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' kV" ' ^ ' ' ' ''* ~~ 'r ' ^ -' i4" V . JSJ - ** y ' " ' .. . J" ; " ' VOL. I. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1885. NO. 36. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE j RAILROAD. \ 1'atttnger Department.?On ami al'tor May lOtli, 1885, passenger train service on the A. aud C. Division will be as follows: Kortkicard. No. 51* No. 53f Leave Atlanta C 00 p in 8 40am j arrive Gainesville 8 08 pm 10 32 a in Lula a 8 S3 p in 10 55 a in ltabun Gapjune 6. 9 IS pin 1125am i Toccoa e 0 53 p ni 11 50 a ni i Seneca City d.... 10 56 p m 12 51 p ui < Greenville ? 12 37 am 2 23 pm j Spartanburg/ 142am 3 34 pm j Oastonitt (T X iO a m 5 26 p m j charlotte A 4 40 a nv 6 10 p m Southward. No. 50* No. 52f Leave charlotte 3 00 a m 1 00 p m arriveOastonia 3 50 a m I 41 p in Spartanburg 5 57 a in 3 34 p in j Greenville 7 13 a ni 4 56 p m Seneca city 8 51 a in 6 27 p in j T?ccoa 0 55 a ni 7 21) p m Rabun Gap junc.. .10 37 o m 8 22 pm Lula ? 11 07 a m 8 40 p in ^ Gainesville 11 33 a m 9 20 p ni Atlanta 1 40 p in 1130pm ? Express. tMail. I Frcigjvt trains on this road all curry passcn- ^ goraj^ftaascnger trains run through to I)nnJSjlW and connect with Virginia Midland railif*-" to all eastern cities, and at A tlanta with all linos diverging. No. 50 leaves Richmond 8 25 p ni and No. 51 nrrives ther? 4 10 p ni; 52 leaves Richmond at 2 00 a in, 53 arrives there a at T 00 a. m. The local freights *top at above n stations from 20 to minutes. v Buffet >Slec//i)t<r Cars without change: On trains Nos. 50 and 51, New ~ York and Atlanta, vm \\ aslnt.gton ana Danvillo, Greensboro and Ashcyillo; on trains Nor. 52 and 53, Richmond and j Danville, Washington, Augusta and New a Orleans. Through tickets on sale nt * Charlotte, Greenville. Seneca, Spartan- j burg and Gainesville to all points south, j southwest, north and east. A connects A with N. E. railroad to and from Athens; b with N. E. to and from Tallul&h Falls; " c with El. Air Line to and fiom Elberton ijj and llowersville; d with lilue Ilidge to j. and from Walhalla; ? with C. and G. to ji and from Greenwood, Newberry, Alston ti and Columbia; f with A. & S. and S.. j? U. & C. to and from Ilendersonville, 4 Alston, <ce.; g Willi uticsier nna jicnoir a to and from Chester, YorkTille nnd Dal- _ las; h with X. C. division and C., C. & A. to and from Greensboro, Raleigh, See Edmund Rkkki.kt, Supt. -V. Slaughter, Gen. Pass. Agt. 7 A. Li. Hives. 2d V. P. and Ocu. Man. ' * SOUTII CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY, o Commencing Sunday, Sept. Tth, 1884, at * 2 S5 a m, Passenger Trains will run ns follows ~ until further notico, "Eastern time:" I Columbia Division?Daily. 1 Leave Columbia 7 4S n in 5 27 p m I' I)u? at Charleston 12 2A p m 0 H8 p ni Leave Charleston 7 00 a in 4 30 p in I)u? at Columbia 11 00 p 111 9 22 a in Cattidtn Division?Daily except Sundays. Leave Columbia 7 48 a m 5 27 p in 1 Duo Camden 12 45 p in 8 25 p m Lcaro Camden 7 15 a m 4 00 p in " Duo Columbia 1100 pm 0 22 p in Aiiyunta Diririon?Daily. ?' Leave Columbia 5 27 p m 1 Due Augusta 7 41 a in 1 Leave Augusta 3 50 p in Due Columbia 9 22 p in Connection* Made at Columbia with Columbia and CJreen- S ville railroad by train arriving ut 11 00 a. in. b And departing at 5 27 p. in.; at Columbia J Junction with Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad by same train to and from all points o ' >th roads. At Cbu. :ston with steamers for New York q on Saturday; and <>u Tncsday and Saturday ? with steamer for Jacksonville and points on St. John's river; also, with Charleston and Savannah Kuilroad to and from Savannah and all points in Florida. At Augusta with Georgia and Central railroads to and from all points West and South; at Blackvillc to and from all points on Darn- I well railroad. Through tickcts can be pur- (. chased to all points South and West by apply- I ingto I P. McQueen, Agent, Columbia, S. C. - > John B. Peck, General Manager. D. C. Allen, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Ag't ? COLUMBIA AND } GREENVILLE RAILROAD. / On and after October 6, 18A4, Pashkngkr Trains will run as herewith indicated upon this road and its branches. ' H Daily, except Sundew*. C No. 53. UP PASSENGER Leave Columbia S. C. Junc'n 10 45 pm ~ " Columbia C. & G. 1) '11 10 p m 1 Arrive Alston 12 10 p m J " Newberry 1 IS pm Ninety-nix 2 47 pin Greenwood 3 09 p in Hodgea 8 83 p m 1 Belton 4 40 p m at Greenville IS 05 p m Ne. M. DOWN PASSENGER. Leavo Cireenville at It 50 a m Arriro Helton 11 13 urn J Hodges 12 S3 pin ' Greenwood 12 48 pm Ninety-Six 1 32 p nt Newberry 8 02 p ni Alston.., 4 10pm . " Columbia C. A G. D 5 15 pm Arrive.Columbia SC. Jnnc'n 5 30 p m 1 PAUTANBUllO, UNION * COLUMBIA U All. ROAD. ' NO. 58. UP PABrtENUKB. Leave Alston 12 52 p m " Union S 55 p.ai 41 Spartanburg, S.U.AC.depot.6 50 p ui NO. 62. DOWN PAHHENOEK. , Ia'?Yo Spart'g R. A D. Depot .... 10 35 a in 44 CI TT U n T\ * ia r.a - _ ui/fii b ^ u u. a> v* ?/?*pa , . uu u in " Union 12 50 p m Arrive at Alston 8 40 p na I.AL'BENH RAILROAD. Lear a Newberry 3 30 pm ArrireatLaurenaC.il.... 6 50pm Leavo Laurens C. II 7 40 a in Arrive at Newberry 11 10 p ra ABBEVILLE BRANCH. Leave Hodges 3 45 pm Arrive at Abbeville 4 45 *> Leave Abbeville 11 00 a ro Arrive at Hodges 12 00 p na LVK RIDOK RAILROAD AND ANDERSON BRANCH. Leave Belton 4 45 p in C IB - jm. s ii? v mhubi avu W lop III " l'endleton 5 66 p m " Seneca c 6 40 p m ( Arrive rI Walhalla 7 03 p m Lear* Walhalla 8 50 a in Arrive Seneca 9 15am " Pendleton 9 52 a m " Anderson 10 33 am ' Arrive at Deiton 11 08 a m CONNECTIONS. A. With South Carolina railroad to and from * Charleston; with Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta railroad from Wilmington and all p?ints north thereof: with Charlotte, Colnm- ] t>ia and Augusta railroad from Charlotte and J all points north thereof. B. With Asheville ana Spartanburg railroad from and for points In Western N. Carolina. C. With Atlanta and Oharl?tt? div Richmond and Danville railway for AtUntaand all poiott south and west. standard BatUrn Time. I G.Jt. T^LCOTT. Superintendent. -M. SLAOQafBB, Qsn'l Passenger Agt. 11. Carvwkl,^, Asa't Uen'1 Pa?|. Aft. : :A.V^.-.s; bcst at Bell A Galphin's. pONDENSKD TIME CAUD Magnolia Passenger Route. In effect March 15, 1385. ooino sol'tii. iCavo Laurens *5 20 a in f8 50 a m " Waterloo .6 06 a in 9 55 mn " Greenwood 7 00 a m 2 15 p in Vrrive Augusta 10 45 a ni 7 45 j? in .cave " 10 50 am 10 00 pm Arrive Atlanta 5 40 pm 6 40 am ?<?arc Augusta 11 30 a in Arrive Ucnufort C 20 p m Arrive l'ort Koyal C 35 piu " Chaleston 5 iO pin " Savannah 7 00 pm " Jacksonville 7 00 am UOING NOKTII. .care Jacksonville *8 50 pm " Savannah 6 55 am .cave l'ort Koyal 7 35 am " lleaufort 7 47 am " Charleston 7 50 am irrive Augusta 1 50 pm jcnre Atlanta +R20pm Lrrivc Augusta 0 10 am .care Augusta *2 SO pm 6 15 am irrivg Greenwood 6 10 pm 11 40 am " Waterloo 7 04 pm 3 30 pm " Laurens 7 50 pui 4 40 pin *l)aily + Daily except Rnnday. Tickets on salo at Greenwood to all points t through ratts?baggage checked to destiation. Connections made at Greenwood nth C. & G. It. R. E. T. Charlton, G. 1'. A. Augusta, ua. HTILMIXHTON, COLUMBIA AND AUW (JUSTA BAILUOAI). Going Sou Ii no 48 no 40 .cave Wilmington V !<0 p m 11 10 p ni .rrire at Florence 1 50 a m 2 20 a in .rrive at Columbia 6 40 am Going North No 43 no 47 <cave Columbia 10 00 p m ?enro Florenco 4 50 p m 1 62 a m rrive at Wilmington. ...7 40 pm C 10 a n> Train No. 43 mops at all stations; Nofl. 48 nd 47 stop only at llrinkley's, Whitvville, 'Icmington, Fair HlufT, Marion, Florence, 'iinmor.sville, Sumter, canulen Junction and Instorer. Passengers for Columbia and all oiuts on c ft u r r, c, c a- a r r, Aiken Jvinciou and all points beyond, should take no. 48, iglit express. Separate l'ullman sleepers ir Charleston and Augusta on trains 48 and 7. All traias run solid between Charleston nd Wilmington. ATLANTIC COAST LINE, PA8SENG ER I) EPA KM M EXT, Vtiming ton* JVr. C'M J fay 17 th, ISSJ^. 'AST LINK between Charleston and Columbia and Upper South Carolina. CONDENSE!) SCHEDULE. oing ooixn KHT. KAST. r 25 nm Lr Charleston Ar. 9 30 pm B4? " " ....Lanes " 8 00 " U 47 " " Sumter " 0 40 " l> 55 pm Ar Columbia Lv. 5 27 " S 02 " " .... Winnsboro.... " 3 48 " 4 17 " " ....Cheater " 2 44 " 5 33 " " Yorkvillc " 1 00 " 5 25 " " ....Lancaster " 9 00 " 5 01 ? " ....Hock Hill " 2 02 ." S 10 " " ... Charlotte " 1 00 " 1 0C j?m Ar Newberry Lv 2 59 jtm S 03 " " Green wood " I 08 " 5 45 " " Laurens..."..;".. " f> 30 am 5 10 " " .... Anderson "10 48 " 0 00 " ?f CJreonville " 10 10 " 9 50 " " ' WAlitalia " 9 05 " 4 30 " " Abbeville " 11 10 " 3 30 " " Spartanbnrjr.... " 12 15 " 7 15 " " Ilcndersonville.. " 7 00 " olid Trains between Charleston and Columin, S. C. . V. DIVINE, T. M. EMERSON. Gen'l Sup't. Gen'l Pas. Agent. SPARTANBURG AND J ASHKVILLE RAILROAD On and after Apr. Cth, 1885, passenger ruins will be run dailv, cxcept Sunday, boivcen Spartanburg and Ilendcraonville as idlows: UI? TRAIN*. cavo H. & !) Depot nt Spartanburp 4 00 p m ifuri' Spartauburp, A. I.. depot 0 10 p m .eave Saluda fl 20 p m ,earu Flat Rock 7 00 p m Irrire Hendernnnvilip 7 15 -r DOWN* Tll.4IN. .cave Henderson villc 7 00 n no .cave Flat llock 7 15 am .cavo Saluda 7 50 am .eave Air Line Junctinn 10 15 a in Lrrive It- & 1) Depot Spartanburp.10 20 a m Trains on this road run by Air-Lin's time. Both trains make conncctious for Columbia nd Charleston vin Spartanburp, Union and Columbia: Atlanta ana Charlotte bj Air Line. JAMES ANDERSON, Superintendent. ClIANGK 1IOTKL, OnWKNVII.LK, S. C. IIIE ONLY TWO^CLASS HOTEL IN TIIK HUKLU. W. R. Whjtk, PuoritiKTOii. 48 0KNTRAL HOTEL, M. \V. Thomas, Proprietress. Broad street, Anjrustn, Oa. 40 jj L. MA DRY, Atorncy and Counsellor at Law. AnKVTI.I.B C. H., B. C. Office formerly occupied by Judge Thomson. tf-50 It. W. I?EliniN. T. P. OOTHHAN. pEURIN k COTIIRAN, Attorneys at Law, 51 Abbeville S. C. gUOENE B.OARY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ro Alt !?I- ct r% un AUUI'TIIIC, r*. \J. JAMES 8. PERRIN, Attorney and Counnellor at Law, Abbkyii.I.E, C. II., S. C. 06gr*No. 1 O'Neill's Range. Jan. 28, 1885-tf 58 * [tOBT. R. HEMPHILL* WM. P. OALLOUN. JJEMPHILL & CALHOUN, Attorneys at Law, Abbeville, S. C. Will practice in all tho Court* of the State. 54 ALL the new shapes in lists and Bonnots with Ribbons. Birds, Flowers, Satins knd Velvet# to match. H. M. HADDON A GO, 26 , ^ jT \ " ; f' l:-' CONSUL GENERAL MORGAN. The Appointment Considered at ltlack* villc. IFrcini Special Correspondent of Nbwh nml Courier.] IIi.ackvii.i.e, May 23.?Some surprise was caused in this community, this week, by the publication in the count}' papers of the following notice to the local Democratic club : Special Notice.?The members of the lilackville Democratic Club are requested to meet at Court House Hall at 4 o'clock next Saturday afternoon to consider the appointment of James Morris Morgan, *'of South Carolina," as consul-general of the United States at Melbourne, Australia. A full and punctual attendance is requested. W. R. Keli.y, Chairman. H. W. Uitioos, Secretary. Upon arriving here to-day several hours before the time set for the meeting, I emplo3'ed the leisure thus afforded me by interviewing several prominent , citizens in regard to the call of the , club and the mutter wbicli was appoint- , ed for its consideration. I was assured that the cause had occasioned genernl , surprise as stated, and that the interest in the matter was confined to perhaps , a half-dozen persons at most. It was ) anticipated that not moro than that , number of members of the club, including the officers, who issued the notice, would attend the meeting, and several leading members expressed either their strong disapproval of the call, or their ignorance of any local feeling or sentiment which could have warranted issuance. It was also stated, however, that the fact that Capt. , F. \V. Dawson was in town and propesOfl ia nrldrncQ !%/* vu kv uv<ui vow ?i?v uau uvvuiuv; generally known, and it was anticipated thnt his presence under the circumstances would attract a comparatively , large attendance. This surmise proved to be correct, and when the town bell announced the hour of mooting, at 4 o'clock, perhaps an hundred of the intelligent and respectable citizens of the town and county assembled in the town hall to hear or take part in the proceedings. The last public meeting that 1 attended in this place was in 1876, and was held in front of the building where the club was called to meet to-day. The number present on that occasion was estimated at from five to seven thousand, as nearly as I can recollect, and the contrast to-day; was somc-what painful; but the meeting to-day proved to be an interesting one, and showed, no less than that of 187B, that the Banner County possesses an exceedingly level head as well as "territory, and is not easily to be stirred up over trifles, while it is always ready to show its teeth ..and its might when proper occasion demands. The meeting Jwas called to order by Mr. W. It. Kelly, the chairman of the Blackville Pemoratic Club, who briefly referred to the object which the club had been summoned to consider. Since the last meeting of the club, he said, a Democratic President of the United States had been elected. His election necessitated a groat many changes in office. One of the appointments ho has made is the object of calling this meeting. That appointment is the appointment of Mr. J. M. Morgan as consulgeneral to Australia. Tho newspapers, which have always told us tho truth, have told us that Mr, Morgan has always affiliated with tho Republicans ; that he is not a citizen of South Carolina ; that it was Ithe recommendation, nnil nnnn Ihp mmiput (\f Pant IP W Dawson,, the member of tho National Democratic Coromitttce from South Carolina, that this appointment was made. Deeming it a matter of importance, Mr. Kelly said ho had called the club togeiher that it might announce its opinion. Major L. T. Jzlar olfer tho following resolutions, which were read and seconcd : Whereas, this club has been called together for the purpose of considering the appointment of J. M. Morgan as consul general to Melbourne, Australia; and, whereas, it is understood that Capt. K. M. Dawson, the member of the National Democratic Executive Committee from South Carolina, assumes the responsibility of said appointment, and is present and desirous of being heard in reference thereto : Jiesolved, That Capt. Dawson bo invited to a seat in the club, and that the privileges of the floor be oxtended to him. 2. Resolved, That Capt. Dawson be requested lo address this club at once, ns to the fitness and propiety of the said appointment tinder Democratic government, as involved in the following propositions : 1st. Mr. Morgan soundness as a Democrat. 2d. His claims upon the Democratic party, National or State. 3d. His citizenship as to South Carolina. 4th. His eligibility. Major Izlar said that he did not feel it necessary to argue in support of tho resolutions. We, he said, Jiave always been Democrats of the straitost sect. It was in this body and on this hill that tho first resolution went forth that announced the policy of the campaign of 1876, which led to tho overthrow of vice, Immorality and misrule in this \: n''/ el"' 'VSJkX'i. f'b):- > tcATV * ' sfe'r'la State, and to tho establishment in thi State of a government of virtue, hones ty and respectability. "We won the ti tie of the Banner County in 1876, an< down to the present time have kept ou Democratic escutcheon bright. Ho di( not, therefore, deem it necessary to sai more in reference to tho resolution winch he had offered, and moved tha Cnpt. Dawson should be heard in replj to them. Mr. J. W. Holmes, the editor of tin Barnwell People, said that he asked tin privilege of seconding tho resolutions He would do so for reasons personal ti Capt. Dawson. There was no more pa thetic picture to his mind than tha which was presented when Cnpt. Daw son, then a young English boy, left hi home and friends and family to come t< this country, in time of a fierce war, t< do battle for the cause bf the South, assure you, Capt. Dawson, he continued turning to that gentleman, that you name is a household word in Barnwel County, and, although we may diffe with you as to means sometimes, as t< results we arc united. Wo are one ii iBserting the supremacy of the An^lo Saxon race. I feel that I but voico tin sentiment of the people of liarnwel County when 1 bid you welcome here. Mr. Holmes's remarks were receive* with warm and general applause, an* at their conclusion the resolutions of rercd by Mnj. Izlar were unanimously adopted. The Chair invited Capt. Daw son to address the meeting in accor ilancc with the rosolutions, and request ed Vice-President W. F. Molony t preside. Capt. Dawson snivl that he had in doubt, when he determined to attcn< mo meeting ot the club, that he wouli find himself among friends, for ho fcl that lie had a right to consider himsel among friends whenever he was anion] Democrats in South Cerolina. He wh present to-day because of the notico cal lingthe club together, which was publish ed in the county newspapers. It involv ed an appointment for which he consider ed himself responsible. Jt showed him what, indeed, he know before, that ther was a question as to the propioty of tha iipppointment. It could not be consid ered, therefore, without considerin himself. To condemn that appoint ment, no matter on what grounds, o how tenderly it might bo done, was t condemn tho man who recommended il "Standing here to-day," he said, 'with th assurance that 1 have nothing to retraci nothing to be ashamed of, and notbin to apologize for, I felt that my propc course was to come and give my reason for making that recommendation; an then, when all the facts shall be befor you, I will submit myself to your roo judgment. "As I understand it, the objections t Mr. Morgun nre two-fold in chnractci One applies to his Democratic record the other to his citizenship. As to hi Democratic record, it has been stated i the newspapers, I believe, that he is, c was. or has been a Republican. That deny absolutely. As evidence of th allegation that he is a Republican w are pointed to a phnmphlet written b him, and published last year, entitle ''American's Egypt." "Unfortunately I have not a copy ( that pamphlet with me, my own cop being bound in a volume with other I have, however, a letter of Congress man aikcd which das occn pumiscu r< ccntly, and in which he gives the pai agraphs in that pamphlet which, in hi view, are most offensive, and which, h says, prove Mr." Morgan to bo a ltepul lican. All of you who know the kin regard which Mr. Aiken has for mo wi appreciate this. Capt. Dawson read from Mr. Aiken letter as follows : During the late Presidential campaig he was quito active, and after M Blaine's nomination published a snta pamphlet, the title page of which reads "America's Egypt. Mr. Blaine's Foi eign Policy. By James Morris Morgai late of C. S. Navy and Egyptian Army. In this pamphlet Major Morgan d( clares in the outset that Mr. Blaine foreign policy was and is one that woul redound to the glory of the Unite States, and that when Mr. Blaine entei cd President Garfield's Cabinet he ri solved upon throe ideas : First to u( hold at any and all cost the Mtonrc doctrine. Second, to hold Mexico an the South Ainorican Republics rcspor iblo for any unjuBt treatment of th citizens of the United States, and f< any infringement of what is considero the law of nations. And, third, to coi voke a congress of the IndopendOi States of th; American Continent for tli purposo of forming a united phalanx < Western powers against the powers < Europe. * * * * * * Major Morgan next comments upo our foreign policy in those latter year and says we aro getting so polite that w never raise our voices above a whispt when wo rempnalrato against outrage practiced upon our citizens by foreig nations.- Freeing Martin Kosta thirl years ago made Commodore Ingrahf s the most popular man of the (lay. The - same act would take the shoulder straps - oir of any officer who would attempt it J in modern times. r Major Morgan says : "I read in the 1 papers the other day that the Monitor f llcpnblicano, of Mexico, speaks of Mr. k Blaine's nomination for the Presidency t of the United Htaten as bad news." I y ask how could a Mexican paper speak thus if the nomination had not been c made, and how could Major Morgan c quoto the paper unless it had been ist. sued ? t in8 proving conclusively that 9 this pamphlet was written after the . nomination and in furtherance of a Ket publican candidate for the Presidency. - Could a man who was leal to the Deins ocratic party be guilty of such treachD ery ? 3 The pamphlet concludes with the inI formation that Ouiteau's bullyt put an [t ond to Mr. Blaine's projects, and conser quontly his third idea of convoking an 1 American International Congress was r never consumatcd. 3 i' rom tins synopsis oF the con touts of i that panphlet noonc cnn question Major . Morgan's admiration for Mr. Blaine, nor b 5b it less doubtful that he hoped for Mr. 1 Blaine's Presidential success, as the pamphlet appeared after Mr. Blaine's 1 nomination. We, therefore, inust con] cludo the author a Republican. If he asserts the contrary and claims to be a y Democrat, it is a charity lo say, under . the circumstances, he is a political fool, _ unfit to represent a Democratic Adinin. istration anywhere or in any capacity, o "Now I undertake to say," Capt. Dawson continued, "that if you search that o pamphlet with a small-toothed comb A you will not find any thing more objectionablc than is quoted in Mr. Aiken's t letter. Jt has never bren asserted by f Mr. Morgan that that pamphlet was not j, published before Maine's nomination. s The plnin truth of the matter is that . the pamphlet was written early in the . year, ami was made ready for publica_ tion immediately after Blaine's noinina. tion. The allusions to his nomination , were then introduced. c Having thus stated what was in the t, pamphlet, Capt. Dawson proceeded to . show what was not in it. ''There is not g a word about the Democratic party, _ about Civil Service reform, about the r Tarriff, about corruption in oflice, about 0 centralization, about the need of admin^ istrativc reform. It is simply a plea for e a vigorous foreign policy. Wh^n it was t first brought to my attention by Mr. g Morgan, I told him that he w.?s right in r the doctrine which he advocated, but s wrong in the man ; that we did want j a policy that would make an American - 1 . . q v.iu/.i:ii n-.iiictu-ii I'vi'rywiicru, una mat j the Stars and Stripes should bo to him what tlie Knglish Hag is to an Knglish0 man in ever}' part of the world; that r we would sec the need of this vigorous . foreign policy as we have Keen it at Palg nama and in the Santos case ; and that ? the mistake he made was in thinking (r that Blaine was the proper man to carry j it out. There is nothing unusual in a e Democrat being in favor of a particular 0 feature oi the Republican policy. Il y has been seen again and again that a j Democrat has believed that some particular plank of the Republican plat^ form was better than a corresponding plank in a Democratic platform, and has ^ spoken and written in favor of his opin' ion. So, too, Republicans have preferred Democratic declarations 011 a partic ular subject to the doctrine or pmcticc s of their own party. But theso dissentients as to one special matter stand by their own party, as a rule on election day. The test of Mr. Morgan's political views is not whether he wrote a pamplet that could be construed in advocacy of Blaine's election, but whether ho 's voted the Republican ticket. Mr. Morgan was living in New York at that tnon ment, and had been living there long r. enough to allow him to vote there if he 11 desired to do so. He did not vote the i. Republican ticket. Could he have vor ted there, without abandoning his citii, zenship hero, he would have votod for Cleveland and Hendricks. J- Tho pnblication of tho pamphlet by ?s Mr. Morgan was, in Capt. Dawson's ^ opinion, strictly a literary venture, d Tho subject which it troated was one of r~ great public interest, and the vigorous !* foreign policy which Mr. Morgan so >* earnestly and intelligently advocated was in accordance with public sentid ment. It was expected that the paml" phlet would naturally have a large sale, which did not prove to be the case. It ,r fell flat. Very few copies wero circulate ted, and only one newspaper, published l_ in the Northwest, so far as he knew, evit er condescended to notice it. No subie stantial aid, therefore, was rendered Mr. Blaine by its publication. }f Kven if it be granted that Mr. Morgan liked Mr. Blaino, that was no discrodit to Mr. Morgan's Democracy. There >n were reasons why he should like hira, h, porhnps, since their ancestors came from 'c the same State, and their families had ;r always been friends, but no objeotion 38 could bo nrgod against Mr. Morgan on ;n this account A great many other Dem? ty ocrats have entertained and expressed ? m !iklng for Mr Blaine. When the *news - '" > ? * ' - ' ' /' '.v.." . ' I . V '> ' of his nomination was put up on the bulletin board in Charleston, there were numbers of good Democrats who said they intended to vote for him because of his foreigh policy, and in the State of New York, which elected Mr. elevens President. GO,(XX) Democrats actually voted for Mr. IMiane. Mr. Morgan was not of this number. As against anything that can be taken or constructed from this pamphlet to Mr. Morgan's injury politically, Capt. Dawson said that he bad known Mr. Morgan intimately for twenty-three yenrs, since the day when he first met Mr. Morgan, then a mere boy, coming bnck from the bloody naval engagement below New Orleans. He had known him in South Carolina during the years ho spent here, and had met him frequent ly in Now York when his duties had called him from this State, and never on any occasion, or at any time had he known him to do Anything or say a word that is incompatible with pure Democracy. Mr. Morgan was with us in Charleston in one of the toughest political fights we ever had, in 1868, when Lesesne was elected, and counted j out by the Republicans. In the bloody campaign of 1876 he was on duty in j Columbia throughout the trying scenes that marked the organization and ses\ sions of Wallace House, "and it is with[ in mv personal knowing " ?i<1 - ? O-I ?--' f*. | Dawson, '"that he was assigned to the discharge of a responsible and perilous duty if anything untoward had coine to pass. His conduct then and there has been fully described in the Abbeville Medium by Gen. Robert R. Hemphill, who was present at the same time, and is therefore qualified to speak concerning him. Mr. Morgan was always a Democrat here in South Carolina, and was here to do his duty in times of danger. Whether hero or absent, I have never known him to do or to say anything that was inconsistent with the soudest Democracy/' As a final answer to the charge that Mr. Morgan had proved himself a Republican by writing the Blaine pamphlet, Capt. Dawson said that, as soon as ho heard that this charge had been made, he telegraphed to Mr. Morgan to go to Washington and meet it. It would not be proper to repeat what took place in that interview. Mr. Cleveland knew what charges had been made. And Mr. morgan proved nis lulelity to the Democratic party. The President was satisfied, and Mr. Morgan received his final instructions and sailed for his destination. "You will ask," said Capt. Dawson, "what is the proof that the President was satisfied ? "The proof iu this : thnt, if Mr. Morgan had not shown to the President that ho was a good and loyal Democrat, his appointment would have been recalled. But with a full knowledge of the Blaine pamphlet, with the contents of that pamphlet before him, and with a full knowledge of all that the newspapers could nay againsl him, the President?who believes in n sturdy partnership?continued him in office and wished him a liod-speed on his voyage. There is an answer to all the stories as to the President being deceived in this matter." In answer to the question, was Mr Morgan a citizen of South Carolina ' Capt. Dawson gave a short sketch of Mr, Morgan's life, lie was born in Lonisianna in 1845, and was appointed n cadet at Annapolis in 1800. Resigned bis position at Annapolis when Louisiannn seceded, he entered the Confederate service, in which be remained until be left Richmond in 1805 as one of the body guards of President Davis. He married in South Carolina in 1805, and remained here until 1870, when ho was appointed a stalf officer in tho service of the Khedive of Egypt, which post he held until tho following year, when he returned tc South Carolina. Selling tho factory stock he held, and investing th? proceeds in a plantation nea* Columbia, he ho planted there until 1879 when his plantation wan forfeited to the State, foi taxes, and he was constrained to soli it. In 1877 ho went to Washington, and was nnnnintflfl tn a nnaiilAn nnilno llin ocratic Senate, which he held for Rome years, and until turned out by tho llepublicans. Sinco 1880 Mr. Morgan hat been engaged in mining pursuits in Mexico, and more recently in the preliminary work upon the pedestal of thu Bartholdi statue in New York until thai work was suspended. It was his intention, until he received this appointment, to return to Charleston and continue to live there. "I have thus shown," con tinucd Capt Dawson, "that from 1865 tc 1885 Mr. Morgan was for eleven 01 twelve years an actual resident of South Carolina; that ho was never away from South Carolina except compelled, and, beyond that, I give you my own assurance, for he has told m* so, and has the right to bo believed, in the absonoo of contradiction, that ho has nover voted out-side of South Carolina. The little property which he owns to-day is in South Carolina. If by your voteB here you?saythat Mr. Morgan is not to be considered no^' ^j^n of South Carolina) you leave * man h. without a country. If this be not his home, he has no home. "Two of his brothers lost their lives in defence of the South, and his own record is before you. Can it be said now that here in South Carolina?in one of the Slates for which .he offered his blood?he is to be denied the right to call this State his home ? He has two children here. This is their home. Their mothers were South Carolinians. They have only known their father as a South Carolinian. Are you prepared to say to them to-day that they aro nothing hero; have no rights hero; that they are not to be called South Carolinians ? Forif the father is not a South Carolinian, they have no right to be called so." This eloquent appeal which, however, I have only sketched in outline, provoked a hearty and generous outburst of applause from the audience, as it would have done from any audience anywhere. It was a noble speech, made in behalf of a gallant soldier who is under lire of friends and foos alike, strangely enough, and tho mr.n nf Hnmunill !l V. amm II n^u up|H CUIttlUU H ns it deserved. raKsinj^to the question of Mr Morgan's eligibility to office, under the Fourteenth amendment, Capt Dawson discussed tho several points involved at some length. The question is covered by tho opinion of the Attorney-General in Qcn. Lawton's case, and further by tho fact that Mr Morgan was not an "officer" when he was required at Annapolis to take an oath to support tho Constitution of tho United States. In regard to his own part in bringing about the appointment, Capt. Dawson said that so far as possible for him to do so lie desired to assume all tho responsibility for the appointment. "I asked Mr. Cleveland to make it as a favor to me," he said, "and I hope he made it as a favor to mo, understanding that I would not rccoinmend a man who 1 did not believe to bo faithful and- deserving of the honor. I have been accused of unfaithfulness and treachery to theDcra ocratic party on account of this appointment. They hnve oven said of me that [ am not a citizen of tho United States ; that I have been committing perjury, therefore, every time that 1 have voted in this State in nearly twenty years. There is hardly anything that has not been said to my discredit. If I had stolen all the money in the United States treasury, turned the State over) to the Radicals, and been proved to be a deserter from the Confederate army, I could not have been blackguarded worse than I have been because J asked for the appointment of a kinsman to tho consulship at Melbourne. I think I may say that I rendered some service to the Democratic pnrty in South Carolina. My friend (Mr. Holmes) has kindly referred to the poor service I rendered in [ the Confederate war; but it was not only in tho Confederate service that I . shed my blood for South Carolina. In i the riots in Charleston, immediately after the election in 1876, I was wound* i ed by a Radical negro and bear the bulI let in my body to-day. In my paper, year after year?commiting errors, no doubt, at times?I have fought for the interests of the people of this State. It , was iny pood fortune to bo ono of tho first to advocate Mr. Clovclnnd'B nomination. I worked for his nomination here and at Chicago. He was nominated and , elected. Would it have surprised any ( one, after that, if 1 had asked Mr. Cleveland to appoint me as counsul at . Melbourne. Thcto would hava been , regret, perhaps, that 1 should be willing I to give up my profession, and set at I naught my continuing opportunities to I serve iny people. It was because I preferred to remain here ; because I felt I that T could servo South Carolina better ) by remaining in journalism that I re, fused to apply for office. I never held one, never sought one, and would not , accept one. But I did ask that, if any oanci rlnra linn nrao Ka oltawn ?ma wimiMvi uvivif ?? no kV uu onvnil lliu at all, ir there was any obligation to me, it should be inet and cancelled by making ono who lias been as near to mo aa my own fleBh and blood for twenty years and more, one whom I have loved as Jonathan loved David,' the recipient of this small honor. And now, my frionds, if you determine to-day that what I did was wrong: that this appointment was an improper one, you must in some sort weaken and injure me and lessen the power of tha paper which I control for go^tl in this State. Is it necessary to do so V Is it wise ? There aro dark timea yet ahead of us. There aro struggles yet to corao in South Carolina. Wo shall need all the power that wo can command to retain the State Govern\ ment in proper hands. Is it wiso in you then, because, in a way that (teemed to uie proper, 1 gavo way ta the in* ' stincts of a natural affection, to weaken ' the agencies I havo at command to protect and advance your interests hereafter ? I havo spoken , without reserve. If thore is anything you wish to know about the matter, I shall be only too [Concloded on Fourth Page.) ; *sr ^ -ft?.-" : V