The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-02-04


the same specification, that one man at
Dark Corner precinct, In said county was
whipped until hc promised to vote Tor me,
or that any voter of said county waT, by !
violence, or any other unfair Or illegal
means, kept from voting u. hc desired at
Dark Corner or any other precinct in
Anderson county. But it is true, that no
vote was cast tor contestant at said pre-
cinct, and it is also true that one man Was
shot aud wounded cilEer the night before
or very recently before the election, but
charge tlIat he was shot in private
quarrel with another Individual, having
no reference whatever 10 the election Or
political matters, and that the person
shot was Il Jealous member Of the Demo
cratic party. 1t is not true, az charged
in specification 81 OF the protest, as | am
informed, believe and charge, that one
of the Commissioners OF Election was
= dogged," or in any way intertered with,
by any person or persons. Nor is 1t true,
as charged in the same specification, that
aly person, white or colorpd, in said
county, voted for me through fear, or
we're forced to 50 vote And / charge
that each and all of the allegations made
in the said protest, against the managers
of election and people Of Anderson coun
ty, are entirely unwarranted by the fac'
and are false Anderson is my place II
residence, and l affirm that there has
been less disorder, and fewer violations OF
the rights of person and property in said
county, during the last fifteen months,
than has occurred in any equal length OF
time tor eighteen years past, during all
which have been the Attorney tor the
State, and was necessarily informed Of
ali violations OF the criminal law. And l
further affirm, that according to my in
formation and belief. more perfect peace,
quiet and good order has not prevailed.
during the same time. in any county ofany
State in the United States. And Charge
that the numerous allegations, as to vfo-
lulions Of the public peace, and tcnden-
cies to disorder and violence, which were
made against the people of Andersen
county, and most OF those made against |
the other counties prior to the election,
were concocted with a view to secure the
presence OF military garrisons, and if pos
sble overawe the people, so as to secure
the success of my competitor in the Con-
yrcssional election. and that they have
been kept up and reiterated since to ena-
bic him to set aside the voice OF the peo-
ple. and secure much-coveted seat in
Congress- as the fabled scutte.fSh avoids
IT'S antagonist by escaping in the dark
ness of its own efiuvia. In answer to
specification 81 Of the protest, relatingt to
Anderson and other counties. charge
that the facts stated and conclusions ar
rived at by contestant arc alike unwar'
rantcd and false.
8. 1t is not true. as stated and charged
in the 53rd specification OF said protest,
that said in speech in Columbia that
if the Republican party should carry Ger
tain States in tlle October elections, the
colored people might have the aud;'clty
and impudencc to attempt to vote as they
please but that in my part of the Dis
irict tho negroes should vote the Dem.
ocratic ticket, or they should not vote at
ali" may have expressed the oplnto'
there, as certainly did elsewhere, both
publicly and privately, that the result OF
the Congressional election in this State
would depend, in a great measure, on the
result of the October elections in the
States of Pennsylvania, Ohioand Indiana.
That if tho Republican party carried
those States, it would most likely stlmu-
late the carpet baggers and coiored per
sons to turn out to the election and over
whelm us. But that if the said States
should be carried by the Democratic par
ly, it would discourage them, so that they
would probably abandon the contest.
That it was my impression that the col
ored voters in my part Of the country
we're very much inclined, either 10 vote
with their white fellow cilizcnS who they
were beginning to learn were their only
true friends, or remain away from the
poHs. But / did not, OH that or any
other occasion, state that any voter
of any class, should vote otherwise
than US he was prompted to do by his
own free Will Nor is it true that ever
said, ON the Grrcnvile Railroad cars or
elsewhere, that i advised the most ex
treme violence against all Republican
leaders and speakers in the District
Tho charge is alike slandctoGs, i1belfous
and false. SO far from such Il Charge be-
ing true, affirm, an is known to every
individual in The State with whom had
any intercourse, that was more conSer-
vaiive and moderate, in my public ad-
dresses and private conversations, than
any other individual in the State, uccupy
rng public position, with whom l came
in contact, OF either Of the political par
tics. insisted most st,enuously, every
where aud or all occasions, that the peace
must be preserved, all acts ct Violence
avoided, aud none other than moderate
and fair means resorled to, to carry the
election, and it any other means were
rcsorlcd to, | had no knowledge OF them,
either before or since the election. And
tur,her affirm that | had taken no ac-