The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-17
phs 1leauIt ia South uaroIin.l.

mems organ. after figuring ont
19, 1o2 Republican majority in South
Caro!j ia. says that Whittemore's
Rap. majority for Congress in the
first District will reach 5000; Bowen's
Rep. in the second, 1890; Reeds
(Dem.) in the third, $500 "by
fraud" and Simpsons Dem in the
fourth, 4,50O "by fraud" The New
York Tribune, in copying the Repub-
lican's article, comments thusly:
"We publish elsewhere few ex-
tracts from the Charleston Repu6H-
can, the freedmen's organ, which
throw light upon the election of the
Democratic Congressman in South
Carolina. Assassination and threats
of violence elected Messrs. Reed and
Simpson. These gentlemen, one Of
whom is ineligible on account of his
rebel record, have yet to learn les
son which will be taught them by the
forty-irst Congress.
The Republican says:
"Messrs. Whittemore aud Bowen
have each made splendid campaign.
They have spoken often and effective
ly in every part of their Districts,
and toiled every day and night with
unremltting energy. The triumph
they have won has been we'll deserv-
ed. Messrs. Hoge and Wallace have
done the best they could. They will
occupy seats in the next Congress.
We hope that the majority in South
Carolina will exceed 10000. The es-
tlmated Democratic majorities for the
up-country Counties seem extrava-
giant. But no real election was held
in those Counties. The Democrats
voted as early aud as often as they
pleased. A few Republicans were
permitted to vote, to keep up appear
ances. That is the whole story.
Scores of men have been shot down
for the temperate exercise of the
right of free speech; hundreds have
been beaten and manned, and hun
dreds more driven from their homes
and cheated of their pay for voting
according to conscience and duty,
while thousands were kept from the
polls by threats of murder and in
jury. But in spite of all these things
we have, by the blessing Of God,
won the victory. And now the Re-
publican party must take such mea-
sures as to punish crime, to educate
public sentiment, and make free
schools, free speech, free labor and
free ballot come to oil as unquestion-
ed and unobstructed as the air we
breathe. This is the duty which
victory and power imposes on us.
We must do it or be false to Repnb-
licanism. We can best do it by teach
ing our people by precept and exam
pie, these principles. Let us be
faithful. We now turn to the third
and fourth Districts. J. p. Reed
said in his speech accepting the no.
mination, that he did not expect to be
elected. He said that up in his sec
| ton he would take measures to have
the negroes vote the Democratic
ticket or keep them at homo. If the
'niggers' had the courage and impu-
dence to como out and vote as they
pleased, he could not win. He took
the measures spoken of. Simpson,
though not announcing it in a man
ner SO public, took the same. The
result is before US. We learn fro IN
| 11oiSiio OOuie 1louSc, lrOn our COT
respondent, that last Sunday night
il. Mcdaniel, member of the Legis-
lature, was shot in his own house,
and severely wounded, by q band OF
K. KS. Monday night, two young
Democrats. Shell and Barksdale, were
at fork road for the same purpose,
aud were shot. Shell was killed, and
Bnrksdale wounded. Yesterday, at
2 o'clock a. m., was riding along
the road, and was shot at twice by
some persons concealed in bunch
of cedars, at the way side. Fortu-
nately, my horse dashing off sudden
ly, L escaped unhurt. All kinds of
threats were resorted to. The rebels
commenced shooting all over the
County about l o'clock yesterday
morning. At the polls in the coun-
try, the rebels drew their pistols, and
drove the freedmen off by the scores.
At one box in tho town, they voted
the whites first, but when the freed
men wanted to vote, they pretended
they could not find their names. Ter
rlble intimidation No use to at
tempt to carry on the election accord