The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-09-26


thorities, give full particulars Of the riot. The
sioyernor has addressed message the Legis-
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|ss He says that tho right of alla people to
peacefully ssemblS i,aJBecn Moleptly and bar
tbaroasl Impaired Sand Tho ciiSilaoficers ron
tlaercd, po&esless to maintain the peace. He
EARNESTLY recommends the Legislature to make
Einlrncdiatc application to the President for a
tsuficlcnt military force 70 be stationed jim
fAlittcheil County to preserve the peace and pro-
fteet the lives and property of the citizens. He
l.tgaees the ocedrteeec to a determination, pub
llicly expressed by one political party, that
their opponents should NOT hold political meet
Eings. s'p'' t'''9 e ',lis q
i'rglle message wqs referred to the Compittcc
lon the State , Of the Republic This afternoon
the committee made report They say that
the the evidence submitted to the Governor is un
true, and accompany the same with sworn tcs
tIll timlony The report gave rise to an exciting
discussion, but was adopted BY vote of one
hundred and twelve to thirty
In the House, the majority and minority re.
ports relative to tho Governors message caused
a heated ate! discussion, and the majority report
was at length adopted This says that the
evidence eNd preferred BY the Governor has not
been been sustained by the evidence produced be-
fore tho committee. The whole difficulty arose
from certain persons, Pcarcc, Murphy and
Putncy. being at the head of an armed com.
pany of freedmen at Camilla. Tn IS right was
disputed by the Sheriff Of the county The
PERSISTENCE of the one party and the dctcrmn
alton of the other caused the disturbance.
They find the civil authorities fully able to
execute the laws, and there is no necessity for
military interference This report is signed
by one senator and four members of the House,
one senator dissenting.
The following report is from Judge Vason
and Mr.. johnson, who were requested by
Lieut.. Howard, of the Frccdmcn's Bureau, to
investigate the Camilla riot I:
To the Senate and House IF Representatives. of
tic STATE .f Gcaryiu
We left Camilla this day noon all quiet, no
apprehension felt for further trouble The
act of the citizens was under orders of the
Sheriff. They acted as his posse in tho whole
affair. The negroes in the county are all quiet
No bad feeling xists between them and the
whites growing out Of the affair. But few
negroes were present except those in the pro-
cessIon. There is no necessity for any addi-
tlonal force to protect the whites or blacks
The wounded negroes will be cared for, and
have the sympathy Of the whites The whole
difficulty originated in the right claimed by
Pearcc u Co., to carry the negroes into po-
,litical meeting with arms. The Sheriff dis.
pnted this right, and insisted that under the
proclamation ofsthe G overnor and the law it
was his duty rs civil offcar to prevent it.
There was no Excitement in Albany
(Signcd) ID. A. VASON,
H. II. JOHNSON.
Mcssrs. Fason aud johnson and Mr.. Clark.
a Northern man, who came South since the
war, certify to the good character of the par
ties, and when their report was laid before
both houses it determined their decision rcla-
tive to the Governors message, and they re-
fused to ask the President for aid to maintain
order
Address OF the Pennsylvania State Com