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Add Y --III fill Isaac H &Sons $20; $2! vis Opposed ? Measure Because : to Place Upon Pc H?^hjght to Ma i'or The Observer, k???fefson Davis ead Hebert Toomba were ?v?o o? the most distinguished men why acted their part la the great x ai public affaira dMrlng:tho last fifty years. Tn the shmtter of 18T0. I jaw th?se tv,-? men'?rt ilte Greenbriar , m.iV --brinks, aird IteaVd'thcm ??vaa 'fhkelftftte by the,, f-ouri ? t?o! brilliancy of tho tonv^rsa'lloa >t ToombsT ;h;and 'would with ? ?tobe?y trop: At?s. with o,, l?ddy Jc^ptetkm tnaT??Jlvo l?t.good., 1hMt?1&*3i'- .' io tobst honest ?nd ?'G thst. ! . '^SS?L^B?1 ch.* Ho' walked ;i ace foti us th i .<ityg d??r. .thfletldbarked ail.' P.ICJI ?.'j'vglHr1^)Hr' as kat ind'. jtn brave ^'6n the warpath," 1, Hid ??a i : "'Ho,)? tho jhost fcrece ral manri h?B"% t?dn^^(?'?tr^wm < i tho StilngV aa l?oinco: II? vwa? JNL^HHHIIHZ? ?? '?sr*?if? and' as I, ni?Tejgfac?fiil ]?ud more. nil. i tired. sMsTlMft ^?W1 aS, tedder III. IjOli city.9/then jp tfto c?ar"rl?? ?nBpeen g?h-i,' ffeaanreof bld.' Birca-sni [ to You PCM ^Ptr UT^F 'WW W^W^^^wPfW fi ar-berger Clothing 2:50 $25 R ANDI ?. - . .?> Jlay's ? Compromise, He Didn't44 Propose )sterity a Fight That | k? Himself." rJ"[ I? 1 1 . ,' Hps. that he waa a hero, a patriot and a great, man. During the many conversation I heard from Toombs; while he was blt ter and flory in hhs denunciation of men und me?S?r?S, yet I hover heard him way RU unkind Word^of Mr. Davis. Dnring thc Mexican war Mr. Davis vWf? i?lon?l'?f a regliri?nt of Mlsslssii). p? rifles; Henry C. Clay,- Jr.Va'sbh Or tac'gre'?t'commoner, and a graduate Ht West: Point and tho pet and pr?dT of bia ? VJfctihgutshe'd ' f?thor. wa? a that ovcty;Totter hbvwrotfc to his1 fath er was f?ll of''praise of this great Thau! Ll?titenh?t Clav was irniod "at =ftuHi'tfa: :V?m.. TOt?r the war Dav? VlSB'Up^WM^BenaMr to All the Un *??^?l?Vm^oYco?er?r .fasse ?*ight, Svffoj?dled. 'Speight was tm?^r??n thinly; this state., and bad. . teen1 nfeptber of Congress before emigrating to Mississippi and a member of the cpnslffutionul convention of 1835. 1 mvefthoard my father, Council Wooten, 'wini Av ns n mehYbnr of that convon ,Wflb,-<sBy that General Speight was a lfne;itpeci!uon of manhood;'tall, hsnd jWBphhd stately - in 1 his appearance iifjfl that Andrew Jackson said that he WHS ono of the" few then be ovor saw .tftdMle never tired of rooking st. tn 1849 and 18,r>0. during tho.HKIIU Sr'a slavory question, which threaten d'tb break over the country Ilk-? n storm and destroy thc Union, Clay, Ca'ibodn and Webster, who bsd been 'fa :retirement, wore returned to tho 'fie?dtbi so that the country could h?n ?neflt of their counsel In that [braye emergency. Clay introduced his compromise measures to p&elfy the rcountry, Davis ! opposed." them. Not - ^?Mending Davis was an extreme HitsteV right Democrat of the calhoun afit?ool. and Clay was a'conservative ?Ngffue Whig, there was a.warm-at Itattid?nt between them caused by UK J?dKHratlon of young Clay for Davis 'ffc'bne occasion/ as Davis Waa pass hip through tho capitol grounds. Claj ?karttarrier, or Georgia, wero talking Clay called Davis abd said: "Com? WRj^ang friend, and go with us ant l ilas?'the compromise measures;" and ^?u to Berrter, said: "It will aav? iiion. for our day. bat our youm frisan :. Davis will be . here to fight I i yet." Clay said "Davis knowi ]"wSfttrmean when I ell bim m; iy^?Ss friend, for th*T ls a tl? tba ( hinds us (hat nothing but death rai ir feace With a wo-Piece Suit ti ld stand-bys. The suits are li abrics will hold 1 Serges, Mohair Vorsteds of all k . w. Ttie Ul ERSON, ?J" E F1 R o e E I Some Notable Instances Ithe Careers of These Two Great Men. ,' '''i!! ii. I .J. L.- - 1 . i .HIM? ' .ever."- DaV?s. replied: "Mr. Clay. I know what you Bky -is true, but I don't propose to' place upon posterity a fight that I ought to make myself." W?ro there ever nobler or more generous words spoken? No 'safce' o? antiquity ever uttered a grander aeutlment and if they had spoken before Shakes peare's day, h2. wc!" !d have puflb'it sentiment ia the mouth bf eenie great aetor and it VroulH" have thrilled tho world. "AS a ' 'writer .'hone ever surr passed him in'af Nur-it and exuberant ruetbric-dnd' gracofc;' diction and roun. ded periods. Hin , n waa Uko Hugo said bf Voltario ": had the lightness of ?i? wmd'-with . 0 force br a thun der'bolt." 'Toomba, in cr . f his fiery oh?iliples against him du ; tho wiir. said if the Confederacy v Jed a rhetorician1 for President, a i > wh'ocduld'ifrito'nW Statu panoro iothed |n ' classic '}??~ rgu?go;Hnd b- titul Im?ftery and who could play > j courtier and charm the social r ? le. Davis waa the right man, -but h< was not practical enough to manage ; .great revolution. It may T true that Davie lacked the vigor of . iteUect, the acope eM:4**b. great prtVutfcgi venae of Toorhhs (.o grapple wlth*"grcal problems but no one' can ever question hi* patriotism and devotion to what he 'believed a just cause. Ho was one cf the few men who. If it had been necessary, could have gone to tim scaffold with unbianehed cheek and with a finn .tread aa a martyr in defense of what he believed vias right. Would thai we bad more of sush men and fewer of toe demagogue*! He wa ?"thoroughly honest and conscientious and 'was al way? actuated by the loftiest sentl ! menta ?r the unsullied statesmen io dealing with questions of Stat? and was a stranger td the. arta; of the po litical trickster and mouthing dema gogue. Kn the summer of: 1S58 he visited Portland. Me., to got the bene fit of the #alubrity of that orating eli. , mate for the recuperation of his health, . lu response tb a serenade frota "the -1 ctlitiena of that locality he delivered'?I . j speoch which la one of the finest speci 1 mens of glowing rhetoric and chaste I diction that I hav? over read, lt ; waa a beautiful bouquet of fr-gradi ? flowers, a rich casket of ??rje-ciif, gfnw C and pregnant witt c'ssste '?ste tn ev. t.ery sentence.and sparkled with dew? ? drops of thodghiv?he 'civ -.J..-noe al r 'tJoetry. Yndeed. il" ts i mo te', ?i .'je t gant ornate, .fn? - -n?tnrly conpto? 1 tlf.n. While Mr. ?-.oi. ?v?? r.c.t cr i ? ? of Mind a? %. Nice, G me is here-nov< .ere now-the h< their shape and i s, ) aim Beach, 1 ;inds, $10.00, $! ??fwen it?nTm-rtffi-tiiriTf rt waiii KI inri-i HA? TRI i-To-Date C mmt? -?-G R-S-CKN ??? ?_. -?VJ, ?TC ] TT TO Diatitiguished ? Public Men c< t.summate a .?ut I.MUM ?.. WtUt-r, UK profound " mcta-physl :l-ra da v'al h?islf,' aa ready a debater as Douglas in u rodgli ?n'd fumble dfscbssiou, aa ?loquent an orator as Preston or PrentlBa ,or aa skillful1 a general os Lee oryihe two "Johnstons, yet .be pos sessed tho qualities of all those, lipn to u ram?rkVjlb'd?Sree ?nd S?tne that tlii!>- did not have, so take him as an all rount?>ii'man-aa o fat or, states man, scholar and soldier-there hus been nour, other Uk* him. 1 weigh my; words wheu I nay this. 'rQ6d' nov6f made' but one such nm 11 iknd broke His dye In casting HerldOn," 'While in'prison after the war. tho patience, thc heroic ' c?ur?ge-' whltli 'which bo endured his imprisonment nus never been surpassed. Even thc -ftfat?tepol?on wft?n at St. H?t?na ?med under ttio rc?fain?'and paced his prison bounds ilko^a ffs?i^^ft?b? TOftllo'soroe or hts own. people at tho' close of the war, smartrag l?hdfcr de-' defeat, hurled their cruel shaft? nf criticism at him, yet ho murmured hot SUd struck n-st back. and, Ujtf sublimo ntpekness with whjch he hore it vyus .almost Ood-llkc. He v -\s a perfect .nitrror of chivalry, tho Whitest flower among American statesmon 'and tho fairest type ortho Christian' hero thBt history furnishes. He'warf'tniD skit'ltul charltenr that was to guide th?' wheals of State "whirling dually through con fusing chaos" and direct the. fiery steeds to the goal ot '.local Sdlf-gbv *>rnmoht wbioh ls the life blood ot Hbhrty.' :i '?. The annals of mankind- present th,e name or no man who waa .distinguish ed for a moro romantic gallantry, for a more chtvalrls courage,, for a. moro unbounded generosity, for ..'mdfWW?? wavering integrity, for a loftier patri otism ?nd for every noble and gen erous virtue that eau adorh .and,4ept bt?liit?h . human cha.ra.c49r4$M? ?$rts illustrious man. The fields?bT mr fame ?jfjarnever "bo dimmed by>th? eternity or revolving years or burled in thh .waves of succeeding1 ?hdh?^^oVlrtl great name wMi sU.nd'wVSt^WWTicH cayihg lustre ?a tho most cohspicuous example in history, of heroic courage and undying devotion ?o' the cause "vt Nts country and bs tb? true ?mtMt. ment b? that immortal sentiment tbnt "all,bis end? wera his country's, hie ?ods and trhthV? ?? The tlme,; wJU come when he will np longer tie sift 1 matlred ?a . '"graceless traitor and foul contending rehei." but ho bu! tftVc h!? Trotarol ac? In Mstbry beside el fabrics as wei >t spell is here n< -. ?> iook trim and cr Jnen, Etc. Otb 2.50, $15.00. ' ' J"? ' IJPP ?^^pT' -"JU 1? - -www i I BBL lothler ?nmaRBHmantnni -til T?W Ti ri i fa M.. if .m m ii r.V i I ??tl.' imi?~i ir 7" 'Tit'r'i '. ? r. - auch names ' ?tf William roe '*?tteht, V Prince of OjWg?,'a?a"" bur own im. [mortal washington ' a? 'a' tr ?o ' hone- 1 I factor of the haman race ii I staunch d?r?nd?r of the igreat >'H'nct? J pleW of constatation,*!'liberty: ?Vfay the '?eifa?ry'Vjf 'Jittert??-fmk cr?r romain 4mm?rtai an"? p?rpethkrin thc heurts of th?'^bp??' Wm???Jttl S 'well and to those he devoted the gol den prime of ,hi?. manhood days, Robert Tctatis waa ' ev?r six . feetf high'and weighed atout. 3?0' qr 230 pounds, with broad shoulders,, at IR-, tie inclined to stopp, by cdfjrying hla head down os if in deep thought?vrh|h : he; w?3 . walking, with ?.rheavy~he?d of ' hair, with a massive "?TOW end features which in repose, had a drea 1ajjrj?thoughtful caste, but when anima. ted''1 in convcrs?tlbn ? his face w?s : au 1 radiant it '.fairly cOr?sOt^d. *WS s phyai(|i;-> \vua splendid. maipsttcalfr ?rand; was remarkably handsome Ml bo wks the im)st s?perb looklnj^ O?ta' f ; ever saw. Some ono has .said' of him, "Oeniha eat Upon his brow and In? ' eyes We ro as* black'ns death and'aa big as an ox's." In his younger dajjs ] I Tomba' was a .Whig'and'when onfy 30 years old, In 1840 during the tt?fn rieon campaign of "log cabin, JftBra cider arie Wiri ?kln?*fc????nry he%f#a? Into S-?ut.-? Carolina to meet t^^fflrtpf ' McDuiflo the great democrat, who Wafl styled .he e?gl? orator, 'styled t* some "harnessed lightning'." * :f?tt&? Jktk? ments Vere fcOdSnmclng. a1a:Wt?cr Uves so fWry 'anrt*%lk elddHSB powerful that *&ftime ga? tb Bim'. "1, have heard1 JttiftRandolph:tfcl?>l ?? hpfce ibid nlet'Bdrg?s* orRJ?WjHaXd hut ?'j/^J"'^*^" , ' (lli:ih?fnf9 of Tombs and tbe mmk derru? exhibits of physical and f lectual power; was when be ma., ?iscorir speech in 1*4? when rn?'^tose 1 was brgiralaed anW in" a wr?aVjH*? : ^^l^^^^j Ct? eloquent that members; ferga^^H i dAt??fSmd clapped Vigdroaarr, 1CMy? i wWw* ' pr?sent a*d*h^^ i' braba %brtt?-gr"they fell freirn thc : of thia vigorous lieutenant; who hrW; i thickest of the fight in days p^t,|H followed* his "flag wRh unwaM^H 'faltb as?^wttti * loyalty that woHilu; I have done'hoti?r to' the knight bf tho f Middle Afc?*, must have 'lost hope ?jT?f toe pr?servation of the Union. m. I as the good ow. The new iSp? er nice? s. c. Regal ? $4.00 %U . ?Was I Cautious in COU? ll - ; . . : -, ?AWIIIM .Tiiii.rninpiw ii-p rai m in mi n Tooittbs??ji?tf"boe??""pb>?ittHy fegardrl ???fe? ' Dbt lt ls a Ubci lipon hiBoHar a?i?V^ 'Soiri? 'bni?' iii Bumming up; his pfcajWcWristlcsrahya bf "firba, "Wfcif? mil*'-ana ^a*p??fliik in te?&b. te was Bafe? c?n eW^f^?to^ca^ firing on Port Sumter was first dis coed, he opposed the assault on thc fort: . facing the "floor Vilbels'HfttfW behlpd him, with, a dreamy, heavy look (m his face.' he turned ^o T8r,i"j?Tie and said, ; "Mr. - Pr?id?nt, at . thia time lt is suicide and will lose tis every friend in the; South. You will certainly strike a hornet's nest which' ex tends from mountain to ocean und lesions now quiet, will swarm out sed aiipg us to death. It is unnecessary; It guts us in the wrong; It la fat?l." Tli?se; words were.v indesd prophetic, and they don't read much like tho lan. gu?ge Of ? fire.' eater. ' When engaged _iB?y*i^?t |ust to ?inus? and entertain his audience, as you would UKO a metaphor or a fig uro In rhetoric to make ?ho' speech more striking. He >as"a brigadler .joner?l,ln' the Confederate army and ab?;#-a member of C?ngresa. During t&'hrBt year of tho war a bill was pending in COngrcW au thorning the government ip Issue bw?a^ purchase of cotton from pt H^g/fob debate on tho WU Walked in jthe patt. "Ho W?s^ft?a?tt airy attired'In "a black suit, with a littAry cloak thrown over ote shouli der and a military hat lb bis left Wt*' Whig himself up he said: "Mr. ker. we have been told that cot <faaV'afng, that m Trill And his to the vaults of t?&^Ulkera of ." IftrOTjm^m iii? rc h -jp to''"the thrbne of thc blighty paten - and drag trt?m the arsenals .bf nattons ths^oxfflt Slrffer.'that reopen ali ' the por) j pad TW tm* frag bn "all the te?s.<T<'?| ?^fe??lS c^e? th?naU rabltag mendicant an.: . ...... aMrt?K' Tltlnltts/or *;p1r1?T ' hev?Vse?n a more sp'H " of fpi?dric or hafcsM pasfe?ge. 'ft reads 1 I woo! have, given ,_ aro him mt ?'ords. They would thrilled me during my whole life. On I^^W WT^WW ffr^^^ Shoes 50 $5.00 ?cr?tary pf the Gou lot a Fire-Eater, as ?sed, But Safe and jp isel. I 11 r,"11:^;.'1 "1,1 ? 1 1 Ono occasion during the war he rode to the' tent of Gen. J. E. Johnston who Was commanding the Army of North ern Virginia and upraided. him in Iiis most vigorous style as only Toomba 'his brigade surgeon, who had boen 'Issued. When he had returned to his 'quarters he nsrrated the circumstan kies to his life-long friend, Dr. Steiner, his brigade surpeon, who had been .in the -MCxlcan warland knew some OLD BtlRT WlO IN ABB 1LLE j (Continued frbm Page 21.) ates in his efforts to re dc ern South Carolina. Gen. Hampt?n invited "the confer ence to meet nt the Burt bouse, und it WBB held there that night ?cn. Toomba Was the guest o? Gen. Mc? Gowan, and tho latter was on thc el ectoral ticket whl?h'brought Toonibs to the conference. Tho facts relating to the efforts made tb* bjieh; communi cation with tho national committee, wene laid before the cobie renee and there was much.indignation ht th? hon action ot thc Tilden mau agc ni. Gen. Twin bs asked the tiri v liege of ^fe ing a proposition, which was to 'with draw tt?^ tilden electoral ticket alto f?tBBr, 'which had"hee^ submitted air ah ?lt?rnstive in the last resort by tho frepresentative of the Btatev executive committee and which bad been favored by the Others. Gbh. TOOmbs supple mented his prop?eltl?n with an offer to subscribe $10,000 to our campaign rded. and pledging Himself td pay .the money whenever the ' executive cbm rbitee notified him that the electoral ticket liad*bees withdrawn. The dis cussion resntted In tho adoption of a request to Gen. Hampton- that ho write a o*rsonal lotter to Abram, H. SHlK?ffWm* th0 Progress nf tho camp^g^ ahii Toquesting that tho ha sset once as lri^Un* should'haul J ticket abd make le^ilght.upon lisp. State tis?es :eldfie. liK'Jwillt-wtw the n'eadqU?Herg-rn-.Ck-luni?bla began io be with ?ajt?ifgn literature fro;.i SB?^a-^.-lfe^ commit Tfct a dollar was ever received from national headquarter? to defray the expense* of th* campaign in this State.