New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-07

WHY TIE STATE HAS MADE no PREPARATIONS FOR
HE EXHIBITION AT PHI ADIIpIIIA-TIlE STATE
COMMISSIONER TIE OBSTACLE IN THE Way
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN JUDGE MACKEY
AND MAJOR WOODWARD.
Recently published correspondence between
Judge T. j. Mackey pronounced Republican, and Major
T. W. Woodward, Democrat and President of the South
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Society, says Tie
Charleston Necs and Courier "wir give the country
some idea why South Carolina has made 10 prcpara-
tons for the Exposition in 7G.' Judge Mackey calls
attention TO the necessity OF local state organza-
tons Tor the purpose Of securing "a proper rep,
resentation at Philadelphia, and briefly referring to the
dissatisfaction arising from the appointment Of Gen
Win. Quincy as the Centennial Commissioner for tbe
State, says al shall not discuss the ca.es OF that dis
satisfaction or the reasons adduced Justify IT, but
propose to show that it is not material to the accom-
pshment Of the important end in view who wears the
ttle whether deservcdly or nndesovedly, Of Ccnt,n
NAL Commissioner of South Carolina" After quoting
from the act creating the Exposition Judge Mackcy en-
dcavOrs to show that there Is no provision Of law Or
regulation Of the Commission titntng the State
Commissioner the agent OF those desiring 10 take part in
the Exhibition He the organization of an associa
ton, 10 be entitled "The South Carolina Centennial
Association OF 1876" and thinks would be able 10 place
itself in direct communication with the National Com
mission, and oscually accomplish the objects designed
In his reply Major Woodward says:
Nhle appreciate most nearby INC patriotic spnti
mcnts SO happily expressed. which do honor TO vour
head and heart, stll must in candGr that your
judicial position enables YOU In take dspassOnae view
OF matters of ws%h AIN utterly incapable The appoint
OF Commissioner for This state, 10 which you refer
renders IL impossible for 10 have any lot or part in
the Centennial celebration. grct ths hut so II H.
TIE present commissioner shall and can represent
mine. He is the iii representative Of South Caro-
Ina carpctbaggl and not Of the descendants Of South
Carolina Revolutionary patriots While Gov. Moses 10
bc blamed for the nomination, Gen. Grant be
cused for making the appointment without IA reInon-
STRANGE. Could 10 natiye-born citizen he found
20 represent South Caroline, one Of the original thirteen
The insult Sir is pointed; IL must have been designed
degrade. No Sir, shall not do think south
CarOnians wi take part III the Centennial under the
auspices OF the present Commissioner Some may be
present but they Will DE lockers in Vienna"
Tie late cordial greeting given TO The representatives OF
South Carolina at the Bunker Hill celebration makes
the regret that We cannot, without unmanly
humiliation, meet the true men Of the North at Pladel
pha, and thus remember, and remember only, that
are all the descendants Of the heroic rebels Of the glorious
Revolution VI l776
In commenting upon this correspondence, The Neics
and Courier says:
The determination at Bunker Hill cordial
union OF the brave honorable and sincere soldiers Of the
North and South and by its heartness and living force
is warning TO professional politicians, South and North