? Statesman's Prot est Against Imperialism. Masterly Argument by Mas sachusets' Senior Senator. SOLEMN WARNING TO HIS PARTY. Washington, April IT -For more than three hoars today Mr Hoar, the senior senator for Massachusetts, oe* copied the attention of the senate with a speech in opposition to the policy of "imperialism." upon which he maintained, this government had embarked. As prepared, the address was 00,00*) words in length, bat Mr Hoar omitted mach of it owing to an incipient aitack of grip from which ha was suffering. The speech was brilliantly written, was illuminated with splendid rhetor? ical figures and was rich with citations from history. One of the notable parts of the address was the eulogy of Aguinaldo. Mr Hoar did . not liken the insurgent leader to Washington, as has been done here? tofore, bot to Kossuth, Oom Paul, Joubert, Nathan Hale add other builders of the church of liberty. In statecraft he likened Aguinaldo and his associates in the leadership of the Filipinos to the best minds ever pro doced in the Asiatic race which handed dowo to os "the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the poetry of Solomon and the profound philosophy of Paul " One of the most effective parts of his address was his fancied roll call of some of the distinguished states men of the United States on the question of the retention of the Philippines. He began with George Washington and closed with Wm. McKinley, each in a sentence giving the reason for his vote Every vote was in the negative, except that the Aaron Eurr, who voted *,ye8.?, and explained : "You are repeating my | buccaneering expedition down the Mississippi. I am to be vindica? ted at last. When the name of Wm McKinley was called, he replied : "There has been a cloud before my vision for a moment, but I see clearly now ; I go back to what I said two years ago : 'Forcible annexation is criminal aggression ; governments j derive their jost powers from the consent of the governed, not of some of them, bat of ail of them. I wiil stand with the fathers of the repub lie. I will stand with the founders of the Republicad party. No The effect was dramatic As Mr Hoar pronounced his peoration the stillness in the chamber was intense Applause swept over the galleries, bot it was hashed quickly by the president pro tempore. Mr Hoar took as his text the Beveridge resolution declaring the Philippines United States terri tory He cited the giory of the war with Spain, the prosperity of the American people at its close, eologiz ed President McKinley's coarse at that time, characterizing him as the beet beloved president who ever eat in the ?chair of Washington. He begged the republican party not to recede from tts principles and said if, "when we made the peace treaty, we had adhered to the parp?se we declared when we declared war; if we had dealt with the Philippine isl ands as we promised to deal, have dealt, and expect to deal with Coba, the country would have escaped the loss of 6,000 brave soldiers, other thousands of wrecked and shattered lives, the sickness of maoy more, the expenditure of hundreds of millions and, what is far worse than all, the trampling under foot of its cherished ideals ??I do not expect to accomplish anything for liberty in the Philippine islands but through the Republican party ; but upon it the fate of these islands for years to come is to depend I carino: look with favor upon Mr Bryan ia an alternative 'i believe thai not oaly perseverance in the present policy wilt be the aban? donment of the principies upoo which our soverooaeiit ta founded, that it will chanptf oar republic iot^. an empire, that oar methods Gf legislation, o? diplomacy. '?f admioisna'ioo must herarter be those which belong to empires and oo'. cho^e which beloog to republics ; but I believe persistance io thts bt:etupt will r-salt m ?he defeat and overt?.-ow of the Republican party r Touching upon tee constitutionality of mc question a: issue, Mr Hoar s*id : bold thar this acquisition of terri tory, holding and governing can be only a meaoa for a coosttt a tiona I etd And I maintain that you can no more hold and govern territory than you can bcid and manage cannons or fleet3 fer any other than a constitutional end ,: Adverting to the authority to te found io the declaration of independ? ence, Mr Hoar declared : "There is expansion eoough in it, but is is the expansion of freedom and cot of des? potism ; of life, not cf death. Never was such growth in all human history as that from tho seed Thomas Jefferson planted. It has covered the continent. Is is on both the seas. It has saved South America. It is revolutionizing Earope. It is the expansion of free? dom. Itt dii?fera from your tinsel, pinchbeck, pewter expansion a9 the growth of a healthy youth into a strong maa differs from the expansion cf an anaconda wheo be swallows bis victim. Oars is the expansion of Thomas Jef? ferson. Yours is the expansion of Aaroo Barr Ic is destined to as abort a life and to a like fate. "You have, tried governing men of other races than your own at home fora bandred years. You have dealt with tho Indian, you have dealt with the negro, close at band, knowing all boat (hem. I suppose yoa feel en? couraged by your success. There are 10,000,000 of them. And now you go forth to lay your yoke on 10,000, 000, more 7,000 miles away, of whom yoa know nothing. Yoa go forth jauntily and boastiogiy, as Louis Napo leao went to meet his doom at Sedan." Mr Hoar reviewed the rebellion aod ! mads a vigorous defeose of the Fth I pinos. The State papers of Aguinaldo, be said, the discussion of the law of J nations of bis attoroey geoeral, Maba 01*8 masterly appeal, are the products of the Asiatic mind. The senator fully justified the Filipinos' action in resisting the American force As to what be would do with the Philippines, Mr Hoar said : '.Declare now that we will cot take the islands to govern them against their will "Reject a cession of sovereignty whiob implies that sovereignty may be bought and sold and delivered without the consent of the people "Require all foreign government to keep oat of these islands *?Off?r the Filipioos oar help in maintaining order until they have a reasonable opportunity to establish a government of their own. "Aid them by advice, if they desire it, to set up a free and independent government "lovite all the great powers of Eu? rope to unite in an agreement that their independence shall not be interferrcd with. "Declare that the United States will enforce the same doctrine as applicable to the Philippines that we declared as to Mexico and Haiti and the South American republics. "Then, in a not distant future, leave them to work out their own salvation, j as every nation on earth, from the beginning of timo, has wrought out its own salvation " A resolution offered by Mr Tillman, of South Carolina, was agreed to. lt di? rects the secretary of the treasury to adjust the accounts betweeo the United States and South Carolina and report what amount will be due the State of Soath Carolina June 30, 1900 Reunion of Special Interest. The Louisville correspondent of the News and Courier, in writing of mat? ters pertaining to the reunion of the Confederate veterans next mooth, gives the following relative to a special meet? ing between Federals and Confederates : While the Confederate reunion com? mittees are arranging for the big r?union of ali Confederates who will come to Louisville ic May, various individuals are arranging for minor reunions of special parties. Several blue and grey reunions will be held, amoDg wbiob is ooe that is of especial interest to Soath Carolinians. It is the meeting of tba Palmetto Sharpshooters and the 16th Michigan. These two regiments, fought each other at Gaines's Mill, OD Jone 27, 1862 The following letter from Col James A Hoyt, addressed to Major Thomas D Osborne, chairman of the printing committee, ia self-explanatory : "Greenville, S C . April 4. 1900. "Mr Thomas D' Osborne, Louisville, Ky. Dear Sir and Brother : I am plaoniog for a speoial reunion of the Palmetto Sharpshooters and the 16th Michigan regiment, who fought with each other at Gaines's Mill on the 27th of Juoe, 1862. aod hope that quite a Dumber of each regiment will be pres? ent If feasible I wish to arraoge a place of meetiog oo ao evening that may be agreed upon, wheo we cao have the camp fires lighted again and both sides cao be heard from in amity. Possibly we might waot a banquet or something to eat just as a starting point for getting together. The assembly may be very small, not over a bocdred io any event, I would suppose I zm io correspondence with rome officers of the Michigao regiment, aod oao let you know hereafter as to the prospect. I weald like to have you co-operate io making the necessary arrangements, which is a great deal to ask of you. But I would presumo upon "auld acquaintance !*' I ought to say that the two regiments faced each other at Gaioes's Mill, apart from the o'her troops, aod that the Palmetto Sharpshooters stacked aras in front of tie 16tb Michigao at Appomattox; when they surrendered io I 1865. Very truly yours, James A. Hoyt. . I Major Osborne will attend to tho j matter for Col Hoyt at this end, and j be says he will do all he can to make \ the reunion of these two regiments j pleasant for ail who come. M*jor j Osborne is a member of thc staff ot j the Courier Journal, and be attends \ to the advertising part of the big affair that is to be "pulled off*7 io Louisville io May June. He says that the reunion <>f the Palmetto Sharpshooters and thc 16:h Michigao regiment wiil be, perhaps, one of tho most notable of the minor reunions that are to be held. CUBAN RELIEF cures Colic, Q?i?8wr&Neuralgia and Toothache in ^EfEr five minutes. Sour Stomach and $ Summer Complaints. Price 25c. Sold by Hugbeon-Ligon Co. ALONG THE BANKS OF THE CONGAREE. Student Geologists Maks au Interesting Trip. The ciase in geology at the South Carolina college, under Dr Glenn, takes from time to time excursions into the field to study in a practical way the geology and physiograghy of the region around Columbia Special rates nave been secured from the railroads for these trips and last Saturday the class spent the day studying parts of Richland, Orange burs: and Sumter counties The early Charleston train was taken to Congaree,where the first stop was made To the right there tow wered near by the almost precipitous yet well wooded bluffs that rise near? ly 150 feet above the river swamp and overlooked for miles the Conga ree which in numerous places is seen to be cutting the bluffs away and carrying the materials down stream to deposit them in the swamp lower down or carry them to the sea to be dropped near its mouth and build up deposits that may some day be lifted above the waves and joined to the seaward margin of our State as new-born land. A few hundred yards up the track the the railroad cuts across the nose of a bili and in this cut the class found a good section for study Rising into view near one end, reaching a considerable height of sight toward the other end of the cut was seen a formation to which geologists have given the name Po? tomac. It is made up of beds of coarse mealy-looking sand separated by beds of tough, compact clays often times brilliantly colored : Into these beds of sand abundant water enters where they are exposod as in this ca6e st the surface of the ground. These beds lie on the granite or other ancient rocks and sink further beneath the surface as they go toward the sea so that while they are found in Orangeburg at the surface several hundred feet above the 6ea, they are reached in the Charleston artesian wells at nearly 2,000 feet beneath sea level Their position and I character are of great importance to the people of aii ihe low country, since their sandy strata are water bearing and when bored into give artesian wells In thia cut there rested on the Po? tomac some feet of red sands to which the name Lafayette is given This usually reddish, and usually sandy formation forms the surface of a large part of thc low country of South Carolina and is spread over the underlying formations in a thin sheet that wraps both hill and valley If this thin veneer could be stripped off the low country the surface with its hills and valleys along and near the rivers would not be much differ ent from what it ie now Along the line separating the Po tomac and the Lafayette were found many well roauded quartz pebbles usually cemented by iron into a ernst of ironstone With these peb? bles were found numerous partly rounded masses composed ot innum? erable small shelis and shell frag ments These shelis belong to species that lived only during Eocene time and show that when the sea rolled inward over the low country at the beginning of Lafayette time, the waves along the shore beat against Eocene shell limestone some? where near this spot and tore off fragments to roll and round in the surf and deposit with the sands form? ing the Lafayette Thus in imagina? tion one catches a glimpse of the breakers of the sea of that distant time and hears them thunder as they break along the shore The class climbed from this point to the top of the hill to blend the his torie with the scientific in visiting the site of Ft Motte of Revolutionary fame The mound thrown up by Marion and Lee when besieging it, was seen and on the crest of the hill a small pile of brick and stone alone mark the site of the chimney of Mrs Motte's house around which the British fort was built-a fit site for a memorial shaft. From this point a magnificent view Wu8 bad up and down the Congaree and across in Sumter. The line of bold hills overlooking the Congaree on tlie Orangeburg side were seen to form a steep valley wall, while the ! othe; side of the valley is fonnd to be over in Richland county north of the Coast Line railroad, where a line of hills can be traced eastward to ward the VVateree. Ordinarily our people do not think of these as val? ley sides or walls and yet they are really so, and the river swamp and the level region in lower Richland across which the Coast Line and j Southern railways run and which are j dotted with houses and fertile farm j j lands are really in the valley of the I j Congaree. Long ago the river flow i ed near tho northern side of ita val- ' ! lay, but then ns now it kept cutting ? j its southern or right hand bank away ; and so graduaiiy shifted its bed ! southward eating away its southern j I valley Wilt J before it as it went This procer is still going on and the river j is still widening its southern valley ; : side The northern si-Je of its val- i j ley han been deserted so long that ! I tue traces thal now remain to tell the 1 story o? the river's past history are | BO faint that they ordinarily escape detection. As the river shifted south? ward it cut deeper and deeper so that the floor of the old valley slopes to the southward The bili* were seen to be doe to email branches from tho river, Use branches from a tree, growing baok' ward into the oountry, formiog the valley walls by gnawing away op at their heads and thus lengthening them? selves jost as a hillside grows up hill. IQ this way they have growo backward from thc river a number of miles and have easen out valleys for themselves as well as put out their owo little side streams, thus cuttiog up tho couotry aloog the valley wall into a series ot bills. By goiog back some miles from ! the river the headwaters of the side streams are reached, aod the surface, no longer deeply trenched by these side stream valleys, becomes muob more level. On their way back to the train the party searched for but were uoable to fiod in the few minutes left them a natural break koowo as the devil's footprint, an impression io a stone- oo the bluff said to resemble the price of a club foot and to have been made by bis majesty io steppiog from the Oraoge burg side of tho valby wall to the eastern wall of the Wateree valley io the high hills of Sumter The traio was taken for Sumter Junction io the eastern edge of the Wateree 6wamp. A few minutes walk took the oarty to a high bluff where the railroad, in leaviog the Wateree swamp, cuts slightly into the eastern valley wall Herc the Potomac formation was agaio seen magnificently exposed, and on it rested a few feet of red Lafayette sands. In the Potomac at this point are found beautifully preserved plant leaves. It is noted as the only locality so far BS is known from which coilec- J ti ons of plant fossils have beeo made j io South Carolina They were discov? ered some years ago and a collection has sioce been made for the national museum io Washington. They tell of a time in the distant past when the streams carried ioto the lagoons or shallow fre^h or brackish waters then covering ibu regioo the leaves of the trees and plaots that grew aloog their banks, where they settled to the bo'tom, were buried io the fine mud and have left the impress of even their most delicate markings as the mud hardened ioto stone. From their study one looks far back ioto the geologic past and joins a knowledge of the flora of the Potomac time and of the climate that theo pre? vailed ; both are thu? shown to be different from what we have here today. After lunch and a tramp of about four miles the das? reached the deep cut just west of Wedgefield. At the base the Potomac was again found, and on the surface the Lafayette, but betweeo them wete fouod some other formations that bad oot beeo seen pre? viously. The Potomac is the oldest of the formations of tbe coastal plain ; the Lafayette is among the youngest These other formations aro of interme? diate age and so were laid dowo co the Potomac and before rhe Lafayette, but if they had ever existed at the other plaoes examined by the class tbey bad been entirely worn away. The two lowest of them were dark colored, one of fio? black clay, the other partly of green sand They probably beloog to tbe marine oretaoious, while the next bed resting on them is a peculiarly light cream colored clay containing numerous oasts of shells that show it to be probably of Eocene age. Both the dark aod the light materials prove that in the long ago, when tbey were formed, old ooean rolled it waves where they now rest and fish and other marioe animals sported in its waters and, dying, left their shells as memorials of their existence. Ooly a basty examination was made here before tbe party bad to begio the tramp baok to Camden Juoofioo, where the afternoon train was taken for Co? lumbia -The State, April 19 The Atlantic Coast Line. Virginia Stockholds Ratify Action of tbe Directors. New Officers. Richmond, Vs., April 19-The stockholders of the Atlaotio Coast Line of Virginia met this afternoon and rati? fied the aotion taken by the board of directors at the meeting at Baltimore yesterday, which was to consolidate the various lines, save the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac, compos iog the system, and to ohange the name to the Atlaotio Coast Line Rail? road coropaoy. Tbe electioo of officers resulted : W G Elliott, formerly president of the Wihoiogton and Weldon railroad, president. H. Walters, president of the Atlantio Coast Line of Connecticut, first vice president. Alexander Hamilton, former presi? dent of tho Atlantic Coast Line of Virginia, second vice president. C. S. Gadsden, former president of the Atlantic Coast Line of South Caro? lina, third vice president. 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