The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-08-23

\ I Thf electio', i, NtNr.' Presidential
electorR resulte.l "a follows: At
large, john A. WagcMcr. of Charles =.
tom mid samtel McGowan, of Alb
lbeyilr ]. 4 first district, W Jno. w.
Harrmgtoh,' of Chesterfield Sec
ond district, DIR. J. J. Ipgraham, of
Ciarehdoni third district, Vim.
Wallace, OF. RiclilaMd fourth dis
tritt )Mo B. Erwin, of Lancaster
iifth district, Robert Aldricl,; Of
The CONVENTION then proceeded
to. complete the ticket for State
officers, officers, The result is given elsu:-
After the transaction of little
business Of no special interest;
General, Hampton was escurted
into the hail. by a committee ai5-
pointed for the, purpose and mada
an address accepting the homi1ia.
ton for governor. I'VE shall pi,b-
iish this speech in fdll i'll otr next
Issue. II T0%TuNL
At the closn of Goneral Hamp-
tons speech, Col. james ii. Rion
was, called upon to, address, the
Convention, and Responded iii a
speech Of some lehgth. This
speech will also appear in our next
paper.
= The business of stHb ContsRtibn
was now, ended.t, Elk -Governof
Manning was called to the chair,
and resolutions of thanks to the
president md Rocrctarins, etc; were
"Herod hy Mr.. Mdrich, aid fl,naiii--
mously adopted. }lUJN
General Harllee then made Il
short farewell address, and thb
Convention adjourned;
After consultation with the prcAi:
dent Of the Convention aid tho
nominees on the State ticket, tho
following gentlemen were solicited
as the Executive Committee:
Col. A. g. Haskell, of Richland
Col. j. II. Evins, Of Spnrtanbtirg
Gen. j. y. Kennedy. of Kershaw
Maj: Il. j. Fraser, of Sumter Col:
j. A. eHoyt, of Alidurson; ucn.
john Bratton, of Fairfield; and r.
O'Noile, Of Richlnni.
The Executive Committee 40
requested to meet il Columhin OF
the 22d instant, ut 8, p nj.
Mark Twain on the Ihdiaiis
When Mark Twain, i'll 1867, re-
signed his Clorkship to the United
States Senate Committed oil CUii-.
chology, it wne partly cu,isrd by his
tender of the following ndtico con.
corning the treatment of tile Tn.
dinns Of the West 81 hext went
to the Sccrotury Of War, vito was
not inclinod to sec me at all Until
he learned that / WAS CONNECTED
with tho Government. If I hi,d not
been on important business T Sup.
pose I would not hive gotten in. /
asked for nhght (ho was smoking at
tho timc) md then told him I had ne
fault to find with his defending tho
parole stipulations of Gun Lee and
his comrades in arms, Init T coilld
not approve Of his method Of fight.
ing with the Indians on the plnihs.
1 snid he fought too scattering. Flo
ought TO get them more tuEdthcr--.
get thom together III some conven-
iont place, where he should have
provisions enough for both parties,
md then have general massacre.
l. said there was nothing SO convinc.
ing to al Indian as general massa-
Gre. If he conld not approve Of tho
massacre, I said the next surcst
thing for IN Indian Was soap aid
education. Sonp and Gdutation aro
not az sudden as tnsssatre, but
tAcy are deadly i'll the, long run,
because a half nassatred Indian may
recover but il yot educate him
and wash him it is bound to finish
him somo time or other: IT UNDER
mines his constitution !: II strikes at
tho foundation of bis buing, Sir,
I said, tho time has, come when
blood-curdling crtielty hab become
unnecessary InAlet soap "ahd n
spelling book on eygty Indiaha that
10 {sy1gs"A s u the enp plains MS. nd$,t and lst them
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