The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-01
PERTLS IND HOPES.
What tho Stalwarts nro Counting on for
Success.

what tho Stalwarts nro Counting Oh for
Success.
Mr.. a. Il. Mcclure, the editor of tho
Philadelphia Times, in Il letter from
Washington, says:
The one chef hope and ut the same
time one OF the gravcst pcrils of Re-
publicanism, is in the entire depend
encc Of the party upon the infirIniiics
or the Democrats for its issues in 1880:
and if, contrary to all the records of
the last quarter Ola century, wisdom
should Happen the dclibcrution OF
Democrats, Republican defeat would
DC inevitable. This frail position Of
INC once heroic Republican party is
painfully manifest here, where its
Graharst intcllccts should be grand in
honest Republican progress but where
arc they? looked over them in the
Senate to-day, and it. was a sad picturc,
The hard lines Of fdisappointmcni and
unrest mark their faces: ambition
quickcns the cunning of the eve and
halls the maniincss Of speech. and great
Senators skulk TO their corners like
Wcltcd Spanicls when the courage and
patriotism Of the Republican leaders of
l'lnc"ln's time are called Tor. lie who
can most clcVcrly hurl his in!tc:iyc
and most successfully ding his taunts
at thc inipciuous Soutlcrner, is the Re-
p''blican statesman ofto-tlav, and the
SouthcrnGr who cnn most calmly ell
dllrc insult is the most trusted leader
OF the majority. This is the statesman
ship that is charged with the destiny
OF nearly fifty millions Of free people,
and it may be searched in vain through
both temples for an inspiration that
scars above the mere possession of the
government to part its spOils. What
the Republican issues for 1880 shall be
will depend wholly upon the wisdom
or folly OF the Democracy, and until
The Democrats Shall have declared
their policy the Republicans will be in
ignorance of what they must believe
aud defend III the coming Presidential
battle. Republican trust is, therefore,
predicted entirely on tho certainty Of
Democratic mistakes. Judging from
The past il would seem TO be u rcason-
ably safe reliance; but what q pitiable
attitude does IL great party present,
that has written thc most illilstrious
annals of the nation and now has no
hope of popular confidence save i'm the
assumed greater weaknesses or wrongs
OF its adversary? If wisdom should nL
last guide tho deliberations OF the
Democrats and the Confederate briga-
dlcrS should be silent when Conllling
Snrcrs and Blaine taunts, in what
hopeless emptiness The stnlwarts would
ma themselves when time is called for
i"Hu! The Stalwarts arc nothing if
not lmpctuotS, and one side cannot
make Il tempest itself. If sectional
strife shall not be rckindlcu in Cou-
rrnSS1nnDI n
sue shall be famed into II flame bv Con-
grcssional fools or dcmayouucs thc
stalwart cause will have no appcul to
carry to the country, and Republican,
ism must either reform its lines on the
issues OF statcsmnnship or it must suf-
Ter disastrous defeat. IN that case
there would remain but two positions
lett Tor the choice Of tho Republican
leaders. They would be compelled
either to take Grant and cancellation or
Sherman and retirement Of the green
backs. Tor Blaine would be distanccd
IN the race when stalwartism capitu-
latcs. Such is The attitude and such
the pcrils of Rcpnblicanism. With
Two great parties ready to accept any
faith to win the Presidential bnttlc the
accident of Il day make either MASTER.
and Rcpublicanism is simply waiting
for tho lottery to be drawn.
TIE MILLIONAIRE BIGAMOUs BRIDE.
"A romantic story has Just transpircd
in Il suit before the Civil Tribunal of
the Seine. An Italian contatricc, Mile.
Gavotti, married, in 1851, u country
man named Capra. The union was
nor happy, and it was terminated bv a
judicial separation in 1861. Mine.
Caprn having recovered her liberty,
continued her professional career in
d'flcrc,nt countries, and in 1869 was
the reigning tavorite at Bucnos Ayrcs,
where her beauty and her talent at
tractcd the attention of Don Fabian
S'omcZ del Castano, nnturaliZcd
Spaniard, one Of the wcalthicst land
holders III the country, and the posses
sor or a fortune Of 100000 francs.
tic made her an offer of his hand and
the marriage was celebrated, Don Fa-
bian not being aware of the previous
union ofNlllc. Gavotti, the name She
then bore. They travelled over EuroDc
together, and the husband, still under
tho influence ofhis passion, resolved TO
bcstow on his wife a fortune worthy Of
her. lie possessed in Italy an estate
worth 5000, 900 francs, and to secure it
to her, safe from all future contcsta-
ton, he had it transferred by deed of
sale drawn up by q notary in Rome,
and by which receipt was given to
Nine. Capra for sum Of 9OO, 900
francs. Ills illusions were dispcllcd
one day, whom he discovered by chance
that his wife was bigamist. Love
was changed to hate, and Don Fabian
at once applied to the Italian tribunals
TO have the marriage and the deed of
salc declared void. After long pro-
ccadurc, both suits wcro admitted in
1877, and he was restored to tho DOS
session of his Italian estate. No men
ton was, however, made in tho iudg-
mcnt OF the receipt for 100000
francs, and for two years Don Fabian
heard nothing more of tho cantatricc,
when in August last he received notice
that Mime. Capra had commenced pro-
coedings before tho Paris Civil Tribu-
mal TO obtain rcstitn. ION Of that sum.
The affair has now como on for hear
ing. The advocate for Don Fabian put
in plea that the court was not compc-