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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR.
THE SPANISH TROUBLE.
EXCITEMENT IS PARIS GEO WINO
MORE INTENSE.
Angry Rumors from Madrid and Ber?
i in-Thc Demands of France.
PARIS, July 8.
The feeling regarding the Spanish question
ls somewhat more assuring this morning. The
Bourse was open last night until ll o'clock,
with transactions ia Rentes at 70f. 14c, the
lowest fl gore for years. They are a shade
firmer this morning-70? 36c
The Constitutionnel, Imperial organ, an?
nounces this morning that the Spanish Minis?
ter received Instructions to give the French j
Government official notice of the candidature
of Hohenzollern, and adds : "When France
becomes convinced of the persistence of Spain
in this matter, she will terminate diplomatic;
relations with her." . .
PARIR, July 8-Evening.
No definite intelligence has been received
from Prussia, bot france will not be content
'with an evasive declaration made by Count
Von Bismarck that Prussia ought, in the in?
terest of the peace of Europe, to withhold hor
-?ansent for Prince Leopold ol Hohenzollern to
sit upon the throne of Spain.
. The following details touching the candida- !
tare of Prince Leopold are gathered from the j
semi-official journals of this morning :
General Prim meant- hostility when the
Spanish Government notified the great pow- j
ersof Europe or Hohenzollern's candidature on
the 3fl Joly. '
General Prim advised'Senor Olazaga,- the
Spanish minister here, that he (General Prim) ;
had. chosen Prince Leopold, and that the Span-;
ish ministry felt assured that the French Gov-:
ernment would object' to it, but that be de-;
pended'upon the. higher sentiment 'of the
Emperor. Thli proves that General Prim
meant to act without the consent of tho Em?
peror of .France.
Prance has been in communication with the.
?other powers of Europe, and in ail . cases has
received words of sympathy. All that she
seeks at Berlin and Madrid is to prevent politi?
cal complications. * .
A dispatch recently forwarded to the Span?
ish Government by/ the Duke of G ram m o at is
made public to-day. The Duke says that
France hopes that Spain will renounce the'
only candidate to the throne who is altogether
disagreeable. He recalls the services of the.
French Government in foreign .affairs by Inter?
dicting plots and arresting Invading Carllsts;
and also Urges the factthatFrance aided Spain
in the establishment of the provisional gov
eroinent.
No-answer has been received from Prussia;
"neg the declaration of the Secretary of For-'
elgn Affairs in the Corps L?gislatif a few days
ago. On the morning of that day, however,
a dispatch was received from Prussia, stating j
that that government knew nothing of the
candidature: of Prince Leopold for the throne
of Spain. . : ?
A report, which seems.:well founded, is In
circulation here that th e Prussian Minister ot
War Juts ordered all the general officers of the
Pm?HaV urmy tb join their corps without de?
lay/ ' ; .'
The Memorial Diplomatique says that a
Preach circular has been issued defining the
sitnation.
MADRID. Joly 8.
The Discussion (?) has an article to-day on
the throne question, wherein lt is'stated that
the Prince of Hohenzollern's qualifications are
indisputable., A beggar himself; he comes to
rule a nation of beggan.
'TB?jrV?TY BEET.
Potipontmeat of tbe Hale of tike City
Property.
'? , .{SPICliU. TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.]
COLUMBIA, July 8.
To-day, before Associate Justice Willard, was
brought the case of the City Council of Charles?
t?n vs. the executors of Geo. Gibbon, the
former being represented by City Attorney
Corbin, and the utter bj Messrs. Phillips and j
Campbell.. The Cl ly Attorney ? moved that the j
injunction heretofore' granted by the associate
Justice, restraining Sheriff Mackey 'from selling
the Battery,, Artesian Well, and ' other city
property, he bid levied upon to satisfy an ex?
ecution In the case of the executors of Geo.
Gibbon vs. the City Council, be continued Jn
force.. After arguments from the counsel on
botl'i sides, Messrs. Phillips and Campbell con?
sented to withdraw the levy upon the city
property, but announced that, although they
would not insist upon the sale of the property
at the time advertised, they would hereafter
renew the levy. The City Attorney then with?
drew his motion to continue the injunction.
It is understood that the motion of the at?
torneys' for the citizens of Charleston, for an
injunction restraining the : City Connell from
paying .th? interest on the city debt, will be .
heard before Associate Justice Willard on Fri?
day 'next. .. '. ' ^ . ? ?
Ci THE WAR IN CUBA.
? HAVANA, July 8.
De Rodas' has returned. He states that the
Spaniards are only opposed by small wander?
ing parties.
THE POOR INDIANS.
WASHINGTON, July 8.
/Indian affairs are assuming a serious aspect.
Several- miners In Colorado have been mas?
sacred.
The Utes and Cheyennes are fighting among
themselves.
Sherman hus advices .that the Sioux are pre?
paring for raids. Advices to the Quaker Com?
mission ure more pacific.
THE VIRGINIA SQUATTERS.
NORFOLK, July 8.
Sheriff Mayhew and Deputy Sheriff Stevens
to-day completed the removal of seven hun?
dred colored squatters, who have, since 186J,
occupied the Taylor farm, nine miles from
Norfolk. The squatters were well armed,
but offered no forcible resistance to the execu?
tion of the writ of ejection. The-larger part
ol them have been settled on General But?
ler's land, near Hampton.
SPARKS EROM THE WIRES.
The rain? throughout the Northwest will im?
mensely benefit the crops.
-A dreadful massacre of Christians is re?
ported to have taken place at Pekin. China, on
the 21st of June. Count DeRocnecbanort,
French secretary of ?egu?onr nnd-a number of
priests and Sisters of Mercy were ruthlessly
slaughtered. The cathedral was also burned,
and a number of Russians killed.
WASHINGTON.
[FROM TBS ASSOCIATED FRES*.]
WASUTNGTON, July 8.
Akerman was in the Cabinet this morn?
ing.
The revenue to-day is $844,000.
The President goes to Long Branch on the
19th.
It is thought that the President will call an
extra session of the Senate.
The conference commit tees on the Funding
bill are wide apart. 'Three reports are ex?
pected.
Of the fifty-four millions of additional curren?
cy provided by the ac: just passed, Virginia
will receive, as* its portion, nearly five million
of dollars; West Virginia nearly a half of a mil?
lion; Tennessee four million and a third; Loui?
siana five million four hundred and twenty-five
thousand; Mississippi nearly three million;
Georgia four miman one hundred and eighty
one thousand; North Carolina four million;
South Carolina four million two hundred aad
sixteen thousand; Alabama four million; Texas
two minion; Arkansas one million four hun?
dred sad fifty-five thousand; Florida five hun?
dred and forty-sir thousand.
SENATE.
The Senate was occupied all the morning on
a bili relieving seventy-five Kentuckians from
political disabilities. An amendment covering
some five thousand persons was offered.
A bill relieving seventy-five Kentuckians of
their political disabilities was passed by a vote
44 to 6. The general disability bill was taken
up and passed, after expunging from It several
names.
The Georgia bill was taken up by a vote of
29to 26, after which, with a view of prevent?
ing debate, a motion to non-concur in the
House amendments and request a conference
committee, was adopted by a vote of 34 to 22.
HOCSB.
i The "House passed the Elver and Harbor-bili
as amended by the Senate, and it goes to the
President. The, House then went Into com?
mittee on the Deficiency Appropriation bili.
A bill providing for the payment of bounty
to .the First Alabama Cavalry, and First and Se?
cond Florida Cavalry, was passed; after which
the House went into a committee of the whole
on the Additional Deficiency bill to pay the ex?
penses of taking the census, and of the jus?
tices'department. An amendment providing
for the payment of twenty per cent, of
the salaries of the employees ol the Thirty
ninth Congress provoked a discussion, during
which Mr. Dawes said he would go before the
people and tell them that the party which is
responsible for the expenditures of public mo?
nies had refused to hold Itself up to the point
of public economy. He had as much fidelity
to the parry as any living man, but he had
more fidelity to the good of the country, which
was above party, and he intended to show the
country where the responsibility for the ex?
travagante rested. An amendment was adopted
appropriating $170,000 to pay the loyal men in
the South who assisted in taking the last
census.
Bingham, from the Judiciary Committee,
reported a bl ll to regulate the mode of de?
claring the ratification of amendments to the
constitution. ? The first section makes it the
duty of the Executive ol each State, lhaJ-egnF~
Tatureofwhich.Bnall"nave" ratffle"a""*lifi amend?
ment, to certify such ratification forthwith to
the United States'Secretary of State. The
second section makes it unlawful for any State
officer to certify to any repeal of such ratifica?
tion unless ab amendment for said repeal
shall have been first prepared by Congress.
The third section prescribes the penalties
of an attempt to make such ratification by
any State authority, as imprisonment from
one to ten years, and a fine from two to ten
thousand dollars.
The rules were suspended and the bill pass?
ed.. Teas, 125; nays, 64.
Bingham, from the Judiciary Committee,
reported a joint resolution directing the Sec?
retary of the Treasury to pay lawful ownere
the net proceeds of ail cotton seized after the
thirteenth of June, 1865, when such seizures
were made in violation of the Injunction of the
Treasury Department, and after the surrender
of the rebel armies and the proclamation of
amnesty.
Butler, of Massachusetts, made a point of
order that the bill made an appropriation, and
therefor / must be referred the Committee of
the Whole. The point was sustained and the
bill was referred.
THE GROUNTtSWEZL FOB REFORM.
. No Class Legislation.
[From the Chester Reporter.]
We desire no class legislation, no special
fhvors to any race or color, but that all ol' our
people may be fully and fairly protected in all
of the rights as citizens of the commonwealth,
and that justice and right maybe equitably
administered to aU. * *' * * We say to
! our friends, white and colored, hear aU, think
for yourselves, and then after hearing and
thinking, judge and determine for yourselves.
If yon are freemen,, art as freemen, and be not
guided by the advice of men who are Interest?
ed and working, not for you, not for the coun
. try, but merely and entirely for themselves.
These fellows want money, and il they get
I money they care nothing for you nor lor the
country.
The Sooth as the Champion of Negro
Suffrage.
[From the Wlnnbboro' News, j
In ten years the Southern whites, unless thc
negroes themselves prevent lt, will champion
negro suffrage as giving them power in the
Union, against a powerful anti-negro party at
the North.
Watch and Walt.
[From the Keowee Courier.]
When the negro can read and understand
for himself, be will perceive and denounce the
low cunning and selfish motives of his present
advisers. * * * * The negro does not ask
but demands a share in the rich spoils hitherto
enjoyed by white renegades. * * * ? This
spirit may be crushed down for a time, but it
will rise again. Its certain growth and devel?
opment is the death knell ot the Radical partv.
We can hear of itevenhere,and,ere lonnie will
be as broad as the State. It ls an encouraging
sign of the times, and should prompt every
citizen to united and constant effort to better
thc govermentai condition of the State. Let
every one work to this end, and hereafter let
there bo more spirit and earnestness in politi?
cal matters. What boots it to make a large
crop, if your earnings are swallowed up 'in
salaries to useless officers orcorrupt expendi?
tures. The most remunerative harvest for the
people of this country would bo a successful
contest against the present corrupt adminis?
tration. To this end, walch and work.
-Thc London Shipping Gazette of June 21st
says : ' 'The Indian crop has proved to be more
abundant than was expected, and if the mon?
soon is delayed we shall probably find that ihe
deficiency will not exceed 100,000 boles. The
latest advices state that the cotton was arriv?
ing at Bombay in unexpectedly large quanti?
ties; values were accordingly somewhat de?
pressed, und it was even believed by some
speculators that the results ot' thc season'?
shipments would prove equal to last year, ft
will be safer, however, to reckon on a deficien?
cy of from 80,000 to 100,000 bales. Unfortu?
nately the "mackee," or assessment la kind,
Srevents the ryots from disposing of their pro
uce as early or as readily as they would other?
wise do-particularly, we believe, in the Dhol
lerah district-an injustice which wc hope to
see speedily removed.
TO ALL OUR PEOPLE !
THE ADDRESS OF THE STATE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
THE REFORM F ARTY.
A Logical Argument, and an Eloquent
Appeal.
Fellow Citizens-lt is made our duty to set
forth iu this form the claims of the Union Re?
form Party to your confidence and co-opera?
tion, and. we ask of yon, os our countrymen,
children ol the State, our common mother,
I having a common Interest and common desti?
ny, a patient hearing, and a deliberate and
dispassionate Judgment
She secession of the States, and the-sectional
war which ? olio wed, wrought a revolution in
the principles of the government, and in the
rights, powers and relations of the General
and State Governments, partly changing their
character. The States were shorn of their
sovereign attributes, the Union rendered in?
dissoluble, and the powers ol the General
Government correspondingly enlarged.
The people of South Carolina, and those of
Lar sister Souther States as well, accepted am?
nesty and civil organization in 1865, thus con?
ditioned, and ratified their adhesion to the
government thus changed in Its character, by
the solemnity of an amended oath of allegiance,
administered to the voters at the polls and to
all officers upon their qualification.
In 1867, the. United states inaugurated what
i" known as the policy of reconstruction, which
I has resulted In the restoration of South Caro?
lina to the National Union, with a constitution
based upon the principle of universal suffrage.
In 1868, the Democratic party arrayed itself
against thc whole policy of reconstruction,
and declared the legislation of Congress upon
that subject as ^usurpations, and unconstitu?
tional, revolutionary and void. "
Mainly upon this Issue the Presidential cam?
paign was fought, and the people of the United
States, by overwhelming majorities, sus?
tained the polioy of reconstruction. The Fif?
teenth amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, engrafting therein as fundamen?
tal law the principle of universal suffrage, has
been proclaimed ratified by tbe requisite num?
ber of States, and ls received and. acquiesced
in as law m the practice of all the States of the
Union.
In the meantime, the people of South Caro?
lina find themselves In this condition. With
universal suffrage prevailing, two races com?
pose the people entrusted with the franchise.
Circumstances, and the machinations of self?
ish and corrupt political adventurers, have
created au antagonism between thc races,
and arrayed, practically, the whole of the one
race In political hostility to the whole of the
other race. Nearly the entire landed property
and othar capital of the State are In the hands
of the wal to race, and the power of the gov?
ernment is controlled by the colored, which
furnishes the chief labor of the country. Prop?
erty ls the source of life to the State. From lt
the proprietor and the laborer alike derive
Susteuuuw.. tyh?n pwp?Hy to made produc?
tive, wealth is increased, labor enhanced, em?
ployments multiplied, the country prospers,
and the people are happy.
Tosecure these results, co-operation be?
tween labor and capital ls essential. The
laborer and the capitalist are in effect copart?
ners, who divide among them, in proper por
portlon8, the products ot the Joint business.
Legislation, after securing the mere per?
sonal rights of the citizen, has no other
legitimate office than so to foster and conserve
the rights of property that the whole people
may prosper. It Is evident, therefore, that
this antagonism ol race ls unnatural, uuwise
and deplorably injurious and ruinous in its
consequences to both. Under the industrious
manipulations of this unhappy antagonism by
the adventurers who created it, the people
are burdened and beggared, while they grow
fat upon the means wrung from the hird
earned products ot thc capital and labor of the
citizen. Not content, however, with tho ex?
clusive enjoyment of multiplied salaried offi?
ces, fixed at a rate of compensation unprece?
dented in extravagance, these wicked rulers
have plunged Into the wildest, most reckless
and most corrupt profligacy, peculation and
fraud, in their dealings with the people's
money.
Let the record speak:
Taxes, year enolng September 30, isoo. $591 799 58
Taxes, year ending October 31, 1866,
(not including interest on debt).... 419,GC3 73
Taxes, year ending October 31,1369.. 1.283,259 09
County tax for 1889. 501,097 32
Reflect that this rapid increase of taxation
has been entorced upon a people struggling
lor the necessaries of life, with two-thirds of
their propertydestroyed by war, much of what
was left producing nothing, and ail the accum?
ulated capital of the State destroyed, the in?
come of the people probably not attaining one
third of the amount of the year 1860.
TOTAL PAYMENTS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES, AC.
Year ending September 30,i860. $519,25109
Year ending October 31, 1800, (exclu?
sive of Interest on debt not paid).. 266,248 Ol
Year ending October 31, 1869, (Comp?
troller's Report, pp. 77). 1,103,372 20
Bear in mind, in this connection, that jurors,
constables, and many other expenses paid by
the State in 1860, are now paid by the counties,
and the public treasury thus relieved of a very
heavy amount, and that au examination of the
conduct of the county commissioners, in many
nstan ces, would show the same profligacy in
raising and expending money, where thou?
sands have been extorted from the people by
false estimates and assessments, and not one
hour of labor bestowed upon the public high?
ways, and scarce a dollar to any county Im?
provement.
Shall we look for a high motive to Justify
such increase ol' taxation upon a people so
ground clown by poverty*as ours ? Shall we
find Ute public debt greatly reduced, or the
public assets greatly iucreased, in the hands of
these reckless financiers ? Let ns see.
PUBLIC DEBT.
September co, i860.$4,049,540 ic
October 1, 1S08, (by Governor Orr's
message, principal and interest,
excluding war debi,). 5,205,227 74
Or,
By Comptroller's report, excladlng
War debi. 4,420,440 40
October 31. 1809, Comptroller's re?
port . 6,183,349 17
Fora people wli03C ability to pay was so re?
duced it would seem that this was a sufficient?
ly reckless Increase of debt to induce a call for
a strict accounting; but, as usually is thc case
with defaulters, the result is worse than their
ex parts showing. Items are excluded from
this account, properly belonging to it, which
present a fearful condition, and demonstrate
that unless this wanton profligacy and waste
be checked, the people of this State, white
anti colored, aro to be reduced to endless
slavery, or be released only by repudiation.
Thus
Tue Comptroller reports the debt
October 31, 1869.$ 6,183,349 17
Add Blue Ridge Railroad Bonds,
which the Mate ls responsible
for, aud 'rom which able, disin?
terested and honest manage?
ment would scarce extricateher. 4,000,000 00
Bonds issued to Land Commission.. 700,000 00
Bonds issued to redeem Bills Bank of
State. 1,250,000 00
Bonds pawned by the Financial
State Agent. 2,700,000 00
. Total.'.$14,833,349 17
Now, what value have the people for all this
expenditure? Shall we be pointed to the
fruits of the "Land Commission V Where are
they ? Who knows of any benefit to the poor
and worthy in this great "land to the landless''
scheme' Who does not know, spite'ol their
efforts at concealment, that the tunda entrust?
ed to this commission have been used only to
swell the ill-gotten gains of the administration
and its friends? Within the observation-of
almost every one, poor tracts of land have
been bought at immense prices, and, so ihr as
this committee have been able to learn, with
no eye to the benefit of those whom this scheme
was, professedly, Intended to provide with
land'and homes..
With the partial exposure already made, the
administration party, consisting largely of in?
dividuals holding four or fire paying offices
each, acknowledges that Rei0rm ls needed,
bnt insist that they must carry on the Reform -
that this wolf must be the nursing mother of
our lamb. If their repentance ls sincere, they
should pray tobe delivered from temptation,
not to be forced to hold watch and ward over
the tempting treasury.
Let tts see how the increased receipts of the
treasury have been and are to be expended:
SALARIES.
18C7...$60,000 1870.$167,800
CONTINGENT FUNDS.
1867.$26,000 1870.....$84,300
LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES.
1867.$43,000 1870.$144,790
EDUCATIONAL AND MILITARY.
1667.$36,000 1870.....$125,000
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES.
1867 .$- 1870.$140,000
These are a few Items Irom official sources,
indicating the Bufferings of our people, and the
faithlessness of the unjust stewards who have
gained control and disposition of thc affairs
of the State. But this ls not all. In many
of the courties, the county officers and
county funds are held by individuals irre?
sponsible and notoriously corrupt, and dis?
posed of for the same illegitimate purposes.
Add to this, that large monopolies are passed
the Legislature through the medium o?
open and notorious bribery-that fran?
chises are seldom obtained but by private
purchase or for corrupt and fraudulent
ends-that the commonest acts of Justice re?
quiring legislation must pay their passage
that votes of members of the Legislature are
bought and sold as merchandise-that public
officers prostitute their positions, and even the
Legislature of the State, to the purposes of
stock; jobbing and speculation-that so stu?
pendous a fraud ls peroetrelert M-cmrewtrerctrj
the land commission, aided by the advisory
board, ol'which the Governor of the State ie
the official head, acquired ninety thousand dol?
lars of the public money in a single transac?
tion; add, above all, that the administration ol
the State has not dragged to light and to pun?
ishment even one of this infamous band, and
say where, in all the catalogue ot Iniquity
which disgraces the history o<" fallen humanity,
can be fonnd a parallel to this picture, faintly
but faithfully delineated.
This is the carnival of vice and corrup tlon
flowing from that Pandemonium of min and
disgrace Into which thc antagonism of races
has converted thc Government of South Caro
j lina The question for you to decide ls, shall
; these things continue so tobe ? Is no effort to
be made to rescue from utter ruin the vast
materials of wealth and prosperity yet remain?
ing, which require only good government to
make you a great and a hippy people ? Will
you continue to be the slaves, the hewers
of wood and drawers of waters, of this
abominable faction of plunderers who are sus?
tained by your divisions? If not, how then
will you achieve your eaanclpation ? It ls
evident that one of the tvo things must be
done-either, first, nnlvenal suffrage must be
abolished; or, Beoond, the absolute and sharp
antagonism of the races mist be so far remov?
ed as to enable the good people of both to com?
bine for the purposes of gocd government. Let
us oxamlne these alternates In their order :
First Shall we undertake to abolish uni?
versal Suffrage? Where is the hope of
success? The principie of universal suf?
frage constitutes thc besls of Democratic
Republicanism throughout the world. It is
the corner-stone of all existing government In
the Southern States. Th? American Demo?
cracy, In 1868, warred notai alnst the principle,
but contended only for the -ight of the States
to control it The stronger Democratic States
of the Union have incorpo:atcd It Into their
practice and their laws. Tie American people
In the last Presidential eleitlon, by large ma?
jorities, pledged themselves to maintain it In
the South. The Fifteenth amendmen t, pro?
hibiting its abridgement by the United
States or any ol' the Sutes, has assumed
the form of law, aid is sustained
and enforced by the Genera Government with
all its power, and by tie enactment of the
strongest legal sanctions. The executive, the
judiciary and thc people <f the country are
well known to bc In harmoiy with the meas?
ure. No party has ralsei the standard of
"revolution ot repeal." Vhere, then, shall
the crusade against a princplc, thus fortified,
begin? Let him who will, mderlake thc task;
we push the argument to his own con?
clusion, and meet him tb re. Assume that
tlie technical exceptions :o the Fllteenth
amendment should be sustained; that
the Supreme Court of he United States
should declare thc Reconduction ads un?
constitutional and void; tint the next Presi?
dent, and the Congress to b elected with him,
representing any majority possible of the
American people, should tndertake to reor?
ganize these States, and to wrest the suffrage
from the colored race-doe any man doubt
that the whole country woud then blaze with
the fires of a civil war, firce, bitter, bloody
and protracted ? What, li that case, would
be our condition ? Imaginlion shrinks from
the conception, reason reolls from its con?
templation, and horrified humanity revolts
from the spectacle-a del ge of blood, suc?
ceeded by an unbroken rely of ruin and deso?
lation.
We cannot tell what may e the purposes of
the Ruler of the Univers concerning this
question, but as far as the Vxht ol human rea?
son may guide us, it seems evident that the
world ls to pass under the r le of the people In
some form of Democratic pvernment. That
ide has been germinating o Its development
for at leant three eenturles, and Its march ls
still onward. Should a reaction ever set in to?
wards other forms of progress, it will be when
this generation and its vexatious, temporary
and accidental local issues shall have passed
away.
Let no man deceive himself. The thought
of revolutionizing public sentiment on this
subject by moral forces, is the blindest and
most impotent fatuity. That of eradicating lt
from our system by force of arms, would be
more than madness and folly-it would be
wickedness. Either movement would begin
without hope, and terminate in despair. Its
advocates would be trampled ont under the
heel of popular progress, but no more arrest
its march than a falling meteor locks the
wheels of the universe. *
It follows that the other alternative mast be
accepted. The absolute and sharp antagonism
between the races must be so far overcome, as to
enable the goodpeople*of both to combine for
the purposes of good government.
TAU is what the Union Reform party of
South Carolina proposes to accomplish for the
State. It has already been demonstrated that
this antagonism of races is as unnatural as It
ls pernicious in its effects. Its flames are ted
and fanned by incendiaries, who, demon-like,
can only live in its baleful fires. The fuel upon
which it feeds is the denial of the legal status
of the colored race as citizens. Elimi?
nate this point from the politics of
the day, and there remains no just cause of
difference between the races. Their interests
will then be identical at all points; the. people
will be united; harmony and peace will pre?
vail; the demagogue and the trickster will be
rendered powerless; an economical, honest
and competent government will revive indus?
try and enterprise; capital and Immigration
will flow into our borders; employments will
be diversified; profits Increased; wages made
compensative; wealth will accumulate; cities,
towns and villages multiply; manufactures and
the mechanic arts, schools, colleges and
churches, will attest a great, a growing, a
prosperous, an enlightened and happy Chris?
tian people; and universal suffrage, no longer
a rod of oppression, will become a staff of
strength and support to a great and glorious
Commonwealth.
The platform of this party, while it ls histori?
cally true, burles the issues of the past, and
deals fairly, faithfully and wisely with the vital,
practical questions of the ' living present. It
presents the only possible basis of union to the
people of South Carolina, and holds out to
them, for the first time, the :'ive branch of
peace, lt proposes a fair trial, and in the only
form in which a fair trial may be had, of the
experiment of universal suffrage, under tho
most difficult of all circumstances'. If accepted
by the people, the experiment will have proved
. the tr lumphan ^success of a great principle, and
we will have demonstrated our capacity to
emancipate ourselves from the thraldom of pre
judlce.lgnoranco and corruptlon,and to exercise
wisely and well that great privilege of the free?
man-self-government. But if rejected, ours is
asure progress of ruin and decay, of vice and
corruption, and in the end, almost inevitably
a violent and bloody solution of the great prob
? lem, which we hod not the wisdom and tho
virtue to determine upon Just, liberal and en
_ n<rnfi?npri nrinp.ijie? ^ay Almighty God, who
rules and governs the affairs oTnutlons as of
men, guide you to right conclusions on these
momentous issues !
Where such vital Issues are at stake, it mat
- ters little who bears the standard of the party,
Blnce our motto is, pre-eminently, "principles,
not men;1'but we are most fortunate in being
'. enabled to present to you as our candidates for
Governor and Lieutenant-Governor two gen
. (Jemen who combine and represent, most hap?
pily, those ideas of harmony and union which
constitute the enlarged catholicity, the symme?
try and propriety of the movement.
The Hon. R. B. Carpenter stands before you
as a native of New England, trained and edu?
cated lu Kentucky, a prominent member of
the bar before the war, and a consistent and
earnest Union Republican throughout that
' memorable struggle, and at the present mo?
ment. He stands before you as a mau who
has laid aside the judicial robe, which he
has gracefully and ably worn for the last
two years; as the champion of Justice, so
faithfully and honorably administered as
td subdue all prejudice and elicit tho united
plaudits ofthat august and imposing hierarchy
of talent and character, the Bar of Charleston,
and of thc pcoplo of that enlightened and
venerable city, without distinction of race or
party. A leading Republican, he has honor?
ably borne the honors of his party, from thc
organization of the now Slate Government to
the present time, without fear and without
reproach. Able, zealous and competent, he
hos stood forth eminently us a champion for
thc fame and honor ot the Republican party,
against thc prejudice and corruption which
have degraded it lu South Carolina.
The Hon. M. C. Butler, our candidate for
Lleutenant-Governor, bears a name honorable
and distinguished in the annals of American
history, from the days of the revolution-a
name that numbers its distinguished warriors
and statesmen; its martyrs to the cause of
American freedom, and the honor or the flag
of the country, as well as to that of the Lost
Cause, to which lie alte?ted the sincerity of
his devotion, by giving to It his labors, lils
fortunes and his blood. Himself, not ihe least
distinguished of lils noble race, young, liberal,
enlightened and talented, blending most hap?
pily the prestige of the past with the progress
t of the present and thc hopes of thc future, he
is, all things considered, a most fit and
proper representative man of Young Carolina.
Placed before the people as thc unanimous
nominee of the colored delegates In the Con?
vention, anil accepted by that body with accla?
mation and unanimity, he concentrates to him?
self the confidence aud esteem of all the good
people.
To the support of this ticket, men of Caro?
lina, we most earnestly invite you, in thc name
of lhat union and harmony which promises to
our stricken, bleeding, suffering people so
much of happiness and prosperity in a peace?
ful future.
Adopted by thc committee, Columbia, July
G, 1870. J. B. KERSUAW, Chairmau.
E. W. SEIBBLS, Secretary.
-A militia legion has been formed in -Vow
Orleans, under the laws of the Stau-, and with
the approbation ol'the Governor and Adjutant
General Longstreet, composed entirely ol'
tried veterans who served in both armies du?
ring the lute war. lt consists of one regiment
of infantry, teu companies, numbering about
eight hundred muskets, two field batteries of
artillery and a squadron of cavalry, composed of
"two companies-creating In all ah effective
force of about twelve hundred men. The New
Orleans Times says: "Ol' the beneficial effect
upon the community of such an undertaking
there cannot bc a shadow ol" doubt. The
spectacle of old soldiers of contesting armies,
who have felt each other's prowess, ranked
side by side, beneath the same banner, must
contribute much towards cultivating that
spirit ol'concession and fraternity so neces?
sary to the future prosperity of our State and
city." Here is a practical restoration of union
under the old banner.
THE POSITION OF JUDGE OEM.
.The Columbia Guardian, noticing a state?
ment made in a Radical abeet thal Judge Orr
"not only opposes the "Reformers,7' but that
bo will give hie active aid to the Republican
party," Baye:
We must be po muted to doubt this. In
March last. Judge Orr was '-interviewed" by a.
coi respondent of the Mew York Tribune, and
tho political views entertained by him were set
forth with falineaa and preoiaion io. the corres?
pondent's letter. At that time he spoke of the
distrust which gentlemen of the State of char?
acter and intelligence naturally entertained
''toward those who, by accidental circumstarj
oes, hive been placed in the lead of the Re?
publican party-men who- do not, and never
did, enjoy public confidence; men- who are ig?
norant, corrupt, dishonest and unfit, by reason
of thenr early associations, for decent no nely.
They were'adroit enough, however,'-to make
the more ignorant among the negroes bebe ve
them to be their best friends, and by employ?
ing ali the arts of the demagogue, and an un?
scrupulous use of disgraceful agencies, they
succeeded in being elected to the most import?
ant offices ia the Htate." :
I On the other hand, the scopa and object,
the vitalizing principle, of the Union Reform
movement are well expressed by Judge Orr in
the following passages from the same letter.
They do not seem to ne to be consistent with
"active" opposi ti on to it: "The colored people
may for awhile, distrust the pr ofoss-JOD s ol white
men, but when they Bee them in earnest, and
discover that it is not merely a matter of politics,
but of practical benefit to ?ne ?State, which da
involved in a combination of strength, confi?
dence will be restored, and tho two races will.
work together in harmony."
* .> . . . . ? * .
' ' It is a realization of the fact that the inte?
rests of the two races are common, that each
depends upon the other, that the black man
is essential to the welfare of the white rain,
and that both mast work .together in the
buBiness concerns of life, which has brought
m-sn ti. their senses. Wa aro, in abort, be?
coming progressive."
1 The Radi oil organ at that time thought that
Governor Orr "travelled ont of his way to say
ungracious things of our miers." Whatever
he sud, whether .'ungracious" or not, has not
be n unsaid, and is even more applicable now,
because of the fresh proof?! which the worthies
alluded to have given that they richly de?
served these scornful and opprobrious terms.
THE GEE AT MASTEE.
"Edwin Urood" the Death of Dickens.
[London Correspondence of the Scotsman.]
Since hie sudden seizure in the midst of his
rea lings inst year. Ur. Dickens has never been
the same man. Alter a little while be begin to
go about as before, flitted to and fro in his ar?
dent, restless way, took long walks after bis
favorite fashion, starting on the whim of the
moment, at any hour, for anywhere, and re-1
mimed hi? writ mg and other lab ira, but not
with the same lightness and vivacity as before.
Though a sturdy walker, there bad always been
something of a limp in bis gait, and this now
became more marked. He had more need of
his stick, and stooped perceptibly. Be grew
sooner wearied, both tn wa.kin s and m work,
and complained at tunes of a strange supine?
ness of mind and labored slowness with the
pen. Those who had uot seen him for sometime
were most struck on meeting hun within the
last few months with the sudden whiteness of
his haw from gray he became all at once
white, jost as Mr. Bright did not tong ainoe.tl
saw bim a few weeks ago, jost before be left
town, and his sunburned taco seemed set m
snow, 1 is beard and hair were bleached so
perfectly. Beyond quos ti on, I think it was
"Edwin Dmod" that killed bim, He went
ba ott to work too Boon. He had had the idea
..f the fa tory for some time m his mied, I be?
hove, but af.er tho first impulse of. the start
was ofl, he found the developement of the in?
cidents and characters slow and painful. With?
in the last week or so be was planning much
of this. He seemed to make PO little progresa,
aud'at the cost of rack en effort. Perhaps it
was the hot weather, he thought, br he was
ont of sorts, and wonld get into better trim
by-and-by. Bat tho disorder was deeper and
more fatal. Even before his illness last year,
however, he had had warnings of exoanstion.
He Buffered at times from a terrible sleepless?
ness, which often drove him forth at midnight
to walk-his favorite remedy for all troubles
till dawn. Like Wordsworth, he belonged to the
school of peripatetics. Much given himself to
walking at all boure, I bave come across him
often in his rambles, always marching swiftly,
wiih earnest, resolute air, as it bound to be at
som? given spot by the boar and minute, his
quick, glancing eye scanning everything and
everybody, lo the story of the "Two Appren?
tices," whiJb. he wrote with Wilkie Col?ns, fae
described his own restless impetuous activity
laborious idleness he called it. All this wear
and tear of writing, public readings and per?
petual movement told even on his elastic and
vigorous con 8ti ta tien in the end. The American
trip brought him close upon ?80,000; but other-'
wise I doubt whether it did him much good.
Altogether the strain was too severe. Then
came "Edwin Drood" to pnt the finishing
stroke to the work.
Jean Ingelow and Dickens.
The Boston Transcript publishes this ex?
tract from a private letter from Jean Inge
low :
You know by this time the ?OSE we bave sus?
tained in the death ot Charles Dickens. Lit?
erature seems to have lost ber king, and one
to whom almost all were loyal. He was tbe
lord of laughter and of tears. The old dress
in which mortals used to be presented to ns
by authors had grown shabby, bnc he dressed
hnman nature anew, showed it to ns as we
had never seen it before. He made what was
homely and lowly draw near, to be looked at
and loved.
Holmes on Dickens.
In his oration at Harvard College, last week,
Oliver W. Holmes said of Charles Dickens:
We hare just seen a life finished whose
whole compase was included within the re?
membered years of many among us. Why
was our great prose minstrel mourned by
nations and buried with kings? Because he
vindicated humanity; hot against ita Maker,
but against itself. Because he took tbe part
of his frail, ernng. sorrowing, dying fellow
creatures, against the demonologists, who had
pretended to M rite the history of human
nature, with a voice tbat touched the
heart as no other had done since the Scotch
peasant was laid down to slumber in the soil
ms song hod hallowed. We are not called to
mourn over hie frailties as we must sorrow in
remembering those of the sweet singer of
Seoiland; but we all need forgiveness, and
there must be generous failings in every true
manhood, which it makes Heaven itself hap?
pier to pardon. "I am very human," Dickens
said to me one of the last times I met him;
and so I feel as if I might repeat a lew of tbe
lines I wrote on a certain occasion, as my poor
tribute to the memory of Robert Burns, in
tender rememberance of Charles Dickens:
Wc praise him-not for gift divine,
His muse was bom of woman;
His manhood breathes In every line;
Was ever heart more human ?
We love him, "praise him," Just for this,
In every form and feature;
Through wealth and want, through woe and
bliss,
He saw lils feUow-ereatnre.
Aye, heaven had set one living man
Beyond the pendant's tether;
Tils virtues, frailties, he may scan,
Who weighs them altogether.
Dickens's Will.
Tho ioliowinfr is an extract from the will of
Charles Dickens:
I direct that my name be inscribed in plain
English letters oo my tomb. I enjoin my
friends on no account to make mo the subject
of any monument, memorial, or testimonial
whatever. I rest my claims to the remember
auce of my country upon my published wjrke,
and tho remembrance of my friends upon
tbeit experience of me iu addition thereto. I
commit ray soul to the mercy of God, through
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and I ex?
hort mv dear children to try and guide them?
selves by the teaching of the New Testament
in itt broad spirit, and to put no faith in any
man's narrow construction of its letter.
Q ?MTEB WATCHMAN.
The WATCHMAN, published at Sumter, S. C.,
is one of the oldest and cheapest newspapers m
tte state, and has a much larger circulation than
any other newspaper in the section in which lt ls
published. The merchants of Charleston cannot
dnd so good a medium for communicating with
the businessmen of Sumter and planters of the
surrounding country. Address
GILBERT A PLOWERS, Proprietors, or
W. y. PAXTON, Business Manager,
aprto Sumter, S. C.
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CHARLESTON. S. 0.. 1668.
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