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?!)t ^ft?tf b?cm ar?r ?Sont?jn - _ j _ . . ., . w WBD??ESDAY? FEB. 27, 189,' The Sumter Watchman was fouu io 1850 and the True Sotdhron in 18 The Watchman end Southron now the combined circulation and influe of both of the old papers, and is ma festly the best advertising medium ? Sumter. & EDITORIAL NOTESl R The Augusta Chronicle saya tl B Sumter is one of the few Caroli K towns that furnishes a good Item dai m Capt. Tillman's interview complete H overshadows the address of the Ir W Committee. That address will not 'heard of again. The large number of dogs in the ci and the few licenses paid is a matter I investigation. Let's have a Lex< Committee, or some such thing io Su ter. ?Hawaii has gotten rid of Queen L and calls for thc dispensary. We ha hr 1 no experience with Lil. but if s is worse than the dispensary the San wiches are not to be blamed for riddii themselves cf her. The eagerness of foreign and Arno can capitalists to buy United Stat bonds proves that the credit of ti country is good, even though the go reserve gets down near the vanishit point every now and them. The Legislature of North Carolii has capped the climax, and a new woi is needed to fully express our feelic of disgust. After refusing to adjoui for Washington's birthday, a resolutic to adjourn out of respect to the death Frederick Douglass prevailed. Wasl ington repudiated and Douglass hoc ored-Wiiat next ? The political condition at a glaoce Irby vs. Tilman; McLaurin vs. Irb and Tillman ; Shell vs. et al ; Pindi and Ellerbe vs. Tillman, Evans et al Farley and the Forty-where are the at? McLaurin vs. Evans; Evans v? Irby ; and the coat-tail swingers ali a sea. Senator irby has drawn his knife oi the Tillman-Evans combination, am onie** a truce is patched up the line I* of battle will be pitched in a new p!ac I vLis summer. The political situatioi s-_ becomes jnore complex each day, a ru the man who endeavor? to keep track o event?, must be prepared to revifce-Jjji estimate every other day or he will ge lost and lose track of what isgoiog on. Members of Congress have been mosi vigorous in denouncing President Cleve land for his conduct io office, and they have been exceedingly bitter in con? demning bis financial policy. Never? theless, when President Cleveland turn? ed thc financial question over to them Congress failed absolutely to do any? thing. Cleveland has done something. He should have, at least, credit for having done what he thought best under the circumstances. Congress should keep very quiet along this line. The propositions laid down in Capt. Tillman's interview are too important to ce hastily rejected or accepted. The Straightout faction must consider the cc?ditiocs confronting them before any decisive action is takeu. We are con? fronted by entirely different conditions from mere factiooal issues over which we have been fighting for .tour years, and we must meet tho changed condi? tions. Occe for all we are free to dei clare that we would rather be under the rule of a clique of white meu thau to rule by allying ourselves with the ne? gro Those who would rule by the ne? gro will soon find themselves ruled by the negro. And this we are not pre? pared to countenance. Tillmani.-m is better than the Radicalism that this State once endured, if we have been correctly informed concerning Radi? calism We sec the matter clearly now, and an inquiry made by a negro served to clear our mental vision. Col. Dargan must make his choice and make it promptly. Will he lead the negroes or will he remain with the white people and as a good citizen use his endeavors to secure laws that bear upon all alike? His course at present tends to ally him with the negro against the white people. The negroes are taking up his words and already there is an undercurrent of excitement among them They are saying on ail sides : "Dargan is with us," "Dargan is going to lead us," "Dargan says they cheated us in '70," "Dargan is our man," "We must send Dargan to the Convention." Thus it goes. Let Col. Dargan make his choice. Will he lead the negro, , or not ? I j The value of personal property bas decreased materially since last year. The shrinkage in values is most noticea? ble in live stock. Horses have fallen from ?150 to $60 or ?75 in actual j value : and when the returns are made i up for the collection of the next taxes the result wi.! be rather surprising to j most people. The distribution of the world's goods ? has long been kuowo to be very un- i equal, but we never had tbe truth so forcibly impressed upon us as when we saw a white man makiDg his returns. He returned one dog at ?10 and hou>e- j hold goods at $15. This was all, or at least he took au oath to that effect. The interview given out by Senator elect Tillman is a document that will have an effect of the first importance upon the campaign for the Constitutional Convention. Capt. Tillman is just as important to-day as a political factor io South Carolina as he ever was, and his influence if, is auything, more powerful and wide-extended than ever. His opinion in matters political is acoepted as final by thousands of white men io the State, and no man knows this bette tban Capt. Tillman himself. Therefore we must accept this iuterview as his j deliberate and well considered opiniou as to what should be the action of the Constitutional Couventiun. He has a good deal to say about the unification of the two factions of the white people and the necessity of mu ual concessions if it is desired to preserve white supre? macy, but, it will be noticed that he very explicitly sets forth certain thiogs j that the conveution must do. Herc are the three most important, divested of all verbiage. 1. Adopt a qualified suffrage that will preserve white supremacy. 2. Adopt a constitution that shall not bc submitted to the people for approval. 3 Adopt a constitution that shall not oontaio the two mill tax for school pur? poses. Do the people as a whole approve of these demands ? The Conservative faction is split wide open. The News and Courier says compromise, and The State says fight. Each paper represents a strong element in the Conservative faction, and since the issue has beet: made so j i clearly we are satisfied that there is uo j prospect of ihe Conservatives making i any unified fight. The facti.au is-j divided, and the good results that might bc obtained by a united fight agaiir^r T?l^KHfcOrfroui a compro? mise are sure to be lost unless there is j unity of action. And this is out of the question now. The factions of the fae- i tion have arrayed themselves agaiust , each other and from thc preseut ap- I pearaocc8 the fight will be bitter and j to the finish. There is no back dowu or compromise iu The State, aod the \ News and Courier gives evidence of a \ set determination io carry through to ! the end the compromise policy. We regret to see the faction split into | opposing and hostile elements, but we j had expected this result for sometime, i We regret the occurrence because it tends to increase the power of the Till man combiue, and defers to an indefi? nite day the time when the State shall be freed from a ring of unprincipled politicians. We believe that the Re? formers will be in absolute possession of the Constitutional Convention and that thc few others wh") will have seats will be disregarded and run over. Something might be gained by either a compromise or a fight ; but everything wiii be lost by a compromise and a fight. It does seem that the remark once applied to the Democratic Party is very appropriate to thc Conservative : factiou. It can bc depended upon to make a fool of itself at the right time for its opponents Since the last turn of affairp we are ; much more favorably disposed to the plan of compromise agreed upon by the conference called together by Mr. J C. Hemphill and other gentlemen. And furthermore, the address issued by the committee of that conference gives more light on the subject than we had : before obtained. There are features 1 that we have not b'.cn abie to agree to, but conditions may arise that will make it preferable to accept those features of the compromise plan rather than be? come a party to a coalition that would necessitate the surrender of priciplcs, sentiments and rights more important and far more sacred than any opinion that we may have entertained. Just at preseut, with the lights before us, we believe that it will be both seusiblc and politic io reserve judg? ment and take no decided action beyond using every effort to register svery white voter. Thc linc of action is not yet clearly defined, and those who ! have Dot already formed decided cc viciions are not called apon ro bi themselves either one way or the ot hi None of us are buoud to tue prima or to the general election, and we c and most choose betweeu the two seems best to us. If we eau obtain better Constitution and restore pea between the white people of the Sta by going into the compromise, th by all means let. us go into t compromise ; if we see that wc w lose everything and will not gaiu poa nor au honest constitution hy becomit parties to the compromise, then let choose rather to fi?;ht the entire force the ring. The negro vote will not count in t! election to any great exter-1 after all, we have discovered afier cxamini .?* tl law in respect to registration for t! convention election. The section w drawn with tho intent to prevent tl registration of the disfranchised ncgroe and by "intelligent'7 management \ Supervisors of Registration few u desirable voters will be able to obra registration certificates. Therefore tho who have been counting on the neg has not counted wisely. Of cour there are sufficient negroes registered < to be regt.>tercd to have a great weigl in determining the election, if led t and allied with white men, and thc may he men who will rather underfak to win all or lose ail by the negro tha to compromise for the sake of peace an good government. - ll REGISTER. The duty ol the hour is to registe for unless there is a full registrado of all citizens the Constitutional Coi vention will go by default to th ring. We publish to-day the law in n Iation to registration for the electio of delegates to the Constitutional Coi vention. Every man should carefull consider the provisions of the law and if iie has never registered or ha lo6t his certificate he should let not! ing prevent him from complying wit the law and qualifying to vote. All who have registration certif cates and have not changed the i place of residence since the registra Hon will not need another certificate but those who have never registered have lost their certificate, or havi changed place of residence, mus obtain new certificates to be entitlet to vote. Tin; provisions of section 7, an most misleading, and while it ap pa rent ly provides for the registrado! ofthose who have been disfranchise* since 1882 by the operation of thc Registration Law, it imposes euc! conditions as to make impossible, 01 the part of a great many, compliance with the requirements. How man} unregistered voters can make appli? cation according to the requirements! The requirements are : "Application under oath in accord? ance with a printed form to be pre? pared by the Attorney General, setting forth in each case the fact, to wit The full name, age, occupation and residence of the applicant at the time of the general registration, or at any time thereafter when the said applicant became entitled to register, and the place or places of his resi? dence sir.ee the time when he became entitled to register, which affidavit of two reputable citizens who ?vere each of the age of twenty-one years on the 30th day of June Anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty two, or at the time said applicant be came entitled thereafter to register ; or any elector who has become a citizen of this ?tate by moving into the same according to the Const itu lion of the State, and who shall make application under oath stating the time of his moving into the State and his place of residence since liv? ing in the State, which application shall be supported b\ the < 'davits ol' two reputable citizi ,v were twenty-one years of age ne time the applicant became a resident of this State ; such applicant shall bc allowed to register as a voter and to have issued to him a certificate as a duly qualified elector in the manner and form now provided by law and be entitled to vote at said election for delegates to said convention." Very few can furnish the required affidavit, and we have it straight that it is not intended that undesirable parties shali be permitted to obtain certificates unless their applications are absolutely flawless. This section is the keystone of thc law, and there has been much anxious study and consultation over it butti by poli? ticians in this county and by the State Executive Committee over which Irby presides. Orders have been issued and no one need expect a full, free and fair registration of all citizens of a legal age. Section 7 was framed to defeat this very thing and orders have been issued for thc rigid enforcement of the provisions of the section, in cases "herc it is thought necessary. COL. DARGAN'S SPEECH. From the Daily Dem of Feb. 23. Col. Dargan made his second speech Friday night to an audience that WHS estimated at two hundred, of whom one hundred and ti tty were negroes. The speech was simiUr to ?h*t made on the preceding Friday night He was more bitter in denunciation of Till? man than ever. He also paid his respects to the Newtand Courier and all those who are favoring a compromise in the interest of white supremacy. Portions of the speech were applauded to the echo by 'he negroes. Thi3 speech has not created as much comment as the first one, and the people, *s a rule tire evincing little interest ia Col. Dargan's candidacy. Explaining and Defending Col Dargan. Editor the Item : lu your issue of February 23d, yon pub? lish a sh'irt account of Col. Dargan's speech on Friday night, io which you make it ap? pear that he is opposing "all tnose who are favoring a compromise in the interest of white supremacy.'' In your editorial columns you go further, and intimate that be intends to lead npgroes in order to prevent this white supremacy, and call upon him to "make his choice and make it promptly," whether he will "?ead negroes or remain with the white people." The editor of the Item knows that Col. Dar? gan desires white supremacy and will never lead negroes ?gainst it, and we can see no reason for the insinuation except it be that he (the editor) is opposed to the Conservatives making an open, manly fight, and accepting negro support, as Hampton did in '76. At any rate, Col. Dargan's utterances speak for themselves, and the people of Sumter County know him to be loyal and ?rue to his race. He is charged with opposing "ali those who are favoring a compromise." Such is not th*- eas-?. H? ts opposing anv compro? mise that would involve the necessity of com? mitting fraud. Your readers are no doubt familiar with the terms of the compromise offered by Tillman. Such compromise every patriotic, truth loving citizen should refuse to touch. Tillman, the perjured liar, not satisfied with damning himself, is seeking to make Conservatives partners i" his crime. Such a compromise mean3 *ijuct surrender to Tillman, and wiTi not even briug pence. A convention elected thus will be pledged to perpetuate fraud in our constitution and the managers of election appointed nader it will be obliged to perjure themselves in order to disfranchise the regro. Provisions will be made, says TillmaD, for every white man to vote, and this cannot be done without frmd and perjury. A property qualification will also be put io the instrument and thousands of white men will be legally debarred from voting. The constitution thus "fixed" will stifle our people forever ; and knowing that the people would repudiate such a paper, the ring requires that conservatives elected under the compromise shall be pledged not to sub? mit the nev: Constitution to the people .for rati? fication Such a system of fraud and perjury once established there is no telling where it will end. By the terms of the compromise Tillman will gain every point for which he has ever contended and if the Conservatives refuse his offer make a fight and are defeated, they will, be no worse offand will have the satisfaction of knowing that they contended for the right like men. On the other hand, if they win, Tillmanism will sink never to show its he*d again in South Carolina. We are for a fight against the ring-with everything to gain and nothing to lose. Let everybody register! J I'STICE. Editorial in The D-?.v ?tem, Feb. 25. * "Justice," as blind as thc fabled god? dess^ hastens to defend and explain Col. Dargan, ano there is no doubt about, an explanation beidg necessary. But, as usual with the person who es? says the role of . Justice," he loses himself io a maze of supposed insinua? tions and imputations The editor of The Item made no imputat'ons or in? sinuations. What was said, was said un? equivocally and there is no excuse for finding imputations and insinuations, save a desire to hunt devious ways, or an obtuse understanding. We made direct assertions and there is no necessity of going into heroics be? cause Col. Dargan is the man under discussion. If was stated that : 1. Col. Dargan's course teuds to ally him with the negro against the white man. 2 The negroes are taking UD the charges against the white people made by Col. Dargau. 3. Co!. Dargan is exciting hopes in the minds of negroes that can onlv be realized by ru ea us of white leadership. 4. Col. Dargan must choose betw. cn thc negro and the white man. Will be lead tho nc^ro or will he not? 5 Col. Dargan assailed those wit o favur a compromise. These are neither insinuation!! nor imputations, bu: facts. Justice asserts that thc editor of this paper knows thus and s<"> concoring Col Dargan. There never was a greater mis mistake. Thc editor does not pretend to imagine what Co!. Dargan will or will not do. Io ai past he bas been the most persistent advocate of white primaries under any and all circumstances, at present he talks as if he prefers a black primary to anything else. We do cot know what he wants or what be intends doing, therefore we asked: Will he lead the negro or will he not? We want information. If there is to be a political fight on the color linc we are going with the white people every time, sink or swim, because the evils that will result from thc triumph of the negro and mongrel party will be a vast dca! worse than the ills that could follow any other condi? tion we can imagine. To go a little further for the purpose of preventing other imaginary insinuations and im? putations we will state a few facts con? cerning ourselt in relation io thc ijiie.1" lions at issue : We oppose incorporating in the Con? stitution 1. Any provision that will not bear eoually upon every man, white as well as negro or that wiii disfranchise one and not the other when they are pos? sessed of equal qualifications. "1. Any provision that will mate? rially injure the public school system a thing that needs improvement rather than injury 3. Ary provision that wi!! not per? mit the constitution to be submitted to the people. But above ali things we oppose an appeal to the negro. Such an appeal Col. Dugan is DOW making, to all intents and purposes, although he may have no intention of appealing to, or exciting them He is setting a movement going that will sweep him off his feet before he knorrs it if he du? s not call a half at once From the Daily Item, Feb 25. Col. Dargan's Position. Editor of (he item : You CAII upon me to define my position. I thunk you for your consideration, and would have answered more ''promptly," but for ?n unusual pressure of buc.nes3yesterday. To define my position in A few words, I take f-om The'Freeman of last Friday, the following editorial delivemnce and say I wrote it and ? stand by it. viz : The man who imagines he can ever hold high office ?n South Carolina on negro votes against the whites is a simple fool, no more and no less. The white man who would at? tempt to hold office here, or any where, by an appeal io negro THO? prejudices against the whites is a fraud and t;lack-henrted villain. Bul the white man who would rather see ne? groes in office ?han cheated out of them by the whites*and would rather die a thousand death9 than suftV-r at? humble, helpless race to b<: deprived of al! opportunities ot an educa? tion in this en lightened land of ours is only true to his race, and its proud history, its civilization, i's high religious principles, its justice, its humanity, its magnanimity 1 think we, the whites of this State, have often struck at the negro unjustly, through a ro en ta I hallucination, the natural birth of slav? ery, and have in variably caught the blow full in our own faces. It is to avoid a similar blun? der at the present crisis that I am reviewing the past. You are right in saying I favored a white primary very ft Tenuously My reasons for favoring it were often given in The Freeman. I ra?ke the following editorial extract from a recent issue in regard to it : As all will recollect The Freeman once ad? vocated a white Primary, instead of a "Democratic" primary, because the one could be held honestly and the other was a palpable fraud, as the p*- pie voting at such primary were not al! Democats, but only a minority of them were true Democrats. Then we distinctly saw that the speediest way to relieve our people of party shackles was to do away with party names and party action. Bu: our counsel was rej-cted then. Now the advocates of a white primary are numerous, but they ?ike the Irishman's chicken "speak too late." For by force of circumstances we have passed the white pi imary period and ha ve gol i:ito full poli? tical freedom. Kvery man, white or black, is now going to vote, as he sees proper at the "General Election," and have his vo'e count? ed ac ??s?., oi know the reason why. Before cheating by reg'Stration irregularities, or o:herwi?e, will he longer submitted '?? every ?..gal remedy will be exhausted and then the ever reserved right of revolution, ny physi? cal force resorted to. Freemen live in South Carolina from this time forth and forever, thank God. hurried to their liberty by :he intolerable tyranny of Tillman and the glaringly fraudulent trickery of Irby trying to keep lor themselves places of power for purposes of plunder. Graiefuliy acknowledging your generous allowance of space lo ray candidacy I am, Respectfully, JOHN J. DAKGAS. 'ec?orai _ For Colds and Coughs RECEIVED MEDAL and DIPLOMA AT THE * MUTER TIN SHOP. AYING PURCHASED the tools and outfit of the shop formerly or" E. Uardarelii, 1 will co.^ud che Tin business in its different branches at the same stand, on Republican Street near Graham's Stables. Orders for Roofing, Guttering and general Repair Work will have prompt attention I have good workmen employed, and guarantee satisfaction Feb. 20. H.A. HOYT. Agent. H. A. HOYT, THE WELL-KNOWN Watch and Ciock workman has sold out the Jewelry Business, and will devote his entire time and energy to repairs. He can be found at Walsh & Shaw's Shoe Store, next door io Bank of Sumter. Sign of Big Watch. Wi!! do work in first-class manner, and cheaper than anv other. Feb. 'Ju. H. A HOYT. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esa., Probate Judge \ I TH ERE AS, MOSES WILSON, made suit \\ to me, to grant him Letters of Admin? istration ot the Estate of and effects ot KKLLY WILSON, 'ate of said County and State, de? ceased . 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