The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-07-07

recurring to the ACT of Congress
GREAT ing it, approved March 8, 1871.
Then follows the Act of Congress
referred to. lie also says:
There is no provision Of law, and
I am not aware Of any regulation
adopted by the commission, that con.
stitates tho State Commissioners tho
agent Of partice, desirous of, enhibit'
ing any article at the}cootehhial Ok,
position. or that gives such Commits.
sioner any control over proposed ex-
hibitors, or over the transmission
Of suoh articles as thoy' iitay ihtehd
for. exhibiting ut Phi!adelphiu. /
would therefore urge upon your at
tention the expedienoyEof your taking
tho initiative, NC ali early day. in the
creation Sof al organization whioh'
ma yy3be entitled !t"The South CARROLL
na Centennial Association Of 1876"
Suoh organization, | am satisfied,
will sffectually accomplish the Tob.5
jeots for which it is designed. Tie
association may place itselfin dircot
com munication with tho National
Cent cnnial Commission at Phiiadel-
phia, which, l have no .doubt,swill
give itsoordial encouragement aud
corporation to any effort tending
to insure that South Carolina shall
be oreditably represented, aud her
natural re,uurovs aud industrial
achievements fully cxcmpl'fod in
the expusitiun of 1870. II.
| As a considerablo fund will Id
aeccssary to defray til. Gust Of trans.
hitting articles iutcnded tor ex ibi.
tion, the collection aud preparation
ofispecimeus If the natural products
Of the State, mineral aud vegetable
the printing Of descriptive cat logues
&c., | feel assured that the General
Assembly, which it Is how tho fash.
ion to b,rai q most ba'shly, and of:rn
most u'j 'stly, will, if proposly
mcmoriaiizcd, make the requisite
preparation, say $1,000 or $lO-
UUO, to carry ont the object of tue
ussocia' ion. Ills Exoelltncy Gov.
ernor Chamberlain, who is always
ready to Gu operate most earnestly
in all cffhrts to advance the subst,n-
tial pro o-perity of South Carolina,
or that reflect houur upon tho State
assured mo recently that such a
memorial will receive his cordial
sanction and active support.
To this letter Of Judge N .okev,
from which we have quu:ed, Mnjrr
Woodward make, h, following
ply
WINNIE no s. G.. Jnne 81. rs.
Juiye T. j. Mack.g DEAR Sin:
Your lottcr Of the l4;h lust mt,
dressed 10 me as President ut tho
State AGRICULTURAL und Mechanical
Society, was "nl ly rooeived by me
Two days ago. While appreciate
most heartily tho Patriotic SEMI
u'ents SO happily expressed, which
do honor to-, your heud and heart
still I must in ean'lor say that your
| judici,l position enables you to take
! u di>p. .ssiona.o view Of matters Of
which | ain utterly incapable.
! The appointment Of Commis-icncr
for this State. to which ,ou rcfor,
renders it impossible for u.c to have
any lot or part, in tho ceutenniAl
celebrati n. Il regret this, bot 20
it is. The present. Co,um is,ione,
shall and can never represent me or
niue. le is tho fi5 representative
IF South Carolina carpet -taggcr~,
md not Of the descendants Of S,utn
Caroliua revolutionary patriots.
| While Governor Moses is to be
blamed for the nomination, Gen.
Grant, cannot be excused for making
the appointment without ren,oll-
STRANGE. Why did he no. add on,
Governor Mos IS a note Of the follos.
ing tet or ..........
| DEAR GOVERNOR: T am forced to
infcr from your nnmin. .tion that you
mi; Q 'nstrue lhe purposes Of the Csn.
te"nial Exhibition. It is to be a
mas nc' celebration in tho fullest ac-
teptati"n Of tho term. and hns nD
pol'tte"l, party Or seoti NAL rigniGca-
tion. You have in. your State tue
lineal descendants OF tic sigucrs of
the declaration Of indcpend n @ and
of evolutionary patriots Nouin"te
Que OF them. as n reprcssuta i've
uf Il Q late Union army, can s,y
that no cffence would be giv..n even
were you to nominate rebel de.
scndant Of II rebel OF l77G.
/ Yours u. GRANT.
! Had he written, such u. RESPONSE
as this, then he. would have excmlpat-
cd himself, and wuuld have given Que
Instance e.. di.pute the asset tious Of
some who declare that Grant is iuoa-
pablo of one uusolish sentiment, or
Of one magnanimous emotion, or that
he sufficiently weil-bred to con.
duct himself with. even ordin,ry
gentility when gentlemen Gall on
bin, officially.
| Why, sir, have tho signors Of tho
Declaration Of Independence OF
l776-Rutledge, fHoyward, Lynch
and Middleton--no LIVING repre- On.
t'tives ? Hive the names of Haync,
Sum,or, Marion, Hampton, Ker.
oha W, Butler, aid the sons Of many
other revolutionary patriots I could
name, all departed from the State.
Even in .this event could 10 autips
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