The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-11-23


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sser, the, will follow ''o" I'M. %'aef,
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tricts Of the sts'c-.hcre being alto
gether thirty one--the registration
shows colorsd majority. 10 Char
ls~,on tho coIcrcd majority Is ,sl2,
the registered whites l's..g 3.2sd,
and the blacks 5,oSs. Othe whites
IFS were unable 10 zig" their names )
Of the colorcd. 2,sG6, In Charles
ton and Columbia larger number
Of che latter class Of Psr.oss CO"
read aud writs than IN my other
portion Of tho State, very much
larger number, because they have
had facilities before and since e.nan-
cips,ion Of obtaining some cdue..
Goa not enjoyed by tAsir class in all
tho rural regioa Of the State, 20
which | shall! advert more partica-
iWly hereafter In organizing . jury
In Charleston, therefore, assuming
that oil have paid their tAaes, this
proportion would give asarly eigh,
colored jurors to four whites, aud
i've Of these eight would not be able
Ia nign their nanes. In Beaufort,
Gsosystown, CoIIston, Berkeley, aud
other distsiets, ths showing v sven
.sorss. Partial returns from Beau
fort indicate that thsre arc 1850 col
ossd, snd but 90 white voiss regis
tered This proportion would farn'
ish but one white nsn to every fourth
jury. or the colorsd voters regis
tersd in the rural dis,ricss ] sst'ms's
that not mcrs than Ave PER cent Of
the whole number are sbls 10 sesd
asd vriss, ssa Very ~ssy Of she~
have not intelligence enough " coast
one hundred. In Georgetown District
there are ais whites, snd 3,413 col
cred voters resistered. One white
nan parchsaes pixht n dsssa upon
each Jury, aad IN oil probability no,
onr 81 the remaining eleven co,orcd
neA would b. sAls - read svd write,
To sum un, Asrs viii " IN twea
" three districs Of tbs State ms.
jority q coiorsd juuoss for the tsisl
Of 81, eAasss Of cssss, civil aad s,'n-
inal. asd only I've pr tsst Of their
number will b able 70 reed OF write,
Does asy eosatry which ~ %Atst-
hsssd ~ right n trial BY jury. fhl,
By ia lsgislatios, 10 srsrs = proper
degree Of intsliigspce among The
jurorHT These rules, IL applied 10
the Stats courts, will, ] presume, ~
likewise applied to the Fcasrsl Court
asd tAs proportion upea ssch Fed
sral jsriss will be-in Charleston,
eight colored 10 four whitcs IN Co
lunbia, nine colored 70 three white.,
and 10 0rceavil'e, eight white 10 iows
colossd jurors. These are the TIRES
poins where ~ tlsited States Court
sits IN Sosth Carolina.
Can these coIosed people discharge
the datiss Of jurors either 10 tho
Usissd stssss or 70 the stsss, 70 Mi
sants ~ 10 pablic issticsf With
such instruments will pot The sGsrt
to administer justice be . moctery 7
Now If the order had provided that
40 psron shall BIZ allowed 10 III spon
jury who is unable 10 reed or
II = property qualifications had losn
annexed, CT fin case, civil or Grim
inal. in which colorsd persons may
be interested, = c~rtsin proportion of
the jsry should sons'" Of their on"