The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-03-17

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both political parties, it is my
opinion that the Republicans would
have carried the county by 1900
or 1000 votes. I mean by Repub-
liean, Hoge's majority for Con-
gress. As to Newberry County,
in a fair election, I can only judge
! Of it from the same information I
had as 10 Abbeville. The major
ity in Newberry could have been
from ten to twelve hundred, same
as for the Legislature. The vio-
lence IN Newberry was not to the
|.samo extent as in Abbeville as to
murder, bat the same intolerance
fexisted ais to colored men. voting.
There were two cases Of murder
in Newberry-Lee Nance and a
man by the name of johnson Glass
| gow-prominent colored men that
! now recollect. $780,.
Examination byJ. D. Pope, Esq,
for J. P. Reed ~. -.
Q.-How many white men of
any party in South Carolina sup
ported you for Governor, do: you
think? .>~.
"a Al have no means Of know
ing. 1t was matter of indifer-
ence to me whether / was voted
for by white or colored men, nor
did l regard it as important to the
result, so long as there was a fair
election, and the voters had the
right to exercise the privilege
guaranteed to them by the laws
Of the country. ..
Q.-That may be true, but was
it not the fact that you were elec-
ted by colored voters almost en-
tirely? -. ........
Al have 20 means now Of
knowing the relative number of
white and colored votes cast for
me, butt know as. a matter of ne
cessity, that / received nearly all
the colored votes cast in the State,
as they were Republicans from
necessity, and voted for the Re-
publican candidates.
Q.-During the canvass. for Con-
gress were you at any time or
times, and how often, in the Third
Congressional District, out of the
County Of Richmopd
Al was never out of the City
of Columbia to visit any portion
of the Third Congressional Dis
trict during the canvass .
Q.-Were you in. any of these
counties before the canvass?
Al never was. .
Q.-Have you been since q?
! Al have not. My duties
here have rendered it almost i'm
possible to leave the capital. .,..
4Q-Your information, then, is
derived from others? .. .
A.-Yes: Ny information is de-
rived from information of citizens
living in these counties, from civil
officers Of the State government,
and military officers who were on
duty in these counties.
Q.-You say. that the resistance
to the laws was entirely by Demo
cratic organizations. Who gave
you this information Democrats
or Republicans? 2
A.-Both. Many men of the
Democratic party were opposed to
these Democratic organizations,
for the.purpose of resisting the
law and setting at defiance the
authority. Of the State govern
ment.@ ~ IT,
Q.-Pray name some of these
Democrats who gave you this in
formation7
Al am not at liberty to name,
them, as they enjoined confidence
claiming that if it were known
that they gave the information
whereby the parties might be
brought to justice, their own lives
and property would be in danger.
! Q.-You. say, that Democrats
told you that sixteen shooters
were imported to keep the d. ne
groes from the polls. Name some
who told you this? ;"
T A.-Members of the. Democrat
ic club told me this, 1t don't fol-
low that they are Democrats be-
cause they belonged to Democrat
ie clubs. Anumber of Republi-
cans joined Democratic clubs in
order to discover what object they
had in importing these destructive
weapons. lido not for precaution-
ary reasons feel justified IN giving
their names to the public.
f. Q.-Would you believe the tes-
timony Of any man who became a
| member of a Democratic club for
the purpose Of communicating to
outsiders what he there saw and
heard ? - -.
A.-When surrounding circum-
stances and. results .corroborate
testimony fully + wollf believe
them.
| g Q-You spoke Of white men be-
ing armed. Do you not know
~tboEl%hora xrrore orr,od hands of