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ESTABLISHED IN 185. NEW BEIR, S. ('., 'TIi'I;1SD_tY, MIARCI 3.(88.'_ JOHN SHERMAN'S CAMPAIGN. The Ohio -Senator Feeling for the Presidency--His Speech at Xash ville Thursday Night-Honeyed Words to Catch Southern Flies. NASUVILLE, March 24.-Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, at the re quest of the Republican members of the Legislature addressed a poblic meeting to-night at which there was a large attendace. He said : Fellow-Citizens: I accepted the invitation of the Republican mem bers of the Legislature of Tennessee to address them on this occasion, not so much with the hope that I could encourage them by anjespression o1 the hearty sympathy of the Repub licans of the United States in their gallant struggle for Republican prin ciples, as from the belief I entertain that a fair presentation made to the people of Tennessee, without dis tinction of party, of the aims and principles of our party, both in the past and for the future, might induce them to join with us in a public pol icy that will contribute to the in terest of the people of Tennessee, and of the whole country, more and greater benefits and advantages than can possibly be conferred upon them by the Democratic party. I have felt that the differences that grew out of the war now hold a large body of honest and patriotic citizens of the South from co-operating with the Republican party, who, in my judgment, are now in sympathy with us; that perhaps I might be able to dissipate these prejudices by a frank statement of the views which have actuated the Republican party in the past, and thus bring us into co-ope ration in measures tending to ad vance the common interests and prosperity of our country. At all events, I feel confident that the peo ple of Tennessee who, from its v-ry earliest settlement, have been dis tinguished for their courage and in dependence, will give a stranger among them a fair hearing for honest opinions. Sherman then related that in his earlier political life he had been a disciple of that school of politics of which Henry Clay and John Bell were the leading apostles, but that he had been driven into the Repub lican party by the repeal of the Missouri compromise. The people of the South, said Sherman, have never appreciated the deep, strong impression made upon conservative men in the North by this most fatal and foolish measure. We regarded it not only as a breach of personal faith, but as a threatened subversion of the Constitution in making sla very a national institution and as tending to subvert the Union;- and now, under the lapse of more than thirty years, I still regard it as noth ing less than a crime, and therefore I with the great mass of Northern Whigs and Democrats, as a patriotic duty resolved so far as I could, I would secure to Kansas and Ne braska free institutions and thus re store the statu quo. This was done as I thought by the election of Abraha.m Linolon. Had this election been ac quiesced in the South now knows how kind, forbearing and conserva tive would have been his policy, for of all the public men I have met he more than any other combined the loving kindness of a woman with the moderation and wise forethought of a statesman. He could truly say that he would have "charity for all and malice toward none." In all this preliminary struggle the majority of the people of Tennessee stcod neutral in the sectional con test. They stood for the Union and the Constitution and the enforce ment of the laws. They voted for Bell and Everett on this broad na tional platform, and, if I am not mistaken in current history, they were unwillingiy drawn by Demo cretic politicians into the fratricidal contest. But when in it they did their duty manfully and bravely, each man according to his convictions of duty. Your people divided on opposite lines, ud bare more than yotur share of the terrible losses and sacrifices of the war, It is ov'er, thank God, but the courage bravery and fortitude of both sides are now the pride and heritage of us all. Thiink not that I come here to re proach any man for the part he took in that fighut, or to revive in the heart of any one the triumph of victory and the pangs of defeat. I do not come to make spologies, nor do I ask any of you. The war was, perhaps, un avoidable; bound to come some time, and the sooner ended the better. All that I claim is that the Republi can party was actuated, not by a spirit of conquest or revenge, but only by a fervent love af the Union end a determined purpose tn main tain the Constitution as they under stood it. No man in the North s questions the honesty of purpose or the heroism with which the Con federates maintained their cause, and you will give credit for like courage and honorable motives to Union soldiers, North and South. When the war was over the people of the North particularly approved the generous terms granted by Gen. Grant to Gen. Lee and the Confed erate troops, and wished that the people of the South should be re stored to all their rights and privi leges, subject only to such condi tions as honor and good faith seemed to demand, arising out of the proc .amatiou of President Lincoln for the emancipation of the slaves. Both sides felt that the abolition of sla very was the necessary result of the war, and it seemed to us that if the slaves were to be free they must be armed with the privileges of freemen, and these were secured to them by constitutional amendments. The attempt to force these rights by the national authorities has thus far partially failed, and now it is con ceded that under the limitations of the Constitution the rights of the citizen of a State can only be en forced through State or national tri bunals, and where public opinion is intolerant and jurors will not do their duty as citizens, either white or black may be without remedy for the grossest wrong, except the right to migrate to where his rights will be respected. Our Constitutions are based upon the idea that such denial of rights is impossible, and I trust that the time is not far distant when the peo ple of every State will feel it to he both just and expedient that every citizen of the State shall be protected in the free and equal enjoyment of every right and privilege conferred by the Constitution of the United States. The Republican party is pledged to this policy, and though it will use no unconstitutional means to secure rights, it would be false to its principles it it does not use all its moral and legal power to that end. No wrong can be done to the hum blest citizen, and no right withheld without reacting upon the commu nity at large. I was glad to hear in passing through several of the Southern States conservative citizens say that pubic sentiment now revolts at the unlawful methods to defeat the free exercise of equal rights of citizens that have been adopted in several States, and are still practiced in what are known as the black counties of the South. As long as such methods are resorted to there will be a keen sense of wrong and injustice to the injured parties, and those who prac tice such offences will it the end suffer for it. Sectional feeling will continue to exist as long as the masses of the people, whether poor or rich, white or black, are denied their rights to share in self-government. It sets a bad examp)le, which the criminal classes in the North in some cases have eagerly adopted to cheat in elections, as in Cincinnati two years ago. It also produces inequality of represen tation between North and South, and this keeps up sectional lines in party politics, It opens the way to cor ruption and fraud, which in time de stroys all the defences of a Repub lican government. But there is another ground upon which I prefer to base my appeal to the South for justice and fair play to the African race. It was recently elo quently stated in debate by Senator Vest, of Missori, that : "I have nothing to say to any man who thinks that to-day would grind the African race out of one cent. If any man in this world has reason to be their friend I am that man. Raised with them, nu'rsed by one ot them, an humble owner of of them as inherited property, I never bought or sold one of them for gain in my life. They are a docile, gen tle, inoffensive race, and a Southern man who would wrong them deserves to be blotted from the roll of man Ihood. When our wives and chtil dren were in their hands during the war, they acted so as to make every man iu the South their friend who had one particle of manhood about him."I If this be so, as history attests, 'then we may appeal to the manly spirit of our own race to protect these freemen from the lawless in justice and cruelty of all those of our race who may hereaiter seek to de prive them of plain constitutional rights, either ,by open force or by taking advantage cf their ignorance. If the kindly spirit stated by Sena tor Vest is masnifested the color lne will disappear from American poli tics and we can then look nly to the safety, development and power of one great and united country. The freedman in full enjoyment of his rights will divide between parties as other citizens do, and his labor will become a great factor in the wealth and prosperity of the region in which he lives. It has now contributed its full share in building up with marvelous rapidity the region I have recently traversed, and will be of indefinitely more value to the South than the heedless and listless labor of slaves in the olden times. Win these people by kindness and just regard to their constitutional rights, and they will vote with you and do their full share to make the South rich, prosperous and happy. I also wish to express, in the strongest language, my admiration and respect for the vim and energy with which the people of the South are grappling with the condition of labor and industry by which they are surrounded, and the confident belief that within a single genera tion your people will be more than repaid for the value of their slaves by the results of diversified industry and subdivision of land. The time will come and now seems near at hand, when you and your children will rejoice, not only that the slaves are free, but that the Union has been preserved and strengthened. Sherman then turned to the dis cussion of those questions of nation al politics which alike afect all parts of the country and which alone ought to be the subject of political dis cussion-taxation, currency, public credit, foreign and domestic com merce, education and internal im provements. Internal revenue taxes Sherman passed over briefly, saying that such tax is now levied only upon whiskey, tobacco; and beer, producing a reve nue of $100,000,000, and, though not felt as a serious burden, can be dis pensed with, reduced or modified whenever it is deemed best. There still remains the duties levied on imported goods, and in the mode of doing this lies the main issue between the Republican and Demo ratic parties. Both parties con cede that taxes or duties on goods imported from foreign countries must be, as they have in the past, the main source of national revenue. The Democratic party claim, how ever, that they shall be levied for revenue only, while tihe Republican party claim that, while levied for revenue, they should be so adjusted as to protect, foster and encourage American industry. The general idea of the Democratic party is to levy these duties by such rate ap proaching an ad valorem average rate as probably would produce the requisite revenue. The great divisions of your State furnish all tihe essential raw elements >f human manufacture. You have stored in East and Middle Tennessee :oal, iron, timber and marble, with beautiful valleys and running|streamns. You have in Middle Tennessee broader and richer valleys, and land dmirable for all the cereals, corn, wheat and fruits of the earth. While in Western Tennessee you have the leep alluvial valleys of the Missis sippi and Tennessee, capable of pro. :lcing cotton and the chief products >f a semi-tropical climate. You are a.s deeply interested in tile tariff :uestionl as Pen nslyva nia, for there is nothing in the way of the natural resources of Pennsylvania that you o not po:sess in Tennessee. There is no reason why you should not convert your cotton into thread and cloths, and utilize your now wasted water-power, and your fields of coal and mountains of iron in the manufacture of gcods-pottery, glass, iron an.1 steel in every form--and open up your quarries of marble for he markets of the world. All that is needed to make your State rich and prosperous, beyond all former experience, is to acep)t the rep)ublican policy of protection. Indeed, all that is needed in Ten nessee is that it should become a Repubican State. Thme D)emocratic party if it has any fixed creed or policy, it is in pposition to p)rotection. Carlisle, in his recent speech in Boston, said that the Democratic party was unal terably opposed to any tax except for revenue only. But I sometimes ioubt whether it has any creed or olicy. I do not doubt the integrity and onesty of the purpose of our Dem >cratic neighbors, but I do doubt their capacity as a party to deal with these great business (questions. Their platform~ is a Delphic oracle --the meaning~ of which no fellow can find out--a well balanced see saw or saddle-bag, with Carlisle at onn end and Randall at the other. Woman Suffrage and Temperance. i -- t The followirg is the article of Mr. Chapin which was rejected by the S. C. Advcocate, and which has occasioned some stir in the State growing out of1 comments of'that paper : Ye fearful men fresh courage take, Those votes you so much dread, Are big with mercy, and will break, In blessings on your head. Mr. Editor: In y.our last paper you.copy from the Nashville Adcocate, an article about ""The Woman's Christian Temperance Union." A society which the editor kindly ad t mits is "composed of 'the wisest, and best women in the land,' and is a power for good." But he "depre rates some mistakes, he thinks we are in danger of making." Weil now brother editors (both of you) 'tis nothing new for our doings to be "deprecated." We have been warned by the "wisest and best of men" against every single step we have taken in the path that has made us the "power for good" you are com pelled to acknowledge we have be. come. We "are a power," but have be come so, in spite of "deprecations, and warnings," and not because of any helpful words. We "are a power," because we have dared to do the right, as God gave us the right to see. We enlisted to work, not for fame, or profit, but in defence of our homes and dear ones. To work for God and home, and native land, and God helping us, we mean to do it; even though it lead us to the ballot box. I have never belonged to a wo man's suffrage society, but I do not agree with the editor that "a ballot cast by a woman, for the protection of her home, against the rum hat teries, which by the ballots of ien, are placed over against all that is nearest and dearest to her, would "be offense to God." I do not believe it, but I do believe, that the pitying Sa. viour, knowing how long and patiently women have waited, and suffered, and plead, in vain to men for deliverance would look down with loving sympa thy, and say, "0 woman, be it unto thee according to thy faith," and the saloon would go. The editor thinks woman's ballot would be "disastrous to the country." If it had not been for the self.denial of a woman, we would have had no country. The priests said the expe dition of Columbus would be "offens ive to God," but Isabella of Spain, with woman's God-giving instinct, thought differently, and pledged the jewels of the castle to enable the great discoverer to make the voyage. We women, after reading the report of the Clerk of the IIouse of Repre sentatives at Washingtan, thlink that we, (ignorant as we are sup)posed to be) could by our ballot, save the na tion a vast amount of money by keep. ing men at home who require a na tion to furnish each of them, with 420 towels during the session, also with perfumery by the gallon, fans more than one at $50 apiece; over $1,000 for opera glasses alone, also brace lets, toilet powder, fur robes. en broidered shawl straps, tons of play. ing cards, $125 each for stationery; and then only think of Congressmen being supplied with such mental food at. their own request : "Little doings for little folks," "daily tricks of little chicks," "baby world,'' "ring around roses," etc., ad infinitum. Not men tionir.g the thousands spent to keel) up their spirits, when they go to fu nerals. Could our ballots be any more "disastrous" than ballots thatI send such unscrupulous men into tIhe high places of thle nation? Impossi ble. But it is urged that in order to vote, we "would have to neglect our children." What nonsense. It would not take us over twenty minutes a year to do our voting. The majority of women either have no children, or grown children, and those who have small children, could easily scndl and get the neighbor, whIo stays with them when she goes to pay her taxes to come over again, for a few min utes. There will be no "primary meetings," held in saloons, when wo men come into this right. Oh, no0! her decisions will be made in the sa cred precincts of her home, and in the fear of God whose word tells us, that "when the wicked rule, the land moirneth." Women ought to be allowed to say I by their ballot whether the saloon keeper, (nineteen times out of twenty a foreigner,) shall be allowed to erect his rum battery, over against their home, destroying the value of' their property, increasing their in surance rates, and risking the safety of the boys, for whom they went down into the shadow or death that they might have life. IHome is wo mn's -ingdom, and no right think ng man would refuse to grant her he privilege of defending it, and aving her loved ones from the rum ellers cruel and cunning devices. ' Chivalry does not mean gapy, aeaningless flattery, as some men cen to think. But thoughtful and n areful consideration for those, who y man's laws are persecuted from c elping and protecting themselves. s have seen ladies vote, so I am rriting about what I know. I hap- tl ened to be in a State where the wo- ti aen vote. My hostess was a lovely s, ittle lady, cultivated, refined, weal. hy. I had all the ignorant preju- d ice against woman's ballot, and a bought it was really we have been lE ducated to believe a terrible, dis- b raceful thing to go to the polls, e here rou:h men would be swearing. a nd where I might possibly have to L se a pistol to defend myself against tl shillelah. Imagine my horror, a rhen my little friend came in and p nforming me that she was going to tl ote, asked me to accompany her to i, he polls. In her dainty fingers, she tl eld her ballot, with the protest "no" u onspicuously visible. I certainly e night go where she did, so I went. ti When we reached the voting pre- b inct, she stepped from the carriage, t! nen cleared the way for her r:spect- c ulily. I have been much more rudely a ostled, and crowded, when I went to it >ay my taxes. When she returned , o the carriage, she said with much a .motion "I an so grateful for the tj irivilege of doing something towards e ;etting tl:e saloons out of the way iefore my three little fatherless boys e re old enough to be enticed into t' hem; for they inherit the fearful ap- a >etite, and I am very anxions." it I)o you think that ballot, cast for hat purpose, by that mother whose p .eart had been torn with anguish be- a :ause of the ruin (through alcohol) of a L once noble and scholarly husband i1 ras an 'orense to God." Nay, yeri y not the God I worship-I am sure. c After the voting, we drove out into c he country. She was a model house i :eeper. and had promised to instruct f, ne in making some delicious pickles. s Ye went to obtain our materials, and n pent the day afterwards in pre )aring them. That night, the Chautauqua Circle, b onnected with our W. C. T. U. met. o ,very lady of prominence in the city o vas present, every one had that day a oted against liquor, and yet they e ooked as lovely and as womanly as mny ladies I ever met, and it was de-. ~idedly, without a single exception, n he most intelligent company, I ever C iad the privilege of being in. Al- t hough perhaps some might havei :alled them more womanly. if they 11 iad spent the day embroidering pink b iogs with green eyes, and been so t atigued hy the exertion that they ad to take lager or morphine to one them up. There is no account ng for taste, and there are women to upply that demand, but you cannot nd them in the WV. C. T. U. The strongest and broadest men, 11l over the South, say womans bal- c ot is the only hope for the homes of e he nation. I rarely make an ad-.i ress, that some distinguished .nan a loes say tome, prohibition will never >ecome national, until woman has c he ballot." t Read your Legislative and Con- c ~ressional reports, and see how en- f rely home interests are ignored, a nd.t aloon interests legislated for. During the session of the last Leg. a slature, some member from~the up. r ountry offered a bill that would pre -nt the sale of tobacco in any form a o boys. Some other States have assed it. BuL a Senator thought it a mpracticable, because in order to f listinguish boys from men, it would t >e necessary for them to carry around a ith them the family register. Amaz ng! not to be able to tell a boy from Sman without the family register. Tro belong to the WV. C. T. U. you r nay, or you may not believe in wo- s nan's suffrage. Some northern States n their constitutions oppose it. The g najority never bring it up for dis- t uSSion. We have our individual pinon on that subject, as on any )ther. I myself, think there is too nchi suffrage and it is too unequally listributed. I think an .educational ualification should be required, and I nly people who can intelligently r ote, whether they be male or female, ~hould be allowed to do so. I believe too, that women ought to e put on school boards in South I carolina, as in some other States. l [hey know far better than men. the >oibilities of children, it is really t athetic to see children in our pri-. nary schools, weeping over some of he:books given thenm to study. Why,. ey do not even appear in the "Con-I ressional rep)orts of the books sopl lied to Congressmnen" they are soj -Tallyrand ish" and yet dhildren are) spected to studly them-I Buit there's a better time ai coming Anid it's ciming right alonn, No um tmo try to hinder it Fo'r right mn -t conquer wrong. Maiy thet goo,l time come right along. S. F-. CHAris. THE LARD OF THE FUT'URE. The Use of Cotton Seed Oil. Kewes ad Courier. The revelatic s made by Mr. Ar our, of Chicago, and by the Oliver rothers, in regard to the value of tton seed oil have attracted wide Dread attention to that important roduct, and it is not improbable 1at its manufacture and consump on wi!l be speedily doubled in con ?quence. A few newspapers at the North, in eed, continue to speak of the oil as a adulterant of lard. and to demand gislation to prevent the mixture eing offered for sale. Others, how ver, which are better informed-, have iopted the suggestion made by the Tes and Courier, and are urging meir readers to try the oil alone, un lulterated with lard, as being the urer and more wholesome article of ie two, as it undoubtedly is. There no question that much of'the lard mat is consumed in. the country is nfit for use, and that the only clean lement that enters into its composi on is the cotton seed oil. When it ecomes generally known, therefore, at the oil by itself is cheaper and leaner and better in every way than n mixture that can be made with or even than the purest lard, it -ill take the place of lard altogether, nd the day is not far distant when ie substitution will be effected in very intelligent household. The New York Star, we are gla: to e, fully appreeciates the value of lis latest contribution to the wealth rd welfare of the country, of which speaks as follows : "As a matter of fact, this oil is a erfectly pure and clean vegetable rticle. It is sweet and wholesome nd appetizing. In its refined form is far superior to lard for most pur oses of cooking, especially in the ases of bread, fish and meats. It is heap because it is abundant, but it altogether cleaner and more health 1 than lard, and, if judged by the tandard of merit, would be much iore expensive." Every word of this tribute is true, ud its truth can be readily proved y a test at any time. The millions C dollars that are paid by the people f the South every year for hogs' lard re paid for a compound that is not uly inferior to the product of our cotton olives," but- is simply that roduct debased and transformed by ixtures with grosser materials. o ton seed oil is freely used under ie name of "lard' and the sooner it used under its own name, and in :s pure condition, the better it will e for the farmers of the South and e consumers of the whole country. The Anti-Cleveland Clique. New York Star. The object of the coterie of news apers headed by the Sirn and the ourier Journal is not to get Demo rats into office, but to get the Demo. ratic President out of office. This ,their whole law and gospel in a utshell.* Recently, through the orderly ourse of D)emocratic administration, be number of places filled by Demo rats in the various branches of the deral government has commenced alargely overbalance those held by tepulicans, and nearly all of the ppointees of 1887 have been gentle >en whose political prominence is as niversally conceded as their person I capacity. Under these circumstances the ntiadministration "combine" has' und itself compelled to change ack. It does this in a manner char cteristically clever and ingenious. here has been in various quarters a udden eruption of pretended dis atches, of which the following is a ample: Was1IINGTON, 3Iarchi 20.-It is now iven out by the managers of the second rm campaign that Mr. Cleveland really os not desire a reeection. but he does eire a renomination as an ind(orsement i his administration. This, if tendered, ril be declined with thauks. But in making this move malice tas overdone itself. It needs no de *ial to convince the country ot the alsity of the story that the President esires a renomination only that his ,arty may be defeated. Any school oy or any man above the grade of n idiot could not be stupid enough o believe such a monstrous comcoc ion. It is equally silly to say that he President would ask to be renom nated in order that he might decline If for any reason Mr. Cleveland hould desire to retire from public ife at the end ot his first term he rouhd very surely make his purpose that regzard known before ihe nom ation of the Democratic candidate. I certainly would not consent to: trouble and demoralization of an U abortive nomination. Neither will he solicit a nomina- T tion. But if the national Democracy calls upon him to once more lead its columns to victory, we do not believe that he will decline, and we are firm in the faith that amounts to a cer tainty that his acceptance will be the 0. harbinger of a glorious and sweeping Democratic victory, to the great ad- ei vantage of this country and the w carse of liberty and good government throughou the world. What They Say of Us. u: If E. 11. Aull has assumed editorial p: control of the Newberry IIEr.ALD AND 01 Niws. le is well and favorably f( known here and we wish success and w honor in his new field of labor.-Ab- al beville Medium. ci Mr. A. C. Jones has sold the New- " berry HERALD AND NEWs to Messrs. al E. I. Aull and Win. P. Houseal. We welcome these gentlemen into st the press fraternity, and wish them a a prosperous career.-Anderson Intelli- ti gencer". e: Mr. A. C. Jones has sold the New d berry HERALD AND NEWS to Messrs. a E. 11. Aull* and W. P. Hlouseal. W These gentlemen are thorough jour- A nalists, and have already made a de- a cided improvement in the appearance g of the paper.-Hampton Guardian. tc Mr. A. C. Jones has sold that ex cellent paper, the Newberry HFRALD C AND NEWS, to Elbert H. Aull and h Wtm. P. Houseal. Mr. Aull is well w known to our people as a teacher, and Mr. Houseal is a practical print. er of much experience.-Abbeville h Press and Banner. c d Mr. A. C. Jones, editor and pro- a prietor of the Newberry HERALD AND NEWS, has sold hat journal to Messrs. . E. 11. Auil and W. P. Houseal. Mr. Aull is conducting the editorial de- . partment. We bid success alike to the retiring editor and his successor. --Lauretsiille Herald. s Mr. A. C. Jones has sold the New berry HERALD AND NEWS to Messrs. E. H. Aull and W. P. Houseal. We extend the fraternal hand to the new tI proprietors and our best wishes for c, the prosperity of the talented re- b tiring editor and proprietor.-Union V Times. Mr. A. C. Jones. late editor and f proprietor, has sold the Newberry y HERALD AND NEWS to Messrs. E. H. t< Aull and WV. P. H-ouseal, who will s< jointly continue the publication. ti lhey should lop off some of the name, for life is too short to set up so much f italics.-Aniderson Journal Messrs. E. HI. Aull and WV. P. c Houseal have bought the interest of v Mr. A. C. Jones in the Newberry fa IIERALD AND NEWs. Mr. Jones was e an honor to the profession, and we C hate to give him up, but have no a doubt that his successors will main- a tain the high reputation of the paper.- f We wish them good luck.-Ab.beville Messenger. The Newberry HERALD AND NEws b has been sold by A. C. Jones, former e editor and proprietor, to Messrs. E. v U. Aull and W. P. Housea]. Mr. h~ Auil will be editor. Under the new f management it has been enlarged to r its original size. Newberry is a pros- t perous and intelligent county as is L evident by the strong support given fi to its county papers.-Laurens Adter- tl tier. ti The Newberry llERALD AND- NEWs a has changed hands, having been h bought by Messrs. E. Hi. Aull and ~ W. P. Hlouseal. We are personally acquaiu ted with both of these gentle men. Mr. Aull is one of the bright- V est young lawyers of Newberry, and c Mr. Houseal ranks among the most 1 skilled workmen in the art typo- g graphical. If they will only change h the heading of the dear old HERALD g AND NEws to correspond with that formerly used by the good old pa- a triarch, Mr. Greneker, we are sure b the paper will be prettier, and more appreciated by those who knew it but to love it a decade ago. The HER ALT) AND NEWs has our very best wishes undler its new management. -.1 Clarentdon Enterprise. No face in our sanctum could be more welcome than that of Elbert H. Aull, of Newberry, and of the old Newberry H ERALD AND NEws. Law yer as well as journalist he came to our town on Friday last, on a matter C of legal business, and was kind I enough to make us a little visit. 1s Within the last fortninght, in con junction with Mr. WV. P. Houseal, hed has bought the Newberry HERALD AND NEWS. one of the oldest and . most prominent papers in our State 'J -a journ al with which, in the earliest p years of his graduation, he was hon- 0 orably identified. Now he returns to - it as ~editor and co-proprietor, lie is ' a native Edgefield man; and the Sa-I luda country should now be proud to tE stand by it's worthy young comnpa- ft it-E - vneld Ukronicle. I ti NION AND THE EMIGRATION AGENT. he Emigration Fiend and the Caro Iina Farmer. L Rion Cor. News aid Courier. UNiox, March 22.-In your issue March 20 you publish a dispatch om your Spartanburg correspond. it in relation to the exodus here, hich is incorrect in some particu. rs. Your correspondent says: Union was excited to day on ac )unt of an apparent exodus of hands . nder contract to work for the year." there was any excitement on the nrt of our people we are not aware it, and we have a right to know, r we mingled with the people who ere congregated to see the exodus, id there was not the slightest ex tement; and besides, there was no pparent exodus;" it was real, and out thirty souls left for the West. Again, your correspondent further Lys: "T. C. Sturgis, an emigrant rent, went down this morning after te crowd of negroes, but seeing an cited crowd of citizens about the epot, and learning that they were axious to get hold of him, he wisely ent on until he met the up-train." .s to the "excited crowd of citizens )out the depot * * anxious to !t hold of him," it is only necessary say that there was no excitement hile the agent was here, nor did our tizens seem anxious to get hold of m. It is true that some gentlemen anted to talk to him and requested im to desist in his robbery. as it ere, but as to being anxious to get Dld of him, I have stated the cir 2mstances. In my letter of Satur ay I said that "it is said that the ;ents who carry off the emigrants ill be 'slicked' if they do not desist i their nefarious business," and such ill be the case if I am not badly uistaken. In regard to this exodus I wish to y something which will probably sow in some way how our farmers uffer, and how they are justly exas erated at the work of the emigrant gents. These agents come among ie working or better class of our olored people and circulate hand ills, telling about the happy land in ie far West, and which resembles reatly the circulars sent out just be >re the exodus to Liberia several ears ago. As a matter of self-bet -rment our colored peopic, who are amnetimes a little dissatisfied ,grasp ae new idea of going to the West nd are over-anxious to accept the *ee passes given them by these gents. Colored people who have ontracted and have been contracted -ith for the current year slip away om their landlords, accept the pass s gladly and go to the far West. onsequently many of our farmers re heavy losers, and consequently re tired of the agents enticing their irm han<'a away. An instance which happened last reek fits many of the cases caused y the exodus. A farmer made a ontract for a larg-e amount of money rith a merchant who was to supply uim during the year 1887 with his od and raiment and other necessa les of life. The farmer then con racted with three hands to work for uim during the year, and he was to arnish them their supplies. Under .ie influence of one of these agents .ie three laborers picked up their oods and left, thereby leaving be ind them no work done, but board ud clothes for three months ad anced. of course the farmer is out iat much, and as a matter of law he 'ill be compelled to stand by his untract with the merchant, even if e fails to consume the amount of oods and supplies stipulated for in is contract. IIave not such farmers ood cause to be exasperated, and ave they not a right to talk to the gent and request him to let their ands alone? T1he agents have been coming mong the colored people since last )eemner and many farm hands have eft. The Surplus in the Treasury. According to Secretary Manning, he government will collect for the ext fiscal year, $125,000,000 in ex ess of its expenditures. It is now, nd for the past seven years has een, in receipt of $100,000,000 of urplus revenue. The redeemable ebt has been paid in advance of its ecoming due so rapidly that by uly 1st no bonds will remain sub ict to call. Within twenty years the rincipal has been reduced $1,445,. -' 00,000, and the interest charge from 133,000,000 a year to $4!>,000,000. here is no burden left for posterity share. The one per cent. sinking ind, collected yearly, will extinguish me remaining small debt.