The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-06-28


ity, vet without investigation and upon
the evidence of an irresponsible vaga-
bond negro, he arrested and subjected
them to the treatment Of felons and
convicts. (The foregoing facts can be
established by any plumber of aflidavits
of our best citizens.)
This cavalry was sent to Edgefield. as
it is alleged, to put down armed bands of
bushwhackcrs, guerrllas, raiders, &C.,
who, it was said, were infcsting the coun-
try, intimidating, fogging. robbing and
mardcrinr negroes and Northern men,
who were peaccabc settlers" They
were represented to number from twenty
five to two hundred and fifty, ''under the
command of an cx-Rcbel Major" The
facts arc these A few men had been left
in the country, belonging to other States,
By the two armies, Johnston's and Sher-
mans, as they were passing through the
State, irresponsible, idle and desperate,
and passing themselves off as horse
traders from Kentucky and Tennessee,
had imposed upon some Of our citizens,
and had committed some outragcs. There
were probably not more than four or five
Of these men at any one time in Edgcfeld
District, butthcy would pass rapidly from
one side to the other, and were not
synpathized with, or encouraged, or
harbored by our citizens, when their real
character was developed; on the con-
trary, there was great Indignation felt
against them, and steps were in progress
by the citizens themselves to drive them
out or extcrminato them, when this cav
airy was sent into the country. The
negroes had been taught by systematic,
studied effort on the part of Northern
cmissaries, incendiarics and mistaken
phianthropists and by the negro troops
who had been stationed among them,
that their former owners were their worst
enemies, and hence they were alienated,
distrustful, not unfrcquently insulting
to those who were their natural and best
friends. 1t is upon the evidence in the
main of these ignorant, duped and al
icnatcd people, that this Major Moore
has arrested and sent to q telon's cell
some of the very best and most inoffend-
ing citizens of the country men of known
probity of character, Of the highest re-
spectablity, and innocent Of any offence
against the United States Government,
and who are incapable of such disgrace
full conduct as consciously harboiing or
encouraging any body Of mon banded
together for thepurpose OF disturbing the
peace and good order of society.
By the unfair system of espionage
which he has adopted, and which is too
often adopted by the representatives of
the Federal Government, and which
would have done credit to the Spanish
Inquisition, he could undermine the char
acter of the most respectable family in
the State of New York, and convict any
community of the most hoinous offences,
which, Of course, would be imaginary.
lie has even gone further; he, in one case
at least, tied up freedman, stretched at
full length by the arms, for four hours at
time, to eXtort evidence against his for
mcr master. Humanity shudders and
civilization is shocked at such conduct,
and yet this is the humanitarian reprcsen-
tative of philanthropic radicalsm sent
among the Southern people to teach them
manners and morals Ills soldiers, not
unfcqucntly maddcncd with liquor raid
cd over the country arrcsting peaceable.
law-abidng citizens. insulting them and
their families, and robbing and plundcr-
ing them under the prctence that they
have been guilty of harboring bush
whackers, and guilty Of the gravcst Of
fences against the Government.
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