Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-13

ss sGeadttion aasths County
- = "a SSEyfsIE, August ;, 1889.

= an 81 one ne side, and is pross
10 deny that this ryholo conn.,r
not IN state OF c',mmot. ..on, would @ h
TO assert a falsehooa. ; The, eoan TN !;
troubled Everysf, f,fca Veass e,
:..;s Inc very ~; atmc ,spheee is filed with it
''p,''' 'a" question Is wbya - "
49, Z ,a1a, ean,telh Canse safRcien
e is none, The people are . quiet
Industrious aad orderly. No man i
found disposed 30 quarrel with hi
neighbor,or with the powers that t>be
Even the" colored people open thei
eyes with wonder, and evidently ar,
puzzled to know why y,they, ore warnee
and cautioned to bo ON tbeir guard
No enemy confronts them, no moles
ter challenges them es they go ane
come at will. d
Yet they were in their several or
"bits fully armed, and seemingly pre-
pared for fight o. plumber;
One would suppose that some un
seen power bad summoned the masses
to the conflict, for they move in bo
dies, sometimes armed, and generally
orderly enough, but why with
armsP
Quiet citizens and thoir families are
disturbed naturally enough by wha,
they sec and hear, and tho feeling is
that any day may witness an out
break, the like of which has not been
seen since the war. y
Somebody is determined to get up a
riot This is evident, Aid somebo.
dy has reason fer SO doing. Hence
the shipment Of arms to different
parts Of the State: Hence drill mas
ters and drilling. Hence ruuors and
counter-rum4rs: But who is somebo,
dy? Not, Governor Scott, it would
seem, since he has, tits reliably said,
discla:nel all knowledge Of such mat
ters. lie, poor fellow, is as innocent
as an infant unborn. Only, he adds
always, "the laws must be enforced"
True. But who resists q, Not~scer.
tainly tho good people Of Abbepille,
as the Governor we'll knows. Nor is:
hueh adigposition any where manifest
edsspxoctt In your good city of
Charleston, and thorc' chiefly among
the Governors party.
-Some distarbanccst have occurred. in
this district, and murders foil have. h1as
been committed. But, inrspms gases
the perpetrators have been secured,
and if any are at large; they may
easily and quietly be arrested. Why
are they gnots arrested ? But these
few hYless are not in sYwhethy With.
The people Of the district, and for the
people Of the district, and, for the
most part, are strangers comparative
ly.
Why must the people Of the district
be subjected to shame, oppression and
y violence, because some threo or. four
outlaws cut and slash, and are not ar
rested'? - ,aa.. . -
The State constabulary, pretend to
be Rrosestqgs s; q, Of the people and the
guardidps sof the peanc. I Why do
they'nos go after the g'iaty, instead
OF dashing about among the innocent,
with menace and buster, frightened
and, affrighting7 Are they COW afds Z
1t seems SO, else they would do their
duty, instead Of snmmoning negroes
with arms to eongregats for their defence
against an imaginary; foe, The citi
1ens make no threats, obstruct no
laws, indulge in no meuaco, 1commi.
no depredations, resist np authority.
Yet they are abused, pu blishe hed}a }aa
diaturbers, threatened. with arrest
menaced by arms in ignorant hands.
and altogether made to feel that sub
mission isV not ssenopgh gh-sthey ..aassiI
erinye. On sales day large bcdi IS OF !
negroes fock into the town, with
arms onStheips shoulders end marchl
in aleslnto ths pataio saaares Is as
though going into battle. What can
sata dRy hart 10 the negro2S He does
mot invest in propsptyi he has
None to dispose Of at salo. He has :is 10 |
tag bin 70 pay; and no bnsiness to |
transact. Rut somehody tias notiaaa
him Of a aafso,vs' and. he must come to !
defend the ohisf eonstablcsp ana s,his |
brave eessegiats tss.sS.r: J, T., - a,,.4 /
This isaih; An taatt appears, but 8 !
httio sasasity WIN 4 sse !, thss ie i ne.
all. R":c - q. re- ~
A riot; il quite desissblsi :AspHis- !
Jon must, by some means, be .bronghtt |
between the fsdss il isIsmpostanti
n,t' e the ,.' canvass " Re44ssy yanip sspd[
- .ts.ss,is: Il e,,SS "a 81;
,ASseusasfon 4oR blpodsin tkss strosss.,
mnrds dssadf 4aa psrsast, arseaf I
civil IS cohtiie ahrs epstsno led ssksiI
firing Upon the poor ignersh \ sipna1
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