The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-09-21
The Reform Meeting at Chesterfield.

Leaving tho thriving town Of Che
raw this morning at eight O'Clock, our
party, in charge Of Committee OF
F! the citizens, proceeded to this place,
where we arrived after a fatigucing
Journey Of over three houls over a
very hilly and every barren country.
chesterfield county is very sparsely
settled, the white people being 10 the
majority and the Court House, y
veritable ghost of a town, being 80 far
from the csntre Of the county, we
did expect to meet much Of u crowd.
IFhc people were out in full force,
however, and Judge Carpenter and
General Kennedy addressed the larg-
est gathering that has assembled in
the town since the close Of the war.
SOME MORE LAND SPECULATION.
Iu course Of his remarks Judge
Carpenter exposed one Of the Land
Commission swindles that have become
80 numerous all over tho State. 1t
appears that some timo ago one Dr..
Fox, member Of the Ring, bought a
tract of land for sic 1000. This idon-
tical tract was subsequently sold to
to the State for $50, and tho
original deeds were produced on the
stand to-day and exhibited aa proofs.
The meeting here to-day has been
productive Of much good, and I think
the men Of the county have been
aroused to some,hing like activity.
A'MoDLE scALAwAG.
A reverend brother Donaldson,
who ID Senator, Revenue Collector,
Commissioner of Elections and candi-
date for Office, is the ruling spirit of
tho Ring in this section. 1t is said
that he accumulated large fortune
by the bribes that he received at the
lust Legislature, and his money he is
now speeding to bribe the people to
vote for him. But this model minis
tor and quasi Senator docs not confno
his efforts to bribing. Ho knows that
the oolored vote is strongest on tho Pee
Dee, aud in order to cheat tho poor
white men out Of their votes, he has
consolidated two of the voting pre-.
oincts, establishing tue one inmedi-
ately in tho thiokest settlement of
the oolored people, point over
thirty miles distant from the white
settlements, so that there arc large
number of poor whites who walk over
seventy miles to vote. This Is a
characteristic dodge Of the Ring, of
which Donaldson is worthy meIhber
but it will avail nothing. let them
place the polls where they will,
the people of the county will, the peo-
pie Of the county will see to it that
oonveyances are furnished to those
who have none. Donaldson was OPP
pointed Commissioner of Elcction,
but being probably afraid to serve
afraid that his rasoalities would bring
him to grief-he imported another
scalawag, who has bcon in tho county
just about two months, and whom
nobody knows and this worthy, I
lcarn, has been made Cummi issioner
OF Election. On tho Board of Com-
missioners is colored man, Mr..
Weston, who il said to be the only
honest man among them, and he, l
believe, holds an Office under Scott.
Being in the minority, bis honesty will
probably be overcome by his two as
sooiates, and one can readily perceive
what a fair ~ election His Excellen-
oy Governor Scott proposes to allow
US. Imucb mistake tho people Of
this county, however, if they do not
have fair count and Donaldson's
lightgame to olect.himself, and his com.
patriot SCOTT, by the count of tho
ballots, will in this, us we'll as in other
counties, most assuredly fail.
The Reform Candidates Of tho
county are already out on the stump,
and the ticket will probably receive a
heavy majority. j A. NJ.