Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-07-15
Erank RIair,s PLATFORM.


F.P. BLAIR has sent letter to Col. Brodhead,
in which he leaYes it to him, after consultation
with Bair's friends, whether his name shall be
presented to the Democratic Convention. Mr..
BLAIR says:
There is but one way to restore the Govern
ment and the Constitution, and that is for the
President elect TO declare the reconstruction acts
null and void /; compel the army to undo IFS rsur-
patton ct the South dsperse the carpet bag State
Governments allow the white people to reorgan-
i:e their own governments and elect Senators and
Representatives. The House of Representatives
will contain majority Of Democrats from the
North and they will admit tho Representatives
elected by the white people of the South, and with
tho CO operation of the President it will not be
difficult to compel the Senate to submit once more
to the obligations of the Constitution. 1t will
not be able to withstand the public judgment, if
distinctly invoked and clearly expressed on this
fundam tai issue, and it is the sure way to avoid
all future strife To put this issue plainly to the
country, T repeat that the real and only ques-
ton which we should allow to control US
is: Snail we submit to the usurpations by which
the Government hus been overthrown. or shall
we exert ourselves for its full and complete re-
storation 1t is idle to talk Of greenbacks, gold,
the public faith and tho public credit. What can
IL Democratic President do n regard to any Of
these with a Congress in both branches controlled
hy the carpet baggers and their allies? He will
be powerless to stop tho supplies by which IDLE
negroes are organized into political clubs; by
which an army is maintained to protect these
yagabonJs in their outrages upon the ballot.
These, and things like these, eat up the revenue
resources of the Government, destroy its credit
and make the difference between gold and green
backs. We must restore the Constitution before
we can restore the finances, and, to do this, We
must have President who will execute the will
of the people, by tramplirg into dust the usurpa-
ton of Congress, known US the reconstruction
acts.
"I wish to stand before the convention on this
issue, but it is one which embraces everything
else that is of value in its large and comprehen-
sivc result II is the one thing that includes all
that is worth contest; and without it there is
nothing that gives dignity, honor or valXe to the
struggle"
- mss- General Meade has issued an order de-
clariug Col. J. H. Christy, the Democratic candi-
date for Congress from the SIKH District, to be
duly elected. Georgia. so far, has done better
than any other Southern State--four out Of her
seven Congressmcn being Democratic.
cy Colonel Payne, who killed Captain Allen,
the alledgcd scducer of his wife, has just been
acquitted Mt Nashville. He is believed TO be in
sane, as he claims to have acted as Gods agent
in the act f.r which he was tried. He is a man
of talent, but unsettled mind, and is the author
OF the pamphlet called Ariel" which maintains
that the negro is not n human being.
Ns- The Winnsboro' News announces the
sudden death of Colonel Vim. J. Alston. He is
said to have fallen dead, while walking across
his room, from stroke of paralysis. Col. Alston
frequently represented Fairfield District in the
General Assembly, and took an active part in its
afrairs.
Aas- The bill for the discontinuanoe of the
Freedmans Bureau, which has been reported
back favorably, to the Senate, provides that the
Bureau shall be withdrawn on the lst oil next
January, from MI the Southern States represented
in Congress- the educational department, how
ever, to be continued until otherwise ordered. The
bill also provides for the continuance in Office for
life of the present Commissioner, General o. o.
Howard; his place to be filed, in the event of
his death or resignation by appointment of the
President with the consent of the Senate.
Eggleston, the carpet bag candidate for
Governor Of Mississippi, is an oversecr on
plantation owned by q Mr.. Lewis, of Ohio.
Lewis, on recent visit 10 his place, was very
much surprised to find his man engaged in
the gubernatorial canvass, and said to some
one who spoke to him on the subject, that if
he :. had known the people of Mississippi
wanted Governor, he would have sen. them
q gentleman and saved them from tho psces.