-egis
bLlraion laws, tile no0w Constitution wvill
timount to nlotinig, anld our onmies
wiii have thiurt pains11 for- their 11a0o1-.
1vVe con)gratuiato all lovetrs of honest
gove1 i nment in1 tuis State for the pos
session~ of atl least, one judtge, inl thte
personi of Chief .1 ustice Mel ver, wh lose
gieve to feel thaIt, the 1,im w10vill soon
colli wheni (ar Staite will be0 depr~tived~
of the last of ealch tr-ibulnes.
OROUANIZING FORl A IUilIT.
A fter rema31 iig inl session till nea3rly
mnidnigh t, the conference Ii nally ad
journedl. They gave to tihe press5 only
tile cunt and dried, sp~ecially pr-epared
muattemr (desired, and iIth held all 131for
mnation as to tile prtoceedlings. Ther-e
was a good (10al of taik during thle con1
ferenee, bmtt how the mfembliers stood on
t~he adoption of tile addiress is not
knowvn.
The 1) fllloingtij reo5luin wasloi aVILS~opt
ed:
Itosolved, Trhat aL State executive
iumtimittdf hod auninfralt by the ehnlh
man of this conferencc, consisting of
on meiiber from each county, to( dilreet
and manage the convention campaigi
for the State, each member of the
State committee to be authorized to
appoint 0110 representative for each
precinct to direct the campaign in his
county. That we hold ourselves in
readiness to join with the liberal v hite
men In every county who ask or may
ask our support, but if none appea--, we
roconmmend that a ticket be nominated
by out people and be voted for by them
at the election for delegates to the Con
stitutional convention. Be it further
Itesolved, That the above mentioned
organization continue the work of or
ganizing clubs, and raising funds for
the prosecution of tile tight for honest
elections now in progress in the F'ed
cral courts, and that this organization
work in harmony with the Ministerial
Union.
Under tile above resolution, the fol
lowing were appointed :
Abbeville, A P Crawford : Aiken, S
10 Smith ; Anderson, T J Harris ; Barn
well, Thomas Clark ; Beaufort, Samuel
G reen : Berkeley, I. Gail lard : Chester,
Moses Benson: Chesterfield, H L
Shrewsbury :Colleton, C P Chisolm:
Charleston, W J Grant; Darling ton,
Dr L I' DIanIel: Fairfield. Samuel
Adams: fPlorence, S W Williams :
Georgetown, R 13 Anderson ; Green
ville, L P Goldsmith : Hampton, It E
Primus: -Horry, T J Gordon ; Kershaw,
A W Powell : Lexington, Jesse Hiller:
Laureu-j, ' S Suber; Lancaster, P It
McCoy ; Marlboro. J L, Cain : Marion,
W H Collier: Newberry, 1) T McDan
jels; Orangeburg, C W Cald well :
Rlichland, it K, Hart : Sumter, it H
itichlrdson ; Union, W ) McMahan :
Williamsburg, 1 S Tharp : York, T P
Hunt: Spartanhurg, H Sims ; Edge
field, .1 A Daniels ; Clarendon. A Col
linis.
TH E 'AICH EIIEltGEh CASE.
A Supreme Coull Declsion of' Im
porlance to Towns nitdt CIties.
In the case of the City of Greenville
against Constable Eiclelberger, the
Supreme Court has sustained Judge
Watts, who reduced a fine Imposed by
Mayor Williams, of Greenville. As
the matter will prove important to
other townis and cities, a summary of
the views expressed by the mnembers
of the Suprecme Court is herewith
given :
Justice Gary in delivering the opin
ion of the court says:
" Let us then consider whether the
Circiut I udge had the power to modify
the sentenice imposed by the Mayor.
In the charter of the City of Green
ville, XIX Statute, 1. 109, it is provid
ed that 'Tuhe Mayor and Aldermen of
said cit-y are heruby severally and res
pectively vested with all the powers of
I'rial Justices In, this State, withiin the
limits of said city, to try and punish
all persons charged with violation of
the ordinances of said city.'
" Under the case of City Council of
Charleston vs. Brown, 20 S. 0. It., 56.
and tle authoi ities upon which that
case was decided, it clearly appears
that the Mayor exercised the powers
of it Trial J ustice when lhe tried said
case. The extent of the punishnlent
which he had the power to inflict was
Iimited by the ordinance aforesaid.
Section 66, Code of Criminal I 'ro
cedure, provides that, ' 10very person
convicted before a Trial Justico of any
offense whatever and sentenced may
appeal from the sentence to the next
term of the Court of General Sessions
for the county. All appeals from Trial
J ustices' courts Ii criminal causes shall
be taken and proseentedt as hereinafter
prescribed.'
"Section 7I provides that the said
appeal shall be heard by the Court of
General Sessions upon the grounds of
excepitionl made awl upon the papers
hereinbefore reqjui red, atnd withlout the
examfinationl of witnesses in said court.
And the said court maiiy either colnim
the sentene appe~aledl from, reverse or
modify thle same or grant a newv trial,
as the said court, may seem 'meet and
conformable to law.'
"Ii, thus appears that the statute ini
express termls con fers upon thle Circuit
Jludge the power to modify the sentence
aaleld from. Th'le only limiitation
upon hi1s power is that it, miust b~e, ' as
to tile saidi cout may seem1 meet andl
conlfor'male to law.'
"T'heret. is cer~tainl no3'1thing ini the
case ' showing that the modiicattion
or the sentence by the Circuit Ju ldge
d id notseem~i to him i ' mooet andl~ conform11
able to law.'
"'It is ther judgment of thiis court
thlat ther order aplpealled fioim be~ con
lirmled.'
J1usticeo 'ope Ii iCs a separate op~inionl
giving his reasons ias follows for suis
taininlg Judl~ge Watts:
"' After quoting thle section ini refer
ence to ail,eals to tile Circuit Court
says : This section~ shows very plainly
thait the Legisliature of th is State nev
or' iinten'ded to giv such111111 unlimited
powers to these olhlcials as would en
able, theml to imp)0o souetences uipon
per'sons charged before them with ini
fraction of city ordinances out of atll
proportion to the ol'ffenes as5 made~~ (out
by the testimony ; in other words tu
clothe thlem with unibridle~id discretion
as to thudr sen1tecfl0.
".Judge Watts had all the tostimiony
beofore him11 and lie but, exercised one
of the righltfl powers of his hiigh
olihce whent hue reduced this senteneo.
If the testiiuony Jonlviiced himti thlat
tile Mayores sentence was '3xcessive,
I agrpe wIth MIr. Justice Gary thait
the judgment below should he atf
firmed."
Trho Chief J1ustlice dhissenlts to both
views and his reasons are given in part
as follows:
"Even conceding that the Mayer wasi
acting as a Trial JuLstico (aL matter
whichl may admit of question) and that
inl appeatls fromt a Trial Justice, the
Court of Sessions ' mayL3 either con i m?
the sentence apealed from, everse or
modi11fy the same, or grant at new trial,
as to the said( courit may seem mleet
and~ conforimable to law,' yet I do not
th ink the langua~ge quhoteid canf he prop
orly conistrtuedl as conuferrinmg a right
of appe~ai from the exercise of more
discretion by tile inferior trlibunal
with in the limits prescribed by law.
The wvellI settled ruile undoubtedly is
that, there is no appeal from the exer
cisc of discretion con ferrecd upon the2
tribunal from wihich an appeal it
sought to be0 taken. Indteed, f do nol
see ho0w the ejxercise of dilscretior
can1 atford( any ground for' appeal ; fom
as is 51ah( in tile ease juust cited:
is biound1( by no0 lul e 'x(SAnt tin aan,
sense and intLegrity of the party m111- oyc
powered to exerrcise it.' (u
" I must thiink, tlre fore, that the thtl
power, conferred by the stntuto above poi
referred to should 1m const rued not as sh<
Conferring the power to Isubstituto the as
discretion of the Court of Sessions in pat
measuring tie amount of inishmient we
to be imposed foi that of tile inferior
tribunal from1 which the a)e)0a is '
taken, but simply ia power to modi fy
the sentence so as to Imiake it ' con fol-i (
able to law ;' and as the sentenee ap- mbi
pealed from in this case was already tio
in conformity to law, there was no ox<
ground for the appeal to the Court of no,
SOssions and the s1m11e sh1o1ul IILVe COO
been dismissed." I
.M- - - w
ANDREW JACKSON'S DUEL. ov
HHI WAS A DIAD SIIOT AN an(
Iit
KldlI11) HIS ANTAGIONIST. of
The Fight Was Foree(I osi lim by a
Failuls Marksman-1et ails or Il ie aln
Extraordinatry Aflair.
Ilenry Al sti in Ill uistrated A miverin. s t
Andrew .Jackson was the representa- CO
tive of the American epoell. Wleni kit
tile history of this country shall be tell
written by Lsomeone who has been ma
enough of iL man among men to ha1
be a wise weigher of all kinds of evi- hIa%
dence and who is possessed of that imll- str
aginative power which einables i mind 6
to r'eiicIarnate itsOlf amllid tile event(s Ge
and personalities whose tendelney and pis
purpose it aimis to depict Itid Whose ag
mleaning and motives it ossays to ex- pa
plain, it is probable that Alld'e'w wa
.ackson and Abraham Lincoln. two tle
children of the people, born in poverty, a% g
will he accounted not only the two I
most typical Americans, but the larg- pri
est and noblest figures in our, populous Ion
national 'antheon. .1ac
Charles )ickinson was a Nashville to
lawyer of some mark in his profession \
and in politics, though chietly its a sh)
pistol shot. lie considereti himself sta
the best shot in the worid. Perhaps dot
he was. But the pitcler that goes to cau
the well too ofton, says tho proverb, too
gets broken at last. Like i:lost ''en- fill
nesseeans of that erratic era, Dickin- a11
son drank hard at timeF, and in his i
Cups threw all discretion and deceency m
to the winds.
Among other unpleasant things it stl
was reported to .lackson that bickin- bud
son had alluded to the alleged irregu- a dI
larity or illegality of .laekson's muar'- j
riago with Mrs. Rachel Rtohlards, leal
which wias, of c..>urse, a sor10 point with sln.
the General, who loved hi.i excelient Jac
wife devotedly. sistl
Still .Jackson was not bloodthirsty to lite
light Dickinson. To that gentleman's lint
father-in-law lie said : an1d
" I would fainl have no quarrel. Mly rea
politicai enemiUOS, I heli3Ve, are Ilsilig
this Young manl nz anl inlstrumllent 1.0 bkeI
get. me out of their way. I do not. wish Y
to light, but I will, Lo the deatth, if fe
crowded. Bid him pauise1 inl tilme." th
The suasions of Dickinson's father- ize
in-law tellpor'ar13ily prevailed. n nd anlG
apolog3 followed. bt tA.e smoulderinug si
spark of hostility was fanned into iL ni
flame soon after. i1
Some reports of alleged remarks wii
conceriling Certaint horse racing and '
betting transactions caused Dickinson wV
to repeat his 1isults, and to say that if OCu
ever such a " cowtavrdly cur " US .Jack- SAy
son Could be whipped or splr-red into 1am11
a imeting on the " leId of honor1 "1 he wo,
would rid Tennouiso and the country and(
of the " pestilent poltroon." Jatl
Dickinson about this time must have M
been meditating all affack of at siinil an
natu re to the nur11dolrolis olslaught M l
Which the Bentoni brothers imade 0ol git
thbe Gneral Years after, for lie brag- shto
ged that he was going to force a light "1
oil lacksoll.
'.I.'hus it began to be a Illblic opiliol I
that it (1uel mu111st elnSIe, ald .lackson but
hinally challenged Diekinson, whIIichl thue
was4 exactly whalit the laLttcr had11 pOlt- I
tell, because aL challenge gives the rc- age
cui~ver1 t~le choie of w~eaponis- .lac
As D~ickinson's cavalende went. aLIong, thet
stoppling now and thlen at, roadside LaLv- tenl
erns to bait their horses5 andI refiresh irol
themselves, the hero of the party gaIvo q~
numerl~ousl1 OxhIiibitions of Is pistol ma~l
skill, hitting half do)1llars totwed~ in thle anI
air1, and ill once pllle, where a bit of tli
stinig was huangi ng from a tree, 110 vet
snot off th11e lov'r hllf and0 said w ithi a avt
saLvage 1augh1 : "Show that to Gen- dri
elackson when he comeCs along tis (lm
wa~y." ~l
P'ar di Iferent was thle to)epe of theo
other party, flhe tall, gaunt, slender, lle
stately sold1icr, lidin lg in front of his em
comrllades withI his old friend and see- IVO
ond(, Genu. O)verton. Thecy gave aL very coti
grave, thoulgh, of course, a brave con am
sideration1 to thle malttter. .Hoth knew is 1
Dickinson0's wonder~lful skill. In fact, J1a1
at that very hour tile Nashville gamn- tih
bling fr'aternity, hlaving wind of the V/O
coining event thlat htad cast so many su
shadows before0, wer'e laying heavy thu
0(1(1 on l)iekinson- waU
"You w'hlill rely' bhiti, Genebtral,"
said O)verton rather testily. em
" Hoyond aLI easonabLIle (lollbt."' reJ
pl1ied J1ackson : "bult wVhiat oIf that? I col
sha111ll wig im, too, necver' fear'" linm
I 've been th inlking,"' said Ovcrton, tot
"Ithat per'hapsl It wvould1) beaot for 3you ha
to let him f11iro Iirst." cot
"You mean to rce'ive is Iirue and p)11
reserv~e mine 115a
"Yes, Genberal. If y'ou shou11ld try ey(
to liro simultaneously otn t he signal anW. 'j
he( should hit 3you aL seconti before youl 5(1
pull the trigger thalt ighut s podi your Or
talke (ldliberate imIl. Your wvill enn tl
con trol y'ourl pain, even if htit. WhIat taO
think youi ?" hui
"' I thinkl I y'oul are r'ighi ,"' sltad Ja ck- thu
son1, "1( an I w ill do as: y'ou hay."'y
'hat, nL 0ighlt, a~t the inll wheure thley s
stopped near tile chosen1 gr'ound, Jac1(k- bu1
son alto aL hlearty su1pper, smoked hiis -
corncob, and( (condulcted himselHCIf like anll)
ordinlfary, genial1 travceller, the land- cal
lord, hIowevor', divIning Is elrrandl, ami( fol
wIshIng hlim a safe r'eturn. l
Remounting early neOxt mnorninug tin
thley found themselves compjolled to ,)1
swim thoir huorsos acorOss a ford, as 110
ferrymnan wasL visible to convoy themtl. na
Into the open heart of the poplar th
forest theoy cam111, and1 found Diekinso kil31 11
wvith lis second, surgeon andb frientds ll
Laaiting them,.il
TPhe usual11 civIlIties of polite 1)1ood "0
81p1lng wor~o du ly per formcd, coins i
woro' 14ossed for chlojee of posi tioni, na
whllIith was woil by ilckinson'a seconod,
alnd the giving of the wvord, which lhe
especilly valueid, fell to (Gon. Over'ton.
A-u the sunt was yet quito low In the lHe
cool heaIvens5, POSitionl could not have ze,
been coanted for much in tile way of th<
| .lnkann'si 11av'Inlg a1 11un (ltw/'/In In him s t
's, which hais happened to some
liiSt, bult It 1.s easy to unders1-1tand
t Dickinson's second doubtless
ted his iman so that no treo trunk
m11d make i special line behind 111111
L guide-post to .1 laekson's aim. Iight
lS weee nm'asn'red oly antid the men
re placed.
I aan ready,'" reIplies )ickinson.
I an ready," replies Jackson.
Pire !"
)vert.on shoots this word from his
1uth with the old rustic plrlonunlcia
I roming batck to him inl his initenise
ituient, it beingtr IL common phe
uienonm that secomtrs are not half so
I as their principals.
lardly haid tilt) Word left his ip
til Ia ball left )iekinson's pistol.
Lrtol' keen eyes noted aI tiny pulif
dust on the left breast of .1aceksonm
I saw the left iai go slowiy to tile
ast, but hIs mani stood firmi as one
the neighboring poplars. Dickin
reCOiled a few steps inl aliumnitLL
I analgry despair.
Great God ! Have I missed the
unidtrol?" he e jaculated vindictively.
robably that cry of quteichless hate
t him his life. .lackson was the
(I of man who often suffers from the
platiol to he illtgnani moulls. itut
gnanimity with i I)ickinson would
,e been suicidaiL. Spared, he would
It forced LIOLlter light, pr as a
.et alfray.
lILck to the lino, sit- !" shouted
I. Overton, laying his halid oil his
Ltol. )ickinson recovered his cour
', though lot his color. PI alO as
ier, With) haughty, liashing eyes, lie
Iked with facile gaIcue forward to
line aid stood tip to be killed like
untltileln.
'itifully the torture to his false
t Iild Iis jarred nerI'ves was pro
ged by tile whim, of accident, its
k(son's unusually tatl ligure see-med
bower overa that of Dickinson.
Vhen Jackson raised his pistol
viy-it having been. agreed at the
-t t tt the WILIons should le held
'4 ward -te i)istol snIIed aid
ght. at half-cock. 'o redjust it,
(, of course, another awful moment
of mnurader. Then caie the dlash
the crash.
ickilsol's Wiite face grew still
-0 ghastly, shadowy, glostly. lie
led aud fell backward with I
Itllured shriek. .Jackson's bullet
struck him blow the ribs, taking
)Wnward course.
is friends liited him ienderly and
led him agai nst tihe lio)wering <
1b that Was glowing with gl'4d lifo. <
kion sent his surgeon to ofer r as
ince to the other- one, but Chlarles
kinson Was beyond their skill. lie
Cred in frightfuil agony for hours,
expired bofore his wife could
Ah hiis side.
The slayer went forth to .sltay, anti
.Vas slain."
et )iekinson's aim hai been per
. Ile had Ieant to hit lackson in
iart. lie did not, lowever, reaIl
how exceedingly slender was the
ueral's-i body, like that of Charles
uiner, Nw hi1 inl youth was piay fully
l(nalmned " the line " by .1lullat \Vard
we, because lie seealed to be length
hout breadth and thickne.s.
he loose frock coat, which ,ackson
,0 increased the orror in )iekinson's
lar calculation by just eniouigh to
L) his life. The ball broke two ribs
raked the breastbono a severe
Ind. from Which Ia llto pain arouse,
, its falso liIi ng occurred. pursued
(Son) at intervals to is last hol r.
'hi tlhei surgeol overtook Overtion
Jacksioni, :ahout ia itu1red yIrIs I
,y, his professionaLl eye cauglit a
lpsu of blood oi one of the (General's
18.
My God, Gseneral, you ire ihit."'
II lusl, wits the iaugity answer.
believe lie has IinICed mie IL little,
I prefer that lt shotild dio without
satisiactionl of kniowi in g i t.''
ow this replly exemlitIies the satv
teinpo~r of tile times! Vot, A mire'w
ksona was not cruel by nalture. On
contrary, iie wIas like Ilionry Clay,
ior even Lt) the point that, his gray,
a eyes couldh easi ly melt into tears.
he chiaralcter of .1 Lckson, i ndeedi, ina
iy respIets wais far abi)oe the
rage. lie gamblllled like most, gen
nlen, but, not deotedlly. Ile wats
y foiid of horse racinig anud not,
rse to whiiiskey, thaough lie rareiy
nik Lto excess, lie waLs quiick t~o
,rrel, but lie niever used vile latn
1,ge.
,ike G ranut, eveni lien ini hiis cups1),
r' aL word camile LI) hiis lips tlbat,
ldi caumi~ aL biushi on the cheek of aL
nanu. Th'iis purity of latnguaage in a
rse-tongauied tim 13wats tbe ouatward
l v isibhle sign in his case, thloughl it
Iot al ways5 of Itaiue heaMrt,. Andrew
kson, firoim earil iest boy hood, waLs
roughly chaste, amid hiis ideal of
nanh~lood so hiigha that lie halted( to)
pet evil ini any oif the sex. In all
transacIitions of hi s life hiis word
I better' tIhan Ia bo~nd.
ii thiis orphanIL~ sonm of IL poor1' irishi
thion, andi( breud chiielhy in thec rough
ege of the camiiip, was Ia raic lally
gen tIlIman. ie haid line mainnicra,
espe3cially 13toward woinmin. ILdy
militon was wvellI versed in l'~uriopean
rtb-, after' an hiour spent in hiis com
my wh ile IcI'resident,, re(ferred to imi
the linest mhananered mlan~ she nad
ri met--a very "' king of courtesy."
i'o ecur in clo1sing LI) thie lfiLi
nios of thiis famhouIS (d111i it is worthy
iott3, as a slighlt, set-Iff atnd~ against,
barbar1(1i ty oIf hiis Ii rst, reinark atit
dying hick inson, that, from the
er-n whlec. Jacksoni iested to) have
wouindi dressed hie sonlt a bottle of
be11.st winle to his (3nomiy. ili wn
1lpara~tioin foir the further p)an of tihe
N icali operaItiOn waLs IL draughmt, of
tormnil k.
['ih arge maljomrit3y of Tonnmaessoan:,~
idlemnedl this dutel to the death, ho
isoi it was too reaIL. Tiheo fantastic
ly o)! fighiIng for honor and comui ng
withi at scrat.h fromi Ia 51word or aL
13l1 of powvder' wa~ all might, andi
>por ; it gave the stroke of grace, the.
olado of knighthood 1to aL gentle
n's character ;1but, a inooti ng for
Sxpress5 atnd dctorl~mied purp~lose of
li ng, salve where tihl huonorm of aL wo
n waLs thef point,, roused the ador
nt seniso of thei commflunuity LI) a t~m
'armily intecnse reembrltlancme of that
ofesto and mnost emph ~latic Counumand
nt : "' Th'ou shulit do no mu "i-r."
-Henry Clay Ingland, aL hlwyer of
ekvilhe, Md., and IL well k nowna citi
a, was struck b~y an electr-ie carm on
3 Outsakirts of Watshingtonm anld in
Lnth kild
WAL Il MINISCNCEIM.
(1regX's I''an3ous lIegMinent. .11u1. 1
Ibwe Ap ponatIo.-A Tribute
inie A IIstrong" an t A. I. It
er..
hkiitors Aulgusta ('bronliic.
Of the living heroes of " The i'
(use,"' there is 11 more genlial gent
1m1en thanl Clatain James Aristroi
of Charletolln. tle iast commander
the Iriash Volun toL.ers, ( a30W,) Its C(
pany K, in the IPirst South CarolI
Hegimeint of MNCowanai's lirigade.
''heo Coil ed erato StaLes badll inth
s0rViCe 110 IWIvo, more loyal or devot,
soll. Tholigh battered and briuised
tie result of his va3lr, heo is still
maguiict specimen of that manho,
If Which tile once t:rveat Arml1y
Northern VirginiaL was compose'd
manhood mo spledid ais to (traw fro
th historaian of the Army of ti
l'otolma. t)he tributo : "\VI(Iv.hoe
over forget that, ont looked u poI il
Thlat array of tattervI 1di IfOills ILI
bright muskets. tihat boly of inom
parable lufantry. t he Army of Northie
Virginia, Which receivitig eriti
bilows, did not fail to give the lilk
aId wIhile vital in al! its pItS di
only w t,h its anInhihilatioln."
Under aL11 circuistances CIAlpt
Arimistrong wai a model man. T
ditsipline of tie callp, which be
heavily upo10n tlt! untutored soldiers
the early days of tbe wilr, was alwaI
Softened by the coniderationl
showed for those under htim1. A giae
full writer, IL fluent speaker. an
Lerestinig con veIsatioial ist, ia char13'
Ing persoiality, lie Wai a favor
throughout tLh rei-gimtienit with b
ollleors an1(d mlel. Il contrasting I
heroism on] the battllield with I.
genitlene11SS of 1 heinj iig toVal(Is I
fellow-mi1en3, how IIppreI'ilte Seem t
lin1es of liayard Taylor :
"Thie Irn vest aie the tenderest
Th11e loving lire tie during."
In critical mo nt111ts, as it the batt
if ifIticher's itil, the heroic (Ilalit-i
)f tle 111n1 showed ILI, their hesl. TI
mriifi col:son With the Union troo
lad thrown the ('onfederatte liie ill
lisor-der. The gallant, and lamnt<
JuI. C. W. icCre('ary had falii wil
t death wounid. Cauptainl A r1S1mstro
'vith the instillet of th true Sohli1
'aiised his sword and pointed it in tI
liroti(in of tie (Inemy. The puripo:
aZs attract, the attention of tl
114113 aid it had tihe etIfet. for he
Me( boeamie t) a1 llg )oilt. Ti
pueck eye of Captaiill 1). 1'. Goggan
if Company ., a regular old w'
io'Se, Who, for his d arin3Ig, 11W aI'ril
l wooden loo, deteet-ed Ie mol0%,vem13311
LIt pIliellg himiasOlf b)y the Side
.I Captain , the n3oble rena1111n111t of L
>Ad lirst it eg iment, gaItierevd arou1
,beimi anild tIayI fril awhile'i II
ulvanie of the eieiny. TI hIW(
.vas for but 1 felw' h rs for the Usnit
imi of battie in-esent il3 n lbolt
front friom the Apv matt.ox itiver
I)inwiddie, ald wias only awaiting t
outcome of Shr's mv1 111e
ag ai unst l i ve 1orks. U pon tht e, catu
of thatt importan31,1t po)(int at g('le
assault wis mad extending fromt t
iver L)to lintehIer's Iiun, and the Ar
of Northern Virgini1, 8hat1,ee it
fragIlenltS, COM illen1ed it-i m1emorl
retreat, from 'etersbiurPg. I n juisit, o
week, to tih day-a o1vy SIIIh
1morn1g11-ln te peaceful village
Appomattox, i Is marbings and ;
Igh tings enm3e t3 o al3 (.11 anid it pjas.,
In1t~o h istory,
It wats near S1tiber1.1111d's station,I
Ahe Soutlhsidl. liailr-oad, thalit, ti
wvi't.or remehilr(.s ats 18h1e lust time I
ow Captain Am strong in tie a1m
(1 just after h(, had1( received Li
wvoild whIiich he halts borne. w i
platent lortitude for OVOr thirt year
u3d whih Will e 01e80 its n11hiiigs (In
Avwhen " life's litful fever " shall I
,)Volr. The i n te Iise sulferinug tL
t1~hirty- foi'i' year1s to his8 age 8sine t.1
Iay o18(f the iirPst, 03amp near013 Sullo(
Vir3ginia: ti b Ii nre033s0 incl(ident to the I
sponsibi)11liis (If 3an exacltingU 011iu 31
the hblight (If domel1stic 1all1itioni-.
Lihese1-halIve no(t b1(een81 sniicent to (I
the luistre of his eye, mar1L the gent,1
ne0s (of 1his manners 3 or3 du3(11 t
01l(1 1uence (If his tonigu ..
Upon tihe dea~th (If Col. AleCreal
the comman11id (of the lIegimen0it devolvI
upon01 Lieutenant, Colonei A. I'. I hItLi
one0 (If the be3.st sohlieris ini it.
Colonel Ili tier belongs tile d1istiniiti
(of being the onily 0one oIf the origi"1
(1leven1 (captI.ain 338 passe 1185d throu(13
theo en1tir war lini 3 thle servi 30o(f I.
reogimen~it. Six wle slain13 33pon3 L,
battle lielid:
l ia (If I, atI the i''irPst (Cold i libi
3L4ark8(dalI o (f I a, aLL Lhe Second3 .\ aIn:31
laiskellI, oif II, atL Goittyshm-3g.
Sh1ooter (If 1'. (aift~lrwards ieu(11tenn3
Colon101), attellLLyAngeo p
sylvaia~l. tiI lllyA3g (fSp
Alst(13n (f I (aft&13'wards malljor3),
Lhe' North Annla.
M1 Crear'y (If A (afterwarth- CJolomi
MenI 1toish (If 1), becamie Ca~ptain13
Arill er'y , his company havI ilYin g hI
cha3nged1 LI) that arm31 of thle ser'vice.
W\alker. (If i3. and1( Cordiero of
en3ter1ied other03 depariltment31s oif1
servic and11( M~cirady (of K( (aLfterwa
Colonel, ) d isabledo( from wV ound s
for'ced to retire.
ThIiis reg imen t ilerformedI( no( 1imp1
tanit sorPvice 13i' durig its career1 LI
C~olon~eIl3 Lulr wasi 114t, alt his pc
whether 318 cap~itain (If his old( co)n.p511
(. of IdgelelldI(, 03' t.he. 0(onuniand1 (of I
regiment31., and1( brlavly and111 faiItilhfui
d15 iscar'ged bis 1131ty. In the (3inal111it,
tlihat go'( to imake up the enidui
sod1ier'- tihe SoI!dier2 for' whloml 1n( 1ha
shipl hIeemlid too (reat---faitl fh
summer103 bav., ori wintLir snowsV " -1.
solie)r wholt nIeVer left Lube battlefit
whI'1e therie waIs 3 o an to stanld bly bi
Ills last ollle11ialot wasthell5 sgn3ing1
Sergeanton L (.~ii'33 , l i'st i Legim11
Sout.h Carol ina~ Volutieers43, 18(1
John13 Weston, 70) years' old(1
Shaon il'a., thle (other1 (day stooped0(
driink fromll 3a wIaterintg troug~h 113nd
feet sli pped( in the mui~d. 11iII plnI.
11ead( for'emiot into( the tr'ough,
his head1( becamhe 811 Lightthy fa-tm.1
-Ani enormo!us liit (of (1ari
Ligeon0(3I wats y.! Itenf up In lIs lat'I 11
Sixty thiousand birdcs woro e, loo0s
1(n31 morn3'Iing fromi tihe nleighbor3hoe
Ithle IMi lfu l oer, 5,00t (If til im lat
Isigal.
WVO 'N EUSID TO VOTE.
- Iiiemae Sull'rIMageNot a Novely Iln South
ut- Womn 's lCition of the 'otion Plant.
Th im stion of femialo suffrage Is
!lot :t novel one in South Carolina, fo.r
ist. it was here that the lirst experiment
le- in the history of the world was tried.
I. rin t17M8, the new parish of St. David
of having been foimeil b3 the act of the
m- (GOneral Assoziembly (Colonial) out of
na the parish of -St. Mark's, Prince
. 'I rdorick and Prince Georgo forming
ir the Choraw Dtitrict, lnld which parish
( of St. David Ib now chielly the county
-- of JDarllngton, writs of election came
IL down for a now member of the Genoral
ii Assembly. We have now the old pol
of list, and it contains the namo of one
-I hiii(d and lity-sovou electors. Of
m tiene, six were women, as follows:
Ie I HtbeccaltL lide lP'rancis Hontou, Cathor
LIm ile li itde, Mlizabeth Cornwell, F'rances
, ? G llespib and Saral Booth.
id At thiselectioni Col. Georgo Gabriel
I,- I'owell received one hundred and fifty
1-n1 four Votes. and Was elected. -10 was a
'le d istiiguislied mlan11, anld was afterwards
' appointedl on1e of the justices of His
3d lajksty's Court of C(oinmen Plous
.and (;enera.l Sessions. (See G Iegg's
ill II istory of (hl Clloraw.)
hleo Tile nmeills.of these female voters
i-e I'r amiiionig the most distinguished of
in their day, anuld tre famiiliar family
s 111es to-day ii l3arl ington county,
he where they have left hundreds of do
-scenidanlts.
in- It, will be remnimbered that at this
- time, although we were i 13ritish pos
to session, we wore living under a conx
,th stitutioni imtde by ou1rselves and which
is h111ul heen giaciously allowed and all
he pirovedb l3 y His Majesty. The history
is ol that constitution is onie of the most
he riu'kale ilcidelIts in the chronicles
o civil li berty. It will be rotnom
hered i thait, we WerO the favored and
p10 colony of (reat Britain. She had
le exlaliusted the legal learning and in
's genIuity of I lie ago to concoct, a model
it coistit.utioln for us. It was composed
Is and drawn Ill) 1upb the renowned Locke,
o tle gretst metaphysical philosopher
-( tlit, has ever* written in the English
h t.oijgt. assisted by miiy Lord Salisbury,
4, one f uin- In-t palWctical statesmen
r. f the aLe,: but, that constitution 'did
c not Itt ILA colit:in enough of the priln
e Vipes of civil libriity for liberal South
SCaol ina, and it livOd only a few
Lt nths aid WILs overthrown by a
e general li'isiimg of the people against
s, it. ThIe*y llen vwent to work quietly
L itd Sy "iiittievily and made a covsti
cs tition for tihIImsel ves, which the king
it, found it (olivenint to recognize,
il owing tc his oiwn domestic troubles at
a t h t til'.
I lis ulinr cnistitutioi was the
W pier, if not the Imitiol, of all tle
k publican colIstititiins and forms of
i p11m1111te 'overnment in America. We
- u li 1'udr it iearly half a century
to hetare the Declaration of .independonce
me and the f(0irmiation0 of the U tilted States.
lit, It is not, cehdm1led that that constitu
re tion (atalishei female sulTrage, but
'il it, did nht, foriid it, itid We 800 that it
lhe WLs allow< d it least inl St. David
11 N pi-isl. A. V IOLA Nitir'Fy1"r.
Ito Gienville, S. C.
no i.' "A U) L1X Posl)l.
th -
Of 'Tlh' Siory ' or sl Ativent ureLr Who
ts Ilivee at ? he I'pense ol'Others.
.1uie s A ddison H eavis, who now lies
inl the little jail atSatnta Fe, N. M., do
l serves a ilace am,111onig the leading
Ie fraumdl of time century. 'i.'his mian has
', bein a siiert, iewsaIp'1 reporter,
i str'et, c'ati' dr1'iVe' anid adventuror.
i .lor' tihan twenty-live yeai's ago hO
laims tht h foilncd in a Cilifornia
ly mission IL girl who was the heiross
., of one 'rLta, aL Spalisi g'andeo who
is hats ben granted by hiis Iing imens
ol t,rau~ctscf landic in A rizcona.
iO I eav is tmarr'tied tibe gi and( went to
k, work to haIve her' clatim legalize.d by
c- thle gciveiiinmnt. lie foun td records.
id I wills, grats and~c vaio~us pap~ers in
Li Spain and Meoxic~o conIirx'miing the gratnt,
nul andc liscoe Conkli ng pronounced lhis
le..- chmain of cv idence at pierfect title, and
lie w ithI nigerl'(il and oithers took hold of
hnis ene. iI''ilig to have hiis gr'ant
'3', ciinired by Congress, the claimant
cud secured thme patssatge of a iawi establish
ri. ing the courtii of pivILato (lad cilins,
i'( anld in Lihis coil 't lhe mit, h is fate.
Onl I atad i'eavi'is succeeded lie would
il have seeti'edl $75,000J,000i wornthn of inl
(Ih lng lands. TIhiis piaini sti'eet car' driiver'
lhe learined Spaisin iiocrdei' to carry out
lie hI is schmme, aned lie imori~er became an
expert in old Spian ishI ad in signets,
n'- sea'.ls, cieoratti os and (doder. Mnitiy
heobtinuod buz'e sumxs of money to atid
- in he prsecutono his suit. Hie got,
0t$000fo rceo h Southerni
t 'clid', and $1 :iI,000i in Ne(w Y orik . in
live year's ho ian up am board~cl'c bill of
at$103,001) at t-he I l ifmn house. i~e
v ictiminized Ed S tok os, his cous51in, W.
A b1) . K ). Stoikes. andl i manmy othbors. No
1mani ever' toildI amoire plausible title
of andc biis doienmnnts wuor' appareontly un
I1in I the othei r .id cIcnoagaged able
S aw rs andic madel aL stuilbbornf light.
,hi Th iccaxs' draLgged ailng for1 twventy-live
syearis. k~eavis lived in luxury ms
ci f thec timte, andiI it w-is not uantilI a year.
andc a Ihalf ago thalt hiis lawyer's suspect
1)r- ccd im, andI~ the claimantit had to go
lIat. to tirial iIthout eounso1(l a few days
ist,, ago'. It, was pr'ovedl that his grants
ny andc ills werie for'geiries, thatt Per'saltac
honever existedi, atnd the whole thing
fy was a fr'aud. Th'le clainant, niow a
:es broken old man, wats positive and
cl eliaint to the liast, but the evidence
.c aginist himr wits so conclusive that his
'in trirest followed as a miattexr of course.
hoe l.toavis Is descriedl as8 a vercy plain
ddl man cif almnost childlike candor and
mi | simplicIty. llis wife is a bright-eyed,
ly-. dar'k faced woman atpparently of the
oif !Spanish type, but some people0 think
that she Is tan Indian. Her husband
,'claims that lie atccidentailly discovered
nt, her' irelationship to the Peratltas. The
t15. two wvill now hxave to face disgr'ace tand
poverty, buit they have enjoyed life for'
of a full qjuarxter of a centuxry at the ox
to pensu of oither's.
!ed - Cohered shoes may be all right on
anc the streoels or - t thle seashore, worn by
dthose who want to make their feet
ul cloniSp-cuous, but the aut'iorities of the
United States Navy have forbidden
(intcers oxr men to wear them whIle oni
-Ili' duty:
Mly- -Editor D. B. CQoke, of the Niler,
iin Mieh., Mihror, has Dcefn a printer'
d of sixty-six years. He Is n.w 80y years
oine .old, but can stick type as rapidly as
'any compositor in his offloo.
AN APP8AL TO UNOLE SAM.
TH I NiCGItOES WANT HEP FIROM
TIIIC ARMY.
The Relor-mers Are Denounced
Strongly-lteady to Join With All
Oppoients ol' the Adminsletration.
The nog roes hold a conference latt
week in Columbia, which wasattended
by fity or sixty, mostly preachers.
The following is the address Issued by
the conference:
To the poopic (if the United States
As a part of the constituent elomonts
from which our national government
draws its life-blood in time of Pa01100,
and from whose life-blood it exacts
tribute in time of war, under the broad
reciprfcal relations that should exist
among all the people of 0110 common
country, thaf should be elastic, offen
sive or defensive weapons for every
Amorleian citizen. however humble at
home or abroad, in order that the
theory of government handed down by
the fathers might be fully realized
and enjoyed by every individual on
every inch of national territory, we
subm)it that a small but desperate
minority of the population has declar- 1
ed its purpose to perpetuate its power
by unlawfully trampling under feet
alI the righits and franchises granted
us by the P*'ederal Constitution its a
means of protecting life, liberty and I
property. 1
We have used every means in do- I
fanso of our constitutional rights and I
franchkes known to law-abiding citi- I
zeis in this State without effect, and t
as a last resort are forced to call upon r
the strong arm of the national govern- V
ment for at defense of rights granted I
and guatranteed by itself.
As the army mid navy are held in I
a reserve force t0 uphold loeal au- f
thorities in every State, the lederal t
government in order not to be impost d I
upon and used to support anaireiy 1
under the prctenlse of suppres-ing it, a
should see to it that a republican 1form g
of government which we understand t
to be a gov4rnment instjituted by the l;
sovereig u will of a mnaority of the con- i
stitutionally qualified voters, actually e
exists in every State.
We humbly crave your influence fi
with the constituted authoMties of the e
nation In order that their consciences
and aris might be strengthened in c
efforts to have the constitution andl(1 v
laws of the nation uphold so that each c
American citizen might have .-e I
equal protection of the law witlioit t
wicoh Constitutional guaranltes are t
more mockeries and life itself a burden
to the peoPleof the State.
We ashiure the fair-miaded white a
people of this Stato that we are will- r
ing to use every meIcals within our t
power to aid In tile overthrow of the
small but designing clique now in I
possession of the government which I
has busied itself in the reorganization i
of the courts and militia for the pur
pose of perpetuating its power and c
which has been so emboldened with i
success in. former revolutionary steps c
as to declare under cover of the uncon- u
stitutional registration laws, its de- I
termination to hold a convention of its 1
own make and liking and disfranchisc c
the vast mnajrity of tie voting popula- it
tion regard less of constitutional pro- I
hiibitions. t
it assigns as its reason for such un- d
constitutional and revolutionary steps I
that a constitution must be made to i
prevent what they are pleased to call it
" negro domination " and to establish vi
" whitesupremacy." whicll means, re- it
duced to its essonee, the supremiacy of .v
the faction now ill control. I
As the facts of history themnselves i
>rove, wo deny that there inns ever i
)en i desire or attempt oil our part I
to dominate the government. With "
the large body of us voting, most of t
whom are illiterato and poor, there is
not as much1.1 danger of our control of <
governmenit as there is of thle laboring
classes in asMsachusetts, New York or
Pennsylvania, who1 with unlimitedi
sutYrage, contrasted withl Tillmal~nite<
following, do not control.
While we are entitled to participa- I
Lion in the government commensurate I
with our wealth and intelligence re
presentation Is only a secondary con- 1
sideration comnpared with our right'
to retain our right of suffrage which I
cannot, be annulled by any constitution- I
a~l means.
Under our thleory of sel f-governmenti
ini order that every man may posses08
the mocans within hnis person to protect
life, liberty and possessions, the gov
erniing power is dlividedl into as many I
fractional parts as there are maleic
adults, to each of wvhom is deeded an I
eqlual portion designed to be used in ILa
representailve capacity and the ballot
miade its inistrument.
As under our form of government all1
ollcers and administrators of tihe law
are' designed to be0 tihe creatures of tile 1
governedl andl are thlere fore the servants
of all to whom they must look for
return to all continuation ian ollco, 1
which means~lfl protectionl for all, thei
danger to thle governed inl such aL forml
of governiment dloes not exist hal f so
much1111 in overty or illiteracy as tile
accumulations of vast fortunes by tile
few, the inlueneu of whiichl mayL be
used to swerve thec servants of tile
people to adhmnister tile governlment
or law in tile interests of a few to the
deoterimnent of tihe mmnniy. lBesides if
tlhere is to be aL prvilege class govern
ment, restrictod to personia p)ossessing
a certain amount of property or edu mca
tion, what reasons are there for niot
further rostmficting the goveraminle claiss
to a few college prIofessors or mniillion
aires ?.
By making the oliors of tile law,
who shall be the servants of all, tine
dlependlent creatur'es of a class 0111y,
you make them the willing or unl
willing tools of thaIt class alonmo, and
thley wIll be bounmd to construo and1( ad
minsister law to iplealse Imembehrs there
of only : in whlih system it is apparent
thalt thme class shorn of power is with
out even as 1much1 protection as slaves
whlose masters' ball10ts protect them'n.
Such a forum of government weo had
In aL limited1 deogree before the war,
Wilen tihe free negroes, tile unprivi
letd class8, ihad to have guardians by
whom many were deprived of freedom
and i~'propety. Any form of govern
mont (if we may dlignify it by such at
term) whicoh forces a class of people to
contribulto to Its existence witlhout a
voice, w hose contributions in tile
hands of the privilege chasa are ue
as engines of opp)res~sionl, is worse
than thlat among savnagos wher' all1
men01 at least equa1L1. ily Nature's God,
and tile Constitution of tile I!!nited
mtatA' wne hamve hoen I mmidn f...,. nul I