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I~i - 7.--N-THE PEOPL S_JOELL VOI., .7-NO. 22, PICKENS, S. C., .HUSI), JL ,19.OEDLA I loeiiiga Cause Ilhat Was J1ust, THi ST SULVIVOR OF TIE CONFICDERI;ATE CABINET. Iton. John II. Reagan, of Texas, Do livers 1h, Annual Address Before the United Confederate Voterans Fe'aets of History that Need to be Told. The annual address before the United Confederpt Veterans at the reunion in Nashv-ld, Tenn., was delivered by Hon. J')hn 11. Reagan, of Texas, who was Postmrs- ter General of the Con federate Stat s, and is the last survi ving menb.r of the Confederate cabi net. I t contains valuable facts and in cidents, and we print the main por tions of bis address : Thi's great, assemblage and this inter esting occasion calls up many memories of'great v'nts. It brings into review the able and earnest discussions which preceded the year 1801, on the great question, whien led up ,o the war b - tween the St-ates ; the separation of the members of t irn 36th Congress ; the ac tion of the S -uthern States in passing the ordiuances of secession ; the organ ization of the Government of the Con federate States of Am. rica; the com mencement of hostilities at Charleston harbor, the call for volunteers by Pres ident Linco!n, the enthusiasm with which men on both sides volunteered to enter the creat strugglc., the separa tion of husbands and fathers from wives and children, of sons from fathers and mothers, of brothers from sisters, and of lovers from their sweethearts, with eyes bedewed with tears and hearts, throhhing with patriotism, to enter the camps of in-truction, make the long marches !ind -agage in the fierce con flicti of battle. It brings into review the isembling of mighty armies, their toilsome markthes, the sickness and suf I ring u me ., :ps, the thousands of +k rn,-- s ,n 1 battles, participated in by hundreds of thousands of brave men, the sufl -rin! a of the wounded, and the gr.ra;, ,,. in mr vho fell On each side as martyrs t-,heir patrioti( devotion to the causes they believed to be right and ja-., in Vi greatest war of modern tim . ; a a" in which hundreds oi tlhou nub ol b-ave men lost their lives, and wich left to the future a vast army .f *r,,:rning widows and children and -urrou.r Ie relativus and fri"uds, and which ra ;ed the iacrifice of bi 1 lien,s 1f . oliaurs' worth of property. And 'it calls up our remembrance of the great lab)r and sacrifices of our no ble women in caring for the children and aged at home, and in preparing and sending to the armies clothes and food for theo" loved ones, and In min istering to the sick and wounded in the hospitals. TIM QUPiS'TION OF SLAVERY. From early times there were those who question-d the rightfulness to slavery, pissi by without sulicient con siderati,mn of the character of the dif ferent race, of opeople. This feeling grew first w tu the philanthropic and religious classes until at last it was seized upon by political demagogues as an Individu,-l method of political agita tion and declamation by otlice-seekers. It grew until mobs, L. gislatur'es and courts repudiated the constitutional provisions and the laws or Congress and the d'eisions of the supreme court of the United t.ttes, which protected slavery in the States where it existed, and rc quired the rendition of slaves when they escaped in other States. The agitatIon of this c+iucstlon gathered in strength and violence until it result Cd in civil war in Kansas. ft.l!owed by the raid of John Brown and his follow crc, who invaded the State of Virginia for the purpose of inniting the negres to a war of races. And because he was lawfully arra sLed and convict,ed and hung by the authorities of Lihn State of Virginia for levying war on the State', in an etlort to bring about a horrid war between. the negroes and whites, many of the Northern ciiurches were draped in mourning and many of the Northoern people applauded his efforts and eulo gized this felon as a hero and martyr. This was followed hy the uomination and eleotion of a purely sectional anti slavery ticket for presIdent and vice p)resident of the United States, and during the Congress, which Immedi ately preceded the secession of the S.outher n States, thirty odd mea-urecs of compromise wer'e introduced in one or the other branches of Congress, in hope of securing the adoption of a poli1 cy by which the union of the States and the rights of the States and of the peo. pio could be preserved and war pre vented. Each of these p)ropositions of coinpromise was introducco eithei' by a Southern man or by a Northern Demo orat, and every one of them was ire celved with hooting aind derision by the itepublican members, as the Congres sional Globe of that period wvill show. And the Southern members were told that they had to submit to the wIll of the majority, pliainly showing that our popile could no longer rely for the prm teetlon of the rigilts of the States or of the people onj the enforcement of the p)rovisions of constitution and the laws of the United States. Could any peo0 ple have submitted to all this who were worthy of liberty amnd good gov ernment 's TO VIND)ICATIE TIE 'lTRUTIt 0O. HIISTroiy. You must understand that I do) not make this recital for tate purpose of re newing the prmejudices and passions of the piast, but only for the liurpiose of showing to our children and to the world that the cx CJonferterates were not responsible for t,he exIstence of African slavery In this country, and were not responsible for the existence of the geat war which resulted from the agitation of that quaeticio, and that they wer'e neither traitors nor rebels, Comrades, by the laws of nature I can at most he with you but a. few years longer', and I feel It to b)e my duty t-> you and to posterity to make these statoments of the facts of history, which vindicate us against the csharge of being either rebels or traitors, and which show that we were not the au thors of "a causeless war, brought on by ambitious loaders ;" but that our brave men fought and suffer'ed and died, and our holy men of God p)rayed, and our noble women sufYered patiently and V patriotically all the privations and horrors of a great war, cruelly forced upon us. for the purposo of upholding the constitution and laws of the United States as preserving the rights of the evoral States to regulate their own domestic policies, and of protecting the people against spoliation and robbery by a dominant majority, some of whose members, because the Holy Bible sanc tioned slavery, declared that they wanted an "anti-slavery Bible and an inti-slavery God," and who because the 3onstitution of the United States recog nized and protected slavery, declared that it was a "league with hell and a ovenaut with death." Whatever may been said in the past in the defence of the institution of slavery, and whatever now may be 6hought of the ueans by which it was ;bolished in this country, the spi"it of he present age is against it, and it has )assed away, and I suppose no one wishes its restoration, if that were practicable. Certainly I would not re tore it if I had the power. I thing it Jetter for tho black race that they are 'ree, and I am sure that it is better for ,he white race that there are no slaves. Some great Macaulay of the future vill tell those grand truths to posterity >otter and more forcibly than I can in ;his brief address, and will by reference o history, to the sacred Scriptures and , the constitution of the United States. is made by our revolutionary fathers, rindicate the patriotism and the heroic rirtues and struggles of our people. WilY THIElRE WAS NO COMPIROMgIS. In later times those not familiar with ,he facts to which I am referring have isked the question: "W'ay was not his great question compromised ?" Mtating that it would have cost a fifth f the money to pay for and liberate ,he slaves that the war cost, and that n that way the tens of thousands of raluable lives of good men might have Jeen saved, and all the attendant suf ering prevented. The first answer to that question is, hat t'te slaves in the United 5tatos at ne beginning of the war were estima ed to he of the value of three thousand nillion dollars, andi if they were to be iberated common honesty required hat it should have been at the expense hf the nation, which was responsible or its existence. The Republicans ind the anti-slavery people were then majority of the white people and had uli possession of the IF'deral govern nent, or were ready and author z-,d to ake possession of it. And they de nanded that the whole loss to arise rem the freeing of the slaves should ai. on their owners and on the South iru States. They never iroposed and would not have consented for the lcd 3ral government and tne Northern peo ie to pay any part of the cost of free mng the slaves. Their patriotism was not of the kind w hich would cause them to assume a part of the burueri of cor recting what they clained to be a great national wrong. And tat, too, a wrong, if it was a wrong, which we in herited fron' other and older na tions, and which was incorporated in our social and indistriai systems. arid sanctioned by our cous'itut,ion-, St tt and l"ederai, in the orgarization of tlh.. governments. The iirtators were willing and anxious to be patriotic and just at the expense of other peopile. The second answer to it is, that, the industrial and social systems of the Southern States huerc so intrwoven with the interest of slavery that the pnople then believed the freedomu of the slaves, without combpensation, meant the bankrutcy of the people and States where it existed, to be followed probably by a war of races, I ir m speak ing of wnat they then believed. As an ovidence that our own people, in the sarlier years of the l._public, reco; ul.:d the necessity of ac Iuiescing in the social and industriar conditions which had grown out of A frica" shve Py, history tells us that Gen. Gecorge Washington, who w as an u'xt, masive - uld,\"smnad(e coimmander in ihief of our revohulionrary armie5. Heo was the p)resident of the convention which formed the conlstitut,i(n of the United States, and was elect,ed as the first prlesident of the UJnited St.ites, and was re-elect,ed to that position. Mr'. fferson, Mr. Madison, N r. Monroe, G3en, Jackson, Mr. [Polk and Gen. Tay or were each elect,ed president of the United States, and all of them were ihe owners of slaves. Thei y, like the fr'amers of the constitution, r'ecognizedi t,hat this country had inherited a con dition of things in this respect in, which it b)ecame neCcssary to acquiesce. I do not assume to know whether, if a pr'opositionr to pay for the slaves had noen made, it wouldn have been aeptl) nd. Such a sacrillee as that wh ich was dlemanded of the Southern p)eople, has not in the world's history been submit ted to by any people without an ap peal to tne last dread arbitrament of war. And ours were a chivalric. Intel ligent, piroud rind liberty loving popJle, ngod if L,ney had submitt,ed to this sacri lice without, astruggle they would have pr'oven themselves unwort,hy to be free men, and unwort,hy of the pr'oud title of being Americans. Arid I say now, with deliberation aLnd sincerity, In view of all tire calamit,ies of the war, if the same condition of things could again ocer, I would rather aco cept, those cahinmties than belong to ai race of eowar'ds abnd sur'render the most sacred r'ights of se,f government to the clamor of a m 'j -riLy overrid ing the constitut,ion aind oemainnd ing terms so revolting to our sense of justice, TIlig 11AMPlTON RIOA rM C'ON I'lRgeg In this connection I diesire to say that it has b':e n freq uent ly asserted of late years thait at tile confer'ence be tween Presiden t. Lincoln arid Secretary Seward of the 'cd'ral side, and Messr's. Stephens, [Uunt 'r aind (Camptieli of the Confe3derate side', ait Ililaton I{Oads on the 3ld of .Janar ,ry, 180&5, that P resi dlont Lincoln olf red tihe Jon federaites $100) 000,000 for the slav' ii if they would abandon thre war aind r'et,rn tI the union, This story has assmed11( vrious forms~ to suiit, t.he the rhietorie of the speakers and writers wino have given it currenr'y, I wish to aissert most solemnly tha~t no such oIfer in any form was nmadre. All the papjers "elait Ing to the llamptl)on k inds Conference arec given in '4 MelPIerson's H1 istor, 0!o the ILibelllon." as he calls it. They show that the joInt r'esol ution for ame.ndi ng the constittution of the United States wais p)assedl by Congjres submitting to the St.ates tLe question of abolishing slavery In the Uinited States, two or three days before the date of the conference. The report of the commissioners on the part of the Confederacy, which was publishi d at the timie, shows that no such olfer was made or referred to inl that conference. The statement of President 1).,vis and that of President Lincoln and of See rotary Seward show that no such offer was made or talked of at that confer. ence. This false statement has been often made. It is disproven by every man who was there, and by every pa per which has been written by or for the men who were t,here. Neither President Lincoln nor any other man on the Federal side would have dared to make such an oiler at that time. It was stated at the time, and I be!ievc the statement to be true, that the Con gres hurried the joint resolution above named through so as to forestall th, possibility of any such proposition. The object of this untruthful state ment was no doubt to east odium on the Confederate 'resident and author ities by trying t ) show that they would accept no terms of peace and were re spoisible for the continuance of the war. President Davis appointd Vice President Stephens to go to Washing ton in 1864, ostensibly to secure a re newal of the cartel for the exchange of prisoners, but the real pur)posc of his mission was to see I>resident k2in coin for the purpose of asco L, tining on what condition the war con !d b ter minated. But he was not permitted by the Federal authorities to ;e" through their military lines. 'Ioen he appointed the commrissioners to the ELiampton iLoads conference for the same purpose. And afterwards, in 185, he authoriz -d Gc . 1i 1. r'e to try to negotiate through Gn. Grant. for the same purpose. I mention thes, facts to show that, it is a nistakce to suppose0 that President Davis neglect. ed any means in his power to end the war on honorable terms, aid mention them because of the many misreprc sentations which have been made on this subject. le could not have made public all he (lid in this respect at the time without discouraging our army and the people. And if at any time he had proposed or consented to un conditional-y burrender he would have been in danger of violence at the hands of our own people. Neither he nor they proposed or intended to surrender unconditionally unless overuowered. ICEC-NSIUUTION AND li iSTO1tArioN. After the overthrow of the Con feder ate government and the surrender of the Confederate armies. the work of the restoration of the l"edt-ral authiori ty in tue Southern States was com menced, while the excitement and pas sions and prejudices of the war were in full blaze and were intensilied Iy the assassination of 1.resident Lincoln, with which it was then unju-tly as sumed the Confederate authorities had some connection, And which was re garded by them as most unfort.uttlate for the people who had adhered to the fortunes of the Con federacy. Under the state of feeling witich then existed on ioth sides it was hardly to be expected that a wise and temperat policy of reconstruction would be itdopt ed, while many of the churches of the Northern States were resolving, anl Lome of their ministers of the r :ifg ion of Christ were preaching a crusaUe of hate, roscription and revenge against the Southern people. Te plan .adopted for the restoration of the Union and the pacification of the Southern people was to deprive them of all political rights, put them under military rule, and suspend the rigit of the writ of habeits corpus, so that there could be no relief or redlre for any wrong done to a citizen, how ever unlawful or outrageous. Our citiz -ns were suhject to arrest by the ihitary authorities without an aIlida v it or foirmal char-ge, or legal wan-rant, atndt t,o detention without knowing w- hat the charges againbt, t,hemu wer-c. and to t,rial by a tiruin -headl couirtimar tial without, t,he inter'ventlion of a jury. A lairge part of the Soumthern tates had been dlevastattedl h.y war : the peco ple had exhaust.ed thiair resuctIces in thte endeavor t,o mai ntaini thiri cauise, and tens (If tho(usanids oIf t,h ir bratvest and best men haLd eit,cer fallen in biat. tie or died in the s'irv:cc. Heaten in battle, denied polliticatl righat,s and t,be proteection of law, governied by ano un friendly mulitary aut,bo-ity, and hy the negrees, carpatbatgger-s and sealaw age, (I mention them in the order (If theirp rebpectaithlIity ), pinunder-ed and robbe by the c mployees oif the trcen-ury di par-tment, an id ior.stant ty me ntaced lay itoyal leagues compo Isen of the cl notenite abiv e named, thei (or.ion 11 seeiiiwd t,o lbe as hlesslc as can well be imi aginied. I under' the proIvidence of Cud the( life of P.resident, IAaicol n could h; v - been spared, se tbat 'ho recon,-tructumn and the restor-ationr of the Un o'in could t have b)een brught about, underci his super-vision, and that, of the olli.ers and soidtirs who1( foaughlt, the battleIc otf the UJion, I beli eve tile cou nti-v wvottIa have been saved fr-om the in tirductaion of .abnormnial nuli11 a-y governm111en t wvhiich are i)no ufrienidly to civil r-i ghIts and political libei t.v, ando so con tiary to0 trae' Un ius of 00ur governoment ;anid that thme people oIf the .Southeirn Stat wonuIld have been saved firomai neh of theiti inmus saitices aned iiulei ng whIaich the y werie com0peI ed to enidnrei durinig tbe pertiodl of ren s truet,ion; the dematgogues in polit,ies, thie un Chiristian perIseenution byv riiglen bodies, an'd the thieving ti casuriy o)l11 cis wouhld not have hatd so wide a ilold foir their ohperationis, It, is un pleasan~tit foir mei( to makithe the foregoing recitals, an d the miore boIl h cause the 1)uriposei for wich tacyV alrc made nity be miiisuntderstoodi (Jr' mis repiresenLtld. The r'estor-at,ion of pace-, good government, the r-ule of -iatw, andl good will between those who wer-e once enemies, is as gr-at,i fy ing to ine as it camn be to any oathler ci t,izn. rih-I nt thea char-ge hias been coInstanot ly inaudes -e Li,bc war~ t,bt,t the Confede crat-, we re rl'lls ando tiralitors-, and the -l ,r 't is ai ti time being mnade to eduicata tne ris i g ge neirati(on in to the o belief tiant their fa her-s and thieir imotheris were irebels and trait. wis, and the-fore latw less ciminals. W i'ot, miallee apuinst an'y of our follow eitizecns, I feel it to he my duty toi the maemoary oaf our het irole dead, to thieir sourvi ving a-,soaciattes andl to those who are~ to cuoe aftei us, to make the foiregoiing statLemnats in vindication of the i-uthis (f hias'uarv, and mn just fi-nt,ion of the p stio(tise', the manhoo l antd love of jutic of those who defended the lost cause, and olered thei r all in an elf'.frt to pro uervo their conrtitutional right.s against the aggressions of a hostile majority. Tltli'.\10l ti1: (;eGl.'-tI:\ll:NT1. Prom the desolation, asonce of civil government and political rights and of law throu'hout the Southert states, !oss than thirty years a go, we now, inl all these states, have good civil govern ment, good laws faithfully enforced, liberty protected, society reorganized, penee and industry re-established, with lany Vialable en terprises put into Suc cessful operation, and withi a steady and Wonderful increase ill ptpuiltion, weaLII and conforts of civilized life. Th is constitutes tho greatest andi proud est vi nil cation of tue capacity of our people for local self-governuor t, and k a grander and nobler achievement by our people than was ever obtained lv war. it is the triimpIi of their ca paulty for self-gover"nt e"nt", and shows tbat our P':ople are worthy the pos tession of the pmlitical powcr and reli gious Ii hert.y wh ich they now e nje y and(l whih ,hows thct nortily of po litical <ertality with those who were once r u r 'ntlies. In th is great ('t"n tenniial 1,xlposition of Tennes:.te we have be tore us a lmagn iicent exlhibi Ltion of the results of Southern enter prise and prosperity to gladden the hearts of our people and to g ratify the pride of the people of this great .tatte. Anid 1o-day the people of the South are as earnest in their attacIhmient to iur coio n governmnen t as those of any other part of the Union, and would 11kike as great sacrili cs, if n,eed be in dlefense of our government as could he made by any other part of the A meri can pel,ople. Enjoyint peace and liher I to-clay, we can refer with plride to the courage and heroisn of our soldiers in the late war, and to the gallantry and r.kill of our ollieers. And when inpartial history comes to be written we do not dour,t but that it. will be seen that they were never excelled in the t"alities of patience, endurunec antd lanly courage by any other to ple. '.'he name11s of .1_i' -rson1 1)avIs, it. E'. l Se, Stonewall ,lackson, Albert Syd tley John onid ilnany others of our hero:e leaders will go into history illu minat,d by a hal of courage and skill and purity of lift, and patriotism un6urpa:sed by any other n tiu+s in history. As indlkiCt,inIg the faith of I'resident. D-tvi in Gid and his devout. earnestnces, I call attention to the closing sentences of his irnaugurral ad dress, after his election under t.ie con stitutional government of the U-n led eracy, made on the 22nd dlay of F'hru ary, ISii2. Raising his hands, at the cioae of his addr ess, and looking tow ards the heavens. he said: "And now, U God, I commit my country and her cause to Thy holy keeping," thuasshow ing the soetani.y withi whieh le as uted aniew t,e duties of 1'resident of 'Pill \VtI ;"iN CI' ''ti: t't)N -'li-)P:;.\t'V. 1 is tory noitt w i th its richest praises the 1i1;troni: of h':ii:m. 'hcy were no doubt, worthiy of :ill that, was said of the im. IBit their' honors cluster atbout ,hem when ICsoume wa a great and vie torious nation. This is not --aid to th'ltir diisredtit, hut to contrat with tbem the nolble and devoted Wett"n of lIe Ci0n1fderacy. The grandeur of their livts and conduct w:ts exhibited i a cause in which the odds were great!y against their country. in which aacritices were neee;siry, and in which I success was always douitful. I never felt 1my inability to do just ice to any suhjetI so k(oely as I do whien at teitinting to do ju_tice to the ebaracter of the women of the (,onfederacy. Thty gave to the arm it's their hus bands, father.-, s0n1 aid brothers with achinig hear'ts, anid hsa them goodl liye with soib, anui teatrs, but they be lie Ved thei sacr'I ieic wa. diuei to the ir cotrii ty andhr as. hyasue lth areo hi ho ey i:,u iie chlrnandI thie a1.;cd ~.lan, of thema who had t: beeni recai'ed in eaise andic luxur'y hal1 to engage in all the drud ger'y cif the farmi andit shoip. M\any oft tihtemi wor k ed in the Ii cilds to) raise Lthe lilean- of feein g theirn famiie is. Spinnintg wh leels aiiil loiims were mutl Li plit'd whetrc ncne hiadl been sieen hb' fole, to enable themi to clothe thieir' fi oi' s andi I funishI cloth inrg for Lthelir loved ones in the arliny, to Nlbem with inessauges of love and enicour-agemennt they sent,, wh enevetr they coJ ld ,somie thinitg to weat' or to eat. Anid Ihke anlgels uif mer'ty 11hey3 vlsi ted anid at wnuded the hio-pitals w it.h lint, andi hiambtiges.- [for the wounded, anti mi-i: cinlit foir the .-leck , anda suteni noturishIi mienrt as Lbhey coul fur hothb. Andic tue ir holy prlaycers at al times wenit to Liii: LI lone cit God foir Lihe Sitfety of lt,oe dleal to tbem anti for, the llt-e ofi tbe Counfeder:ate cause. There was at couira;.e anid a mtoraili hero iim ill thirit live:;1 superior tto that, wvhib animiatedi oiur b'rave men't, fort the men we:re ',luulat,ed biy tlih p -trene of thecir ai'' -oen1it'5, tne hope of aplauii,s', antd by~ the excjt,eiinii, of na,Ll, wvlil Ltesm noblle womtieni, in thet seeilus, and~i tr ciuietiude o)f thair hlitines wer:le liinsi'ed 03' ai morau'l cour ag e wIchib conicd t'c' onily from ,> arid the ! ii' of couniri. I hop)le w' a:e ttu have a b itite abbeu'y, anduc if we bouldi Liihe lonotr of our' lhite tlere sh hi! bic a 11,-n id mmiu 't,aney:, thei sertvitcs atnil the i viun tif the noblie wtitnel'i of time i if.'il.''itev'. And -i nec the ii at- s)mle of ur ' anid and noble wiomien; thit widow of1 I 'rei th-'nt Da,vis, the wiow' or S:uniiiil ,1 ueks ii iandt the widow of Cii!. (;. M[. Wi, klert, of Texas, hitve' lam-dt Lim graitude if ourt pmeolet by huii: thicy have furn'mishied ii, conit:unjig mtut vathimbl -co'nti' biutimns t'i Ltihe iteratttre oif the war and supphlylig a featlute in it Liihat no0 manil hast sup p;id ciori couth1l 'T'i ill ustate the ih;arnect -r andi tIe '.'tion: ofi the womenicr of thie Counfecde tio mi,' dincg thei warli by Go;v. I.ot,ehcr' oh \','ginia. I !i had vi.-.ited his oi tin b i etLuricLi to,he 'itt e caipit,ai Cia.led at Lti: house'ii o f ani til firb ri whoit hadh ai lartge faily i. II: foud rihno one but the ;giiud tmi ii:' o I.;i , hirmle, antd in (luiredu abimit the cthinii; uf the1 f..mi,y. She till bb n thiat her' il hu,andi, heri hiuisbatndl's 'athe andp i her Lten son-, were til in the at'my. \ rd un his suigeis. tiitn Lihat .-sheii I- Io-'f'el esomre, hyv ing had a lar'tt eimi ly with hetr arnd to tic now left ab>nl2,i. he answer wa. That is, we are too bi Lo w Prices keep us busy, The Racket Store is 1 ways buy what you wanlt we mean what. we say. Our comfpelitors call t ickiiovIe<ge the clatrge at of tlis coity to say whetl Store IIIIS beeIn a benefit to ,is goods as the best. Bought iit Low Prices 11indl our customers rejoice Ri cket Stor(b is <doinig for t Askliig (IIut. o le lll(i 11 to '' U11((*'rbu Ill(I U11(lersi YOtrs in (ell NEW YORK 1 I":t le , . - t . P. .---t4ill reeeml>er I will get it ni:ce Ciri'lgt_e this WISDOM3 -'ROM3 B5I,1L A111111 Hie 1{1nninattrte (t ur Ili;t ie Giiti antl laati Things Or Li' -il e Tak s t (t eei rt'uI 'tii w ' This W i-il. .Ani te 'r p aLt,1-r1a hirt.hiy t' in iiiy filv ty. iitie -t n t' > i ui 1a h h ut tl -i . a ytir t.o nie now. Ilt w cv,,ryt.hin;' Shtinks s wti njtat' th" i u;'. 'it, t i rtu, ar1 nt ti t,all n 1 ,th h il l, it., ht itih .t th l'' titedf to ht:. T I'ha in i t ' 1 r iy t.t lral, aLtit is fLthing lu , h ut, hli w is that evin ti' e s tLild :,f iik- itnk th itt i sa fxact., ii lIlnt|itai. anl t.lat it i LIt'a-ut l b-tiltb , ib= ain. - itc iii f tO 17dnuk, att t.haml is II10a1'urtId by the rir inlt anid -ctt,in; of tht t ill and I,hat1, I t h t ruvt lving a t .I'l anti that by it, tni lii i e tir' e' ar u ti I h I u : n ' 1111e 1 w ull N t illi shor ti lt| - 11, Ihcj ll 1 i, I ny if itti ' al " , it -h I) d txl tntl fur w.' entI d 1 u t ," LI,h li n ur" i I l'l drelt y e e i. - w sy n luru : i tat I I t ~"t'i i~ ii itt' ' ii lI t hiit u - t ' " i t it ti l at I ultit I eIntu lni w ill it y, ti' ~"i. aitt IeIt '1 tltl t i1' -liL' o ,V tviian :.tt rii' Wil'. I ti:ll t ilt! ,v:i tu t i ti , u :if(t".t . I)avid id. "Thu liino iis ' I l a t i i i , I Ioa a 1 SI:t "11. 1i' ta SI havu .i uti i t( plea s i't ii a .'iihfit~l foor 11 hII .!it.'' I hiti ' I o r hl -ttn tuil it, hartd twtie'n t it lt 1ui I t' fj r Lin, atti , hetL, r'! '.i dity :i Is aidl i tht. i tii. ;,uiLh of li' iul, "|I,uI thIe) day itri,1 : itr'uiii I was burn. Vhr1' dli'd I nit Ir'omii ihu heu nl, ft, ti) I| ihutti bi laiuL -till iti hi ii a Il r0 t1, for 1i, ' ' Li wickedi ccaiu IruInl t.l'uuil,ljiutr 'nj tin wuatrv itru at l'est.'.' ' w tgg ,lt nni his -atl , t'y al waty, t"xt'iLu myt ii thy. It ttiV t' i h t' tluVI wl;l t ',"hi i 'x+!ait le : ' '();I , th.h: , it iit' ne i t wat.t'I': at) ill'intu uyu:; a rivt'r Of t-atr: Cur's, 1lI. he a t ht d y wht,.!"nI I wi bu.n; uti ied b itt man who brout.ht, tilin'1' -O Ilf)y fatht'r ayinIgt al ma thihl1 ak horn uintu L,b;u." I ion't lik hth a, -f ad I 1"o Ih nor -lad st.urit"s nir t.ales (if Iuib1"rv. I m.v,' r , r yadriti lili l'1100 i t,ba t ti)d L;nil't. -flh SIk e t,een nraltlyg of d o mon, e, y they aih thliere hhL wjch tatbi Li) boy-ade W.0 'ior to for in, o f - harsoud th oue, a ftn as we h:ad Busy isy to write very much. Our .he place where you can- al -heap. When we say cheap, is by cheap names, and we id leave it to the good people ier the New York Racket them or not. Our goods are so let our col)petitors weep at the good the New York he people of this county. I remember that our motto is 41,'" we are .I earnest, ACKET STORE CLYDE, & NALLY, Proprietors. he Surry offer. Some one full lREE 1 hurn the stable that the yankees built 11 un c lot for their horses. It was des olatioln, and with me almost despair, but. my w ife never surrendered, and she hat.:n't yet. She wants as mahy good tirn" and nice things as anybody, but w ben trouble comies she can suffer and I t is a good time about now for a man If ma tars to look back and take a cil of inveutory of what I have done all this timne-what has been accom iiI.lhtil for the world's good or any had.a t>od, not for my own good, for thit don't count up yonder. Before I ; ito the receiver's hands it Is well fur tit to Imake up an invoice., When a stheolhy we used to debate whether or not there was such a thing as disin 're.ted lcn,volencu. I thought then that, t.herr"e waS, but it seems to me now t.hat alo,n .t every good thing I ever did wa-. vry 1uch liixed up with selfish n. antI all that will excuse me will be 1n the liiie of th" plet who says, I1 -1 w h".%1. .il\ w anbI l w%in, NI1-t bi . r, hit ,pinl: was born in 'l' -r," is ,1Om~ (uomf,rt in that, for I buth-v1' I hav-e tatkl lIasuro in divid n,r a i h1 lih hwr, the blessings that G0'1 ha? ,iven 11w'. 'l'hi1 retrospect In, how v(r-"". not fri" from clouds and blurs, and I wouli that I could live those i art, of y lif. over again, and live Lh,-ni .n-ter. I)r. Joihnson said to Bos. at II that a nim L1 who lived for himself ' in vain, itd that it was every nutn duty t1 do sonmething for his fel lowmll"n Mid also for thoso who were to ,'M1, after him. "Otr fathers and ure 1ithiJlrs," said he. "wrote books and i n v,en t,1d u' i i con tri vances and plant 1" t.r,ets auln vines for us, and so, as we, ,"annot layi them for it, we should do, o'tivhing for posterity.'' I am about even on hatt line, for I have planted tre,s bloth for shade and fruit wherever I havte h 1l, and miy wife still keeps ""- miiant ng vi nis. I have written 'na y ethes andii a boo,k or two, with "a t d ntforethought, an.d can say w it h lyton \\hu t'w it is writ, \\ Ih it wer i t h i ier."' hob: ! ai gratoful that my ltor,. of LI isi eentury-seven decades Liat han-v witilessed more1 progress in . -neeli~ , art, iventlon and Christian riV z'.tionm thanii anly previous thousand years, In the wor'ld's history. A great tteap forwaird hats been made since I wami a boy, ftr I remember when there were lbt, few btooks and fewer newspa Insin thet i nitid States--when there ""s bt two or Ltro little short rail r:mdts ani hot a telegraph or a tele lthttne-- wthen there was no light but amntle ItIlit, antd not a friction match ni thbe worild nor' a steel pen. But pro -'t5 always brIngs a train of evil Lbhiniis alo,ng with it. Every light has tL shadow. I'he devIl Is a lively cuss, antI ket'ps up with the procession. NIa no evtr hihlia a house of prayer Vit whiai the devil has a pulit there."t Andt I his l~i t, though invistbie, is at, the therl end wher'e tihe sinners love t,o contIgretgaLto. I remembe~r when there ""E"'t no h ip p)ockets nor pistolit to put in them,. I rmemb ier when there was noi whisktey in this country, and the onily spir'its drank wer'e wine, peach brny ognac brandy, that was made froml grAapeLs, and New England rum hut thle yainkees made from molasses. 'l't.ey made tile rum to buy niggers with in A frica, but some of it got down tSouth. Whlskey camo later, and was or'iinally uskeybaugh, a gastric word t.hat, strainge to say, means water of life- 'l'hie last syllable was happily droppedIti in the course of time, for it metians life-and uskey was pronounced, w e-ik y. L- lint it would take a book to tell all the chianiges that have marked the last, sixty years--the good'of it and the bad, ofit it. 1 would blot some things out if I; coutbl, and t'et tIhe cltck back, but God Sknoweith. Especiailly would I blot out e every bad thought and every bad deed Ittf mty own-ver.y act that gave pain ror anxiety to those who loved me. The 0 worst word in the language is remorse I am free from that, I know, but not dfrom regret. I wish that all the young IC peop)le would stop and think-some. itimes stop and think and resolve to do w nothing that will follow them like Ban,. qu (11' ghost when they get old. BILL Ane,. To90 Ihe whole world now operates a.0,00 miles of telegraph lines, and n. thle chlar'es for messages amount to a nearly $ 100,000,000 annually. tn y Mke few promises, and religious.. ncc ke alld th ose you make. You can't ctoaseroi ,mae many romises If yog that it wats very hard, but that If sht had ten ioro sot,s they should atll gc to the arny. Can ancient or inodern history show a nobler or more unsellish anti patriotic devotion to any cause ? There have been and there still may be those who au:ect to 5)etk lightly of the Confederacy; but a cause and at Country which it, required more than four years of terrible war, and armies of .iore than two million 3nn, and which cost the lives of hundreds of thousands, countintr the loss on both sides, the expenditure of billions of (ollars, :nd the sucrilice of other bil lions of dollars worth of propel ty, to overcome, ctn hardlly he belittled by any honest or sensible man. We can well alford to wait tho verdiet which history will render on the ien and womntl of the late Confederacy. TI1l; WICATi'I:It AND CROP'. 'alutable III tormatin to Those Iite'r e't(l in N'arn,ing Ope'attions, The following is the weekly buIletin issue d by the weather bureati in C(o luhib its to the condition of the crop,s in Lit,is Stat,e : C)OI.I\l tMl.na, S. ('., , l e 22, l 9 . The week averagel degrees pet lday hotLter thaln1 usuai with lunaxiuuts L(eom)t. r"atu rt, a bov e 1010 at, mai n places. The Iitrhest ri)orted wats 112 On the I,9th it ;illisonville ; the low et 63: on the :it,h and I0ii at, l"lorenue. Thi lmean of the State, for tie week, dedue ed from 5(1 reports was s:3 andi the nor mlal is iL))roxiiat,ely "S. There were showers in some por tions of the State each day in the week aut,bout;h, with a few exceptions, the rtainfall wits light, as 21 places r"e1ported Itess tban one itnch ; It) frot One t.o tvo inches: 10 over two inies, with 5.21 itt I 'ek' Stat,ion : :,t at Moutit (;Imre . 1) at St. Geory e ; and :1i ,> at l'"lor ence. 'Tlie average of the nieasure tients was I u1a while the uotil is ap )roxitlate 1.I)0. There was an abundance oif stnshinte, the est,itatecd percentage oi the lo,;i hlI was 8'3, and not below normatl at any pla'e. )estruct,ive hail f( 11 in l''lurent'e, Ander'st,i Stitter, I)arlnnrton, I.1'x ington, New).-rry and 0rangehurg Co nt.ies. liigh winds destructive to crops. e.pt'ciailly corn, occurred on the 17 Lih inu l''Iurenlce, Clarcndun, Dartli ngton, 1 ii on, i hester and Chu-trlieIld. Tiere were also destructive wintl in Ilatmpton, Spartanutl rg, I'iCkenst, Groeiville and ieaufort. The injary was in ea hi case contined to compa,tra Lively small areas. The comibination of steady high tin. pcraturc, abunidant sunshine, atit gen erally st licient iisturet was very favot able on crol), which mllatle ratpit growth except that in ilaces t orn antd tcotton wilted in the mid-dity ,un, r"e' viving attin at night. Over tionL1 of 3artnwell, lBLttnber'g, Iieuns, ' I'gt tield, Ilorry, Anderson, Ai ken and lxtxington counties 1te ground is vety3 diry and hatrd. Overl p)ortion, of li. rku icy, I''for ence!, Claretndtln, ()rangeburg, Iiorry'. Ch,t,r aid York couities thu g round is teLo wet to ph)w ani gr'an lhts hecomiie a Itenee to smllI corn and t,) cotton. Itrassy Ii,Ids ar a's) reported froti Sumtot', Ulnion altt Newbt"rt'y counties. Ocherwis' lici-, are generally clean, and free frt,um grass or heing rapidly put, into such uontl i titon. u'itn S)at,'alburg atid 'lli ltIt -d gatli; pllnt is recived of crusted soil after the heavy ruins of the p)reviou, wuek. I, tnds were badly washed in ilgetimd and Greenville. Ai l these adverse Conil itions are more than offset by 'eiort, of limtpr.'vt - mett ill rtp conitl,Lion. over te. State genieraIly, and nyptilit::thle to all eirops r'aised . I nsets wer l'CI(s.-,il ttmertouls andh destrucitiv'.e thian dutrintg aniy lirt vitOus wee k oif this cr'op sea--ont, aithbough cin builtI)'s inl York andt Chesttr, Onl e'Irn I: t'rot t'loust ori bethi 1)n cotton ini ltiiebland mayit ba tnoted as eeplLtins. Thte latt1er intsect. is new to Lihe tregiont inlf, sted. Corn is beintg latitd by w il,h protspiect., dcidletdly b)ettered aLlLi)thog advese tret irts are'1 num iiertous. ki-',aly 'orni is ini silk antd ta's*ls. its coilotr is goodt exepht in tierKely whietre it is trinlg nt, ye~tt proi 'e a fult cropt't and1( tbe earliest, i begintittg to b) ois conitiontlit is )2enerally I satt,ifuetity, ex elpt wh iere inljuredt bty txtessivye tatn, Itn ierkley. Cute'tetr and Voritk :So.nt ton. SeaL-I lahi tt)tttnt it spittlenit condltititin, free frtomi par'i.ites andit Itie dinIg we'tll it Ciillet,otn, but, last iii ar'-. Is -mall iIn Wi'illlimhoburg r'ice httadlinog we',l. So' .e o)f the lat's llIoded] by te pre-~ tt'iy. Ely.t'3 pea~iches I nelinid to be smal andil fatulty. Grapl.es r'ott,ing bad ly in I )ar'l ingto.I)i I 'eas ing t stown int wNiLbth orn andt tin '-tuble launds. Seed 5(Iar'U overi t wistern. 'lThe crop Is miaking good sht)k by3 t'LinI. Sp'iring (lat.s bin g Cut andil arte piotr. Thr ie.lth ig legunI w ith ylteid of whitat gootd, of oats ftrtt poor1) LI) v'try gotid. Gatrdenis hatve kept, til thitrI abutn dat.3 y ti tof seatstnable vegetables.i WVuihi huitets are' abiiundant over' th< ent,irte State. Sutgar' (nte of all va rilet.its doingtt~ very well. t'broughttou lt i te ent1on)b3 it, ino t int m1)-. marttkedi in Sot,h Cat'olind amt Gtirgia. "C.runt, wNhIlec generally hack ward' has mp''e 1 gIotd p'rogr'ess 11 in the prtin eiiplce orn Stiat s ttnder' the favor-abi< wveater ' n tit,in oi'rt if t' past wVetk A tmarkedl imtprovemtent,I in thte cropi r"epotedJ( from Mis1souit', Kainsals ani Ntebtraska, and generaly 1thri oug htot the central va leys." .l. i,.IA U tl-'., 1) t 'Cere tOts .