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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16
OUR LEADER.

The nomination of Col. Hugh S.
Thompson for Governor commits the
Democratic party more strongly than
it has before been committed to edu-
aoEaaeLxenk true- that the
education Of the people ID III inc
Southern States has always received
the aid of the Democrats to the full
extent of their ability. In this State,
where popular education is needed
Colonel Thompson himself, as Super.
iniendent of Education has been the
foremost worker. His nomination
for Governor, therefore, was simply
an emphatic endorsement of his work
as an educator, and a rebuke to pro-
~fessional politicians. He has never
held any public office except an edu-
cational one, and he was not a candi-
date for nomination for Governor.
In fact, he would have in a few days
been elected President OF the Uni
v~ersity of South Carolina, and he
preferred an academic to a political
career. 1t is noteworthy, too, that
the platform, adopted by the Conven-
ton, calls for aid from the National
Government to educate the negroes.
The educators are surely not the
worst men in the State to be placed
in charge of public affairs. Colonel
Thonpson's nomination has been
enthusiastically received throughout
the length and breadth of the State
by the people.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

fallacy that all power was centered in
the President, and Congress, the
army, the navy and the United States
Courts. So thoroughly has this po-
~litical falsehood been infused into
their minds that the colored people
are to-day without State pride, and
only think of themselves as members
of the Republican party. Who has
ever heard a colored man boast OF
being a South Carolinian, Albanian
or Georgian, or the citizen of any
State? All they cherish is their Ere
publican nationality" In consequence
of this the Afro-American ace is not
merely the ignorant tool of the Radi-
cal leaders, but, in truth, their very
slaves; held in political tolls Of party
service as stringent as were the old
bonds of personal slavery. Do they
get Office at the North and West?
No, but they do the work while their
masters sit in the custom houses,
postofices, internal revenue Offices,
etc. Do they hope to get office? Yes,
but only a small proportion at the
South succeed. What are the chances
for the other thousands who dp the
work at elections to get even d bun
die of fodder? Not any. The crack"
and "feed trough" belong exclusively
TO the white carpet. baggers, scala
wags and colored drivers" who
oversee the ignorant colored hands,
who, having no pride at stake, are
the slaves OF any Republican "bosses"
wherever from. This is the present
position of the negro in politics, and
be may be expected to continue in it
until he becomes intelligent enough
to understand his privileges as a citi-
zen of a State as we'll as of the United
States, and freeing himself from the
thraldom of party, becomes in its full
meaning, a freeman. AS q rule stolid
ignorance and credulity bind the race
in Radical chains, but the more intel
ligent have thrown off the .Republi-
can collar, and their influence is being
felt. A few OF them regard the
Radical claim, that because he is q
negro he must be a Republican, as
manifestly presumptious, and there
is good reason to believe that in the
next few years his mental and politi-
cal condition will be improved.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

Crop prospects in the So1sh are
reported from all quarters as tnpre-
cedentedly fine. A Washington dis,
patch says that last week 25o,ooO
bushels of wheat were received at
Baltimore from the South, and that
South Carolina and Georgia, which
have always heretofore bought wheat.
shipped last week 100, 600 bushels tc
that city and New York. The cotton
crop is also reported excellent in all
sections, and with the prospect OF the
Egyption crop being cut off by the
war now going on in that country ii
is believed prices will be high and:
that the financial prospects OF the
South are unusually good.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16
For the Dispatch.

.M,. EiIor:-Oar camp meeting at
Loriei;s' lasted from Thursday till
Monday, and We ~ glad 10 say that
It was Of 6 successful character. l..
A. Clay, Pastor Of the Circuit, with
the assistance Of Revs. r H. Perrin,
c. c. Daulap and Wm. D. Cbafio!d,
managed The meeting very intell;.
gently. Aii the sermons were largely
attended by white. friends, who con
tribntcd literally to Il collections
Several souls we're converted and
went away rejoicing. W.. i. L.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16
For the Dispatch.
70 the Candidates and Voters Of
Lexington County.

Mr.. Editorials the people Of this
portion of the county have not had
the opportunity of conversing with
the candidates, and as we have not
as yet seen through your columns
where they have declared themselves
either for or against the stock and
registration laws at any OF the public
meetings in the county. We are
anxious to know the sentiments CT
each of the numerous candidates that
have been announced in your col
umns, and hope they will not hesitate
to express themselves through the
Despatch. We have no doubt that
each candidate will respond to the
above request on these important
points. BY 50 doing the good citi-
zeus OF Lexington will be better pre-
pared to vote for the candidates that
will best represent them in the next
Legislature.
We think that the future prosper
ity and happiness OF our country de.
ponds entirely upon the action Of the
next LegislatureAard we are conf
dent that if the rights and interests
of the people are not better repre-
sented and protected in the future
than they have been in the past, Our
country is ruined for good, aud it
will be found, by sad experience, that
our happy system OF government will
be gone forever; for the time is at
hand when every true and patriotic
citizen, not only Of Lexington but
throughout the entire State, is called
upon 10 unite shoulder to shoulder
in electing men of a high moral char
acter who will, BY wise action on
their part, relax the tyrannical hand
OF oppression that is upon us.
Many Worms.
PI.Arr SPRINGS, Aug. 9th, 1882.
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For The Dispatch
PEAK, Aug. II, 1882

1 Lar, shoo- 49, W.
Mr. E,iior:--Crops in this vicinity
are good. 4 few DAVIS ago [ had the
pleasure Of visiting my old and much
respected friends, ". A. hesler and A.
". Lever. A stroll over their farms
convinced ne thai ;hay were tie best
I had seen tiis year, and should TO
accident happen to their cotton crops
they will be sure OF their part Of the
grcenbacks. ! elao en;oyed q visit TO
Waliacepi,le, and vas pleased to find
everything prosperous. Coy.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16
NEGRO POLITICS.

1t vas natural for the slaves of the
South, when emancipated, to place
themselves in the hands of tho Re-
publicans, who fessadtohase o
FOR them the boon of liberty because
they happened to be in power when
the war ended. 1t was still more
natural for them to give their conf
dence, without restraint, to those
who, in addition to, as they believed,
having given them freedom, had in
vested them with civil and political
rights. Uneducated, and consequent
ly with little general OF special intel
ligence, the freedman gave themselves
up with childlike faith to the instruc-
tons and orders of their supposed
b~enefactors. While unskilled in po-
litical history and intrigue they &C.
cepted as true and pure the fctions
of hypocritical philanthropy that
were poured into their ears. Is it a
wonder, then, that the negroes became
willing victims of the frauds subse-
quently practiced upon them by their
supposed liberators, and the uncon-
scious instruments of carpet-bag cor,
rupt plans and practices? Dazzled
by promises of 40 acres and a mule
the imaginations Of the freedmen riot
ed in dreams of landlordism and white
laborers, and in visions of paramount
dignities at elections and musters
and as planters, State officials and
Congressman. The whole South, in
all it's elements of social and political
existence, was to be turned upside
down, bringing the former slaves on
top, and putting their old proprietors
underneath. Fooled to the bent de-
sired by their Radical friends, the
':bunko" game began. The negro
was put at all the hard work
and the carpet-bagger with their seal
awag allies, enjoyed the Offices anc
the profits. A freedman's bank was
opened for deposits, ct first on
sound basis, commanding confidence
The trap was we'll laid, and thu
money of the trusting blacks flowed
freely in. When enough OF the savings
Of their hard earned toll had been &C
camulated to warrant O divide, thu
trigger was sprung, robbing the in
dustrious and saving colored people
OF their money. Meanwhile thu
shrewd manipulators of Republican
tactics had so tutored their ignoran
duues as to shut from their mind!
any glimmerings Of constitutions
knowledge in regard to the separate
political existence if the States anc
their Federal Union, ignoring the do
mestic sovereignty and rights OF thu
States by ~impressing upon them th'
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

1t is stated that the appropriations
made by Congress for the present
fiscal year exceed IS for each man,
woman and child in the country. The
averge family consists of five persons,
which makes the tax on each family
in the United States $40. That pen
sion fraud of 500, OOO,O 900 is 81 per
head by itself.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

In answer to the foregoing inquiry
and one Of a similar character from
another source, We will. state hat we
have attended all the barbecucs and
heard the sentiments Of all candidates
for the Legislature expressed from
the stump. All have declared them
selves as opposed to the stock law as
it now stands. Some are opposed to
it in toto; others to forcing it on To-
c~alities where it is not wished by the
citizens. We make this statement rs
we don't think candidates have time,
before the election, to answer individ-
,8sdsr 4 thFap 81 ~ +Ats a apssar ealz oes
the election.-ED.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16
Tissue Tickets.

This is too bad Three Rcpubll-
cans, including Kellogg, are strug-
Cling for the Republican nomination
in the Third Louisiana District, and
instead of "toting fair" they resorted
to the methods OF cheating each
other which they usually keep for
the exclusive benefit ofthe Democrats.
At the election at Franklin for dele
Gates TO the Convention SIS votes
were found in the ballot-boX when
$50 persons had voted. This miracle
was wrought by the use of tissue
ballots by Kcllogg's adherents. Az
mono but Republicans were voting
they could not charge it On the Demo
Gratis at franklin, as they do in Sontt
Carolina. We hope hat the Demo
Gratis on the stump this year will no
forget to remind their audiences tha'
the Republicans invented tissue bal
lots and are the last to make use O
them.-Nru* T. Carrier.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

IF You * q horse Won should not
be without kendall's Treatise on the
the Horse. Price, only "a cents, 1T
this Office. ~ II.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

FoR TREASURER,
John P. Richardson, of Sumter.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Renj. n. Knight. 7. f. Smith.
J. NJ. Altman. Walter E. Shealy.
John H. Meetze. D. U. Addy,
]. B. Shealy, J. F. Hartman,
VIM. NJ. johnson. j. Marshall Shealy,
Jacob c. Fulmer, Capt. Levi Gunter,
P. Fl. Craps, J. W. Smith,
Geo. S. Drafts. Dr.. ". S. Ke;sler.
James w. Martin.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

The Democratic State ticket OF Ala
bama is elected by 10000 majority.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

For Superintendent OF EDUCATION.
Ellison Capers, of Greenville.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

FoE ADJUTAST GENERAL.
\. N, Manigault, of Georgetown.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

FoR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Chas. Richardson Miles, of Charleston.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16
OUR COUNTY TICKET.

FoR The LEGISLATURE,
Maj. D. T. Barr, Maj. Edward Kinsler,
DIR. W. T. BROKER, Jacob w. Dreher,
DR.. J. F. Mitchell, F. w. Derrick,
William Howard, Carol Bookman.
Levi Metz. Esq, John G. Able,
Capt. Geo. S. Swygert.
FoR JUICE OF PROBATE,
Hon. S. P. Wingard.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

Foa SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS,
John B. Kyzer, Rev. Jas. H. Bailey.
Esaias L. Wingard. Rev. L. W. Rast.
John J. Smith.
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For SECRETARY OF STATE,
James n. Lipscomb, of Newberry.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

For LTEUTENANT-GovERSoR.
John c. Shepherd. of Edgefe!d.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

For COMPTROLLER GENERAL.
William E. Stoney, of Charleston.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

FoR AUDITOR,
NJ. D. Hartman, Elias j. Caughman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

Fos TREASURER
Jasper s. Derrick S, Luther Smith,
P. Washington Shealy.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

OUR STATE TICKET.
FoR GOVERNOR.
Hugh S. Thompson. of Columbia.
For LrEUrENANT-GovEESoR.
John c. Shepherd. of Edgefe!d.
For COMPTROLLER GENERAL.
William E. Stoney, of Charleston.
FoR SECRETARY OF Str
James n. Lipscomb, of Newberry.
FoR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Chas. Richardson Miles, of Charleston.
For Superintendent OF EDUCATION.
Ellison Capers, of Greenville.
FoE ADJUTAST GENERAL.
4. ii, Manigault, of Georgetown.
FoE TREASURER,
" D C.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1882-08-16

For GOVERNOR.
Hugh S. Thompson. of Columbia.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-13
IMPORTANT DECISIONS.

Topeka Capital: The supreme court of
Kansas rendered two important decis-
ions yesterday The first was in the
matter of one Franklin, of Ottawa. The
petitioner was arrested under an ordin-
ance of the city of Ottawa, and convict
ed for selling intoxicating liquors. He
applied TO the supreme court for writ
viction was void, on the ground that as
the ordinance was passed prior to the
enactment of the prohibitory law, the
latter law annulled all of its provisions.
The court held that SO much of the or
dinance as provided for the issuance of
license was void, as in conflict with the
statutes and constitution of the state, but
that so much of the ordinance as inflict-
ed ID penalty for selling liquor without
license therefor was valid, and there
upon the conviction was affirmed and
the petitioner rcmanded To the custody
of the sheriff until his fine and costs
shall be paid.
The second case was shat of one
S:hweiter, convicted at Wichita a few
months ago for selling intoxicating
liquors without permit and sentenced
to pay fine of $500 and costs, and to
stand committed to the county Jail until
fine and costs were paid. He appealed
TO the supreme court, alleging that his
conviction was erroneous. Among
other matters he alleged that section 81
of the prohibitory act, which dispenses
with the necessity of setting forth in
the information the names of the parties
to whom the liquors are sold, was I'M
constitutional; and he also alleged that
the information was bad for duplicity
in charging several offenses in one
count. The court held section 81 consti-
tutional and cited very large number
of the decisions of the various states
supporting this view. The court fur
ther held that the allegation of duplici-
ty was not sustained, and that upon the
whole record there was not sufficient er-
ror TO cause reversal of the judgement.
The conviction was therefore affirmed
In this latter case, many questions of
pIdctlCc arising upon trlaIS unuer the
prohibitory law were discussed and dis
posed of adversely to. the defendant.
The case is, therefore, important not
only because of the Interpretation given
in it TO several disputed provisions of
the statute, but also on account of the
practical results likely to flow from the
decision of questions of practice which
so frequently arise in cases of this char
| acler
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-13
PLuMR,s YIEM OF IT

In the United States senate on the
S0th of March, on bill to make an ap-
preparation to educate the children of
the Indians. Senator Plumb made q
speech from which we make a sample
extract:
Mr.. PRESIDENT: What is education {?
Is 1t not educating a man to teach him
to do something that he has not before
dones Is 1t not educating a man to
teach him to take care of cattle that he
has not before done Is 1t not educat-
ing q man to teach him to take care of
his body and lead himself from the pau
periZed condition in which he is found (!
Is there any higher education than that {?
If so, what is it? When you have
put a man in g condition TO cover
his back, to clothe himself, to feed his
stomach, and to relieve himself of the
good offices and charities Of the govern
ment, IS there any other ONCE the gov
eminent ought to perform in regard to
himS Whatever else comes TO him will
come to him because Of the inducement
which the result of his labor brings to
his comprehension. II he wants A B
ca, it will be because by reason of what
he has learned he realizes that the A B
Cs enlarge his capacity; that he can
take care Of more cattle; that he can
multiply his faculties, his opportunities
and his offices. As said, we are begin
ming ct the wrong end when We neglect
these obvious things and propose to give
the money of the government TO these
Indians for that which they do not ap-
preciate, and which they cannot in any
apprsctable way make them selfsup-
porting"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-13
Electoral Count Bill.

WASHINGTON April THE presiden-
tial count bill, which passed the senate
without an amendment, provides that
the presidential electors of each state
shall meet and give their votes the Sec
ond Monday of January next following
their appointment at such place as the
legislatures of the states may direct.
That each state, pursuant TO its laws
existing on the day fixed for the appOintI
ment of electors, may determine prior
to the making of the electors and the
controversy concerning the appoint
ment of any or all of them.
That such q determination shall be
conclusive evidence of the lawful title,
and shall govern in the count by con-
gress.
That no election vote or voters from
which but one return has been received
shall be rejected, except by the affirma-
tive vote of the two houses.
That if more than one return is re-
ceiYed from the state votes, those electors
appointed by the lawful tribunal of the
state shall be counted, and in the event
of question as to which of the two or
more of such state tribunals is lawful,
the tribunal votes of the electors ap.
pointed by that tribunal which the two
houses, acting separately, shall decide to
be authorized, that one shall be counted
That in case of an undetermined con.
test between the two or more sets OF
electors of the state, those votes shall be
counted which the two houses, acting
separately, shall decide to be the lawful
electoral vote.
The bill also provides that if the
counting of votes shall not be com.
pleted before the fifth of the calendar
day next after the first JOINT meeting OF
the two houses, no recess shall be after
ward taken by either house until tue
counting is finished.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-13
WELL PIT.

Kansas City Journal: There is great
deal of sentimentality about the manner
of the shooting of Jesse James. Ac-
cording to the opinion of many it would
have been the correct and chivalrous
thing for Mr.. Robert Ford to address
Mr.. Jesse James somewhat in this way:
"Mr. James, have the honor to bear
a commission for the taking of your
life. Will you be SO kind as TO draw
and cock your best revolver and present
IL at my left temple. / will then pro-
coed to kill you with neatness and dis
patch"
MIR. James would then have said: But
my dear friend, whom have for months
fed, and cared for in order to use you
when might have occasion, you would
not thus take advantage of u man who
has but six revolvers, double barreled
shotgun and Winchester rifle? Spare
me, pray you, and 1 will turn myself
over to Commissioner Craig or Sergeant
Ditsch, whose mercy / know l can de-
pend upon"
According to this sentimental author
ity there is no doubt that Jesse would
have taken his hat and at once put him
self in the hands of the authorities.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-13
RICH, BUT NOT HAPPY.

The recent suicide of Cornelius j.
Vanderbilt in New York hotel adds
another scandal TO the record Of this
family, so strangely compounded of
greed, vice and wealth. The selfmur-
derer was the youngest Of the sons of
the erralic commodore who, despite his
wealth, was never anything but boat
swain in good clothes Cornelius inner
tied none of the money-makingi instincts
| of his father. and had none of the greed
of his brother, William. He was areck-
less, dissipated youth, and soon came to
be regarded as the black sheep of the
family. At one time he was known as
card sharper and the associate of ques-
tionable men. His father virtually
discarded him, and he ran into debt
whenever be could get an opening.
He born owed $4,000 of the kind
hearted Horace Greeley, which the
old commodore refused TO pay.
timent forced William 10 pay the
money to Mr.. Greeley's danghIt n. When
the commodore's will was made public
it was discovered that William was the
chief heir. Cornelius and his off-color
sister, Mrs. LIE Bau, who also suffered
some disappointment, contested the
will and brought out in the courts all
the dirty inside life of the questionable
family. The pride of William finally
asserted itself, and lie compromised,
giving Cornelius, ii is said, one million
dollars. Since that time the idler has
spent his time roaming about the world.
His constitution was broken up by his
hard life, and it was claimed that he
was subject To epilepsy. He was not
out of funds when he shot himself-he
had simply grown tired of his own dis
gushing companionship. After lac shot
himself in the Glenham hotel, the aus
tere brother William, who tclt for him
the affection that Cain experienced for his
brother Able, drove up in his carriage,
looked at the corpse and drove away like
an offended Dives, scarce able to hide
his chagrin. Money is II great and wOr-
shipful thing in modern society, but
there are scores of thousands of fam
lilies in This country struggling along on
81 1000 a year that would hardly ex-
change their peace. content and loving
pride for a share of the Vanderbilt name
and treasure