The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-08

Scvcrus MAS rcaro. We have aI' heard OF
"inaking histotJn before thie and hi" EXcellencJ
seems To he engaged In that ar.iuo task. Now,
tier. is inanlicsily hu objection ioaeveFus having:
rrca negro, but we cGn Eop2 OF rs help desiring
totuoH the proofs upon WHICH the stucinen; rests.
All Intelligent nei;rocB will oi course rcscht
the insult offered 10 their race oy his historical
EXccl,cncy's proving that snGt .9l'ian',-oni Ills
grace to humanity such biYt sin,.sI, oppres
sivc and csCcl usrpcr and mas t:e: ~ ths E.nrc-
TOR Scyerus was--w:lJ hcg.M History !orbtt
The history of the blarncess E.s& .a,s has never
produced a monstcr OK cruclt!.sstAt IDS Empe,nr
scycrus Still, We shall al, lat i'is historical
EScecucya prGor oi the pnn.; And aiier hc has
proved That point, let him ntso show hat sIoScs
(thc Noses Of The rcutatarch Ia here n.ea.tl Was
negro. The line OF argument is precisely the
sane; and this litter point inlght reconcile his
Honor the Chief Jiatcc, 10 the prospect of Whip.
per's election 10 thc supreme Schch VIXEN his
EXcccucy shall have played out upon the singc
Of ..our beloved S:aie''-:s In Ill human proba-
bilty he uil-hc should he advised to seek u sit
uation professor OF history In tie university or
Dahomey, or else ~ . clown III RuonsUu's circus;
fur lie is very Rhetorical ana very funny.
roLErRr.
Poor PJib,rs has been shot death by - State
constable. After all that he :. done for that
party, for thein to shoot him aIti .nJ-lcS notcd
instance to ilius r;.;e the prorcjaial ngratitude
OF Republicans. u WIN lac remembered that this
Tolhcrs is The man who surrendered himself some
thing Hike year ago, and confessed himself 10 DC
n murderer of Senator Isandoph; that he was
kept prisoner FOR months without trial, although
| two terms of Tie Court OF General Sessions were
meanwhile held by Judge BooGcr In Columbia;
that ic nas used literally as "a witness by iIpgc
thllu that was elected 70 Compress By q majority
of 1900 against him) IN the conicst case OF uogc
vs. Reed; that he was transferred noln prison 10
the pcntcntiarJ, from which escapes were Occur
ring every few weeks, (siStceu IN ten months;)
that lie escaped that the chief con-
stable, but noi his historical Excellcncy, tie
Governor, offered reward for hIs ar
rest; that he remained at large for months; md,
in fine, that he was approached by o constable
and, Instead or getting ont OF the way rs he had
done 30 often before, in moment OF forgetful-
| mesa, OF morphine, he fired upon the onlccr. Tho
| officer could NOT appreciate that Kind OF rcccp-
| ,iou, and. surprising no doubt that Tolscrt was
either drunk or turned Democrat again, shot him
down. The oiilcer did his duty, 1t appears, and,
| 1T the same time, served his party well. Toll
bert had done all the service TO the party that he
ever could do-had testified prufusely for Hoge
| and for tho whole ku-EluN-fcarng party-had
| escaped, go as TO save tho party from
tie exposure which his judicial trial would.
have given It and his own testimony in the case
OF IIogc Va. Eced-liad done all that any body had
| paid him to 10. slongShcaI's pistol has cut the
Gortiinn knot-has solved the embarrassing prob
| lem. Now, IL Ia not necessary 10 nrraj5n TO!bcrt
before court uf justice; and Tie ;rlal Of Tnlert
had !. Come OFF: might have cxpU.c'l the charac.
t. tr hts l)TcEioaS tcStiHi0nH IL certainly would
| have hrOuirh. ont other testimony that neither
lIo-e nur that brauch or the Republican party to
! which lie belongs desires to har$ brought out.