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Eus- NwGtNIA FaEE Parss; know oi no way
better Coz overcome the monntony of an h,ur of
it.encss than by eXhausting lbs duration ia CON-
muhi1u with the good people who iuhabit your
hi,ls and valleys.
Although Congress has adjourned Washington
exhibits Che activity that always follows a newly
installed administration. The countless hordes
who think taev deserve wen OF their country make
ihc hutci lohbics hideuus with sel-audatOn.-
Their doughty deeds In the past campaign are
their constant theme. Just nov there is wailing
aud CRASHING of teeth. With them loves labor
IS lusr Especially Is this true Of seekers after the
t-.h pots from TIE sunny regions of Ihe south
Their h.rcuican efforts in behalf OF uayes aud
Wheeler are not likely 60 meet with thar generous
rccDmpCusc that their fancy painted for them Gu
ring the heat oi battle, ard predict that surplus
patriotism among the extreme white Radicals IA
ihe Soutl wla DE a scarce commodity in the iu-
ture.
The Scu,hcrnquesiions, though not solved. are,
FOO ms Judgment, 10 process of justsettlemeut. The
tihcu.ucs that environ the President are bat liz
DE- understood throughout the country The APP
pretended loss ~ Spois by Radical politicians so
duubtui!y Won, makes them desperate AID cease
less in their efforts 60 tbWart the Presidential pol
lcy. south Caroliuas status is defined, but def
ME action too hastily in regard 10 Louisiana in
favor oi either claimant, IL Is thoug hit by many ot
the best informed, endangered q bloody conflict
10 Nichols should be recognized the likelihood Is
chat Packard would provoke hott,ties. IL is
said o. be a desperate and rcsolutt man and is
supported by desperate and reckless following
who would ike nothing better than t. sack aGd
pluudey CITY coz Stale. On the other hand, the
property holding classes are determined % rid
Louisiana 20 fackNds Government To avoid
collision Is urqucstiouaoly The wisdom OF the sit
u1uou, and 10 appears % me that the President is
pursuing the best policy 90 accomplish that result
ID Cd ru 80
. Government VIII soon overthrow the Packard Ca
bll.
The presence % Wad. Hampton here has been
the sensation FOR the last few DAYS. Tune has not
dealt uuaiudy with him ia the LAST ton years.
little more gray aud a litile more rotundity are
thc only evidences Ot its diyht. My first meeting
with bum was 10 lNCs. at the National Convention,
when un a committee o. receive the great South
eru Military Leaders present 10 New York. A
mong those presented were Hampton, Preston,
Gusdln, Forrest. Cbeatham-all OF whom i'm
pressed % with their h-ruisu 10 misfortune
Hampton IN speech and action exhibited the most
retiring department 10 has fallen o. bis lot %
perpetudte IN the grandcst way the highest char
Jcttristics Ot the southern leader ul past his
tory. Not only has ne been the beuetact0r OF his
state and Section, but the whole Country has been
blessed, aud believe will De purified and rcg cncr-
atcd 5y ,ha moderation aud wisdom OF bis action.
The peril OF bis state summoned him from that
retirement which take us the impulse OBJ his ma
tlre. lie grasped aud success ais solved the
whole s,.ultlln when De commanded peace a.
mong his people. and through his influence they
exhibited ioilrarauCc aud patriotism that has sell
dom had It's like in all TIE past. Il not only CON
slGdatgd his friends, but has IN It's own good time
Conquer, thousands OF those who, ia the North,
bad up @ then uukiaCly judged the Southern Peo-
p.c la conversation Wi,h me he expressed the
deepest gratitude Tor the voluntary encourage
mont and AID that flowed o. him from every see
ID and members Uf g. FaNu4sf4N thar
should thank ycUr distinguished telluw-tbwuman,
Andrew Hunter, TOR q copy ut a letter addressed
Jo him by Robert Z. Lee sent by me @ him during
the campaign, which be said sustained all his de-
Caratiors and was generally published. Heisre-
turning to his home O. gladden. the hearts Of his
people with tidings of apefmanentpeacetu polit.
zeal regeneration. lie is the hero Of thc peace
policy, and 70 has conquered Tor him. for his state
and his Country, aud posterity and history Will
make his good acts as enduring as the mountains.
south Carolina As already in the column OF the
redeemed, and The only remaining suffering sister
state, Louisiana, will soon be in the same happy
comPauiuUship, tor the logic of events will force
on. r-btiu. solution and the angel of peace will,
efe long, alter dreaty years ofcrime and suffering
hover over and bless a united and lraterua people.
With peace, prosperity 90 the south must fol
low. Il . the only avenue tor the absorption OF
Che untold millions On our money centres idle
and useless because lis owners are unwilling 20
risk 10 where the least danger OF political convul-
sion Is Appreciated. The south presents the only
chance Tor cheap homes IL is not generally
known that the government owns no lands upon
which poor man could make = home. Professor
Powell who, Tor geological and other scientific
purposes. has for twenty-five years been exploring
tde country uUoccupicd lying between the inhab-
lied portions OF the Atlantic and Pacific slope,
tlld me tbat near one halt our domain was a
sterile ald irrec.aimab.e wilderness; that the
tulJ,d states did not own i've hundred square
miles ui territory that was susceptible 90 uruduc-
urn without atuucial irrigation, and that oct Of
.as whole 90 the vast unOccupied extent OF our
territory the quantity susceptible 90 reclamation
ty that means would not equal the area Ol the
~tsts of Wisconsin. Lands in the North West.
with less accessibility o. war6c els. of equal or in
i.rinr producing capacity. on toe average rate
'ur-iu.d higher than Juts ia Oh, south. Judge
David DAVIS, man hose heart aud understands
iJ- are only oQua,led by his almost unparalleled
tJ -iIgc, expresses 10 as hi, jIdymc1t that when
peace is assured all the surplus capital ofthc coun-
Try Wal. Tow south ilr Investment aud speculation
and slid that be- would rather place money there
than iD aoy part %: The country, either for speedy
sl-cuatIu or permanent Investment. lie Is \
man 90 large wealth, honestly acquired and OF
commanding, practical ability, and Ia thus eX-
pressing himself was rejecting the universal con-
cu,inn oi capitalists. In this connection when
your little state receives communication il can
n.l oc grateful to your public 70 hcar itrclatcd.
On Yesterday while iu conversation with the Hon
samuel j. Randall, he refereed @ the wonderful
mineral resources Of West Virginia; said our
grand children would witness herr the richest COM
uuulty on the continent, and that her proximity
Oh tl- sea board market, was au incentive 60 in
v.-,ututaud development that would soon bring
Der 90 Che front | have already given NY view
more ieeWaY than ori iulliy iutotd. q. aud will
conclude with thc hope that il may ySt come IN
uug time that the eternal silence that broods over
}"N- mountain wilderness VIII bc Implanted by
A- ring of the anvil, the whistle Of the engine
and the hum 90 the artisan.