The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-12-06
The Frauds, Social Disorgan-
izatiOn and Political TrOu-
blcS in the South.

! DIGS la the SOuth.
The copious correspondence wo
| publish in another part Of tho pa
por today from tho South, on tho
Ku Klux, tho frauds and tho social
and political troubles in that sec
ton Of tho country, presents a
fearful picture Of carpot-bag and
negro rule, rs we'll as of tho dis
organized condition Of q portion
Of tho Southern people. The state
monts Of our correspondent, who
was sent specially to Investigate
tho state of things in the South,
agree, too, in tho main with tho
information tho Herald aad tho
press generally have. boen pub
fishing lately from othor sources,
Happily, tho evils to which We
refer extend over only q portion
Of tho South, including chiefly
South Carolina, Georgia and North
Carolina, OF parts Of those States.
In Virginia and othcrStatoa whore
tho negroes arc relatively lcss nu-
merous, the carpet-baggcrs fowor
or not so influential, and the na-
two whito population have moro
power, there is a better state Of
things. In these tho laws arc
obcycd: ordor prevails, and tho
disastrous effects Of tho war aro
passing away. 1t is only in the
former-mcntionod States, or parts
Of them, whcro the negroes pre-
dominate, and whero those un-
scrnpulous Northern advcnturcrs
called carpet-baggcrs havo tho
control Of affairs, that gross
frauds, social disorganization, Ku
KIuX, political corruption and the
pretended necessity for martial
law exist. Elsewhere tho South
orn white people have behaved SO
well and prudcntly that oven tho
radical politicians cannot trump
up prctcXt for military intcrvon-
| ton.
We have witnessed an oxtraor-
dinary excitement and political
revolution in this city on account
Of tho frauds Of tho Tammany
Ring. The corruption existing
hero has beon tho theme Of uni
vel'sal comment and condcmna-
ton. The press and political ora
tors throughout the republic ovo-
rywhcre, and the press abroad,
have been intent!y occupied with
this subject. Party newspapers
and public speakers have rung the
changes on these Now York city
frauds so persistently and in such
strong language that people havo
thought Of little olse-have been
led 90 suppose, in fact, that all the
| corruption Of the world was con-
ccntrated here. They lost sight
for tho time OF the frauds and out
rages existing elsewhere. Un-
doubtcdly our city government
was fcartully corrupt, and wo all
have reason to rejoice over tho
uprising Of the people in tho late
election to overthrow that gov
crnment and tho Tammany Ring
upon which it rested. But let us
not close our eyes to tho frauds,
misgovcrnmcnt and dreadful So
cial and political evils that arise
from radical republican rulo in
parts Of the South. Tho frauds
and extravaganza in South Caro-
lima, n thoroughly radical State,
equal or exceed those Of New
York, when VIC look at tho con-
parativc population and revenue
Of the Two. With n population
less than the city Of New York
and with an expenditure amount
ing not to ~ fourth Of this city,
South Carolina, under it's negro
and carpct-bag government, rivals
the Tammany Ring in The mag
nitudc OF the frauds it has prac-
ticed and was preparing to com
nit by the lssuc Of millions of
State bonds, not needed, and to
enrich u radical political ring that
has 10 interest in tho State but to
rob it.
While we have no apology to
offer for tho Ku Klux or any 9th
or body organized outside Of tho
law, and for purpnsos not sane
TONED By tho law, and hope to 500
that organization suppressed, we
cannot loso sight Of tho fact that
tho people Of some parts Of tho
South, and Of South Carolina in
particular, have had great provo
cation for what they bavo dono.
We havo known Of vigilance com
mittoos in San Francisco and 9th
CT places, and vigilance commit
tee has even been spoken Of in
Now York to remedy great and
glaring evils; but We doubt if any
community was ever gonded more
to such n desperate course than
tho South Carolinians. Vigilance
committees, Ku KIuX orany other
organizations to act above the
law, and to be law only TO them
selves. can never bo justified. Bet
ter to bear tho ills Of timo than 10
violate law for that is anarchy,
aud q danger to tho whole frame
work Of society. Under our free
republican institutions, especially,
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