The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-30
THE EDeEF1ElD NEGRO MILITIA
GRAND MILITARY ENTREE OF HUBBARD
AND EICHELBERGER.

GRAND MILITARY ENTREE OF HUBBARD
AND EICHELBERGER.
THEY BRING TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
WINCHESTER RIFLES.
An interview with GoverEec Scott.
As conarmatory OF. aud additional to, the
particulars published by Us airesSe concern
ing the unnecessary and grossly unjust out
rage nereetrated upon the quietand law-ab'd-
ing people OF Edgefeld. unaer *ne patronage
of the contemplate Echelbergar and the IN
famous Hubbard, We PRINT the following from
the Edgeheld Advertiser:
A httle more whiskey and cajolery for the
,rnorant and misguided blScks. and little
more, re,unprovoked provocatioN for the astonish-
ed and lnsulted whites, and the quiet village
~ FNee1eld would, last week, have been tue
scene CT fearful and sangunary tcansaclops.
EdeaSeld reconstructed, rs is all South Caro-
lina) in the most approved Radical style, Is
powaa victim to the nate, the venom. tine ae-
nravEty of q set OF men who care not feI the
nros,erity and happiness of herself aud her
cniIarep. but whose sob objects are place,
plunder and revenge. The treachery, the
wing, the contemplate emeanness, the entire'
absence OF everything .nanly OF hon9rssie,
that characterizfs the proceedings OF THIS set
osnn IN. almost sulpass;belief. R. z. Scott. the,
a, 20 Governor of.tlis State, ls either the dupe
and tool or las We are more ,ncllheu TO tnrnh):
the wiling helper and coadjutor OF these men.
For the last month. four or i've deputy state
constables have been sojournInZ IN our mlus.'
said to have been sent here by Governor SooS.,
mon the wilful and malicious representation
of the renegade Eicheiterger, as KIND OF Doa'
onari for the latter. .Eichelberger having de-
snrted h,s own race, and his own race having
oaenlv end very appropriately slgnlned tnen
ipsxpressible contempt for hlm ls prey W
MINGLED feelings OF fear and reVei ge. Sut
that any one wishes to take his life. or mas
threatened to do SO, is all nonsense. he was
hrrned IN efigy some time ago. and slnc1 tnen
ha has beeu treated with silent cot tempt.
Ard there the matter ends. He has not been
in the slightest degreesmolested and hls oo9E-
euard are enjoying comfortable slnecure' iof
which our overburdened peoDl'' must pay.
And tor the last f1urSaturdays our town has
haan tbronced. with negroes, msn, women.
children. idle, gaping, evidently expecting the.
oocurren ne Of something un8ooted. DURING
tb,s t1me we have heard that negro companS.
was being rai.edeby Eichelbt rger Indeed We;
noH thai msuy negroes signed their names
or made their marks. asSmembers OF TINS com
papy. On the 4th OF 9aly, mucn Oh ne oay
MAS ,epent IN drilling.
OnThursdsy afternoon last, to the utter as
toni.hment OF the peaeaable and law abiding
e,tiKeus OF our town, two hundred and for y
eune sFith ammunition according, escorted by
Elchelberger, Hubbard and some forty or NJ,
ueeroes, arrived IN Edgeheld. These negroes
had been previously warned TO meet these
sIms atthe Pine House Depot. Aud many OF
them. deliberately and without word OF warn
ine. quilted the service of:honest white men
and fapNirad to Ruard the Rrins which are to
enforce reepect Horh the p6ope OF Edgcteld
tovIrds EichelDcrger and his minions. Nor is
that the worst. After they had guarded the
arms into the town, they quietly returned 10
the service hey had 20 deliberately qultted,
Pretty business truly and ~ tue wnites sad sa.a
nothing, and stood it as best they yoould. Stood
it with calm dignity, just as they have stood
the many incendiary harangues and Yelling
mobs that have 20 ,often-and lately too-dlS-
graced our streets. our park, our courthouse.
he arms having been escorted in triumph
to the public square, one OF the State consta-
bles, Ballinger by psme. said to be comme-
company. presented to the sheriff an order
rom the Governor for o portion OF the
iail as depository for the guns. This order
vas complied with. Aud now day and night,
the Jail is guarded by negro soldiers with
arms in their hands. Fifteen or twenty delu-
ded fsols have been saduced INTO this wretch
ed BUSINESS. They are 10 regular mlhtafy
God help them when they shall be out OF mlil-
tary service, for 10 these reeious they will not
dnd-nor should they t-Teither friends or SER
vice. The $16 month which the white peo-
ale are paying them now, for guarding the
arms which are to cut their throats, is quite
enough. When We nre done paying these
doughty negroes for their military service, we
should certainly wash our hands OF theai. Let
them i've upon their military glory. Perhaps
Eichelberger will taKe them all ont to his
home and support them forever. We have no
doubt he will.
dred-all negroes-they have not yet acrual.
" appeared upon the field. We understand.
however, that tLey are TO be diligently drilled
curing the latter three days Of the resent week.
And thus matters stand IN Edgeheld; an q,
bieh-hsnded aud upjus,itiable outrages upon
an unofepding PEOPLE. The Governor derives
bis authority for calling out tho militia by yir-
tue Of 'joint resolution authorizing the Gov
ernor &c employ en- armed force for the pre-
servstion Of the peace;" and he ls therein
authorized to call OUT the militia when IN
any county in this State It shall become impos-
sible, from any cause, to enforce the laws and
keep the peace by the ordinary civil process, :"
whose duty it shall be to "quell such disturb.
ances and arrest the guilty partles."
Now, wher has the sheriff Of this district
failed TO enforce the laws2 Never. We DEFY
Governor Scott. Eichelberger, Hubbard or any
Of the crew, to show one instance OF the
sheriff having failed to mako arrests where
warrants were lodged in his hands. The Nhite
people and the black people OF this commu-
nifty and this district live. and have lived, II
peace and harmony; and We challenge these
fomepters Of dlscoId to produce evidence to
show that q single murder has been commit
ted in Edgetield District within The last three
years on account Of political views.
Bshi the upshot OF the whole abominable
matter is, that this mischievous and merce-
nary man, EIcheberger, wants the sherif's
Office, and has been at work with that Wow.
He and others OF the mongrel can have told
MIR. McDavitt, the sheriff he must appoint u
negro jaiier which MIR. MeDaTtt refused, and
still refuses to do. izand DOW We hear that
young Covar, the jailer, is notorious BUSH
whacker, &C., and Governor Scott JOINS his or
der to that Of 'Eichelberger & Co. that he be
dismissed. So young fOtar goes by the b Dard.
he ,s not, and never has bsen, bushwhacker;
those who tell this lie know II to be Q lie.
This negro guard around our jail. and this
contemplated negro militia, will do no good IN
Edgefeld. They are emphatically uncailed
for and unnecessary. Already the feeling OF
bitterness md evaporation is great.r than at
any time since the close Of the var.
The Advertiser invokes Governor Scott 10
visit Edgefe.d and examine for himself. If
under the exciting and upjustifAble c'rcum-
stances with which he has permitted this
unoffcnding people to be threatened be fails to
respond 70 this frank aud free invitation TO