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. v;.-: THE 0A8UMQT0N HEWS, Lisflit tVlartiruLi pUB SDAT MORNINQ HENRY I. THOMPSON. PROPRIETOR. rER*S**$3 P« r Annum In Adrance. One Square, first insertion.••••••••••.•..Rl.00 One Square, second insertion 50 gsery subseqent insertion 50 Contrnet advertisements inserted upon the a ost reasonable terms. Marriage Notlees and Obituaries, not .weeding sin lines, inserted free. In Memoriam. ••Weeping may endure for a night but j oy eometh in the morning ” • They shail hunger no more, neither .hint an* more, neither shall the sun light on them nor any heat; for the Umb which i a in the midst of the throne shall feed them ana shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and Qod shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” I On the strand of that deep wide sea Whence thy spirit took its flight. Alone 1 stand and think of thee, Alone in my depth of night, Alone, my dear one, all alone, On the lip ef the boundless sea, Waiting far some sweet word of thine That never eomes back to me. IT From the depths ef a wounded heart I To IheYord who loved us much, Strength for my weary, lonely way. And bis tender, healing touch ; For my heart clings close to the tender love That walks by my side no more, But beckons me still, from her homo above, To her side ou the heavenly shore. Ill And I wait in the valley of Prayer, And I call, in the hush of the night, And ask for th« soiuoo nod cure Of God’s holy Angels of Light; And, though nerer the touch of a sound From their lips sends its thrill to my ear, By the peace which my spirit has found, I know that the Angels are here. IV. Fer my Father has hearkened and heard, Anil Ris Angels fly swift at the call Of His children who trust in His word, And His mercy, wb uorer befall. And they bring me sweet thoughts from that shore Where the River ot Life floweth free, A ad my loved one, at rest evermore, Is waiting and watchiug for me. V. To my soul comes their whisper, so sweet "The dark night—it is pasting away ; Soon the dear ones, now parted, shall meet, And ehoiA lit the dawn of the day. Thy dear, pneions me is at rest, By toe -River that flows from the Throne, In the ligb: of Rod’s face she is blest - With a pesos that earth never has known ” VI. And I weep, yet I know all 'a well. And a sweetness find ever ia tears. And the night of my sorrow grows bright while I dwell With the Angels sent down at my prayers, And,I look to yon beautiful land. With a longing, fell never before, While I dre.m of the elavp of a band Which awaits me upon the bright shore. DARLINGTON NEWS. ‘‘FOR US PRINCIPLE.IS PRINCIPLE—RIGHT 18 RIGHT—YESTERDAY, TO-DAY. TO-MORROW, FOREVER. VOL. XIV. NO 21 #»» Darlington , S. C.. April 1888. Tke Tariff not a Sectional Issue. (Editorial in News and Courier.) It has already been mentioned iu tbe Newt and Comer that Congress man Dargan, of South Carolina, delivered an effective speech dur ing tbe debate upon the bill for the revision of the tariff. Tbe speech, however, waa delivered at night and has not attracted tue attention that it richly deserved. It was not only an able discussion of the prin- eiplea of Protection, but was in ad dition a complete answer to the sectional arguments upon which tbe Republican speakers place so much reliance. Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, in the opening argument against the Mills bill talked about slavery, nul lification and the war, asserting that the Mills bill is an auachron ism and belongs to the saddest epoch in oar history. Mr. Grosve- nor, of Ohio, and other speakers imitated tbe coarse ot argument punned by Mr. Kelley, which was in sobetanoe that tbe Mills bill was framed end chiefly supported by the representatives ot what was slave territory. Mt. Dargau’s ancestors “were gui'ty of the great politisal sins of sieve-holding, nullification and secession, 0 and he had no apoU ogies or explanations to make. Bat he took op the glove wtncu was thrown down, and met squarely the arguments and insinmtionsof those on the other side. The South sup posed. as Mr. Dargan said, that with tbe eioee of the war the qnes tionsof slavery, nullification and •eoessiou were forever, and conclu sively disposed of. Tbe Protectioo- ists dig up these dead issues from their bleod-staiued graves, their idee being that tbe people ot the United JStetasoiuEhi not to. listen be* J practiced slave-bohliug, natttfleatioq and secession. These to the Sont^ are historical and not L r issues. Mr. pargan said : n regard to slavery, Tt ia safe to any that tbe verdict of impartial history will be that that institn- ffon asit existed in the United States was a great evil, and that its dsstrnotioii, even by the untold ex- penditareof blood ond treasure, re- rnffttag from tbe ' wsr, was s great gain to every part of tbe country. But, air, will history go farther and toy, ea the gentlemau from Pensyl- vaata would seem to bava os infer, that slave holding is so essentially and unavoidably pernicious in its effecU Upon human character that u prevents thoee who practice it from being either wttobr patriotief Will it ge forgotten, as the gentle- m*n from Pennsylvania end many DARLINGTON, .8 Cm THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1888. WHOLE NO 700. of his associates seem to have for gotten, that Washingtou, and Jef ferson, and Madison, and Patrick Hemy, and John Marshall were all slave-holders T I do not wish to nnderate the many other great men of this country, uor do I wish to imitate the somewhat florid rhetoric of some of the gentlemen who seem so much eoucerued about slave holding. ‘‘But, sir, I should like to ask what would this country have been without the slaveholders (or ‘slave drivers,’ if the gentlemen prefer,) whom I have named! Whose elo quence would have aroused in a whole contiueut the spirit oi resist ance to British tyrany! Who would have written the Declara tion of ludependejce! Who would have been the commander in-chief of tbe American army! W r ho would have been the leader and guide of the Convention that framed the Constitution f Who, as Chief Jus tice ot the Supreme Court, would have delivered that loug iiue of im mortal decisions which have con verted that Constitution from a dead letter into a living spirit! These are questions from those who are always declaiming about ‘the barbarism of slave-holding’ to an swer at their leisure. “Now, sir, I repeat I am not de fending slavery. I am not lament iug its downfall. I rejoice that it has been forever abolished- But when gentlemen, for the purpose of influencing the judgment of the country in regard to the merits of the tariff' question, assert by impli cation or otherwise that slave-hold ing is incompatible witb wisdom and patriotism, I say tbat the charge is shown to be absurdly un true not only by the history of this country, but by all history, both aucieui and modern. So much, sir, for slavery 0 This was sufficient answer on tbe subject of slavery, and, as regards secession, Mr. Dargau shows iu his speech conclusively tbat tbe doc trine had asaumed threatening pro portions in New Ecglaud loug be tore it was even dream d of in South Carolina. It is not uec.-ssa ry t< go as far back as tho Hartford Convention, or to quote the works of writers of early days. Mr Hen ry Cabot Ledge, who is a member ot tbe present House of Represen tatives, says iu his “Life of Dauiel Webster:” “When the Constitution was adopted by the votes of Siates at Philadelphia, and accepted by tbe votes of States iu popular couveu- tion it was safe to say there was uot a man iu the country, from Washington and Hamiitou ou the one side to George Cliutou and George Mason ou the other, who regarded the new system as any thing but au experiment entered upon by the States and from which each and every State hud the right to peaceably withdraw, a right which was very likely to be exer cised. W hen tbe Virginia and Ken tucky resolutions appeared they were uot opposed ou constitutional grounds, but upon those of expedi ency aud of hostility to the revolu tion, which they were considered to embody.” There is much more of the same sort. Tbe result of Mr. Lodge’s careful examination of the celebrat ed controversy with Hayue and Calhoun, which won for Webster the title of “The Great Expounder of tbe Constitution,” is this: “Web ster utterly failed to establish tbe proposition for which he contended; namely, tbat tbe Constitution was intended by its framers to ert ato, aud as ratified did iu fact cre ate a National Government and a Uuiou of States from which uo State had tbe right to withdraw. Tbe facts were all against “Web ster, and, able aud eloquent as he was, he necessarily failed.” Mr. Lodge seeks to escape from the dif ficulty in whnh he find himself by contending that, by 1833, a majori ty of the people of the United States “hatl come to think” differ ently about the Constitution. They “had come to think” that the Con stitution was a fundamental laNv, and that it bad created an mdissol able Uuiou. The differeuce be tween Mr. Lodge and the states men of the South who maintained the, right of secession is, as Mr. Dargan shows, on a point of consti tutional law. According to Mr. Lodge, when a majority of tbe peo ple of the United States come toen tertain au erroneous view about the Constitatiou, tbat erroneous view immediately becomes the cor rect view, aud At is then both ille gal and wicked for the minority to insiat on what waa once the correct view. Thin is a most ingenious and at the same time most lame explan ation or defence of “the higher law” doctrine—that what ia tbe wish or desire of the majority of tbe people, or ia snppoaed to be, is the supreme law, with or without the Constitu tion. • Jl Mr. Dargan Tendered the whole country a service in answering Mr. Kelley aud bis associates. The re- snlta of his study will furnish ex cellent material for thoae who have occasion hereafter to defend the Southern earito. No more than any other Southern member of Congress would Mr. Dargan desire to revive unpleasantly or mischievously any thing tbat is past, but it is due to country that ihe truth should be told, aud be told again, until cur rent history shall be re written in part at least. The views of Mr. Dargan will have, perhaps, more weight from the reason that he was uot in love himself with either slavery or se- cession. In his speech he says : “It was ‘an anachronism.’ It had uo relatiou to tbe era iu which it existed. It belonged to the past, aud could uot stand against the irresistible forces of au utterly hos tile civilization. As it was witb slavery, so it was with secession. Secession was a political act which was contrary to the whole spirit aud tendency of the age. It was an attempt to inaugurate a policy which ran exactly counter to ihe current of events and to the best interests and strongest aspirations not only of a great majority of the Ameiican people, but of tbe whole civilized world It was au attempt to separate, to divide, to disinte grate, in the midst ot a civilization of which every interest, tendency, and aspiration was toward integra- tkn, uuiou aud growth. Secession, when attempted by the South, was not, as Mr. Lodge endeavors to show, i noonsitntional. There was no law on the statute book, either express or constructive, against secession. Secession was lawful. The Uoustitntiou of the United States was a mere compact between sovereign States. But, as a dis tinguished historian has said: ‘There is a political force in ideas which silently renders protestations, promises, aud guaranties, no mat ter in what good faith they may have been given, of no avail, aud which makes constitutions obso lete.’ Secession was an ‘anachron ism it bad no relatiou to this era, aud it has forever perished.” The high protective tariff is cer tainly “an anachronism.” This, as Mr. Dargan pointed ont, is the age when the physical barriers which nature interposes between mm who occupy diflereut parts of tbe earth’s surface are surmounted or broken down. In this age of steam and electricity, of “liberty, equality aud trateruitv,” a high | protective tariff is an anachronism : “It has no relatiou to the eia; it belongs to the dull and lifeless epoch of separation aud prejudice, of bounties and privileges for the favored few, and burdens lor the toiling many. It is an attempt to antagonize and obstruct the marcb of piogn ss. It is a device for build ing Artificial barriers across the paths of commerce, which have been made smooth and easy by science aud mechanic il invention. It is a law to keep men iu their primitive condition of isolation, prejudice aud weakness. It is so utterly at war with the best in- terests of the masses of the people, with all the tendencies of the times, all the aims, aspirations and achievements of modern civilization that, however strong and skilful its Inends may be, however they may fora while deceive tbe people by transparent sophistries aud ap peals to prejudice, they caunot, I say, defend such ‘an anachronism’ against the inevitable destruction and death which await t.” Mr. Dargau’s speech was not long, bat it was very strong. It reads well, aud it givts evidence of much thought and # political re search. Start Square. Begin the new year ou the cash basis, even it a little money must be borrowed to start with. We mean just what we say. There’s nothing like it for economy and thrift. No matter whether machin ery, fertilizers, groceries or clothes are to be purchased, the vender will give you lower figures it he knows tbe pay will be forthcoming in bard cash as soon as the goods are de livered, than he will if he expecis to wait three, six or nine months for it. Are there old debts, stand ing and accounts at tbe store run ning f Very well, settle up, find just what they amount to, and then look around and see if some thing caunot be sold from the fai m to wipe them out. Possibly one end or an odd lot of the farm itself might be made to do better service in this way than ever done before. If not, borrow the money, or, what is about the same thing, give your obligations for tbe balances, pat olose the accounts and keep them closed by paying cash thereafter for all tbat is bought, even though less must be bought. Tbe debts can be paid easier this way than by letting them ren on.—Farm Journal. 1PARTM1T, Ourjob department iaaupplied with eve t facility necessary to enable ns to compels both astoprice aadquality ofvork, with eeer those of the cilios, and wo guarantee satis faction in every particular or ohnrge nothing for our work. We are always prepared in fill orders at short notice for Blanks, Bi| Heads, Letter Heads. Cards, hand Bills Posters. Circulars, Pamphlets, Ac. All job work must be paid for Cash on Delivery. Woods & Woods THEIR STOCK OF Spring and Summer Goods find notr have it ready fot inspection; THIS STOCK EMBRACES A FULL ASSORTMENT OF EVERYTHING HANDLED BY THE FIRM. THE LINE OF s s O O 3D Embracing all the Novelties in Worsted Goods, White Goods, &c., has received their special attention and the ladies of Darlington County will find both pleasure and profit, in inspecting the many beautiful arti cles now on exhibition at their March 29, 1888. People Everywhere Confirm our statement when we say tbat Acker’s English Remedy is in every way superior to an}’ and all other preparations for the Throat and Lungs. Id Whooping Uougn and Croup it ia magic and relieves at once. Wa offer yon a aample bottle free. Remember, this Reme dy ia sold on a positive guarantee, by Dr. J. A. Boyd, John K. Mclver, DEALER IN KOTTSE ETJElSriSlilTSrO GOOIDS, Hardware, Wooden and Willow-ware, Glass ware,Crockery and tin-ware Window Shades, Cornice Poles, Matting, Carpeting, Pictures, Mouldings, &c, &c. A. 3L.I3NTE OE Staple and Fancy a-E.OaEE.IES HAS BEEN ADDED. •to- The Patronage of the Public is Solicited. *«« Feed Cutters ! Feed Cut ters! WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED ROSS Ensilage and Fodder Cutters. HUNDREDS OF PREMIUMS, CERTIFICATES OF MERIT, MED ALS, ETC., HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE Cutters. SUCCESSFUL ALWAYS AT COMPETING TRIALS. IMPORTANT. Please remember that onr machines do double and treble tbe amount ot work, size for aixe, than can be done by any other entter in tbe county, and that they are heavier, stronger, and more durable. Also, tbat the amallea sizes do an amoant of work equal to that of the larger sizea and more expensive cutters of other makes; consequently, yon can bay of ns a cutter wbicb requires less power to drive it, ipll do better work, will not get oat of order, and is sore to give satisfaction, for considerably Less Money than yon can secure a machine for of other makes, with an equal capacity, while tor large sizes our machines cannot be approached by several tons per hour. Every machine sold ouder a warranty. A- S WHITE, Manager. June 14, 88 A Harrest Field Fop BTJ'VESH.S UA ASOiY & BROOM. BUYING FOB CASH-SELLING FOR CASH I (jetting Bargains, -m Giving Bargains. That is the magic power that is fast tearing asunder the shackles o f High Prices and consecrates a new e|H>cb in the Drj Goods trade. Cold blooded an tebellum profits—75 per cent, will uot do, when the condition of tbe conn- try and the scarcity of money requires that every dollar should, it possi ble, do double duty. We secure bargains .anywhere and everywhere ; whether from the Auctioneer, the Assignee, the overstocked Manufac turer, or the needy Jobber—it matters uot since they are Bargains. Hence we otter a line of Huts, 1,600 in ail, of almost every kind, for men, youths and children, at 25 iter cent, below first cost. We bought them at 35 cents on the dollar. Next it is a Manufacturers Stock of Shoes ; some in broken lots but all genuine Bargains We sell as we buy, and don’t ask 11 25 for s shoe we can sell for 81. 120 pairs ladies’ fine peb grain flexible shoes that cost first 81 40; our paice is 81.25. A splendid button Dougols goat solid sole shoe for 81.50, worth 82. Sixty pair Men’s Gaiters worth 82, now for 81 40 Space forbids mention of our New and lovely line of Dress Goals Lawns and Piques, but we are prepared to say a word about Nulious and Hosiery. Every uiekle buys a great deal iu this Bargain House. 5 cents will buy 3 papers of pins. Scouts will buy3 pocket Handkerchief. 5 cents will buy 2 papers of needles. 5 cents will buy a pair of ladies’ hose. 5 cents will buy 3 ba! s sewing thread. 10 cents will buy as much as 25 cents will at most places. Notwithstanding we have bad a most gratifying Sprig trade thus far, we must do better; better for our patrons aud ourselves. Have faith to come and see for yourselves. Very Uesiiectfull GAINS©]* A BROOM. April 13, ’88. IJ M Q THE CHEAPEST Place in Town for ine Dress Goods, Goods, • 'V Notions, Roots, Shoes and ^ t « •NX i. Hats, Wines, Liquors, and CIGARS, ■_« LSfVi