Year: 1878




man who has not joined must be l. ced to
do so at once and thus add his weight and
influence in behalf of the right IF any
element of discord exists, let it be healed
Let the people exercise judicious choice
in the selection of candidates. Let no
local prejudice or sectional feeling influence
your selection. Your best men should be
chosen, whoever they are, and from what
ever section of the county they may come.
And here let me congratulate you on the
two representatives you had in the last Leg
islature. They did their duty well, as /
can testify, and did honor TO Fairfield. AS
Governor Hampton has said, on the charac-
ter OF the Legislature depends the fortunes
of the party and of the State Should the
Radicals succeed in the effort they are max
ing OF capturing that body, the hands Of
the Executive will be tied. But by filling
all Offices with honest, competent officials,
the work Of redemption will be complete
Let us, then, rally to the conflict, and not
merely gain victory, but achieve so over
whelmins triumph that the hydraheadcd
monster of Radicalsm will mover again be
seen in this fair land


Again let me warn you that the welfare
of the State is indissolubly connected with
the fortunes Of the national Democratic
party, and that South Carolina will not be
permanently safe until a Democratic Presi-
dent is installed in the White House. The
great contest will take place in 1880, and
this Is but preliminary skirmish. All the
efforts of Radicalism are directed to a vic
tory at that time. If you have watched
events for tho past year, you have seen the
purpose of the Republican party in the
United States. In the distance steers
black craft floating at its mast hcala bloody
shirt, and on its deck, surrounded by ad-
vcnturcrs and political pirates, stands Uly-
ses $. Grant. Already the organs arc shout
ing for third term; already the leaders
Of the Republican parry arc calling for the
"man on horseback" to save them from
utter political ruin and death That party
has outlivod its day. 1t has forfeited all
claims upon the people, and its hold can be
retained only by violence and fraud. The
denomination Of Graut is no tritling thing
1t bears grave import. Itmeans nothing
else than perpetual war upon the South,
perpetuai one ihan power, continuous car
nival of crime. With this danger impcnd-
ing it bchoovos tho Southern States to fall
more promptly than ever into line and to
present solid front in defense Of the libcr.
ty they have wrenchcd from bitter, un-
relcnting foe.


/; for one, do not believe this revolution
AIRY attempt will succeed. l have faith in
the conversation Of the people of the United
States. In the history Of no other country
will it be found that in thirteen years after
the close Of desperate conflict, twenty
eight persons who wore upon their collars
the wrcaths of high military office in the
service Of the lost cause were actively par
tlcipating in the gravest councils of the ma
ton, while the blood of no one after the
surrender expiatcd his alleged political of:
Tense. This circumstance demonstrates the
spirit of the people Of the United States
and averts the danger threatened by the
desperate and bafiled conspirators. Never
thcless, it is the duty of the Democracy of
the United States to gain so overwhelming
victory at the polls in 1873 as to utterly de-
stroy all hopes Of a revival of Radicalism
in 1880.


In conclusion, let me again call your at
tcnticn to tho responsibility devolvng on
you. The trials you have undergone have
given you broader views and have taught
you self-control. You must be just to ALL
and throw the mgis Of protection around
all classes. The campaign is notyet begun.
But after the meeting of tho August con
vcntion it will be inauguratcd. Then all
over South Carolina let the people assemble
together as in 1876 and pour out fresh H.
batons, and let their hearts be aglow with
patriotic devotion to their common mother;
SO that the sun shall set on the 9th of No
vembcr upon State finally redeemed, and
people happy and free. [Applausc.]


GLOVER IN TIE SoUTH-The report of
the Georgia Agricultural Department is
rarely without some valuable item of in
formation. Recently we noticed a statement
to the effect that forty cases Of hog cholera
were averted, if not cured, by turning the
animals on to quarter Of an acre Of clo-
yer, to Craze for one week 1t has long
been held that this disease springs mainly
from mal-nutritiou, and too much feeding
on corn or other carbonaccous food The
fact that clovcr-a ntrogenous foddcr-in
this case avcrtcd the threatened disease is
of great interest. The culture and use of
clover i'll tho South may through this know
ledge be greatly extended


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