The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-02

instance, in Newberry "every scheme that
"could be invented was resorted to, that the
Republicans might be kept from voting.
This is pretty comprehensive; but in Able
vile ''the system Of intimidation was per-
eject SYSTEM" which would lead one to sup
pose that the Abbeville people had resorted
10 some scheme 'that could not be in
vented" Let that pass Abbeville was
perfect But lo we now come to Ander-
son, "where the system Of intimidation was
''evidently more thoroughly organized than
Sin the former counties" 'Ere's richness.
Abbevile was perfect, and Newberry had
every scheme that could be invented; but
Anderson is more thoroughly organized than
either. But when we reach Edgefleld we
sup full of horrors; for sin this county it
appeared to have been tho fixed, positive
ssand firm determination to get rid OF all
'leading Republicans" This is the sort Of
stuff for which the State pays Judge
Wright, and General" Elliott, and Represen-
tative Crews ten thousand dollars
Now for catalogue Of bloody murders.
In Newberry there were lawless men, ''occa-
':stonally shooting down colored man. and
sail the Republicans murdered in this ooun-
tyn were leading Republicans. Besides this,
':aN the killing has been done by unknown
''psrties.." And, again, that 'there were
"nany persons killed just preceding the elec-
'stions," the committee have no doubt. New
berry must be set down for at leasta hundred
bloody murdersl
In Abbeville twenty or more violent mur-
ders" were committed, according to the
witness. One ringleader causes 'siXty or
s'more Shots to be fired into crowd OF harm
less Republicans. A Republican was so
badly scared that he left the county and
died. Altogether, in Abbeville, the state OF
affairs was unparalleled in any county
'swhere the people !" According to the
Newberry scale, at least two hundred colored
corpses must be credited to Abbeville.
In Anderson "scores of persons were
"killedr-at least, the committee says 80;
and bands of men went about ''threatening
''and shooting persons who professed Repub-
s1ican sentiments" More than this, 'many
slost their liceS, as many have never been
''heard of since the election" There was
also ''much firing of pistols and guns, y
which must have hurt somebody. Anderson
must he set down for at least five hundred
''deeds Uf blood
Edsefeld comes next, ga county notorious
"for crime, "where 'huna,edS of coloreianen
s'would have been murdered on the evening
previous to and the day of election" As
there was no election, perhaps no more than
two hundred Republicans were sent to SAN
culinary graves.
At the very lowest calculation, there must
have been at least thousand cold-blooded
murders at the time of the elections, if there
is any truth in the report OF the committee.
They examined, in all, more than three hun
dred witnesses, and spent ten thousand dol
lars. And yet with all their desire to
strengthen the party, and to make the worst
OF everything and everybody, they do not,
and cannot, prove that sic Republicans or
Democrats were killed IN THE WHOLE
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT during the Pc
riod covered by their Investigation. This
is the actual result of all the talk about the
X. X. T., with their drawn daggers, and
naked swords, and winding sheets, and ami
mated skeletons. The committee would
lead the public to suppose that at least one
Republicans were butchered
though they cannot prove that even a haJ
dozen lost their lives for political or any
other reasons.
We protest against this way of spending
the money of the people. There is not a
decent white man or colored man in the
State who will be deceived by Joe Crews
and his committee. There is no Presiden-
tial election at hand. And If the object be
merely to get up sensational literature for
tie ediiication OF unsophisticated Republi-
cans, We would mildly suggest that one hun
tlred dollars inYested in Beadles Dime Nov
els would supply more blood and brains,
and quite as much truth, as can he found in
the "ten thousand dollar" job OF the famous
committee.