The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-07-06
appointment Of Cadet He Refuses to
take the Test Oath,r''t r@'@'

App0lntment OF o Uadet-Ho HetuSeS +
take the Test-0ath.Tn ~
! A boy named Baldwin Alexander
about seventeen years Of age, rcsid
ing in Pulaski county, Virginia, hay
ing been appointed a cadet at til,
| Naval Academy by Rcprcsentativ,
Gibson, of Virginia, underwent, thor
ough examination, and passed. III
made q favorable impression upon th,
Board Of Examiners and the Secreta
ry Of the Navy, and his appointment
was confirmed; but when asked te
take the test-oath he declined, assert
I ing that although he was a mere child
at the commencement Of tho war, and
but twelve years Of age at its close
his associates, surroundings, etc, had
created asympathy in, his mind and
heart for those around him and to
swear that lie had not sympathizcd
with or countenanced the "rebollion,' >
would be base perjury, end he could
not do so. He could take all the
remainder Of the oath but those two
terms. His honesty and ,oandor elicit
cd enconiums from the naval authori-
,..,.o; s,o,, ~:a onI'o' ia oot'nSop :s took INC @
youth admitted upon taking the pro.
per constitutional oath. Tho law on
tho subject is Imperative, aud the
Secretary Of the Navy to-day inform
ed Senator johnson that Alexander
ooo'u ho. w aan,''eu 20 'ne aoa demy
80 oaue' uuless ne euoscTioed 70 tue
l'uh'oiau % oa'n' senator 'onhson VIII
;sT epoois' cong,ess'ona. ! !eg's'nion
"'s o"s1' a"a nep'osen'a''ve, ilatt
a'"o H'"veo '"as ne "ou,u''ask !he re-
.aoSat ~ oi- A'eSahuef 5 a'sapll'ties oy
49, w.. touse' .'' auu t""' n1ape auo~eo 70
ou''' t"1 aoau0"'y "',oou' .ak'ng !ne
non.''a. a.! o"'n'I- - as" sPec'@' % H'eh-
"''"" 1|'Spo''" "Ia.r, yg7
n. ~, ~ ~, ---,.-..--r-7sy1 r-7sy1 .as
Df' oonh IL Daroy, we regret 70
learn, anticipates leaving our State in
short while, to accept oneasof' two
distinguished positions that have re-
Gently been offered Linn, thesone the
chair OF anatomy IN the University Of
Calitorhia,rth tue other the chair of SUR
gerry ~ inc medical College atLouis-
vil!e, lNentucky. @Ihe unhappysconss
diton OF our State is forcing herm ost
distinguishes. sons one by, ono1to seek
more promising hc!ds OF operation.
Yrs. Gn'soim a.fd' Milcs, of Charles
ton, NJ, chairs in the " ed.1ai College
At baltimore; the, Drs. EcConte, IF
Coiump'a, III the university ct Cali
iofh.a' anu now It's probaole that
nou.s',.ie &c o VIII succeed IN e,ntlc'ng DR..
Dafpy from us. 1t may, however, be
angra'e1nl IN US TO murmnr at these
losses %hcn We reflect that IN cx-
largely from the talent Of the North.
in the persons o. DR.. Scott, Rev. i.
p Wbittemore, w. w. Sampsop.
Niles G.. Parker, and others equally
distinguished .-Guaydinn. 5s :
sa - ~ - - ,-.--a '.n5
At the convention Of the Mercer
county, Ohio, Democrats, held on the
llth instant the following platform
vas unanimo' sly adopted
"Ihat the so-callcd war debt is n
fraud and q swindle, and was created
under false pretences and in violation
Of the Constitution; we are, there.
fore, uncomrromisingly in favor of
repndiaH"g the '0hcle Of The bonded ua,
debt Of the United States. s.,
"That we arc unaltcrably opposed
to negro citizenship and negro suf.
frage that the fifteenth amendment
to the Constitution of the Up;ted
States vas forced upon the pcopie by
trickery and fraud, and against their
Illegal, void, and Of no binding force
whatever 'rs. ~ 50 @'1