Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-11-06


'he i"rly thieves "
Our Di'"iat M"cticGs cl Tues,lqv.
O1r District elections an Tna.lay
resulted, IA wo anticipated, in q sroat
Democratic victory; and could W,
but announce u lT!;o result in The
state ut large, or throughout tn,
MON, We thigh: congratulate our
selves once more arnn tho restoration
Of Constitutional liberty to ,:.is couu-
Try. But whether or not wo achieve
success c!sowhcro, lot US at lcau. be
tha"leiGl tor what VIC have accomp-
'ishcd q! homc, aud trust TO tho "a
lure to widen the circle Of our tri-
nmphs. The victory wus such rs i,
should be, and, wo trast, ever Will
be. 1t was tho triumph of property
and intelligence ec:arting their natural
and legitimate i:tIlcncc: il Wa; Che
triumph of tho white race, controlling
now, as it ever must. True to their
best Instincts, ard iuliy alive to the
great issues which were Involved il,
'ho struggle, the whites turned out to
i man. Grcy-ha;rcd men, who had
not voted for years, "shuuldcrcG i!.c
crutch and showed how hSi;.A were
won;' tEc young mcn in. 5ibcd their
spirit AID cnuIa.cL their x,mulo ::
and tho result has proved what ma,
DC coEe when men havo the. spirit to
will and the hearts to execute.
The blacks ut this prccinc. and Il
number Of others, turned out in con-
siderable strength, and many of them
voted the Democratic ticket. That ut
other precincts they did not turn Gu,
generally end vote, was greatly owing
TO the indifference with which they re
gardcd the whrlc matter. This was =
natural result of tho f,lsc promises
with which they had been so Of: on
deceived, which formed potent ar
gumcnt in the hands of their employ.
crs, and which could not fail to impress
even the least Intelligent. The farce
Of voting was SO suprciEciy ridiculous
that i: nl"s. have been even disgust.
ing TO themselves. That they .!louIt.
&c led up like so many automato.s, t.
vote Certain tickets, Inscribed Will,
certain unknown charac;c,s, in b, hal,
Ut certain unknown ind:vidua!, io,
whom uLey cared nothing, ntTa who
even cared IcssTJl ti.c'in or thcir: WAS
" Icil -etion' npon tie small amount oI
'"tc!fgcnco that they were acknow!!-
'edgei ito possess. At somo. OF tn,
precincts VIC learn that tlis arsumch,
was addressed toihen with great ei-
iccl, and that they went homc with.
out voting, heartily ashamed of them.
:selves-'wisor if not bc.ler mcn."
At this precinct, ara very generally
elsewhere, the day passed off very
Quietly. Eoro, during tho progress,
or tho voting, pistol fell out OF the:
pocket Of black, and was uccidentai
Iy discharged, but without da n,; 80 to
any ono. At Caihouns's Mills yaun.
man discharged q istoi, (whetIicr in
,ent;onaRy or not we did not learn).
which inflicted slight i.jnry upon
cclored man WHO was in aIetLcr
room. AZ Willie Hall very serious
alfAir occurred, Which resulted in tn,
death Of ono black, and tic wound
ing Of several others, but which was
brought on, wo learn, by the niscon-
duct Of the blacks, under tho lca d OF
i negro Of bad character named Iver
son. lie attempted to exclude 6
white man from the polls, wh=na scuf
Hc ensuing, pistol was discharged
by one Of tho blacks; which led to a
dlschar$sc|of arms hy the wlii!cs,twit
tho result ato:csaid. We regret the
occurrenc6, but what moro could be
expected, 'wlIcn tho different races.
under all the excitement Of Il heated
canvass, go TO the polls arm ell tolhe
very tccth? Let US Of b,,tl,4 rice
learn s'!e>son from tho temper Of. III.
times; ana sdf,ivate spirit of mutuu
forbearance: "Belter is tio til hat.ru,e,b
bis spirit, thar he Chat take IL, a ci,yv
Tho restlt OF tie election for q.
member of.he Legislature, TO supply
the vacsney caused by the death of
James Martin, was announced On
~ ednesday, in, pursuance of ,lbeywrit
of election Jamcs?jA. Blads, aEsa.,
was elected: Without opposition, ;aad
rsceir eds ~ handaome vo.d OF ,ovofI
2,8Oet- s1phe 20 thor ,bloctioIs,owill he
nHnouncsd ofiiriaIy next ~ eek. .rf2Wo
'snno's abe following gcusratatastmeni
81 the stbopgtk of parties at thu, lasy !
crai 'ppepincts :;Gia oiII erst,,s. MS, ct,