The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-10-22
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THE DISORDERS IN THE UP-coUNTRY.
ACTION OF THE ABBEvrLLE DEMOCRACY.

THE DISORDERS IN THE UP-COUNTRY.
ACTION OF THE ABBEvILLE DEMOCRACY.
Proclamations of Gov. Scott.
The recent murders and disturbances in the
up-country districts of the State have caused
Governor Scott to issue the following pro-
clamation
PROCLAMATION.
BIZ HIS ExCELLENCY ROBERT K. SCOTT COVER
NOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Whereas, reports are being daily received at
this Department, and particularly from the
Counties of Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefeld
Lexington, Newberry, Chester, Laurens, Union,
Yor1 and Darlington, that the laws are being
violated and the officers OF the law set ut de-
| fance; that peaceful and unoHendng cltlzens
are murdered in cold blood, and the murderers
are not only permitted but aided to escape
from Justice; that families have been forced to
abandon their homes and property by fear of
violence; that the authority OF the State Gov
ernment is openly derided and denied; that
threats of violence, and even OF death, are
uttered against promln?nt members OF the
Republican party, if they shall attempt TO
visit their districts, for the purpose of dis
cussing the political questions of the day; that
declaratons arc openly made by persons call
ing themselves Democrats Of their determine
ton not to permit their political opponents to
vote at the ensuing election; and, to enable
them to effect their purposes. and to overawe
the people, largo quantities OF firearms, OF the
most improved description. have been brought
into tue State and secretly distributed; that the
public highways are picketed and patrolled by
armed men, who stop and interrogate pasSen-
gers, frequently abusing and assaulting those
Who dliITer with them in political opinion; and
especially is there apparepta systematic effjrt,
by abuse and intimidation. to deter colored
persons from the exercise of the elective fran
chise, and all this in transgresslon OF law, IN
derogation Of the peace and dignity Of the
commonwealth, and in violation Of the rights
of the citizens.
The right of suffrage belongs equally to the
white and colored race, and oil must be PRO-
tected in it's free and peaceful exercise. Fraud
or violence may vitiate the returns of any poll
where they may be perpetrated, and call upon
oil good citizens to aid the officers Of the law in
their efforts to maintain the peace and pre-
serve the independence and purity OF the bal
lot-box.
The State Government, of which I nm the
Executive head, is not only de tdcto but de
lure, and commands the allegiance OF all
within its territorial limits. 1t is Independent
Of Federal legislation and OF the Federal Ju-
diclary, whose powers are defined by the con.
sLitution, to be sjudiciar and not political"
It's sovereignty and it's honor are in its own
keeping; and the rights granted and conferred
by it can only DO affected or subverted by
change in the organic law, in obedience to the
wishes of the people OF the State acting IN their
sovereign capacity in convention called for
the purpose. 10 resist the laws of the State,
represented by it's legally constituted officers,
is an offence OF the gravest character, and
armed resistance is treason.
Now, therefore, I, Robert Z. Scott, Governor
of the State of South Carolina, do hereby issue
this my proclamation, eujo1ning and COM
manding all magistrates, sheriffs and other
ties, to be faithful, vigilant and active in the
discharge of their duties, and to report prompt
ly to this department every case where there
are obstructed or resisted in doing 30; and, in
the event of resistance or assault, they are dl-
rected to apply to the nearest military post OF
United States troops for aid and cooperation
in enforcing the laws and maintaining the pub.
lie poaco. In case Of failure on tho part OF
magistrates, sforiffs and officers OF tho peace
to perform these duties promptly and efficient
", either from neglect or sympathy with the
wrong-doers, they will be promptly removed
and their places filed by men loyal to the
State and faithful in the discharge OF their
obligations to the community.
And do earnestly appeal to the law-abiding
people of the State, to these who are identified
and interested in her reputation and prosperi--
ty, to all who are opposed to violence and
bloodshed, and to condition OF riot and anar-
chy, in which life and property ore alike inse-
euro, that they will aid me in my efforts to
maintain the supremacy OF the law and the
rights IF the people, by discountenanclng and
denouncng all violence and outrage, and by
assisting the magistrates and peace officers in
arrestng the pcrr etrators thereof so that they
NAV be b. ought 10 condign punishment.
In the eve of the law, the rights of every citl-
zen, white and colored, are equally sacred and
equally entitled to protection and vindication;
and it is my duty and determination to use all
the powers at my disposal for that purpose.
And If my efforts to accomplish this by peace
able means are frustrated, by turbulent and
lawlcss men resisting the Executive authority,
in the Lersons OF its officers, l shall be COM
pelled, however reluctantly, +, arm and organ
ize sufficient force Of loyal citizens to over
como the resistance; and the responsibility OF
tho consequences, however disastrous and
leplorable, must rest upon the heads OF those
who provoke them.
In Testimony whereof, have hcrcunto set my
hand and caused the great seal OF the State
to bo affixed ut Columbia, this twentieth
day of October, in the year OF our Lord one
Thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and
in tho ninety third year Of the Independence
of the United States of America.
ROBERT X. SCOTT, Governor.
+. T.. CARDozo, Secretary OF State.
Rewards for the Arrest of the Muir.
dercrs.
simultaneously with the above, Governor
Scott has issued the following
PROCLAMATION.
BY HIS ExcELLENCY ROBERT X. SCOTT, GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
;,,,o fiop ka n
this Department OF divers a.rocious and cold
blooded murders perpetrated on peaceable and
uuoffcndlng citizens OF this Commonwealth.
A wilful murder was perpetrated at Laurens-
vile, ons the Sd OF Septembsr, on the n, body Of
Tabby Simpson, freedma4 by waiter d.
Echlehorger. WHO has fed f#m justice. The
murderer is about twenty-ivdo or twenty-cight
years of age, round tace, prominent eyes, dark
hair, about five feet seven or eight inches IN
height. and weighs 140 or las pounds. re-
ward of twenty-ive hundred dollars will be
paid for his apprehension and lodgment in any
iail in this State, with proof to convict.
A freedman, named Johnson Gloscoe, was de-
iberately shot down and murdered in the Town
of Newberry, on the 25th oil September last, by
q number OF persons unknown. The assassins
fled from Justice, and in order that they mLy
be brought to punishment, hereby offer re-
ward of twenty-five hundred dollars for their
apprehe asloa, or the apprehension OF either OF
them. to be delivered in any Jail OF this State,
with proof to convict.
Hon. James Martin, representative IN the
General Assembly from the County OF Abbe
vile, was shot down in cold blood and MUIR
dered on the public highway, about four miles
from tho Town of Abboville, on the 5th of Oc-