The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-16

will vet witness the downfall OF Republican
government in this country, and the establish
ment of q centralized despotfsm." Unlike Mr..
Toombs, Mr.: Stephens n h sos ss, aes 0e ahe No opas
and South, and he thinks 8 remedy. for the
evils of which he complains can be reached
only through peaceful means. He said ne be-
lieTed the Democratic party could yet q v
the country II it would make an earnest and
solemn appeal to the people at the next Presi-
dental election, warning them OF the plot 70
destroy their liberties. If this were done, he
was confident that there was yet honesty and
sense enough among the people u cause them
to rise and .hurl the Jacobins from power
as he expressed It,.
|. In the course of the conversation a negro
man came in, presented Mt. stephens with a
basket of apples, and asked his ADVICE aeout
selling his peas at the present marker price;
Ailer he had gone, Mr.. Stephens said that all
his former slaves still lived upon his place.
and worked the land on shares. He found 1t
more profitable than slave labor. The. negroes
dipided The crops themselves and brought him
mis- share. He depeBied entirely upon their
honesty. and did not believe they deceived
him. The negroes were not Us wen on ior
comforts as 10 the days of.slaVery ne said
they were not as well ciolhse, lsu vi nouseu,
sIayery with more comfortsi In one OF the
brief intervals in his political talk, Mr..
Stenlsens smoke OF the civilization of Georgia
before the war as the highest 10 The word.
Paupgrism, he said, was almost unknown, ana
In all his practice at the par ne nag only
known one case Of deliberate murders out ne
admitted that cases Of killing'in quarrels were
frequent, 49,
political topics indicated above should say,
rather, his talk, for most OF the Time MT.
Stephens seemed nearly ,obliVio1s OF The pres
ence OF his auditors. With his eyes liked upon
one point on the wall, he would talk as slendi-
ly aud consecntively, as II repeaIing a wei W. NJ
questions or any interruptions 1t was as II
Ne were rehearslng frcm memory the chapters
of his book, and felt bound to get tprougn WIN
them all. Sitting in his dis0rdered room sur
rounded by a-cOnlusiOp Of old books, manu-
scripts, bottles, vlals, and ancient furnlture,
and discussing questions many Oh Wnen were
long siuce selLled and are nearly 1orgottsn, ne
seemed TO be a. sort OF trSinG ~
been an invalid Tor the past. two years, and
is obliged to use crulches In walking De
never expects that his health WILL per-
NIT him 10 again take any part IN puOnc Llle.
In spite OF his inHrmitles, however, ne makes
his influence widely felt by means OF CONVEX,
sations With men who come rum all parts oi
the South to :csee him. Scarcely q DAY passes
that he does not receive visitors from q uis-
lance. In this way he keeps up his acq!lalnt-
ance with public men throughout the South,
and is slIl potent in controlling the action Of
the Democratic party In this State, and, 10
some extent, in all the Southern states. Prob
ably no man in Georgia Yields the Influence
that he does;whh the class that SILL refuse 20
accept The. silualion. The people or tne WI.
lase have a great reverence Tor him, and seem
to rely upon him for advice and assistance
- -. o. ,tndpuco 0f hSQrt ARA pfnVpr-
hal in ali The country round, and he Is beloved
alike by while psn and negroes, who, When
In trouble, come long distances to get his
counsel.