The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-08
Il FAITHFUL SKETCH.
The Beauties OF Rndicalisn fn South
Carolina, as Described by nm Out
slider.

A correspondent of the New York World
writes from Columbia under date Of March l:
The marty now ruling this Commonwealth is
called ''Rcpublican." It's claims to this title
can only be admitted on the lucuS q non tuce1l-
do principle. Here are some OF its signal lie hts
which are plainly visible from the decks, and
REQUIRE no masthead observation or artificial
aids to vision to make them out:
l. BY the Radical constitution Of 1868, now
the organic law, provision Is made ior .'a COM
pctent number Of Justices of the peace" TO "be
chosen in each county by the qualified electors
thereof" Two years have passed, and yet
there Is not one such officer in the State; but
instead, and in palpable violation and disregard
of their constitution, every county Is stocked
with magistrates u. e. j. P.) appointed by the
Governor and removed by him at his pleasure.
From mountain to seab0ard there is at least
regiment of these petty local pests and tyrants,
ignorant of law and letters, ruling their pre-
cincts with an iron rod, Furnishing by fine and
Imprisonment any whoincur their displeasure,
and secure in all their acts Of fraud, cOrrup-
ton and malfeasance in office, so long as they
offend not the Governor or any of The truly
loyal The first obnoxious decision brings the
offender under the executive guilotine, his
head Is cut of, and another convenient tool Is
appointed magistrate.
.. TIE courts are reduced to farce by the
supervision and interference of the aulocrat
The Judges are the creatures of the LeSisa-
turc. and keep an eye on its two-thirds black
vote and its growing jealousy of all which
sayors of responsibility and regard to equity
and fair play. The juries are largely composed
Of colored men; yet three colored men, tried
and convicted by such jury and sentenced
by 4 Radical Judge TO one years imprisonment
as the ringleaders in the most disgraceful
Charleston riot, in which the Savannah Base
Bail Club and their colored band so narrowly
escaped with their lives, were tried and SEN
fenced during the recent term Of the Charles
ton Sessions. and In three days received full
pardon and release from Governor Scott: al
though neither Judge nor jury col:. say one
word in their behalf. Judges and luries make
up costly machinery, and under such a
regime, don't pay for the candle. A New York
ruflian SAYS changing for murder is played
out in New York" The loyal telon here laughs
at his own Judge and jury and says, "Punish-
ment for crime is played out in South Caro-
lna"-if the criminal is loyal voter; but if u
Democrat, God help him The above case is
by no means exceptional, nor the worst.
3. Since the influx OF these philosophers OF
.'the great moral idcas' school, the negroes
have been used to control the ballot-boN and
everything else to which that leads. They are
substantially the only voters, for under the
reconstruction manipu!ations it is really use
less for any one else to vote Suppose the
whites could carry the eections-Congrcss
stands ready (as in the two upper congrcssion-
al districts) to declare the defeated Radical
candidates entitled TO the seats. They de-
nounce Whittcmorc, but why? Is he not their
OWE bantlin.e, ami haze they any right 10 cN
pcct any other kind of men rs Southern repre-
scniaivcs, under their own bayonrt recon-
siructiDn! The First Congressional District
ol South Carolina never elected Wh.cmore.
Tie WAS chosen by caucus. Il bakers dozen of
his own clan. unicr Instructions ol lllr Scicnck
committee. whuSc agent and TOOL lie w;,s.
Congress ccclrd him, and Congress turned
him ull;.
t. The u,;eS, which Il spectator would con-
slider already black enough. are now, by an
nc, ilst PASSED. 10 br still further placed under
Tie PARTY control They are hrncriurlh to bc
selected and namcdh hy three commissioners in
each county To br appointed Ivy The Governor,
and each county is 10 be supplied with Il cnrps
ui' ..rial Justices" to be appointed by The Gov
crnor Here are more signal lights-cUored,
but neither blue, green nor red
). The Governor has Il corps OF State cOnstl-
Llcs. armed with Winchester rifles and revUl
vcrs. who will take u citizen without warrant,
and carry him from one part Of the State to
another and keep him i'll custody so long as
his EXcecncy directs, and then turn him loose
without trial or redress He also has his negro
militia in various counties, armed and ready 10
do his bidding.
G. In York, Chester. and other upper colln-
ties. from which | have just returned, the
white population are submitting daily TO
wrongs and outrages which they say are with
out eXcrlse-all done iu the name of ''libcrty,
and as necessary 10 secure for South Carolina
{. "repub!!can form oil government a nice