The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1876-06-23

pocket and jumping to his feet, exclaimed
in an excited manner:
"What is this ? An attempt to iniurc
me with my own private papers! An in
vasion of the personal rights of an Ameri-
can citizen! AN outrage on the lnalena-
BILE privileges Of every free-b born republican!
A dastardly attempt to blacken my reputa-
tion by perversion Of my own handwrit-
ing Never, never: shall l give up this
bond L defy the Ex. Confederacy and I'll
its minions" -.
The vehemcnce of Mr. BIaine's invec-
tive had drawn crowd around him.
Somebody suggested that there must b.
something in the pal n which called f,r
concealment ..A -
"Concealmentr he shrieked. '-TEcpudi.
ate nm, Thought. Whenever sce on 41ment
is - liable, avoidance is advSl .ttsy9 %
My action is entirely based on brood Vant
pies of abstract right. Listen. aid | will
read to you, and to all the world, and to
all the universe, what is in that bdld." :"
Then he read, aud what the admirint Eau.
dience heard was letter written from Au-
gusta by Mr.. Blaine to Hannibal Hamlin,
complimenting the latter on the possession
Of ability, skill, pluck, wit personal beauty,
magnetic efoqueney AUD integrity cvento
bamelessness. %
"Vindicated! Vindicated |" shouted the
crowd; tossing their hats in the air and
cheering till the heavens rang "Vindicated
triumphantly, but hadn't you better show
the letter to somebody, just as a mere form?"
ooh, that is wholly unnecessary" said
MIR; Blaine, buttoniag up the bond in his
pocket again and walking coolly away
Didn't read it?"
The Devil and his companion had watched
the vindication with quiet interest. "Thcrc's
, r ss:.sss il yi% Bssas yst,' said the
run 'tion of y J
| A'.rasstsa - down PennsS!e
vauia avenuSp ,moaaeeaall maeall on 5 pr Robberson,
the Devil seema to be in tEught Once
or twice he asked his bompSlun
"Whatiwas that Ben Wade saai~ about
Blaine ?"-N y Sun.
PRIMAhY ELEcTioNs-The idea of pri
mary elections for candidates to fill tn,
various county Offices has been suggested t.
us by some Of our prominent politicians
and on reflection we consider it good one
and recommend the plan adopted by Demo
cratic clubs in other sections of the State
But irst Democratic clubs must be organi
zed and lut into complete working order il
every township in the county This done
the plan Of primary elections can be ratified
or rejected b. the various clubs. This
$should be done as early as practicable. Il
, fne various clpbs decide &c Natoty,t hos,
w ctions, the following plan is suggested
! Let each one of the clubs in the county
on a day hereafter to be designated by the
executive committee, hold meeting for tn,
purpose of ballotting for candidates for the
following offices, to wit: one senator, toul
members of the Legislature, clerk of court
sheriff, Judge Of probate, school commission
er, three county commissioners aud coroner
and after balloting for such candidates,
list of names of all persons voted for anG
the number Of votes each may have received
be made out and sent up through their re
spective delegations to the county convention
which body shall proceed to count all vote.
for each and every candidate voted for il,
each club, and thereby asccrtaining the
whole number of notes for each candidate
shall declare the candidate who receives {
uialolNy VI all the NotcS vi Ill INC CluDS, tHi
nominee of the party for the Office for which
hewas ballotted for, provided, however, in
case ofa tic betweda troop. sing candidates
the convention shall proceed to determine, BY
ballot, which of them shall be the nominee
of the party.
This plan, we are satisfied, will give entire
satisfaction, and will cause the party to work
harmoniously, which above all things i.
most desirable in the coming campaign. In
this way we will get the sense of the whole
people and the candidates nominated will
be their choice, and will receive their un.
divided support. There will be no door lef
open for complaint and dissatisfaction on &C
count of ''court house cliqucs," "favoret
Z Jcalities" and "stuffed convention."-
Marion Star.
WHERE THE MONEY GoEs.-"Mr
Swipcs, won't you split up little wood ant
60 and borrow brass kettle before you &C
up town z" "What in thunder do you want
mc to do that for 2" "Caus, | want &c
preserve some cherries to-day" "Chcrric.2-.
"Yes, cherries % CHATS just like you
Mrs. Sw es. You're always spluttering ant
fooiing around with some nonsense like this
"Nonsense-well, guess you like preserve.
as well as anybody" IL don't either
'lf you wasn't too lazy to split the wooj