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~,, mill-tier of white men, ami the
, 'of their houses in Washington
draiit’s black supporters on the
, ,',i the Ist inst., tell, very plainly,
' I-i,,,l f ,f “peace” their chief wishes
n]f>n of this country to have,
willing they should have “pence,”
i,.,| they vote the Radical ticket, ami
iand ahel all tlie* outrages ami in
iiw men who nomina'cd him have
1 .. . . ,
i)ili( i,t, Ini t not otherwise, lie is for
. | , of deatli, and the re|*oaeof the
ivt-wherein lie buried Liberty and Law.
i\ - f„r a “peace” that has ten sovereign
, ~(• (his American Union struck
, „ i,y force and fraud and governed by
i| |( . iriyonet -is its emblem, and their citi
,|;.l from their homes and locked
( - u jiin-t-ons without a trial or even
i ~,, for ils illustration. He is for a
, , wlio.-o fruits are blood, and strife,
' | |,, ;iii-liiirnlng, prostrate commerce,
, | credit, ami desolated fields. Hois
i l ‘|ii'iee" whose victories are degra
„ ||„. virtue, and worth, and intelli
of the country, and putting the bru
i,l Im l of an ignorant, cruel race upon
I, of those whoso ancestors follow
, | the the' <>f Washington, and pledged
ll„ir “lives, their fortunes, and their
nil honor” to make “Ireason” success
ful. lie is for a “peace” that will turn
over the government of this country with
lt . ( . M „riiious plunder for all time to come
t„ 1 1 10 , who owe their existence as a par
tv to the -laughter of half a million Amer
u'm citizens, and to the swindling con
tr i' i- that grew out of that slaughter.
What hyyocrisy then for such a man to
~ratc of “peace" in the true sense of that
l, •cm ! Ile is the candidate, and he knows
it, of a party of war. It never let the
country have peace, anil it never will.
Tlic way to peace lies through the Consti
tution, and the practice of “wisdom, jus
tice ami moderation.” The men for whom
iirant speaks have never travelled in that
direction. It is death lo them, sure and
jiii'ily death. The country lias never
known any “peace” since they usurped
tin- government, and never will, till the
people drive them from power. We have
an id i iiiig faith that they will do it in
November. Then, ami not till then, will
we have “peace,” indeed—the peace of
J,i ii'ty rescued, Law vindicated, Order
iv-i -üblislied, and the Constitution raised
fisim the dust. For such a consummation
it i- the duty and should ho the pride of
i very American, no matter what the color
of hia skin, to labor without, ceasing.
Anotiikk Lesson. —The result of the
kill-election m South Carolina teaches a
mostnigiiilicant lesson. Let us resolve to
profit by it. There is a black majority
if ! "i«! iu that State, and of course the
white people did not expect to overcome
ii entirely at this election. Rut did they
sit n Hlitl tV?hl 11« vV» ±\LJ~ i.Uuj/
resolve that to run a ticket was “hope
less" in “degrading?” Not so They
went to work everywhere, and out of tlie
nettle danger, have plucked, if not safety,
yet abundant hope for the future.
Look at l,aureus district with nearly
Icon negro majority. She elects tier entire
Democratic county ticket by over 500 ma
jority. Look at Abbeville, with 1700 ne
gro majority, electing nearly all the Demo
cratic tickets. Look at Union, where the
April eleelion showed 700 Radical ma
turity. The Democrats sweep the district
by 1200 majority. Look at Chester, with
over 1000 negro majority. The Radicals
ire In den, badly. All over the State the re
turn.'' how a great falling oil'in the Radical
vole since April. The wedge has been
driven in, and daylight shines through the
e revive, I’lie home of Cai.iioun —the
mother of Mauion and Sitmtkk will yet
Ii" modelled from the foul hands that
now pollute her sovereignty.
\ Ci.oomv I’kosi'Kct. —A New York
'• ■irespondent of the Richmond Christian
I oh '(Methodist) unfolds the follow
.11H• 11 iy prospect for tin* contemplation
Seiiiln rn people. To believe that the
rulers of this country must hereafter lie
' "ii from a seel so hostile and devilisli as
"iii'orn calling itself the Northern
■ tinuli t Church, is to 111! the soul with
-pair. If (he ministers of I hat denomi
■ speak for ils membership, then are
'll' l delivered into the hands of those who
will spare not at all:
'' "■ iliiitg seems pretty well settled ; the
; b ill of the United States hereafter
ll|ils t be a Northern Methodist. The
überu Methodist Church has taken
■ *>f the politics of the country, and
alp to control a Hairs. The Ueueral
ii 'lire and the Radical Convention
lv bed at the same time and place, the
“""I'li tellers, in many instances, being
:, 'i'of both bodies; and it is notori
- ; b:t: political ({ueslions are equally
-i and with ecclesiastical in all tlie de
I’aitmeiiti of that church. (Irani and
a-'i* liave been played against one an
“ 1 by the Methodist authorities ; they
'•u connected with lliutchurch. You
11 -'I have seen the neat stump speech
by (.rant, and now passing the
■"“'"I Hu* papers, in which he gave
v -1 hi tin the reasons of his preference
-be Methodists. Now, if the Demo
u' v; ui throw aside prejudioes, and take
and general amnesty and universal
'■4>e, then they will heat Grant; for
| who is a Methodist, will split the
' iHeti and the party, lint if the Demo
in c is not a Northern Methodist
bt henten. Mark that.
Ki.i.iii.”—For the benefit of the
' :U1( 1 noodles who voted to degrade,
" n y themselves, but their fellow-citi
■ and their wives and children, at the
‘ " ’ don in this State, under the delu
' l ha t they were cheating their eredi
• "** bullish the following announce
ment. from l-'orney's Chronicle. His au
'l ')' hsr,| ly be questioned.
" * oiistitution of Georgia, as framed
"iivention and ratified by the peo
la!us a t'huise repudiating all debts
11/ P n °r to the Ist of June, 1865,
' ' Ul '‘“ Wl *‘ undoubtedly be expuug
! ,° nl -V two Classes of
' . , H ' < Xt ‘ uded from the iurisdic
v„; courts under the report of the
nnnttee -those contracted in aid
" ilion, and those for the purchase
"• slaves. All other debts are to
Held sacred.
1N( I.UI)KI>.—We are authorized
, 11 Jlu-t ' that under the arrangement
I /' ** ie Chairman of the Central
a . •' 1 oimnittee, whereby delegates
y ‘ hers who may wish to visit New
C (| l,rill » l be session of Hie Democratic
niay g° and return for one
'iii'l, 1 ’ !lS as gentlemen, are in
‘T,y ~ -*•»*-
’anaos."—Weinvite attention
tatir 11111 nication over the above sig
‘ '0 to be found on the first pago of
‘Uorning'g paper. There are thousands
Bouth who agree witli the writer in
, u " '' Mr. Chase as our candidate, at
®featg§» Btnutt.it antl BRessettgML
for the Journal and Meaaenger.
THE REAL ISSUE.
M it. Editor The New York Times,
commenting on an article in the Journal
and Messenger, says that the people 1
of the Houth stand ready to acquiesce
with the Northern Democracy in the
nomination of a candidate for the Presi
dency ; but when it comes to the question
of the platform, the same old spirit of
opposition crops out, atid that we offer a
determined resistance to negro suffrage,
under the conviction that the Democratic
party will declare war against all that the
Republicans have done or propose to do in
regard to reconstruction. The Times says
that“lhese calculations, if only moderately
correct, put an end to passing conjectures
concerning Mr. Chase.” This is the real
issue. So far as the temper of the South
is understood, it is not so much that we |
are opposed to negro suffrage,as toJ.be man
ner of legislating it upon us, in the shape
of uutveisal suffrage. We believe that if
the States are let alone, and left to control
the quest ion of suffrage in their own way,
:is is their right, there are none but what
are willing to guarantee to all classes equal
and impartial suffrage on property and
educational bases, and are willing to have
that plank incorporated in the New York
platform. In this respect we go farther
than those Northern States where the
question of negro suffrage has recently
been tested. If Mr. Chase could make a
compromise of his opinions, from univer
sal to impartial suffrage, there would be
no dilliculty in uniting the South upon
him, if he receives the nomination in July.
What we of the South do not want, is the
ascendancy of hostile black ignorance,
with all Us concomitant evils. Parties in
the aggregate are honest, mean for the
best, and believe that they are advocating
the best interests of the country. Thus
the Radical party thinks that the South
should give hostages ; that they ought to
require guarantees for our future good be
havior, and that they must place it beyond
our power to injure the Union. Only the
leaders are aware how utterly dead and
buried is all hope or inclination in resur
recting old institutions ; but this knowl
edge, for their own purposes, they keep
from the people, and still goad us to des
peration with unnecessary lashes. The
Democratic party, on the contrary, cannot
see the pacification of the country in con
tinued oppression. They think that enough
has been done for safety and peace, and
that the reign of clemency should com
mence. They agreo that no good can come
of bad government; of investing a who’e
race with new and dangerous privileges,
without preparation or education ; and
withoutcapacityorinclinationon their part
to resist the temptations thrown in their
way of exercising arbitrary power. Who
believes, here in the South, that we can
tamely submit to negro domination?
When laws are enforced inimical to the
whites as a race, hostile collision must en
sue. Take away the troops and give do
minion to the negro, and there can he no
peace here. Did not Grant himself say
that “universal suffrage meant a war of
races.”
The whites of the South have never op
posed the negro. Wo found him a slave,
~,,,1 I.„ (,!•••' • vhmJ if Hi »ilo
among us. lie had laws for his protection,
besides tlie interest of his owner, which
suffered no one to abuse him. He has been
set free, and the whites have universally
been willing lo accord to him such privi
leges as would not conflict with the peace
and safety of society. We are this day
more just, more liberal, and more charita
ble towards him than the States of the
North. The Democratic party of the
North recognize this, and are willing to
leave the question of suffrage to the in
telligence and forbearance of the white
race as the only hope of preserving the
amity of the two races, and the consequent
peace and prosperity of the country. They
know that we of tlie South have accepted,
in good faith, our altered condition, and
are ready to maintain the interest and
unity of the Nation. The last vestige of
what we fought for has been wiped away,
and the old issues are dead, never to be re
suscitated. The new issues present three
alternatives: Ist. No negro suffrage. 2d.
Fqual and conditional suffrage. 3d. Uni
versal suffrage. Upon the Ist there will
he bitter contention and continued agita
lion. Upon tlie 2d the Northern Demo
cracy, we of the South and tlie Con
servative Republicans can come together.
Upon the 3rd there will he conflict and
opposition. Give a full blooded Democrat,
whose antecedents are without flaw, a
compromise platform to stand upon, and
wo don’t need the aid of Mr. Chase.
Timeo Danaos.
A Nice Point.— Tire Columbia (8. C.)
/'/nrni.r publislies the annexed communi
cation. All high strung people will surely
sympathize with this sensitive soul:
CoM'RMNF.pCeII, Richland. Tail, \
June 5, 1868. j
Mr. Editor —Sir: My kind jailor in
formed me this morning that Mr. Frazee
had been elected sheriff, and will, there
fore, have the hanging of me on Friday,
the . if a condemned white man has
any rights whatever, let me protest against
this outrage. The law did condemn me to
be hung, but it was understood that no
such a man as Mr. Frazee was to do my
hanging. It is a right guaranteed to me
to he hung by a white man, and as such,
I say again, sir, if I hang tor it, that 1
won’t he hung by Mr. F.; and, if lie does
try il, I'll die hard, and may the Ku-Klux-
Klan avenge my insulted manes.
Yours, very respectfully,
“Coals to Newcastle "—Eight large
vessels have recently cleared from Charles
ton, laden with lumber for the ship build
ers of Maine It is a well known fact that
the white oak of Carolina is superior for
ship timber to any that the Maine for
ests produce ; and witli her lumber trade
and bone phosphate deposits, our neigh
bor may yet compass a most satisfactory
vengeance upon those who have so de
spitefully used her.
Where they Get them.— lt leaks out,
now, that the members of the late menag
erie in Alabama used the carpets on the
floor of the hall in the State Capitol, where
they held their meetings, to make carpet
sacks witli. The manufacturer of the car
pet, who was a delegate to the Chicago ( on
vention, recognized his handiwork among
the baggage of the Alabama hummers.
Got Home at Last.— Calicott, the Jaco
bin cotton thief and defrauder of the gov
ernment, lias got home at last, the wires
inform us. He is basking in the genial
clime of Sing Sing prison, the birth place
at least of one very distinguished Georgia
Radical. If justice were done, the latter
would join him in short order. May the
last end of all similar scoundrels lie like
| his!
Love’s You no Dream, —A late War
reuton (Va.) paper chrouieles the mar
riage of a frisky parson, aged SO years, to a
l blushing damsel of 68.
“Oh! there’s nothing half, ro sweet in Life
As Love’s young dream.’’
The ■tcuiocratlc Convention—Elaborate
Frc|>araii»ini lo Hefciie the Delegate*
From ihe World.
Great preparations are now being made
for the numerous delegations to be in New
York to take part in the Democratic Na
tional Convention. Irving Hal! lias been
engaged by the State Central Committee
of Pennsylvania for tlie delegation from
tlie Keystone State, and Masonic Hall will
furnish sleeping quarters for tlie entire
Pendleton escort, which is to nunilter over
five hundred men. The Academy of Mu
sic will resound to the eloquence of Demo
cratic orators, and the Circus buildingwill
be engaged for outside southern delegations
Tlie Everett House will furnish board
and lodging to two hundred and tifty dele
gates and their friends from Maryland
and other border States. The Hancock
men will congregate at the Astor House
in large numbers, and negotiations are
now going on with tlie proprietors of this
house and delegations from Illinois and
Connecticut. The Connecticut men have
a desire to secure tlie ladies’ ordinary for
tV caucus-room to meet in. Five hundred
delegates and their friends are expected at
the Astor House. Accommodations have
been made ready tit the St. Nicholas Hotel
for twelve hundred persons who are ex
pected to he present. The Chase men and
supporters of Governor English of Con
necticut, will ho found at this hotel princi
pally. At tiie Southern and New York
Hotels preparations on a grand scale are
being jterfected for delegates from the bor
der and Southern States, and the denizens
of these hostel ties will once more behold
the familiar faces of staunch southern
Democrats. The Everett House is negotia
ting with the Vermont delegation, and it
is probable that the Green Mountain boys
will be found here in large numbers. The
Pendleton men will aggregate themselves
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The irrepres
sible, indefatigable, and never-to-be-beat
en Colonel Woolley, of Cincinnati, who
had the honor of kicking Butler some
weeks since in Washington, and is now
enduring imprisonment for his country’s
sake, has secured rooms for tlie West Vir
ginia delegation at the Fifth Avenue Ho
tel. The New Yoik Ktulo delegation,
numbering sixty-live persons, marshalled
by Mr. Samuel J. Tilden, will stop at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, as will also twenty
six delegates from Indiana, headed by
their chairman, Lafayette Devlin. The
Illinois delegation of thirty persons, under
tlie charge of Storey, of tiie Chicago Times ,
ami the Ohio delegation of forty-two per
sons, with their gallant chairman, Gener
al G. W. MeCooke, will also occupy quar
ters at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Commit
tee and caucus roopis have been engaged
at all the hotels named from the Ist day of
July until the close of the Convention,
which will begin its session on the 4th of
July. It will cost each delegate about
seven dollars a day to livein this city dur
ing tlie Convention, including the neces
sary trilling expenses of barber and boot
black fees, and car fare. Many leading
statesmen and politicians have engaged
rooms at the different hotels from the 2<>th
and 25th •of June until the close of the
Convention, in order to have time to per
fect their manipulations aud organization
of tlie country delegations. Tlie admirers
of Charles Francis Adams, from Massachu
setts, New Hampshire, and Vermont, will
repose their aching limbs at the Clarendon
Hotel. Tammany Hail will be fully ready
by the 25th of June.
- —• • .
POLITICAL.
llr. Cliase and tlie I'resldcney—His
Virus of Party.
From the Syracuse Journal.
Washington, June, ISOS.
Reference has quite often been made of
late to the advice given by tlie Chief Jus
tice to leadingcolored men from the South.
James H. Harris, of North Carolna, is
well known as one of the ablest and most
active Republicans in tiie State. He was
recently offered a unanimous nomination
■*-- / t... u »on . A. 1 11 .»L,. 1 1 1 ' niaJfild J»ll<
'declined because bethought it would have
ail iujui’uus effect in the North.
On Thursday last, after his return from
Chicago, he called upon the Chief Justice.
Like other leading men of I»is race, he had
often consulted with Mr. Chase. Several
intimations had been given him of tlie
surprise tlie Chief Justice felt because lie
had not called as usual. Soon after the
rdiuary civilities were exchanged, Mr.
Chase began to talk on politics by asking
iiow they felt down South.
Mr. Harris replied, “that many of the
Republicans were feeling rather bad, and
that they were uncertain of tlie future,
especially since the failure of impeach
ment ”
“How is that?” asked Mr. Chase.
“I shall speak frankly to you,” replied
Mr. Harris, “if you will allow' me, Mr.
Chief Justice. Tlie truth is, that we not
only fear the effect of impeachment, but
we fear much more divisions among our
friends. We are told, Mr. Chase, that you
yourself are engaged in a movement for
the organization of a third party. We
have always felt the highest regard for
you, and there was a time when we had
hoped to see you tlie Republican candidate
We saw no other party but that, and can
not now.”
Mr. Chase replied very emphatically that
ho "never had any thought pf organizing
a third party movement; had never been
consulted thereon, and would not con
sent to run on one.”
Harris then told him that there was a
great deal of talk about bis being a Demo
cratic candidate, on the platform ot uni
versal amnesty and univeisal sutlrage.
1 11 substance Mr. Chase replied that he
had always been an anti-slavery man and
always expected to be ; that be never had
gone down to any manor party. In 1848,
in Ohio, neither of the great parties could
elect a Senator without the aid of the Lib
erty Party. The Democrats made a propo
sition to its members, and agreed for their
support to repeal the, black fates and elect a
Free Soilcr to the United States Semite. He
was himself dieted on that coalition, and
the bid repealing the black laics passed as
he had himself drafted it. He had not gone
down to them—dug had come up to him.
// his friends placed him in a simi ar posi
tion now, he was in their hands.
He also said that, as was stated, lie had
always been opposed to impeachment, con
sidering it wrong and ill-advised, whether
in principle or policy, For this lie had
been grossly abused Alluding to reports
in newspapers, lie stated that lie had not
been in the White House for many
months.
In response to a fear expressed by Mr.
Harris thatthedivision in the Senate might
prevent the Southern States being admit
ted to representation if the President -ve
toed the bill, the Chief Justice was em
phatic in assuring the North Carolinian
11 1 at, in his opinion, the President would
not veto ang such bill. Ile then passed on
to a defense of Mr. Johnson, declaring
that he could not be charged with oppos
ing the reconstruction laws, and asked Mr.
Harris if good commanders had not been
selected ? The latter referred to Hancock,
to which the Chief Justice said bethought
he did wrong at New Orleans.
Senator Ross came in while Harris was
present and an introduction took place,
the Chief Justice presenting him as a man
who refused a unanimous nomination to
Cougress. Harris said in doing so he held
only’’ the good of his race in view. Ross
said that lie had heard of him and should
have been glad to have seen him on the
lioor of tlie House. He further remarked
that this was meant seriously, though he
was charged with being a renegade to
party and freedom, and that it would yet
be found who was the true man.
Credit an Injury —The editor of the
Claiborne Advocate rejoices in the fact
that f« r the ,irst time in llis ,ife > he was
refused credit the other day for eleven
dollars. Had this happened to him twenty
years ago, he would have been a rich man
to-day. He regards this as really an act
of kindness, and says:
This little act has caused us to review
’■ our rais-spent lift*. \V 0 think of the thou
sands of dollars we have so foolishly
thrown away—the interest on debts we
foolishly made—the articles purchased we
could have so easily done without—our
mis-spent time and talent. Lord God of
Heaven ! forgive us, and give us a fresher
start, “ til s good hour from the bottom.
Death of a Covington Man in Loui
-1 siana.— Dr. Joseph A. Murrell, formerly
a citizen of Covington, died in Miudeu,
! La., on the 7th inst. He hail many rela-
I tivesand friends in this State.
MACON, GA„ TUESDAY, JUNE IG, 1868.
Keconwtrnclion—Th« Vote in Arkauta*
—Leller from Jiaigr Tibbeli*.
Little Rock, Ark., April 7,1565.
General: —The question of ratification
of tlie Constitution framed by the late
Convention in this State lias been voted
upon, and the result duly reported to you.
'l’lie frauds committed upon tlie l>a lot
box in many of the counties of this State
are shameless and enormous, ami have no
parallel in all history. They stand by
themselves. I am persuaded there has
been no expression of the will of the regis
tered voters in this Slate. Permit me to
name a few among many counties: Pu
laski, Jeflersoti, Johnson and Washing
ton. In the two former thousands of votes
were cast more than the whole number of
registered, among the negroes. Women
and children were allowed to vote. They
voted early and they voted often, travel
ing from ballot-lwix to ballot-box. Ballot
boxes were stuffed ; from others votes
were abstracted. Voles offered by duly
registered voters were torn up and thrown
under (lie table. Others were more per
emptorily refused, without any assig hJ
reason.
All these allegations have been duly and
conclusively proven by competent and re
liable testimony. Does the act of Con
gress furnish no remedy?
I believe the people of this Slate are
ready to accept ol Congressional recon
struction; that the opposition to the Con
stitution olTered them pertains to matters
foreign to reconstruction, and not necessa
rily involved in it. To sanction the shame
less frauds committed in this election, and
Lo say that the Conslituti m lias been rati
fied, will bring no peace to the people of
the State. The indefinite continuance of
military authority was preferable. Were
Congress to frame a Constitution for this
State, in the spirit of tlie Reconstruction
acts, and offer it them, I believe tlie peo
ple would readily accept it.
1 think 1 have given expression (o sen
timents entertained by a large majority of
the Union people of this State—not count
ing those who are candidates for office.
I trust such steps may lie taken as may
i>e necessary to correct tlie frauds on the
elective franchise, anil that the will of Un
registered voters of this State may he ascer
tained according lo the letter aud spirit
of the acts of Congressu pon reconstruc
tion,
1 have the honor, General, to be your
most obedient servant,
J. M. Tibbetts.
. ♦
mi: iiAi-risrs.
Important Speech by a South Carolina
Delegate at the Home Mission Society's
Meeting Yesterday.
Tiie American Baptist Home Mission
Society resumed its deliberations at the
Mariner’s Church, in Oliver street, yester
day.
After some preliminary business, Rev.
Dr. Turnbull, of Connecticut, read a com
munication of the committee to consider
tlie report of tlie Northern delegates to the
late Southern Convention at Baltimore.
The committee commended tlie fraternal
spirit exhibited by Southern Baptists, but
avoided coinciding with a claim they
made, that they thought themselves right
in advocating slavery and joining in the
rebellion.
Rev J. G. Warren, of Boston, rose to
oppose immediate action on the subject,
urging that full time should he left for
consideration. He offered no objections.
Rev. Mr. Bright alluded to the remark
made the previous day by the Rev. J. li.
Broadhurst, of South Carolina, to (he ef
fect that such missionaries should be ap
pointed to the South as the Baptists of the
South might sanction, and that the religi
ous education of the frecduien should lie
with their original friends. Mr. Briclit
insisted that the North would never ve
up the right of having a hand in tlie win k,
and that as South Carolina had perfect
freedom of speech at the North, so should
a aoriliern, nuui euinv thy same
in South Carolina or any orncr Southern
State. The speaker found fault with the
assertions of Southern delegates yesterday
that they thought themselves right in ad
vocating slavery, and the rebellion it
created.
Rev. George W. Sampson, of Columbia
College, Washington, urged peace and
unity in general terms.
Rev. Dr. Hague spoke of young MrTyng
as claiming freedom to preach anywhere
and in any church. The northern Bap
tists demand the same right. The men
tion of Mr. Tyng created strong applause.
Dr. Manly, of South Carolina, replied
in substance as follows : It lias been said
that if Die Southern delegation talk at the
South as they do here, the whole difficulty
will be at an end. They will talk there as
they do here, but there are somethings
that it may be needful to say there which
it is not needful to say here. If there was
any bitterness in my heart 1 should bury
it; but there is none. But all the South
ern brethren speaking at the South as they
do here will not end ail the difficulties. It
is no such easy things as that.- We are
but half a dozen men and what are we
amongst so many ? Brethren at the South
<lo not known all we have seen and heard
here and at Baltimore. We ourselves have
made rapid advance and so have you in
the last two weeks; we have made live
years in progress in two weeks time.
There are at the South various sorts of
people. I cannot, neither can Dr. Jeter or
Dr. Fuller, speak for the whole South.
There are some pretty stuhhoi n old fellows
atjthej Soul h—for those none of us can
speak*and Baptists are very much in tlie
habit of speaking for themselves. It will
take time before .ill tlies asperities will he
smoothed down. Weal the South do not
recognize the social equality of tlie negro.
All the rights which he has by law we
have no desire to interfere with, hut we
cannot entrust to him the management of
the interests of for this simple
reason. God and man know he is not
competent to control them. We recognize
slavery as dead, and we have no desire
nor idea of its restoration in any form-, but
the political control ol our country we can
not consent to transfer into their hands.
You may do it and we must submit, but
of our own voluntary effort we will not—
we cannot. The report uses the expres
sion all rights and duties of citizenship. II
l,y that word is to be understood suffrage,
we cannot indorse that expression—for
whatever may bo our views upon that
matter, we have no right to express any
opinion in this religious body. \\ e have
no disposition to deny them the rights ol
freemen, or of Baptists, or of the ministry.
But upon the question of suffrage we have
no right to commit this organization to
Republican or to Democratic principles—
to take theside of any political party. It
is proper, however, that I should add that
W e have the deepest interest in the eleva
tion of the colored people, and their ad
vancement in morals, in education, and
everything that goes to make up tlie dignity
of man. We are far more deeply interest
ed in them than any other people uinlet
heaven, because we have got to dwell
amongst them, or leave the graves of our
kindred and tlie homes of our youth. If
they are vicious, corrupt, ignorant, debased
we suffer. It makes little difference to you
Northerners, but all our interests, out
homes, our welfare, depend upon the so
ciety which surround us. Everything
that we hold dear is pledged to enlist out
efforts iu promoting their education, nf
feel no hostility to them or desire that il
should exist. Our ministers have always
preached to them and still continue tc
preach to them as opportunity allows. I
have baptized more colored than whitt
persons. I preach constantly a largei
colored than white membership. Im
mediately on my return I preach the fune
ral of a colored man at his dying request
Tiie colored people love us; they Jiavi
confidence in us. We ask you to help in
in our work amongst them. If you wii
God be thanked. If you will not “still w<
rejoice that in every way Christ is preach
After some further debate the report a
represented by the Committee was adopt
0(|,
'Plie question of church edifices wa
then discussed after which the moetinj
adjourned.
To Our Friends in the Country.—
We beg that our friends who are engaged
in planting, will keep us posted with ref
erence to the condition and prospects of
the crops in their respective localities.
Such information, just now, is most valu
able, and full of interest to all classes of
readers. We will most gratefully receive
and appreciate any favors of this kind.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11,1SG8.
A NOTE OF WARNING.
We printed, yesterday, the synopsis of
a conversation betweeu Mr. Chase, and a
somewhat noted negro Radical leader of
North Carolina, named Harris.
Mr. Chase is represented in this conver
sation as having, in reply to some objec
tions raised by Harris to General Hancock
a-* a commander under tlie Reconstruction
Acts, concurred iu his (Harris’) censure,
and to have added that “Hancock did
wrong at New Orleans.”
This rejiort may or may not be true. If
it is, Mr. Chase has sounded a note of
warning that the Democratic Convention
may do well to heed. It would certainly
he their duty to nominate Mr. Chase if it
is discovered that lie is the only man that
can beat Grant, hut it would also he their
duly to find, if possible, another leader iu
some man who, among other things, does
not believe that General llaneock “did
wrong at New Orleans.” To condemn
Hancock is to endorse Grant and tiie Radi
cal party, it was liis course at New Or
leans iu defense of civil liberty and the
supremacy of civil law, that first brought
his name so prominently before the coun
try as a possible Presidential candidate of
tlie friends of free government and the
Constitution. His letter to Pease, the bo
gus Governor of Texas, stands, to day, the
noblest monument to his fame, and the
most enduring testimonial to the vitality
and breadth of his patriotism. If he had
been completely unknown before, that let
ter furnishes reference and proof satisfac
tory to every honest man in tlie land.
The South will vote for Mr. Chase, or
any other candidate, to defeat Radicalism
and save the country ; hut she has a right
to demand that her delegates to New York
be thoroughly convinced that he is that
man, before committing her fortunes to his
support. We frankly confess our lack of
faith in Mr. ((base’s fitness as a leader of
the anti-liadical party, and our unwilling
ness that he should be honored with that
position, except as a lasi resort. We would
not have our representatives in the Con
vention press this objection offensively or
officiously, however. Let our Northern
allies know our feelings, but assure them,
at the same time, that tlie choice is theirs,
anti that we stand ready to ratify it. They
will givo us the very best man possible, we
know. That is all we ask or expect. We
do not believe that Mr. Chase is that man,
however, and weearnestly hope that a sur
vey of the field will so demonstrate.
*•
WHAT THE OREGON ELECTION SHOWS.
The Herald thinks the. result of the
election in Oregon indicates that the name
of Grant has no magic to change tlie
verdict against the Republican party that
is written in the mind of the whole peo
| pie. Il also shows that the deep convic
tion of the dangers of Radicalism to tlie
country —the conviction that made itself
felt at the polls in California, (’onnecticut,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey and New
York, and gave those States to the Demo
crats by good majorities—is a deep con
viction still; that it has not worn away
with time, and that nothing whatever of
promise for 1 he better is ""J 1 l,Ui e>
ttcr-*-- ffy me rvauicats iii tlie period that
has elapsed since a Slate last recorded tlie
judgment of its people against that party.
Within that time have come two great
party events—the impeachment and the
nomination of a Presidential candidate.
Impeachment, it is sufficiently notorious,
has deepened everywhere the conviction
that the domination of the Radical party
is not consistent with tlie safety of our
institutions; but how it might ho with
the nomination of Grant no man could
positively say. Party men of one side or
the other, and all who pretend to he
weatherwise in the political atmosphere,
could predict to their own satisfaction
just what would come to pass; but tlie
truth is that no one can divine tlie secret
currents of a people’s thoughts—no one
can accurately estimate the hidden forces
that yet seem to move the whole mass of
Hie nation by electrical unanimity to tlie
same result. But the ballot box tells all.
The seam crops out at an election and I he
mind of the people is shown. Hence (he
significance of this election in Oregon
determined with unequivocal clearness
for the Democrats right on the heels of
(he nomination of Grant by Ihe Radicals.
| Grant, to put it at its lightest, is not so
| great a man, not a name so thoroughly
satisfactory to the people that they will
venture another four years of Radicalism
to have him. He is too evidently only
the gilding of the pill, and the people
thrust him aside. And this is settled, not
on the arguments or declamations of parti
sans, not on the forecastings of those who
believe that Grant will he beaten because
they hope it, but it is settled oil that only
positive source of information under our
system—a test at the polls, an experiment
before the people, tlie honestly delivered
vote of a great Btate.
THF. DIFFERENCE,
Wc find in the New York Times a state
ment of the fundamental conditions of
restoration as proposed by the two Houses
of Congress. There are some marked and
important points of difference, as will be
readily.seen upon examination. Asadopt
ed by the House they read thus:
That the Constitutions of said States
shall never be amended or changed so as
to discriminate in favor of or against any
citizen or class of citizens, of the United
States, in their light to vote, who are now
entitled to vote by said Constitutions re
spectively, except as a punishment for
such crimes as are now felonies at com
mon law, whereof they shall have been
duly convicted ; and no person shall ever
be held to serviceor labor as a punishment
for crime in said States, except by public
officers charged witli the custody of con
victs by the laws thereof; and that so
much of the seventeenth section of the
fifth articieof the Constitution of the State
of Georgia as gives authority to legisla
tures or courts to repudiate debts con
tracted prior to the Ist day of June, 1865,
and similar provisions in al! the other of
the Constitutions mentioned in this bill,
shall be null and void, as against all men
who were loyal during the whole time of
the rebellion, and wiio, during that time,
supported the Union, and they shall have
the same rights, in the courts and else
where, as if no rebellion had ever existed.
The Senate bill, on the other hand, pre
sents the conditions in this shape:
That there shall never be in such State
any denial or abridgment of the elective
franchise to any person by reason or on ac
count of rare or color, excepting Indians
not taxed ; and the State of Georgia shall
only be entitled and admitted to represen
tation upon this further fundamental con
dition. That the first and third subdivi
sion of section seventeen of the fifth arti
cieof the Constitution of said State, except
I the proviso to the first subdivision, shall
be null and void, and that the General
Assembly of said State, by solemn public
act, shalf declare the assent of tlie State to
the foregoing fundamental condition.
! irT A lovely fair one recently|wrote the
following postscript to her backward lover:
“My heart to you is given,
O, do give yours to me ;
We’ll lock them up together
And throw away the key.”
CROPS AND PRODUCTS OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
Under this head the editor of the Mil
ledgeville Recorder, who has recently re
turned from a visit to this section, says:
As to the crops, we saw many fine fields
of corn nearly head high. The cotton was
looking well. Upon inquiry, we found
that the farmers were planting enough
corn for their own consumption and a lit
tle to sell As to hogs, but few were at
tempting to raise their meat, as itwiisa
difficult matter to protect them against
rogues. But that objection will soon van
ish with a little system and care, and a
proper penning of hogs and cattle at night.
As to the general resources of the conn
try, in an agricultural point of view, they
are inviting and flattering. Corn,cotton,
rice, sugar cane, sweet potatoes and oats,
can be raised to perfection, as the land is
easy of tillage and does not wash. Ma
mire when applied, remains and does its
work thoroughly. It is-thnland for small
farmers, and those who wish to make a
support easily.
'1 lie sugar eaneerop is the most Inviting,
and the best paying Ordinary land, will
yield about four hundred gallons of syrup
to the acre, and on good laud from six to
seven hundred gallons, at from 50 to SO
cents per gallon, and about 7 to S barrels
of sugar. We got our facia from Mr. Cater
Stephens, a gentleman who cultivates tlie
cane instead of cotton. Any information
desired on the subject lie will cheerfully
give by addressing him at Quitman,
Brooks county. About two plowings of
the crop and it is laid by, and as to plant
ing, the stubble cane, or the part left iu
the ground when the cane is cut, is cover
ed in the fall, and sprouts in the spring;
all that is needed is the application of ma
nure and about two good plowings.
The Uoi.iim bits A bursts. —Alluding to
tlie resolution introduced in the House of
Representatives by Mr. Beck, calling for
executive information in reference to the
late illegal and tyrannical military arrests
and imprisonmentof citizens ofUolumhus,
the Sun says:
We are pleased to notice that due en
quiry into this monstrous outrage has been
inaugurated. We are more gratified to
announce that there is no power to pre
vent its prosecution and full development.
Mr. Beck will press the matter, and
whether the Radical Congress refuse or
grant his proper and reasonable request,
the truth will come. All of the facts and
testimony are in the hands of capable, ef
ficient and fearless men, and this whole
proceeding from beginning to end, will be
thoroughly ventilated. The public mind
of the country will lie informed as to this
whole transaction, and the suppression of
every newspaper in Military District No.
3, no matter how agreeable such a tiling
might be to those who have reason to fear
and hate their power and influence, will
be powerless to surpress truths that will
horrify and astound all who still respect
law, justice, humanity and fair dealing.
HOWL, YE BUMMERS!
-We think it may be safely assumed,
now, that the swindle called relief will be
mashed fiat by the Radical Congress, and
that the noble army of shysters, bummers,
and renegades may as well get llieir saek
cloth ready. What a howl will go up
from the gang, and how the honest men
of Georgia will rejoice !
'Flie Washington correspondent of the
Herald writing under date of the 7th,
says :
The Reconstruction Committee this
morning discussed the propriety of modi
fying the Georgia constitution as respects
the sections relating to homestead laws,
tlie relations between debtors and credit
ors and other features of this document
which diller from the constitutions of the
olii .i cnaTes. The Senate Judiciary Com
mittee lias already agreed to strike these
sections out of the constitution, and from
the tone of the debate in the Reconstruc
tion Committee it is understood that the
House will concur with the Senate in this
matter. The whole subject was freely
discussed in tlie conference committee on
the Arkansas bill, and the views of tlie
managers on the part of the Senate and
those on the part of the House were found
to harmonize.
Still Tbue. —The Columbus Rnquircr,
of Tuesday, learns that the colored Demo
crats (rs Houston county still maintain
their organization, and will make a good
fight in the ensuing canvass. The Presi
dent of (he Fort Valley Democratic Club
sends word that his club, composed of a
large number of colored people, desires to
aid tlicir white and colored friends of Co
lumbus, now iu military custody, and if
funds are required to carry on their de
fence, they will subscribe cheerfully ac
cording lo their means.
From tlie New York Tribune.
An Kxiriiorilinnrv D ili Cane.
In April last, Robert Watson, a well
known colored man, died in this city,
aged seventy-one years. lie began life as
a house servant, and could neither read
nor write. At the time of his death he
owned eight houses and over SIOO,OOO in
personal property. At (lie time of his
death it was supposed that ho left no will.
Soon after, however, two persons named
Eunice Watson and Anna Watson, pre
sented what purported to be tlie last will
and testament of the deceased, bequeath
ing to them all his property, and claiming
to he the deceased’s wife and daughter. In
the mean time Alderman Graves of Pough
keepsie, who has in his employ a colored
man named Robert Watson, read the arti
cle in the paper, and thereupon inquired
of Albert Watson in relation to his past
life. Albert’s mother, an agedcolored wo
man, also resides in Poughkeepsie. She,
too, was questioned closely on the subject
vvnen it Was ascertained that they wete
Dot 11 formerly slaves, 1 ’olly Watson claim
ing that she had not seen her husband,
Robert Walson, who was also formerly a
slave, for over thirty years. So impressed
was Mr. Graves with the idea that the
deceased Robert Watson was the husband
of Polly Watson, and father of Albert
Watson, liis hired man, that liedetermin
ed to investigate the matter thoroughly.
Accordingly lie made several trips to this
city on matters connected with the busi
ness, aud finally concluded to have tlie re
mains of Robert Watson disintered for (lie
purpose of identification. An undertaker
and two men were hired, and Mr. Graves
returned to Poughkeepsie.
The next day, in company with the
aged colored woman, Polly Watson, he
came to this city again. Here they were
met by the undertaker and two men, and
one or two other w itnesses, when all went
at once to the cemetery, where Robert
Watson was buried. On arriving there
the grave was uncovered, the dirt thrown
up, and the coffin brought to the surface
and opened farenough to disclose the fea
tures of the ilead Watson. The remains
had been buried nearly four weeks, but
were in a good state of preservation. Pol
ly Watson, after gazing intently for a mo
ment exclaimed, “That was my poor hus
band 1" She further said :“1 will know
for a certainty if there is a scar near the
right knee.” To make the matter of iden
tification doubly sure, the corpse was
stripped of the siiroudings about the right
knee, when the scarspokeu of was plainly
visible and immediately recognized by the
aged Polly, who seemed to be deeply affect
ed This little scene convinced all pres
ent of the truthfulness of the claims of the
Poughkeepsie heirs. Returning home,
Alderman Graves laid the whole affair be
fore Hon. Ilomer A. Nelson, Secretary of
State, and as a preliminary move, and be
lieving that Polly and Albert Watson are
the true heirs of Robert Watson, deceased,
Judge Nelson has presented a petition to
the Surrogate of tins city and county for
the purpose of revoking and canceling the
letters testamentary granted to Fuuice
and Anna Watson.
Cheering. The Federal Union of
Tuesday says that the wheat crop in that
section is very good, that hat vesting com
menced last week, and that the yield is
much better than was expected.
gp A conscript, being told that it was
sweet to die for bis country, excused him
self on the ground that he never did like
sweet things.
FRIDAY JUNE 12, 18G8.
LETTER FROM ATHENS.
Athens, June 9,186 K.
Mb. Emtob :—Knowing the regard
which you still cherish far your old home,
tlie pleasure you would have in hearing
of matters there, and the general interest
felt hj' the people of Georgia in the Uni
versity of the State, I have concluded to
spend a spare hour or two in writing you
a brief letter from this place. Besides the
natural inclination which I have to whis
per into the public ear something about
the institution of which 1 am so proud,
and about the town where 1 have claimed
temporary citizenship for so long a time,
with more than a citizen’s privileges, I
am prompted to write to correct some im
pressions which mtt3' have been made t>y
a letter which appeared in the public
priulsnot many dnj-a ago. A oorroqiamL
ent of one of (lie most influential papers
in the Ktate, devoted a paragraph to tlie
present condition of tlie University, and,
by the manner of liis statement, seemed
11 be making strictures upon the present
mode of government and discipline of the
institution. What he said was substan
tially true; and to those of us who are ac
quainted with all the circumstances of the
College, entirely consistent with its most
thorough discipline and highest effective
ness. But (here are people in the State
who are interested in the success of the
University, anil 3 T et who have not the
means of learning much about ils internal
workings; and these may Im mislead by
the statements alluded to. The trouble is
that the correspondent in question has
mentioned a few only out of a great num
ber of facts; and such facts only as are not
by any means important or controlling,
hut unimportant and subordinate.
The charges indirectly made in that let
ter are, when sifted, that there is a want
of discipline on the part of the Faculty,
and a lack of studiousness on the part of
the students. If by discipline is meant
the old regime of animosity on the one
side, and espionage on the other, under
which the only principle of mutual cohe
sion was, that the students were to do as
much mischief as they could, and the pro
fessors were to catch them, if jiossihle,
then I am glad to say that we have no
discipline. If Dy studiousness is intended
thes3'stem formerly in vogue, under which
the student was expected to develope his
mind at the expense of a body haggard,
diseased, emaciated, then I am glad to say
that we are not studious. But if discipline
means that the student is treated like a
gentleman and justifies, Dy his conduct,
the confidence reposed in him—and if stit
dioiisness means that physical culture is
first laid as a foundation, and upon it is
liuilt up the structure of intellectual devel
opment, then we lack neither.
Two things are to be borne in mind in
order properly to understand the status of
this Institution. Two reuahitions have
been quietly hut steadily wrought; the
one, in the method of instruction, the
other, in the mode of government
Franklin College has become the Uni
versity of Georgia; and, of course, the
university method—by lectures—has, with
more or less comnleteness. been adonied
By this means, the students have less rou
tine work to do ; they are not confined so
closely and so regularly to their text books,
and consequently they have more leisure
for recreation. They do not gel less intel
lectual food, hut their food is better pre
pared, by the labors of tlie Professors, for
mastication, and is more nutritious; and
so tlie3’are enabled to spend less time at
table. Hence you see they may, and I
affirm they do, accomplish quite as much
as formerly with less consumption of time
and less expenditure of labor. So you
perceive that IDe statement that “they
study less than they used to,” may be
made with perfect truth, and 3 r et convey
a wrong impression.
The method, too, of managing the stu
dents lias been changed, and instead of tlie
old appeal to fear of punishment, appeal is
made to honor. True, there are niaii3’
petty regulations which, while still cum
hering the statute hooks, have fallen prac
tical y into oblivion. But the claims of
the Professors upon the respect and obe
dience of tlie students are slill insisted on,
and generally regarded. This system has
been recently adopted, and is so different
from that to which theyoungmen wlioare
hero, have been accustomed at the schools
and academies which they have heretofore
attended, that it has now and llien failed
to secure the results desired; but in tlie
vast majority of cases, it lias secured a
good order ail'd obedience hitherto deemed
unattainable; and lias secured them on the
basis of a principle far higher than mere
dread of disgrace—the principle of manly
self-respect and self government. I should
think that plan which has made an insti
tution, once esteemed the most disorderly
in the State, the most orderly, and given
it a reputation for quiet and gentlemanly
behavior second to none in the country,
would need no argument to prove ils
soundness in theory or efficiency in prac
tiee.
So much for tin; principles ti|K>ii which
we claim that (he public should form their
opinion of us. Now let me state some
facts by which the practical workings of
tin se principles may lie judged. Wher
ever there are men or iwiya with diifering
characters and tastes and common inter
ests strong enough to form a bond of sym
pathy, there will lie fluctuations of public
opinion—actions and reactions of popular
impulses. From these fluctuations our
little community—any more than larger
and more important communities—cannot
claim to have been free. Justus school
boys have their top-time, their marble
time, their kite-time, and their time for a
general beUigerentexliihrtion.we have had
our manias for studying, for boat-riding,
for base-balling, for party-going, and for
tournameutiug. And Whough the order of
succession of these manias may seem to
some injurious, because coming on in the
order of an anti-climax—from the intellec
to the physical—yet to one who is as well
acquainted as the writer with the cir
cumstances of the case, this method of
progression appears the most lieneiicial.
About tliis time last year we had the study
ing tit upon us; students who had come
here in the winter strong and hearty were
listlessly wandering about tlie campus,
pale, dejected, the very ghosts of their for
mer selves, or were cooped up in their hot,
unwholesome rooms, vainly endeavoring
to “ cram” their nauseated brains for the
approathing examinations. A spell like
that which cursed tiie castle of the sleep
ing beauty seemed to overhang the college,
and it was only because “those days were
shortened,” that we escaped the threaten -
ed lethargy. More than one young man,
ome of them in college now, some of them
already in the world, is now reaping the
harvest of ill health and dejected spirits,
which sprung from the geed then sown
This year tiie sights are different— and far
more pleasant. You sometimes see a
cheerful face, and now and then hear a
merry laugh. And the change is due, I
VOL. LX., no. I-J.
am compelled to think, to the setting of
the tide of popular opinion m f aV or of
manly amusements, and the withdrawing
of popular countenauee from that kind of
intellectual drudgery w hich weakens the
body, but does not strengthen the mind.
I have mentioned only the effects of
these tendencies when /no/terii/ r, 'rainal.
Os course, when indulged in to excess thev
become serious evils. So far they have
been restrained, 1 think, almost within
proper bounds; and lienee they should not
he imputed to ns as a reproach. The Sac
ulty, whose interest certainly cannot ho to
allow the boys to neglect their studies foi
their sports have given no indication of
disapprobation of the |>oputar tendencies
among those comniilted to flu-ir ehatec;
and if (hey are satisfied, I see not who has
a right to blame.
I hog your pardon, Mr Editor, for hav
ing trespassed so far upon your paticiuv.
I nave written more than I intended, and
yet have not said all I w ish to say. I hope
that what I have written will accomplish
the purpose 1 had in view, and will col
lect, in the minds ol those interested in
my Alma Mater, any error into which
they may have fallen.
1 have written so much about the Col
lege that I have no place for the town. If
inspiration comes, I will write of that at
some future time. Os the tournament I
suppose you have heard ; but I do not siip
jiose that you have heard of the irruption
ol barbarians— 11 a mites who came down
from Atlanta yesterday on a spree two nr
three car loads of them—and have just cap
tured the town by storm ; and an 1 suppose,
moreover, that you do not wish to hear, I
will not tell you about them.
1*
TENNESSEE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION
This body met in Nashville, on Tuesday
theDtli. There was a full attendance, and
much enthusiasm. T. A. ]{. Nelson, A.
O. I'. Nicholson, (ten. Forrest, and Ed
muiid Cooper were elected as delegates at
large to the New York Convention, and
the following resolution in reference to
the nominee of that Convention, adopted :
Jieisolvcrf, That Andrew Johnson, in the
discharge of his great functions as I‘resi
dent of the l liited States at a period of
trying and unprecedented embarrassment,
lias rendered his name illustrious by (in
fidelity with w hich he has sought “to pre
serve, protect, and defend the Cotistitu
tion" against the assault of a revolutionary
faction, and in his recent signal triumph
in that behalf has earned the gratitude of
the American people, and rendered him
self worthy of the highest mark of confi
dence that may he bestowed upon him;
and in the event his name should he < Her
ed to the National Nominating t'on veil
ti<»n, it is due that the representatives of
his own State should east a united vote in
his favor. Nevertheless, our delegates arc
at liberty to co-operate with Northern
delegates in the selection as a i andidate of
any statesman prominently associated and
identified with the principles and men
siires herein allirmed, and who will In
most acceptable to the conservative Demo
eracy of the nation.
SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRACY ALL RIGHT.
At a C'ou veil lion of the i lemocratic pin ty
of South Carolina held ul Columbia, on the
Kth and Dili inst., the follow lug rcsolution
in reference to the nominee of the Nation
al Con volition, was adopted:
liinolua/. '• l-ui liuuiiiM il ire confidence
m the prineiph-s and patriotism of the
Democratic party, mid trusting their as
surances, that if triumphant they will
maintain at the South the supremacy of
the white luce and a white man’s govern
ment, leaving to the Slates I lu-msel ves t he
regulation of the suffrage, also Unit they
will expunge the usurpations and fraudu
lent .governments created by military
jtower, and thereby restore the Southern
States as they were before the enactment
of tlie said laws, we hereby pledge our
selves to support the cundidaU-s of that
party for President and Vice President,
who shall he nominated at the comingcoii
venlion in New York.
Tlie Committee on Resolutions stated
that they considered the above a sufTicient
| latform, leaving thcijuestinu ofsnflnige
fi r the decision of the States. They also
recommended that tlie ijuestion of voting
in tlie National Convention be left discre
tionary with the delegates.
The to. ving gentlemen were < ,-n
elected delegu cs h> (lit* National t'o-.ven
tiou :
From the Slate at large—Wade Hamp
ton and James It. Campbell; alternates.
C. M. Furman and .1. I*. Carroll.
From (lie First liistriet —.1. 1,. Manning
and R. Dozier.
From t tie Second I »isl riot (11. Simon
ton and It. It. Illicit, .1 r.
From the Third liistriet —M. W. Gary
and A. I) Frederick.
An executive committee for Hie Slate
was elected, to consist of Messrs. I’orlcr,
Barker, Carew, Adger, Mclver, Finley
and Gilbert.
Tim Convention then adjourned Hint
die.
General Hampton made a short speech,
whi.cli was received with much enthusi
asm. The result of the Convention lias
been the cordial union of both branches of
the Democratic party in tiie State under
the leadership of (Jeneral Hampton.
‘•m.i nKhi ■ oni:\t ie !*•
(Jen. Grant’s declaration that lie will
liavi no policy lint “the will of the people”
to go eU* him in the ad minis! ration of I he
goveiunieiil, reminds the New York
World of a similar declaration of the great
Mr. Pi.-kwick, of his policy at the great
election at Kalanswill, bet ween the Bulls
and the Blues, in which the Hon. Samuel
Kliimkey was the candidate of the Blues
and the Hon. Horatia Fi/.kin of the Bulls.
—“Slumkey forever!” roared the honest
ami independent.
“Slumkey forever!” echoed Mr. Picks
wiek, taking ofl'liis hat.
“NoFizkin!” roared the crowd. “Cor
tainly not!” shouted Mr. Piekwick.
“Who is Slumkey ?” whispered Mr.
Tupman.
“I don’t know,” replied Mr. Piekwick.
“Hush! don’t ask any questions; it’s
al ways best to do what the mob do on tine
occasions.”
“But suppose there are two mobs,” sug
gested Mr. Snodgrass.
“Shout with tin: largest,” replied Mr.
Piekwick.
Volumes couid not have said more.
Maryland.—lt will gratify all true
Southern men and women to learn that
tiie graves of Confederate soldiers ill
Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, were
appropriately remembered and decorated.
Tiie Gazette, says :
‘‘Though few of them were personally
known to us, these soldiers did not die as
strangers in a strange land, for our people
gave to them the sincerestadmiration and
sympathy in their Jives, and will keep
tlieir graves and menm ies green. Hie
loved ones who are mourning tor them in
tiie South may feel assured that their
aslies will repose as peacefully m Mary
land as in Virginia, and that we and
those wiio may come after us will tread
reverently around these graves.
••JleitKo! though Right Trampled be counted
for Wrong,
And that pass for Right which is Evil Victorious ;
Here, where Virtue Is feeble and Vlllalnj -aiong,
’fia a Cause, not the /‘tie of a Cause that is
glorious.”