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One CAUSE oE SOUTHERN DISORDER
In South Carolina there are a cowardly
and corrupt State Government, incapa-
BILE, ignorant and worthless local Off
GERS, and a weak, vascillating Judiciary
The State officers command nobody's
respect. They are third rate men, iu-
tellectually and morally, who could not
have obtained any Office of trust in an
intelligent Northern community. Their
time has been largely occupied in de-
vising selfish and questionable schemes
for their own profit, and they have lack
ed the courage to make any determined
effort to suppress disorder and punish
crime. Some of them have acquired
sudden wealth upon small salaries, and
their apparent dishonesty has brought
all the others into disrepute. If the
State officers had been thoroughly hon
est men, with some dignity of character
and knowledge of public affairs, and if
the State Executive had commanded the
respect of the community by firmness,
consistency and truth, and a courageous
determination to enforce the laws and
maintain order at any personal risk or
sacrifice, the Kuklux evil would never
have found foothold in the State. But
even with inefficient and bad State Off
GERS, a good judiciary could have done
much to limit and perhaps suppress the
evil. This is shown by the fact that
there is one Judicial district where the
kuklux outrases are unknown, although
the character Of the population is idenr
teal with that of the worst infected dis
tricts. That is Judge Orr's district, and
includes the five northwestern counties
of the State. One of these counties,
Greenville, borders upon Spartenburg,
and while the latter has beon overrun
by the Kuklux during the past year, the
former has been entirely peaceable.-
South Carolina correspondence N. 7. Tri-
bune,
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rogues everywhere to righteous punish

rogues everywhere to righteous punish
ment.
Certainly, unless this is done by the
party in power, it will provoke such a
reaction as will overwhelm it. One of
its sources of strength has been in its
tendency to rigid self-criticism, in the
sturdy individuality Of its members, in
the possession of journals that have
earned powerful influence by such in
dependence as the Tribune conspicuous
ly illustrates. The Democracy lost a
great point when it waited for the op-
position to begin the raid on Tammany,
and only took a part in it-though a
most effective one-when forced by an
aroused public sentiment. The best
servants of a party are those who fight
its rascals, putting the public interest
first in every case. 1t is only by such
course that confidence, and its off
spring, influence, can be secured and
retained.
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Retake Of Preceding Frame

erment in the interest of the citizen
rather than the Spoils Gathererer.
If this is done, his nomination, ani
election by larger popular majority
than has been given to any candidate
since the era of good feeling which plac'
ed President Monroe in the chair, is as
certain as that he lives to the 5th Of
November, 1872.
Upon the dissolution of the Whie
party, Daniel Webster, one of its
great exemplars, despairingly inquired,
"Where shall I go?'' The question
was answered only by his death. So
now, men who have fought the battles
of the Democratic partyfor more than
a score of years, in good faith believing
that party to be best adapted to ensure
the greatest good to the greatest mum
Der, will eagerly re-echo the cry of DAN
iel Webster.
Nothing of practical good can result
from the passive policy. 1t is impossible
for the men who comprise the brain of
the Democratic partyto stand idly by and
permit the battle to be fought by cou-
tending factions of Republicans. These
men must either be sincere and ardent
supporters of General Grant, or the real
leaders of those who array themselves
against him. Hence some will no doubt
be found in the ranks of their ancient
enemies, and will support Gen. Grant,
not so mnch because he is the RApub-
lican nominee, as that his election to
second term will be the final and crown
ing triumph of American unity over Sc
cession and dlsintegration, and will
gracefully round Off the measure of graf
itude which this great people have filled
to those who fought the battles of the
Union against secession, while the mass
will support the Conservative candidate,
in the belief that by so doing they can
better subserve the interests of good
government. c. II. L.
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CITY OF SEATTLE.
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Tuesdays. II A. N. Departs, Mondays, II A. NJ.
Closes 10 As.
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Decision by Judge Jacobs.

In the District Court of the Sd Judi
cial District, holding terms at Stella
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and pre-emption laws, and the rights of
legal assignees. If citizen Is not a
donation claimant, nor q pre-emptor,
nor an assignee Of such, would like to
know what right he claims? Still if he
is in actual possession the Courts will
protect him against mere trespasser.
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Fred A. Clark, Plaintiff,
Charles O'Neal, Defendant.

CnarleS " Neal, De1enuant.
The allegation of the complaint was
that the plaintiff was in the quiet and
peaceable possession of what was known
as the "Bastion Donation Claim" on
or about the first of June, A. D. 1864.
This allegation was specifically denied
by the answer.
The evidence showed that portion of
the so-called donation claim was fenced
and had been for over five years, but
that the fence was not put there by
plaintiff. He, however, by his hired
hauds and agents kept the fence up and
in repair. Plaintiff had some hogs on
the claim, pasturing them. The boun-
daries of the claim had never been
marked or otherwise fixed, and the claim
was in the unsurveyed public lands of
of the United States. The plaintiff had
never resided on the claim, and there
was no house or dwelling on the same.
Plaintiff alleged no title to the premises.
Neither did he claim as donee or pre-
cmptor. 1t was admitted that defend
ant was in possession of the premises
on or about the first of June, A. D. 1869.
and plaintiff testifes that he did not go
there by his consent.
The Court held on the above state of
facts-1st, That possession was either
actual or constructive. That where the
action was founded ON title constructive,
possession was sufficient to sustain it..
But as actual possession was aIled in
this case, the above facts did not sus-
tain the allegation. All the citizens of
the United States have the same rights,
so far as the public lands are concerned.
Each one can take a certain quantity of
the public lands as his own under and
by virtue of the donation, the homestead,
or pre-emption laws. He can take no
more than the law under which he
claims will allow him. All of these laws
require actual residence or actual pos
session. The lands cannot be held un-
der constructive possession. If citi-
zen claims a portion of the public do
main under any of these laws. and has
the possession which these laws require,
the Courts will protect him. And even
if he goes upon the public lands as a
mere trespasser so far as the Govern
ment is concerned, and is in the actual
possession of portion of such domain,
he will be protected by the Courts SO
far as his actual occupancy is concern
ed, against mere trespasser. But he
cannot hold as against other citizens of
the United States any portion of the
public domain by constructive posses
sion. To concede him the right to hold
one acre that way would give him the
right to hold thousands. In fact he
might monopolize county and cover
it with cattle and exclude others who
might wish to become actual bonafide
settlers. The object of the donation.
homestead and pre-emption laws was to
put the public domain into the posses
sion of actual settlers, and not have it
absorbed by constructive possession.
The actual settler bas nothing to fear.
Government is generous to him and the
Courts will vindicate his rights.
Congress has lately passed an aot to
cure the defect in the title of land claim
ants in this county, ratifying and con-
firming their claims under the donation
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FIGHTING PuBL1c PLUNDERERs.-It is
gratifying to observe that several of the
leading Eastern journals, of Republican
proclivities which aided in exposing the
corruption of Tammany, aud in bring
ing some of the guilty to account, have
been quite as active in exposing and de-
nouncing rascality wherever they find
it in their own party, and especially the
fraud and robbery committed in some
of the Southern States. The New York
Tribune utters the right doctrine on this
subject, when it says:
We are heartily sick Of the sentimen-
tai attempts of "party managers I" to
cover up the corruption, dishonesty and
extravaganza of the carpet-bag govern
ments. The plea that exposure of the
frauds will injure the Republican party
is as wicked as it is silly. Better, a
thousand times, that the party be rent
asunder than any crime for which it can
be justly held responsible be covered up
in its own house. No party can long
live with such cancer concealed in its
bosom. But the party is not RESPONSE
BILE for the criminal dishonesty of few
officials who bear its name /; though it
would be justly held to strict account if
it should be accessory to any attempt at
conceaIment of the offences to which we
have called attention. We are glad that
it is too late to screen the rascallties
which have been perpetrated in the
Carolinas. We have fully exposed and
denounced these cunning thefts. and
leave the issue with the Courts and the
public, more than ever convinced that
this is specially time for letting in the
light into dark places, and bringing
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golitifal.

his recent lecture on Civil Reform in
New York, said:
As to the President himself, suppose
he has a pet scheme which he wants to
get through Congress at any cost, and
Presidents are apt to do those things
sometimes. The Congressman must
help him, or the President may refuse
to give him any further appointments,
or he may lose his patronage, which is
the only stock in trade the Congress
man possesses. That gone and his
constituents will never send him back
again. On the graves of a great many
Congressman fitting epitaph would be,
"This Congressman died from too much
Postoffice." The President himself has
power in appointments and removals
greater than that of any constitutional
monarch in Europe, and with the great
ness of his power comes the greatness
of his temptation. What seductive fac
ulties he has for approaching Congress
men, and thus the spoils ere the means,
the inducements, by which the indie
pcndence of the Legislative Government
can be undermined. Why do we hear
so much of the one-term system? Be-
cause Presidents can use their power to
appoint and remove, for the purpose of
securing reelection. We hear of sweep
ing changes in the New York Custom
House. We hear of great number of
newspaper men put into profitable pla-
ces, whose duties will not conflict with
their newspaper work. Not that they
are expected not to write, but to keep
up writing.
The speaker described how political
parties which at first are comparatively
pure, finally when in power degenerate
into an association of offce-seekers and
office-holders. He spoke of Senator
who had denounced certain abuses in
the New York Custom House. He was
warned by political friends that his re-
election was in great danger if he per-
sisted in that reckless way, and that is
the reason so few public men dare to
speak out. Party harmony is the su-
preme cry, harmony at the expense of
justice. Down with critics! they cry
Tom Murphy was undoubtedly one of
the fercest to denounce Charles Sumner
as q traitor to the country, because
Charles Summer had denounced the
Presidents San Domingo scheme. So
the Reform Democrats found fierce and
boistrous enemies because they rose
against the Tammany robbers; they
were bitterly stigmatized as disturbers
of the public harmony. Now consider
the influence such system as this must
have upon a society like ours, in which
an inordlnate greed of wealth exists.
You see around you robbery on large
scale. You see princely fortunes ac-
quired with marvellous rapidity, and
the robbery excites the admiration Of
many by the very grandeur of its sue
cesses. Can we much longer slide on
this dangerous slope without the most
disastrous consequences !? Is it not
time that all over the country that
should be done which you have done in
New York? The spoil system has de-
moralized our political organism alrea-
dy. We must raise the standard of mo-
rality in our political life; we must re-
move those temptations which are dan
gerous to those in higher places.
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