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IMPORT THE LEGAL CONSTITUTIONAL.
,rNI-EL y NEEI

md contribute not one cent 10 Tie bogus
p~rctcnsi.c Government Of Chamberlain.
He said tc wished to say one wnru
about The Presidential c.cctiUn; NC h"d
made Il splendid caluraiGn-", gallant
rnwwic. We ,ra,ic i:>tr;r;ly OWN" l''"""
;i,c and had Won the iigut, Al" iaat nc
for ia" inauguration OF
TILprN M IiENrRitHS
,,I no one else. Ilr lmiivvcd The" had
been raiT!v clrvtuG and y" WAS 10" inA'S-
urt;iu= them. ,:.,.
Drrinr the campaign VIC heard ntil"
else hut imnassi"lird rEnhc!"'i''' % ti'e
:>nutt::' Tir y tried TO rhai'%e ti'e
vote IT the Northern states h% 'trfl'hiiF
iuruing in her c;rS tllat inc ioS'iit
was ..solid for Tildcn.' But whtn
,hn,.j,ilrI tp control the Northern vote by
49, :rcnrrsrutin. tho SoUth, they turned
rnrni and deliberately planned, Ivy mia-
mons returning boards, 10 rob us OF three
ol - South. President Grant is
ut This moluent n,aniicstlE preparing to
n,nruratcltc defeated candiIatci'y force,
With the army and t!c hundred thousand
mice holders under his command. His
ORGAN At WASHINGTON
has already made the inSoicnt threat th2t
the House of Representatives under
take to elect Tiiden they will be arrested!
Mr.. Chairman, he said, | am conscrva-
i've III constitution, in temperament and
from principle. If We're to say otherwise
| would belle my nature. We have had
enough OF war and l am ~cmpLatical!y
A PEACE NAM;
but IN tho face Of fragrant war at Wash
ington he thought the good people OF
the country make Il mistake III constantly
that they will submit rather than
have violence. That only ~elnboi"ons the
conspiratOrs. Tho responsibility is upon
them, and he thought tho declaration
should 30 mado that
FORCE WILL lie OPPOSED TO FORCE!
Tho people Of the United States
know something of the foculcnt cofrup-
lions Of the Republican party. They
know well the great
NECESSITY o REFORM.
They know that MIR. Iildon carried apop-
MAR majority of over three hundred thou
sand. They know that the South was
flooded bv soldiers and marshals and in
defiance of all, that L.ouisi:,naan Florida
went for Tilden honestly and fairly, and
would have so declared but for Infamous
periured returning boards supported by
bayoncts! Under these circumstances l
say, that if tho American people permit
that political charlatan-that bitter partl-
san, Grant, with his army of soldiers and
office holders, to force Hayes upon the
country as President, they will deserve rs
they will surely receive, the everlasting
contempt Of all mankind!!
Col. F. A.. Conner
Next rose to second the resolutions
and spoke substantially as follows:
Mr.. Chairman-t endorse heartily the
resolutions which have been presented to
this meeting. l do not propose to appeal
to the people of -Abbevil!e county to res
pond to tho call Of Gov. Hampton for so
small a percentage of last ye;T'"taX. Ihcy
have some time ago made up their nillluS
to sustain his government Ill whatever
way they arc called upon to DO It,. Inc
events of the last mouth are fraught With
80 much Importance 10 the people OF
South Carolina, and arc ofsuch~ absorbing
interest that thoy are familiar to all n II
is unnecessary TO review thorn IN detail ON
The present occasion. When wo went to
Columbia we wore prepared to expect
that every advantage would he taken OF
us, that every scheme,
EVERY TRICK
that unscrupulouS men could devise
would be brought into requisition to
cheat us out Of u rights. We knew who
we woro dealing, With and could have
battlod with them successfully but torthe
interference OF L. s. troops. Tho first
game thoy played WAS to place guards at
tllosdoors Of the Capitol, backed by bayo-
nets, with instructions from Chamberlain
to demand of those who attempted to en-
ter, passes from one Dennis, WHO'S known
in Connecticut, his home, as
''TISKEH DESNIS.'
Con. Rugor became ashamed Of this
and removed him, and put i'll charge OF
the door a corporal OF the guard who &c
lnanded of the Democratic niembers their
certificates of election. After much delay
and demanding the surrender OF what
pistols the members might have we en-
tered tho building TO find the inner door
10 the Hall more closely guarded, ny
.wclve L. s. soldiers with fixed bayonets.
All of the Democratic members had GER
~titicats of election from the Clerk Of the
supreme Court, and also had certificates
from the Secretary of State, with tho e&-
..eption of the delegates from
EDGEF1ELD AND LAURENS,
:hev having only certificates from the
Clerk of the Supreme Court. These We
regarded as prilna tacie evidence OF cleo
ion, sufficient to entltlo them to entrance
to the Hall and TO take part III the Organl-
zatiOn of the House; but We wore delayed
2urpoScly that the Republicans, who were
in the Hall, might have time ~ organize
bv election of officers. We were finally
refused entrance and retired to another
Hall, where We organized with Il Consti-
t~utional Quorum. The decision of theSu
creme Court in the case of Sims vs.. Eaync
was that tho House of Representatives
presided over by Gen. Wallace WAS the
,eyal IIouSc, and that lhcro could be no
other. Now, fellow citizens, upon this we
an break down tho Chamberlain Govern
crnlncnt by
'sTARvlNa OUT" THE THIEVES.
No taxes can he collected under 4 bill
PASSED by the Rump because it is an lille
gal body according to Tic decision Of the
highest Judicial authority Of the State. If
should send his taI-gathcr-
hero he can only proceed in a legal
way, and if he should levy on your pro-
ocrly you can take al injunction restrain
ing him from sale, and the Circuit Court
will decide, as the Supreme Court has,
hat tho bill raising supplies was passed
by al illegal body and is void. You have
only, my friends, to
STAN lOGfIHEk AM MANI FiNNI1,
and success is certain. Thousands of Re-
publicans, property holders, will refuse
20 Dav taxes to Chamberlain because they
know be is unsafe. No Democrat will
pay to him-if be does marx him rs Il
friend to tho rogue's party or h traitor to
his own. Let tie Radicals pay if they
want to; it will not I'll tho machine for
one week and as the whole concern is
held together by tho cohesive power of
plumber
1T WILL TUMBLE TO PIECES
when YOU withhold the money. There
will be nothing to steal, and "Othello's
will he gone" You know
that Governor HamptOn's policy is one
IF peace. 1t has been run too long to talk
Of changing it now. He indicated 1t in
his first speech ut Anderson G. H.. on the
md Of September, and he pursued it un-
swervingly through the whole canvass
and through the eventual and provoking
of last month, and l verify believe
that he will yet bring IS
DELIvERANCE BY THAT POLICY.
1t docs not become me ut tho present
time to express any opinion as to a differ
policy; but ! may be permitted TO say
that in my Judgment the opposite policy
would finally have met the appreciation
of popular sentiment in the L. s. and III
Europe. Desperate cases require despcr-
ate remedies. We are ruled by IN unscru-
pulous tvrant who las no love for those
over whom he rules, and who rules for
W personal ambition and selfish
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. He prcsumcs to as>esS
A tax of fifteen mills for State purposes
when the propcrty-holders have no rop-
reScntation, and not one-half of the u
lies are represented at all.