The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-10-24
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WHEREAs, reports are being daily received ss
w this Department. and particnlarly fsoue ~
Counties of Abbevillc, Anderson, Edgefefd, fex
ton, Newberry, Chester, Lnurens, Union, YcrE and
the officers @ the lals set defiance
full and hpofcnding citizens are murdered Ia Gol6
blood and the murderers not only permitted but
aided TO escape from justice that faRilies hsys
by fear of yiolercc that the authpriy OF the tsis
Government is openly dcrided and denied that
threats OF violence, and of death, are uttered
against prominent uienbefs Of tae Republican par-
~ II they shn attempt to visit their Districts for
the purpose Of discussing the political queatfons or
the dayi that declarations are openly made hy per-
sons calling themselves pocrats. OF their deter.
vote at the ensuing election and, TO enable them ,
effect thcir purposes and to 6eyerawe shs pcepls.
large quantities Of firearms Of the NEST improvs;l
description, havo been brought into ahe State and
secretly distributed; that the public highwsys sso
pcketed and patrolled by armed men, who stop and
nterrognte passengers. frequently abueine and as
sautins those who differ with them In political
matte effort, by abuse and intimidation, TO deter
colorcd persons from the exercise of the elective
franchise, und all this in trnnsgrcssion Of Law. IN
derogation of the peace and dignity Of the Common
wealth, and in violation Of Che right of the eiti.
zenS. t3tti ei- ,j, -.
The right of suffrage belongs equally to the Wits
and colorcd race, and all muat bo protected In sts
free md peaceful exercise. Fraud OF violence mar
vi'a'e The returns of any poll where they may boz
pcrpctrated md call upon NIL good citizens 10 sid
the officers of the law in their efforts to mainaain
the peace and preserve tho independence and puri.
~ of the bnllot-box. ~ .s -Tsys, ) ~ .ststS
The State Government, Of which L am the Exee,t.l !
tive head is not only de fdeto bn. de juY; and COM
mnnds the allegiance Of all within its Territorial
limits 1t is independent of Federal legislation
and of the Federal Judiciary, whose powers are dc.
fined hy the Constitution, to be t.judicia snd anos
oii.icai:' Its sovereignty and ills honor sfsr is
its own keeping; and the rights granted and. .eDhs
fcrrcd by it only b. affected or subverted by
change in the organic law, in obedience 10 tho
wishes of the people of the State acting in their
sovereign capacity in Convention called for tho
purpose. TO resist the laws of the State. repra-
scnted by its legally constituted officers, IL Fan
fence OF the gravcst character and armed resiS-a
tancc is treason, +ss ,.'. - ~ :
of tho State of South Carolina do hereby issue ths
my proclamation, cnjoininS and commanding ELI
Magistrates, Sheriff, and other officers OF the peace
in their respective Counties. TO be faithful vgsnt
ana active III the dischnrge Of their Duties antos
report promptly TO this Department. etcfy cassS
where they obst resisted in doing Go
and, in the event Of resistance assault, they arc
directed TO apply 10 the nearest military post OF
United States troops for ai and co-opcration IN en-
forcing he laws aud maintaining the public peace.
In case of failure on the part of Magissrass Sho-
riiIs and officers ot the peace to perform theae du-
ties pr"lnIy nhd cfhccntiy either from neglect err
sympathy with the wrongdeers. they will be prompt-
y removed and their places dIef t,y mefi loyal 10
the Stats and iru in the dscharEc OF their ebli-
gati"lis to the community :. 8 - e
AMI 10 earnest appeal TO the law abiding peo-
f6oss WHO arc tiissd and m.
tercsted IN her reputation md prosperity 10 al
who arc oproscdto violence and bloodshed sud 70
condition OF riot and anarchy, in which life and
property are alike insecure that they win MD me-
IN my efforts To maintain the supremacy Of the ixr
nn'l The rights tf the people, by dscQuntcnnneinR
and dcnounciiig all violence and outrage. and ~ a..
slsns the Magistrates nnd peace officers ii: :nsress-
ing the perpetrators thereof, 20 that they may be
brought to condign punishment
IN the eye of the law, he rights Of every citixes.
white and cci"rc,l nre equally sacred and equally
entitled to protection and yindlca,iou and II Is
my duty and ctrrmina ion to all the powers 81
my disposal tor than purpose And il my efarts Ia
accomplishing 10y pc;accabc means nrc fruafafss
by turbulent and lawlcss men resisting the E4Atu-r
tive authority, in the persons OF Its officers shnl
be compelled however reluctantly, TO arm aud sr-1
gnnizc sufficient force of lnya .eiixens to aver.
come that resistance; and the responsibility Of tho
consequences, however disastrous md depiorstle
must rest upon the heads Of those who prosoka
them. siE ,SfsN'st ~ fif
In testimony whereof, have herennto set my
hand and caused the great seal OF i,e State 10
be affixed, Mt Columbia, this twentieth dag sf
October in the year Of our Lord one theusasd
eight hundred and sixty-eisht, and in the nins-
ty-third year Of the Independence Of the United
States Of America.
ROBERT X: SCOTT, Governor.
sF~l. CAnoozo Secretary of State.
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