Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-15
FOR THE. ABBEVILtE PRESS,

against the Managers of Election, an
People of Abbeville District, in hi
Protest Of Mr.. Reeds Election t
Congress.
21st. I charge that, in the Count
of Abbevills, in said Third Congres
sional District, there arc about forty
two hundred $4,000 registered voters
(the exact number do not know IN,
cannot stateD who are colorcd mon
and who, if allowed to exercise thci
own free will, would vote the Rcpubli
can ticket, aud about eighteen $500
hundred (the exact number do no
know registered voters, who are whit,
men, That, out of tho aforesaid mum
Der of about forty-two hundred col
ored voters, 1 received only about
eight 5000 hundred votes. That, by
the threats, fraud, intimidation, and
acts of violence of yonr friends, made
and done, by and with your consent
and knowledge, I was deprived of the
votes of about thirty-four $4,000 hun
drcd persons, Qhe exact number I dc
not know, and cannot state,) who
> would have voted for me, had they
been allowed to vote.
22nd. That, on the day of election,
(the 3rd day Of November, A. D., 1859
a large number of persons, at least
fifteen hundred, who were not resi-
dents of said County of Abbcvillc, in
said district, and not entitled to vote
therein, came into said County of Alb
bcville, from the County of Engefcld,
and other adjoining Counties, and dis
tributed themselves among the differ
ent election precincts, in said County
Of Abbcville, and took possession of
the polls, at said election precincts,
and did prevent from voting, at said
election precincts, on said day of clcc-
ton, colored persons, who were legal
voters in said County of Abbcville, to
the number of about thirty four hun
drcd, all Of whom would have voted
for me.
23rd. That said persons came into
said County of Abbevillc, in said dis
trict, mounted and ar1aed with revol-
vcrs, Winchester rifles, and other fire.
arms and deadly weapons, and rode
from ono precinct to another, casting
their votes for you. That, at the cleo
ton precinct of Calhoun Mills, in said
County, at least ono hundred persons
mounted and armed, as aforesaid, took
possession of tho polls, and drove
away from said precincts, at least four
hundred colored persons, legal votors,
in said County, and prevented them
from casting their votes, on said day
of election, all of whom would have
voted for me and that said mounted
and armed body Of men, non-rcsidcnts
of said County of Abbeville, fraudu-
lently and illegally cast their votes for
you.
Oath. AT the election precinct of Alb
beville Court House, in the County of
Abbeville,- in said district, at least
three hundred persons, who were non
residents of said County, fraudulently
AMI illegally cast their Yates for you;
and that there werc armed men sta
toned on tho different roads leading
to said election precincts, who pre-
vented at least four hundred legal
voters, in said County, and all of
whom would have voted for me, from
going to said election precincts, and
voting on said day Of election.
25th. At the election precinct Of
'Cokcsbury, in the county of Abbcville,
in said district, at least three hundred
persons, who were non-residents of
said county, fraudulently and illegally
cast their votes for you and that said
non-residents did by threats, force and
violence, prevent at least four hundred
colored persons, legal voters in said
county, from casting their votes on
said day of election, knowing that
said persons would vote for me.
26th. At the election precinct of
Greenwood, in the county of Abbe-
vile, in said district, at leost two hun.
.dred persons, who were non-residents
of said comfy, fraudulently and lille.
gally cast Lheir votes for you; and
that at least two hundred legal voters
of said county, who would have voted
for me, were prevented from voting
on said day Of election, by parties
of armed men, who drove them away
from the said polls.
9th. At the election. precinct of
Ninety-Six, in the county of Abbeville,
in the said district, at, least two hun
dred persons, non-residents of the said
county, fraudulently and illegally cast
their votes for you /; and that, at least,
one hundred and eighty legal voters,
who would have voted for ane, were
prevented from voting by armed
parties ofmen, who drove said persons